8510/Mairin's Appartment

Mairin's Appartment
Date of Scene:	01 November 2021
Location:	1A - Mairin's Studio Apartment
Synopsis:	Mairin shared tea, Gossamer, and time with Saeko.
Cast of Characters:	Mairin Moran, Saeko

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Mairin Moran has posed:
    The door to Mairin's little appartment opens, and she motions for Saeko to enter. "This is it... It's no Griffon to be sure. But it's home." She closes the door behind the two of them, then stands there, a little embaressed and not entirely sure what to do. This... all of *this* is a first for her. And if she took the time to really think about it, she'd probably wonder what in the world had got into her. But she isn't thinking about it. In fact, she's puposely trying not to. For once, she wants to act without thinking about it. To just... do.

    She clears her throat and walks into the kitchen area to start a pot of tea. Because she's inherited just *that* much of her father, that everything requires tea. "You can... sit wherever you want." she syas, knowing full well there really aren't that many options.

Saeko has posed:
A little laugh comes from Saeko's lips at the mention of the Griffin, a wave of her hand in dismissal. "I have lived everywhere from palaces, to heavens, to a cave by a stream. Anywhere can be a home..."

The offer of hospitality in the tea is taken with a nod of thanks as the fox in disguise and stretches her arms over her head. She doesn't sit just yet, instead leaning nearby against the wall of the kitchen and watching the other woman.

Mairin Moran has posed:
     Mairin sets the water to boil, grabs some cups, tea, spoons, then can't think of anything else so she finally leans back against the counter and looks back at Saeko.

    "What?" she asks with a light laugh. But then blushes and tucks some hair behind her ear. "Why are you looking at me like that? I know it isn't because..." She shakes her head a bit and walks a little closer. "You know you never really answered my question about why you fancy me."

Saeko has posed:
"But I did," Saeko muses aloud, a little chuckle given and a lazy beckoning of her finger inviting the other woman closer with a smirk.

"Perhaps you are just not hearing me, just as you seem blind to your own charm."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    Mairin smiles as she walks up to Saeko, reaching to take the kitsune's hands in hers. "Maybe I'm not hearing you. Maybe I'm just... dense. But if I'm so charming, why..." she stops, leaving it unsaid. Why does Nettie not want her?

Saeko has posed:
A pause, a little sigh, the kitsune leans forwards and lazily rests her forehead against the human woman. "Another's heart is no judgement of your worth..."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    "I know..." Mairin whispers, closing her eyes. She stands there, listening to the tea kettle buble and... just enjoying Saeko's nearness for a minute. Her thumbs slowly stroking up and down the hands in hers. "I'm glad you're here," she finally whispers. "I'm glad you *do* fancy me. That you take time to spend with me. To understand me. To comfort me." She opens her eyes and looks into Saeko's and a smile spreads across her face. "I know it's not something you do for just anyone. And I guess that *does* make me at least a little special."

Saeko has posed:
"You are special," she offers, a light peck of her lips offered to Mairin's cheek. "If you can't see it, well...I'm sure you will learn in time. You seem you be adept in taking lessons to heart after all."

Trailing off, she leans back, just a little, enough to hold arms bent at the elbow. "What did you wish to show me?" she grins, "Your own mechanical talents here, or some of your other passions."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    Mairin blushes, though whether from the compliment or the kiss is impossible to tell.

    "I..." She stands there... uncertain, but slowly edging closer until her toes are touching Saeko's. "I want to show you..." she whispers...

    Which is exactly when the kettle screams at her, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin.

    Mairin blushes again, turning to walk back to the kettle and pour the tea.

    "I suppose I could show you some of the work I'm doing. You might actually be interested in Gossamer," she sayas she hands Saeko her cup and saucer.

Saeko has posed:
"I am no technopath," Saeko speaks calmly, taking the offered tea with a smile and claiming a small sip. "The last things that I helped someone craft were in a time of folded metal. A gift for a noble that a craftsman prayed for aid...things are more complex than they were then. Mortals have harnessed their own power from the universe in science."

She moves, still disguised as a human and grinning lightly. "I enjoy seeing you...passionate, more excited and sure of yourself, whatever the cause may be."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    She laughs, but also manages to blush at the same time. "Well Gossamer is... Or she *will be* something to really be proud of." She sets her cup down on the counter and walks to her desk to retrieve a large folio that she unfolds on the table. "This is Gossamer. That's what Demona and I named her. We're working on building her, even though I'm not sure of exactly how certain details are going to work."

    She glances to Saeko, then starts to shift the pile of drawings around to give the kitsune a better idea of what she's looking at. It's hard for a laman to really pick out the details, but it's obvious that Gossamer is, in fact, a large mechanical panther. Something closer to the size of a tiger.

    "But the structure is just the start. I'm going to power her with something self-sustaining... clean. And imbue her with magic. Not just... control her with magic or make her move around with magic. But use a combination of magic and artificial intelligence to give her true setience."

Saeko has posed:
Saeko wasn't a robotics expert nor a technopath as she said...but she was an avatar of divine knowledge and over a thousand years old...so she wasn't without a little point of reference or two. "Like 'Fluffy' as Thomas calls it? Or the titans and stone guardians I have seen in the past. Amazing..."

She pauses, leaning back to look at Mairin and meet her gaze. "This intelligence mingled with magic...you will be creating a life, a being almost as surely as Inari created me."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    "Yes..." she says softly, the passion for the work evident in her eyes. Not the passion of power, or control... but the passion for creation.

    "A familiar. Not one bound to me by magic, controlled by me and in service to me. But a friend. A companion. Free to choose. To decide." She gives a deep sigh, one of happiness. "She'll be able to protect people. Better than I ever could. My bots... they're just tools. But Gossamer will be so much more. I..." She looks over to Saeko, "I *want* so much more for her."

Saeko has posed:
"A child, in a way." A shift, she smiles, leaning back as she takes in the sight of the young woman with her plans and ambitions laid bare before her.

"You should be proud...and recognize that you help people, as much with your mind as some do with their hands."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    Mairin reaches down to take Saeko's hand, her smile growing. "Yes... I guess you could say she would be." But then she sighs. "Oh there are people way smarter than me doing way greater things for mankind. I'm just a small fish in a very very big pond." She pulls Saeko close, wrapping her arm around the woman's waist and leaning her head into her shoulder. "But... I think maybe that's ok. Maybe I can do my own little part to help how I can. I mean... we can't all be fighting alien invasions can we?" she says with a laugh.

Saeko has posed:
"I think you're doing just fine," Saeko murmers back, her lips finding the side of Mairin's neck, a brush of her other hand going up to the other woman's hair with a little sigh of comfort.

"Intention is good, your heart is good..." she trails off and lets that hand drift to Mairin's cheek then chin before lifting her lips towards her own. "Let me reward you...for being so wonderful..."

Mairin Moran has posed:
    Mairin can only nod slightly as both her arms wrap around Saeko, pulling her close. Close enough to feel Mairin's suddenly racing heart.

Saeko has posed:
A meeting of lips, a sigh of delight and the slight waver in the air as Saeko finally lets the illusion cloaking her true nature fade, her tails fanning out and coiling, some brushing against Mairin's form in a comfortable, silken embrace of their own.

Flirtation, fondness, a little teasing, all of it comes to fruition as she claims that kiss and finally Mairin can claim, as the daylight fades to a night of passion, that she was able to have 'what she wanted for herself...'