Tessa put a kettle on while she was waiting for her new roommate to arrive, thinking that perhaps he would appreciate a cup of tea, the way the hunters would appreciate a cold beer. She wasn't used to having other reapers around, unless there was something portentious about to happen, but this place was known for breaking the status quo. And perhaps it was a sign, after all, that she should spend less time with the living, and more with her own kind.
She smiled softly as she opened the door, bowing her head a bit as she stepped back to grant him entrance. "Ukitake-san? I'm Tessa. Please come in." It wasn't everyone she treated with such deference--lately, she could be quite confrontational with anyone but death himself--but then, she did have a strange habit of adapting her behavior and mannerisms depending on what she felt was expected of her in a given situation. "Make yourself at home."