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[ A ; oh the weather outside is frightful ]

[There's a ~~cake~~ girl in the rain. It's not pouring just yet, but it can't be denied that there's a steady fall of precipitation.

But given the fact that Lili is from the lands of the Water Tribe, she actually doesn't seem to be too bothered by this. She's walking along at a casual pace, observing her surroundings cooly, and otherwise not seeming to care enough to pick up her pace and run to find shelter.

If you're carrying around an umbrella, she might give a bit of a judgmental glance. Tourist.

That said, a bad attitude isn't going to be much help to her in about 0.7 seconds when a carriage comes rushing by and isn't it funny how a puddle can suddenly becOME A TIDAL WAVE.]

Ah....!!

[There is now a surprised, soaked, dripping wet girl in the rain.

You should laugh at her for judging your umbrella.]

[ B ; excuse me? ]

Could I bother you for a moment?

[WHAT'S THAT -- oh it's just a tap on your shoulder. Well regardless, your quiet time is being ruined! Or maybe it really is just a demure girl asking for the time or something.]

Have you seen two women around here? One of them has short, black hair and is rather quiet and strict whereas the other.... I suppose you could call her flighty? They're my attendants.

["It's quite a problem. They seem to have lost me."

She pauses. And then she adds-]

By the by, would you happen to know anything about narcotics being sold around this area?

[What.]

[ C ; who let the dogs out ]

Eeeek!

[Today Lili is playing the role of one (1) Damsel in Distress.

Or perhaps one (1) Cat Stuck in a Tree.

Both?

As is, it appears as though she has become the prey of some rather aggressive dogs with her bodyguards nowhere to be seen. That's a bit of a problem. She's not on too high of a branch but apparently she really couldn't find any other choice besides climbing up a tree in order to get away. (It wasn't graceful. She nearly fell a couple of times just trying to get up.)

But now that she's up there, she seems to have found her bravado again, if only to bark right back--]

Heel! Sit! Ugh, how poorly trained are you?!

[Someone help her pride.]

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[Lili please... Good thing Kashuu's actually a decent person and isn't leading her into a trap?! He follows after, making sure to stay under the umbrella himself while giving her as much cover as he can. Hopefully she doesn't run too fast...]

I dunno about that. I don't even know your name yet but you already seem more danger-prone than most of my comrades.

[Most... She'd find some fierce competitions in the remainder.

Also, he's (kind of) a gentleman(ish), so he'll move to open the door for her once they get there! Or, well-- he nudges it open with his foot, at least... He's not putting his umbrella down until they're in the warm entry hall, okay.]

[listen she's nearly been kidnapped all sorts of times.... sometimes by thugs and rogues and sometimes by actual guards who want to take her back to her estate. EVEN NOW, SHE'S STILL WARY. at least the people in this inn can be trusted to intervene if she screams or something.

Still though, she musters up her pride and walks into the inn. Out of habit, she gives one nod of acknowledgment to Kashuu (because of some damn good breeding) but otherwise she just walks into the entry hall and sighs with relief when she gets in]

[wait no, she showed her hand]

[AND THEN SHE CLEARS HER THROAT EVER SO GENTLY and tosses her hair over her shoulder (which lands in a bit of a soggy flop. eugh.) Then in an attempt to regain her grace, she straightens her shoulders and gives her name:]

Lili.

And you are?

Kashuu Kiyomitsu!

[The answer comes quickly in return, and Kashuu even has the good grace to ignore the fact that she's still floundering like a wet fish in the middle of the hall... But hey! Punkish pride aside, at least she walked in at all.

Normally he'd give a "nice to meet you" or something like that too, since proper greetings are important and all, BUT NO-- First things first. He's trots his way over toward the counter, where the clerk is writing something down in a ledger.]

'Scuse me! Could I have a couple towels for my friend? [Jerking a thumb over his shoulder toward Lili... The clerk only looks sympathetic for a second before disappearing for said towels and handing over a small stack, which Kashuu will bring back.]

Let's go, let's go! There's a fireplace on the other side of the lobby. I'm cold, so we can at least sit over there while you dry off.

[She opens her mouth to respond, something along the lines of "where are you from?" and then he's... walking right over to the desk and asking for towels. That gets her to close her mouth real fast and the sympathetic look from the clerk makes her shoulders slump a bit as her face heats up in embarrassment.

Hrrrmph.

She takes one of the offered towels and immediately moves to wipe off her hands with it first and moves directly for the area by the fireplace. Augh. She's still damp and dirty and embarrassed and she can't possibly be like this for even a second longer.

Petulantly, she still mumbles when Kashuu joins her--]

... We're not friends.

Well we're not enemies, right?

[Like "friend" and "enemy" are the only two divides that people can fall into... And it kind of is like that for Kashuu, who only knows so many (and they all fall into either one category or the other.)

He plops himself down in a chair close to the fireplace's front, either way, since he's clearly intending on sticking around.]

So! Are you even staying in this area, or are you gonna have to go back out and give walking through the rain a second go?

What kind of categorization is that....

[IT'S SO LIMITED??? Kashuu, please.

But goodness, why is he still here. What is the purpose of this. Why doesn't he have friends that he can go bother?

Concerns of the Friendless Girl.]

... My estate isn't too far from here. I had some business to conduct in town. [read: wanted to stick her nose into some shady business and probably get it cut off]

[Just giving her A Look™ at that, like she's asking a dingus question even though the only true dingus here is him. WHATEVER, MOVING ON--]

Ooh, then you can just wait out the rain, huh? [Though the rain does seem sort of Endless™ here and all... Not that Kashuu seems bothered by the idea of having to stick around for a while. Does he have anything better to do with his time??

Then, more to himself than to her:] Maybe we should get some snacks... [Waiting always passes by faster with food!]

[Snacks? Honestly she wouldn't mind a couple snacks, she's famished and something warm in her stomach would probably be amazing. But then she'd be having snacks with pretty much a total stranger. Though that wouldn't be bad. Maybe they could split the bill--

but wait

this still isn't making any sense and Lili, being Lili, cannot keep her mouth shut--]

Why.... Why are you still sitting with me?

[Kashuu, in the meantime, has already grabbed a flyer off of the nearby table to see if there are any places to get some decent snacks or to if the inn itself will allow for dining in the lobby.

As for that question--]

Why not? [He's but a simple peanut...] I don't have anything else to do and it's not like you have anywhere to go either, yeah?

[ . . . . . he's so simple. Can it really be that simple? Simple people are amazing.]

So it's because you're... bored?

[she's trying to look for a way to take offense.

Even as she's carefully trying to dry off her hair. Good lord there's a lot of it.]

[He really is that simple... Though he's also still a rude butthead, so:]

Kinda! [But at least he's also honest?!] I'm bored and you haven't been too bad to talk to so far, so it's fine, right?

[Ah, her hair is nice... He's a little jealous! It still looks pretty good even though it was doused in gross road water.]

... even I think that your standard for conversation is low. [She can admit that much, even if it's a little petulant and reluctant.] I recognize that we didn't meet on the best terms....

[there's an apology in there somewhere

but she does manage to look at least a little embarrassed]

Even you think so, huh? [Lili doesn't that imply that your standards are even lower... BUT!! He's a master at being able to read between the lines (sometimes), so that statement coupled with the vaguely embarrassed look is enough to tip him off.]

It's fine, it's fine! I've met people on waaay worse terms before. [THERE'S NO APOLOGY FROM HIM, THOUGH... What a rude shit. Also an easily distracted one, since he gestures to her hair directly after and just moves right on...]

Your hair's pretty.

[??? MET PEOPLE ON WAY WORSE TERMS BEFORE? she sits up a little surprised as she responds]

That's not really something to be proud of--

[but then he]

[compliments??? her???????]

[is that what it's like to be complimented by another person that isn't ayura or tetora who probably get paid to stroke her ego]

[The more it sinks in, the redder she gets, and now she's going to go ahead and look away because it's not like! She's really flattered to get a compliment from a stranger or anything! NOT LIKE IT MATTERS.

(It matters. It matters a lot.)]

Th... Thank you?

[She says. Staring at the wall.

Why does it sound like a question.]

[WOW that sure is a weird reaction! It's almost like she's never gotten a compliment before or something, but that would just be silly!!]

Sure! [Apparently he's used to dishing them out though, since he moves on like it ain't no thang.]

Long hair doesn't suit everyone, but when it looks good it's really glamorous, yeah? I wanted to grow mine out once but- [Shaking his head. Tragically, he's just not like Taroutachi or Kousetsu; long hair wouldn't suit him at all.] ...Well, that's fine! Hey, I bet you have a lot of fun braiding it and putting pretty clips in and stuff like that.

[Gl-Glamorous?? Does she come off as glamorous? She turns a little bit more red as she ducks her head then and finishes toweling off her hair, listening to him.

Kashuu has subdued the Queen Tsun. Amazing.

When she speaks up again, she's a fraction quieter, as if unsure what nice words sound like coming out of her mouth.]

My attendants would normally help me with hair ornaments... [If I was a rich girl, nanananana--]

... I don't believe that it would look too poorly if you grew out your hair. Could you not do more with it then? Buns [rock that man bun, Kashuu] and other up dos would be acceptable.

[This is where his true talent lies...

Either way, it seems like he doesn't notice the shift in atmosphere since he just carries on as ever. GOOD WORK, KASHUU.]

Attendants? Are you some kinda noble? [His head cants to the side a little, curious. Well, it'd explain why she's got that imperious brat air down so well... As for her man bun suggestion:]

Eh, I dunno about that. When it gets too long, it doesn't frame my face right anymore. [He's spent a long time finding a style that suits him best! Or that he thinks suits him best, anyway...] But I can still put clips in it, so that's fine.

[The question manages to get her to pause and she carefully schools her expression from changing into surprise. Okay yes he figured it out, but she can't trust that he won't use her status to his advantage! Kidnap her for ransom or something similarly dastardly. Ain't nobody got time for that.

It's always the nice-looking ones that you have to worry about most, after all!]

What would it matter if I am?

[DOESN'T MATTER. But she just works on toweling off the rest of herself now that her hair isn't dripping everywhere and making her job harder.]

I didn't expect to hear such vanity from a man....

[Honest?]

It wouldn't. [BLUNTLY. But truly, while Kashuu does go on and on about being properly adorned in finery and all, he definitely doesn't respect or admire people just based on status.] I was just curious! It'd be kinda weird for a rich person to be wandering around alone.

[Like, where's the secret service?? CONCERNING. But Kashuu doesn't get the feeling that they're being followed by anyone, friend or foe alike, so... Maybe this punkass is marginally more capable than she seems?? Or maybe she just wandered off without her entourage, that happens sometimes.

Also, he reflexively answers that with:] I'm not. [...A man, that is, BECAUSE HE TECHNICALLY ISN'T but that also prooobably isn't something he should just be dropping out of nowhere on people that he prooobably shouldn't even be talking to in the first place.] ...Vain! I'm not vain, that's the sort of thing that anyone should be a little worried about, right?

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[1/???] broke her thanks aki

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ok done

LOOK HE DIDNT MEAN TO

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