Good morning - Things begin again. (Ami thread)

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, scrubbing at her eyes with her free hand. What kind of a promise is this to make? she wonders. She must know as well as I do that I can't...but...I don't want to make her feel this way anymore...

[Anastasia]

On that, Mom seperates to go change and bathe. Now that it comes up, you note your own rather acute need for such treatment. A trip to the bathroom and your room provides all you need.

Though, at least you don't have to wear your uniform today, you think, as you get ready.

OOC - Set up your outfit if that strikes your fancy and exit th eroom, then I'll move along. Setup post.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami takes a deep breath, examining herself in the mirror. A shower and fresh clothes had done wonders, but there was still hints of strain and weariness in her expression, and her color wasn't all that good.

No wonder my appearance frightened her. Ami sighs. A rare pair of jeans cover her legs to ward off the chill from the blizzard outside, and her upper body is almost entirely obscured in a loose white sweatshirt with a turtle neck, a stylized puffball of a white kitten on the front, wrestling with a ball of yarn. Slipping on her glasses to give her eyes a bit of a rest, and fingers her hair for a moment. Longer....but not quite long enough to tie back, yet. she decides, leaving her bedroom in search of her mother...

[Anastasia]

Your mother is in the main room of the apartment, waiting near the door. Heavy snow pants and a blue sweater with snowflake patterns compliment each other as she waits, clearly ready for whatever is needed. In fact, as you arrive, a triple knock on the door is heard.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles a bit nervously, and goes to answer the door herself, checking the peephole before opening the door.

[Anastasia]

It's Eudial, dressed for the weather. Red jacket, heavier black pants...my, isn't she partial to those two colors? She waits, rubbing her gloved hands together idly.

"Ami," she nods once. "You said someone was coming with us? Your mom, wasn't it?"

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods, stepping back and beckoning Eudial into the apartment and gesturing nervously to her mother. "Un. Thank you for doing this, Eudial. Um...Mother, This is Eudial Kawashima...Eudial, my mother, Sakura Mizuno..."

Ami simply stood back and crossed her fingers, hoping for the best. With the way the morning had gone so far...

[Anastasia]

Your mother simply nods once to her, Eudial returning it with a show bow. "Good to meet you," she murmurs. "Are both of you ready?"

Getting a, "I am," from Sakura, Eudial begins to leave. "Ami, how much have you told her about how we intend to travel?" Eudial asks this with a tinge of curiosity. "We don't really advertise the underground system we have."

[Bean Bandit]

"In the vaguest sense." Ami replies sheepishly as she retrieves a heavy coat. "It's rather difficult to explain, without actually seeing it." She pulls on the coat and goes for her boots.

[Anastasia]

Mom just nods. "I'll see," she replies. "Do you mean through the sewer system?"

To that, Eudial snorts as you walk out. "No, nothing that smelly. WE have a network of tunnels under Tokyo. They're great for driving around undisturbed."

"Sewers," she murmrus again, as if slightly offended by the thought of her car going through a puddle of...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles a little, relaxing a somewhat. Eudial is behaving herself...which really isn't too much of a surprise. The redhead teased her on occaision, and possessed a sense of personal invincibility while driving at speed that would make Cheetah motion sick, but she was suprisingly reliable.

Somehow, it's only really dangerous to be around while Haruka is egging her on...

"It's...like a subway, only private." Ami explains to her mother in an aside. "You really need to see it..." Ironic, since I must have come home in it last night, and I don't remember a thing.

[Anastasia]

Sakura simply nods, getting the idea as you head downstairs. "I'll see it, then," she shrugs, "But how did you get an entire series of tunnels below the city? I can't think of any way short of something l-"

To that, Sakura laughs suddenly, shaking her head. "My daughter did all that yesterday and I'm trying to figure out a logical way for these alleged tunnels to appear."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blushes, ducking her head and looking embarrassed. "There usually is an explanation." she admits. "Logical or no."

[Anastasia]

"There usually is," Eudial agrees, as you step outside.

---

From warmth and comfort to wind, snow and cold, a white tundraland greets you. Two feet have fallen now, more coming without any respite in the end. If this is Celcia's present to Tokyo, it's just as well that she's hopefully gone forever.

Ami notes that she's not really that cold, though.

Eudial's car is nearby, in the snow choked street. No other traffic is about, and you are led to it without incident.

"Station wagon?" Sakura asks once you get into the merciful heating system of the car.

"With the best engine money can buy," Eudial nods right back, getting her keys out.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blinks at the rather...mild feeling of the weather, despite the snowfall. Is that...? Something to ask about, I suppose. She slips into the station wagon, quietly frowning at the snow outside. This is wrong...