"I like to think the ladies love me for my winning personality and not the money."The door swings open just as Minato says that, and he snaps forward. Taking one end of the box, he starts pulling it inside, motioning for everyone to come in.
He manages to pull it into the house, which seems to be a maisonette, with the Suzumiya house being below and the Kurosaki house being above on a flight of stairs through a thin corridor which the group has to file almost single file within. The boy pulls it up the stairs and towards a door, which he slides open without waiting for someone to open it.
The interior of the house can be summarised in a word; messy. There seem to be three divisions in the apartment; one kitchen area, with an old oven and fridge alongside a faded counter, a living room area with a
kotatsu in the middle of the room directly in front of them and another old TV with one or two armchairs and a dining room area with a plastic table and a pair of old chairs within, with a few decorations on the walls consisting of paintings from bargain bins and a few posters for various anime. Two doors lead from the dining room area, one to the bathroom with a visible medicine cabinet and mirror, and the other presumably to a bedroom, the only unseen room.
What really messes it up are the assortment of papers scattered throughout the place; on the
kotatsu, counter and dining table, papers of all sorts can be seen. They seem to be mostly about high-level academic stuff pertaining to the supernatural; even Shef can't seem to make heads or tails from the small glances they can catch. There also seems to be rather advanced machinery placed haphazardly around, with gadgets the group couldn't possibly name or identify the functions of, and a large computer server cabinet is wedged onto the corner of the dining room portion, the server's blinking lights shining light on the
young lady sitting next to it on a sleek, advanced laptop, the only other high-tech piece of equipment in the room. She looks rather young- not much older than Yuki or Noriko, twenty at most-, and her rather revealing attire doesn't help matters. She looks up from her work, a smile gracing her face.
"Oooh. You brought guests. Never seen them before. Who are you all?""Guys, this is Professor Tsukasa Kurosaki, top researcher at Foundry, one of the organisations in charge of helping fight Aramitama. Foundry works on research and development; weapons, biology, vehicles, you name it, that's their job. And she's possibly one of the best in all of Japan at it."Tsukasa frowns, pouting childishly.
"Aww. Didn't I say not to call me 'Professor'? It makes me feel old, and they say you're only as young as you feel. And call me Tsukasa. We're friends, aren't we? Now.....oooh."Her eye catches on to Shef. An appreciative smirk grows on her face as her eyes pore over him.
"Oooh, guests indeed. Nice-looking exoskeleton on him, too. Almost as good as something I could make. Mind if I talk with him a little?""Business call, Kurosaki-san. You can flirt with him.....actually, feel free to flirt with him while we work. He looks like he needs to loosen up a bit."Tsukasa looks a little disappointed, but acquiesces.
"Oh, alright. Very well, what're you here for? Minato said you had something for me."
