Welcome to the Tea House, We're [OPEN]

[Sayomi]

"Oh...? We have a guest today."

Sayomi sat down on her chair. Her mist doll poured tea for her. She was comfortable and at peace inside her little play house. Surrounding the table and chair were numerous stuffed animal and cloths of various kinds. Sayomi yawned as she looked at the house. It was really just one big room.

"Sooooo lonely..." Sayomi said. She took another sip of her tea. Right now Sayomi is training her abilities. She is holding up solidity of her unique box weapon with as minimal mist flames as possible. She looked over at her slightly glowing ring.

Sayomi looked at her mist doll. She designed it to look like the Primary Rain Guardian of the Spiaggia familia, Rin....only she was in a maid outfit. She snapped her fingers and changed the humanoid's appearance. She heard a knock on her door.

"Hmm?" Sayomi waved her hand. "Come on in."

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[Rai Inazuma]

The spiky black hair of Raitaro poked it's way into the room, followed shortly by the locked gaze and deadpan face. Which might look normal if it weren't for the fact it was emerging sideways on to the door and he seemed mildly perturbed. Truth being, he wasn't knocking on the door as much as he was spying. Originally, he'd come to see Sayomi so that he could y'know... actually interact with his famiglia's strangest yet oddly powerful asset. But then he'd seen Rin in a maid outfit and his natural urge as a boyfriend was to either charge in and demand an explaination/to join in or to watch through a crack. Obviously, he'd opted for the second one.

Entering the dollhouse proper, Raitaro stroked his chin and idly wondered why all the Mist users in his family liked little girl things. Sheeka and Sayomi would get along great if she didn't seem to drop threatening hints on a regular basis. He had his spear in a bag over his shoulder and a generally relaxed air that few seemed to posess when confronted by the illusionary doll house. He gave a brief salute and smiled
"Yo, Sayo-chan, you free today? I'm bored and the others have gone to school" Snuck out like a ninja he added to himself. They'd probably find him before he made it past midday but still, that could be enough time to actually have a talk with Sayomi

"You wanna go hang out in the park? We can have a talk, like, a proper one. I don't really know that much about you" the park suggestion was mostly so he could avoid spending more time in the tea-house. Truth was, it was making him think he was losing man points

[Sayomi]

"Oh...? We have a guest today."

Sayomi looked over to see Rai enter inside her house. To be honest, Sayomi always found Rai interesting. She was amazed he qualified as a boss at all. She could only assume he inherited the position. Sayomi never experienced the joy of inheriting power. Thinking about it she more stole than inherited.

"Yo, Sayo-chan, you free today? I'm bored and the others have gone to school." Ah...school...that thing most people who didn't kill their parents go to.

"I am always free. I'd like to note that I am self taught in most of my skills." Sayomi said as she sipped a bit of her tea. "To be honest, you Spiaggia just gave me something to do for the most part."

"You wanna go hang out in the park? We can have a talk, like, a proper one. I don't really know that much about you." Rai said. Sayomi snickered. She might as well walk around here. Her mist doll picked up the thermos of tea. Sayomi herself stood up and snapped her fingers. The house vanishing and the mist consumed back into the box. She picked up the box and then looked over at Rai and took another sip of her tea.

"I don't know much about you ether so this will be an experience for everyone." Sayomi said walking next to Rai.

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[Rai Inazuma]

Raitaro seemed fine with her strangely condescending description that she self taught all her skills. He could relate he self-taught himself how to play guitar (and oh my god, did that ever show), and he never really considered how he acquired his spear wielding skills since he was unaware 'talent' is not actually inheritable. He was a little perturbed when she sucked in the tea-house. He'd kind of assumed the room actually DID look like that. Still, he scratched his head idly as he pondered what she meant about the Spiaggia "giving her something to do". Granted, Sheeka did most of the Mist Guardian work but Sayomi always seemed to be around somewhere. It was handy, she definitely had that right... mafia style.

Her comment that she didn't know much about him either prompted a brief finger point at his own face
"Me? Ahhh, I don't think I'm anything that cool" which was true, he was pretty prone to undervaluing his own talents while still believing he was awesome. He's strange like that. Though hurrying to outside the creepy Kokuyo place, Raitaro gave a brief shudder. He wasn't a fan of deserted schools. Speaking of, he wondered if he should have gone today. He hadn't seen Rin since their fight (well, fight, her kneeing him in the gut and shouting at him which was pretty much how he imagined most fights going). He needed to fix that, he was worried about how mad she was

Still, when he saw Sayomi he started chatting, trying to put the thoughts from his mind
"So, what's your story Sayo-chan? Or your last name for that matter" he realised with an awkward start that he genuinely didn't know her last name... that was... awkward.

[Sayomi]

"Oh...? We have a guest today."

"Me? Ahhh, I don't think I'm anything that cool." Yes...he wasn't 'cool'. He was a toy to Sayomi. A toy she doesn't want to kill and throw away but an amusing one none the less. He gave a brief shudder as the two left. Was this place that creepy? Sayomi honestly found the abandoned place endearing. "So, what's your story Sayo-chan? Or your last name for that matter." Sayomi stopped. The thermos was dropped on to the ground as soon as her mist doll disappeared.

"Let's just say that I learned how to use Mist flames and leave at that alright?" Sayomi said, smiling, though one can tell there is some hostility. She turned around and picked up the thermos that her mist doll dropped. "Besides, my last name is of no importance at the moment." She carried both the teacup and thermos.

"Now give yourself more credit. You're cool enough to lead the Spiaggia afterall." Rai was at the height of respect...kinda...okay he has years to go but he was still in a favorable position in Sayomi's mind. "Any stories about school? Due to the way I've been living, I was self taught."

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[Rai Inazuma]

Raitaro was dumb but he watched enough dramas to know when a girl dropped her tea then you did not press the subject. He nodded to her request that they leave it at that and held a hand up in confirmation
"OK, but if you ever do wanna talk about it I'm all ears" he added a thumbs up and grin to this, typical Raitaro style. He may not be the biggest and baddest but he was a good boss when it came to caring about his Guardians (or having them do most of his job for him where Rin and Sheeka were concerned). He was about to carry on when Sayomi asked him a question about school. He paused, holding his chin in his hands

"Ummm, honestly? I don't go very often. People tend to start fights and then I win even if I don't fight back but then my reputation grows so MORE people come and I don't really want them to get hurt punching me so I just keep away." Raitaro was less self-taught and more a strange gestalt collection of everyone else's knowledge as he seemed to pick things up just from being told them or watching something over and over. In his own mind, he was thinking "i self taught myself guitar, and I'm awesome at it" anyone ELSE would be thinking "You self taught yourself Soujutsu and you're possibly the best in Japan", it was just a case of... slightly off priorities.

"So... if your pasts off-limits, how about the present? How come you wanted to join Spiaggia?" Raitaro always wondered about that, his father had picked both Sheeka and Sayomi, Sheeka because of his mom's history and Sayomi because... he had no idea? He'd picked Rin, but that was because awesome boobs fighting skills! He definitely just thought fighting skills... scratching his nose, Raitaro spotted a good spot of grass and indicated it with a thumb
"Think that'll do? Its pretty close to the bus-stop so we can get a ride back to the Dojo when we're done... drinking tea?" she really was fond of her tea was Sayomi...

[Sayomi]

"..."

"OK, but if you ever do wanna talk about it I'm all ears." Sayomi stared at Rai as he held up a hand to give her a thumbs up. She blinked for a moment. He wasn't a bright one was he? She guessed it was just typical "compassion" though. Besides, Sayomi herself shouldn't be one to tell him not to be nosy.

"Ummm, honestly? I don't go very often. People tend to start fights and then I win even if I don't fight back but then my reputation grows so MORE people come and I don't really want them to get hurt punching me so I just keep away." Sounded like trouble. If only Rai had a doll house he could throw people into occasionally.

"So... if your pasts off-limits, how about the present? How come you wanted to join Spiaggia?" That was a good enough question Sayomi guessed. "Think that'll do? Its pretty close to the bus-stop so we can get a ride back to the Dojo when we're done... drinking tea?" Sayomi smiled.

"It's fine, I finish this tea later." She might as well tell him the story of how she wound up found by the Spiaggia. "I wound up being found by the Spiaggia. I was one time in a bit of a...scuffle. The result caused me to use my Mist flames to incapacitate my attacker. It was then some men came to me the next morning and offered me a position. It seemed they were able to judge my abilities to qualify as your Secondary Mist Guardian."

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Notes: Sayo had her tea placed in a thermos, it was the thermos that dropped

[Rai Inazuma]

Raitaro dropped down onto the grass and listened to Sayomi's story which was strategically void of details he could pick up on. She'd used her mist flames to deal with some attackers and somebody representing Spiaggia (which given it wasn't him or his immediate family, meant they were Giglio Nero) approached her and she'd been offered a role in the family. A suspicious mind might ask why they'd offer a position to someone with no history solely based on their flame abilities but Raitaro thought Sayomi was nice enough so that story checked out... kinda.

It was kind of hard, he wasn't exactly made of close friends but Sayomi felt like she had this barrier around her to keep people like him out (this barrier was most evident in the way he had no idea what her last name was. Or first name maybe. See, this is what I'm talking about).

Raitaro gave it some thought what he was gonna ask next, his plan for some famiglia bonding was being hampered by his own lack of knowledge, he really had no idea what Sayomi was about besides she liked drinking teas, dollhouses and occasionally terrifying the hell out of Sheeka. Oh hey! That could be a fun question
"So what do you make of the three us? The rest of Spiaggia, I mean" they didn't see Sayomi very often but she was still part of the family as far as Raitaro was concerned.

[Sayomi]

"..."

"So what do you make of the three us? The rest of Spiaggia, I mean." Rai asked. Sayomi thought about her answer for a moment. What did she think of them? She thought of them as pleasant but nothing really too specific. She might as well start going down by her favorites.

"Rin is a very beautiful swordswoman..." Sayomi began. A Mistdoll appearing in Rin's image in a maid outfit. "Really elegant lady..." Sayomi snapped her fingers, it was now Sheeka wearing a rather frilly dress. "Sheeka is also interesting. A powerful illusionist worthy of the First Mist Guardian...though I hope to someday surpass him in skill." Sayomi snapped her fingers once more and the Mist Doll disappeared.

"As...for you..." Sayomi placed a hand upon her chin as she was in thought. "A work in progress." Sayomi said with a smile. "I don't have much of an impression of you except the fact that you're. a nice guy."

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Notes: And we hear very riveting commentary.