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[The view from the videophone snaps to attention gazing at the bright eyes of a young woman with messy brown hair and an odd red hat on her head. She's staring at the lens on the device curiously as she sat on the edge of the silver boat, a notebook and pen in hand.]

Hmm...so this is that video-camera thing like Nitori had talked about? Looks a lot more complex than even my camera. Anyone out there?

[She's scribbling on her notebook as she looks around the Bay area, taking note of the hologram recording with quite the interest as she walks around, her odd geta clacking noisily on the ground.]

I wonder if this is like a teleportation device?

[She sticks her hand through the center of the hologram, fingers going right through the center of the white haired girl's neck as easily as nothing being there, drawing a frown from the winged girl.]

Perhaps not...Kind of feels like an illusion.

[Making her way back towards the device currently recording her, she picks it up to stare quite closely at the device.]

So....anyone out there? I wonder if there's a need for the Bunbunmaru news here...

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Sakuya huffs lightly but doesn't bother complaining more. She didn't want to encourage the tengu or she would never hear the end of it. Besides it wasn't exactly the most important thing at the moment.

"That is what My Lady and I have done. We have taken residence in the castle of another vampire who so graciously decided to share with us. I have been working for some extra money and we are getting by quite well."

"As for the Bunbunmaru..." She paused to think. "The only thing I know about the newspaper is one comes around every Sunday. The method of delivery seems keen on tying them to rocks and throwing them through windows. I would check the welcome center and, failing to find out more there, confront the paperboy directly. Very few residents are fond of him and would probably appreciate a change."

Aya still kept her cheeky grin, but didn't say anything more on the subject. She knew not to poke a sleeping lion.

...Especially when said lion had sharp daggers and time stop capabilities.

"Another vampire you say? This place must draw all sorts of people." the tengu murmured loudly. "Is she anything like Remilia or Flandre? Or should I expect something different if I decide to drop by for a...visit." Of course she couldn't exactly just drop by through an archway, but the idea still remained at meeting the new vampire on the block....or old vampire if Remilia appeared later.

The mention of a vandalizing paperboy put a thoughtful look on Aya's face. "Hmm...using rocks to deliver the news....It would mean I don't have to get close enough to those who...protest my writing." She cuts herself off while muttering a few words which sound suspiciously like "ingrates" and "fairies for brains". She still doesn't know where to go for such a thing. Or...

"...Where do I even find a place to stay, Sakuya? Like...I know they gave me money, but how much exactly is this for a place?"

"Indeed though I dare not say too much as the details of his life are not mine to tell. Lord Tepes is offering shelter to non-humans though I suppose my status as My Lady's servant has made me an exception to this rule." She held up her own communication device. "I can provide you with his contact information should you wish to speak with him."

"And please do not use rocks to deliver the news. No one here appreciates it."

At the tengu's last question the maid shifted a bit, pursing her lips. "I was given a key and an address with my envelope. It belonged to a small apartment which had a single month's rent paid. The money would have been enough for food and mild entertainment for a month's time. If you do not have a key in yours I'm sure you could ask around and find a place to stay. As previously mentioned, Lord Tepes offers shelter to non humans but I don't think you would be comfortable in a home full of hostile beasts. If you locate one of the Komeiji sisters they may allow you passage into their sub-archway, though without the hell-crow I doubt old hell will be very warm."

Aya shrugs to herself. Details of the mysterious vampire man could always be gotten by herself anyway. Second-hand sources weren't always the most reliable to use, even if it did come from one as elegant as the maid before her. Holding up her own phone, the tengu looks quizzically at both phones. "And....how do you do that exactly? There's no instructions for this thing." Perhaps that would be something the other white haired girl could figure out.

The rocks thing was always a joke. She'd get a lot more angry people after her for that after all. Bad enough some people had less...refined tastes to understand her newspaper.

Blinking, Aya looked closer into the envelope of money and sure enough a key and address were inside it as well. "So there is...That's convenient enough." Even if it was only valid for a month, that'd get her enough time to (hopefully) set up her Bunbunmaru again! ...Now if only to figure out how much to charge for that.

"Ehh...Not too sure I'd want to deal with hostile beasts often...unless the castle has very...spacious hallways?" Ah yes, the wishes of the tengu to fly free beneath an open sky. It's the reason she wouldn't want to impose on the Komeiji sisters. The Underground was exactly that after all. Underground.

Sakuya sighed heavily, moving in next to the Tengu and withdrawing her own phone. "Here, I will teach you. It took some fiddling with on my own device to learn it. The screen is a window that responds to your touch like buttons behind glass. It need not even be a hard touch." She began walking Aya through various steps, teaching her to input information, answer calls, and other such things.

"There are also other functions I've heard about such as a camera and recording device but I have not taken time to learn how they work. I have been assured that it does not use any kind of film either so how one would retrieve these thins is a mystery to me."

She tucked her own device away after sharing her information with the tengu. As much as she disliked Aya's nosiness, having someone she at least knew personally was valuable.

Well, someone who wasn't one of the elusive Komeiji sisters or that irritating tanuki anyway. Aya, at the very least, talked straight.

"There is a lot of space in the castle and the realm extends to its exterior as well. There is plenty of room to fly. And even if there was not, you would not have any trouble dealing with the creatures there. They are merely irritating." It was only recently that many of them stopped regarding Sakuya as a free meal ticket... "Regardless, you will have to take up the arrangements with Lord Tepes himself. He is a gracious host though. I do not think he will deny you. And it will be nice to have a familiar face around."

A pause. "However, if you choose to live there be warned that I will stuff and roast you should I discover that you've been rifling through my own or Milady's belongings. The danmaku rules do not apply here."

Aya is quick to pick up on how to work the phone basics. Sure it's technology outside her usual domain, but what's living for centuries if one doesn't understand things quickly?

"Hmm..I don't think I'd need a camera from it as I still have my own." And indeed she quickly shows Sakuya the signature SLR that's her pride and joy before putting it away just as fast. "I'll stick with my camera for now. Good back up in this I guess though."

Hmm...castle space and lots of little annoyances..."Eh...We'll see about the castle. I don't think I'd want to have to break every little thing that decides it wants to eat a crow."

Aya grinned cheekily at the maid. "Do I look like I'd be the type to go rifling through things like that?" She could probably trick some demon denizen of Castlevania to do that for her. The lack of danmaku rules gave her a small pause though. "...There's no danmaku rules? Does that mean we don't do danmaku anymore?" Well...to be fair most people couldn't do danmaku in this world so it makes sense. "...Does that mean humans are on the menu for youkai again?"

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