User:Sayuno/Sachi Kurimu/Log01

 On a particularly hot day in the Human Village, Sachi Kurimu can be seen just outside of her cake shop, sweeping the ground just outside it to keep it presentable. She has recently opened up for business and is eagerly waiting for customers, but like with most businesses who don't bother advertising themselves, she hasn't had many customers.

 After a long morning of manning the stall and selling charms to desperate housewives, Zen strolled down the streets for a break. He looked over the various stores and their wares, seeing both new and familiar things on sale. ''Honda-san worked hard today. Perhaps I'll buy her something as a reward?''

Zen_Shin_Tan rounded the corner and saw a young lady sweeping the ground outside of a cake shop. He hadn't seen it open for business before, perhaps it was new? Deciding to become one of its patrons, he approached the lady.

 Excuse me miss, is the store open?

 Sachi heard the new voice loud and clear, so she turned around to answer back! Except that would be what she'd do if she weren't met by a tall, middle aged man with a rather scary looking face; not who she was expecting to have as one of her first few customers. "W-Why yes sir! Hello!" she managed to stutter out, "We're open and stocked on fresh cakes t-that can help beat any summer heat!"

 ''Oh? That sounds interesting, may I have a look?"

 "Oh of course, please come in and take a seat. You've come at a fantastic time, a fresh tray of Yokan will have just finished cooling down," Sachi beckoned the stranger inside of her humble store, placing her broom to the side of the entrance while removing her footwear.

Zen_Shin_Tan placed his hand together and bowed once before entering. Likewise, he slipped off his slippers before entering.

 "This is a nice bakery." he commented after looking around at the interior. "Did you just open?"

 "Just last week I managed to get this place open for business! I need to pay it off to the landlord, but that's all fine..." Sachi went behind her counter to open a cooling box filled with ice and several trays of chilling cakes, treats, and ingredients. She removed one of the trays and placed it on the side, "The truth is business isn't that great so far, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping things will improve before long."

 "Hm, that is a wonder." He looked at the tray of pastries and wondered what they were. He never had any pastries before as there was no such thing as baking in his time period. ''What would you recommend? Ah- forgive my ambiguity. I am buyig a treat for a student of mine. She is perhaps around your age?"

Mononobe_no_Futo flitted about inside the Human Village, until she happened upon a strange shop... a shop that she had not seen until now. Indeed, she had not been in the village for some time, but no one had told her about this building that said... wait, "cake" shop? What is cake?

 "At this time of the year, it's definitely worthwhile trying for something cool and sweet. Like I said, I've got these really delicious Yokan blocks-- well I will have them when I've cut them up. They're very refreshing if you would like to try one for yourself!"

 Never have I seen such a word in my life. Is it some sort of tool? Or perhaps... food...

 "Hm, alright. I'll take the two Yokan blocks then."
 * Mononobe_no_Futo was drawn to the smells coming from none other than the shop in front of her. Now, her whimsical nature had taken her, and she found herself opening the door...

 "Very well. I'll wrap them up in a dark wrapper. I recommend keeping the box out of direct heat in order to keep them at desired--" the door opened, another customer?! Truly today was a fortunate one to have another customer! Sachi turned to see a short looking white haired girl. Another odd looking person, also with a bizarre looking hat, "Welcome... I uh... welcome! Please sit down and--"

 Sachi remembered to tend to one customer at a time, "Oh, I'm sorry, I got distracted. Please forgive me." She notioned back to Zen Shin Tan.  "No, it is quite alright. How much is it?" he asked, taking out a small satchel.

 "600 yen in total." Sachi said as she turned to slice up the Yokan blocks from their pallet

Zen_Shin_Tan counted out a 500 yen and a 100 yen coin before handing it to her. <Mononobe_no_Futo> "I do say, what is that absolutely delightful smell?? Is this 'cake' a confection of sorts?" - Futo closed the door behind her, seeing the young lady who had graced her with a welcome. There was also a person in garb strangely familiar to her...

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Zen looked over at the new customer and frowned. The clothing she wore... They were strangely similar to the Taoist teachers that would sometimes visit the courts of Kyoto to spread their knowledge and wisdom.

<Sachi_Kurimu> Taking a blunt knife in hand, Sachi chopped the block of Yokan in to smaller chunks, "Cakes and sweets! Food that is good to... eat..." Sachi looked up to see some tension brewing between customers. She swallowed and prayed that nothing would break out.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Zen clasped his hands together in a bow toward the new customer. ''Pleased to meet you. I am Tan, an onmyouji of the Heian Era. You are?"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> ((Note, he should be speaking in the same way Futo is except that the player isn't very good at speaking archaic so please forgive him for his incompetentcy.))

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "A being nearly as old as myself? Fair coincidence, this is, onmyouji. Respecteth I thee for thy tasks you must have completed, keeping humans safe from foul beasts! But listen close, for I am Mononobe no Futo, from an Era before even you were born, and from the once-great Futo clan."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> -- <Sachi_Kurimu> (( What's with the -- ? )) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((Indicating a finish, no posts to follow.)) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((It's etiquette I learned around a year ago))

<Sachi_Kurimu> What a bunch of weird looking, weird talking people. Sachi chose to mind her own business when it came to people like this, they seemed to be in a competition of seeing who is better than the other. She meagerly placed two fresh chunks of Yokan in to a box before topping them with some assorted, chopped berries.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "The Futo clan? Hmm, I apoligize for I have never heard of the Futo clan... Are you perhaps? From the Mononobe clan descended from the legendary Nigihayahi no Mikoto-kami?"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> ((HERP)) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((Mononobe Clan)) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((I derped hard)) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((BUT ANYWAYS)) <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((I'll go with it for teh lulz))

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo nearly flushed at her foolish mistake, but perhaps she could still retain her honor by affirming her status as the Mononobe Clan's one true heir?

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Forsooth, I descend from that kami of much merit! The Mononobe Clan of the great Kofun Era, great was our prowess in war!" <Mononobe_no_Futo> --- <Mononobe_no_Futo> ((It would be good to note that Yokan was originally a Buddhist-brought food...))

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Yes indeed. Your prowess was legendary and remembered in the scrolls of Kyoto." he bowed again, this time a bit lower than before. <Zen_Shin_Tan> ((It is also a good note, that Onmyoudo is a combintion of Buddhism, Taoism, and Shintoism.))

<Sachi_Kurimu> Adding the final touches on to the first order's wrappings, she shuffled over to Zen and placed his box of sweets on the table before accepting the money left behind for her. She shuffled back to the main counter, waiting to see if Futo was going to order something.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> As this onmyouji bowed to her, Futo could not help but notice the cubes of bean paste that were being sold... ugh, verily, a Buddhist-brought confection. Great had been the influence of Buddhism in the past, and its presence was certainly not limited to mundane religion.

Zen_Shin_Tan turned around to face Sachi. ''Ah, yes. Have you been spreading word of your grand opening?''

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Burying a small fire that was lit by her ire, Futo instead focused on what she had arrived here for - the "cake". "Would it be possible, shopkeeper, to have a small taste of sweet 'cake'?" <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> "For a small taste there'd be a small price." Answered Sachi as she took one of the cakes she had on display behind glass at the main counter, "This is a basic strawberry sponge-cake with sweet, creamy icing."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Strange was the thing that she was presented with... a very large and spongy substance with some sort of cream that was spread upon it. A modern confection, probably

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "How much yen does one small taste cost?" Futo had not much in the way of currency on her, and she realized that she didn't want to spend money willy-nilly. But, perhaps that could be set aside for this one whimsical event. ~ <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> "If you just want to taste it, we could go half each. That'd be 400 yen."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Ah, 400? A small price to pay for something that smells so delectable."

Mononobe_no_Futo takes out one of her plates hewn from the earth, and puts the right amount of currency on it. <Mononobe_no_Futo>

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Well it's normally 800, but..." Sachi took a knife and cut the slice in half, "You carry plates around with you..?" Queried Sachi with a raised brow, looking multiple times between Futo's eyes and Futo's plate.

<Jade_Suishohi> It was quite the coincidence that Jade had parked herself atop the building next to the bakery in the morning, perhaps an odd sight to anyone who paid attention to such things, but she had been sitting there all day, trying to resist the smells of the bakery, but the smell of cake was simply too much to bear. In the next instance none of the villagers were looking, the statue had mysteriously vanished from the rooftop entirely.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo levitated the plate with the piece of cake on it towards herself, letting it hover at about head height. "Indeed, I do! They are my most prized implements, for sure. Highly versatile in mundane tasks, combat, and storing my soul!" <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi took the money from Futo's plate and placed a wooden, spoon-like utensil in its place, "Here, use this to eat." The plates were very bizarre, but she was certain it was some kind of magic. She didn't see much of it and was only aware that it was somewhat common during the time when people from different religions were fighting each other about the village. Come to think of it... "Hey... aren't you that Taoist person? The one who was a part of that tournament?"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Oh, you have converted to Taoism?"

<Jade_Suishohi> A fair bit conspicious, but Jade soon appears down the street, not concerned at all that she looks quite obviously like a youkai, wearing her favorite gothic-era dress tailored by Rosette. She casually enters the shop, complimenting, "My my my, what fine pastries I smell in here~"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Aye, the great Way is something I have followed since I was very small, though I was the only one in my clan to do so. Such is a very long story from many years ago, I shall tell you thi-"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Just then, Futo noticed the winged beast that had unceremoniously entered the store. If the yokan had not made her frustrated enough, this would add fuel to the fire...

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Creature, what business dost thou have within this Village of Humans? Speak and return this message!" She spoke with obvious threat and ire behind her words, obviously annoyed at the presence of a youkai. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> A youkai? Just brazenly wandering in to her store?! First two strange old people but now this? But it looked like she didn't have to do the shouting, the strong and fearsome Futo was quick to get on the case and shout at the youkai... but then again, if they're here to buy... Sachi didn't really mind taking money from a Youkai. She waited to see how Jade would react to Futo's shouting.

<Jade_Suishohi> Jade has a rather brief giggle at this apparently hostile remark, answering, "Oh,, you musn't be so hasty in such childish threats, I assure you I am simply here to enjoy the wonderful little I smell." She lets loose a couple french words she can't quite translate by accident. She seems quite unimpressed by the intimidation. Amused, even.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo's ire continued to boil within her mind, receiving the impression that his youkai was trying to make fun of her. In addition to this, some words she had uttered were quite unfamiliar - things that simply aroused more suspicion. Pointing a single skinny finger at the winged one, she replied, "Humans are not to be the fodder of youkai, heed my words! Thou shalt necessarily face me if naught but a single touch is given to a human."'

<Sachi_Kurimu> "I know that some youkai are friendly to humans and are welcome in the village itself!" although... she looked Jade up and down, she wasn't too sure about such a beastial looking Youkai. "Besides, a customer is a customer, and money is money. What would you like?"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Meanwhile Zen was watching this scene unfold, a steady hand on the multiple ofuda hidden in his sleeves. If trouble were to brew, he'd prefer it to be outside where collateral damage was less likely.

<Jade_Suishohi> To Futo, she answers, "My, how droll, assuming all youkai are like wild animals, harming humans at the slightest provocation. None I have ever touched have been harmed. Physically, at least, by me, ho ho."

<Jade_Suishohi> "Ah, but I am here for the pâtisserie, or whatever the people of this place call it. Perhaps you can bake me a chocolate soufflé?"

Mononobe_no_Futo still could not trust this one... perhaps she was somewhat different, though, due to her use of words that were completely foreign to her ears.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "In any case, strange one, don't do anything out of line. I shall be watching you..." said Futo, narrowing her eyes. The piece of cake on the dish still hovered near her head, completely untouched. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Souffle... Souf-fle..." Sachi was trying to think of what that could be, the word was foreign to her and she was having trouble pronouncing it. "That's the dish made of mostly eggs, right?"

<Jade_Suishohi> "Ah, chéri, I'm sure I have watched you for far longer then you have me, but I'll be sure-" she begins, but the question has her ignoring Futo quite suddenly, admiring the deduction and knowledge of the fine French pastry. "Ah, exactly dear, you are quite correct! It's made from eggs and puffs when you bake it. A simple dish in design, but it can be given so many lovely flavors!"

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi crossed her arms and rubbed her chin with the side of her finger, she'd never made something like this before but she knew she had a book on it somewhere, "I'll see what I can do..." Sachi went in to her back room, leaving the shop unattended.

Zen_Shin_Tan looked at the leaving figure of Sachi before turning to face Jade.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Good afternoon stone youkai.

Mononobe_no_Futo thought this youkai to be of a much different concern now, but hopefully not the kind she was thinking of. She shrugged, and kept the beast in her peripherals while she went ahead and took a bite of the confection that hovered in front of her. Sweet was the strange cream that she tasted, and the sponge structure was made of a substance that was rather alien to her. <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Jade_Suishohi> "Hm?" Jade says, turning to the oft-quiet onmyouji. "And you are....?" she asks, furrowing her brow in thought for a second, before snapping her fingers as she remembers. "Ah, yes, you were quite whipped-looking human hobbling around outside of town on one of the nights of the fine full moon. I see you did make it home quite well." she says with a sly smile, adding, "That offer of tea still stands, I may add~"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Zen returned with a small smile. "I am too busy throughout the five phases of the moon. Perhaps on the neareth dark of this week, I shall accept your offer of tea."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Overhearing this conversation, the shikaisen of silver thread could not resist giving a warning to this man, a man who was supposed to have known the dread that youkai brought with them - "Be wary, onmyouji - oft tricky are the wiles of youkai." <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> What a day it was... from having no customers to a whole collection of weird talking customers in the drop of a hat. Sachi, surfaced from her back room with a bowl filled with a book and ingredients in arm.

<Jade_Suishohi> "That would be lovely, dear." She answers Zen, and to Hachi, "The strange is ever-too-common around this land, I have found~"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Yes, I understand. But this is part of a lesson my student has taught me... One that I am still trying to accustom."

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi took notice of Futo's cake, or to be more precise, took notice of it being half eaten, "Oh, did you enjoy your cake?" She said while preparing the souffle with one finger on an open book.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo had almost forgotten that the shopkeeper was still in the room! Quelling her anger and turning her attention back at the one who had sold her the "cake", she replied, "Wonderful and strange would be the words I should pick to describe the taste of this new confection! Sweet, dense, and cream-ridden. Back in the era of the Kofun, such a thing never existed. I could see lords gorging themselves on this substance." <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi had a hard time keeping up with Futo's old way of speaking, but she was somewhat certain she knew what she was saying, "I'm glad you like it!" She had already began folding the mixture of the souffle, this cake would prove to be tough.

Mononobe_no_Futo remembered the odd word that the winged youkai had uttered: "Souffle". What was that? It clearly was not a food native to Gensoukyou or Japan.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Kindred shopkeep, would it be, perchance, meet, to explain to me what this strange "souffle" is? Is it similar to so-called cake?" <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Ah, it's a more Western Eastern dish according to my book..." she glanced back down to it to take a break from folding the mixture, "It says here that it will have a light and puffed-up texture... it's definitely another type of cake. It needs to be eaten fresh otherwise it will collapse in on itself." She took a look at the soft mix in her bowl, she can see why it would be considered fragile.

<Jade_Suishohi> "Ho ho, of course it is western, dearie, the word itself is not of your tongue." Jade answers, intently watching her prepare the cake. "It originates from the place I call home, in fact."

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Hm, this Sufure? It sounds intereting, are you making enough for more than one perhaps?"

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi looked at her bowl and then the porcelain cups she was going to pour them in to, "I could make a solid 6 I think." She began pouring the mix in to the cups.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo was intrigued by this sudden development, wanting to know more, even though this youkai was still a youkai... in any case, it was at least wise to know your enemies. "Whither hast thou arrived from, winged one?" she asked. <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "I would like to buy one when you're done."

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi took the souffle tray and placed it in the cooking chamber her wood-fire oven, followed by a few chunks of kindling in to the burning chamber. Following that, she turned back around and leaned on the counter, listening in to the conversation, "I'd be happy to sell!"

<Jade_Suishohi> "Oh? You're interested in me? Well, I would tell you the name, but I am already sure you are far too uncultured to know the lands to the west. I come from much farther then you would ever see, where the ocean meets the eastern shores." <Jade_Suishohi> ((*western shores))

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo's ire started coming back slowly, feeling the gritty words of this youkai dig into her very honor. "Uncultured? Swine, I should say the same about thee! The west, I have heard, is where the Southern Barbarians came and wrought havoc upon us. I sprung from the ilk of a great legacy, and have become learned in the ways of this world by following the Way." <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Now, now... there's no need to argue. The cakes are baking! You'll disturb them with your fuss!"

<Jade_Suishohi> Jade briefly gives Futo a rather stuck up look, about to make an annoyed retort, but at Sachi's interjection, she stops herself, simply smiling and saying, "You're quite right, dearie, we wouldn't want such food borne from the elegant people of La France to go to waste."

Jade_Suishohi says that with a particularly strong accent, moreso then her usual french accent.

<Sachi_Kurimu> Not really sure what any of these people are saying with their weird accents, Sachi just smiles and nods...

Mononobe_no_Futo sighed, darting one last gaze of ferocity at the winged youkai. Cooking was indeed a process rife with much room for error, so perhaps causing too much of a racket in the vicinity would not be feasible. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

Jade_Suishohi smirks. She was quite adept at teasing people, after all, so this debate was clearly just for her amusement. Of course, an insult to France might later merit further grief, if she could find the oppurtunity.

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi checked the oven a few times before deciding that her latest cakes were done! She was eager to see and taste the results. Taking the hot tray out with oven mits, she placed it down on a stone surface before transfering the individual cups of souffle on to a table upfront, "500 yen for one, please!"

<Jade_Suishohi> "Five hundred? A small price pay for a taste of my home." she says, fishing out the money from her dress. Jade carries very little money, but she generally has little to buy. Perhaps this store would be a good reason to acquire more in the future...

<Sachi_Kurimu> "It doesn't have my regular quality guarantee, so it's cheaper than usual. I'll be practising this recipe, it was simple and rewarding to make." She looks down at one of the cups, "It looks good, too! Oh... these will be hot." She went to fish out some napkins so people could comfortably hold them. <Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi returns with napkins and spoons!

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Zen fished out a 500 yen coin and placed it on the counter.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> Here you go.

<Jade_Suishohi> "Ah, thank you, dear." she says, taking one of the offered spoons, but not a napkin. Instead, as she grabs the cup she paid for, her hand seems to change color to a stony grey.

<Sachi_Kurimu> Keeping in mind that Jade is a youkai, and supposedly one made of stone, she shrugged off Jade taking a heated cup without as much of a flinch to the heat. Regardless, she handed a cup, spoon, and napkin over to Zen and Futo while taking another for herself.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Alright, let's see how egg and chocolate tastes."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Ah, those little treats do look delectable, indeed. However, I must not spend too much here, for there are other errands I must run of late." Futo replied, holding back an obvious tooth for sweets. Too, the winged youkai seemed to be, surprisingly, rather benign in intent. Prying on her honor was not something that she could forgive so easily though, so perhaps she would stick around for a bit. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Yes... Itadakimasu." said Zen, staring at the Souffle and observing it for a bit before picking up the spoon and plunging it into the cake. <Sachi_Kurimu> "Oh... but these do need to be eaten soon..." Sachi grumbled, she didn't like things going to waste.

Jade_Suishohi takes a delicate bite with her spook, as her eyes light up in joy. "This is simply divine! Well worth the wait!"

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi was intrigued by Jade's reaction, and took a spoonful of her own. It was definitely a unique and rich flavour, and the texture was to die for! "O-oh goodness me! This cake is wonderful!"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo would eventually give in to her sweet tooth and her willingness to help humans, and remarked, "Oh, I suppose it is indeed a small price to pay." A 500-yen coin floated upon a ceramic dish, and landed in front of the shopkeeper.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> She transferred the dish to then hold one of these "Sufere" or "Sufle"... however she heard it, and picked up the second strange confection. Biting into it garnered an even more pleasurable sensation than biting into the cake she had tried just before. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> "I definitely need to perfect this... looks like it's going to be another late night for me again

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Indeed, it is quite delicious. I have never tried anything like it before. This... Sufure."

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Sooferay..." she butchered the word completely.

<Jade_Suishohi> "It is pronounced 'sue flay', dearies."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "What a delightful and smooth taste this pastry has..." said Futo, before hearing the youkai's retort. Much to her dismay, she attempted to sound out the "l" sound to no avail, and with some humorous attempts, indeed. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Right..." she emptied her cup of its contents, "Feel free to help yourselves to the last two cups, I'd rather not see them go to waste." <Zen_Shin_Tan> "Oh? You will not sell it?"

<Sachi_Kurimu> "They apparently deflate after 10 minutes have gone by; you need to eat them fresh."

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Oh dear... Very well." Zen took out two 500 yen coins and placed them on the counter. ''For your troubles."

<Jade_Suishohi> Jade snickers at Futo's further attempts to pronounce the word, before adding "Yes, it is unfortunate that such a delectable pâtisserie cannot be saved for later." Jade says, still digging into the cake she is holding, savoring it.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Yes, verily a wise choice to do that. Wasting food is never good for your own livelihood!"

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Oh, thank you! I feel bad swindling so much money from you... buuuut... I'm not the type to turn down charity!" she accepts the money.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "At any rate, thank you all for being some of my first customers! Maybe some day my business will really pick off!"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo raised an eyebrow at this - "Oh? First customers? So my intuition was correct, then - this confectionary shop is indeed new." <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> "That's right, I just opened the other day."

<Jade_Suishohi> "Hmmm? Well, I will have to have you prepare more french pâtisserie quite often, then~" Jade says coyly, putting down her finished dessert, her hand turning back to a normal color as her fingers uncoiled around the cup.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Oh? Hm, where have you been spreading word about your shop?"

<Sachi_Kurimu> "...I haven't! You lot just so happened upon my shop by chance. Saying that, do spread word of the shop for me!"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "I see. I will mention your shop to passerbys but you must put forth the effort in spreading word. If you make advertisement notes, I will offer to help pass them out."

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Advertisement notes... hmmm..." Sachi crossed her arms, she had never thought of that.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Indeed, telleth I about thy wondrous confections all throughout this land!" remarked Futo. Perhaps she would bring Tojiko or Miko here one of these days? Surely, they would like this store as well.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Well... maybe not to that extent, maybe just around the village." Sachi commented as she retreated to behind her counter.

<Jade_Suishohi> "Perhaps I will tell a few of my friends as well~" Jade chips in, although she probably means other youkai.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Perhaps thou shalt not, as well?" snapped Futo, turning to the youkai again. <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Jade_Suishohi> "Hmm? I don't see the probem with it~"

<Jade_Suishohi> "Many of my associates are surely more civilized then you, chéri."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Youkai of another land, maybe, foreigner. I could not say the same about the beasts of this land." <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Jade_Suishohi> "My my, I hear those youkai over at the west temple are all fairly decent."

<Jade_Suishohi> "Perhaps I'll invite them to come over."

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Please don't argue, if you have something to settle, take it outside," Sachi was already working on making more souffle, whisking the egg whites; or at least she would be if she didn't manage to cut her finger on the sharp side of her cheap whisk.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Ayaa! D-Damn whisk!" she shook her finger, blew on the cut, then looked to bandage it.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> An image of Nue Houjuu within the Human Village sprang into Futo's mind. Indeed, an image of much violence and terror, and such a thought requited a strong reply...

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Here..." said Zen, reaching into his sleeves and pulling out a small roll of bandages. He measured a small length and ripped the piece off.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Winged youkai, dost thou knowest not of what terror that would inspire within this village? Do not do such a thing... under any circumstances." She at least made an attempt not to yell, but there was still force behind her serious words. <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi reached for the charitable bandage across the counter, "Thanks... I'll need to invest in a better whisk." She said while bandaging up her finger. Sachi made a point to hold up her whisk, the metal ridges were flat instead of round, showing that it was quite sharp.

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Indeed, such a tool is dangerous if not careful."

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Ew... I bled in to the egg mixture... and those were my last eggs too." Sachi crossed her arms in disappointment.

<Jade_Suishohi> "Oh ho ho, I sense a bit of predisposition to the temple youkai~ Or am I wrong?"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo again pointed a finger at this youkai, shaking it while she spoke. "I beseech the too listen to me, rude and haughty one: there exists one foul youkai in the Myouren Temple... nay, foul is far too kind a word. An atrocious existence and constant, dangerous evil imposed upon the land called Nue Houjuu." <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "It would be best to bury it among the plants. No need for it to go to waste as all will return to land from which we sprung."

<Jade_Suishohi> "Really, do tell!" she says. She'd heard of the youkai while observing the temple before, but not recently.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo frowned at the response that she received, hoping that this being would take her words with more caution. "A power and danger such as that which belongs to Nue, that monster, is not something to make light of. Terrible, she is, a terror to most, if not all, human life in Gensoukyou... aye, and the Buddhists think it meet to allow her access to their temple! Such a folly!" <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Jade_Suishohi> "Hm, well perhaps I'll just have to tell her you said that." she says thoughtfully.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Hey, there'll be none of that near my shop! If you're going to start trouble, then I suggest you leave!" Sachi shook the dreaded sharp whisk at her customers. She decided to keep whipping the egg whites, despite their creamy red colour.

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "Ugh, thou... thou shalt do... no such thing, foul youkai! I will not tolerate such things!" Futo strongly remarked, still trying to stifle her welling anger. If the two were alone, she would have, possibly, demonstrated her might to the youkai as a deterrent, but this was right inside the Human Village. <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Please do calm yourself Mononobe-san. This is not the place for such things."

<Mononobe_no_Futo> Futo's breathing had become somewhat quickened by her last remark, but she heeded the advice of the wise onmyouji. She closed her eyes and sat down, re-orienting her own attitude with time-honored meditation. <Mononobe_no_Futo> ---

<Sachi_Kurimu> "So is that everything?"

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "I suppose it is time I start heading back. It was a honor to meet your acquantice." Zen bowed in farewell to Futo. "And yours as well." he said as he bowed to Jade and Sachi.

<Sachi_Kurimu> "Thank you again, be sure to spread word of the humblist bakery in town!"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "A pleasure, baker of these 'cakes' and "sufure'!"

<Mononobe_no_Futo> "And also to thee, Zenshin-sama - we must meet to converse the old days over a cup of green tea, perhaps?" <Mononobe_no_Futo> --

<Zen_Shin_Tan> "Perhaps sometime near the end of this lunar cycle? On the days of rest."

<Jade_Suishohi> "Aha, well perhaps I will come again soon, madame shopkeeper. Toodles!" she says, going back to ignoring Futo's threats.

<Sachi_Kurimu> Sachi waved, combining the last of her experimental souffle.