Maria: Learning the Ropes (Open to all)

[Ryan5011]

Maria jumped off her sword after she was in a safe distance, picked it up, and put it in it's sheathe. "Hello." Maria extended her left arm and offered a handshake.

[KonokoHasano]

"It's nice of you to visit, Yama, and it's good to meet you as well, Maria." Accepts the hand shake. "I'm Meiru Hasano. I'm guessing that you would like to visit the Hasano Estate?"

[Ryan5011]

"Yeah, I don't see why not. Anyways I'm just Maria, sorry that I can't give you my surname, I kind of forgot it after not having to use it for a while." Maria responded and waited for Meiru to let them in.

[Blaze]

Yama smiles and nods to Meiru.

"We would be happy to, if it is not too much trouble."

[KonokoHasano]

"It's absolutely no trouble at all, dear." She smiles as the gates proceed to open, leading into the huge yard. The paved walkway leds to a small bridge that passed over a tiny pond. On each side of the pond, a little water jutted upwards, falling back down into water. Looking under the surface, one would be able to see a plethora of koi fish, and there were even some lily pads with frogs. At the edges of the walk way and around the pond are various blossom trees that provide ample shade from the sun. Just before setting foot onto the bridge, one would find a small shinto shrine with a small garden surrounding it.

The paved path leads on a bit farther, coming to a circular patch. In the middle of this circle was a lovely fountain, water flowing down into the basin. From this, the path goes on a bit further until it comes to the mansion itself, styled in old Japanese architecture and standing about five floors high. The building itself manages to form a loop, allowing for a section in the middle to be used as an area to relax and obtain some fresh air. To the left of the mansion is a three-story building connected via walkways on the first, second, and third floors. This building is the Hasano's library, holding a collection of books and writing from throughout the years, and from a variety of places around the world. To the right of the mansion would be a smaller looking building connected by another walkway. This would be the Hasano's bath house.

Behind the Hasano mansion, one would instantly come across a lovely courtyard with an attractive gazebo. Before said gazebo was a marble fountain with a mermaid statue sitting upon it. Around the gazebo itself was a small garden of flowers, creating a serene and relaxing environment. A small walk away from this was a moderately-sized greenhouse full of various exotic plants. There was a hedge maze in the immediate area as well. Not too far from all of this was a lovely, pristine lake sporting a tiny, wooden dock and boat house. Surrounding all of this was a forest.

Welcome to the Hasano Estate, yo. :O

[Ryan5011]

(Gonna assume that last line was supposed to be Meiru speaking, mainly because of the "yo", if not I'll edit the first sentence)

Maria didn't hear what Meira just said to her, as she was looking all over the place and it's natural beauty. She was pretty much taking this in as if she was a kid visiting this kind of place for the first time, though she has been to one similar before she came to Muffinville, though that's another story.

[KonokoHasano]

[The last line was basically just an OOC statement for amusement. Fourth wall breaking and all that kind of stuff. XD]

"I see that someone is a bit speechless at the moment." Meiru giggles and looks at Yama. "She's such a doll."

[Ryan5011]

(got it...*doesn't edit above line anyways*)

Maria heard the last bit that Meiru said, after coming back to reality. "Hey! I just haven't seen a place that looks as great as this place in years is all."

[Blaze]

Yama smiles at Meiru as he takes in the lush surroundings.

"It truly is beautiful Miss Meiru. Does it all belong to you?"

He thrn turns to Maria, an eyebrow raised.

"You have seen something like this before? Are you from a well-to-do family?"

[Ryan5011]

"Nah, I travel alot, it's how I make a living...Heck I don't even come from this planet. Though when I arrived in...whatever this place is called, I got seperated with my friend that has our tool for traveling." Maria informed. "He has a very strange mind though.

[KonokoHasano]

Meiru nods to Yama. "It does, Yama. You see, our compound basically exists in both our normal dimension AND this one at the same time, which may sound a bit confusing." She sweat-drops a little. "The Hasano Clan has existed for well over a thousand years, and so it has managed to accumulate quite a lot of things."

Meiru guides the two on in and along the path towards the mansion. Along the way, one could catch sight of various Hasano clan members going about various things here and there.

[Blaze]

"Would you like some aid in finding him Miss Maria? If you have something of his, my hounds could tack him down from scent." Yama says to Maria.

"Oh, I see... perhaps I should get a temple like that..." Yama muses to himself at Meiru's explanation. Being a gentleman, he always smiles and doffs his cap at the passing Hasanos

[Ryan5011]

"So to sum it up....Your rich." Maria commented, yet not in a rude tone. "Must be lucky to have been born in such a family."

Maria then turned towards to Yama "No thanks. We're bound to run into him eventually, unless...I'm guessing reincarnating isn't the only way to get transformed here, is it?"

[KonokoHasano]

Several Hasanos wave back to Yama in return!

"Oh, well, I wasn't born into this family, really." Meiru comments as she stops and remembers. "I was born to a family that wasn't really all that well off sometime over 70 years ago. I was born mostly blind, and my family mistreated and abused me for it. One day, I ended up finding myself outside of the house and wandering about until I eventually just fell into a puddle of mud. That was when the current head of the clan, Keiichi Hasano, found me and brought me to the estate where I was cleaned and had my wounds treated, with him eventually adopting me as his daughter."

She smiles some. "You see, dearie, the Hasanos are typically brought up being taught to treat others with respect. That it doesn't matter if one has money or not, and that what matters is the person their self. We're taught to help those who are in need of it, to not shy away from such things."

[Ryan5011]

Due to the way Meiru talked about her past, she assumed she didn't mind talking about her past. She didn't want to ruin the moment by saying sorry or trying to change what she said earlier, though normally she would do that...She just didn't want it to suddenly become a pity party. "I'm guessing you enjoyed your life after that, uh, Meiru?"