Hakumeido 2

[22:21]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	[Last time, baths had just been had, and it was dinner time.]
[22:21]	* [huh]Youmu	sets out places for five people, and begins setting the meal on the table. It's extravagant, to say the least.
[22:22]	<Merry>	Ooh, how extravagant... Is this for us?
[22:23]	<[huh]Youmu>	It is indeed. Miss Yuyuko has asked that all of us eat together.
[22:24]	* [Tet]HongMaoJin	makes it through the door, having followed the smell.
[22:25]	* [huh]Youmu	looks around.
[22:25]	<[huh]Youmu>	Where could the mistress have got to...
[22:25]	* Merry	takes a seat on one of those little pillows.
[22:25]	<Merry>	There must not be many chairs in the afterlife...
[22:26]	<[huh]Youmu>	That's not the problem o much as that the mistress prefers a traditional Japanese household.
[22:27]	* Merry	stares off into space, waiting on everyone to arrive at the 'table'.
[22:27]	* Merry	snaps out, turning to Youmu.
[22:27]	<Merry>	Oh! Did I say that out loud?
[22:27]	<[huh]Youmu>	You did.
[22:28]	* [Tet]Mao	kneels in a perfect seiza one seat away from Merry.
[22:28]	* [huh]Yuyuko	bursts through the door, dragging a slightly confused figure behind her.
[22:28]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Youmu! Youmu! We've got another maid!
[22:28]	<[huh]Youmu>	Mis- what, another one?!
[22:29]	* [huh]Yuyuko	slings the figure into a seat before taking the one at the head of the table.
[22:30]	<[huh]Youmu>	I didn't make enough food for an extra guest, though...
[22:30]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	It is fine. I don't need much nourishing supplement...
[22:30]	* [huh]Youmu	seems to have made enough food for at least a dozen healthy appetites.
[22:30]	* [kiri]Isoroku	bows.
[22:30]	* [Tet]Mao	looks over the new arrival coolly.
[22:30]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	yamamoto Isoroku. At your disposal.
[22:31]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Ahh, don't mind that. I sent Kuzuha out on some appointment or other, so she won't need dinner.
[22:31]	* [kiri]Isoroku	elegantly sit down and behave.
[22:31]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Well, with that being said...
[22:32]	<Merry>	Ah... Well, um. Hi.
[22:32]	* Merry	waves feebly.
[22:32]	* [huh]Yuyuko	takes the nearest plate and deposits its contents, all of it, on her own.
[22:32]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Greetings to you.
[22:32]	* [kiri]Isoroku	nods.
[22:33]	* [huh]Youmu	eats quietly, attentive while seeming not particularly interested in any of the conversation.
[22:34]	* [Tet]Mao	begins picking out choice dishes and arranging them on her plate.
[22:36]	* [kiri]Isoroku	just nibble on some of it and keep her eyes on Yuyuko, trying to observe her.
[22:37]	<[Tet]Mao>	Miss Youmu?
[22:39]	<[huh]Youmu>	Yes, Mao?
[22:39]	* Merry	picks at her food, putting it up on a plate, which is on her ghost, which is on nothing at all...
[22:40]	<[Tet]Mao>	May I ask you a question? Candidly?
[22:42]	<[huh]Youmu>	It depends on the question.
[22:42]	<[Tet]Mao>	Hmm...
[22:43]	* [Tet]Mao	glances sideways at the mistress of the house, thinks about it, and decides to chance it.
[22:43]	<[Tet]Mao>	How do you put up with her?
[22:44]	<[huh]Youmu>	You mean... the mistress Yuyuko.
[22:44]	* [huh]Yuyuko	has personally finished half the meal by this time.
[22:45]	* [kiri]Isoroku	is dead set on nibbling carrots.
[22:45]	<[Tet]Mao>	Y... yes. I did say it was candid, and I understand if you will not answer.
[22:48]	<[huh]Youmu>	Normally, I would cut you down where you stood for such insolence, but... but your words hold truth in them. However. I am bound to serve the mistress, and my life belongs to her until I draw my last breath.
[22:51]	* Merry	groms
[22:52]	* [kiri]Isoroku	nibbles.
[22:52]	<Merry>	Kinda weird that you can eat after you're dead... I'm glad, though, 'cause it's delicious!
[22:53]	<[huh]Youmu>	I'll tell you this. Do not judge miss Yuyuko by her appearance or her demeanor. To do so is a grave mistake.
[22:53]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	I agree that this orange vegetables are delicious.
[22:53]	* [kiri]Isoroku	silently nods.
[22:54]	<[huh]Youmu>	Mistress... please leave some for the others.
[22:54]	<[Tet]Mao>	I see...
[22:55]	<[Tet]Mao>	I must apologize again for my forwardness. I am not a tactful person by nature, but the... issue had been weighing on my mind.
[22:55]	* [huh]Yuyuko	stops, about to finish off another of the dwindling supply of plates. She sits back.
[22:56]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Sorry~
[22:56]	* Merry	drinks her... whatever and 'ah's.
[22:56]	* [kiri]Isoroku	finish her meal.
[22:56]	<Merry>	Would I starve if I couldn't eat in the afterlife? I've gone hungry a few times before... Not fun.
[22:56]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Thank you for the food.
[22:57]	<[huh]Youmu>	It is no trouble. Better that these things be cleared away earlier rather than later.
[22:58]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Uh... I don't think you can starve to death, cause you're already dead... But you're only half-dead, so I guess you can starve to half-death.
[22:58]	* [huh]Yuyuko	considers this.
[22:58]	<Merry>	Ah. I'd rather not, even only half way. Thanks, miss Youmu!
[22:59]	* [huh]Youmu	nods to Merry by way of thanks.
[22:59]	* Merry	finishes her last bit of asparagus.
[23:03]	* Merry	looks around.
[23:03]	<Merry>	Is everyone done?
[23:04]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	I am done.
[23:04]	* [kiri]Isoroku	nods.
[23:04]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	I guess I'm done...
[23:04]	* [Tet]Mao	has been eating slowly, trying to determine if her appetite has changed. It hasn't, really.
[23:04]	<[huh]Youmu>	I'm finished.
[23:05]	<[Tet]Mao>	I am satisfied.
[23:05]	* [kiri]Isoroku	looking left and right, waiting for order.
[23:06]	<[huh]Yuyuko>	Very well, then~ You all help Youmu clean up.
[23:06]	<Merry>	Okay, then. I'll collect the dishes.
[23:06]	* [huh]Yuyuko	floats off out of the room.
[23:06]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Understood.
[23:07]	* Merry	collects the dishes. She even stacks them atop her floating marshmallow, trying very hard to keep it balanced.
[23:07]	* [Tet]Mao	takes her own and whatever serving plates are within arm's reach and stands up.
[23:08]	* [kiri]Isoroku	normally gather the dish.
[23:09]	* [huh]Youmu	collects the rest of the plates and exits into the kitchen. With her help, everything is over very quickly.
[23:10]	* [kiri]Isoroku	try her best to follow Youmu's speed.
[23:11]	* [Tet]Mao	blinks a few times. The dishes are done already? It seems like they'd only just gone into the water. Miss Youmu's being in three places at once tomorrow suddenly seems a bit less unbelievable...
[23:14]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Is it done already? That's...nice.
[23:14]	* Merry	is still collecting dishes. Wait, where'd they go?
[23:18]	* [kiri]Isoroku	then sit back and relax. There's not much things to do here anyway.
[23:19]	<[Tet]Mao>	W... well, then. Now that that's done...?
[23:20]	<[huh]Youmu>	Now that that's done, I suppose you are free for the night.
[23:21]	<[huh]Youmu>	Just make sure to get plenty of rest, because tomorrow will be your first work day.
[23:21]	* Merry	finally catches on to the "done" thing, and then the "free for the night".
[23:21]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	understood.
[23:21]	<[Tet]Mao>	Very well. Where are our quarters located?
[23:22]	* [huh]Youmu	points East.
[23:23]	<[huh]Youmu>	There are empty rooms in that wing on the house. Choose whichever you like.
[23:23]	<Merry>	Ah, okay then. Is it okay if I go outside?
[23:23]	<[huh]Youmu>	For what reason?
[23:24]	* Merry	shrugs.
[23:24]	<Merry>	I've never seen the ceiling go so high.
[23:24]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	I will now take this time to get to know everyone better. Starting by the nearest person possible.
[23:24]	* [kiri]Isoroku	stares at Youmu. Especially her white, delicious neck.
[23:25]	* [Tet]Mao	has already gone off and chosen a room.
[23:25]	<[huh]Youmu>	The... ceiling?
[23:26]	* Merry	nods.
[23:26]	<Merry>	Is that the "sky"?
[23:26]	<[huh]Youmu>	...if you mean outside, then yes?
[23:27]	<Merry>	Ah. I've never seen it before. I want to look around at the flowers too, if that's okay.
[23:27]	<[huh]Youmu>	It is fine. I allow it.
[23:27]	<Merry>	Thank you!
[23:27]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Can I stal----I mean follow her?
[23:28]	* Merry	bows and darts off.
[23:28]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Ah... too late.
[23:29]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	now there's only two of us, I guess.
[23:29]	<[huh]Youmu>	That is so.
[23:29]	* [kiri]Isoroku	ahems.
[23:29]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	My name is yamamoto Isoroku. Will be working here from now on. Nice to meet you.
[23:30]	* [kiri]Isoroku	do a formal introduction again.
[23:31]	<[huh]Youmu>	I am Konpaku Youmu, mistress Saigyouji's chief servant. It's a pleasure.
[23:31]	* [kiri]Isoroku	bows once.
[23:31]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	Well then, miss Youmu. I'll be around. Call me anytime if you need something.
[23:31]	<[kiri]Isoroku>	have a good night.
[23:32]	<[huh]Youmu>	You, too.
[23:32]	* [huh]Youmu	exits.
[23:32]	* [kiri]Isoroku	turns, and heading off. mainly to take a look around the premise.