thehometree | starting from the bottom

Entry tags:

starting from the bottom

| characters | Shirou Emiya & Whomever wants to help with distributing the food and making a storage room!
| date/time | Backdated to April 23rd
| location | Inside the Tree, Second Floor
| rating | G (doubt that'll change but can shift accordingly!)
| summary | With egg & bacon in tow, Shirou tries to share what he can amongst anyone who may want something different from the typical food at the altar. They'll need to find a way to store the leftovers though.

The egg was good, the bacon still fresh- but they only had so much time before their efforts to pool together and gather these rare treats would go to waste. It was remarkable, seeing Saber take charge of the situation and showing authority that he couldn't help but admire. Ultimately, there was no time like the present to get started on what would be the beginnings of cold storage. It was going to put Shirou to the test if he had any plans of reinforcing the makeshift walls and whatever else they had planned in order to create something that could properly keep these items from perishing so easily.

There was also a matter of splitting up the supplies... There was enough here for a considerate amount of people though. He and whomever wanted to help could handle it.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"Heya," came the easy reply coupled with a friendly grin.

Marisa wasn't volunteering to help him, true, but that didn't mean she wouldn't help. Her thoughts were less on what was actually being built than the act of building itself. She'd left that life devoid of magic a long time ago, and though some things were better done without magic, building wasn't one she thought much about. And now that she was, she wasn't sure which would be better: hand-built or magic-built.

"You're doing a good job, ze."

Though he was reluctant to do so, mainly if there were other people around who didn't know a lot about it in the first place, Shirou was avoiding using his magecraft until it was necessary to keep something steady. It was for that very reason that when everyone was gone for the day (possibly even during the night) that he'd bring along a friend who could help him add the finishing touches to the storage room to preserve the food they got. Though he wouldn't bring anything up unless anyone else did. For now, Shirou was an ordinary human working hard to make ends meet in this world and help everyone out.

"Oh... Ah," he scratched the back of his head as he approached the girl before patting his hands. "Thank you. It's still a work in progress, but hopefully we should have a place we can keep food in cold storage longer."

His smile was hopeful and appreciative of her encouraging words.

"Yeah... salted preservation of food only goes so far because you get tired of eating it. Having a coldbox will be nice." She looked past him, tilting her head a bit.

"You decide how you're gonna keep everything cold? Yeah, there are ways to keep it cooler than the ambient air temperature outside, but that doesn't really help with keeping food from going bad."

"Yeah. I've got an idea that I'll have to try later on. But I have some time, so it'll have to wait until the room is finished." Shirou confessed. He wasn't lying, though he had left out any details in regards to magic for the moment. "Ah, that reminds me. We're gonna be handing out pieces of the bacon and egg white for anyone that wants some. I can get some for you too if you want."

"I'll take some egg, but I don't eat meat that much."

But then she focused her golden eyes on him, giving him a look that almost seemed to go through him, like she was looking at things no one else could see...

"Tell me what idea you're going to try to keep it cool. I wanna know if it's anything like my idea."

"Ah, alright!" Unless the egg was cooked, he needed a means to keep the egg white and yolk fresh. A heeping bowl of egg white would last someone quite some time if they were to cook with it afterwards. Before he can go and do anything involving that however, her request stops him in his tracks as he turns back around to face her. He was reluctant...but so long as he didn't tell her who was doing it, he supposed that he didn't mind. ~~Truths but only half of them.~~

"Well... It's something to do with magic. Like some kind of spell that can freeze an area and keep it that way. Hopefully it works."

Except the problem with that was Marisa was going to press the matter.

"And who's casting it - you?" She then shook her head. "No, not you. Not you..."

"Eh?" He blinked at her. "Not me?"

Whoops. Not that Shirou Emiya was allowed to do such a thing in the first place, but,

"Ah, yeah...not me. I'm no good at that kind of thing."

Shirou was busted.

Very much so. Marisa leaned forward a bit with a grin tugging her lips.

"So... Riona? Rin? Who is it?"

His cheeks flared up in response, more or less embarrassed that he'd been founded out that easily. He didn't think that this girl had met her! Though he had yet to meet this Riona girl, Shirou knew exactly what Marisa was talking about when she mentioned that other name. Taken aback, his body shivers slightly when he thinks about what she might have done to him if he willingly outted her.

"Y-You know Tohsaka?!"

"Uh, yeah. She lives across the tree from me and her wards tried to blow me up once."

Yet, despite that fact, Marisa didn't seem remotely bothered that someone tried to blow her up. It was almost like she was used to it or something. But at least Shirou's reaction let her know it was indeed Rin that was going to help with this little icebox. It also meant Marisa would just let Rin do it so she could see the kind of work the mage did.

"Ah..ahah..." Shirou felt silly now, especially when this lady was talking about her the way that she was. So she reacted to her little 'defense' too, did she? That must have meant that Marisa had magical potential within her too... Admittedly, the change of topic (though he didn't want it to shift to this in the first place) meant that he had forgotten about her egg request for the time being as he lightly bowed his head and glanced to the side. Another deep breath later, and he had his composure back.

"Sorry about that," he apologized like it was natural of him. Even if it wasn't even his doing. "That bounded field is a simple but effective one."

"And laid in front of her door." Marisa finally gave a bit of a glare... upward. "You can't even knock without getting exploded. Even she admitted it wasn't friendly."

Marisa looked back over. "Why are you apologizing for her, anyways? I can break the damn thing down if I wanted; it ain't that hard."

Oh, she looked irritated... It was Rin's doing, but he couldn't even fault her for it either. When she mentioned being blown up, he couldn't help but think of the time that she had tried to cross into the Einzbern forest. He tried to imagine it happening to Marisa too, but his thoughts were jostled away when she asked why he was apologizing.

"I just didn't want anyone getting hurt, that's all. If you're okay, I guess it's alright; but please don't break it down."

A couple of minutes. He only knew this girl for a couple of minutes and he was making sure that she was alright.

The witch rolled her eyes. "It takes much more than a ward like that to really be an issue." She shrugged then. "I don't got a reason to break it down, but I hope she moves the damn thing so people can knock. How else are people gonna be able to come over to borrow sugar?"

Or steal magic. "Tea without sugar just sucks. Hey, what's your name, anyways?"

"Yeah...that'd make sense, to be honest." He wouldn't suggest it to her now though, but Marisa did have a good idea about moving the distance of the bounded field. Even by a few feet so they could get to the door easier. Just when he was about to ask about the sugar, curious how they could get it unless it was from the market, she asked another question he couldn't ignore.

"Oh, I'm Shirou Emiya. Nice to meet you and sorry for trying to deceive you earlier. You are?"

"I suppose I can forgive you this time." Which would be a funny thing for Shirou to hear if he had any idea how easily Marisa lied when it suited her.

"Marisa Kirisame," she supplied with a wink.

And of course, Shirou couldn't tell when she was lying or not. Considering that he just met her and her tone didn't indicate anything of the sort, so he just continues on with a friendly smile. "Got it. Thanks for understanding."

A beat.

"So, Kirisame-san... I'm guessing you got here around the same time that we did?"

"That I did." She pointed upward. "I'm staying up on the crystally level. Tell you what, Shirou..." Marisa just didn't do formalities for the most part. "If Rin can't make the cooler thing work, gimme a holler."

She grinned. "Because I can."

Shirou already had his suspicions when she spoke of being able to break down Rin's bounded field, but when she spoke of making the cooler idea work (with gusto and confidence), it only confirmed them. Not that he felt he was in any real danger around her; she didn't give any hostile vibes. Not that he'd have to use it here (hopefully), but that just meant that if she was a magus, his Reality Marble would have to remain hidden still. This was assuming that she was from the association too...

"Ah, you're a magus too." His tone didn't imply any disdain, more of an observation.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

starting from the bottom

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

2/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject