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[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

While she hadn't intended to come back to Milliways, Kaoru finds she doesn't really mind that she has been hijacked a second time.

(As long as she can keep getting back home again. This crazy place is... well, it ain't home.)

Kaoru is sitting at a table in a rear corner, back to the wall, well away from that window that shows the explosions outside and watching the room.

She notices that the... rats?! are apparently serving? "They must be monsters", she mumbles to herself. And she somehow resists the urge to grab one by its tail as it passes. Finally she gets the attention of one who brings her a bowl of ramen and a melon soda and she smiles.

Yes, smiles. And no one here will think it weird or comment on it! She reaches for her chopsticks almost humming and utterly approachable... Enjoy it while it lasts.

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[makesthings]

Sameth is at a nearby table sketching on parchment in an outfit suited to an older era in a linen shirt with the grime of the forge on it and leather breeches.

He looks up while thinking and notices her nervous look and smiles, "Hello."

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

She studies him a moment, but doesn't recognize the guy. Still, she's only been to the bar once before, and there's such a thing as basic courtesy and all. "Yo!" Kaoru nods back in greeting, still smiling.

[makesthings]

"Are you new to Milliways?"

He thinks he recognizes that look of figuring things out, but he's not sure.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

"That easy to tell?" she chuckles slightly, rolling her eyes. "Yeah. Only my second time here. I'm thinking next time I may even be used to it. You a regular?"

[makesthings]

"I feel like I've become one. I've been Bound for a couple of months and came here for a bit before that,"

He stands up and comes over to her table, "I'm Sameth."

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

"Name's Kaoru. Matsubara Kaoru. Nice t'meetcha" Kaoru waves him to a seat. "Bound? So you're one of those people who can't leave?"

[makesthings]

"Yes, though at the moment I can see my door so I think I'll be able to go home soon again. Its nice to meet you. Are you from Japan?"

Her name sounds like Eiji's and Noriko's but he has trouble keeping all the countries on Earth clear at times.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Tokyo City, actually." She gives a thumbs up, rather proud of her town. "And congratulations on... seeing your door. Where's it gonna take you when it works again?"

[makesthings]

"Thanks, now it just needs to open. Belisaere, that's the capital of the Old Kingdom where I live. Its um, not on Earth."

[runmakitarun.livejournal.com]

There's another girl sitting at a table not too far away. She's got the slim build of a gymnast made even slimmer by a childhood of malnutrition. Which she seems to be trying to make up for at the moment considering the massive double-stack cheeseburger and plate of onion rings she's attacking.

She's engrossed in the food, clearly, but she's also watching the bar around her. Back to the wall, eyes alert... and an automatic pistol on the table by her glass.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

Kaoru notices her, of course, but doesn't do more. She's no reason to interrupt another person's meal, gun or no gun.

She lifts her bowl and sips some ramen broth.

[runmakitarun.livejournal.com]

The slight slurping sounds seems to focus the girl's attention. She eyes the bowl thoughtfully, and then turns her attention to Kaoru.

New face.

It's the sort of thing certain paranoiacs people notice.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

The broth isn't the best, but it is good, and Kaoru takes a moment to enjoy it before returning eye contact. She gives the other girl a non-agressive, but steady look, a nod, and then takes another sip before shifting the chopsticks in her hand to fish out some more noodles.

She still doesn't really care about the gun.

[runmakitarun.livejournal.com]

"What is that?" Makita asks around a mouthful of burger. It mostly comes out understandable.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

Kaoru turns back and raises an eyebrow at the question, noodle hanging from her mouth. Someone doesn't know what ramen is?

She slurps the noodle and chews it quickly, swallowing before she says, "Ramen. Soy ramen."

[runmakitarun.livejournal.com]

"Rah-men," Makita repeats a bit awkwardly, her eastern European accent thickening slightly at the unfamiliar word.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

Kaoru has heard it mangled worse, and she shrugs. "Close enough, yeah."

She tilts her bowl slightly so that the other girl can see inside. "Noodles." And broth and small floaty pieces of maybe vegetables.

[seat_five_girl]

Ako has been out back and she smells like horses, just a little.

The original plan was to go for a shower, but Kaoru gets noticed and headed towards.

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

Kaoru looks up, noticing her, and gives a small salute with her melon soda. "Yo, Ako! I came back!"

[seat_five_girl]

Ako smiles and waves back.

"Did you even get out of the room here the last time you were here?"

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

Kaoru laughs. "Not until I tried my door again and walked into the hall to my family's apartment. Even if I knew there was more to the place, I wasn't gonna let that door outta my sight."

[seat_five_girl]

"You've missed so much then!" cries Ako, "Besides just missing Cubefall even."

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

"What's the big deal about watching a cube fall?"

[seat_five_girl]

"It's a holiday for a bunch of alien robots that change shape," explains Ako, "You get to choose a different body for three days and then if you want to keep it at the end."

"I was a bird this year."

[greenpowerz.livejournal.com]

"You're an alien robot?"