by Masaru Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:05 pm
Even as Masaru approached the Jade Dragon, the man could smell the familiar aroma of the tea shop in the air. It was a wonderfully, delightful smell that reminded Masaru of less worrisome days when he was younger. Though he owns the building, his former sensei, as well as his most trusted confidant runs the businesses day to day, more-so in the past four years that Masaru had been in an unexplainable coma. Hansuke has done well with it over the years, keeping it as close to perfect as one could over years of weather wear, still it was a beautiful sight to lay one's eyes upon just as he had intended it to be when he had it built. Two separate, broad stone steps lead up to a neatly tiled patio in front of the tea shop, in the middle of this patio is a large Circular fountain with a statue of a Jade Dragon in the center. The elevated position of the terrace provides a panoramic view over the square. Wide, stone steps stand before the wooden, double front door at the center of the building. At both sides of the door is a large, round decorative window and located above the door is a black sign decorated with carefully applied golden letters to form the name of the shop. The sign is flanked by two slim, elegant Jade dragons. A large copper flowerpot sporting a neatly trimmed green bush stands at each corner of the shop. The building sports eighteen windows, nine on each side of the door, all facing the street. Each window is made of wood of a rich deep brown color, and each has yellow shutters. The windows are on hinges, allowing them to fully swing open to let in the mountain air of Iwagakure and to let the sweet, inviting aroma of tea spread to passersby. Even from the distance of the building from where Masaru currently stood, he could see inside the building through the open windows, the elegant tea shop was near empty today with only a few customers currently in the shop. This would be around normal for the shop, with everything considered, it was actually impressive to see as many customers there as there were.
Masaru would see Hansuke in the far back of the room speaking to employees, as he entered standing briefly in front of the hostess stand, before a young man walked up. "Hello sir, just you today?" the host would ask, clearly not recognizing Masaru, which would bring a smile to the man's face. Considering there is a picture of Masaru and Mitsukira hanging on the wall, as well as the fact that Masaru did not recognize him, meant that the man must be new. "Yes, just me. A seat near the window if you don't mind." Masaru would reply in kind, his voice soft but still well spoken. It was strange that on the day he decided that he need not hide his appearance from the village further now that he was certain Iwa's ranks were secure, that he is not recognized. There were still very few people that knew that Masaru was now awake, and though Hansuke was among them, Masaru knew that he did not tell another soul about it unless Masaru himself explicitly told him too. The host would sit him by the window as he requested with a great view of the fountain outside as well as the village of Iwagakure, what more could the man ask for other than good tea. The host would leave, stating that his waitress would be with him shortly. Masaru would take his seat and while he began to relax like the good old days, he knew better than to completely lower his guard so he would focus his chakra into the sensing of the area around him, ensuring that no threat could sneak up on him, though even relaxed his eagle-like eyesight would be able to see anyone coming from miles away.
Chakra:289.5/290
-0.5 for Sensing Technique (250m radius)