Lee
I waited, and before a few minutes were done, the door opened reveling a human who clasped the door archway and stepped somewhat to the right.
"Hello, who might you be?” the man asked as casually as if he had been accustomed to people coming in and out of the area. I wondered if he were more of a butler than anything else. His attire certainly seemed to pose this.
"Lee..." I answered still wary that this was in some way a trap. I knew I had to calm down and once again found myself envying an ability to use Calm Mind. Straightening up as I answered this, I crossed my arms before me and began a somewhat more pleasant tone.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Lee, my name is Daniel,” the man whom I would now know as Daniel said. For a moment, I let my eye move over his attire again. I had most definitely assumed that his name would be something like Sebastian or some other stereotypical butler’s name. However, this wasn’t the case. However, he was wearing something to the effect of perfessional attire.
"I’m dressed up for Valentine’s Day...I guess you could call it a dress rehearsal," Daniel answered with a strange nervous laugh. Ah… so he was not a butler after all. I shifted my weight to my right foot and began started somewhat of a common question.
"What is this place?" I asked now coming to terms with the fact that it was very very unlikely that it was a base of some sort. This was extremely relaxing, and I was able to keep a better tone because of it.
Oddly, Daniel seemed to place on a strange façade and kept an overly light voice. I made note of this in his character. "This is Gijinka Headquarters. I’m one of the only two humans here." Daniel answered trying out an almost cheesy smile. That confirmed my thoughts, he was not lying… no one could really lie with a face like that.
"Oh, ok." I answered now confused exactly as to what a Gijika Headquarters was. The term Gijika was obvious yet what did he mean by Headquarters? Some sort of club or something? I had never heard of such a thing. The only thing remotely close to this that I had seen was the dojo I had trained in only a few months prior….
“It’s basically a group of Gijika that came together because of hunters…” Daniel answered.
I gave a half nod and forced a casual smile. Because of the hunters, my trust in humans had diminished over the few months even though I had actually trained a bit with a few humans back at the dojo. However, I would be courteous.
“I see,” I answered keeping my voice level and pleasant. “So there are other Gijika around…” now this was a thought… maybe one of my family had actually come and rested here…“I wonder if you could tell me something…” I said keeping a pleasant tone.
“Um… would you like to come in first?” Daniel asked.
I recognizes this gesture of kindness that was present with both humans and pokemon alike. Indeed it was a courtesy that I was pleased with. However, I was not there for any social purpose. I was merely going to stick to the topic at hand.
“Actually, I just wondered if anyone had seen a member of my family passing. I am looking for two boys and a girl. One is a hitmonchan, one is a hitmontop, and one is a tyrogue,” I cut him off but retained the light conversation.
“I don’t think I have seen any of them,” Daniel answered somewhat reaching back to rub the back of his head in a default ‘I’m sorry’ gesture.
“Ah thank you anyways,” I answered giving a smile. “I’ll be on my way then…”
“But you just got here,” Daniel answered as I had turned to go.
“Actually I was just passing by,” I answered. “Curiosity makes fools of us all sometimes. I’ll be on my way.”
I picked up the bag that I had dropped once again and slug it over my left shoulder. Once again the weight pushed down on my shoulder but I by no means flinched. There was still a lot of road that needed to be traveled before I could get to the town, and if I left now I could most assuredly get there before dark.
“Uh…” Daniel tried to bring a new conversation into being. I turned and looked at him again.
“Yes?” I asked patiently. It became assumed in my mind that he was one of the younger more curious people which reminded me of the younger Tyrogues that had swarmed to the dojo during the summer and demanded to be trained.
“Why-why don’t you come in for at least a bit and then you can get back to traveling… or whatever…” Daniel tried.
I thought I had adequately refuted the first time, but it did not seem enough.
“Alright,” I answered somewhat surprised by my answer. Then it hit me again that I had yet to have tea and this could indeed be a place to stop and have some. Such was the impulse that had come over me. “If you wouldn’t mind, I wouldn’t mind having some tea.” Daniel seemed to rub the back of his head again unsure of himself, and it struck me that maybe he didn’t drink tea on a daily basis. After a moment, I decided to change this purposed thought before he could say more. “If you have a few seasonings and things, I can make the tea myself.”
“That works,” Daniel answered still smiling.
A few seconds later, we were walking through the mansion and towards the kitchen. I couldn’t help but let my eyes roam the mansion somewhat amazed. It was far grander than the dojo and seemed to have a mix of aesthetic objects and useful objects with a number of other objects that fell somewhere between both spectrums. All together, it was a very impressive space. Daniel seemed to catch me looking around and half laughed.
“It’s nice isn’t it?” he asked almost laughing to himself.
“Indeed,” I answered and didn’t say any more until we were in the kitchen.
The kitchen had the genuine appearance of a professional chef’s domain which meant for me… a complete and utter confused space. I rarely cooked indoors to begin with having spent most of my time in the dojo or outside cooking in the dojo. My eyes moved around the area trying to decipher where exactly a hot pot, some spices, some tea leaves, and cups would be. Shaking my head, I stepped forwards and started going through the cabinets.
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Well that's about it lol. xD Continue?
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