[chihiro]

[attr="class","bmsk"] of palm trees and power lines This place was overwhelming, to say the least.  She had hardly ever left her family home when she was there, barely interacted with anyone outside of her family, barely even knew there was a world outside. She was always forbidden from leaving the house, and didn't understand it since Masako was always allowed to wander about. In fact, she was surprised that they let her leave the house and move in with her older sister. Weird. Maybe they thought she'd never leave the house? But that couldn't be right.  She told Masako she was going to go out exploring, and probably sensing that Chihiro needed some stops gave the girl a list of places she could visit. Even when she arrived, it was all so overwhelming, but today it looked like there were more people than she could have ever imagined! She held the list up to her face, rubbing her chin. She didn't know what to expect from some of these different places, but she was determined to go visit each and every one of them before the day was out, even if it killed her! Except she hoped it didn't really kill her, that'd be bad...anyways, it was time to start the newest adventure in her life!

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[Nanashi Kishi]

Nanashi Kishi

Japanese Special Assault Team

The gunsmith

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Kishi leaned back in her seat behind the guard of her aviator sunglasses, daydrinking idly as the city passed her by. It was her day off, and nobody could tell her what she could or couldn't put in her body. Or when! ESPECIALLY when.

It was a good day.

Still, you can take the hound off the hunt, but you can't take the hunt out of the hound, and even now, her senses were engaged and scanning. Exits, avenues of approach, lines of sight, all of it idly calculated in the back of her mind in case it became relevant or necessary.

Case in point- the Stranger. Not a tourist, someone who didn't look like they belonged, or act like they belonged, nor a native, who inverted both tropes at once, but someone who could be a native by appearance but looked just as completely lost.

Glancing at her nearly empty vodka cran, she sighed and dumped a handful of coins onto the table to cover her tab and stood, wandering off towards the overwhelmed girl staring at that list without any real idea of how to even start heading towards them, by the look of things.

"Hey, kid," she called out in Japanese, her accent native despite her look being very much Caucasian. "You lost?"

Gimme a reason! It don't gotta be a good one.

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[attr="class","bmsk"] of palm trees and power lines "-ACK!" Chihiro nearly leapt out of her skin at being called out. She wasn't used to this and she wasn't anticipating someone would do something like that. She had to first look this way and that to make sure that whoever this was wasn't trying to get someone else's attention, before looking again to her and her face turning a deep red. "S-sorry! Ahm, are you talking...t-to me?" She gave a slight bow, trying to run the possibilities through her head. "Um...I don't think so? I mean, this is Tokyo, right? I should be in the right place!" She holds up her list again, running through all the names on it. "But...uh. It's big...like super big...um. Could you...maybe, possibly, give me directions of where to go...?" She definitely seemed native. By the looks of things she was probably from out of town; not the countryside, because she spoke a little too formally for that. "I'm not sure what or where most of these places are. My sister told me if I was going exploring that these would be good places to check out!" Nanashi Kishi

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[Nanashi Kishi]

Nanashi Kishi

Japanese Special Assault Team

The gunsmith

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"To you?" Kishi looked around pointedly. "I mean. Anyone else look like someone dumped a farm-fresh lamb in the middle of a city street for a scavenger hunt?" She responded drily, though not with any malice. "Yeah, I'm talking to you." Best not to leave it to interpretation.

The next words out of the girl's mouth, though, left Kishi's own literally agape. "Is... this... I- you're kidding. You GOTTA be kidding. How could you not know for sure if you were in Tokyo or not? Did you get kidnapped? Are you like. Some trafficked kid that just paid off her debts and wandered off into the world to see the sights? Seriously, you can tell me if you are, I'm a cop. And even better, I'm an off duty cop, which means I'm not obligated to do shit if I don't wanna, so."

She nodded, slowly, as if concerned that too much information would leave the brunette in a puddle on the floor. "Yyyyyeah. It's- really big. Metropolitan. The city has cities. And some of them have cities, too. I could give you directions, but like. Where's your cell phone? It'd be way easier to just use a map application than try to follow directions everywhere. The train system is a nightmare if you're a first timer without specific directions."

Another blank look. "Your sister let you walk out of her place to just... explore. All those places. Gimme that, are they even in this district???"

Gimme a reason! It don't gotta be a good one.

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[attr="class","bmsk"] of palm trees and power lines Chihiro stared at the woman, a blank expression on her face as she tried to process all that she had said. "T-trafficked...? No, nononono! Y-you got it all wrong, I'm just...see, my family lives on the other side of Honshu, and my sister got an apartment here in Tokyo and I said, 'you know, it'd be cool if I could move in with her!' And so I asked my parents, and they were okay with it, and now I'm here and Tokyo is a really big place and I am regretting so many decisions right now..." She slumped a little, groaning internally. "I ah...also don't have a phone...I haven't been able to afford one. Or even a little GPS device. But I could probably make something for navigation...? I just need the right parts and- wait a minute, did you say police?" That was bad news. Well, it wasn't great news, but she just had to run through what was practiced once upon a time ago. Except...it didn't seem like she needed to? "Um. I mean...aren't you like obligated to do something if there was trouble...? Not to tell you how to do your job, just...uh..." She looked away, scratching her head. "That just seems kinda counterintuitive..." The list was incredibly bizarre to say the least. There was at least three hardware stores, a tool shop, two electronic places, and an abundance of bakeries, cafes, and places to eat. They would all be focused in the current district they were in, but they obviously blanketed a large area. Though an odd note would be on one smoothie place that said, 'Best Mango Surprise ever!' Nanashi Kishi

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[Nanashi Kishi]

Nanashi Kishi

Japanese Special Assault Team

The gunsmith

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Kishi kept a neutral expression until a plausible explanation arose. The story corroborated with the excursion list nicely- it just lacked some forethought on... anybody's part whatsoever. "Eh, stop regretting. Doesn't do you any good. Plus, being in a big place ain't bad, it's just trickier to find the spots you're gonna like. This list really isn't a bad start, though."

The bit about the phone made Kishi sigh. "Seriously? Not even a cheapo little rinkydink piece of plastic? Girl, you gotta get with the times. You need a part-time job or something? I know lots of people all over the city if you do. Work a few hours a week, get a phone, pay for service. I know a flowershop, a family restaurant, and a thrift store that could all use help."

"Pff, I ain't obligated to do shit based on what some rando says she may or may not have done in the past. Now, you START some shit, and I'm clocked on the scene, you're gonna force my-" She lifted her hand, and a very fancy-looking metal gauntlet folded up out of her sleeve (which she discretely palmed an iron ingot in her pocket), looking for all the world like some sort of tech blaster glove. "-hand, but unless I'm literally forced to work on my day off, I ain't busting anyone's balls for anything until I'm being paid to again. I ain't a fucking hero."

She stopped at that last entry. "Mango... surprise..? What the fuck's a mango surprise? Is the surprise bananas? Bananas are NEVER a fucking surprise."

Gimme a reason! It don't gotta be a good one.

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[attr="class","bmsk"] of palm trees and power lines She paled a little, putting her hands up. "N-no, that's fine! I-I-I uh, I-I can't do menial work like that, I'm more of uh uh uh, technician! Engineer? I do a lot of work building things and stuff, and so a flower shop is just uh, a waste! Yeah, a waste..." She had tended gardens back home in her free time, so she wasn't ignorant of plant care. She just had a unique skillset that couldn't be wasted. The appearance of a gauntlet caught her attention though, and for the briefest of moments her eyes glowed a green color...followed by a confused expression. Without any warning she'd reach out to take Kishi's hand, beginning to look it over. "That's so weird...how did you do that? I could have sworn there was nothing there a moment ago, and yet...this is surprisingly well made, but it's not designed to do what you just did. No nanomachines, no seams or mechanized actuators or anything like that...it's just a gauntlet..." She seemed to be so distracted that she glossed over the mango surprise part of Kishi's statement. Nanashi Kishi

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[Nanashi Kishi]

Nanashi Kishi

Japanese Special Assault Team

The gunsmith

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"I mean. You COULD," Kishi pointed out bluntly. "Might be a waste of your talents, but you CAN in fact work a nine to five if it came down to it. So don't feed me that "can't" nonsense. Everyone gets their hands dirty eventually," she stated casually.

"Oh, simple. My quirk's called Creation. I can just make stuff. I'm an engineer too, actually, though this is just a prop, really." She waggled her fingers to show off the delicate joints. "It'd be good for slugging someone, but as we're definitely not at the "physical violence" part of our interactions just yet, no need to worry about anything like that. I can make some pretty impressive stuff, but I'm off the clock, so all YOU get is- goofy glove." The blonde snickered as she studied it.

"So what sorta stuff do you build? Buildings? Gadgets? You take gear commissions, or do R&D? Any cool designs I can totally rip off for free?"

Gimme a reason! It don't gotta be a good one.

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[attr="class","bmsk"] of palm trees and power lines Chichi would take Kishi's pinky and test the joints out herself, taking the range of motion as far as the gauntlet would allow for. "Interesting...you're an engineer too? You have a lot of control over all of this, it's scary how well detailed it is..." She'd finally let Kishi go, reaching up to tap her chin. "Mama told me to never build something for someone who didn't intend to pay for it. The only one that gets a pass is Masako..." she trailed off. Was she giving away too much? Surely that wasn't too bad. "My expertise is in anything mechanical. Anything that has to be programmed I can't do, so...yeah. But uh, I could take on commissions and the like. I'm missing some important tools right now, and I haven't gotten hold of any materials to use, but that's something I can do in time. Plus Masako said she could help getting some materials in my hands to work with. And also why she gave me this list, to help me get a sense of where I can buy stuff." Nanashi Kishi

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