trans_9 | Making sure they know the difference between her and I

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Making sure they know the difference between her and I

Kaya's visit to the bazaar, along with the credits in hand, had put her in the redecorating mood. Everyone was still starting to get used to the difference between her and when she had Katara's memories: she figured it was time to show how alike they weren't. A few days ago, she had promised to start redecorating the room she shared with Alex, and this was the perfect opportunity.

She started by purchasing goza mats, getting some sliding doors (which were a lot heavier then they looked, thank goodness for Chase's training), and very pretty fish tapestry. Once those were collected, she smiled to herself and started to look for things she could get for Alex, specifically, this black light he spoke about.

She had also picked up a few outfits and some foodstuffs for the Outsiders and Matt, smiling to herself. This way her money would be used up soon, but at least she was starting to show some of her individuality. For the moment, she was sitting at a cafe, sipping a refreshing alien drink, goggles atop her head.

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Ryuunosuke was taking some time during his shopping to just relax a little. As he shopped, he had not only found the weapons merchant, but several places for clothes and materials. He'd found a place that sold caligraphy brushes, ink and paper and purchased some things from there. A while ago he had noticed a place for - amazingly enough - kabuki and onnagata wigs. He hadn't gone yet, but he more than likely would go there before he left. He would also wait to purchase some of the foods - he had already purchased various forms of tea for himself and his lord.

Now he just needed to relax for a while before he went anywhere else. He didn't really need to go anywhere real fast or anything - this was his first shore leave after all. He had just done a lot of shopping and needed to stop for a while. He even had to admit that will all the shopping he had done - the items of which had been shipped back to Stacy (minus a set of clothes or two) - had worn him out and it was time to cool off. With it being as hot as it was, he had found that being in the shade was a good thing.

So there he was, in the same small cafe-like place to cool off. In his hand was a drink that was apparently the alien equivilant of an iced chai tea - how they got those spices he wouldn't ask. He was sitting down at one of the shaded tables and watching fellow crew members walking around and buying and bartering with the merchants around the place.

For the moment, Kaya was waving her hand aover the drink, making very tiny water whips, then looked over and spotted the man. Had he come during the pod pop? She wasn't sure she'd seen him before, spo seh figured that she could still be friendly. She gave him a wave.

"Hello," she said, giving him a smile. "Is this your first shore leave?"

He looked up at her, giving a bit of a nervous smile. He had seen her messing with water and thought it interesting. He wasn't sure if he should approach her, so had stayed in his spot.

"Yes... It is," he answered honestly.

Kaya, however, was not one to say rootred in the spot, not when there were interesting people to meet. Anyway, he seemed fairly nice, and they were both enjoying a nice day out: why not strike up a conversation?

"You get used to it," she said. "I mean, there are what most people would consider aliens, but there are plenty of those on the ship too. At least there's water, REAL water, from the planet though, I missed it."

And to show that, she made a bneckoning mostion with her fingers, and the alien drink crawled toward her on water tentacles, which she had to giggle about.

"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself: I'm Kaya, of the Northern Water Tribe. Who might you be?"

He smiled a little as he watched her and listened to what she said. He was intrigued by what she had just told him. As she made the drink move, his attention was definitely on her.

"A pleasure to meet you Kaya-san. I'm Ryuunosuke Ikenami. I suppose you could say I'm from Earth, but I'm not sure how valid that would be. From what I've heard there are many Earths," he spoke.

San. There were those honorifics again, which made her think that he must come from the same place as Negi. The name also made her think he was from Japan, by the way it sounded.

"Well, I'm not from Earth, but I know there are a lot of people who have come from there. I'm going to guess you're from Japan: I've heard people from there use those honorifics before. Each are a little different, but there are a lot of similarities too. I was lucky: I found some things here that might be seen in my world."

And she showed him her wares purchased so far.

She would have been right in guessing that he was from Japan, however he might not be from that Negi's Japan. Especially if Negi hadn't possibly heard of him.

"Depending on where you are on Earth, the culture is very different. Americans are not like Japanese are not like Europeans," he explained, "But you would be right, I am from Japan, Kaya-san. I was lucky to have been awakened with someone I knew from my own world. Here in this world, I also found some things."

He would have shown her, but most of what he had bought was already back on the Stacy.

It was likely, in Kaya's opinion, that most people from earth were all from different universes where earth existed, as far as she knew. It wasn't an uncommon thing, conisdering all of the different universes out there.

"No, I know all about that," Kaya laughed. "I've studied about Earth in the emdia library, and we have people who've come from all over different parts of Earth. I'm aware peopelp in different countries have different traditions. According to one jerky crewmate, I look 'Chinese.' Well, I think that's what 'Chink' was supposed to mean, anyway."

She shrugged. "How are you enjoying yourself on Stacy?"

Ryuunosuke nodded. Upon hearing the name she had been called, he frowned. "He called you that? That's very defamatory... Very disrespectful," he told her. Upon taking a look at her, he took in her appearance. "You do appear Chinese in appearance, perhaps Southern Chinese. I never really got to travel much."

He gave another small nod. "It's been alright. I'm still finding my way around the city some, still trying to settle in as best I can. The same goes for my friend."

"It was a woman," Kaya said, "but yes, though earth standards, I suppose it would be disrespectful. She was a very sad woman honestly, needing to rely on hate to make herself feel better. Still, in the research I've done, I'd technically be considered Inuit, because in my world I come from the North Pole where its very cold."

She smiled. "Well if you like, I can tell you in detail about the city. I actually live there, in the abandoned hotel, with a friend of mine, Alex."

He had to agree now that she mentioned it. She did appear to look more like that of an Inuit than she did of someone from southern China. Why he had something like that was beyond him.

"You don't have to tell me in detail, but at least a little bit of information would be nice," he admitted. He was embarrassed to say that a couple of times he had actually gotten lost already. However he somehow always found his way back to where he and Takeru were staying.

Kaya didn't mind either way. She wasn't from either of those places, and the insult didn't stick. In any case, she was glad to be here, and that person wasn't. Kaya figured she was podded anyway.

"Sure, though I better get the map so its a little easier. I used to get lost myself. But I have been most of these places, having been here for awhile. Is there any place in particular that you were curious about?"

Ryuunosuke took out his omnicomm and placed it between them. He called up the map on it.

"Here," he said, pointing to a long street, "And then here." The second place he pointed to seemed to be the corner of an intersection.

Kaya gazed at the map, looking at where he was indicating, calling to mind the places she'd been before.

"That streets starts Religious Row, where all of the buildings where people worship various god figures," Kaya said. "There's several shrines here, most notably the Vatican, where we took our stand against the zombies once. Where this intersects, that's really where Religious Row ends and other parts of the city begins. The farther down you go, the more varied the places are."

Was he embarrassed? Yeah. He didn't know how many times he had been along that road. He had wondered about some of the buildings, but others he had known from pictures or what he knew of building designs from back in Japan.

"You had zombies on the ship once?" he asked surprised, "What all happens on Stacy?"

There was nothing to be embarrassed about if you asked Kaya: there was still so many things that the crew didn't know about Stacy that ignorance on how things worked was likely to happen.

"Yes, there was some kind of mishap that caused that to happen. There have been takeovers, disease outbreaks, magical tampering, clothes deprivation, maiming, death, imprisonment...its likely to happen with a crew as diverse in abilities as we are. I've seen a lot in the past two years."

Two years... Ryuunosuke fell back into his seat. Two years... How long had he been in the pod in the first place. He stared at his hand. To think that only he and Takeru were awake of their particular group?

"Two years... You've been out of the pods for that long..." The kabuki actor was amazed that people had survived that long. He still wondered about others who were like him as far as having powers or anything like that. He didn't even remember being taken, though so far there had been nights where he woke up in cold a cold sweat, but couldn't remember the dream.

"During the time you've been out, did you ever run into someone named Tsukasa Kadoya?" He was curious as to who the traveler of worlds had run into. The guy hadn't been so bad when they ran into him and his group. It had just been inconvenient - mostly due to the fact that one of the Rider's companions had stolen from the team.

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