002 ~*~ Sprucing things up a little

[not_so_great_wall]

Flandre was right: the houses all look the same and it's rather dull. She's used to living somewhere that stands out from the rest of the world, so it was time to make this place a little more like home!

[Action : Johnathon's Tools]
[ Meiling is just picking up a 'few' supplies for her home landscaping projects. Hoes, spades, buckets, etc. You would think she couldn't carry this all by herself, but she's stronger than she looks. Just... don't be behind her when she turns around or you just might get a face full of a shovel or a rake!

Poke her? Help her shop? Wonder why the shopkeeper is giving her the cold shoulder after noticing the star on her hat,? ]

[Action : 340 Brady Lane]
[ In front of the house, Meiling is busy laying some stone for a new pathway, boxes for flowers, new wooden borders for the bushes, and in general working hard at tearing up the yard. (She already napped at work, hence all the energy!) She's wearing a pair of overalls, heavy gloves, a plaid shirt, and enough dirt to need three showers later.

Bother her? Help out? She'll be at this for a few days. Weekend taggers have the added chance of catching her taking a rest at midday~ ]

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[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Who knows, maybe it'll come to me one day. At least they have recaf in the meantime.

[not_so_great_wall]

Maybe! [ A pause. ] "Recaf"? That's a drink, right? [ You with your strange words, mister. ]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. Coffee. That's what they call it around here.

[not_so_great_wall]

Mm, okay! [ Now she gets it. ] Coffee's not so bad, but I have to be careful with it because it can ruin an otherwise healthy sleep regimen. [ Yama help her if she is too awake to siesta. ]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I live on the stuff so I guess I gave up on healthy sleep a hundred years ago.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Getting up on her tiptoes to get a better look at him. This, of course, also means violating his personal space a bit -- along with everything she's carrying. ] You're that old? Wow! Are you a youkai, too?!

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

[She's good looking so he's perfectly fine with this.]

Can't say I've heard of the term. But I'm very human and pushing two hundred years old.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Narrowing her eyes, skeptically. ] --huh. Can you manipulate time, too?

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

[He looks a little...offended.]

No, I'm not into sorcery at all. I mean, I'm a little older than most but then again, I don't live on Cadia. I'm still in the prime of my life though and plenty are older than me.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ Still on her toes. This was cake! But now she tilts her head. ] So you're from a tribe of long-lived humans? That's so cool! I thought only youkai and other demons could manage that without having some kind of weird immortality pact or other circumstances prolonging their life.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I've killed a couple daemons and more than enough of their spawn in my life but I've never heard of a human dying of old age before they were two hundred years old. Though, I shouldn't say that since there are more humans than we have numbers.

[not_so_great_wall]

[ ...oh no.

...oh no he didn't. She plants her feet firmly, one hand on her hip and the other gripping the handles of her tools the wood creaks and threatens to snap.

And she just gives him such a look. ]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling I've said something wrong.

/same mun

[gate-guard-girl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [ It wouldn't have worried her nearly so much if he hadn't just been talking about getting a gun, before. ] I don't know how things are where you're from, but we've never been at war with humans. It wasn't like that!

[OOC: Pardon the switch! I really need more icons on the other accounts. OTL]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

...we've?

[He's backing up like mad. Not to run away but to slide some distance in between the two.]

I don't know who you are but I've been through this before. Lure me in with a pretty face and then sacrifice me to some frakking false god. It's not going to work so you might as well reveal yourself.

[gate-guard-girl.livejournal.com]

[ Now he has her confused again. She doesn't move, but her eyes do follow him. ] What are you talking about? I'm not going to sacrifice anyone. I don't even eat humans! [ ...yeah, not the smartest thing to say in this situation. ]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

The only reason I haven't blown your head off is because you aren't acting frakking crazy. Count yourself lucky that isn't part of your personality.

[gate-guard-girl.livejournal.com]

[ She bristles, unsure of whether to count that as a threat. She's yet to have someone pull a gun on her, and she knows there are limits to what she can do in this human body. Plus, she's still just a little sore from that fiasco with a certain giant mech trying to destroy the city. ] And you're lucky that I don't want to fight you.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

I happen to be a lucky guy.

[Which was true considering how many times he was marked as killed in action but never actually died.]

[gate-guard-girl.livejournal.com]

What's your name? [ Sizing him up more seriously, now. She wants to know who to warn the others to be careful around... ]

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Commissar Ciaphas Cain

[gate-guard-girl.livejournal.com]

[ Commissar? Sounded Russian - not that she's an expert, and he lacked the accent, but still.

She squares her shoulders, putting on her Serious Face. ] I am Hong Meiling, the Great Wall, Gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. [ Pointing at him. ] --and I don't care what you might have done back wherever it is you come from, or what problems you have with youkai, but you'd better not cause problems for my charges in Mayfield.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

[Causing trouble was the one thing he wanted least. Plus she wasn't yelling about overthrowing the corpse god. So he decided to sport her with a smile, wondering if this could be solved diplomatically.]

Maybe we got off on the wrong foot. My fault, really. Where I'm from, if you're not human, you're out to kill me. Natural reactions and all.

[not_so_great_wall]

Maybe we did. [ But she's going to be just a bit on guard from here on out, because well... life-long persecution will do that to a woman. ] Not all youkai are out to get people. I won't say that we're innocent, but I'll be satisfied if you can keep in mind that some just want to live out their lives free and in peace.

[hideandhero.livejournal.com]

Not true where I'm from. I'd love to tell you all the stories but you'd probably get bored. I'll still keep that in mind.