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Post by Umeko on May 20, 2005 21:02:34 GMT -5
Umeko: Why not? I can use an extra pair of hands about here. Can you help with the cooking? But first things first... You just sit down here while I get us some pancakes and green tea. (Motions to a waitress to get some refreshments for her guest.)
Umeko greets a regular customer and instructs Kenshin to take the tofu to the kitchen before turning back to Rika.
Umeko: "I'm from Nagasaki, came to Kyoto with my late husband to set up this place about five years ago. You don't seem to be from this parts..."
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Post by Mibbie. on May 20, 2005 21:05:58 GMT -5
The girl wasn't really surprised by the woman's question. She answered.
Rika: Um...no, I'm not. i came here a long way, to be precise, Yokohama...
Said the girl, still acting as shy as she has always been.
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Post by Umeko on May 20, 2005 21:13:28 GMT -5
Umeko: Yokohama? That's a nice place. I stayed for there a time with my husband. He was a traveller-type. Can't seem to settle down long enough to grow roots. At least until he became a resident of the Kyoto cemetery. ;D I have lived in Edo, Kobe and Hiroshima as well-
(Stops to greet another regular customer and direct a waitress to give him his favorite candies. ;D Guess who?)
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Post by Mibbie. on May 21, 2005 15:07:18 GMT -5
Rika blinked once, and slightly and slowly hunched a bit to se who the custimor was. She gasped silently. She has seen that man before, but she couldn't remember where. She put her hand close to her mouth, uncertain and hunched back into her normal position, looking down deep in thought.
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Post by Umeko on May 21, 2005 19:37:41 GMT -5
Umeko: Ah, here comes our snacks. Do try the red bean pancakes. They're a house speciality. I hope the green tea's too your liking, Rika-san.
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Post by Mibbie. on May 22, 2005 15:54:15 GMT -5
By Umeko's voice, Rika snapped out of her thoughts with another slight gasp. She turned to the woman, and smiled a weak, yet kind smile.
Rika: Oh,yes. Um, thank-you...
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Post by Umeko on May 22, 2005 20:18:57 GMT -5
Umeko gets distracted by....
Umeko: HEY! Get that pig out of here!
A little piggy is running about the place.
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Post by Mibbie. on Jun 19, 2005 16:13:01 GMT -5
Blinks kind of akwardly, as then she laughs slightly at the little secene goin' on.
" Um...Umeko-san? You'd better be careful..."
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Post by Umeko on Jun 20, 2005 3:20:22 GMT -5
Umeko lets out a humph as she managed to tackle the little critter. She returned the squealing porker to his very apologetic owner. Then she turns to Rika...
"Well, what do u think of working here? You can stay with the other girls in their room. And meals are provided..."
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Post by Mibbie. on Jun 20, 2005 16:00:10 GMT -5
The girl blinked once with surpise as she covered her mouth with her two hands. She then lowered them, a unconvinced expression growing on her face as her cheeks grew alittle rosy. " R-really? I mean--you wouldn't mind...?"
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Post by Umeko on Jun 20, 2005 20:11:43 GMT -5
"Of course not, Rika. Nami! Can you put in one more futon in your room? I know it's going to be a bit cramped with 3 girls there..." Umeko instructed as Nami passed them with some dirty plates.
"Hai!" Nami flashed a sunny smile. "The more the merrier!"
"Seesha can sleep in the wood shack behind..." Kenshin peered out of the kitchen. "Seesha not particular about sleeping quarters..."
"Nonsense, Ken-kun, you catch cold out there." Umeko chided. "Afterwards, Nami will show you around..."
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Post by Mibbie. on Jun 22, 2005 21:03:29 GMT -5
" Um...um, okay."
Said Rika nervously as she smiled, a blush across her cheeks as she rubbed the back of her neck while looking to the side. She then put her index finger up close to her lower lip as she still kept her gaze low, but her smile bright.
" A-arigatou, Umeko-san...you didn't have to do this..."
She said as she put a strand of hair behind her ear.
((Ack! too short...T-T))
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Post by Umeko on Jun 22, 2005 21:27:03 GMT -5
((You're doing good!))
"It's no trouble to me at all. In fact, I was expecting to be short of help. Next week, Chidori-san's returning to her village to marry that nice young farmer she's had her eye on for quite a while..."
Nearby, Chidori blushed furiously as she heard Umeko's words. Umeko changed her target.
"Nami, when do you intend to woo that young man from the ramen stand?"
"Once his kid sister quits using me for kunai practice," Nami retorted with annoyance. That Aoshi is cool, even if he were younger than her. However, his little sister had other plans...
((Guess who Nami's talking about))
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Post by Mibbie. on Jun 23, 2005 22:40:20 GMT -5
Rika just blinked once curiously at the girl's reactions. Then, her face sort of just went drooped, in a dazed sort of way, and her eyes began to look like they were in deep thought.
' It must be nice to be able to have feelings for someone you love...I might never understand it...not with the way I was brought up.'
Thought the girl sadly. She hadn't wanted to remember her horrible past perpously, it just sort of came.
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Post by Umeko on Jun 24, 2005 5:44:45 GMT -5
"Rika-san? Is something wrong?" Umeko asked with concern as she noticed the change. "Are you tired? Maybe you should go rest for a while upstairs..." She was about to excuse herself to check on her cakes. ((Amazingly, Umeko never gets lost in her own restaurant even with her bad direction sense. ))
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