Ye Olde Fancy Tea Shoppe

[eien_no_chou]

Chiyo enjoys tea shops. Both kinds - Japanese and Western - had become quite a common sight in Fuyuki recently. Her current choice for the meeting place was a moderately busy Western shop, a slight nod towards who she was meeting today. This meeting was not meant to be one of aggression, though likely it would devolve into the passive kind.

She stared contemplatively at the list of cakes on the menu beside her table, and waited for Acht von Einsbern to arrive.

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[old_man_acht]

He enters without fanfare, with his homunculus driver at his elbow like a pale shadow; at the door, he exchanges a few polite words in Japanese with the attendant, and then his eyes light on Madame Tohsaka.

Allowing the driver to take his coat, he makes his way across the shop to her table. "Madame Tohsaka," he says, carefully neutral. "I cannot thank you enough for agreeing to meet with me. I know that your time is very limited."