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Who: Lyall, Stella, and Hajime.
What: Lyall drops by to speak with Hajime at his restaurant... with a plus one.
When: Like... Monday? Monday sounds good. Monday the 9th of December 2013, sometime after Lyall gets off of school. Ye.
Where: Pull up pull up to Aikawa's with a funny face

[ All that driving and patiently waiting in the front seat... for this? Stella rests comfortably on Lyall's shoulder as they walk from the car to a building named Aikawa's. Ai-ka-wa's, she sounds out to herself, her whiskers twitching a bit. What is that? Apparently, this was Hajime's restaurant, but naming a building for anything other than its intended purpose seemed a little silly to Stella. Why not just call it "Food Here" and be done with it?

She huffs a little, but resigns herself to saving the question for later. (She does this a lot. She has a repository of questions about human customs in her head that never quite manages to clear out. She's gotten very good at remembering small trivial things to look up on Google and the Wikipedia later.)

For right now, her head sways as Lyall makes his way to the restaurant. It's been a while since she's seen Hajime... Hopefully, he shouldn't be too busy. ]

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[The card reference goes right over Lyall's head, sorry, Hajime. He's not used to specifically noticing such things, despite having two or three friends now with those kinds of "other fellows". So all he does is grin and assure the ferret:]

I was mostly joking, Stella, don't worry. I won't be setting you loose on campus to cause mayhem unless you really feel like it.

[Hajime still looks amused at the whole idea.]

Yeah, we wouldn't want you to start any trouble you weren't interested in starting.

[ stella chuckles to herself. It's a fairly loud "dook dook dook dook" noise. ]

only reason im sayin no is because i cant figure out a way to get me places i needs without some help
caint do it on me own after all
ill need a few more sets of paws

[If this were text, Lyall might have corrected "can't" since that's less "accented typing" and more "misspelling" in his book. As it is, he just frowns a bit at the message, and shakes his head.]

Well, if you ever decide you feel like some fun in that manner, do let mek now.

[He pops another of the sushi, chews, and adds,]

This is really a pretty tasty plate. What kind of roll is this, Hajime?

Who knows, maybe there's a disgruntled janitor ready to give a ferret a hand.

[He seems pleased at the praise for the sushi, at least.]

It's an anakyu roll. Eel and cucumber.

[Never any California rolls in what he brings; the restaurant's too traditional for that.]

That one there is just yellowtail.

thatd be promisin

[ she finally finishes her roll, positive that her spelling is impeccable. She'll go for her third roll as soon as she recovers. Yyyep. ]

ana q
eel and yellowtail i know but that words strange

Cucumber? Or anakyu? Cucumber is a vegetable, long and kind of green. Anakyu is a word in Japanese, though I couldn't tell you what it means.

[Lyall glances to Hajime for that one.]

[Hajime shrugs.]

Anakyu's just what you call a roll that's got eel and cucumber in it.

[ She makes an attempt to rise - nope nope nope still too soon, she flounces back down on her paws. ]

both i spose
got no word for either
spose yours will do

[Lyall gives her very full self a gentle pat on the back, hiding a smile by looking over at Hajime instead.]

Well, I suppose I'd best finish this off, myself, if Stella's out of room. How much longer do we have you for?

[He pops the second to last piece into his mouth while waiting for the answer.]

[Hajime checks his watch.]

Not too much longer. They'll come looking for me if I'm not back in time.

[ Stella starts up at his words, snaking over to the box and snatching the last sushi with much more alacrity than she probably should have. Ooh nooo. She sits the sushi on her paws and rests for a moment. She can only hope that Lyall remembered that they asked for more before they left... ]

You work too hard. I'd wager they would be perfectly happy to let you sit out here a little longer than you usually do.

[It's mostly a tease, really, especially since he's watching Stella out of the corner of his eye and grinning.]

They might.

[He grins, both at Stella and at Lyall's comment.]

But they might get worried if I'm not right back there ready to overwork myself again.

[It's too bad that's not as much of a joke as he thinks it is.]

[ She huffs, stuffing as much of the last sushi into her mouth as she can, typing slowly with one claw. Her gluttony will not stop her from this very important statement: ]

dont ye dare
if ye overwork yourself youll hurt yourself and then where would i get more o this food
dont ye even think about it

[Lyall decides not to mention that they could get it from anyone at the restaurant-- just not for free. Instead, he chuckles.]

See? Even the ferret thinks you work too hard.

Alright, alright, I'll keep that in mind. It's not my fault I'm too good at my job.

[ Good. She is the most important person here, after all, so her opinion is the only one that matters. ]

that aint on mate
if ye truly be the best ye should only work for the finest of gentlefolk
save the effort for folk who appreciate it ye follow