Huli was relaxing in her office, the smell of incense Buri g in a small shrine off to one side as she went over the days dealing, again she had butted heads with the minister of employment in China, he wanted to start bringing clock work salvaged from Praetoria into the Chinese work force, falling to see how that would in turn lead to mass unemployment.... She needed to curse his stupid greedy ass, not a heart attack... Maybe liver failure?
As she mused on that, there was a knock at the door, raising an eyebrow she called out. "Yes Hu?"
He entered the room and bowed to her. "My lady, you have a visitor.... One Iuchi Teohanya."
Huli sat up, placing her hands on the desk. "I thought I told you to support her from the shadows? What in the hell's is she doing here?"
Hu bowed again. "It seems she is smarter than we gave her credit for, she was able to back trace the donations."
The fox let out a small breath if green flame, this... Raised problems. "Bring her in, let's see if we can do damage control."
Hu exited the room, returning shortly with Teohanya, Huli getting her first good look at the woman. She was stocky, putting her in mind of a Mongol rather than Japanese, the fake tan turned her skin a sort of orange brown while her hair was a horrid bleach job, almost painfully blond and she wore some sort of grey make up around her eyes.... But it was her clothes that was the oldest, Huli was expecting the normal Gyaru get up , but instead she was wearing semi traditional males clothing for a Japanese noble.
The image was shattered when she spoke. "OMG, your office is like, totes cute miss Jing, looks almost like a throne room."
Huli's eye twitched, this was going to be an interesting meeting. "Ni hoa Miss Teohanya, what ever do I owe the pleasure of your company?"
"Oh call me Teo, most do." She sat neatly across from her and smiles. "I came to pay thanks to my benefactor of course."
"And how, prey tell, did you know it was me?"
The Gyaru smiled. "Well my family works in horses, so we have to meticulously check all connections cuz like, the Yakuza, so I ran my donations through the same channels and your name popped up, not sure why you wanted to be a secret."
Huli sighed another stream of green flame flicked last her lips. "Because you have been getting cosy with a business rival my dear."
"Oh lady Nogi? She totes cool, older than like my granny, but amazing, she taught me so much.... But I thought fixes stuck together?"
"That may be true in the wild, but lady Nogistune and I come from vastly different worlds, she is a Japanese Kitsunie, I am a Chinese Hu-li Jing, we may act polite to each other in public.... But in private we would fight like animals and I would not bet on me to come out on top."
"Oh wow, I like, had no idea, I never really studied the old spirits."
"No, you are like I." Huli unbuttoned her cuff and rolled up her sleeve, amoung her tattoos from her time in the tongs, was countless scars on her inner wrist. "We are both practitioners of blood magic, I believe you call it Maho Tsuki?"
Teo blushed and rolled up her own sleeve, showing off her own collection of wrist scars. "It's like, not bad, I use it to heal and protect, not harm like some." She said defensively.
Huli nodded. "You know Teo, I think we can perhaps make something together, maybe a more open union against a common foe.... I could open the American market for your clan mayhapse?"
Teo looked shocked. "Like... For realises?"
"Yes... For "realises"." The fox sighed.
As she mused on that, there was a knock at the door, raising an eyebrow she called out. "Yes Hu?"
He entered the room and bowed to her. "My lady, you have a visitor.... One Iuchi Teohanya."
Huli sat up, placing her hands on the desk. "I thought I told you to support her from the shadows? What in the hell's is she doing here?"
Hu bowed again. "It seems she is smarter than we gave her credit for, she was able to back trace the donations."
The fox let out a small breath if green flame, this... Raised problems. "Bring her in, let's see if we can do damage control."
Hu exited the room, returning shortly with Teohanya, Huli getting her first good look at the woman. She was stocky, putting her in mind of a Mongol rather than Japanese, the fake tan turned her skin a sort of orange brown while her hair was a horrid bleach job, almost painfully blond and she wore some sort of grey make up around her eyes.... But it was her clothes that was the oldest, Huli was expecting the normal Gyaru get up , but instead she was wearing semi traditional males clothing for a Japanese noble.
The image was shattered when she spoke. "OMG, your office is like, totes cute miss Jing, looks almost like a throne room."
Huli's eye twitched, this was going to be an interesting meeting. "Ni hoa Miss Teohanya, what ever do I owe the pleasure of your company?"
"Oh call me Teo, most do." She sat neatly across from her and smiles. "I came to pay thanks to my benefactor of course."
"And how, prey tell, did you know it was me?"
The Gyaru smiled. "Well my family works in horses, so we have to meticulously check all connections cuz like, the Yakuza, so I ran my donations through the same channels and your name popped up, not sure why you wanted to be a secret."
Huli sighed another stream of green flame flicked last her lips. "Because you have been getting cosy with a business rival my dear."
"Oh lady Nogi? She totes cool, older than like my granny, but amazing, she taught me so much.... But I thought fixes stuck together?"
"That may be true in the wild, but lady Nogistune and I come from vastly different worlds, she is a Japanese Kitsunie, I am a Chinese Hu-li Jing, we may act polite to each other in public.... But in private we would fight like animals and I would not bet on me to come out on top."
"Oh wow, I like, had no idea, I never really studied the old spirits."
"No, you are like I." Huli unbuttoned her cuff and rolled up her sleeve, amoung her tattoos from her time in the tongs, was countless scars on her inner wrist. "We are both practitioners of blood magic, I believe you call it Maho Tsuki?"
Teo blushed and rolled up her own sleeve, showing off her own collection of wrist scars. "It's like, not bad, I use it to heal and protect, not harm like some." She said defensively.
Huli nodded. "You know Teo, I think we can perhaps make something together, maybe a more open union against a common foe.... I could open the American market for your clan mayhapse?"
Teo looked shocked. "Like... For realises?"
"Yes... For "realises"." The fox sighed.
Neph: I wanna fight!