Cleaning the Day Away... [Open]

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For the most part, between trying to spend time with the younger kids and her magic studies, Sasami has spent a lot of her time trying to clean up the massive tree-palace that was her first home. It didn't matter if she had help or not - she was enjoying it nonetheless.

It's been a month (maybe two? She can't readily tell) since she started and she had made some good progress with it. However, this latest round of cleaning had left her exhausted. Maybe if she hadn't trained beforehand... Nah, it was just tough, that's all.

Sasami flopped down on a chair to relax, letting out a sigh as she did. "Whew... and that's another one!" she said, letting Ryo-Ohki join her. "Hopefully, I can get this get this place looking much better than it was before!" She scratched the cabbit on her head. "Especially since I'm helping Hay Lin...!" The cabbit let out a meow as Sasami looked up in thought. "...I wonder if there's anything else I could do..."

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[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

As soon as she had woken up and realized this wasn't some dream, Koishi decided it was time to seriously explore this ship. This is what led her to the city, taking in all the sights she could as she flew through the air.

She was instantly attracted to the giant tree, due to it's size and how easily it stuck out between the surrounding buildings. She didn't bother calling out to see if it was occupied or not, and headed right in.

Eventually, whether Koishi walks into the occupied room or bumps into her in a hallway, Sasami will eventually notice she's not alone.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami stretched her legs a bit as she realized that she needed to keep going. This place couldn't clean itself! As she stood up, she sat Ryo-Ohki down.

"C'mon, let's keep going!" Sasami said...mere moments before she bumped into the wandering Koishi. "Oh! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to...!"

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

Koishi stumbled back a few steps, but quickly regained her balance. She smiled when she saw the other girl, glad that her exploration seemed to have paid off.

"Don't worry about it! I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going either."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"Eheheh... well, that's good..." Sasami said, feeling a bit better - they were both distracted, so it wasn't that bad. She blinked a bit as she realized she didn't recognize this one.

"You must be new here...!" she said. "My name's Sasami! It's good to see you!" the little girl bowed politely at Koishi. "What's your name?"

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"I'm Koishi!" The girl said, bowing in return. "It's nice to meet you too."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami let out a giggle as Koishi returned the bow. It felt great to know someone so friendly! Reminded her of Paula a bit.

"I'm curious, though - what brought you here?" Sasami asked.

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"This place is pretty noticeable, y'know. Even in a city as big as this one." Koishi responded.

"Places like this really interest me. It seems like something you could find back in Gensokyo."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami laughed nervously. Koishi had a point there!

"It IS pretty big, isn't it?" Sasami said. "Though, Gensokyo? What's that?"

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"Gensokyo is Gensokyo!" Koishi said, as if that should explain everything. "It's a land where all kinds of youkai and supernatural beings live."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blinked in confusion over the first answer, but pretty much understood what she was trying to say the next.

"Wow... I would love to see that...!" Sasami said. "Maybe if everything is back to normal, I could!"

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

The other girl laughed a little.

"You might not be able to. There's a border surrounding Gensokyo that separates it from the rest of the world."

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

How had he missed this? It was HUGE!

Ben walked into the palace, whistling as he did so. "Wow. This place puts a lot of alien architecture to shame. Is this all one tree?"

Looking at the unused pillows and seats everywhere, he walked up to the front of the palace and peered at the throne. "Fit for an emperor I guess," said Ben, stroking the chair and hoping it wasn't booby trapped.

When it seemed safe, he grinned and flopped down, crossing his legs. "Oh man, this thing's comfy!"

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"Aww...!" Sasami said, a little disappointed. "Oh, well...!" Her smile returned quickly, however. "Are you the only one from there here, though?"

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Sasami had resumed her cleaning when she noticed someone else inside. It was nice to have someone else inside, but... acting like THEY owned the place?

"H-Hey! You can't act like that here!" Sasami protested.

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Ben jerked, and blushed guiltily as he scrambled out of the chair. "Sorry! Didn't realize that this place was being kept up by someone."

Aw man, it was a kid too. Probably her parents were here too and this was probably someone's chair, someone important.

"Sorry."



Ben blinked. Wait what?

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Sasami snorted a bit in annoyance. "I can't believe this... now I gotta..."

She blinked as she heard the warning... then started to step back, worried. After the incident with Karen, she had been more careful not to say who she was. Now...?

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"Nope. My big sister, Satori, is here too!" If it was possible, Koishi sounded a bit happier. It had been a while since she had last seen her sister, so she really considered getting stuck here a good thing.

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"Hey, sorry, it's okay really! I'm used to Alien life," called out Ben in a placating manner, worried she might bolt. Stupid Ultimatrix and it's timing.

"I think we got off on the wrong foot too. I'm Ben."

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

So Koishi had family here. If anything, she felt a bit jealous at that - no one from her world had shown up this time around and she mistook one of them for her sister.

"I'm glad she's here, then. You won't be alone...!" Sasami said. "I wish I had someone..."

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Sasami stopped before she could run. He didn't mind? Really? She reluctantly stood her ground.

"I'm Sasami. It's nice to meet you, Ben. Even if we started out wrong..."

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I'm sorry too. I didn't think anyone was here so I just had to sit down." He cast a glance at the throne and added, "That chair's REALLY comfy. I kinda envy the guy who gets to sit in that all day."

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"Even if she wasn't here, I'd be fine. I travel alone a lot, so I don't get lonely!" There was something... strange about the way Koishi said that last bit. Normally when people say something like that, there's some small amount of lying or uncertainty in their voices, but Koishi was being absolutely, one hundred percent honest.

"And I'm sure someone you know will show up eventually. You just gotta be patient!"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami couldn't help but notice how Koishi had said that. She seriously didn't get lonely? If she was in that position, she wouldn't of been able to take it - she was glad she had Paula, Negi, Alessa and a few others around.

"Heh, maybe you're right..." Sasami said. "Um, Koishi? You... um..." Sasami got a bit nervous asking this - she wasn't sure how she'd react to this.

"...you wanna be my friend?"

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Sasami let out a chuckle. "That's my father's. The Emperor of Jurai's." she said, matter of factly.

She'd let Ben put two and two together.

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

FFFFF Emperor?! Holy crap.

"So you're a princess then," said Ben with a grin. "I've never really met a princess before..."



Right. Almost forgot about that. "Looks like my Ultimatrix wants to sample your DNA. It's obviously not in the database. You pest."

The Ultimatrix replied in an almost cheeky manner.