Christy's - Fine Tea and Delicious Pastries

[Hidamari]

The perpetual squall of New London suddenly splashed onto the front screen of the Clytemnestra as Kiriko broke the thick cloud cover and approached the main port of New Londons Megatropolis, she hadn'€™t been to the headquarters since the incident a few months back due to injuries and minor memory loss from combat in the treacherous Dublin gold fields. Kiriko shivered watching the rain bounce from her shield, '€œim going to get wet again... mou... why does it always rain here Cly?'€ kiriko said with discomfort, "Cly: ::I do not yet possess that information, the cause is unknown::". Kiriko watched as the traffic began to become more visible as they closed into the port and came in to land.

Christys Shop was about 40 meters away, there were several Hussar already in the spaces, '€œhmm... is that, Silsbury-dono'€™s Hussar? Cly?'€, the ship circled still moving to its designated landing pad the Clytemnestra scanned the second Hussar on the pad, "Cly: ::affirmative, Commander Silsbury is the vessels registered pilot::" Kiriko looked at the wire frame of the ship on her display as the Clytemnestra set them down gently, "hmm she must be inside, ive never met her in person.. im a little scared..", the display changed, *an image of a thumbs up was displayed for a few seconds*, '€œhyaha... arigato.. come on then let'€™s go, i hope the scary lady isn'€™t there today, i don'€™t think she likes me... Cly, b..but it will be ok like you say, so, Ikimasho na?'€

Kiriko took her PDA which also contained the '€œCly'€ 'Testament-v.3' Artificial Intelligence and disconnected it from the Hussar dash, '€œOpen Cly please'€ the front of the Hussar jolted before opening up and allowing her to disembark, the cockpit was flooded with cold air and the rain rushed in, '€œkya! Lets go quick!'€ Kiriko carefully climbed down from her fighter and started running for the door to Christys, she spoke to the PDA, '€œClose Cly! close close, quick, you'€™ll get sick'€ from behind she heard the Hussar'€™s front hiss a little and *thunk* closed, then the engines powered themselves down and the craft stood dormant in the rain.

Kiriko reached Christys and opened the door in a hurry to get out of the rain, she shivered as a crash of thunder rumbled in the distance.

Christy turned with a smile as the bell of the shop rang to Kiriko's entrance, looking at the Kusari child infront of her the smile faded in a sudden shock, then remembering Kiriko from before Christy's facial expression resided as if to say '€˜you again?...'€™ Kiriko helds her arms to her body a little wet from the rain she shivered again, clutching Cly and looking at the scary lady, '€œk..konich.. I mean, um..h..hello, Christy-sama...'€ Christy twitched a little, not impressed at the use of Kusarian in her shop, she turned around. Kiriko made use of her lack of attention and quietly shuffled away looking for a seat. Her AI said it saw Silsbury'€™s Hussar outside, but Kiriko couldn'€™t see the commander in the shop or at any of the tables, she whispered to the miniature '€˜Cly'€™ in her hands, "are you sure, that was Silsbury-dono's Hussar Cly?.." "Cly: ::yes, her registration was on only 1 of the vessels::", thunder rumbled close by the shop, Kiriko nodded a little and shuffled forwards looking for the seat she had last time.

There was nobody in the shop front she recognised, and many gave her frowning and confused looks as she passed them slowly, whispering to each other Kiriko looked at Cly for a moment, a thumbs up was displayed again for a few moments and she let out a small smile and took her place at an empty table.

'€œAt...at least it'€™s nice and warm in here.. Cly.. na? Ehehe'€

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