[B-Rank Escort] - Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Yuki was pacing around the hall outside of Kori's room. She knew Kori was all for fashion but they might be keeping whoever it was they were escorting waiting. "Come on Kori, I don't think they'd mind if you were in regular clothes instead of something super flashy!", she said, knocking on her sister's door. She'd feel bad if they were actually keeping their escort waiting.

Kori gave her sister a half death glare as she opened her door to her room again, in her typical battle gear, and certainly not wearing anything flashy. Sure she'd done a lot of work on the clothing lately, but she thought it was clear how fixed in to her battle garb that she was. She couldn't stay mad at her sister though, it was impossible. "I'm good, I'm good. I was just restringing my bow," She tossed her satchel over her shoulder and slipped the bow in to the holster on the front.

Yuki crossed her arms and stepped back so Kori could get out of her room. At least she was stringing her bow and not 'fixing a few stitches real fast', because the last time Kori said that, they ended up waiting a couple hours to go shopping. "What kind of person do you think our escort's going to be like?" She secretly hoped they weren't someone who complained all the time. Neither of them were really built to carry someone from place to place, and it was unlikely to be part of their agenda.

The two would leave the house, and towards the elevators. Yuki was keeping an eye out for someone who looked like they were waiting for them or anyone in general. The mission details weren't super clear to her who they were taking, only where.

"As long as they're not permanently on fire or super lazy I don't think I really mind so much," Even as they walked towards the elevators she was still checking over her bags for everything that she might need. Her arrow supply was out, but she mostly used her own ice any way so that didn't matter. "You got your talking mirror still or do I gotta make you a new one?" She'd gotten... better? Kori would say she got better at not pestering her sister with it. Especially after that whole dumb bug bite incident.

Yuki reached around and pulled the mirror off a clip she had at her hip. With a twirl she had it in front of her. There was a light scarping from where Occam wedged in it a wall, but was otherwise unscathed. ”I wouldn’t dare lose something important to me., she said before clippingg it back. At least, she wouldn’t try to lose it on purpose. ”If our escort is on fire all the time, I’m just going to hope they don’t touch us. Even moreso if they screamed at the sight of seeing people actually melting.

Kori paused for a moment and gave a rather overdramatic approach to liking the idea that Yuki still had the original mirror despite how easily she could just make another. "Oh! You're the bestest best little sister!" she was showing off her strength in picking her up even without their Glacial Infusion, giving her a little shake as her legs dangled.

Yuki couldn't help but feel some embarrassment when Kori picked her up and shook her a little. "To be fair, this is like... the first mirror I've gotten from you so it's more special than any replacement.", Yuki managed to squeeze out while Kori was still holding her in the air. 'Is she going to throw you?' 'I HOPE NOT!' After a few moments, Yuki began to wiggle as an indication that she would very much like to be on the ground again.

"Aww Yuki!" Kori practically squealed down her ear as the lifting hug got that little tighter for a moment before she finally set her down again. "Well good. We probably won't need it this time around, but it's nice to know that you still kept it." With that dealt with she had her current supplies dealt with in her mind. "Not biting anymore pillows lately I hope," It didn't mean she wouldn't keep teasing her little sister though.

Yuki straighted her top after she was put back down. ”Did you figure out your arrows-through-mirrors thing yet?”, she asked. ”I think it’d be funny if an arrow came out of this tiny mirror when an enemy least expects it.” She gave a pause at the last statement. ’Pillow biting?’ ”I do not pillow bite!” Yuki crossed her arms and glared at Kori. That only happened one time because it was the closest object Yuki could get to bite on that was Kori’s. She left a couple of holes in it with her modified fangs, so it sometimes bled feathers.

Kori just rolled her eyes at the question, "Well yeah, of course I figured out by arrows through mirrors technique. Not thing. Technique," Her moves and her clothing, neither being the things she liked others commenting on in a negative light in any way. Then there was the glare of her little sister, a glare on just her adorable little face. "Yeah! Because it was my god damn pillow you bit in to! What did you say I did to deserve that any way?"

It turned out that the two sisters weren't quite alone, they seemed to have a tag-along. Standing behind them was a rather short, androgynous figure. Their head was shaved entirely bald and they had several vine-like tattoos running across their scalp. Baggy robes covered most of their body in soft forest greens and watery blues. Their hands were hidden within the sleeves but they took them out when they started to speak to the Toketsu siblings, strangely, they were missing their pinky finger on their left hand. "Hello! I was told to look for the two girls that were very cold and looked somewhat alike! I imagine that is yourselves?" Their voice was a strange sing-song lilt and was neither obviously masculine nor feminine. "I am Verdance, a Monk of Gaia. I need you to escort me to the Land of Greed. If we make it there safely, I will give you your payment. I put my faith in both of you, as my creed tells me that I may not partake in combat. Please introduce yourselves so that I may properly know who my guardians and potential saviors are!" Verdance smiled brightly and watched them both with their deep green eyes.

”Found arrows in my room’s walls last time I came home from a mission...”, she murmured with a pout. A jump and a twist and there was a monk introducing themselves. Yuki immediately bowed to the monk to show respect to them, but also to hide some embarrassment from the bit of a quabble thye more than likely have been watching for a few minutes now. It was almost smooth how quickly she turned on her heel and bowed, but enough about that. ”A pleasure to meet you, I’m Yuki. Yuki Kuroshio. And this is my sister, Kori Kuroshio.” A monk of Gaia? Who was it in her team that followed Gaia aga

Kori actually looked a little upset by that, "Sh-shit, arrows? ... crap that's where those got to then," She muttered to herself, seemingly caught over her little secret. "I swear it was an accident. And at least I didn't go in to your room whilst you were out," She hadn't even noticed the older man until Yuki had stopped and already seen him. "Oh! Y-Yes, hello Sir." She said and joined her sister in bowing.

"Well then, it is absolutely a pleasure to meet both of you! I would offer my hand to shake but I have heard that it can be quite dangerous to touch a Toketsu at times. So I believe I will protect my hands and simply offer you a bow instead." Verdance smiled brightly and bowed to them before nodding onwards and starting to walk forwards. "Our route will take us through Souls and then into Greed. I do not believe that people will attack us but I cannot be certain, some people truly hate those that worship the Gods after all... Kami adherents are some of the worst! Those of that blasted Church anyway! Normal ones seem fine but some people just take things too far." Verdance shook their head and slid their hands back inside their sleeves.

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