Not Welcome Anymore [Yuri, Shura]

Oh my.

Yuri's brows raised ever so slightly as her pace slowed, their trek through the rukongai becoming more of an idle meander now as she turned and put a more focused attention on the woman walking beside her. "The way you make it sound it almost seems like you were disowned. Can't say I know the feeling, but that sounds pretty rough." she noted with furrowed brows and audible concern in her voice as she stopped her walk and turned to face Shura at that point.

"No wonder you're out here with an expression like that. You didn't wander out here to go picking fights or anything did you?" She asked with a slight tilt of her head before promptly redirecting the path the two were taking, seemingly with a new destination in mind. "I suppose asking you what happened would be rather Nosey. Still, I can't go letting you wander around like this. Did you have something to eat today?"

Yuri raised a brow ever so slightly at that before a slow, calm smile spread across her features as she watched the woman with a level expression. How easily she could see the rough edges and defensiveness kicking in, and so halting their walk entirely, she reached out and promptly set her hand on the woman's shoulder. A brief touch intended to bring the woman for a moment out of that cloistered headspace.

"I'm not particularly interested in your family or whatever situation is going on there. I'm simply interested in someone who looks a bit lost and getting them something to eat." She assured the woman before gesturing down the path to their left. "We'll be going this way. I think that a bit of food will do you nicely, but also a bit of peace and quiet." She stated, before starting down the path, simply expecting that Shura would follow her as she did so. Pushing things a bit, perhaps. But she felt being a bit more direct would be beneficial to her. After all, a Teacher had a good sense when they came across someone in need of teaching.

It didn't take very long for them to arrive at the spot. A few minutes sure, but it was a smooth transition to the streets of the rukongai to the cool shade of trees. The streets and buildings slowly thinning out to grassland, and eventually to the edge of a forest. Naturally the rukongai proper could still be seen off in the distance, a nice clear grassy expanse between the forest and the more developed area. And Yuri eventually came to a stop along more or less the center of that grassy border.

She looked over her shoulder at Shura and offered a light smile, pleased to see that they had followed along. "Just a little further. The Estate is a bit into the forest." She pointed out and gestured to the treeline. It was a bit hard to make out at first, but lo and behold, there really WAS a trail going into the woods, and from this distance, the sight of a roof mostly shrouded by the treeline could be seen. A large estate just within the forest.

"My family Head is a bit eccentric, much as she enjoys being ingrained in the community, she decided to have the estate relocated a good twenty years ago to somewhere a bit less noisy." She explained, continuing to guide Shura to the main gate itself. One of the guardsmen offered a friendly smile and a nod before opening it for them. The woods offered cool, patchy shade as the shadow of leaves played across most of the courtyard. A few of the staff offering nod and waves to Yuri as she guided Shura toward the kitchen.

"How do you feel about western food? I'm not too partial to it, but its Lady AIban's favorite, so we'll probably find something like it for lunch. you don't mind do you?"

Yuri smiled over her shoulder at the Third seat and offered a gentle chuckle as she promptly began to get a few things ready to cook. She had no qualms working the kitchen nor letting Shura watch as she did so. Tying her hair up into a ponytail so that there was less chance of it getting in the way. She got herself an apron and for al the world, practically looked like a housewife as she went about preparing the meal. It was ultimately nothing fancy. Seasoned fried chicken, masked potatoes and gavy, as well as some string beans. Simple and filling. She of course was capable of more fancy meals, but this was just something to feed the woman.

"You know. It certainly feels like you've been through a rough patch. I can hardly read minds. But you've got the look on your face that says you've got a lot on your mind." She noted as she prepared the food, stealing a glance over her shoulder at Shura as they'd get to either watch the process or look around the kitchen.

"But more than that. You've got a look I see quite often in the academy. You look rather lost. Like you're not quite certain what you should be doing with yourself." Her expression softened at that. A bit warmer, almost motherly.

"Of course, I'm no expert. Maybe I'm just imagining things. But either way. There are some things I've been wanting to do. Me ANd my family, actually. Things in the rukongai are nice...quiet. But every now and then, something rather disturbing pops up. The incident at the hospital was something that really spoke to the sort of things going on underneath all that quiet." She set a timer and promptly turned to Shur as things finished cooking, making her way over to the woman and folding her hands infront of her waist.

"Recently, I had to shift quite a bit of focus. In Sixth division I could work directly to handle those problems. But well. Now I'm shifting to Eigth Division. For personal reasons. But well... now I can't quite devote the same attention to the things I used to focus on. You could say I've felt a little lost myself, even though I knew perfectly well what would happen and that I would need to adapt.." She noted, taking a seat beside Shura and canting her head to the side. "But, change isn't so rough when you have someone to distract you from all the chaos. I know we don't know one another, but I wouldn't mind inviting you to lunch more often. A little something to distract me from my worries." she offered with a calm smile.

Of course, the smile on her face was welcoming and calm, but it was clear she had a feeling that Shura could use company. But she didn't phrase it that way. Rather, she made it sound like it was Shura who was doing her the favor.

If this were anyone else Yuri might have been annoyed. But she had kept up with rumors and the like about Shura. And this only affirmed her suspicion. Something was IMMEASURABLY off about the woman. IN all of her descriptions shed gotten from the woman, spacing out in the middle of the conversation was absolutely not something that had ever been even implied. She had been described as an intense, focused woman. To a fault even. And seeing this woman space out and lose track of her thoughts only made it all the more clear that there was something going on.

"That so? Well I can't say I know if I'm particularly rousing to one's memories. But whatever floats your boat. It'll be nice to practice my cooking some more." Not that she needed it. Her cooking was DIVINE~ But she could probably try out a few new recipes or something. Still, a glance at the stove and she knew things would be almost done. She turned back to the Third seat and let her head cant a bit to the side.

"So. Miss Kurata. I;m sure someone like you can appreciate a bit of bluntness, so I'll go ahead and ask. What exactly WERE you out and wandering about the Rukongai for?"