Kazu
The rapping knock of bronze against bronze broke Kazu out of his panicked pacing, freezing the man mid-step. He stared at the door and just...stared. In silence. As the seconds ticked by.
Ah, I should probably answer that, he thought, willing his legs to carry him forward, which was more of a struggle than it should have been, thanks in part to his nerves.
Taking a deep breath as he set a pale hand on the doorknob, Kazu pressed down and opened the door with as much enthusiasm as he could muster. This was apparently quite a bit, as the door went flying, revealing Kazu in a very dramatic fashion. Embarrassed and pale faced, Kazu gave a nervous chuckle at his own awkwardness and said, "Welcome to my home! You must be Oliver, please, please, come in." He stepped aside and gestured widely for the man to enter his home, his smile wide and bright.
"My name is Kazu, welcome again. This is the foyer. Thankfully it's clean. It's probably one of the few rooms in the house I'm able to keep up with, in all honestly..." Kazu trailed off as he walked into the foyer. It was a room with high ceilings and large open windows. A spiral staircase lead up to the second floor, the ornate and polished dark wood offset by golden banisters, and arranged around the foyer were chairs and a few small tables. "Can I offer you anything to eat or drink? I've got wine for the occasion, and I've also got an array of hors d'oeuvres... Or perhaps you'd just rather skip straight to the interview?" He raised a brow curiously, a hand resting on a table with a bottle of wine and a silver platter arranged with small finger foods.
"I won't lie," Kazu said, glancing up the staircase to the second floor. "There's a lot of rooms here, and I'm currently the only one living in this house. Uh...manor? I try my best to keep things neat and orderly, but I can't resist bringing things back from my travels. Things got away from me, and...honestly I don't even know where to start any more." The man sighed with a shrug. "The place is a mess, and I'm just one man with a lot to do and cleaning tends to, uh, fall to the wayside..."
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