[RP] The Inn of Peace - IoP (Open to all)

[Zulma san]

A large suitcase on the bed was proof that the woman was either arriving, either leaving.
She chuckled at his comment. "Yes I do! I need to tell Zulma but she is not there."
She gathered clothe, throwing them in the luggage without folding them to try to make the room presentable.
"I've never seen you here before, are you new?" she asked.  

[Astra_Senpai]

Senpai would set than magic pen to a piece of half written on paper... the paper already an image of one of the mushi on it but also a very tattered explanation on what the mushi was and how it ate- in very poorly spelled Japanese. It was honestly mostly numbers but Senpai, being self taught, did not know this.

The pen would write, Senpai standing away, the muscle bulging a bit beneath the leather straps, 'There is only pain when the mushi expands. Some days are good, few are bad. It has spread more, but it has begun to slow.'  

[Vennrich]

He nodded, to her. She seemed a rather modern woman, and given the way she spoke, must be another regular. "Yes, I just arrived yesterday. My name is Kal." he said, "And you don't have to clean up on my part."  

[Zulma san]

Lin blinked as she read. Was that even Japanese? Could it be that Senpai did not know how to write?
The pen wrote, she read.
"I see." her tone was cool and detached as always. She did not seem closer or further than before.
She then looked again to Senpai. "Is there anything I can do to help?"




Celine smiled. "Oh cool!" She tilted her head, looked at the room, most underwear were hidden so she stopped cleaning. "Thanks. I am Celine." She said happily.
Her blue eyes settled on his hat and the petite woman walked to him. "I think those are mine." she grinned to hide her embarrassment.  

[Vennrich]

She was a nice one. Kal supposed that she wasn't really the type to follow protocol anyway, so he could be a little less formal.

"I would hope so," he said, offering his hat to her, "they would look right awkward on me, after all."  

[Astra_Senpai]

Senpai sat down on the floor. The pen flew, 'I have known no one of my kind to be as calm as you. I had told you before I had no name- it was because of this. Your kindness to me is something I have not experienced from my own people since before childhood. You are helping me by doing just as you are... asking questions rather than screaming or trying to make me leave.'

Senpai's green eye focused on Lin, it held a quiet sorrow- but it was for Lin seeing Senpai as this, not for the past. 'I am in your debt for your kindness.' Senpai slowly bowed, covered head touching the floor, from the sitting position.  

[Zulma san]

Celine's eyes widened a second, then she seemed thoughtful before finally bursting laughing. Imagining the man in front of her in pink panties and lime green dress was quite entertaining.
"Not at all!" she lied. "You'd look stunning!" she opened a drawer to shove inside the content of his hat.
Once empty, she looked at it with a smile. "This is quite a nice hat!" With that, she put it on her head and happily leaped to a mirror to look at her reflection, making silly faces at herself.


Lin's eyes narrowed slightly. Kind? She was not kind, that much she knew. She just did not see any other appropriate behavior in that situation.
Her gaze trailed to the window when the woman bowed to her. The concept of debt was a very serious matter and she knew that it held as much responsibility for her as for Senpai if she accepted it. After long seconds of silence, she stood up, her face expressionless and leaned, then kneed in a very formal position in front of the white haired woman.
"Do you still wish for a name?" she asked in a voice colder than usual.  

[Vennrich]

"Why thank you." he said.

Kal watched Celine enjoy herself. It brought a smile to his lips. With his hat out of his hand, the clockwork man could now take his cane out from under his arm. He leaned on it briefly as he looked around the room once more. Finding a chair, he relocated some cloths and took a seat.

"It belonged to my father, and it looks quite good on you. At any rate, it's a pleasure to meet you Celine. I hope you don't mind if I have a seat a moment. I've been on my feet all night."  

[Zulma san]

Celine grinned happily turning to look at the man. "Real-?" she did not finish her sentence that the hat, too big for her, fell down to her nose, stopped only by her glasses. The square and heavy frame did not really match the round and happy features of the woman.
She lifted up the hat, giggling a little.
"I think it looks better on you." she said, trotting back to him and laying the hat on his head, sideways.
"All night? You're supposed to sleep at night you know!" she half scowled, half teased him.
"Do you work at night?" she asked him sitting on her bed on a pile of towels without caring.  

[Astra_Senpai]

Senpai had given up hope on that request. Truth was, Lin's umbrella sat in the corner of Senpai's room as it had been left with Senpai that day. It was the only reminder. Sitting up, even this way Senpai was taller. That tone- Senpai had heard tones like that before whips or fires, green eye wide in surprise at the mention the light behind it nervous.

Senpai would nod yes slowly, bowing moolit haired head, suddenly afraid to meet the woman's gaze. She was beautiful, why hadn't she rejected a monster like Senpai. Senpai'd heart could not have thudded harder in shared chest.  

[Vennrich]

He righted his hat, but removed his glove, setting both it, his satchel, and his cane on the side. Some inner clicking spelled Kal admitting to himself he was a little flattered by her kind words. Crossing his legs, he leaned back in the chair.

"I'm afraid not. Just went for a walk to the city. Was looking to purchase some books." he replied, "Of course all the stores were closed, but I didn't mind occupying myself. I'm a bit of a wanderer you see."  

[Zulma san]

When Senpai looked down again, Lin blinked.
"Are you going to receive your new name with your head bowed in shame?" she asked with the same voice. "Isn't a new name synonym of a new life, a new hope?"
Her silver irises looked at the white haired woman and her fingers closed onto the fabric wrapped around the woman's head and face. She pulled, a quick sharp gesture sending the fabric flying at the end of her arm.



Celine tilted her head.
"The Inn has a lot of wanderers..." said the twenty-five year old woman. She had to admit that looking for books in the middle of the night was quite...unusual. Now that she was taking a better look at him, the way he was dressed was quite old-school although it suited him quite nicely.

"What kind of books were you looking for?" she asked, eyes glowing with interest. By his feet, Kal could see that among the usual female magazines were several medical publications.  

[Vennrich]

Kal took note of the different details in the room as he casually looked about, but made sure to keep eye contact with the women whenever she talked.

"Nothing in particular really. I told another patron of the inn yesterday that curiosity is my bread and discovery my wine. I can be terribly impulsive, though, I don't see a fault in that, as it brings many new things to my attention. This inn being one of them." he said, leaning over to retrieve his satchel. It was fairly light as only four books were within.

"If you're curious as to what I purchased, have a look. They're simply what captured my attention at the moment I browsed the store." he finished his thought, handing her the bag.  

[Astra_Senpai]

Senpai's head lifted with the snap of the fabric. It was alarm at the suddenness but also Lin's words. A new name- a new was supposed to be a thing of joy. Senpai's right eye remained closed, the darkness of the skin on the right side contrasting almost perfectly with the light of the left. The skin was taunt, almost leathered, sunken in at the cheekbone and thick near the closed eye. Senpai's mouth was tinged with small lines of blued-black from the poisoning but the length of it was as if someone had taken a blade and cut along the edges. Senpai's jokeresque smile a result of the confrontation. A small black horn had begun to take shape at the top of Senpai's head, it peeked through silken white hair as a mountain in the mist. The closest in relation to Senpai's halved appearance would be an oni mask.

Senpai would slowly open the closed eye. The white of it now as black as midnight and the slitted pupil a luminous orange. Mismatched eyes looked to Lin, neither saying the same thing but both having full focus on her.  

[Zulma san]

Celine jumped off the bed. It seemed that curiosity was one of her quality as well...or maybe a fault?
"You don't look impulsive." she said maybe a little too bluntly as she took the bag and the books, then sat right where she was: on top of a pile of papers.

The first book was a manual of mechanics on submarines dated from the fifties with many graphs and sketches. It looked quite technical. She skimmed through it quite quickly with a little hum.

The second one was a current tour guide of the region. "Are you planning to stay a while?" she asked him, looking up at him from the floor.




There was a flinch. It was minimal, but still, it was there, yet she remained where she was. After having seen Senpai's arm, she had imagined why she was hiding her face, still she was not ready. After all, only weeks ago she did not even believe in magic, let alone in demons or vampires. So yet, despite her calm face, Lin was shocked. An important part of Senpai was not human anymore.

Lin focused on the green eye, then on the orange eye it was then that she spoke.
"Can you speak?" she asked.
True it seemed that Senpai's brain was still Senpai's and so was most of her body, but that eye, that glow belonged to something else, to the mushi. So could it be that the mushi had now control over her vocal cords?