Coffee And Conversation [Diana/Meninas]

As pleasant as Meninas had been Diana was going to take her words with a grain of salt. While the pink-haired Quincy had been nothing but helpful and honest, she was still part of the Vandenreich and it was highly unlikely she would not say anything bad about the organization she was a part of. Still, today had been an informative day and no amount of skepticism on Diana's part could detract from that. Meninas had told the blonde quite a bit about the Vandenreich and that information was exactly what the blonde was after... now all that remained to be done was to make a decision on whether or not to join. A decision of that magnitude could wait awhile, though.

"I will certainly have to take some time to think about everything you have told me." Diana calmly commented before grabbing her coffee cup and taking another drink from it. She lowered the cup and took a few seconds to think over what she was going to say next. When she had formed a statement she wanted to make she spoke again.

"Thank you for being willing to discuss the Vandenreich with me, Meninas." Diana thanked the other Quincy for their time and effort. The blonde had had quite the stroke of luck in meeting a current member of the Vandenreich who was willing to discuss it with her. She had been even more fortunate because that member had been Meninas, who was pleasant to be around and to talk to.

Diana had been asked about her travel plans, a question which made her visibly pause for a minute. She had not given her trip to Japan much thought beyond "Look for information on the Vandenreich" and she had accomplished that goal with her meeting with Meninas. The blonde Quincy had gotten what she wanted a lot sooner than anticipated and now she was at a loss as to what to do next. She had enough money to stay in Japan for three more days before she had to head home and do some work to earn back the money she had spent on travel, but she was not sure if staying for the three days was a good idea or not.

"I am not sure, Meninas." Diana replied to buy herself a little time to think. She took another sip of coffee to buy a little more time and after doing that she set the cup down and looked at the other Quincy.

"I may spend another day here before returning home." Diana finally said to Meninas. The blonde was not making something up just to give an answer. Having no family to support her meant that she was on a shoestring budget and needed to spend every dollar wisely to be able to afford rent and utilities. She would have to go back to her hotel and do the math to see if she could afford to spend another day in Japan before committing to touring Tokyo or traveling even further across Japan.

When Diana heard that Japan sometimes played host to a large number of Hollows the blonde blinked.

"There are Hollows here?" Diana asked Meninas with both sincere interest and curiosity. She had come to detest Hollows ever since they had killed her parents so long ago and she was eager to destroy them whenever and wherever they appeared. However, Diana did not currently have the strength necessary to hunt Hollows in a foreign country and stand a good chance of living to tell the tale. If she was going to stay at least one more day she would just stick to touring Tokyo instead of looking for trouble.

"I cannot tell you much about the rest of America, but my home state of Georgia is not a bad place to live. I spend a good deal of time in rural areas and small-town America, so I cannot tell you a whole lot about the big cities. However, I can tell you that Georgia's capital city Atlanta is a busy place and has a lot of vehicular traffic." Diana informed Meninas that her knowledge of Georgia's cities was limited because she did not go to them very often. The state capital of Atlanta was the largest city she had ever visited and she was impressed by what she had seen of it, but she could not tell Meninas anything a resident would know like the names of the best restaurants, how the nightlife was, or where all the tourist attractions worth visiting were located. Hopefully the pink-haired Quincy would not hold that against her.

"I have fought Hollows in my home state of Georgia several times in the past. I worked with a local militia on each occasion, so I was able to live to tell the tale. Having others around enabled me to compensate for my overall weakness, but I hope to be able to become strong enough to not have to always rely on local militias for help." Diana stated that Hollows were not a new threat to her and that she had a little bit of experience in dealing with them. Her earlier surprise had been at the fact that there were Hollows in Japan, but she had not communicated that point clearly and that was on her. Thankfully Meninas had not written her off as a hopeless backwoods rube but had instead chosen to be patient with the blonde and explain that the Hollow menace was not confined to America or Japan.

"The local militias fight of their own accord and they do their job admirably, but I always feel like I am putting them at risk by relying on them to cover for my weakness. I want to change that. I want to be able to pull my weight in a fight." Diana elaborated a little more on what she had said earlier. The blonde knew that until she could become strong enough to stand on her own it was prudent to seek the help of others, but she still felt like she was using militia members as distractions during a fight even though that was not her intent. So far she had been lucky because no one had gotten seriously hurt, but Diana knew that luck was a fickle mistress. if she did not start improving herself one day her luck might run out and someone might get seriously hurt or even killed because she could not pull her own weight.

"I travel in the woods a lot and what you say is true. The woods are scenic, but they can also be very dangerous. Sometimes there are things more dangerous than predatory wildlife traveling through them." Diana remarked on the need to be vigilant when traveling alone. Knowing the area she was traveling in helped mitigate the risk, but even someone who was at home in rural areas like her needed to exercise caution. Being so far away from civilization meant that one mistake could be fatal.

Diana listened to Meninas' next sentences and learned that the other Quincy wanted to get stronger too and they were somewhat similar to the blonde's reasons. They also shared the same theme of tragedy... to an extent. It sounded like Meninas just could not get to her father in time to prevent tragedy. Diana, on the other hand, did not even have a chance to try and save her family because she did not have what it took to help them fend off the swarm of Hollows that attacked the Remington home. Her only choices were to either run for her life or stay and end up under a tombstone like her parents.

The blonde chose not to respond to that statement because she was not looking to get a misery competition going. Both Quincies had experienced loss and both of them suffered from it in their own ways, so comparing their situations would be an exercise in futility. Instead she focused on what sounded like an offer of training should the two ever cross paths again in the future. That was an interesting proposition and one that a novice Quincy who was currently unaffiliated with any organization could not easily turn down. However, Diana suspected that there might be a cost to that assistance and was wary of that possibility.

"Would there be consequences to you training a Quincy who is not a member of the Vandenreich?" Diana calmly asked Meninas. As much as Diana was concerned that she might have to pay a price for the other Quincy's aid she was more concerned that Meninas might suffer consequences for giving someone who was not part of the Vandenreich training. The blonde did not want to jeopardize the other person's career for her own benefit if she could avoid it.