At Her Majesty's Pleasure

[landlord_ryoubakura]

Who: Ryou
What: New in town
When: Just arrived
Note: Much Britishness



Ryou's meandering through a strange, seemingly-empty city had gotten old, and he was about ready for this dream to end so that he could wake up and get back to building his new Monster World diorama. Or at least get his morning cup of tea. The frustrating thing was that he couldn't wake up. "I'm cold," he said out loud, rubbing his arms with his hands. "And I could really use a spot of tea... I don't suppose there's a tea shop in this place?"

He turned the corner, arriving at an open, cheerful intersection with empty shops lining the sidewalks. Just across the street on the very corner of the intersection, there happened to be a perfect-looking tea place that fit everything he'd ever imagined a tea shop should be. "Brilliant," he declared, crossing at the crosswalk and entering it with haste. The sign said "open" at the door, after all. "Hullo?" he called, poking his head around for the owner. It didn't take him very long to find that the place was empty, same as the city. Well... that was odd. "Rude," he declared loudly, severely disappointed that no one was available to help him out. "It's terribly unprofessional to not have someone at the counter during business hours."

He let out a sigh and wandered back outside. Even if it was a dream, he didn't like to just take things that didn't belong to him, so he would rather go without his cup of tea than possibly steal one. Even if the owner had left the shop unattended. He turned around, hopeful eyes studying the place one last time for signs of life, and then froze when he caught sight of the name of the shop. His mouth opened in a small "o", eyes widening in disbelief. "Ryou's Tea Emporium," it read, in very British lettering. That couldn't be right... could it?

Okay. This dream had officially become too confusing for him to handle. Ryou sat down on the curb, holding his head tiredly in his hands. "Alright... I would really like to wake up now..."

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[kuromu_dokuro]

Chrome was chasing a mini-pig. Which wouldn't be a problem, except that it was apparently a semi-gelatenous mini-pig that liked to squeeze through...everything, and acidic to boot. So the white hair + Britishness + commentary about dreams made her pause,

"Ryou? Bakura Ryou?" she chirped, more than happy to have an excuse to let the pig go. For now, at any rate. She'd have to go back to chasing it eventually. "Ah, do you know me? I know a Ryou. Assuming you're Ryou."

[landlord_ryoubakura]

The familiar voice made him look up, grateful that something seemed to happening now. When he saw Chrome's face, and the almost-smile she wore, he brightened immediately. "Cheerio Chrome, how's tricks?" he asked, and then stood up at once. "Of course I know who you are! Huh... that's funny, I don't normally dream about people I know, it's usually people I don't know. No, that's not true, I sometimes dream about Bakura... or rather I dream flashes of his memories..." He was just beginning to ramble at this point, but he couldn't help it. It was just nice to have someone to talk to, even in his sleep.

[kuromu_dokuro]

She gave one of those squeaks that anime did so love to give school-girls and tossed herself at him to give him a hug far, far stronger than such a tiny thing seemed likely to, "Not a dream, Ryou-kun, sorry. You made it to the City I told you about. Sorry about that, too. It's nice to have a friend here, though! You might have been a different Ryou-kun, I've seen alternate world people before. If you see a mini-pig don't try to catch it, it's acid."

[landlord_ryoubakura]

He was happy to hug her back, especially since he hadn't seen her since she had stayed with him for a week that one time. It took a moment for his brain to catch up with her words, but when it did, he was even more confused. "Not a dream?" He asked, pulling back and looking around. "No wonder it feels so real. So then... this isn't your home?" A pang of guilt flashed through him, and he grimaced apologetically. "I'm sorry Chrome, I was so sure that portal would take you home!"

[kuromu_dokuro]

"Don't worry." she said, giving him a slightly more reserved smile, "I didn't really expect to get home. I'll have to introduce you around...Loki-san is here, and Khemrys-chan, and some other people I knew from the place before this. We're not all, well, like me? Khemrys-chan is capital-g Good, and Loki-san is...well. Norse god of mischief and such." libraries. She fucking loved libraries.

[landlord_ryoubakura]

"Oh I see," he replied. He didn't really, but he at least understood that people she had told him stories about were here. "Wait, are you telling me that the actual god of chaos from Norse mythology is here?" He looked around, eyeing the city again. What a sci-fi alternate reality had he been plopped into? And why? "I think I have a lot of questions," he said slowly. "Beginning with where te bloody hell am I, and when can I go home?"

[kuromu_dokuro]

"He's my roommate." Chrome chirped, "Also my mentor, since he's also an illusionist." Her smile finally turned sad and Chrome admitted, "The only answer I have to those questions is I don't know." she rocked back and forth on her heels for a bit, then added, "It's not a bad place to live. I've lived in much worse."

[homeless_pard]

She was taking her morning walk, she was trying to learn the streets and roads around the hospital even if they tended toward being distressingly empty, and yet...not so much today it seemed. "Are you unwell?" she asked softly, bare feet and long skirts making hardly a sound on the street. "Please lord are you injured?"