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Standing at the top of a mountain, Ikuchi could see the world around him for miles. His crimson, dragon like eyes continued burning will hellfire in them as he looked across the vast forgotten desert, scanned over the to sky tower in the distance, even landing on the cursed lands when he looked in their direction. The dragon in human form had been to this mountain before while he was traveling to find something less boring to do, but had never taken the time to look at his surroundings. He took a seat on the ground and noticed it beginning to snow. White flakes slowly fell into his line of sight and landed on his silk shirt before turning to water. The snow began falling faster, heavier, and a wind kicked up that surrounded him. Soon, the world was no longer that of the top of a mountain, but rather it was flat and stretched for miles around. Snow covered everything, and not a single tree, rock, or bush was in sight. He stood up and said "Enough with the mysticism, whadda you want old man!?" with an annoyed tone. A large dragon covered in deep blue scales appeared in front of him, the rest of the serpent like body materializing afterwards coiled around Ikuchi. "Old is a bit cruel, I'm only a few millennia old my son..." he replied light heartedly. "You're over ten thousand, you're old." Ikuchi replied with a blunt tone. "How are your travels my child? Have you any hatchlings of your own yet? Or perhaps... someone you wish to-" "No." Ikuchi interrupted his father with an annoyed tone and a bored expression. "Always so serious, you'll never find a woman like that you know? Look at your mother, she's strong and fun to be around." the dragon waited a few moments, hearing the awkward silence and let out a sigh. "Very well then. Come find me at the Divine Tomb, I have something for you. Be a good son and clear out those foolish cultists on your way through... I believe the humans you adore so much call it 'taking out the trash' or something to that effect."
Ikuchi opened his eyes with a sour expression on his face, one normally caused by someone waking him up before ten o'clock. He looked to his side to find Ashley clinging to him, completely asleep. He looked at the clock on the wall and noted that it was nine-thirty, give or take a few seconds. A sigh escaped the dragon's lips and he removed Ashley's arm from his chest and sat up. Ikuchi had walked downstairs and ran into Cassidy, the owner's adopted daughter who wasn't expecting him to be awake or shirtless. "Good morning Mister I-EEEEEE I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!!" her tone shifted as her face turned bright red and she shielded her eyes with a hand. "Relax, I'm not exposing anything for you to see between those two open fingers of yours worth noting of." he said in a casual tone while making his way to the kitchen. Cassidy's eyes were indeed peeking through her fingers as her face became even more red, her heart began beating fast, and she felt 'the thoughts' racing through her mind.
She was a young girl with many strange thoughts. She knew Ikuchi saw her as nothing more than just another female, but she wanted to stand out among the crowd for him. "I don't hear tables being wiped..." a manly voice called from the kitchen belonging to the shop owner. "S-sorry dad!" Cassy shouted while nearly dropping the rag in her other hand, fumbling it in the air and letting it bounce back and forth while trying to catch it
"Gabriella, I'll be leaving for Iceberg later today." Ikuchi stated while putting his shirt on, an action that made Cassy sad. "Understood, shall I accompany you?" she asked, hoping he would let her. "No, I want you to remain here. For some reason more customers come while you're around." Ikuchi stated, not knowing that he could put a cardboard cut out of her and have the same effect. "Very well, will you be alone?" she replied. "Where was Tia's ship last seen going?" he asked, choosing Tia Haiku as his first option since she was reliable and friendly. "Rose Garden, you could catch up to her within a day." the old man from the kitchen said in a loud voice while bringing out a tray of cups to put away. "Right, Samira it is then." he said in a slightly unhappy tone, having to default to her. "Curse my father for calling last second meetings... Hey son, I want you to come in a week-Noooo it has to be next day." the dragon mumbled sarcastically under his breath while going upstairs. By noon, Samira would have a notice levitating in the middle of her room instead of Ikuchi on account of him having had to grab some items from the docks.
'Miss Nassar,
I apologize for this intrusion on your time, but I must request something of you. Please come to the restaurant called 'Hibiscus' by 1:00PM, I'll be waiting. ~I.'
When Samira arrived, she'd see the walls of the restaurant was a large, elegant waterfall that wrapped around the entire room. Behind the waterfall, various goldfish could be seen swimming around completely unaware of the presence of humans in their home. The waterfalls emptied into a recepticle that looked like it was made of glass despite being made of a transparent type of steel, making it highly resiliant. In the walls of the recepticle was more freshwater fish that were small enough to not mind the limited space. In the recepticles where the waterfalls empties into, but not in the walls, were koi fish that children could feed if they so desired. The entire floor of the restaraunt was another story, and the only one of its kind... They were made of the same transparent steel as the walls of the waterfoundtain recepticles, and under that was sound lacrima that negated even the loudest of foot stomps. Under that was a massive aquarium with various saltwater fish. The Aquarium hosted blue ringed octopi, lion fish, small sharks, pistol shrimp, several different species of tang, eels, and a couple tasmanian giant crab and crayfish were scuttling about the various corals within. Despite there being so many predators, none of them attacked each other no matter how close they got since they were trained to know three things; when meal time was, what was on the menu, and that there was plenty to go around. The bar counter was made of the same kind of steel and showed many different sized lobster and crab in front it. The backboard was made of black steel, and behind the counter were wooden shelves to hold their various cups and glasses. The overhead shelf was made entirely of bloodwood, Kaori's favorite kind for its dark and rich color. The tables were one with the floor, and allowed the smaller fish and eels to swim up the legs and move about the table tops which amused many of the young children as they ate. A bloodwood staircase in the corner lead to rooms that all had bloodwood floors, but aquarium walls. The hallways were bloodwood to make it so no one could spy on the residents, and between each room was a blacksteel wall inside their walls for the same purpose. Sound lacrima provided privacy, and negated any chance of eaves dropping for the more... intimate residents who stayed the night. Small gaps at the top and bottoms of the steel walls allowed the hundred or so tiny fish move about between rooms. These fish were all bioluminescent salt water fish, and even a few small varieties of squid that put on a dazzling display when the lights were turned out at night. In the middle of the restaurant that was currently empty for some odd reason was Ikuchi, sitting with one let resting on the other and no mask worn. Once she sat, a cup of spice chai tea would arrive and be poured for them. "Thank you Cassidy." he would say in a calm voice. "What do you think, miss Nassar? Lady Kaori's idea was strange when introduced, but it turned out rather nice in my opinion." he would say to Samira in a calm, no longer cold tone.
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