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The door opens, and outside, it's dark, and raining. The view, to those who can see through the gloom, and the veritable sheets of water, looks like a street in roughly medieval Japan.

Those with a little more history under their belt might even be able to pinpoint it as Heian-era. But only those with intimate knowledge of the location and era would be able to recognise a street in Heian-kyo.

A (relatively) tall man, made taller by the hat on his head ducks through the door, in out of the rain. In addition to the tall hat, he's wearing the distinctive - if currently somewhat damp - white robes of an onmyouji.

The door clicks shut behind him as he steps in, and he freezes.

"By all the gods and spirits... Where am I?"

((ooc: Please note - Hao is a mind-reader. Not a full-blown telepath, but he can hear thoughts. He has no control over this - i.e., he cannot choose to not read minds. He does it all the time, and if someone doesn't have some sort of mental defence of their own, he's liable to pick up what they're thinking.

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"Uhm...you want anything Mister? The first order is free." He says. "Ms. Bar is sentient and she can get nearly anything."

"Mmm, I can tell," Hao replies. "Some tea, perhaps."

The little boy waves at a rat walking upright and speaks carefully.

"Uhm..he'd like some tea please, and could I have a cocoa?"

Hao peers curiously at the rat.

"It does not seem to be an ordinary rat," he muses. "More like an awakened spirit, but... Hm."

"They're waiters, and understand whatever language you speak, even if they can't speak it themselves." He smiles. "I'm Tyler...sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier."

"Asakura Hao," he replies, inclining his head slightly.

oh! So it was bowing, Tyler does the same.

"Pleased to meet you, sir."

Hao smiles faintly.

"And you, Tyler."

Respect and manners both are appreciated, and by both his thoughts and actions, Tyler has, so far, shown himself to be a cut above most children Hao has met recently.

Strange-looking, to be sure, but golden hair was not completely unknown to him.

"This might sound like a strange question, but can you see the door you came in from?"

The question-- He has to admit, is both strange, and a little alarming, and so he turns to look.

The door is there.

"Yes," he replies. "Why do you ask?"

"Because when the Door disappears on you, it's called getting Bound. You can visit other people's worlds during that, but you can't go back to your own until it reappears and opens again." Tyler replies explaining. "Sometimes it only lasts a few days, sometimes months. It happens differently to different people."

Hao nods slowly.

"I will remember that. Thank you, Tyler."

For all that he's confident that it will never happen to him.