“Hahaha, What brings you here today? Sadly the palace museum is closed for the day, but I can personally give you a tour of this city! After all it was once the shining center of the world you know?” She says with a small smile on her red painted lips.
she was stunning in her appearance, unreal almost. she gives him a once over, mostly because hello English gentlemen~ although she could see the distinct japaense influence, which slightly put her off but oh well. she’ll deal. He;s so young looking too! Aww. Young ones were her favorite~ <3
The question– or questions –had the young detective scrambling to find the words in his translation guide, but unfortunately, he’d lost most of what she’d said. Hakuba knew that taking a crash course in Mandarin would only be minutely helpful for his trip, but he’d hoped it would have at least bridged some gaps. Alas, though the kanji was the same in China and Japan, still so much was lost on the half-Brit teenager.
Biting his lip, Hakuba looked back at the woman and offered a mumbled apology in poorly pronounced Chinese. “Ah, sorry. Could you.. repeat that?” He’d understood the words ‘museum,’ ‘closed,’ and ‘tour,’ but little else. “Where is the tour?”
Hopeful, charming smile. Please take mercy on this foreigner!
