Business as Usual [Apocrypha]

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Hiro took the plate of food she offered him after a moment and gave her a quiet thank you in response. She nodded and started to turn around to find a spot to sit and eat her meal. She had barely turned half way around when the Monk called out to her. She looked over her shoulder as he looked up at her, their eyes meeting as she waited to hear what he had to say. She could feel her heart thumping in her chest with anticipation, her mind both curious and scared of what he had to tell her. Fortunately he did not leave her in suspense long as it was an apology he offered her. As soon as the words 'I'm sorry' left her guild leader's lip, she felt a wave of relief rush over her and her pulse began to return to normal. Her stiff posture relaxed. His words, however, continued even though she was already aware that things were going to go back to normal just fine. He admitted that he was not upset with her actions, which made her wonder to just what extent did he not dislike what she had been doing and saying. Looking directly at her, he asked if she would forgive him.

She looked down at him, her green eyes examining his for a moment. She could tell he meant it and she had already forgiven him for it. However, a tiny little thought was bubbling up in the back of her mind. She didn't want any lingering awkwardness and by just accepting his apology, she didn't feel it would get the point across well enough. She needed to do something that was truly Artemisia in nature, to show him that all had been forgiven. But... to be herself, a little bit of teasing was absolutely necessary. Even though that had been what had gotten her nearly in trouble the first time, now that she knew for sure her actions had not been disliked, she felt no reason to not return to her earlier behavior. “Hiro...” Her fox tail flicked behind her, as it so often did when the wheels in her mischievous brain were spinning. “I can forgive you,” She said, a grin beginning to twitch up at the corners of her lips. “But, in return,” A few ideas floated in her mind, she considered requesting a hug, or jokingly bringing up the old adage of 'kiss and make up' but instead, she decided to go for something a little more straight forward. “I want you to remember me every so often and come visit more, I get lonely all by myself in this Palace. Saeko isn't as good for sitting on as you are," She said with a smile, giving the Monk a playful wink and light giggle as she finished up her sentence.

She hoped that the comment would be enough to let everyone know she was fine and the situation could go back to normal. As the conversation between the Monk and the Sorceress wrapped up, she heard Sayha ask about the usual residents of the Palace. Good, the conversation was already picking back up. Artemisia stepped away and found herself a seat off to the side to sit down and begin eating her meal. She hoped everyone enjoyed the sandwiches, as simple and quickly made as they were.

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Exhaling, the Monk relaxed a little bit, as Artemisia had spoken with him about the whole problem that had been there beforehand. Hiro was especially glad that they could have spoken about the problem, and that he could have been forgiven for it. He nodded to the girl's condition, as it was rather logical. He hadn't had a lot of time to hang around as much as he used to, and he was sure that some people were upset about this fact. Chuckling a bit at the girl's comment about the Samurai nearby for not being quite as enjoy able to sit on, Hiro nodded. "Yeah, I can stop by more often." He said after a moment, a smile on his face. "I'll be a bit busy for a little while, soon enough, though I know that I can spend some more time here, after everything that's going on is all done. But, it'll be a little bit, so I can promise I'll be around more, both now and afterwards." As the fox-tail had sat back down, Hiro also sat down on the couch again, his eyes shifting up to Saeko. She didn't seem all that pleased about his reaction, though it was still an answer all the same.

Hiro decided to take a bite into the sandwich that had been prepared, and he had yet to try eating yet. Biting down and into the sandwich, Hiro let out an audible sound of enjoyment. It had been a little while since he had had anything made like this, the last time having been back in Moon Dance Forest. It was especially nice to have a freshly-prepared meal, and he very much appreciated it. Swallowing down the food in his mouth, Hiro turned to the master chef of the house, a smile on his face. "This is wonderful. Thank you. This is really good." As he finished the sentence, he continued to eat the sandwich in his hand, a pleasant smile on his face. The food was very nicely prepared, and he was very glad to have it. He would, however, continue to eat, almost entirely in silence from there, until he was all done, and heard Sayha's question. Saeko, as soon as she was done, put the plate down onto the table in front of her, and fold one leg over the other, as the question had been asked. She did, however, have to fix her skirt a bit, as she had sat down on it strangely. After taking care of that, she returned to her posture.

Hiro leaned forward a little, placing the plate on the table as well, and went to answer Sayha's question. "Well, I can't say for certain," He began. "Though I know that at the very least, Saeko's usually always here." The Samurai gave Hiro a glare, but sighed and nodded all the same. "I haven't always been here, though that'll be changing soon enough, but I can think of like 4 or 5 people here, usually. I'm not so sure, but I think Midori's usually lurking around here somewhere, though mostly fixed upon her own research and such for the most part. I know Kazuko's been around, though I haven't seen much of her lately. Probably up to stuff, though I know she lives here. That being said, I can't be absolutely sure." Turning to the Sorceress nearest him, he raised the question as well. "How often do you think you're here, Artemisia?" He knew that he needed to wait for her response to actually give a decent response to the Assassin's question, though he wasn't just going to assume for Artemisia's sake, since she could get busy with things as well. So, he waited to hear the answer from the fox-tail.

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As Sayha had been eating, Artemisia has said that she forgave Hiro, asking that he come visit the Palace more often. Sayha decided not to dig into that more, but she did wonder to herself how often Hiro was at the palace. She knew very well that he had his own place out in Mood Dance Forest, but she wasn’t sure how often he stayed between the two places. Sayha, personally, fluctuated between the various inns around Londinium depending on what she had going on and where she felt like staying.

Hiro had replied that he would try to visit the guild hall more often and then turned to Sayha to answer her question. He explained that he knew Saeko was there pretty much all the time which earned him a glare from the samurai even though she nodded. He continued, saying there were usually four to five people there on a regular basis, mentioning someone by the name of Kazuko to which she had no idea who he was talking about. He turned to ask Artemisia how often she was in the guild house, and he awaited her reply

Four to five people in a place that large… probably meant that everyone had a decent amount of privacy. The idea of having a room and a place to stay in the city without being in an inn was appealing to Sayha. Though so she wouldn’t be rude, she would wait until Artemisia replied before accepting Hiro’s offer on having a room in the guild hall.

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