[ She motions to snatch the basket away from him, and then leaves both near a food cart of a youkai— half-snake, half-woman, and gorgeous. Her scales glimmer under the warm, orange lighting of sodium lights and lanterns. Gently, and without missing a beat, she picks up the baskets with her tail, and keeps up conversation with a customer all while preparing yakisoba for another order. Perhaps it's someone who owes her a favor, or someone who she knows well enough to trust, but the baskets and their goods are accounted for. Humming, Aerith turns back to Cloud, and beams. ]

I don't even think Officer is what they call the ranks in Sutoku, is it? I think Lieutenant is mine. Or... something like it. Senior, at least!

[ Strange, isn't it, that they've both settled in enough to have titles? ]

So, was it hard selling them as a ranked officer in Sutoku? [ ... in a floral print button up, at that? She's really done a number on this guy. ]