☀️ Arselia and Akonia

"Undoubtedly, it's part of my duty," Ayano decided. "You have an interesting political system in your country," the miko commented. "I don't know how serious all of this was, but if you want..." She pulled out a few ofuda from her deck. "One of these talismans, placed overnight, combined with a short prayer, can, to some extent, protect the premises from evil intentions – until the first rays of the sun. Usually, I do this for a modest fee to the Temple, but since I don't have a shrine here, I can just give them to you."
"Although, I wouldn't refuse a voluntary donation in gratitude to the Kami-sama," the Nihonka could have added, if it didn't sound rude and make the whole situation look like some kind of shady scam. So, she kept that thought to herself.

— Are you teaching acting? I wouldn't mind improving my skills.

Beata glanced at the Lunar with slight distrust, but nodded and continued.
— Antonius Blake was killed at his dacha on the night of Thursday to Friday after he had, um, "auditions" with an actress. We waited for the actress to leave the area and killed him without witnesses, as far as I can tell. As proof of my work, I cut off an ear from the corpse – my previous clients in the third Fallout, although there I handed in fingers because I was killing villains and playing a character with high karma were satisfied with my work in this way, so I decided not to change my habit," Beata patted her pocket, but didn't take out the trophy yet.
At the words about the ear, Gion made a face that said, "She's doing something crazy, and I'm embarrassed."