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[Usagi was glowing, pretty much literally, as she was so happy to be helping with Alvin's wedding. And actually, it made her think of something. Since being here, it was like a break, why couldn't she pursue some of her other dreams that she had to put aside for the protection of Earth? And she knew someone who would know better than anyone about business. So after dinner, she went and knocked on Rei's door, smiling and truly just content.]
Rei-chan, could I ask you something?
Rei-chan, could I ask you something?
[Rei'd just been catching up on her reading after dinner so she's not really doing anything. Usagi's knock comes at a good time, so she puts down the book on local monsters and opens the doorway to her rather spartan bedroom. Just a bed, desk, and bookshelf, with a few lamps and a perch for the two crows currently sitting on it..]
Of course, what's up?
[Gesturing to the desk chair, she goes to sit on the bed.
Of course, what's up?
[Gesturing to the desk chair, she goes to sit on the bed.
I have a question and I knew you were the perfect person to ask! Um... [Hopefully, Rei won't think she's sick again.] How do you start up your own business?
[ There's the faint hum of an amulet connection coming through, a familiarity of a certain boy that Rei should know by now! ]
Rei! Hey! Do you have a second?
[ Red, usually one to keep his emotions on the low, can't keep out the excited tingling energy that thrums in the back of the line, the same already evident in his mental voice. Oh boy Rei, oh boy. ]
Rei! Hey! Do you have a second?
[ Red, usually one to keep his emotions on the low, can't keep out the excited tingling energy that thrums in the back of the line, the same already evident in his mental voice. Oh boy Rei, oh boy. ]
[Rei blinked and rolled back in her seat. That was not a question Usagi should have asked.]
How do you do...what?
How do you do...what?
[Rei definitely notices first that it's Red, and second that he's way more animated than he usually is.]
Of course I do. What's up, Red-kun?
[Her little avatar is smiling curiously...]
Of course I do. What's up, Red-kun?
[Her little avatar is smiling curiously...]
Um... how do you start up your own business? I was thinking about it, and well, I really like helping people plan parties, festivals, weddings and... well I'm actually really good at it too. I was thinking... maybe while I'm here I could be a professional wedding and party planner? I've already made really close connections with people who cater and decorations and all that. I was just thinking... I mean, it's a job where I can make someone's day perfect. I just... don't know how to start such a thing or even what all I would need to keep in mind. BUT you've been studying business and management for years! You know all about that!
[This must be Ami's vision of heaven. Usagi being excited and being professional. This might also be Bizarro World. But nobody is talking backwards about Superman, so...Rei just turns a little green-ish.]
Well, you have connections already, right? Have you talked to these connections at all about using them as consultants? Contacts that are willing to help are a start.
Well, you have connections already, right? Have you talked to these connections at all about using them as consultants? Contacts that are willing to help are a start.
[She leans forward, concerned when Rei turns green.] Rei-chan? Are you feeling well? [Now it's Usagi's turn to put a hand to Rei's head, putting one to her own like she might with Chibiusa.] Hmm, you don't feel any warmer than usual.
Connections like with the caterers or connections with just... business people in general? Contacts to start a business?
Connections like with the caterers or connections with just... business people in general? Contacts to start a business?
[Rei swallows, and feels a little like she just drank pure grain alcohol. What. The. Hell. Usagi had the chance to just lay here and sleep, and she wanted to talk about starting a business?]
...I'm fine. I'm just...a little surprised.
[After a moment to just...process this, Rei takes a breath.]
You need connections with the people who are going to provide your services. Obviously you aren't going to be the caterer or the photographer. You need to make sure they're willing to work with you first.
...I'm fine. I'm just...a little surprised.
[After a moment to just...process this, Rei takes a breath.]
You need connections with the people who are going to provide your services. Obviously you aren't going to be the caterer or the photographer. You need to make sure they're willing to work with you first.
[She blushed, pretty much able to guess why Rei might be surprised. She scratched the side of her head.]
I guess... this is pretty surprising... but I mean, we don't... know how long we're going to be here, and I'm not about to be queen here. I want to help take care of you and Minako...
.... And I mean, I pretty much read all the manga here anyways.
[She cleared her throat and then tapped her lips.]
Oh gosh, I didn't even think about photography! Ah this is why I came to you Rei-chan! You would know best! So should I make up business cards and just go around asking about such things or ask Otherworlder's first? I think if I start with the residents here, I might make them happier for starting with them since they actually live here.
I guess... this is pretty surprising... but I mean, we don't... know how long we're going to be here, and I'm not about to be queen here. I want to help take care of you and Minako...
.... And I mean, I pretty much read all the manga here anyways.
[She cleared her throat and then tapped her lips.]
Oh gosh, I didn't even think about photography! Ah this is why I came to you Rei-chan! You would know best! So should I make up business cards and just go around asking about such things or ask Otherworlder's first? I think if I start with the residents here, I might make them happier for starting with them since they actually live here.
[Rei shakes her head, looking right at Usagi...with exactly the look you'd expect. One part annoyed, one part grateful, one part slightly indignant, and one part...pleased.]
You're not about to be queen any time soon, even at home. Four years, minimum, is a long time. And you don't have to worry about us. I've got a couple of leads on work with the task board. I might take a couple of jobs that way.
[Shaking her head, Rei huffs.]
As for work, Usagi. What you should start doing is getting together capital. You need money for business cards and fliers, as well as a space to work. So, you need either money of your own or investors. People, or a bank, willing to loan you start up money that you pay back with some interest.
You're not about to be queen any time soon, even at home. Four years, minimum, is a long time. And you don't have to worry about us. I've got a couple of leads on work with the task board. I might take a couple of jobs that way.
[Shaking her head, Rei huffs.]
As for work, Usagi. What you should start doing is getting together capital. You need money for business cards and fliers, as well as a space to work. So, you need either money of your own or investors. People, or a bank, willing to loan you start up money that you pay back with some interest.
[She fidgeted under the gaze, still not used to it.] Four years will come and go, especially... [Her shoulders slumped.] with college. I mean, I'm obviously not in getting Tokyo U or Kyoto U but there are those little colleges in Tokyo I could get into at least... but I talked with Mamo-chan and Ami-chan about which ones I could get into. [Surprisingly, though, the idea to GO to college was hers.
At the mention of what she'd have to do her shoulders slumped.]
Waaaah so much... [She didn't think it would be all that. A small cloud appeared above her head.] Rei-chan how will I ever save up enough if I don't take like... super big tasks? No one is going to give me a loan.
At the mention of what she'd have to do her shoulders slumped.]
Waaaah so much... [She didn't think it would be all that. A small cloud appeared above her head.] Rei-chan how will I ever save up enough if I don't take like... super big tasks? No one is going to give me a loan.
I know. They'll push you and so will I.
[She didn't need to be a part of that discussion but she had encouraged Ami to have it.]
And you don't have to save up alone. You can think of me as an investor. One of the tasks I'm looking at pays really well. It should be enough for us to get a start with.
[She didn't need to be a part of that discussion but she had encouraged Ami to have it.]
And you don't have to save up alone. You can think of me as an investor. One of the tasks I'm looking at pays really well. It should be enough for us to get a start with.
I know I know... and... I know I have to study as much as I can. And... even if I sound ungrateful... I am glad for all of your help, especially when you'll be so busy at such prestigious universities. [Since she IS going to become queen of Earth, as far as she's aware. And she knows she can't flake off and goof around like she has when she's going to be helping rule all of earth. However, that wasn't her focus. She suddenly perked up like a rabbit's ears lifting. She suddenly brightened considerably.]
OH MY GOSH REALLY?! [She hugged onto Rei tightly.] REI THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'll do everything I can to make you proud and... uh, I guess pay you back!
OH MY GOSH REALLY?! [She hugged onto Rei tightly.] REI THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'll do everything I can to make you proud and... uh, I guess pay you back!
I'm down in Shaarnath with a friend, and I've been learning a lot about how they work with creatures called wurms, and even wyverns! They've been telling me so much and showing me how they use dunamis in their training, and how they take care of them!
[ Rei it's so amazing-- ]
And that's not all! [ Oh, no, not at all. ] They had a group of baby wyverns born recently and they're asking for people to help take care of them. They'll teach you all the basics, and they'll even get into how they continue to raise them as they get older if you ask!
Rei, it's the perfect opportunity for you! Do you think you can make it down here? I can help you pay for a ticket once I get back up if money's an issue, and then all you'll need is to find a place to say and get some clothes once you're down here! I can help with those too!
[ He. He might have gone on a bit there, energy flowing through like water the entire time, but he's finally pausing now, Rei. ]
[ Rei it's so amazing-- ]
And that's not all! [ Oh, no, not at all. ] They had a group of baby wyverns born recently and they're asking for people to help take care of them. They'll teach you all the basics, and they'll even get into how they continue to raise them as they get older if you ask!
Rei, it's the perfect opportunity for you! Do you think you can make it down here? I can help you pay for a ticket once I get back up if money's an issue, and then all you'll need is to find a place to say and get some clothes once you're down here! I can help with those too!
[ He. He might have gone on a bit there, energy flowing through like water the entire time, but he's finally pausing now, Rei. ]
[Rei makes a flat face, lips pursed and just accepts that she's done something that will elicit all the squealing. But she's also being practical. And so, pats her friend on the back, returning the hug and loosening up a bit more.]
You don't need to pay me back. It'd be an investment in hearth and home. You'll be putting your profits into rent and food for our home. It's not like you won't pay it forward. And I trust that you'll do well.
[And if she's wrong? Well, she can just go fight another monster.]
You don't need to pay me back. It'd be an investment in hearth and home. You'll be putting your profits into rent and food for our home. It's not like you won't pay it forward. And I trust that you'll do well.
[And if she's wrong? Well, she can just go fight another monster.]
[Rei can feel his excitement through the connection like wildfire, her senses amping it up to 11. She doesn't mind, because as he goes on, she's starting to get more excited herself. This is actually a really good opportunity, yes, and if there's a possibility of working things out like this she should take it. The worst that happens is she's not allowed because she's only just started learning the basics of Dunamis...and even then they'd at least know she was interested.]
Well, I can definitely come down, the money isn't really an issue. But finding a place to stay? Well, I can only do that for a few days, but I'd appreciate some help with that. Clothes I have unless I need something special. I've got two friends from home here, and I can't be away for too long.
Well, I can definitely come down, the money isn't really an issue. But finding a place to stay? Well, I can only do that for a few days, but I'd appreciate some help with that. Clothes I have unless I need something special. I've got two friends from home here, and I can't be away for too long.
Two friends-- oh, people friends!?
[ It's not that loudly exclaimed, but it's a surprise, coming over easily. And he hadn't thought about what she might do with Phobos and Deimos...
But he won't be that easily distracted, quickly answering: ] The clothes you have should be fine if you have something to cover you for the heat and cold. It's hotter in the day, but it gets way colder at night! And we'll have to stay with the people down there, if that's okay. Some of the wyvern caretakers said I could stay with them if I was around again though!
[ It's not that loudly exclaimed, but it's a surprise, coming over easily. And he hadn't thought about what she might do with Phobos and Deimos...
But he won't be that easily distracted, quickly answering: ] The clothes you have should be fine if you have something to cover you for the heat and cold. It's hotter in the day, but it gets way colder at night! And we'll have to stay with the people down there, if that's okay. Some of the wyvern caretakers said I could stay with them if I was around again though!
OH! Speaking of rent and the sort, I was thinking... well, not NOW, but what if we worked towards a bigger place, an actual house! Or maybe there's an old shrine we could ask to rent? I mean, something... a bit more like home for you? [It's hard not for her to pick up on Rei's... ire of sorts with the space they live in and more importantly who she lives with. While Usagi is not empathic she's very astute with reading people.]
REALLY! [At the mention of her doing well she brightened up and so did the room, literally.] You really think I'd be a good party and wedding planner?
REALLY! [At the mention of her doing well she brightened up and so did the room, literally.] You really think I'd be a good party and wedding planner?
Yes. Minako Aino and Usagi Tsukino. They're friends of mine from home. People.
[Rei will probably just take the birds with her though. They're fussy, and often pick on Usagi, so it's better not to leave them alone with her.]
I don't mind that, none of that should be a problem. Provided of course that the people living there are okay with me coming as well. I'm curious to see how this turns out, since if nothing else it might give me a better understanding with Phobos and Deimos.
[Since irritably, they can't transform like normal.]
[Rei will probably just take the birds with her though. They're fussy, and often pick on Usagi, so it's better not to leave them alone with her.]
I don't mind that, none of that should be a problem. Provided of course that the people living there are okay with me coming as well. I'm curious to see how this turns out, since if nothing else it might give me a better understanding with Phobos and Deimos.
[Since irritably, they can't transform like normal.]
I don't really think there's a Shinto temple anywhere in Verens, Usagi. [Rei isn't admonishing her so much as pointing out an obvious fact.] I'll adjust. I've lived in a house before, you know. Before Mother passed. [That had been eleven years ago but she still remembered the house.] I think that a bigger place would be better though, simply because the longer we stay here the more likely we are to acquire things. Furniture, knicknacks, all that sort of stuff, and if we're already budgeting space now, just think of what will happen in a couple of months.
[Rei's not that put out by the company, it's nice, but she is used to a much larger space. And she's got a point there.]
And yes. Of course I do. You're certainly the most party-focused person I know, and I highly doubt that you'll put anything less than a hundred percent into it. I'll be counting on you, to take care of the investment and make good on the rent.
[She pauses, pressing her lips together.]
Because I don't think I'm going to take a regular job like you. I'd make a terrible waitress, and an even worse sales representative. I'll probably make money through the Task Board, and use the free time to study. There's something that I'm going to try doing, and it will require a lot of time, I believe.
[Rei's not that put out by the company, it's nice, but she is used to a much larger space. And she's got a point there.]
And yes. Of course I do. You're certainly the most party-focused person I know, and I highly doubt that you'll put anything less than a hundred percent into it. I'll be counting on you, to take care of the investment and make good on the rent.
[She pauses, pressing her lips together.]
Because I don't think I'm going to take a regular job like you. I'd make a terrible waitress, and an even worse sales representative. I'll probably make money through the Task Board, and use the free time to study. There's something that I'm going to try doing, and it will require a lot of time, I believe.
Ah maybe yes maybe no, we won't know if we don't ask. If nothing else, if we find one and it is being used, just think of that will mean for you! [She wants to make Rei as comfortable as she can, Minako too. That's why she's including the singing in the culture festival, the search for a temple, whatever she can for them.] And I know, why don't the three of us go out and look at some of the houses they have we can rent? I don't think Otherworlders are allowed to buy property but maybe? I wasn't looking too much into it.
I will, I promise! I've been saving up as much as I can, and if need be, I'll always do like... the monster hunter jobs with you Rei. I just took the waitress job because- well, I didn't know how consistent the monster thing would be, and better a steady paycheck than an unreliable big one right? Although, yeah... maybe not a waitress, but I bet you would make an amazing... well... anything if you wanted!
Something you're going to try? What's that?
I will, I promise! I've been saving up as much as I can, and if need be, I'll always do like... the monster hunter jobs with you Rei. I just took the waitress job because- well, I didn't know how consistent the monster thing would be, and better a steady paycheck than an unreliable big one right? Although, yeah... maybe not a waitress, but I bet you would make an amazing... well... anything if you wanted!
Something you're going to try? What's that?
A temple on Verens isn't going to be a temple I'm going to want to practice my art in. Unless I constructed it myself, sanctified it, and found a kami to inhabit it, that's not a Shinto temple. I know you're trying to make me feel more at home, but that's like suggesting that a Catholic Mass can be held in a mosque. [And that is an admonishment, her voice firm on that point. The idea that she could be a priestess of a religion and just use a sacred space for another faith is beyond troublesome.]
A house is just fine. Here, I'm going to live in a house. And that's fine with me. Really, truly, that's not a problem.
[She turns, looking down at her hands, and then up at the yumi she had already mounted on the wall. It was something from home, she'd just happened to find the weapon when she'd woken up, and seeing it was nice.]
I want to connect more with who I was in the past. I know I was a hunter, I remember that, and I remember fighting too. Martians were soldiers and warriors, even the ones that weren't of royal blood. And I think it'd be good for me to learn some of those arts. To connect with beasts, maybe understand Phobos and Deimos better since they're stuck as birds.
[There's a long pause.]
Someone I met suggested to me that I might be able to use dunamis to connect with the local wildlife. I've been practicing a bit, and I think I'd like to try that.
A house is just fine. Here, I'm going to live in a house. And that's fine with me. Really, truly, that's not a problem.
[She turns, looking down at her hands, and then up at the yumi she had already mounted on the wall. It was something from home, she'd just happened to find the weapon when she'd woken up, and seeing it was nice.]
I want to connect more with who I was in the past. I know I was a hunter, I remember that, and I remember fighting too. Martians were soldiers and warriors, even the ones that weren't of royal blood. And I think it'd be good for me to learn some of those arts. To connect with beasts, maybe understand Phobos and Deimos better since they're stuck as birds.
[There's a long pause.]
Someone I met suggested to me that I might be able to use dunamis to connect with the local wildlife. I've been practicing a bit, and I think I'd like to try that.
[She winced at the admonishment, not trying to be sacrilegious or insulting of any culture.] Ah... yeah, sorry. [Because she knows she can't offer much else to the statement and knew the subject was to be dropped.]
Did... you still want to do the three of us looking? [She didn't know if that would impede on Rei's schedule or if Rei wanted to do such a thing alone. Now that she wasn't living alone, Usagi wouldn't mind a bigger space.
She looked at the yumi and smiled.]
I can't say I'm surprised, I know you practiced archery back home and you have the Mars Arrow, after all. [She remembered her people too, but Lunarians, while there had been an army, it wasn't a strong one. They depended on her mother more than anything, and maybe that had been the problem. After all, hadn't her mother sought her best protection from other planets? She frowned. She had asked the princesses of all the other planets to look after her, to be friends and companions, to be her guardians... Would they have been friends if her mother hadn't arranged the circumstances? She'd like to think they would, but sometimes...
After all, the only reason she had even met Rei and Minako was because of Luna setting things in motion. Oh sure, she would have met and befriended Ami and Makoto at school, but she'd never have had a reason to meet Rei or even Luna...
She stopped the train of thought before she became too upset, trying to clamp down on it so as not to affect the area around them or let Rei know. She doubted she was doing very well, though. She nodded.]
I... wasn't aware the Dunamis could do that, I haven't tried it at all, honestly. But I'm sure you've already found the best possible teacher, or are on your way to, at least.
Did... you still want to do the three of us looking? [She didn't know if that would impede on Rei's schedule or if Rei wanted to do such a thing alone. Now that she wasn't living alone, Usagi wouldn't mind a bigger space.
She looked at the yumi and smiled.]
I can't say I'm surprised, I know you practiced archery back home and you have the Mars Arrow, after all. [She remembered her people too, but Lunarians, while there had been an army, it wasn't a strong one. They depended on her mother more than anything, and maybe that had been the problem. After all, hadn't her mother sought her best protection from other planets? She frowned. She had asked the princesses of all the other planets to look after her, to be friends and companions, to be her guardians... Would they have been friends if her mother hadn't arranged the circumstances? She'd like to think they would, but sometimes...
After all, the only reason she had even met Rei and Minako was because of Luna setting things in motion. Oh sure, she would have met and befriended Ami and Makoto at school, but she'd never have had a reason to meet Rei or even Luna...
She stopped the train of thought before she became too upset, trying to clamp down on it so as not to affect the area around them or let Rei know. She doubted she was doing very well, though. She nodded.]
I... wasn't aware the Dunamis could do that, I haven't tried it at all, honestly. But I'm sure you've already found the best possible teacher, or are on your way to, at least.
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