Good Tidings [Catherine, Ulquiorra]

God this city felt like a maze to navigate at times...

Her phone was open to follow the navigation, the route to the address plain as day on her phone, but she was already taking shortcuts through alleyways and fence-hopping; guess they didn't get the GPS all sorted out yet, annoying. City planning must've been a nightmare, if there was any planning at all, dropping a city in the middle of the ocean and whatever.

Finally, she was at the apartments and going up the elevator to the designated floor, pulling the small parcel out of her bag as she'd walk up to the recipient's door, raise a fist to knock, but stop. She'd instead open her texts and send a message that she was here with the item. She was dressed rather nicely, a long-sleeved summer dress with her legs entirely obscured by stockings that reached far past her long skirt's length.

Now to wait, she said she'd be home at this time...

There she was, a pale face poking out to greet her. Though when questioned as to if everything was alright, she'd raise an eyebrow and put a fist on her hip, her other hand occupied with the order, "Huh? Yeah everything's fine. I just came by to visit and drop off your commission. Getting around this city's fucking annoying."

Glancing at what little she could see past that dark head, she'd return eye contact, "Bad time? I can just leave it at the door."

Sounded good to her. Though she was privy to a rather upsetting sight when she walked in, immediately averting her gaze when she caught even a small glance of someone she considered a subject of research and an acquaintance in the nude. Flush hit her face hard when she thought it reasonable to pat her on the head, waving her hand away and turning away fully.

"Could you at least wrap the towel around your body so I don't have to see all your junk?" She'd say with a bout of frustration, putting the package on the nearest stable surface. She knew Ulqi was kind of weird, so it wasn't like this was unexpected, but seeing other people naked just made her feel uncomfortable if it was something that could be changed quickly, "Also quit patting my head, you watch too much anime."

Another piece for her to work with? She kept her eyes averted if Ulquiorra didn't otherwise make an indication she covered herself up, covering them with her hands to only narrowly see what was being offered to her.

"Huh, never seen quartz like that before. From Hueco Mundo?" She'd question with a bit of curiosity, never did she really manage to get her hands on any materials from there, "If you got any extra or think you could get more, I could take that as payment instead of cash this time."

A resigned sigh left her, "There's being pragmatic and there's being naked when you got company over..."

Relief came over when she heard her put clothes on, dropping her hands and looking her way. Man, for someone as seemingly dignified and graceful as her, she sure did dress like a dork and did poor with social cues. It was quirks like that which convinced more of a sense of comfort in her company - the weird, stupid, or visibly imperfect types were the least likely to lie and backstab her.

"Oh yeah, I always forget you don't have actual plants over there. Weird," She gave the piece handed to her a good look. It was clear, yet well endowed with inclusions - definitely was naturally grown and riddled with it's own eccentricities.

"There's variants? Yeah, if you're able to grab a sampling of a few different ones and what kind of tree they came from, that'd be great," Still inspecting the piece quite thoroughly, she'd nod, "I've been trying to figure out how to emulate Bala and Ceros, but every material i've used for a rod either melts or deteriorates quickly with hollow energy."

That made too much sense that it actually made her a bit upset, but she put her feelings on that aside. She was quite proud of her work, as any craftsman should be, and seemed to have some subtle glow of joy with Ulquiorra putting it on, even in such a discreet place. It wasn't like she was dying to advertise - she had several projects that had to be done when she was finished here. The choice in emerald definitely matched her eyes, as jewelry should.

"Well I didn't mean I was... Okay nevermind." She'd sigh, there was no need to divulge into the raw details of something that wasn't required to be spoken about, coming over and sitting next to her. If it meant she got a demonstration, well she had her notepad ready.