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[madetosin]

It's a shame there aren't any proper tea houses in the city...

[Vanyel]

Would be you interested in joining me for a drink? This seems like the perfect weather for warm sake.

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[legacydeck]

Ah. In that case, Chinese, or Japanese? Though unfortunately I think the bakery is a bit more suited to English tastes.

[madetosin]

Japanese. Not that I don't enjoy what the West has to offer, though I am occasionally sentimental for tradition.

[legacydeck]

I've come to appreciate the deepness of the ritual around Japanese tea ceremony - though I would not claim to be a master of it myself.

[madetosin]

Few are these days. I am not either. I don't have the time.

[legacydeck]

I did have the time, I just spent it on other things~

[madetosin]

Like baking?

[legacydeck]

That was one of them, yes.

[madetosin]

And what occupies the rest of your time?

[legacydeck]

Reading, research, unwise magical experiments - the usual~

[madetosin]

You practice magic? What kind?

[legacydeck]

At this point, largely my own blend, though I was last studying Japanese ritual magic. I was raised in both Eastern and Western traditions, though.

[madetosin]

Interesting. Would you know anything about shinigami?

[legacydeck]

Shinigami? Stuff of folklore as far as I know - I've met a fair number of spirits in my time, but none of death - even when I died.

[madetosin]

Did you die and return or...?

[legacydeck]

I 'returned' here.

[madetosin]

Not an uncommon theme, from what I've heard.

[legacydeck]

So have I - I'm not the only one, anyway.

[madetosin]

Out of curiosity, do you remember anything at all between then and arriving here?

[legacydeck]

No - believe me, I've tried.

[madetosin]

Hm. That's too bad.

[legacydeck]

Indeed. But some mysteries remain out of reach to the living, it seems.