RPG Re-opened & Under New Management

[Senkusha]

Senkusha approaches the dark, quiet, wooden building. Dusk is setting in, a gentle gust of wind blows littered scraps of paper across the path. The door has an official paper signage taped upon it-- official from the authorities. "Closed for condemnation...". The date, which had been hand-written, had long since worn away. I reached out my arm and tried the door. It creaked open slowly, the last light of daylight washed upon the entrance for the first time in probably many, many years. I breached the threshold of the room, leaving a clear footprint stamped within the settled dust. Dust that hadn't been disturbed in a long time.

The long bar ran the length of the left-side wall. Small wooden bowls sat with petrified various nuts. Empty steins and cocktail glasses littered the surface-- whatever liquid they contained had long since evaporated away. Over in the far right-corner, quietly rested a pile of musical instruments, scraps of musical notations littered the floor, an empty hat designated for tips. Several round tables eagerly awaited drunken patrons to converse. Their tops littered with debris and dust. Goddess only knows what else. The back room, which functioned as a simple storage closet had a ragged black cloth curtain decorated with silver and gold glitter.

I walked past the lonely tables, careful with each footstep to preserve the quiet tranquility of decay. Some twenty paces later I gently pushed the curtain to one side. The shelves were barren. Whatever supplies they had once held, had been long since sequestered. A staircase continued upwards after the shelving unit. On the opposite wall was my target: The fuse panel. I tugged at the steel door, and while it resisted my siege, it ultimately yielded, allowing my eyes to grace its black surface. Carefully, I felt around the panel, feeling many switches. Up towards the top, however, I located the master switch, in it's OFF position. Probably nothing would happen. This building, hell, this entire area has been abandoned for damn near a decade. But I'm crazy, so why not? I flipped it ON.

Welcome to Urd's Sake Room, located in the bar of this wonderful lounge of Ayeka's Bliss Prismatica.
Please make yourself at home and enjoy the free beverages available...Then feel free to allow your multiple personalities to be free as we play drinking games, card games, and various other things that we will no doubt think up in a drunken stupor. I am your host, Zionia. Allow me to introduce my other selves.

Thomas: My Bartender self that works behind the bar mixing your drinks...he is very quiet and just likes to mix and serve drinks for you.

Ralph: My Psychologist: He told me to do this so that my other selves would have the room to be free, and it also relieves the stress.

Zariena: The cute little girl in the corner playing a harp, piano, Koto, Shamiesen, shakuhachi, trombone, or what ever instrument she need to for enhancing the environment of the room

Marlene: The dark scary person who keeps an eye on us and stops any fights before they begin.

Urd: The lovely mistress of sake herself. Good luck trying to out drink her, she has been known to go through multiple kegs of sake in one sitting and not have any of the effects later. She is very loud and fun.

Zionia: This is me...um, i go around and chat with everyone...

So please introduce yourselves as you enter and have a great time here at Urd's Sake House.

*note from management: Not responsible for anything you may do while under the influence of fictitious alcoholic beverages. Please don't smash the furniture or start brawls, this is a respectable eating establishment and you will be thrown out on your keester if you do. Thank you and have a nice day.

~The Management

The hologram ended, the room just as quiet has when I had entered. The only difference is now all the lights were raining light. I stood there for a moment. Feelings of sadness and nostalgia temporarily overwhelmed me. Echos of voices filled he room, there but not really present. Friends long since gone, stories never finished. I stared at the disaster of a mess before me. "Every project has to begin with an action." I grabbed rag and began pushing dust, dirt, and decay down the length of the bar.

"I wish somebody was still here."

I felt tears threatening to drown my loneliness again. But I can't. Not right now. I have to remain focused if I ever want to get this place restored. Push the dirty crap into the garbage can, wipe the mirror down on the way back up. I should have worn a face mask with all the damn dust that's flying around in here now! Round two. Shove the dirty mess down the bar top, into the can. Back up to follow the mirror. Three more times and the bar is cleared. Grab that broom, and start sweeping the floor, wipe those tables down, make the chairs presentable. Four hours later, the dining area is cleaned and smells like fresh Pine-sol and Murphy's Lemon Scented Wood Polish.

The next task is to wash all the glassware, plates, and other eating utensils. Fill the sink with hot soapy water. Grab a new cloth from that box-- funny, I don't remember bringing these with me. Don't have time to think about that. Two hours later, time to scrub the stove-top. Yes, sure, there's a Japanese style Hibachi grill in here, because why not? I'm claiming ownership of this Sake House! Thirty minutes later, the entire bar area is sparkling. Now shall I tackle the bathroom? Sure! There's two of them, one downstairs for the patrons, and one upstairs-- although I've only been told about that one. The one downstairs is a bit awkward to reach. It's underneath the staircase. Surprisingly, it was pretty clean, and only needed to be wiped down. I still over-killed it with a cleaning compound designed to contain nuclear sludge. Bonus, it smells like roses in bloom now.

My stomach grumbled loudly in protest as I walked out of the bathroom. I'd been working non-stop since I got here. Perhaps I should fire up this old grill and make some food! -- Oh, but hold on a moment. I didn't pack anything to eat. And the shelves are all empty, especially now, that I've removed the inch of dust that had made itself at home on them!

 

[Senkusha]

"Sen- Senkusha?... Is that... really you?", a middle-aged, man with a brown crew-cut hairstyle said in disbelief. "Oh my God... it IS you!" The man set down the black duffel bag he was carrying by the door and damn near glomped Senkusha in a giant bear hug. "Man... I never thought I'd ever see you again! Where the hell have you been?"

Tears streamed down the man's face as he pulled back, still holding Senkusha by her biceps. He looked at his old friend with weary, water-filled eyes.

Senkusha blinked for a moment, running through her memory of contacts and connections, and finally gave up, relinquishing her loss to the age of time passed long ago.

"I'm sorry, but... maybe a you could give an old lady a hint?" Senkusha paused momentarily, "It seems as though my brain isn't working as well as it once did.", she blushed.

The man exhaled gently, then smiled thinly. "I shouldn't be surprised. That was a rather chaotic time, all those years ago. It's me, Kamada. Kamada Tashika. Former pilot of the Rebellion Force, and rescuer of a certain violet-haired princess."

Senkusha studied Tashika's features hard. "Yes, I do recognize you... a little bit."

"You'd probably recognize my other half more readily though..." Kamada paused. "Too bad there's no chocolate around here-- which I'm actually very glad about!"

Senkusha tilted her head to her left slightly with a look of confusion.

"Oh, never-mind about that." Kamada again paused briefly and let go of Senkusha. "You're looking really good! That look suits you very well."

"I-I'm sorry?" Senkusha said.

Kamada chuckled. "You're body has changed-- for the better. But your eyes, they're the same kind, positive, blue eyes that I remember. Although, I believe the last time we met, you had quite the shorter style of hair-- But I really like the longer flow you're rockin' now. It suits you. Real good.

"Th-thank you.", Senkusha said. Her stomach grumbled loudly, and she blushed. "S-Sorry about that."

"No worries. I think I have just the thing! You should remember that I'm always prepared...."

Kamada said as he turned on his heel and walked over to the door, scooping up his bag with one fluid motion. Then he walked over to the nearest table to where Senkusha was standing and gently set the bag down, unzipped the opening and rooted around in side, before pulling out a couple of metal canisters. He then proceeded to break the safety seal on each tin and removed the covering to expose a personal sized Bento box with dehydrated rice, miso soup powder, dehydrated grilled vegetables, and dehydrated steak cubes.

"All we need is some hot water-- or actually, that grill and some water would be best." Kamada gave a broad smile.

"Well, we should have both of those things.", Senkusha said, and gently picked up the canister, walked around the bar to the tending side and removed each component from the tin, placing them on the top of the grill. Then splashed some cold water on each pile, and finally turned on the heat to hibachi. The pleasant aroma of salty bean curd with grilling beef filled the room as the meal cooked.

Kamada placed the contents of the second container on the grill surface and added about a cup's worth of water to the his pile as well. Fifteen minutes later, a large pile of white rice, steak with scallions, zucchini, carrots and two bowls of miso soup were hot and ready to be devoured. Senkusha delicately dressed two plates with the food contents, handed one plate to Kamada and picked up the other plate. Both friends walked to the table that guarded Kamada's bag.

"Ladies first, I insist.", Kamada said offering a shy smile as he waited for Senkusha to sit. After Senkusha took her seat, Kamada seated himself, placed a napkin over his lap and placed his hands over his food. "Itadakimasu!"

Senkusha followed more quietly adding her own verbiage, "EE-ta-da-key-mass."

 

[Senkusha]

Senkusha quickly ate her food.

"This is really good! Thank you. I haven't had a good Teppanyaki."

"Oh, this is nothing. Wait until you try my Hibachi." Kamada replied smiling.

"I think I'd like that." Senkusha replied. The pair sat in silence for a moment.

"So, tell me, Senk.... What have you been up to? It's been like ten years, hasn't it?", Kamada finally broke the silence and asked. Small talk has never been one of Kamada's strong suits. Always down to business, as any good military officer would prove.

"Well, After Ayeka's Bliss shut down-- you know, lack of resources, I wandered around", Senkusha replied, "I decided to take a break from the online community for a while, cool off, clear my head, figure out my priorities in life, became a girl, found myself divorced, lost everything, everyone, and realized I was all alone again. But at least I found a piece of happiness I had been denying myself for decades. How about you?"

"Oh well, after I rescued the Princess, I-- BECAME A GIRL?!", Kamada set his chopsticks down and blinked at Senkusha, who had just distilled the past decade of her life so nonchalantly, meanwhile Kamada had more than his fair share of troubles dealing with his curse, that a pang of anger and frustration momentarily flashed across his face. "You mean-- Like you-- This isn't--" Kamada took a deep breath and dropped his shoulders, which had automatically tensed up. "So, this isn't just a cosplay then?", he finally said realizing the gravity of what Senkusha had said.

"Oh no. Definitely not a cosplay. Not an act. Nothing temporary.", Senkusha replied calmly. "I decided to permanently alter my lifestyle to be in alignment with the way most women live life everyday, and I've been figuring all this out for a while now-- in fact, I believe the tenth anniversary is coming up later this year of my first chemical change."

"Well, you're handling it much better than I ever could. But then again, it's not like you re--", Kamado said but was cut off.

"So, it is true." A naisaly woman's voice echoed from the entrance of the room. "You managed to find your way back home..."

 

[Senkusha]

Both Kamada and Senkusha glanced up toward the door to see a petite, red haired woman standing with her arms crossed over her chest. Her emerald eyes reflected her wisdom as she offered a knowing smile.

"Washu.", Senkusha said.

Washu let out a loud maniacal fit of laughter.

After a minute of giggling like the mad scientist she is, Washu finally calmed down and fully entered the building. Without asking, she volunteered a seat adjacent of the only other two occupants.

"I knew you would eventually come back.", Washu said to Kamada, and then glanced at Senkusha. But I'm glad you finally found your way back here. And after all that time." she paused for a moment. "The others will certainly be happy to see you.

"Do-- Do you really think so, Washu? I mean, after everything...", Senkusha's voice trailed off.

"I absolutely know so, Kusha. In fact, it won't be long now.", Washu replied.

"Whatever do you mean, Washu?" Kamada said with a hint of annoyance.

"I mean, that when the main power circuit was activated, it enabled a special beacon...." Washu said. "Why do you think we showed up here so quickly?"

"What do you mean. I was walking through--", Kamada said.

"Oh really?", Washu said. "You haven't come around here in the last fifteen years, Kamada. I happen to know for a fact that it's the beacon that attracted you here, like a moth to a flame. And the same thing will be happening to everybody. Including her."

 

[Senkusha]

"God... I mean... Goddess. Ah.... she's probably gonna be pissed. She ran a pretty tight ... uh... ship.", Senkusha said.

"I disagree.", Kamada replied. "While it's true that she can be upset fairly easily, I think she'd be thrilled to see that somebody has taken over the responsibilities of the Sake House. I mean, the whole reason she left, I think is because she simply got burned out-- not that I blame her. There were a bunch of crazies in here. And poor Thomas...", Kamada grinned and slowly shook his head as he glanced down at the table, "the man can only put out so many fires. I wonder how he's doing, anyway?"

"You'll be able to ask him soon enough.". Washu replied with a smirk.

"You mean, unless Phsy or Vamp didn't kill him." Senkusha interjected.

"Oh no. I'm confident that Thomas could handle himself if worse came down to worse, but more than likely, that wouldn't have been necessary.", Washu answered.

The front door swung open, a short, red-haired girl dressed in what appears to be a medieval cloak, trousers and knee-high boots steps into the room.

"I heard this place has two things which interest me very much.", the girl pauses. "Food, and quests for treasure."

"Oh shit." Kamada mutters.

"What's wrong?", Senkusha asks.

"It's her.", he replied quietly with an angry tone.

"I'm sorry, who?", Senkusha asked, still confused.

"Lina Inverse. I'm actually not surprised. Apparently, my beacon works a little too well. Ah, such is life as the universe's smartest genius!", Washu declared.

"You don't mean the worlds notorious Miss Lina Inverse. Treasure-hunger extraordinaire?", Senkusha said, playing along as if she's known Lina her entire life despite not knowing a single thing about the red-head.

Lina walked over to the table and stole a chair from a nearby table, plopping her butt down into the chair with a thud. "I'm hungry... that looks interesting." She said glancing at Kamada's tray.

"I'm afraid I don't have any more--", Kamada replied.

"What do you mean?!", Lina shrieked.

Senkusha glanced over at Kamada and then over at Lina. "Actually, there is a quest, which I think you'll be perfect for!"

"A quest?! Sign me up.", Lina replied with excitement.

"Perfect, all you have to do, is ....well, see the truth is, we need some supplies from the market." Senkusha replied as she blushed.

"Leave it to me!", Lina said standing up as she knocked the chair over backwards onto the floor.

"Here. You'll need this.", Senkusha reached into her pocket and pulled out a crumpled up twenty-dollar bill. "Get some things with this. Whatever you'd like."

A moment later the short red-head ran out the door.

"H-how did you do that?", Kamada asked completely dumbfounded.

"Well, based on the way she's dressed, and the fact that Washu mentioned that her beacon thingy worked a little too well," Senkusha said, "I figured that she's not from around here, let alone this time period. And since she mentioned she enjoys questing and food, I figured that I'd send her on the most epic quest for her. A quest for food, which is something we need here anyway, at least until we have a Goddess in the House. She probably has no idea how little $20 bucks will get her, and she'll probably get into some sort of argument. Probably arrested, and hauled off to jail. Either way, she'll either bring us some foodstuffs, or she won't be our problem for the next couple of days while things get sorted out. By then, we should be under Divine Protection Protocol or something, and everything will be cool."

"Kusha... I don't care what anybody else says. You ARE a genius.", Kamada said.

Just then, there was another knock at the door. Kamada held his breath.

"Relax. It's not Lina.", Senkusha said with confidence.

"How do you know that?", he replied.

"Because she just barged in, and I don't think that she'd alter her personality that quickly based on your initial reaction of her.", Senkusha replied.

"What are you, some sort of psychologist? Where the hell did you go?!", Kamada said.

"No, I'm not anything like that. But I do have some keen observation skills and life's experience that works well in a pinch.", Senkusha replied as she stood up and walked over toward the door, grabbed the knob and twisted the door open.

 

[Senkusha]

A brown-haired, blue-eyed woman with a thin blue diamond imprinted upon her forehead in her 20s stood smiling, wearing a pastel blue dress with white trim. Her hands held each other gently by her waist.

"Good morning. You are Miss Senkusha, yes?"

"Uh... yes. That's me?", Senkusha replied.

"Wonderful! May I come in?"

"Of course.", Senkusha said, and stepped aside.

The woman stepped past Senkusha and walked inside, taking in the entire room.

"You've done a fabulous job. I'm impressed, and I'm sure that Urd shall be satisfied by your efforts, Miss Senkusha. And because you have taken upon this work by yourself to restore this Sake House to its former glory, I, Belldandy, Goddess First Class, shall grant you any single wish.", Belldandy said, and turned around to face Senkusha.

"Any wish? Like anything at all?", Senkusha replied.

"Jeez, what is with you mortals.", Washu said with frustration in her voice. "Of course, it can be anything!"
"Yes! Miss Washu is correct.", Belldandy acknowledged.

"Wow. Okay. Well, there's many things that I'd like to see happen, but I only get one wish... and I really need to pay attention to how I word it!", Senkusha replied.

"Yeah, you don't want to have Heaven screwing your life up like some stupid Genie in a bottle would." Kamada gave an eye shot over toward Belldandy.

"The difference is, Kamada, that a Genie gives three wishes. And the fact that they aren't necessarily honest to begin with, I guess is balance enough for the Universe.", Senkusha said. "I trust Belldandy."

Belldandy smiled and blushed slightly at the compliment.

Senkusha quietly shut the door behind her and walked back over to the round table where Kamada was sitting and took the seat opposite of him. "There's so many things I want. Like, world peace for starters, eternal youth is another-- oh to be able to run and skip and jump again without succumbing to massive amounts of pain... What do you think I should wish for, Kamada, because I really don't know what I should choose?"

"Kusha, just listen to your heart. I know you have big desires to help the world, maybe too big-- and who's to say that those really big wishes would be truly fulfilled? There's always going to be some greedy, selfish prick that messes everything up. Anyway, what do you think would be best for you? Listen to your heart, because it will never let you down.", Kamada replied.

Senkusha glanced over at Belldandy, who just stood there smiling in the middle of the room. She tilted her head to the left slightly and closed her eyes, patiently waiting for Senkusha's response.

"Your heart is the key that unlocks the mysteries of the universe.", Washu said softly, apparently lost in some sort of nostalgic thought.

"Alright.", Senkusha said and stood up, clenching his fists. "If my heart's the key, then it's demanding this.", Senkusha paused and took a deep breath. "I wish for this place that I've created to be popular and full of blossoming life!"

Silence.

"Yeah, okay, so maybe that was stupid I should--", Senksha said.

A thunder clap struck loudly overhead, and boomed nearby. The diamond on Belldandy's forehead began to glow white. Moments later, a thin, blue beam of light ascended into the sky, piercing through the ceiling of the Sake House, and traveled all the way through the non-existent clouds in the pre-dawn sky. Aurora Borealis quickly formed overhead, and moments later, Belldandy collapsed onto the floor.

 

[Senkusha]

"Oh hell! What did you do!?", Kamada shouted as he launched up out of his seat and ran over to the fallen goddess.

"What... but.... I didn't do....", Senkusha sputtered.

"Oh, never-mind. Just help me with her.", Kamada replied and rolled Belldandy onto her back, gently placing her hands on her stomach.

"What do you need me to do?", Senkusha said almost in a panic.

"I wouldn't worry about it too much.", Washu said quietly, as she glanced over at her Holo-computer.

A few seconds later, Belldandy's eyes opened and she slowly sat upright.

"A powerful wish, indeed, Miss Senkusha!" Belldandy said.

"So, now what?", Kamada asked nobody in particular.

"I guess we wait?", Senkusha said. "I honestly don't think that anything's going to happen immediately. After all, the sun is only now just coming up. Most people are still in bed."

"Actually, the official sunrise this morning was six minutes ago." Washu said.

"Indeed. Your wish has been successfully registered inside Yggdrasil. The System Force will ensure that your wish will remain true at all times.", Belldandy said cheerfully.

"Oh, okay. That's... good to know.", Senkusha replied.

A moment later a loud, screeching roar was heard outside.

"That ... doesn't sound good...", Kamada said and walked toward the door.

 

[Senkusha]

Kamada opened the door just as a pink beam of light smashed into a giant thirty-foot tall lizard. It let out a screeching roar of pain and opened its mouth. Moments later a blast of hot, angry fire torched the place where a young girl dressed in a long white dress stood before leaping up into the air.

"Na-chan!" A blond-haired girl up in the sky shouted and pointed with the end of electrified scythe. "In there!, she pointed at the open door Kamada was standing in, and dove with a force of acceleration that nearly blew Kamada's buzz-cut hair backwards as she flew over his head. Moments later, the girl in white leapt over Kamada and flew into the entrance way.

"Quick! Shut the door!" The girl in white shouted.

Just as the giant lizard turned to follow its prey toward the door, it opened its mouth again. Kamada didn't need a reminder, and promptly slammed the door shut.

"Watch out.", the blonde said as she leveled her scythe at the door. "Bardiche, Assualt form."

"Yes sir." A deep, robotic masculine voice replied. The electrified blade of the scythe vanished and the end of the shaft reconfigured itself to look like a "U" with a yellow jewel in the center. "Round Shield. Double strength protection." A yellow circle with an ancient alphabet and symbols formed in front of the door. The young blonde braced her stance, applying tension to her left leg.

Smoke started to creep around the edges of the door as the doorknob turned a bright red.

"Oh spirit of the wind, hear my call,
Blessed be this room for all.
Seal the flame from that beast,
Until the sun sets in the East.
I, Belldandy, Goddess First Class, Unrestricted License command my heed to be obeyed!"

Belldandy said with increasing volume as she stared angrily at the door. A hurricane force wind abruptly blew outside, extinguishing the giant flame-throwing tantrum monster outside. The smoke ceased, and the metal doorknob returned to it's bright silver coloring.

"What the hell was that?!", Senkusha asked.

"Sounded like Godzilla to me.", Kamada replied sarcastically. "More importantly, what just happened here? Like, who are you two, and ... first a wish, then a hurricane?"

"I must apologize. How rude we've been. My name is Fate Testarossa, Part-time mage for the Time and Space Administration Bureau.", the blonde-haired girl replied with a formal bow.

"S--sorry about this.", the girl in white added, "I'm Nanoha Takamachi. Third grade student at Seishou Elementary School, and also a Part-time Mage with the Time and Space Administration Bureau. We're terribly sorry to trouble you all."

 

[Senkusha]

Senkusha walked around to the other side of the bar and pulled down a few clean glasses (that weren't there a few minutes ago) and began mixing some fresh juices together in a shaker filled with ice.

"Fate, and Nanoha...", Senkusha said, "May I call you that?", she opened the shaker and poured a round of shot glasses filled with the mystery Tropical Blue looking liquid.

"Yes.", Fate replied.

"That's fine.", Nanoha also replied, then glanced at Fate and both girls giggled.

"Well, you're all here now, go ahead and pull up a chair.", Kamada said as he sat down. He glanced over to Washu, who was still sitting at the other table, her nose was buried deep into her Holo-top computer. Meanwhile, Belldandy walked over toward Senkusha, opposite the bar from her.

"It appears that the System Force is, indeed working quickly today.", Belldandy said with optimism in her eyes.

"Indeed.", Senkusha said and placed the shot glasses on a serving tray, carefully lifted it up and walked around the bar toward the table with the others. She sat the tray down in the middle of the table and gracefully placed a shot glass in front of each person.

"Kusha...", Kamada objected, "What the hell are you doing? Serving drinks to kids??"

Senkusha giggled. "Oh, nonono no no. Don't be silly. It's just juice. I think that we should have a celebration. Urd's Sake House is open once again!", Senkusha said, raising one of the shot glasses to her eye level.

"Alright then.", Kamada followed, and chose a glass, raised it in front of him and said, "To not being burned to a crisp by Godzilla or nuked by Lina."

"I will partake as well. This establishment deserves to have many blessings.", Belldandy said, choosing a glass.

Fate glanced anxiously at the glasses before her, then everybody else, finally resting her gaze on Nanoha. Meanwhile Nanoha offered a reassuring smile, offered Fate a glass, and then took one for herself, raising it she said, "Fate, you just say what's on your mind, like this.", Nanoha gazed at the glass and smiled. "To newly formed friendships."

Fate picked up the shot glass carefully and held it up in front of her. "To friends?"

Senkusha was the first to down her shot. It was a strange combination of orange, lime, and cranberry juice. (Where'd the blue come from? ) One by one the others followed suit. Kamada was the last one and let out a loud sigh of satisfaction.

BOOM!

"Get your slimy hands off of Tenchi, you demon-spawn!", a young woman with a bizarre mix of Japanese and British accents shouted outside, on the other side of the door.

"No way, your low-ness. He's mine!", another woman shouted back.

"Please stooooooop!", a boy's voice shouted over both of them while grunting.

 

[Senkusha]

Senkusha stood back up to go see what was going on outside now. Memories came flying back into her head. The chaos of the Sake House in it's old days of full glory... But then Kamada stood up.

"Take a load off. You've been busy working all night, I'll bet. I'll go see what's up, and invite them in... before there's a massive crater made in the street."

Kamada walked over to the door and opened it. In front of him, not too far away from the Sake House were two young women playing tug of war with a boy between them. A purple haired woman wearing a purple and pink kimono, and a cyan haired woman wearing a striped blue dress. Lightning arced between both women's eyes

"You let go this instant! Lord Tenchi has decided that I shall be betrothed to him.", the purple-haired woman said.

"No way. You lieeeee! Tenchi told me that I'm his girl. So you can just let go and pack your bags and just leave right now.", the cyan-haired woman replied.

"Uh... excuse me. You three?", Kamada said loudly from the door. "Why not just come in, have a drink and discuss... your wedding plans like civilized people?"

"Oh, look at that, a sake house. That's perfect for the likes of you, Ryoko.", the purple-haired woman said.

"You're right, your lowness. Come on Tenchi. Let's go get drunk and ditch this royal pest.", Ryoko replied.

"Ryoko! We're not getting drunk!", the boy exclaimed angrily. But Ryoko had already started walking towards Kamada. A moment later, Kamada and the three new guests were sitting down at yet another table.

 

[Gumiho Girl]

At one end of the bar, a young lady leans against the wall. No one was quite sure when she'd come into the bar, but Senkusha remembered pouring her a couple of drinks and her money seemed good. The first that the bar patrons had really noticed her was when she shifted her stance at the commotion outside, and when her eyes darted to the door at the mention of "demon-spawn".

She muttered under her breath something in Japanese... it was in an old dialect, but could roughly be translated as "Not again". She wasn't sure if this was a good thing, or a bad thing, but maybe this sake house would be an interesting place to linger for a while, as long as she's welcome here.

 

[Senkusha]

Senkusha walked over to the lone guest at the end of the bar carrying a glass filled with the blue juice cocktail.

"Here ya go. 'Don't want ya to think I forgotcha."

 

[Gumiho Girl]

The lone guest smells the glass. She saw the orange, lime and cranberry go into the glass, and saw the mix turn blue... it goes through her head that this must be some kind of magic, and therefore is a bit suspicious. Just like the demon-spawn outside. Even so, she was expecting an illusion spell of some kind, and the taste should have been the sweet and bitter of citrus with a tart bite from the cranberry...she certainly didn't expect the blend of kiwifruit and pineapple that danced on her tongue.

She smiled at Sekusha hoping it would cover the confusion going through her mind. Even so, the drink was good. She was glad that she wasn't like the others of her kind, and after seven centuries of existence she was still able to hold down the food and drink that sustained mortals.

She decided that it might be time to start interacting with the other guests at the sake house.

 

[Senkusha]

"Would you like another? Maybe something hardy to balance the sweetness?"

 

[Gumiho Girl]

As she wonders why she struggles to make meaningful contact in the world, it happens again. It feels like she has only blinked her eyes for a moment, but when her eyes re-open everyone in is different places, some people completely gone, others newly arrived. The rays of the sun are in a different position. She wonders if she blinked out for a few minutes (no, she sun's shadows wouldn't be so different if that were the case)...maybe it's been hours, or days. She blinked out one time and when she had reopened her eyes she had missed the 1960s. Hopefully she hasn't lost another decade. Hopefully this time it was only a short one.

She asks the bartender what day it is.

 

[Senkusha]

OOC: It just dawned upon me that I TOTALLY dropped the ball with the connection of Kamada and Ayeka-- the purple haired princess that Kamada WOULD TOTALLY HAVE RECOGNIZED!.... I'm so embarrassed. Let's fix that.... Soon, however, meanwhile...

"Today... Um... I think today is Friday?", Senkusha answered. She hadn't been asleep yet, and was practically running on jet fuel vapors from yesterday.