An uncommon sight - Yun's first day at work [Open]

Another day off without a job from the Coalition or a fight from my school, what an absolute drag. I wish they would send things my way more often, it would make living here a lot more interesting to say the least. I came out here to fight horrors and the like, not sit around all day and stroll the city. But, it couldn't be helped, I had no control over the higher ups, so I was stuck in this situation and had to behave myself if I wanted them to toss anything my way, so here I was again getting ready to go out and walk around the city.

I decided that I should make my way back over to the shopping district, last time I went I met Hua, so maybe this time I would get lucky and find another cute girl to chat up, and maybe a ki artist to boot. Wishful thinking, but it was a goal nonetheless. After all, nothing beat a cute girl who could fight, they could satisfy all the needs. As I grabbed my purse and headed out of the door, I took note that the weather was indeed much nicer than the other day, and more suited to spring than snow. Not that it made much difference in my attire, a jog in the cold was enough to keep me warm enough after all, and was good training. Today I decided to just go for a leisurely stroll, as I didn't quite feel like it was necessary to take my bike, and a jog could be done later, right now I just wanted to enjoy the weather.

After a while, I made my way over to the shopping district and began to meander around, picking up some groceries and the like while I was out anyway, as well as just generally looking around for interesting people, all the while keeping my sense open for a ki signiture. After all, it would give me an idea of who was interesting more than just looking at them alone. After a while, I noticed a stronger Ki signal in the district, and deciding that I had nothing better to do than to check it out, I made my way over to it. Thankfully, I had saved refrigerated groceries for last so I had plenty of time to look around before having to get home.

When I made my way over to the signature, I found that it came from a young Asian looking girl in what appeared to be a Chinese dress of some sort covered by an apron. From what I could tell she was holding tickets for that maid cafe I went to the other day, and she was definitely a cutie. Whoever owned that cafe obviously had a good taste in employees, after all she employed Hua and it seemed she had employed this cute little morsel as well. Though, the girl seemed more than a little lost and confused, maybe she was new to town? That would explain her behavior, and deciding to help the girl out, I walked up to her and decided to make use of the Mandarin I learned back in Japan. I had thought the class would have been useless, but I guess I can't say that anymore and need to send that teacher an apology note for saying otherwise, sorry teach. "Hello, you look a little lost, do you need some help?" I asked in Mandarin, hopefully she spoke that and not Cantonese, otherwise I wouldn't be able to help nearly as much.

Admittedly, today had been something of a bad day so far – the cloudy weather was nice, certainly, and she’d skipped out on work, too; but her pre-order of the newest Atlus JRPG had been cancelled out of the blue, just as it was released! She’d had to go out and try and hassle the store itself for it, and ended up spending an hour trying to figure out the issue alongside the unfortunate cashier… and in the end, all for nothing! That useless blue-haired brat had just managed to pick up her copy a day early in her name! With anything else, it might not have been such an irritation, but she’d really been looking forward to picking it up herself… damn it, he probably forgot to get the mouse-pad bonus with it, too! She didn’t want the CD, she could get that off the net anyway! Ugh!

Thankfully, all that could be put aside for now. Lunch was on her mind now, so she didn’t really need to think any more about all that nonsense. Plus, she’d snapped up a good deal on a neat fightstick cover, so that was at least something. But, while her stomach was still rumbling a little, she ended up distracted by a much more entertaining offer… it seemed that boring maid café had stepped up its efforts! Or, maybe it was just a cosplayer? They looked a bit too awkward for the latter, but… ah, she had to ask, anyway!

Wrapped in a double-breasted black jacket with a joint skirt to handle the colder weather (albeit alongside black tights and high-heeled boots; she had to keep up appearances!), Vivian snuck through the sparse crowd over to her new find. Such incredible hair! She was truly curious now. Definitely worth her time. Fashion was a group sport, after all! Unfortunately, it seemed she had some slight competition… They weren’t particularly bad looking themselves, but that scent of sweat that hung about their clothes was repulsive! And bantering in another language… maybe this wasn’t her time to shine after all. It wasn’t good to aim too low…

But! As the poor maid squeaked and squirmed, Vivian was sure that she was in need right now! Someone like this needed a superhero; not some snarky stranger! With looks that could kill but a merciful heart – yes, V.V. was on the case! ”Aloha, sugar!” greeted the lady, interrupting the Mandarin conversation with utmost confidence; ”I don’t like to barge in so roughly, but I really must know where you got the outfit – it’s a precious jewel amongst these masses. And such hair, too! Your stylist must be famous!”

Nodding happily along with her own point (and leaving her hair-bow bouncing along with the motion), the wannabe-human’s eyes glittered with entrancing curiosity. ”Ah, but you are on the job, aren’t you? I see those tickets, dear.” remarked Vivian, spying Yun’s behaviour – she’d been on this street enough times to know about this deal. ”Hm, you’re certainly much more spectacular than your comrades. But, some advice! Your secret weapon is your smile! If you feel shy, look shy – but then, once you have someone interested, shoot them that sugary smile. With that alone, even the most anxious of girls can melt a heart with ease. You should use it wisely.”

It seemed that the girl was rather focused on her work, and with the addition of this rather noisy newcomer who was rather fashionable, but a bit too soft for her size for my taste putting her low on my list even before opening her mouth, which just kept sinking her lower. She was loud, over the top, and too flamboyant for my tastes. Deciding that this was the time for a bit of a tactical retreat, I took out a piece of paper from my purse and wrote my cell phone number on it and my name before handing it to the girl and saying, "Call me when you're up for a spar or some other fun. I'll leave you to your work for now, cutie. Oh, and do let me know when you're on shift, I'll make sure to come by to see you." I said in mandarin to the girl who had given me the ticket before turning around and waving goodbye to her, doing my best to avoid the rather loud blonde who had butted in and not acknowledged my existence.

After that, I just made my way around the shopping district and go the rest of the groceries and headed back home, making myself something to eat and doing the rest of my daily training