Calm Before the Storm [D4 LA, expecting]

[Iuchi Yukarin]

Yukarin smiled softly as she bowed back, "I am glad it was worth it for you Otomo-sama; You were of great help and were a very interesting conversation companion. It almost feels like we didn't have enough time. Out of curiosity though,what were you hoping to get your siblings?"

[Otomo Tenzo]

"I had a similar feeling as well, Iuchi-san... perhaps the impending storm requiring a bit of hurriedness on our part. But it was an enjoyable stroll nonetheless," Tenzo said, smiling as he piled up the books he carried and offered them back to her.

"Mmm, I did not have anything in mind when I started to look, to be honest, as I figured something might stand out to me instead as I browsed. Perhaps some sweets, maybe some small animal carvings, some little trinket-like thing like that. But if it were possible? Something that they would be able to look at and know that their older brother did indeed find himself standing at the place the Topaz once called home, a memento of the journey or of the place."

[Iuchi Yukarin]

Nodding, Yukarin takes the books, "One moment..." before setting the stack on a post. She takes out a sheet of paper and tries folding something... it doesn't end up like what she was hoping.

"Mff... sorry for delaying you Otomo-sama. I was thinking I could at least give you a keepsake..."

[Otomo Tenzo]

"Please, Iuchi-san, it is no trouble at all: that you thought of this one's plight is already a most gracious gesture, and your paper would be saved for something far more important than this one's most minor thing," he warmly responded to the offer and with a short shake of his head.