They both sat down while Marisa told him to wait as she was ordering food nearby the table, he didn't know that there was a food stall, it was bit embarrassing for a local like him to not know a food stall that was close to the table, though seeing as this city port was large in size and was in a state were business was expanding, not even him a local could recall all the places here in this large city port.
That being said Jose does have a tourist to entertain and with that his mind rambled about which possible tourist spots to go to, though seeing as the only current tourists' spots are this city and the food stalls, markets you could find here there but he had a feeling that Marisa would like to go to those malls, seeing as it was the only mall and considering it's a supermall, he could guarantee that she would enjoy the sights found in a mall.
Seeing that look in Marisa was look of wonder, though the looks on Marisa seemed like stereotypical western witch and the way she talked was like of a foreigner, with the glaring signs of someone who was cosplaying of a western witch and the weird way of ending sentences, she was like a sore thumb in a crowd easily picked out from the crowd and has some sort of charisma to her, what is she a [A creature from Filipino myths]? Though with her looks she seemed more of a cosplay though his instincts told him that there are more things about her than that meets the eye.
Though as he ate his food in silence, the feeling of someone eyeing him with deadpanned stare was unnerving Jose looked from his view to find the blond woman looked at him with flat stare, Jose couldn't feel but a twitch from his eyebrows, what was the woman trying to imply? First the woman was quite insistent in taking him as a tour guide despite him displaying not wanting to,
She stared at him and Jose stared back at her, then she started with," Anyway… since this tour guide might be quite long…"
She seemed unsure of what she would say but Jose cut to the chase saying," Indeed as this city's development suddenly boomed and with the sudden increase of tourists, with the sudden increase people have been flocking here as because of the sudden increase popularity of this city port and making it like a story from rags to riches"
And she tried to reply but shut it down looking at Jose enthusiastic expression of pride she let him continued," Indeed with the sudden increase of it there also have been an increase of rumors and mythical creatures that have been spotted roaming around this area. Jose looked at her seeing what her reaction would be, there were many things Jose looked for in someone to decipher what they mood they were in.
Looking at the woman in front of her, she seemed alarmed at the monsters that he described in front of her but it only lasted for a moment which changed curiosity and vigilance, though with increase of violence in the related myth, some sort of aloof mask but there was increasing vigilance and steel- like determination present in her demeanor but though he didn't know why she was that vigilant, though he didn't know
Marisa hummed during the conversation and finished eating lunch as the time passed, looking at the time it was 12:30 that they stopped talking about the different rumors that's inside the city, with that both of them stood up and went to the large looking market place, Jose himself was surprised at himself for not stuttering while walking towards the large mall, he heard rumors passing by about the docks and though he soured he didn't let his mood remove the pleasant company he had
They both traveled the entrance towards the mall, though he did want to go towards the more popular parts were there were massage areas and a place to relax seeing as they just ate earlier it would be also a way to relax and rest seeing as the distance, they walked towards the mall was quite long, and for the first activity they did was a massage, that one place Jose used to work at was a massage spa.
They arrive at the spa and to he guided her into a lounge where a soothing smell pierces their nose, which both of them released a sigh, [occupant that deals with spa stuff] greets them at the lounge, she asks both of them which of them would go and which option they would take, Marisa didn't understand why Mapulon would be nervous in a spa lounge in the first place, He described the rumors as if he were there in the first place and seemed some parts of the rumors were out of personal experience
The massage therapist was talking to Marisa, when Mapulon was avoiding the face of that person while the massage therapist didn't seem to noticed Mapulon avoiding her, both of them were cheerfully were talking as if there were old friends to which Mapulon gestured towards Marisa, which Marisa looked at him strangely
Mapulon made gestures that he'll be back since he would look at the ports for something he wanted to see, which Marisa talked to him," Where are you going? Aren't you supposed to be my tour guide?" to which he told her in a quiet tone so that only she could hear what he was about to say," I don't really have things to do right now, in fact I just wanted to see the ports to see if the rumors were true,".
They continued to bicker between them, not noticing the massage therapist was waiting for them to stop bickering to which both of them looked at the massage therapist which Jose and massage therapist stared at each other as if former had pale expression and the latter had a smirk plastered in her face, which inspired dread from the Jose
The massage therapist said," Hmm… We are quite understaffed and if you want to go but you would delay…" She looks at Jose and Jose looked at her, both of them had a conversation both with their eyes, a spark flew between them like as if both of them were trying to kill each other but Jose sighed again. massage therapist smirked upon her victory upon their battle of stares, while Jose looked incredulous massage therapist person.
Though seeing the interaction Marisa was dumbfounded that you could talk to people without really talking they must have been close friends she thinks. But though with all of the different options Marisa saw there was this one part of the menu, though most of the times she used her broom for travel, walking for that long without earlier preparation does makes kinks in your body, with that she chose the full body course, The massage therapist gave a knowing glance to both of them
Marisa shivered at the sight of the massage therapist and Mapulon massage therapist sighed for umpteenth today.
"Sighing a lot would force you to grow older, you know?" Marisa inquired with a small smile in her face
"I know…" He sent an annoyed look but was ruined by the small smile on his face
massage therapist looked oddly both of them but she smiled and had this strange look on her eyes as if she was contemplating something in her mind and then she looked at Marisa which she suddenly frozen on the spot which she sweated a bit and to which massage therapist suddenly raised a brow as if assessing to which she smiled in approval
Mapulon was confused by massage therapist actions seeing as Marisa was just a foreigner and they only met just earlier, he didn't have an idea why and he looked at Marisa and tapped her to which she just shrugged, not knowing what massage therapist was planning.
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Marisa was wearing a bathing suit where she was led by massage therapist towards an unoccupied room, to which Marisa entered to see Mapulon was there wearing garbs for an employee, to which Marisa asked," You work here?"
"Yeah… I work here during the weekends seeing as massage therapist saw me, though it may seem that I don't want to work since it isn't a weekend yet but seeing as there weren't that much people working here, I asked massage therapist to work here for a bit and we could continue with tour" Mapulon reassured her
Marisa nodded towards that but seemed unconvinced but let it slide, Mapulon the gestured her towards a table to which he told her to lay down back facing upwards she does as she was told, Mapulon grabbed a lotion which he poured it on her skin, which he started simple by the shoulder, she was quite tensed which he says," relax"
She relaxes which he rubbed her shoulder in a circular motion and then turned into some sort of chopping technique which makes Marisa give out sigh of contentment, she felt sleepy during the whole part as he continues with it and does the same part till, he arrives at the legs, he adds lotion towards legs and gently squeezes near the thigh area, she bites her mouth before she could release that moan that suddenly threatened to get out
There are have been near many close calls but in the end though she may have been thoroughly relaxed but her mind was embarrassed and her head of a tomato, Mapulon didn't seemed to have noticed the occasional slip-ups of moans either, then again, he did work here, so it isn't unusual to be relaxed like that, she stretches after the massage and paid for the massage, she didn't think that she was that stressed either
She got out to see and waited for Mapulon and she noticed that [occupant that deals with spa stuff] had a knowing smirk while Mapulon was there already changed with an embarrassed smile, she smiled at both of them, to both of them they didn't notice but a friendship bloomed in between, [occupant that deals with spa stuff] looked annoyed at both of them but smiled anyway as a [occupant that deals with spa stuff] she was.
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Despite the plan Mapulon thought of he immediately stopped it seeing as it already derailed earlier and to which both of them walked aimlessly going to from shop to shop, park to a pawn shop, he didn't know why they went there but apparently Marisa had something in her that she wanted to sell, they then stopped by towards an arcade to which he smirked as it was something he had planned earlier
But seeing the fact that Marisa seemed to be grow in excitement with every stop they take, looking at the arcade seemed one way to play off the excess energy for today, and one way to blow off some steam, she agreed with that, and they went towards the arcade. Looking at the games there are a variety of games that you could see that they could play with and they started with the one with of a shooting game, based on the ones who played earlier it seemed to be one vs one where two players shoot each other with colorful bullets with both of them having three bombs and a time limit for each bomb. There are a variety of character to pick with and different maps to use
Though it was a one vs one game, there was campaign mode in which there was the plot from the character displayed in the characters used in the one vs one mode, they played they're for two hours, it seemed that for someone like Marisa to know how to play games like that was quite strange indeed, seeing as she wasn't that type of girl who would likely go play arcade games, but then again that would have been Mapulon's bias against foreigners in general.
Despite not knowing the game earlier she was quite a natural playing at the game, dodging bombs he didn't expect that could be dodged with clever maneuvers that he didn't think of doing, not that they were impossible it's more not knowing you could have done it, after that were just games from hoops and stuff, though she may be irritating it brought a small smile from Mapulon.
They toured around and walked around aimlessly for about one hour that was Mapulon thoughts of the situation in the, though she might look like just a tourist but there was something about Marisa's behavior that gives him red flags that are quite suspicious just like his father was had some sort of unreadable expression there were times that he really had to observe,
His father was quite hard to read mood was already a fact which made Jose's skills on observing behavior that was confusing for him, if he read her, despite her forwardness and based upon her skills of straight forwarded attacks, she had an aura of confidence like someone who had the will the face anything, he felt something despite him knowing lots of things through observation he rarely felt the need to action,
He always had a plan for anything from simple ones to complex plans that involve lots of variables and external factors, despite with those plans there were always small errors that he couldn't see but he already knew that there were always be errors, not everything can plan against it, he knew so but his heart refused to acknowledge so with that he provided stop-gaps, doing things minimally or finishing things minimally refusing to improve upon it.
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With the tour done and all in that, despite getting little bits of information useful for the docks, he was neither saint nor the devil, he didn't have the heart of gold willing help everyone in need as he does ignore things that weren't supposed to be nor will he commit acts of evil for the sake it, he was but a human he felt joy like a normal person and felt sad like a normal person but despite that,
An expression of frown and discernable glint appeared beneath his eyes, he stopped to look at himself in an abandoned mirror house a ghost of a frown was in his face and disappointment filled his face as he felt something wrong, a memory from the day appears in his mind the blond's smile, he smiled at that for a second but it to become a frown. All in all, not the best of the days he had but that was everyday too.
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I walk around and felt the pounding in my head noisy and went to the nearest pole to relax myself, as shades of blood appears in my eyes, the pounding grew till he felt like it exploded, then suddenly he the want to sleep, he grabbed the abandoned cartoons and found a dry area where it felt comfortable and I rested upon it, my eyelids started lower down but the only thing the last saw was someone with smirk though. His last thoughts were why the woman had no legs at all…
And as he felt the last visage of his eyelids close, he felt something touch his neck and dreamt of owning a barn and herding sheep with his own family, a small smile appeared in his face before he finally went to rest of eternity