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Just another Disastrous Day; - Closed to Osiris -
Topic Started: Nov 15 2011, 01:28 AM (594 Views)
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Monthly routine. Animal day.

The last animal day, she wasn't on shift. The animal day before that, was a disaster.

Tsubame sighs. She is just praying that this is not going to end up just like the last one she had. The one good thing is, they don't have to partner up and wear a full-on outfit today. All they need is the cosplay materials that normally people wear for "moe" purposes, such as the ears and the tail, and an occasional meow sound or two.

She walks out of the changing room, readjusting her cat-ears headband on her head. For a change of pace, she decided to not wear her glasses today. Instead, she wore contacts, so that her nose bridge is actually not being weigh down by the heavy rims for a day. It looks a little better to have a cat maid without glasses, too- there is already two of those around the cafe today already.

She checks the schedule again. it doesn't seem that Kira has a shift today, either. She frowns. For some reason, she has not been sharing shifts with him quite as often as she used to. Did he purposely made it that way? Or was it Ayumi? Or is it simply that he, too, agrees that they should give some time between the initial separation of the two bodies and them meeting together again?

Regardless.

At least today's shift is not too long- just a little over 4 hours. She just needs to get this done and over with, and go home to sleep as much as she wants. She has been feeling a mental exhaust for a very, very long time now. More exactly, she has been feeling it ever since she left the Solomon Mansion that night, and that tiredness simply grew worse after the muse was installed- yes, the sudden conversations and random summons from Solomon are tiring, in several ways.

Well, at least he knows that she's at work right now, and that she isn't available.

Tsubame is almost glad that she has this job as an excuse to shut him out of her sphere of social communication. She tiredly rubs the back of her neck, and feels the cold metallic dock in her touch. This is… actually harder to get used to than she thinks it is. Almost impossible to get use to, actually.

Yes, a restraint. She actually cannot find a better way to describe this dock aside from a leash, even though she knows that the benefits of the muse outweighs the negative parts of it. But then again, she has been a free soul. This port is simply… too binding for her. Responsibility, obligations, duties, and a constant reminder of her recent defeat. This metal port is just associated with a lot of unpleasant things that she doesn't want to remember about.

This is also the reason, actually, that she tries to keep her hair tied down, or if it is not, to have something cover it up, if it is at all possible. After all, she doesn't want odd looks from people. Not especially when she is extremely self-conscious about this herself.

She growls underneath her throat a little, and ties a red ribbon to her hair to keep it in a twin tail. She then proceeds to bring up the last bit of her prop- a moderate sized golden bell and a loose collar that ties the bell onto the neck, just perfectly covering up the dock.

She looks at herself in the mirror. This looks moderately okay. At least she is not ribbon-overloaded, and it still looks cute, sort of, in terms of how she looks. Nobody, hopefully, is going to question the choice of collar, too. After all, if she had use a ribbon to tie the bell, the ribbon has a chance of being seen through, and come loose. And as far as appearance goes, she has a lot of ribbon ties on her as is, including the one on her artificial tail, that she doesn't need more around her neck as well.

Still. How ironic. Using a real collar to cover up an metaphorical one.

She lets out a sigh, and walks out onto the floor.

She gives a high-five clap in the air to the girl who is about to end her shift, similar to a sign of a baton pass, and walks towards the greeting.

"Okaerinasaimase, Goshijinsama~" In her outgoing, cheerful personality setting, the girl greets the next incoming customer.
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Osiris had been sitting at his desk quietly, he had just finished up a charity event hosted by Zodiac and was now quite bored. He had been putting on his nice guy face all day long. He wanted to be naughty. He wanted to be able to get a rise out of someone and drive people a little crazy. Stop being the caring young philanthropist or the criminal mastermind, just get out, be the rich playboy and go have fun.

Normally when he got this desire he would just call on Tsubame. She was always good for a good romp. She was clever and ridiculous all at the same time. She could hold her head up high and yet always relearn that he can embarrass her in some way new fun way. Not usually fun for her, but for him. He sighed and looked at the clock. She would still be at work.

He looked over at Yuri. While useful to have around and a hard worker, she wasnt very useful at times like these. Fun really wasnt her thing.

Then a thought struck him. Tsubame was at work, a public cafe. He couldn't call her over but there was nothing preventing his journey...and where better for the playboy role than a maid cafe?

It was this chain of events that led to Osiris Solomon and Yuri being the customer standing in front of Tsubame as she greeted them. Osiris smiled looking the girl up and down. "Nice ears there Tsubame, you do make a cute cat, of course that's not all that surprising..."
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"Nice ears there Tsubame, you do make a cute cat, of course that's not all that surprising…"

While bowing, Tsubame flares her eyes opened, as she hears a voice that she expected the least to hear from at work. What the hell is HE doing here?!

The girl looks up, and tries very, very hard to hold her composure, as evident in the not-so-obvious slight twitch of her right brow. "… Why hello there, I was not expecting you." She forces her voice to be really low, breaking slightly out of character. She then glance to the side of Osiris, and saw Yuri here. Then everything clicked.

He was bored.

"A Master and a Mistress, is it? Please follow Tsu this way." The girl could barely hold in, but continues to do what she is supposed to do- to keep referring the customers as master and mistress, to keep putting a smile on her face, and continue with her duty as a waitress.

Of course, however, she can picture so much words that Osiris is going to say to her right now, that she is not even going to try and think about it too hard. For one, she knows for a fact that he would notice the collar around her neck, which covers up the muse. He knows exactly what the purpose of it is, but he is probably going to have something to say about it. For two, the whole idea of her being in a cat-styled maid outfit, and his love of referring to her as a "pet" of his.

… This is going to merely warrant even more insults from his part, and more irritations from her part. And again, something that she can't really help with, sadly.

Why, on earth, is this person the one she owes favors to?

And, given Yuri's situation, the location that they sit may need to be carefully chosen, too. After all, if she starts acting out and weirdly, this may become a chaotic scene. As much as Tsubame would like to test out whether Osiris is telling the truth about Yuri or not, the cafe really isn't the best place to risk this.

"Please enjoy your water, Masters," Tsubame puts down the two cups of water after she seated the two near a window that can view out to the street, and hands the menu to Yuri and Osiris. "Please let Tsu knows when you have decided what you want."

So far, so good. At least, even though she is feeling anger and irritation of their appearance here, she is not quite breaking it yet. At least for now. Now let's hope that Osiris don't taunt her…



It actually confused Yuri to no end when Osiris has suggested to go out, even after the charity event and the long day. Given that this whole social event was rather tiring even to a body like her own, she would have thought that Osiris would have simply said "day end" and go home to rest up.

But no, he has suggested to go out to a cafe in downtown instead.

Yuri has no clue what he was planning within his mind, as usual. It is not like she knows what he plans in his mind half the time anyway. Such as that person, Tsubame. She still doesn't understand why Osiris treats her the way that he treats her. It just doesn't make much sense.

And, just before she gave up in wondering after getting out of the limo, she realizes where they are, and who is standing in front of them. This is apparently a cafe where people dresses up as maids to serve their customers. Something similar to what Altlene does on a daily basis, she reckon. Still, why would anyone with a sane mind do this? Money? Entertainment? There must be more typical jobs than this to work as, right?

This is exactly the reason why, when Tsubame looked from Osiris to her with a pair of bewildered eyes, she merely looks at Tsubame with a pair of slightly-confused eyes. She has heard stories about maid cafe before, in that it is mainly otakus- anime lovers- hang out places, and that fan services are all over the place in these kind of places, and they are not the normal places that people would be at for, say, a tea time.

There is one thing clear, however. Osiris has chosen to come here, probably only because Tsubame works here during this time, and he wishes to see her. For what purpose, however, she knows not. After all, what Osiris tells Tsubame to do differs from time to time, and it does cover a wide range of things, from intelligence gathering to personal assistance. The only thing that he hasn't done yet, as far as she can think of, is to tell Tsubame to dress up like this and serve around the house. Seriously, she is pretty sure that Osiris has already, at least once, called Tsubame over to boss her around the house. Or was it for purely Zodiac documentation that time? She doesn't 'remember' anymore. Digging through archives from the Muse can be mentally straining, after all.

After sitting down, she looks around the cafe. It seems that the cafe is at its not-so-busy time right now, judging as she has not gotten a headache from the chair that she is sitting on right now, or the table that she places her hand on.

Of course, she did not know that Tsubame has specifically chose a table that was recently opened, so that Yuri won't get a headache or act weirdly from it.

She then stares at the menu, when Tsubame, instead of handing it to her like what she did for Osiris, simply laid it out in front of her so that she can read without really touching the menu.

Yuri frowns a little. Well, that's an odd move. But in the end, it works out for her, so it's all right.

Again, there was no connection drawn to Tsubame's possible fear of her acting out.

She looks at the menu, and recognize a lot of strange names. Such as love-love omelette, or sweet cafe sandae, or something even more strange, like paradise punch maid special.

She merely looks at Osiris, unsure of what exactly she wants to get from the menu. All of them looks deceptively dangerous.
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Osiris Smirked as Tsubame looked back up at him"Of course you weren't expecting me, that was half the point of coming, I thought I should show you some support in your normal day to day life." He watched her as she led them off to their seats. Oh my, wasnt she so very clever.

She had put them out of the way, so he couldnt draw attention to her or at the same it kept Yuri away from others. She had dulled the danger present by his mere presence here while nearly negating the possibility of Yuri acting up while they were at the cafe. This is why she was fun to deal with. Every move was thought out and not done casually despite the appearance. It made the entire scenario a game, and a very enjoyable one at that.

Osiris sips the water and looks over at Yuri "Get whatever you want, I'll cover you, this is business hours afterall" He paused and looked at the menu himself. He chuckled a little. He could not deny that Tsubame being forced to call him master while dressed up as cat was amusing to no end. Plus, he had meant what he said, she had looked quite cute.

He scanned the menu and then decided what he wanted. He waved and called out in a sing-song voice "Oh Tsu-chan, my darling~! We're ready over here"
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"Oh Tsu-chan, my darling~! We're ready over here"

The girl could only flare her eyes open after closing them tightly, and glares at the so-called customer, when several people in the shop all turned and looked at her, some amused, others frowning. They are all around the store enough to know who Tsu-chan is, and has spent no effort into identifying her, and bringing her into the spotlight of attention. After all, the shop is small, and everyone could hear Osiris, really.

The girl grips the side of spare menu she has just recently collected from the table she was cleaning up very very tightly, and skips her steps to reach Osiris's table as soon as possible, in fear of him bringing more attention to her.

"Please don't be too loud Master Solomon, You may disturb the others around us." Tsubame says, her index finger on her lips, cute styled. Under her breathe, however, she was nearly growling of anger. She would normally not be this mad when the people from her table is acting loud, but it is VERY apparent that Osiris is just trying to mess with her.

"So, how would Master like it today?" Tsubame asks, her voice unconsciously lower because of how loud Osiris has started the conversation, and herself unconscious about how low she actually made it, and how, if taken out of context, the words and the tone could be made into something entirely different.
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Osiris pretended to look embarrassed as Tsubame tried her best to only lightly chastise him in front of other customers. "Im sorry Tsu-chan, I really didn't mean to cause a disturbance, I'm just so excited to get to have you serve me today" He flashed a smile that would have made many a girl swoon, he knew it likely wouldnt have that affect on Tsubame. Likely it would just piss her off. But she couldnt act like it, so that made it fun.

It was then that she let that line drop quietly. A wonderful line, he knew it was by accident. He could smell it in the air, the sweet fragrance of innocence in it. That had to be the best bit about deal with Tsubame, for a rather dark insidious girl, she could be criminally innocent. He smiled shyly at her for a second and then replied in a hushed tone "Oh well, Tsubame...You know how I like it, slow, hot, and lasting the entire evening..." He grinned and gestured to Yuri "But with present company that might not be appropriate..."

He grinned and handed over his menu "I'll have an earl grey tea and a strawberry tart thank you very much" He looked over at Yuri "Tell Tsu-chan what you want Yuri. We dont want to keep our pretty maid waiting"
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….

Yuri merely stares, when Osiris has commented in a whispering style. She could understand that Osiris was echoing Tsubame's hushed voice, but what they said to each other? Not quite so.

To begin with, Tsubame is never in the Solomon mansion during the evening- she's usually either at work here, or at home somewhere, god knows wherever she is. She is just, well, not in the mansion. At least, not when Yuri herself is there, and Yuri must say that she's quite often there, really.

And what is this something that Osiris likes, slow, hot and lasting all evening? Is this some form of activity? Or food? Probably activities…

Never mind. The conversation between the two usually confuses her anyway. This probably would not interfere her purpose in the Zodiac, either.

Though, what is this that they are talking about, and why does he bring it up here and now?

This is a question that she may or may not has to ask later on, depending on how relevant she deems this mystery to be, but for now.

"What Mr. Solomon has, please." Yuri says, not entire sure what she wants to begin with. After all, she has not been out here in this store enough to know what's tasty and not, and the menu itself also confuses her.



Osiris was whispering, so lightly, that Tsubame actually had to lean in and listen to Osiris, with no regard as to where actually Osiris may lay his eyes upon.

She frowns a little, too, as she tries to make out all the words that Osiris was trying to say. The whispers are so light, that it actually took her a minute or two to figure out what exactly Osiris was saying. However, as she figured out what Osiris has said, her eyes widened, and a quick red blush invades her cheeks.

She abruptly stands up, her right hand's muscles completely tensed up, almost ready to bring it up to smack Osiris across the face. She actually brought the hand up an inch, too, but her rational side has calmed her down enough not to do that in public, as, well, it would have been bad in the face of all customers, especially with those regulars around.

She gulps her anger down her throat, and put on her smile again.

"Understood, Master and Mistress. Everything will be as you wished." The girl says, only to bite her lower lip afterwards as she turns around. She prays that Osiris won't catch it at her tail, and actually make some more mess out from this.

Osiris… He is completely opposite from the humble, nice, gentle and polite J. At least J will never go out of his way to pick out her words, embarrass and insult her like this.



After Tsubame left, Yuri simply stared at Osiris, then diverts her gaze to Osiris. She sensed a little irritation in the air, even though she doesn't quite understand what happened. She knows that Osiris has irritated her, but as to why the girl was irritated, she can't quite figure out. Well, that is, because she doesn't quite grasp the idea behind the confusing conversation to begin with.

Still, she could tell that Tsubame was upset, even after she has brought the tea over.

The girl simply stares at Tsubame as Tsubame pours the tea into the tea cups elegantly, and looks up at Tsubame. This is funny, because for that entire duration of her serving tea, Tsubame actually looks somewhat classy, well-educated and well-trained in this, which was something that she has not expected. She has always thought the elder girl to be, well, irritable.

But then again, if she wasn't what Osiris thinks of most of the time besides Zodiac, and if Yuri was not confused about Osiris's obsession, then she would not find Tsubame as unappealing to her as she is right now.

Therefore, when Tsubame walked away again, Yuri looks at Osiris again. "She is good at this," Yuri hears herself say. "Has she been serving for a long time?"

Of course, since this is the first time that Yuri has ever been to a maid cafe, she thought that Tsubame was someone like Altlene- a full time maid.

... All while Tsubame brought the strawberry tarts over.
Edited by Sybilus, Nov 20 2011, 03:13 PM.
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Osiris saw the hand rise and then stall itself. He seemed to have struck a nerve and he knew he would have been slapped had her social awareness gotten the better of her. She was on edge, they really had gotten to the point where his presence was almost enough to drive her up the wall. He was curious though. She hadnt been just angry, he had also seen her face turn bright red, she was embarrassed.

He knew that she had a boyfriend over in London, and while he didn't know the full history of their relationship he knew there had been conflict with their family and at one point the two had been adoptive cousins. He wondered how their relationship worked. He knew that Tsubame herself was not above innuendo and flirting to getting her way, but that didn't necessarily show any experience. Just determination to get what she wanted.

Osiris was brought out of his musing by Yuri's voice. It was slightly curious to hear Yuri bring this up, or in fact show an interest in someone else. He wondered if through Tsubame's frequency in the mansion that Yuri was growing somewhat attached to her. He had decided a little awhile ago that that was the best word to describe what Yuri did. She grew attached and accustomed to people.

He looked over and spoke to her but not before sipping his tea "She's apparently been at it for quite some time, it allows her to play her games and watch people. Plus I think she enjoys the outfits He took another sip of tea "It's not really like she needs the money" He often wondered if he told her to quit to more fully devote herself to Zodiac how she would feel. He didnt feel they were at that point though. Right now, doing such a thing would only spawn hatred and resentment.

He suddenly looked over at Tsubame "How much is the special service to eat with our favorite maid, I'd like to spend some quality time together"
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Play her games?

Yuri heard those words, and let it sink down into the bottom of her mind. It is very strange for her to hear that Tsubame plays her games in the cafe. As far as she can really tell, she can't really see any game going on. Well, of course, if she doesn't count the fooling around that Osiris is currently doing to Tsubame.

After all, if there is anything in the scene right now that can be referred to as a game, she'd point that and call it a "game". After all, there are two people in this situation, and it is quite apparent that Osiris is amused by the interaction. There is also a sort of skill in the words involved, and there is also the social rules to comply with. That is the very definition of games, right?

"… Huh." The girl waited long enough for the tea to actually be a little more suitable to drink, and for until she actually feels safe enough to touch the cup. She then picks it up, and takes a soft sip from it.

While she doesn't think that she likes this cafe, she can at least say that she likes this tea. The tea is fragrant and pleasing to the tongue. That's what one would call as "delicious", right?

Well, it is not part of her responsibility as Osiris's assistant to participate in his one-sided game of teasing Tsubame, so she can merely sit back and enjoy her tea, right?



"Plus I think she enjoys the outfits, It's not really like she needs the money."

While Tsubame is curious as to what Osiris was telling Yuri, or what kind of conversation they are having, this is about the only things she heard from the end of it.

A mixed feeling comes into Tsubame's heart, as soon as Osiris said that. The good thing is that Osiris was finally wrong about one thing- she actually does need the money if she wishes to stay independent from her father aside from tuition, and he doesn't know that. This was a similar case with her investigation freelancing- but now that Osiris has claimed her for Zodiac, her self-respect as a businessperson has banned her from doing so anymore. As a result, the maid cafe is now the only income she really gets.

The bad thing is, her purpose of being here also means that she can't really go anywhere else, and she's going to be here to work whether Osiris likes it or not.

But then again, she can always just quit this job and give in to take her father's money, if she so desires. It's not like he minds, as far as she understands. Whether he is basing it off obligation, sympathy, or anything of that sort, she knows not, and wishes not to know. She has a feeling that it has something to do with her adoptive mother, and she does not want to even go back into that history.

"Here's your strawberry shortcakes, two servings, Master and Mistress," The girl gently puts the two plates down onto the table, with the actress-standard cheerful grin on her face.

Well, now that she is done serving food, she can finally leave, right? "Now if there is nothing el-"

And he saw right through her.

"How much is the special service to eat with our favorite maid, I'd like to spend some quality time together." Osiris asked. But by the judgment of his tone, it is more like he has demanded for it- the thing he does best at.

To make things worse, the cafe DOES have the rule stating that if there is a customer requesting accompany, as long as your area is not occupied, you ought to comply with a small fee from the customer. The good thing is, though, that you get the fee that was given by the customer all for yourself.

"I-Is Master sure?" Tsubame keeps up with the Tsu-chan character to say her refusal due to her current situation not really letting her smack Osiris. "T-Tsu have never only served one Master before though…" As if hesitant due to her inexperiences, Tsubame tries to refuse as politely as possible.

Though, to be honest, she just wants to smack him right now, really.
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Osiris smiled as she set down the cheesecake and responded. She kept walking right into these situations. Not that he minded one little bit, it made dealing with her a lot more fun. "Aww Tsu-chan don't worry your pretty head over it..." He said as he took a bite of his cake smiling at the sweetness. "It doesn't bother me that you're inexperienced. In fact I don't usually ever mind taking the lead and showing a girl the ropes."

He smiled and patted the seat next to him "I think you'll find that Im rather adept at leading through the process step by step." He smiled as he sipped his tea. "I can understand your reluctance, it can be hard getting into the swing of things. But I assure you, that with me I'll help you and gently push you through each step as we come to it."

He set his tea down and then looked directly at her his chesire cat grin on his face again "By the end of it, it wont even seem like work, just...blissful pleasure" He chuckled slightly waiting for her reaction. She wouldnt want to cause a scene, but there was no way this wouldn't get a rise out of her.
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For a long minute after Osiris's voice drops, Tsubame was trying to understand what he threw at her, the whole entire few sentences of long speeches. She feels that he has something beyond what is on the surface that he is trying to imply, but simply because she wasn't able to get it, she is missing a connection to it. And, sadly, her confused face reflects it all.

She was still with him up to the whole "inexperienced" part, but afterwards, she was simply lost. What on earth is Osiris trying to tell her!?

And then, it finally struck her. Very hard.

The girl's face starts to fluster a crimson hue, anger spelt out on her face, and her right hand gripped into a fist again. Yes, she wishes very much so to hit him right now, but it is not worth it for her to lose her job here over someone stupid like him. She must keep on telling herself this, or she would really lose her job here. In fact, she probably would have lost it already about 15 minutes ago, had she not told herself this over and over again.

"You pervert." Still, the girl couldn't help but to break her persona and utter this sentence under her breathe, her voice dimmed out and serious like she usually does.

Of course, she could almost be certain that Osiris knew for a fact that Yuri would not have understood any of it, before he decides to be so explicit with what he said. Either that, or Yuri just didn't care enough. In either case, seeking for salvation from Yuri will be almost impossible, if not already impossible.

"But Master, Tsu is sure that Master have other things more important to do than to spend his precious time with a maid like herself, right?" Nicely said, again, in the Tsu-chan persona, but there is an underlying tone of danger within the girl's voice. It almost serves as a warning that Osiris should probably leave the cafe, if he so desires to live to see another day.

Well, that sort of threat. Whether Tsubame is really capable of making Osiris regretting not leaving, it is another matter.
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And her reaction did not disappoint him one bit. She was seething and embarrassed all at once. She wanted so hard to just strike him, hit him hard, pay him back for every humiliation he had ever made her suffer through. And yet all the while she couldnt do that. It also amused him the gap there was between what he said and the response. He could actually see the gears in her head working.

He mocked insult when she called him a pervert, slightly clutching his chest. He said back quietly, lower so others couldnt here"A pervert, Tsubame, is indecent, he jests and teases with what is not his. I however, know what is and what is not mine to toy with. The other thing a pervert is is untruthful. I am hear before you speaking nothing but the absolute truth to your face"

He then smiled and spoke more loudly "You are mistaken miss, I have finished my work early and just want to celebrate now. Let me celebrate with a pretty maid like you~!" He knew this could only get more fun as her frustration mounted
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It simply annoyed Tsubame even more, when she saw Osiris acting as if he was hurt- because she knew that he is not at all hurt from such a comment. He's too thick on his face to actually be wounded by this, she knew.

And, as she has expected, he retorted.

"… I however, know what is and what is not mine to toy with…"

Originally, when Osiris suddenly approached so closely to her, Tsubame was taken by surprise, and her face continues to fluster in a red. After all, she has never really been so close to anyone as the person being approached besides maybe J, and this put her into an uncomfortably intimating situation that she did not expect herself to get into. She didn't think that Osiris would retort with anything extremely hurtful, too, but when she heard the sentence, she almost felt as if he has just torn apart all of her self-confidence to fight against him as she does right now. It was an invisible, strong punch to the guts, and she has received it to its fullest impact.

The sad thing is, she knows it is true. She knows that both of them knew that this is true. Unless she has some miraculous way of getting herself out of the debt of owing him the muse technology, she is not going to be able to ever get away from him. She could have run away, yes, but her pride would not have let it live down her. Her principal would not have let her gotten away from it, either. And now, with the muse installed in her, it is even more impossible to get away.

The girl turns pale, rather apparently, and touches her bell and neck ribbon unconsciously. She, too, is self aware of what Osiris is telling her, and the mere fact of it made her lost her fight, even just for a minute.

"… Understood, Master." The girl gives a little, polite bow, "What would Master like to be done for him today?"

There is a slight shivering anger within her words, even though her posture are completely controlled and obedient.

While Tsubame doesn't want to give up, what Osiris said was indeed true, and she is in no state to refuse his commands, really. The worse thing is, since he has never outlined what he wanted from her as a collection of the debt, she has to basically comply with each and every single thing that he mandates from her.

And, maybe, this is the only time that Tsubame would ever get mad at herself for her unbendable stubbornness on honoring her self-respect and principal to do and follow through with everything that she has ever started to the very bitter end regardless of its cost, method, or consequences.
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It was almost instantaneous that he could see he had gone too far. He honestly did not want to hurt Tsubame. Why would he? He respected her skills as an agent of Zodiac, she was frighteningly intelligent, and she was a proper business person to deal with. He simply enjoyed playing with her. They were both the same type of person. The type that enjoyed manipulating the scenario to get their way. He hadnt meant to hurt her with his words...he just intended to push and have her push back.

It didnt show on his face, but he actually was upset with himself. He should have known better, his last step was a push too far and he had put down his opponent. He didn't want her brought down. Just wanted to challenge her...he wanted to be challenged. He couldnt do that if he pushed her down. She didnt deserve that either...but he couldnt bring himself to apologize.

Besides, he knew that even if he did it would mean nothing.

Osiris looked around Tsubame as people were being seated at another table. He snapped his fingers and looked upset. "Dang it...looks like your area is still busy...you can't do private service when that's the case right?" He frowned "Looks like I'll have to let you go..."
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… Eh?

Tsubame hears the words of the blonde, and looks up at him from her bow in a slight surprise. She turns around and looks at what Osiris was referring to. Well, yes, there is customer coming in, but that was not her table. And, as Osiris has been around here quite often enough, he should know that, right? Even if not, this is not a 'mistake' that Osiris would make, to suddenly go easy on her and let her go. After all, it was such a good chance for him to put her in her place, sort of, regardless of how she may feel about it. Did he purposely let her go?

Why?

A look of puzzlement is expressed through her frowning brows, but it didn't take over a few seconds for Tsubame to actually take the chance to move away from the area.

"Her most deepest apologies then, Master, for taking a leave from your attendance." The girl says, with another light bow, and quickly exits the scene into the staff room.

Almost instantly after she entered the room, the girl takes off her glasses, and throws her right forearm over her eyes, and slumps onto the chair. She sighs out audibly, feeling the mental strains that dealing with Osiris has given her. But that has always been the case of her dealing with him. She always was in the disadvantage, and had to wrestle her way out of it trying to be at least equal to him- which is always surprisingly hard.

What was more important is, however, that his actions confused her.

She thought they were the same type of people. If she was in that case where she was Osiris, she would have taken full advantage of it, making fun of her victim-whoever it was- and made it so that the victim is even more in check than before. Not that she is not already in check, but the mere pressure of control that one can have over another by taking advantage of that situation is so enormous, she would have completely taken the chance and run with it. In fact, if Osiris has pushed on, she would not have known how humiliated she would have been, and would probably have, knowing herself, given up in trying to defy and just give in to him.

But no, he retracted himself at the very moment when he could have done just the thing that she thought he wanted to do for the entire time- to make her give in and become his at its very meaning- and instead chose to back away.

Why did he do that?

Why did he make it so that she had to actually question what his true intention was? Why did he has to make it so much more complicated than it has to be, and make her start to doubt what she thought to be just how he is?

She cannot read him.

Not one bit.

This is the first person she has ever met that has rendered each and every single skill, plays, and moves of hers completely useless, and keeps her in check, all while remains as a misery to her. Just when she saw something in him that she could understand and identify, he made it all confusing again.

Just what does he want?

For now, though, she actually has to be thankful that he didn't push her up the corner, where she had no choice but to give in to him. This one bit, she is certain about.

Whether she ever expresses it, is another thing.



Observing the entire scene, and the huge tensity between the two people, Yuri merely frowned. She is not sure what was really going on, even though she could hear Osiris's speaking to Tsubame- the voice was low, but it was not low enough for a person just inches away from them to miss. Besides, Yuri has good ears.

After Tsubame left the table with a bow, Yuri takes a soft sip from her tea, and puts it down lightly, before landing her icy-cold, sharp gaze at Osiris again. She is trying to read what her boss is thinking about, but, as usual, she can't tell a single thing from his expression.

It must be her incapability to sense or feel.

"…. Why'd you let her go?" The girl asks, nonchalantly as usual, as if it was something that can be logically explained in a matter-of-fact form.
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