4673/Good Morning, Cr- Li

Good Morning, Cr- Li
Date of Scene:	14 October 2016
Location:	Tomoeda-865
Synopsis:	You've got to keep sharp. Ren and Li have a morning chat.
Cast of Characters:	165, 1058

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Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    If Sakura caught Ren right now she'd probably be like 'see, I was right! You just slum around Tomoeda allll the time!' and she wouldn't actually be completely wrong.

    The truth is it's still early days since the famous Syaoran Li came back. And Ren is kind of... hanging around, waiting to see how this all settles out.

    Also he has a feeling Li will want to find him anyway, so he should clearly make himself findable.

    It's the morning after the night before. Ren is faffing around near the University.

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran was out, actually. Sorta. He was outside his home, in his yard. Training. He had his sword out and was slowly going through his katas. He probably got a few strange looks, but he didn't care. It was a new world out there and he needed to ensure he was prepared for it.

After all, Sakura would need him to be by her side, always. He couldn't just... His cheeks turned red as he thought about her. A little smile formed on his lips and his feet missed position. Just a little bit. But it was enough to draw a scowl from him and make him go back into position.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    Where /is/ the Li family home, anyway? Ren doesn't know.

    So this will probably result in a rather hilarious situation because it's inevitable that as he meanders the chances of him NOT finding this particular house approaches zero. Of course the chance that he will expect Ren came here specifically is probably already zero anyway.

    He's eating a fish shaped batter pastry. Waves to Li as he notices him outside. "Y'alright?"

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran froze in mid kata. He turned to the guy and let out a sigh of exasperation. Delightful. He sheathed his blade on his back and crossed his arms, staring at him. "What do you want?" he asked, sounding just a tiny bit hostile. Okay, a lot hostile.

"Ren-kun, was it?" His eyes were already narrowed. It seemed he knew Ren well.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    "Mmf?" Ren asks, because his mouth's full. Drat! He can't help himself, this thing's pretty good. Chew, swallow. He takes a moment to shake the remaining third of the taiyaki down into the paper bag wrapper he bought it in, then folds the top over a few times. "Oh, hey Syaoran." ohhhhhh

    "Me? Oh, I was just passing by. Frankly I thought you'd find me first." More folding. "Excuse me. Do you know, I wanted the one with egg in, but they gave me the one with beans in instead. Should have just gone to WcDonald's..."

    He puts it in his back pocket. "Settling back in?"

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran glowered at the man. "Why would I want to find you? And you can call me Li," he snapped, glowering at the man. "and yes, I am settling back in. What is it to you?" You could almost feel him mentally saying 'cur' when he said it. He kept glowering at the man with the fiery vengence of a Syaoran.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    Ren mutters something unfortunate about eastern names where you never know which one's the first name. And probably completely hypocritical, too, but then again what nationality /is/ he, anyway?

    "Alright, Li then." Hands behind his back. "It's not much, really. I've just found myself as something like friends to Tomoyo and Sakura in the last year and a half, so I'm rather happy to see you back."

    "Do you want to know about-" and, almost without realizing he's done it, Ren realizes he may have blundered into a bad conversational part of town. "Things that have happened in your absence?"

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran blinked and then realized. He was on a first name basis with sakura? Just how close were they? He kept himself calm, though! He took a slow, deep breath.

"As a matter of fact, I would." Sakura had called him and told him some things. tomoyo had probably sent him videos(which his sisters had certainly loved). But he wanted to hear what this person had said.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    One of these days, Ren Tanaka, you're going to get yourself in a very serious degree of trouble what with that running your mouth you do. And it'll probably involve something sharp and pointy. Despite himself, he does become acutely aware of that sword Li's got there.

    "Well, ah," he says. He begins to move back and forth from his toes to his heels. "I wasn't there for most of it, but there was a... loss and recollection of cards that took up a-" quick quiet mumble- "fwyrs, we puzzled out the business of this purple cult, I punched the chap in charge in the face," at least that's how he remembers it, "And there was a rather complicated thing involving some supervillains-"

    "But that was all small scale stuff. What was really good was when some of us went spelunking in Oak Island. And there was this other island with an idol and the living breakfast cereal, oh that was a great one! And there was all sorts of amazing stuff that started with going out for steak in 1969..."

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran sighed and puts a hand to his forehead. Oh, this was going to be delightful. "I... see. So I take it you are a fool by trade?" As in the clowns. not the... well, as in an actual fool as well, but he didn't flat out say it. "I'm aware of the missing cards. Sakura-chan had it well in hand, I know." There was a hint of bite to his words. Guilt, most likely.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
"Actually, now you mention it, I've got a wallet with a bit for a business card somewhere, but I just put a blank bit of paper there most of the time," Ren replies. He walks over to the side of the building as he does so, and leans on the wall. Notably in a way that makes sure he does not squash the taiyaki in his back pocket, of course. "I mean, I'm sure you've been up to just as many interesting things."

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran nodded and shrugged. "I've done things. Lots of things. But most of them are private, my family's traditions are not the kind of thing we discuss with strangers. Sakura will know ,eventually."

He looked the guy over. "So what exactly is your relationship with Sakura-chan? And Tomoyo-chan?"

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    "Awww, tch," Ren replies, putting his hands in his pockets and giving a rather disappointed expression over to Li. "Come on, that hardly seems fair. Making me tell you about the breakfast island and then not bringing up something just as strange."

    "Come to think of it," he replies when asked what his relationship is, "I suppose 'bloke who drags them along to wackiness' probably sums that up pretty well."

    He smiles a bit. "If you're feeling left out, I'm sure I can think of a half-a-dozen warpgates where I haven't explored the other side. You can come along! We'll almost certainly end up running from a big monster or committing some act of gross heroism."

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran sighed and then crossed his arm. "Fine. I have gone on a number of trips into the different dimensions, often to hunt strange beasts or deal with minor issues. sometimes people came to our home and would request assistance. I would often be the one sent."

His eyes narrowed more. Somehow. "Drags her along? And... you're kidding. You drag Sakura-chan along into random warp gates? What is wrong with you? what if you got her hurt? Do you even grasp how important Sakura-chan IS?"

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    Picture if you will an imagination bubble coming from Ren's general head vicinity as he says this, imagining chibi Syaoran in monster hunter garb and going after a big green dinosaur, or dressed as Yato and sweeping a floor.

    Presumably if you've done this, it's only fair to imagine chibi Ren throwing Sakura through a warpgate. And then that same big green dinosaur is on the other side (costume recycling), where it catches the flying Sakura and eats her. Chibi Ren then bites his fist. Thought bubble pops.

    "Ah, you don't give her enough credit," Ren replies disarmingly. "Sakura does very well for herself."

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran nodded. "She's very powerful. Very capable. In fact, she's probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest people I know. But that doesn't mean she should be taking unknown risks just because she's capable of dealing with them. she is the most important person in our world.

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
Ren Tanaka frowns, or at least gets rather close to it. In his mind, he sketches out how this conversation is going to pan out if he keeps having it, and decides blandly that it's probably not going to really go anywhere interesting or palatable. So, instead, he reaches back into his back pocket.

    "I think," he says, taking out the other third of the taiyaki. As he does so, his voice has changed a little. "You should probably talk to her about her adventures, instead of the third party. It always feels rather gratuitous anyway. What's done is done."

    "And," he says, taking a bite and beginning to walk away. "I wouldn't change what's happened for the world."

Li Syaoran (1058) has posed:
Li Syaoran nodded, shaking his head. "I will. soon we will be dining and I will no longer be leaving her side. And I will learn everything she wishes to tell me." He drew his sword and began to practice his katas. "I will be her sword and shield, whatever she needs me to be...."

Ren Tanaka (165) has posed:
    Ren, like the panda, eats shoots and leaves. Although this was more like a warning shot in the air, I suppose.

    "This isn't going to go well," he says to himself.