Boy! Watch your mouth! (Open)

[Miyu]

Here it was, the Imperial Court. More like inhabited graveyard for dullest people on the planet. Seriously. Here Miyu was, enjoying some lunch she swiped up from some drunkard, and now she was having to work. Some pesky brat decided she did not need to be perched upon the wall as she ate. Something about not being allowed, or royalty, or clean. The last bit is what truly pissed her off. She had showered at least...once...this whole week. That was a record for someone who hates the water as much as she does.

Instead of complying with his wishes, Miyu flicked her pipe lightly, dropping ashes onto his head. Apparently that was a mistake. Some much larger people showed up after that and began yelling at her. Lucky for her, these twits were dumb enough to build a wall high enough they couldn't climb. Sloth had graciously helped her up from the other side, and was now enjoying a nap. Or at least she figured he was since he had been last time she paid any attention to him. He was usually good about sleeping through noise and people induced commotion.

"Look, what's the big deal here? You get your fancy schmancy city, and I get a nice wall to eat my meal on. Hell, even Pudge is happy up here. So piss off," she spouted, waving a hand at the larger two individuals who had shown up.

"Be that as it may vermin, you think you can get away with dropping ash onto this child's head?" one of them asked up to her.

"Hello and or duh, does it look like I care?" she sneered down at them, flicking her pipe once more. Geez, didn't anyone understand? You have rules. Miyu does not. Game over. Get over it. "If this little runt would keep his mouth shut and just run some fingers through his hair no one would ever notice," she added, wanting desperately to throw something at the child now. Her shoe would potentially do if he ever piped up.

"This child is of the imperial family! You will treat him with respect!" the younger of the two males now piped up.

"Oh stuff a sock in it. You think I care who that little dweeb is? He is a runt. And if he is so great then he will climb up here and fight his own battles, not having you two half wits do it for him," she taunted, removing one of her shoes just in case the child felt inclined to take up her offer. She doubted he would be able to climb the wall, but there was always a chance.

[Uesugi Norimasa]

Finally, the job was done. It had started off as a simple off the books pick up and delivery for some aristocrat, but had turned into something of an adventure when he lost his way on the massive palace grounds. Twice. Once while sneaking in, and once while sneaking out again. He thought to himself that he ought to work on his horrible sense of direction one of these days. Maybe. Kazuki had to admit some of the things he stumbled upon were rather interesting at times. In any case, he had his payment in hand, and was now intent on finding the nearest noodle restaurant.

Before he could do that, however, he caught the tail end of what seemed to be an interesting conversation. Stopping on the street running along the palace wall, he looked up to spy a young person and fox-like creature sitting atop it. 'Hmm.' He studied them for a moment. They seemed to have the aura of a yōkai about them. There seemed to be arguing going on with someone on the other side, presumably with some guards. What a troublesome place they had picked to have their lunch, he thought to himself with a small grin.

"You know," Kazuki casually called up from his spot on the road, "I'd not taunt them too much. The palace guard surely has archers, or ladders."

[Miyu]

Well now the party was complete. Two guards, a runt, and some strange weirdo were all not on her side. Why were none of them seeing this from her point of view? It was clearly this child's fault for being raised as such a brat in the first place. Tch, and here he went giving them ideas as to how to get to her. Maybe the shoe would do better upside his head than the kid's.

"And just who do you think you are? Shoving your nose in my business. Here I am eating my lunch and you want them to catch me?," she asked, making any attempt possible to make him out to be the bad guy here. As she wondered about the possibility of arrows or ladders being used against her Miyu set her lunch down and slipped off both of her shoes. If she was willing to throw one, it did her no good to wear the other.

The first was tossed up and down in her hand a few times before letting it sail through the air towards the man. She prayed it hit him square in the nose.

[Uesugi Norimasa]

"No, aha, I think you misunderstand." Kazuki laughed off her somewhat hostile reply. He wasn't interested in seeing anyone being caught at the moment. He was just trying to offer a warning before continuing on in search of his own lunch. But before he could really say anything else the shoe smacked him on the forehead. He didn't react at first, and for a moment simply stared down at where it had fallen to the ground. Then he looked back up at Miyu. "Really?" He said slowly, "A shoe?"

But instead of getting mad, he broke into an amused grin. There was something familiar about this person's face, whom he mistook for a male, but Kazuki couldn't quite place it. "You're causing trouble for those people on the other side of the wall. Come down from there, boy, and I'll buy you a bowl of ramen." Not all yōkai went for human food, but he was guessing that this one did.

[Miyu]

As the man stared, seemingly perplexed by the shoe, a wide grin crept onto Miyu's lips. Even as he questioned her actions, all she could do in response was grin. Of course a shoe. She wasn't about to throw Pudge. He could affect his own trajectory and wind up not hitting him at all. Something hard and inanimate was required. Much like a shoe. Oh, and she had two of them. Or rather one now, since the other was on the floor where she dared not go.

Then he started grinning. That was just about as unacceptable as things could get. Throw more wrenches into the equation. Did he just call her boy?

Burn it. Char his flesh. Set him ablaze. Burnhimburnhimburnhimburnhim.

In the back of her mind, the little voice was going insane, calling for him to be turned into a pile of ash. Had she not been busy mustering up an inferno the day prior, this would totally have been possible. A sign escaped her lips as she realized she was not in a position to listen to her little voice.

"Just what's the big idea here? Boy? Boy! Do I look like a boy to you? Huh? Do boys have these?," she asked, groping her non existent chest. By now she standing, doing her best to seem imposing with her tiny stature, hands still clasped to her chest, puffing and fuming at this man. Oh if only she had some fire still built up.

[Uesugi Norimasa]

He tilted his head, staring up at Miyu with a quizzical expression as she felt herself up atop the wall. A few passerby on the street were also giving her funny looks before going on their way. It was obvious from his relaxed stance that Kazuki wasn't the least bit intimidated by pose she was striking. Quite the opposite, he thought it somewhat comical. It was also obvious that she was lacking in the chest department, however, he realized his mistake. "Ohhh, you're a girl." He said, rubbing the back of his head. "My apologies, miss."

"Well... nonetheless, my offer still stands. Ramen, or kitsune udon if you prefer, whatever you want." The comment seemed innocuous enough, but it was his way at hinting that he knew what her animal companion was, by virtue of his own yōkai senses. His curiosity about her had been piqued, and he was racking his brain to remember where he had seen Miyu's face before.

[Miyu]

Tiny eyes narrowed in contempt as he corrected himself on her 'obvious' gender role. "Damn right it's your bad," she scoffed before mulling his offer over in her head. Some bits of her lunch had been scarfed down, but not nearly enough to fill her up, and she was not in much of a position to enjoy her meal in her present location. Not because of the pesky adults, but the joy of sitting on this wall was lost with her now.

"I want ramen. And I want meat in it. None of that noodle only garbage you hear me?," she instructed before leaping off of the wall onto the slightly safer side. "Sloth! Wake your butt up and get over here. I'm not walking!," she barked a command, waking the large kitsune on the other side of the wall. A form of a growl was heard in response before the gray creature leaped over the wall.

Once he was settled down and awake Miyu climbed upon his shoulders, dangling her legs off one side as she got comfortable. "Alright, mush! And you, lead the way." she spouted commands to her fox and Kazuki. This had better be a much more enjoyable location for lunch.