Guests in the sakura gardens [Paganchick]

[Anadwen]

Frowning at Hisaki, Hatsune shook the bonds off, apparently being freed of them already. "Move out. I'm not staying in one room with him any longer." she said, grabbing the papers, and quickly walking out. Her brother didn't give her even a glance. They had nothing to say to each other - Hatsune was doing her best to annoy him, and Hisaki was simply ignoring her.

The laws... Oh god. She could just give it to someone in the Elite Force, couldn't she? Well... Most likely not. Most of those was busy, or outside the ship.

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"Lets get this over shall we? I am sure this is just as unpleasant for you as it is for me, if not more so for you. Put the quicker you give me the run down, the less time you have to babysit me," Sapphira replied coldly, all business as she looked over at Hatsune.

[Anadwen]

Still frowning like a nightmare, Hatsune started going down the hall, studying the papers. "Most stuff there is about family honor and Spirit Hunters, anyway. Since page fifty, all the laws are applied only in special cases. The sum up of the general laws is pretty simple: Don't kill people. Don't harm people. Be loyal to the Captain. Don't steal other people's things and information. Respect people's privacy. Respect and protect their and your own safety, and do not do anything that would threaten it unless it is on the Captain's command. Respect the Captain, the Second-in-command, and the Elite Force, and do not oppose them. Accept their orders if some occur. Do not waste resources. Do not violate the property. Do not enter places that aren't public without permission."

She let out a yawn, and barred into a smaller room. It was similarly plain as the hall, but not half as big. The only decorations were the paintings again, and a couple of crimson fans, mounted on the hall. "There is also a couple of untold laws that aren't really laws, but everyone respects them, anyway. Don't you open your mouth about the Captain's family, and bow whenever that bastard passes by. The Elite Force may be a couple of idiots that keep waving their swords around and do nothing, but that's nothing to say to their eyes, too. And for the sake of the Captain's hair, don't ever do anything to the sakura trees. The painted ones, or the real ones." As she stretched on the cushions in the middle of the room, she looked far less formal than when conversing with Hisaki, and handed Sapphira the papers. "Take a look at it yourself."

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"It all seems simple enough, thought as for the family thing, as long as he doesn't bring up mine I wont bring up his, and that goes for anyone and everyone," Sapphira spoke as she read over the papers quickly. She had no idea how it was going to take two hours to go over the rules if they were that simple.

"Do you have training rooms, or I would hope you do. If so will I have access to them?" Sapphira spoke as she glanced up from her papers quickly before looking back down.
"And I like art, and trees so I doubt I would be doing anything to them, plus I am a guest, I do have some manners," She added more to herself than Hatsune.

[Anadwen]

"Training rooms are a standard. There's more of those than of personal bedrooms on the board of Shiroisakura." Hatsune explained, stretching on the cushions. "We are a warrior clan. Our children enter the training halls before they see the outer world. That is how we live."

All of a sudden, the door opened. It wasn't opened to a thin gap as when Hatsune herself came in - it was forced aside and into a huge gap, in which stood the shadow of a tall figure.

"Hatsune! You little bastard. Concealing your spiritual pressure when you walk by like a little thief!" the shadow spoke. It was a rough voice, but definitely female, and the tall figure that stepped in was also quite apparently a woman - though, a strong one for sure. The wild spiky mess of black hair around her head only gave her an even more terrifying appearance, as if the wolfish grin on her face wasn't enough.

"Sen Ryuu..." Hatsune sighed. "No one else opens doors like you. Besides, it's not my fault you can't sense my spiritual pressure even when concealed up to ninety percent." she responded smugly. The taller woman, Sen Ryuu, scoffed at her. "Whatever, doll. Hisaki wants you, so you better hurry up. I have special orders... To get you to him by force if you oppose!" she cackled. Hatsune gave her a cold look. "Iseya's outside to get you there." she waved her hand at the door, and threw her own self down into the pillows, ending up in a much more casual, and much less elegant position than Hatsune, who stood up in the meantime, and exited the room.

The glance of Sen Ryuu's golden eyes met Sapphira's. "So... Who the hell are you? I swear I've never seen you here in my life. You don't even have a shihakusho on." she asked her, folding one arm under her head.

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"I am a very ancient being, and an ancestor of this clan owed me a favor, I have come to collect on that favor, that is all," Sapphira spoke, her voice neutral, almost calm sounding. She let out a soft sigh, she would have to start wearing the clothes that they wore, she was sure of it, she wasn't exactly happy about it but she as sure it would be better than going nude. 

[Anadwen]

The other woman yawned. "Hisaki's crap as always, I guess. A favor. Taking guests, sure, and yet he doesn't give two shits about what's going on under his nose, little snobbish bastard just like his sister. Those two, oh please, I'd ask gods for help if I thought there are some gods out there!" she complained, rolling over on the pillows like some kind of large cat. Finally, she got into a half-sitting position, the black hair messed up even more than before, and gave Sapphira a long look.

"Stir this place up a little, could you? I'm getting bored..." she admitted, yawning again, and didn't even bother covering her mouth with her hand. "Can you fight? I mean, if you're really that ancient as you say... I hella hope you do."

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"If I couldn't fight I doubt I could have managed to live over five-thousand years," Sapphira stated simply. If she couldn't fight she wouldn't have made it over a thousand years. Then the words from the woman rang in her head.
"What did you mean by he doesn't give two shit's about what's going on under his nose?" Sapphira asked becoming very interested.

[Anadwen]

"Good. And I hope you can fight damn good, I'm tired of training with the same people all the time!" Sen Ryuu chuckled. "I think I forgot to introduce myself, by the way." she added then, scratching her head. "My name's Sen Ryuu Adachi. You may have heard of me before, and you may have not, what do I care. Who's heard of me knows what I am." she cackled again, revealing her sharp canines.

At Sapphira's inquiry, her grin disappeared, and was replaced by a frown. "Ya know. Never really goes between us... He's so, err, detached. And we can be ripping each other to pieces in here, he couldn't care less. The E.F. 'specially."

[paganchick]

"I can handle my own in any fight," she responded simply. She didn't have to brag, she knew she had skills. "And no I haven't heard of you, I haven't been in touch with your clan in about five thousand years," she spoke with a sigh. She had long lost her appetite for conversation. She was being hunted and she wanted to get settled.
"The e.f.?" Sapphira questioned not understanding completely.

[Anadwen]

"The Elite Force. The Fraction leaders, like me, Iseya, or a load of other people around. We're the 20 best warriors on the ship." Sen Ryuu explained proudly. "I lead the 8th Fraction. The one that specifies in direct combat." The grin reappeared. She considered her fraction naturally the best one of all - after all, she trained all of its members by herself.

"Besides, are you done with the laws? If you're over with that, you can give them back to Hisaki, and he'll assign you someone from the EF to lead ya around. I think you can choose."

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"I was told two hours, I can't be giving a bad impression before I even sign the contracts and become a guest now can I?" Sapphira questioned. She couldn't stir anything up until after they left port and even then she had to be careful, she could feel how powerful Hisaki was.

[Anadwen]

"Well..." Sen Ryuu shrugged, scratching her head again, and dropped back into the pillows. "Wake me up when you're done. I'm gonna take a nap, and I don't give a solitary f*** about whether it's appropriate for me, or not." she proclaimed casually.

"Night, Sophia or how the hell you're called." she mumbled, pulling one pillow over her eyes, and stretching across the rest of the pile.

What manners.

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"Sapphira," Sapphira spoke her words sounding somewhere in between a parent correcting a child and a warning. She honestly didn't care whether or not the guard slept or not, but the silence was nice as she read over the rules in much greater detail. As it can't close the the two hours coming up she looked over to the guard, "Wake up."

[Anadwen]

Sen Ryuu groaned slightly at the sound, rolled over, and instinctively punched into the air in the direction of the sound. Soon enough, she was asleep again.

The door opened silently to reveal another figure standing in it. It was, too, a black-haired woman, though appearing far more elegant - was she not adorned by an eerie number of silver chains, bound around her clothes.

"Do not worry about Sen Ryuu, Sapphira. She's not the most responsible person. I, Iseya Adachi, will take you to Captain Shiroi Hana." she informed her politely, slightly bowing as she spoke, and gestured for Sapphira to stand up and follow her.

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Sapphira stood, the papers in hand.
"It wouldn't take a genius to see that she isn't the most responsible," She added as she returned a slight bow, ready to follow the woman to the captain though she remembered the way back to his office. 

[Anadwen]

"Sen Ryuu is interested more in her comfort than in her duties, but she is a ferocious warrior." Iseya responded, taking the papers from Sapphira. "However, rest assured that not all of the Elite Force members are like her. I am one, too." She gave her a warm smile. When compared to the foul-mouthed and rude Sen Ryuu and cold Hatsune, Iseya was wonderful.

"I was sent after you by Captain Shiroi Hana as he knew that neither Commander Hatsune nor Sen Ryuu are likely to escort you back in time, and I was informed about you in the meantime. It's a pleasure to meet you. Also, I feel the need to inform you about a custom we have about guests - that you will get to choose a guide to show you around the board of Shiroisakura for one week. After that, you can either dismiss them, choose to stay with them, or pick another guide."

[paganchick]

Sapphira nodded slightly. She didn't know who she would choose, she had only met a few people there and she didn't feel she could stand any of them for more than a couple of days let alone for a week.

"Who will I have to choose from?" She asked with a hint of a smile at the corners of her mouth. Of course the smile was faked, something more to be polite than anything.

[Anadwen]

"The Elite Force, off course. We are the only ones with the access to all parts of the Shiroisakura without supervision. It's our duty to show guests around, even though we are a battle force." she explained. "However, the Second-in-Command and Captain are not available for such a service. They have their own duties."

They drew closer to Hisaki's work room, till the guards appeared before them again. All of them bowed deeply before Iseya, and she did the same, though not half as much. "Commander Iseya Adachi. I return to Captain Hisaki Daisan no Shiroi Hana Adachi with our visitor." she spoke. Iseya was one of the few that kept the protocol of using titles and full names on formal occasions.

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Sapphira raised an eyebrow, that was definitely more than a mouth full. Still she remained silent, she just wanted to take a nap really.