Lynchpin---Castle and Surrounding Grounds.

[lynchpin_castle]

The servants are unseen and unknown. Residents are welcome to take over the Servant’s rooms or not, but it is not recommended. Likewise, it is unclear where the Master resides. Usually s/he will call a meeting of their champions and meet them within the reception all or Banquet room.

Meals are typically taken together as a group, and if requested--training times for the champions as a group may be arranged. Both of the mundane variety, and also recreations of challenge-zones, such as the Labyrinth and the Mirror Gallery. The castle and its immediate surroundings have been set to mimic Earth with its single moon and 24 hour cycle of time, along with a standard Julian calendar for convenience.

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[lynchpin_castle]

Tamaki listened patiently--he was absolutely going to ask Himawari-chan for details later with this information. A slow blink, and a comforting pat against her hand, hopefully encouraging her. "Ty Lee-chan, to be plain, is a flirt. She is not shy in showing her feelings, and she is playful. I take it she was flirting with Trunks-kun, while sparring? Teasing him perhaps?"

Especially since the other was clearly not used to dealing with it or people like Ty Lee. Tamaki was not a fighter, but he could see how it might be a useful strategy to unnerve an opponent. Especially when one was as skilled as the two in question. "Why did you bring it to his attention?"

Clearly it did bother her, even if Ahsoka didn't recognize it.

[neveraknight]

The pat was reassuring, for some reason, and not at all annoying. For some reason nothing Tamaki did (so far) did she find annoying. He was... refreshing, in a way.

Flirty. That was it. She was a flirt. Ahsoka frowned as he said that, and everything he said was true. She was flirting with Trunks and it had... bothered her? Why should it though? It's not like she was openly... interested... in him. Or... maybe. But she couldn't anyhow. It was against everything she was taught. Not... that she was a Jedi anymore. Or that the code meant anything now.

"I don't know why..." She said softly, frowning more now. "It was smart of him to hold back. No reason to hurt her. She was just-- and he was--" She stopped, and gasped, looking thunderstruck for a moment. She looked up at him with wide eyes. "I'm not jealous am I? That's absurd!"

[lynchpin_castle]

Tamaki simply smiled, saying nothing for a moment as he let her speak. It was clear to him that Ahsoka was jealous. Nor was he at all surprised to find out such. If she and Trunks-kun had been the only two for a few weeks, then they had had time to work together, fight together.

Trunks-kun would absolutely be a valuable draw to the Host Club, so to Tamaki it made sense he'd be attractive a young lady. Add in this 'code' of Ahsoka's that seemed to discourage familiarity, and that they were teenagers, and why wouldn't she be jealous? If only because someone who's attention she had been able to monopolize before now had to share with others, regardless of if there was any other reason.

Turning to Ahsoka, taking her hand in both of his and very gently asking "Why is it so absurd, Ahsoka-san?" A pause, and a grin. "Even if you don't answer me--and you don't have to--you need to examine for yourself why you think that."

[neveraknight]

Okay so his calm adult nature might be a bit annoying, in the way that Obi-wan could be, or a strange twist of Obi-wan and Master Plo. Calm, wise and mischievous in some soft way. She stared at their hands as he had taken hers to hold like that. Very touchy, Tamaki was.

She looked up at him again, unsure of herself as sh e watched him talk. "I... have no reason to be jealous. It's not as if I want to flirt with him too. Or even... would know how to. Or..." She huffed and stopped a moment then... "Jealous isn't an emotion I should hold. It leads to the dark side. It causes problems. If he's interested in Ty Lee that's... that is a good thing. A better thing." Her fingers were curling in his hands. Oh no, this was like with Lux. That tightness in her chest and all. This was just like with Lux and Steel.

"I'm not jealous." She repeated, looking down at their hands. "There is no reason to be jealous. It's fine. I just spoke out of line today."

[lynchpin_castle]

Tamaki just grinned wider. "This might be forward of me, Ahsoka-san, but I do not think Trunks-kun is interested in Ty Lee. Not the way she would like, or you seem to think he is."

There might be a hint of a smirk, and he finally let her go. Gesturing dramatically as he did so. "A young man's heart is not so easy to read as a maiden's, but being the host that I am, my instincts guide me to believe that is the case." A wink, and hands on his hips. "As for your dark-side and jealousy...Perhaps it is only dangerous because you fight it and deny it." Wagging a finger at her, still playful. "No one said you had to flirt or want to."

Then his hand out once more, not taking hers but inviting her to take his if he wanted, with that dazzling smile and one eye winking. "But I would be happy to teach you, if you wished to learn, and to let you practice with me."

And Tamaki would be certain to make it clear that it was only as friends, nothing more, and not serious at all. One friend aiding another, in his eye--as he found Ahsoka a lovely person but his heart was well-spoken for. Unfortunately for him, and their timing....

The Locker rooms, and way out, went right by the pool--and Trunks had meant to at least reassure himself Ahsoka was alright. Quiet steps, and blue-eyes narrowed as he'd heard Tamaki's words. Fist clenching at his side in frustration, as he'd poked his head in to the pool area with the voices.

[neveraknight]

She gave him a side eyed glance, looking at his dubiously as he wagged a finger at her. If Master Yoda had heard that he would have some backwards words for him. Still, the sudden flair of the dramatic was making her smile, and he was so friendly to the idea of helping her.

Helping her what though? She didn't think Trunks could actually be THAT interested in her. Again, like Lux. She thought maybe... but then no. Enter a tough girl, like Steel into the picture, or Ty Lee, and things were looking more and more like her past anyhow.

Not to mention she really shouldn't let herself get close to anyone. Not just because of the code. The code she didn't HAVE to follow anymore, but because of what Barrius and the rest of the council did to her. When she left she told herself she wouldn't allow that to happen again, and then she found herself here not long after and... getting attachments.

Still, at the offered hand she let out a small laugh, reaching out to take it. "Sure. Why the kriff not? I'm... I'm a different person now. Let go of the code and open up more, huh?" She said with a bit more of a smile to him.

He was very good at lifting spirits if anything.

And she wasn't at all focused, so she wasn't picking up on anyone's location at the moment.

[lynchpin_castle]

Tamaki, inwardly, was slightly startled that she actually did so. But he didn't show it, and instead bowed over her hand like a gentleman. "Then I shall see about arranging an occasion for it, Ahsoka-san. Perhaps in the afternoon over tea? I shall ask the steward to be certain there is an appropriate outfit for you and myself."

Tamaki certainly wasn't noticing their watcher.

Trunks firmly squashed down the surge of...jealousy. Yes--it was jealousy and he could admit it. Not trusting himself to be quiet if he walked, he levitated himself and headed out, and then out through the servant's quarters entirely. Too many emotions, in too short a time, and he needed to deal with this.

It was Ahsoka's choice, after all; just because he had a crush on her, didn't mean she had to like him back.

[neveraknight]

She actually was laughing a bit, softly, smiling more now. He was infectious. "An outfit? Like what? We can't just talk this over?" She said it, amused, a hand reaching back to rub at her back lekku. What did he have in mind now? "Or is this going to be some formal training of Master Tamaki, hmm?" She teased, giving him the title for now.

Had she known Trunks had heard anything she might not have been so easy going. But... she's learning now, thanks to Tamaki, that maybe it's okay to not follow that code. And maybe it was okay to open up to people. HOW, she wasn't so good with. But maybe some help will clue her in a bit better.

[lynchpin_castle]

Tamaki came back up form his bow, letting her hand go. "Hardly anything quite that formal, nor any title required Ahsoka-san. Consider it a 'practice date'. Air-quotes with his fingers and all.

"I suspect you've never been on one, so first thing first, I shall have to help show you how one properly treats and interacts with a maiden and her delicate heart." Another wink, and a few steps back.

"But for now, I am overdue for my own workout. So until the afternoon." A wave and he was turning, before he turned back. Again with the dramatic out-flung arm. "For what it is worth, within the Host Club, as well as it's president, I was known as the 'Prince' type." A playful wink, and then he's bowing, and now turning to seriously head back to the gym proper.

[neveraknight]

Was he always so over the top? How crazy was it? Like he was some ambassidor or senator, or a son of one at least. He'd have felt well in Coruscant high socity. She wanted to say that no, she had never had... a date. But all she could say, as he swept out of the room, was a faint laugh and a call back to him.

"I do NOT have a delicate heart, my friend. Nor am I any maiden." She said with a laugh, shaking her head. She gave a small bow to him though and waved him off. "Go. Get your training in. And thank you for talking to me!" She said at last, moving to leave the pool area as well.

Focus and meditation were going to be needed. Though she apparently was going to have a mock date this afternoon. That could only end in tears... or laughing.