16550/The Number Nine

The Number Nine
Date of Scene:	12 December 2023
Location:	Royal Dragon Restaurant
Synopsis:	No description
Cast of Characters:	Maya Lopez, Danny Rand

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Maya Lopez has posed:
The Royal Dragon Restaurant serves all kinds it would seem. From the college kid looking to fil la craving, to the sometimes hero/sometimes villain. The ambience is as it always is there. The soft clanks and hisses from the kitchen are nearly lost under the music that is playing low to take the edge off the wait.

Maya is seated at one of the smaller tables skimming the menu. A slight cant to her head as she grins at some of the names of the dishes. Finally she glances up from the menu to give the room a once over again.

Danny Rand has posed:
Into the Royal Dragon Restaurant walks the Immortal Iron Fist. The Defender of K'un-Lun. The Dragon of the West. The....CEO of Rand Enterprises?! Danny has so many titles lately, and half of them are just honorifics. It would make more sense if he came in wearing gold and armor, but instead? He looks like he just walked out of a tent for the homeless. He wears well-worn shoes, jeans with dirt-stains on them, a gray t-shirt, a green sweatshirt over that, and a black jacket.

A beard rests on his face and his curly hair is almost overgrown.

<<Hey! Can I have the usual? Thank you. Don't worry, I promise I won't eat everything this time..>> Danny says in fluent Chinese - Mandarin, specifically - and starts to move around, though he notices Echo and he gives her a brilliant smile. Knowing that she can't hear him, he tries to give her a little wave.

"Maya? Hey! How's it going?" He's hoping she can read his lips. His ASL is rusty, truth be told.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez's lips quirk slightly as she csn indeed read his lips, despite the forest he has sprouted on his face. A single brow follows hte example of her lips as it lifts higher, leving it's sib to rest low. Finally a small smile blossoms as she answers softly. Her voice crackes and slightly ragged as speaking is not a common thing for her. Her hands flowing through the near dance-like ASL she favors. "Mr. Rand." Her nose wrinkling almost playfully for a momnt before smooothing again. "It has been a while. All well is?" She frowns a bit as that did not feel correct. "Been traveling mostly."

Danny Rand has posed:
Oh good, she can read his lips.

Danny can't tell if Maya likes the beard or not, but Danny does lift his hand to brush his face for a moment, having noticed the lift of her brow at seeing his face. "What, does it not look okay?" Danny asks her with a bit of a smile. Yet, her voice cracks as it emerges and it's to be understood that she doesn't speak often, likely solely communicating through ASL. 'Mr. Rand?'

"Please, just Danny." Danny smiles at her. "I'm not a corporate guy. I'm just a guy." He tries to reassure her, before he tries to sign back.

"All is well-" he mouths while he tries to perform the intricate hand motions. "Where did you go, if you don't mind my asking?"

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez snorts softly at that. The smile remaining as she shrugs eloquently. Her lips piursing a little as she works out the motions for her answer. Her voie dropping to a near whisper as she offers. "Here and there. Needed to discover myself after the split." She makes a face as her hands continue to dance. << I've felt like a skindancer, pulled beyond my twined worlds. Lost and looing for the drums of home.>> flows out trough ASL. "Pow-wows for a time." she states in words.

Danny Rand has posed:
"After the split?"

Danny gestures to where she has chosen her seating arrangement, as if silently asking to be able to sit next to her. He truly won't be sitting unless Maya gives him her express permission. Yet, as she talks to him, he tilts his head. "Skindancer? What's that?" Danny did not lack in spiritualism, but some things that she had talked about were absolutely lost on him.

"I'm happy you're here. I think we can get a few pow-wows going." He chuckles a little bit, looking at her hands as she signs to communicate.

"I take it that means you'll be staying in town awhile?"

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez's is for a small 'o', before she gestures for you to join her. After you ettle she shrugs and uses ASL to respond. Her eyes flickering shut for a moment as she dig up a good explination. << Split town. Left my former employ. >> She shrugs and blushes a little before launching back into the dance, << Skinwalkers are a bad, bad thing. Evilness that puts on the skins of its victims to try to gain access to more victims."

She breaks off as the waitress comes over to take the orders assuming Danny is the one she was waiting for. She offers the girl a grin and points to the egg rolls on the menu, holding up three fingers. Then taps on number 27: Kenjutsu Lemon Chicken. Finishing with gesture towards the empty tea cup.

Her eyes returning to Danny she bows her heaad slightly in appology and gestures to the menu to see if he'd like to order s well. She waits through the ordering process if he does before continuing. "I hope to stay, yes. Much could be done to help recover, yes?"