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Yuuki Kuran (trappedinresin) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-08-17 18:11:00

Entry tags:

ai kuran, kaya, lelouch vi britannia, sebastian michaelis, yuuki kuran, zero kiryuu

Day 389 - Backdated to early morning! OPEN
[Another day another dollar. Only there are no dollars in Marina, and neither does she run the flower shop because she has to. Rather, she does it because she wants to. Because she needs the distraction, and enjoys watching things grow. The day is early, much earlier than her normal hours, but she needs a little time to think and organize her thoughts. And sometimes, even compared to her shared apartment, this is the place she can do it best.

And to be honest, she doesn't expect anyone to stop by so early in the morning. Not today. But should someone, they wont find Yuuki immediately anywhere in the store. At least not to start, despite the hot chocolate still steaming upon the counter top. Or at least... what they do find isn't what they expect.

With a small leap, a brown, fluffy cat jumps up onto the counter. Padding across the desk, she peers into the steaming beverage, before her whiskers twitch and she pulls back. Apparently it's too hot...]

[OOC: Have a Yuuki cat. She's simply playing around with her ability to transmute and change her appearance. It needed to be done for butler reasons.]

[Backdated to Day 388 | Private Action to Zero]
[Backdated to Day 388 | Private Action to Ai]

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	trappedinresin 2016-09-08 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	[Sebastian.... She wriggles around so that she can flip in his arms, but crawls up more so to his shoulder, so that her paws are resting on it. There. She's not... rejecting him. Maybe she should have let him just squeeze her hands. Paws.... whatever they are.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

servingdinner
2016-09-09 12:19 pm UTC (link)

[Oh. Oh, this is the happiest moment in his life. What grace, what understanding she possesses, such a spark there must truly be between the two of them that she'd deign to give him another chance.

Because Sebastian is an Attentive Person who Learns, he's somewhat more gentle this time around as he carefully wraps a hand around one of her lovely little paws again (he can change, see? please don't leave him).]

You are so wonderful. [So kind, so patient.] I was so overcome by your beauty that I acted too rashly, you see. Would that I had thought to bring something for you eat...

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trappedinresin
2016-09-10 12:37 am UTC (link)

[It's gentle in the end. And he's certainly thoughtful in regards to how he handles her. The only problem is the immense guilt she feels. This is the true Sebastian!?

Dear heavens above she's sorry. He's always so proper and sophisticated- cool and collected and completely in control. It feels like she's somehow spying on him like this!? Like she's just looked into his diary or private affairs...

Unable to take it any longer, she jumps up and out of his arms, and changes as she does so- body shifting in the blink of an eye to land upon her feet as a 'human' girl. The moment her feet touch the ground, she dips into a deep bow.]

Sebastian-san, I'm...! I'm so sorry!

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	1/2 servingdinner 2016-09-10 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	[She's rejecting him after all? Oh no, kitty, give him another chance...!] No, wait, please-- [He reaches for her in some vain hope to catch her before she makes an exit, and--] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	servingdinner 2016-09-10 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	[Which means he's in some kind of halway crouch when, suddenly, there's a person in front of him. Uh. Uh. /.....stares? in utter bafflement?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trappedinresin
2016-09-10 07:10 pm UTC (link)

[He's so offended he can't even speak yet oh no. Bowing even lower...!]

I really am sorry, Sebastian! I was just messing around, and was practicing a couple of things. I didn't expect anyone else would come so early...

[That someone would like cats so much...]

It feels wrong to keep such a form and not tell you. [Not if he's so taken with cats. At least not after witnessing it.] I had no idea you were such an animal person, but I promise I wont tell anyone how much you like cats! I don't want you to think I was staying like that out of personal amusement, and it feels disrespectful not to tell you after...

[After...seeing it up close and personal. She bows even more deeply.]

Please forgive me...!

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servingdinner
2016-09-10 07:26 pm UTC (link)

[He keeps staring at her as she talks. Where did the kitty go? He casts a look over Yuuki's hunched-over shoulder - did it run far away? Ah, but he can't sense its presence anymore...

Gradually Sebastian's facial expression shifts from utter bafflement to something more like grave concentration. Oh. She can actually...

Let him just make sure he understood this correctly:]

Miss Yuuki. Do you mean to say you are able to turn into a cat?

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	trappedinresin 2016-09-10 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Still apologetic, she lifts her head up finally, and nods, chagrined.] Usually I just use butterflies, but I thought that a cat is cute too, and since oniisama normally did a wolf, I thought a cat was more suitable... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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servingdinner
2016-09-10 07:41 pm UTC (link)

[This might be useful information. Yuuki - and most likely the other vampires from her world, by extension - are shapeshifters, capable of disguising themselves as possibly any manner of creature. What opportunities for spying or preying on unsuspecting people that would open up. How much more watchful Sebastian needs to be around the dome, to keep his master out of the clutches of these (if Spike's words are to be believed) bizarre, other world demons. Should he assume Spike has similar powers, at that?

After all, Sebastian too is a shapeshifter of sorts. The more similarities he finds between himself and the other supernatural creatures in the dome, the less inclined he is to trust them to keep their hands off what's his. Sebastian is intimately familiar with demons of his own world, after all, and their general level of respect for other people's property.]

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	servingdinner 2016-09-10 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	[...That's probably what Sebastian should be thinking right now.] What excellent taste you have, miss Yuuki. I cannot imagine else but that a cat would always be perfectly suitable - how absolutely wonderful! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trappedinresin
2016-09-10 07:49 pm UTC (link)

[Of all the reactions, it's unexpected. In fact, she thinks the sparkles she saw emanating from him just a few seconds ago are back. She feels herself slump in a touch of relief. He's not upset, at least. Which makes her feel a little better.]

Right? I think cats are super cute as well! [Even though she actually likes both.] Their little ears, and whiskers are cute, and their hard to read attitudes make them enduring in their own way!

[It's just like the guys she knows]

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	servingdinner 2016-09-10 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	[Sigh~~~] I knew you would understand. [What, since one minute ago? Sebastian, please.] Those are my feelings exactly. Cats, with their mysterious, fey emotions - one never tires of trying to work out what they are thinking, and they are so uniquely beautiful. If I may - do you often take on cat form? [Sebastian she just said she usually does butterflies.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2016-09-11 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh- no. I've only done it a couple times. I mean... usually there would be a reason for it. [And the only time before this in which she had, was when she had been fighting that nightmare being and the escaped raptors. But that brand of cat had been significantly larger.] I suppose as a cat though, you can see a whole different perspective. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	servingdinner 2016-09-11 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Quite. [Absolutely. She is completely right. A different, unique, highly desirable perspective!] "A whole different perspective" sounds to me a perfectly valid reason - I think you are correct in that. [So she should turn into one more often maybe.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2016-09-11 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	[He's still oozing sparkles... it's incredible.] I guess you really like cats, huh. [The understatement of the century.] I wonder if we should get one for around the store? People seem to really like it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	servingdinner 2016-09-11 07:08 pm UTC (link)
	[!!! That's... This. this possibility has literally never occured to him. Excuse him as he stares at her, completely floored, for several long seconds.] One that would live here, in the store? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trappedinresin
2016-09-11 07:16 pm UTC (link)

Mm! There's no reason we couldn't have a store pet.

[Although personally she would probably want her pet at home. Or if she was to have it at the store, she'd want it to commute with her when she comes and goes. It would be something to think about, unless he preferred to have a pet of his own here.]

You don't have a pet, right? If you like, we could go to the pet store. There's plenty of pets there that need a home. A store pet would not only be enjoyable to have around, but would probably draw others over, right? Everyone likes animals. [At least she thinks so.]

Mm... [She hums quietly a moment, glancing up in thought.] We'd have to rearrange the store a little though. Some plants can be poisonous to animals, so we wouldn't want it to accidentally nibble on something dangerous. We'd have to make sure to keep it safe.

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servingdinner
2016-09-11 07:36 pm UTC (link)

[They can have a cat. In the store. One that will be there every day and Sebastian can see it whenever he comes to work and he can pet it and feed it and it will have cute little paws. He shakes his head, somewhat dazedly.]

No; I cannot keep a cat at home. [But in the store! The young master wouldn't be able to say anything because Sebastian wouldn't be keeping it at home.]

Then it should also have its own place to sleep, and its own food bowl. Perhaps over by the window? Cats quite enjoy sleeping in warm sunlight, I have noticed... I will get rid of the poisonous plants right away. [Let's do this he is 200% on board.

...He's actually going to get those offending plants as he speaks, brb. Stop him. Or not.]

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trappedinresin
2016-09-11 07:42 pm UTC (link)

[Whoa, wait wait...! Reaching out she grasps one of his arms before he can destroy all the offending plants lskjdfls ]

Hold on-! Why don't we just start by rearranging the store. There's the green house, too. [They don't have to get rid of everything.] If we arrange things, we should be able to keep a room or area separate from the cat with any of the plants that might be harmful. Or even build an area, right?

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servingdinner
2016-09-11 07:51 pm UTC (link)

[He... stops when his arm is grabbed, to his credit, but he turns to Yuuki with a look of utter incomprehension on his face. Why are they stopping? Weren't they going to the pet store?

Oh. Options.]

Then please tell me which solution you prefer. I will start on it immediately.

[Can Sebastian rebuild entire areas of the store all by himself? Of course he can.]

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	trappedinresin 2016-09-11 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I feel it might be easier to keep the plants we sell here moreso in the store... [Releasing him, she lifts a hand up to her chin thoughtfully.] But how to section it off or build upon things... [She... doesn't have any construction experience herself.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1/2 servingdinner 2016-09-11 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	[But they were going to the pet store. Not standing around mulling over options.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	servingdinner 2016-09-11 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	[But... right. Of course they need a solution that's optional for both the cat, for the plants, and for the success of the store. He gets that. But that's what Sebastian is for, isn't it?] I don't mean to sound arrogant, but would you entrust the planning of how best to do that to me? The construction work is something I would be able to handle, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2016-09-11 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	[She blinks up at him in surprise] You're versed in that sort of thing too...? [H... OW.... is this person so good at everything!? She gives a small nod.] I don't really mind. As long as it still allows the store to function, it should be fine. I can help too. [If he... gives her some direction.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	servingdinner 2016-09-11 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, thank you, but there is no need for that. [He's fine; she'll only get in the way. In fact...] Then if you would please step outside for a while, I shall get started right away, and after that we can head towards the pet store. [A.k.a. the most important step in this whole operation. Shoo, shoo. (He's not overly excited, you're overly excited.)] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)