Weekend Entertainment #1 - September Test Drive Meme

[havetubawilltravel]

It's way too hot to be September right now where I am, but we're verging on October right now, and that means it's an app_this_plz weekend, and you know you've got characters you want to try out.


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[a_rare_benedictine]

"I'm very pleased to meet you, Kuriyama." He smiles.

[halfemptyglasses]

She holds her tongue from instinctively saying that was unpleasant, because he hasn't been unpleasant this entire time.

"Ah, I- I prefer Kuriyama-san. Or... Or I guess Miss Kuriyama? I'm guessing you aren't from Japan, and... and lack of title is... quite close."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Forgive me", he says immediately. "I've heard of Japan, but never had occasion to... go there... Kuriyama-san."

[halfemptyglasses]

"Of course! Y-you didn't know," she goes, waving her hand again. "And I've never been outside of Japan, s-so I'm not one to talk about anything else."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Would you tell me about Japan, then? I'd like to hear something of it."

[halfemptyglasses]

"I- I could," she agrees. "I don't know if I can tell you what you'd like to know, but I'll try. And... And I'd like to hear about your herbarium?"

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Then it can be a fair exchange! And to begin... where do you live, in that country?"

[halfemptyglasses]

Kuriyama plucks her glasses off and starts cleaning them.

"Ah, I- I was just moving..."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"...is that a sensitive question?" He considers. "The part of the country, then, if not the city. Are there mountains, plains...?"

[halfemptyglasses]

She returns the red frames to her face before giving the name of the small town she's heading towards.

"There's some forest area and some cliffs, pretty inland I think?" she describes. "M-most of the area is owned by the Nase clan."

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Are you of that clan, then, or only have their permission?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, Kuriyama is my clan's name," she explains. "I... I'm speaking with the head of the Nase clan."

At some point, anyway...

[a_rare_benedictine]

He's interested by the correction and by everything else she says, plainly.

"Have your clans been on good terms?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, no... But I'm the only Kuriyama left, so- so I'm trying. A-and I was asked by the Nase clan, so...."

[a_rare_benedictine]

She's very young to be the last of her clan, and he looks at her with sympathy.

"So perhaps they're trying to settle the strife of the past."

[halfemptyglasses]

"Maybe," she lies. "Ah-anyway, what is your herbarium like? What kind of things grow where you live?"

[a_rare_benedictine]

"It tends to be cold, much of the year, so nothing of the kind that needs warmer weather to thrive - many of the fruits of the Holy Land could never grow in England."

[halfemptyglasses]

"Can these herbs be found in England? Or did they come from somewhere else first?"

[a_rare_benedictine]

"They're commonly found in England", he tells her. "They may have been brought from other parts of Europe, long ago, but they grow in England now."

[halfemptyglasses]

"And... you use these to make medicine?" she guesses.

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Yes, I do. Medicines to relieve pain, to cure infection and help wounds to heal cleanly... anything plants can achieve."

[halfemptyglasses]

Kuriyama closes the fingers of her right hand, burning from the bandages there.

"That's very pleasant, Brother Cadfael..."

[a_rare_benedictine]

He glances at her hand instinctively at the movement, then looks again.

"Child, you're hurt?"

[halfemptyglasses]

"Ah, it's... It's just....nothing to worry about..." she goes, fiddling with her glasses again.

[a_rare_benedictine]

"Would you let me see?" he asks gently. "To set my mind at ease."