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Post by elvenimp on Aug 19, 2010 23:24:48 GMT -5
The evening was windy as a storm began brewing to the west of the villa. In the dinning hall two lovely people sat at opposite ends of the long dining table. A blond women with a pink dress and a brown haired man with grey streaks in his hair. They were both chatting pleasantly about their day and the politics of the month. A blue haired young woman entered, wearing a black and white maids outfit, carrying two plates of food for the middle aged couple. She smiled and served them politely bowing. The woman smiled and so did the man but didn't say a word as they were in the middle of a conversation. The blue haired girl exited the room, almost tripping on the carpet but managing to catch her balance. If the couple needed anything else they would call.
Isabella smiled as she walked back into the kitchen to start doing the dishes. It was something that would calm her, especially since their was a storm rolling in. She hated thunderstorms and this one, she could tell, was going to be especially nasty. The dished went quickly and the couple ate and was done by the time Isabella was done. She cleaned those dished quickly as well and went to prepare the baths but she was interrupted by the man. She smiled and bowed. "What can I do for you, Master?" She asked and he smiled back. "We need no baths tonight. We are turning in early tonight." Isabella bowed once more and walked away, grateful for being let off early tonight. She head towards her small maids room in the left wing of the villa.
Laying down on her bed, before she had bothered changing, she sighed and thought of the long day she had ahead of her for tomorrow her master was holding a party. She thought of this thoroughly and went through what she was supposed to do tomorrow and made herself promise that she was not going to be as klutzy as normal. She of course fell asleep while thinking. She dreamed of nothing in particular but was violently woken up by a scream an smoke filling her room. Thunder echoed in the background and Isabella got up quickly,exiting her room and running towards her master's.
When she got there, it was hell. Blood everywhere, fire spreading, and no one there to be accountable. At least none that she noticed until they had their hand over her mouth. She tried biting his hand but got slapped for it. She was quite dizzy but slashed at the stranger and cut him across the eye with her sharpened nails. He fled though suddenly as if something had spooked him. Isabella not caring to notice, stumble over to her master and his wife. "Master! Master?" She cried out to him but he lay motionless, she heard a gurgle to her side and went to his wife's side. "Isabella." The woman choked out and there were tears in her eyes. Isabella started crying as well. "I loved you like a daughter and so did my husband. We were both so glad to have your services. Thank you." She gasped and her breathing shuddered to a faltering halt. Isabella's oxygen was depleting, breathing in to much smoke. She sobbed and screamed as she stood up and tried to get out of the villa but by the time she got to the top of the stairs her vision blurred and she blacked out, thinking, 'Please no...'
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Post by squirrel on Aug 21, 2010 2:02:43 GMT -5
((The pic of my character i'm using is my signature))
A stormy night was the best for him, chaos to reign he was perfectly at home in his small place of living. But tonight he felt he had to go out, there was something to do. He was lonely in his madness and needed a companion. He walked along an unfamiliar path just as the storm was hitting and stumbled upon a house in flames. He sat there and stared at the chaos and judged “Not bad” He thought to himself. Nature could be so cruel and mad. Hatter made his way inside the building to do a little snooping, he was here he might as well. So he moved through the burning house to each room. There really wasn’t that much to see “There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am.” He said to himself as he walked through the house, then he found a room with blood everywhere. He saw a few bodies and one still living. This one intrigued him, he watched her from a distance until he saw someone come up behind her and this did not please him. This was his horror that he was enjoying and what right did anyone else have to his fun.
He quickly moved over behind the guy and ripped him from the girl and booted him out of the house. Hatter was going to turn to the girl and say something but she had already run off. He sighed “If I must chase” he said with a huge grin and followed suit. He found the girl passed out at the end of the hallway, he walked up to her and crouched down next to her. “Lookie what I found” he clapped to himself and slung the girl over his shoulder.
Hatter found a nice place for her to sleep at his home. The small couch in the living room, he sat in the dark corner off to the side and stared at her. He thought of all the wonderful and horrible things he could do to her. All she had to do was wake up and the fun would begin. Hatter sat there staring at his watch waiting for the time to start up again.
((Hope this is ok))
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 22, 2010 18:50:45 GMT -5
Isabella started awake. Her mind in shambles though when she felt something soft underneath of her she though that last night had been a dream. Not taking in her surroundings at first she swung her legs, over what she thought was her bed and stretched. This set off something in her lungs that caused them to feel tight and her throat started to burn some. She thought that this was odd and that maybe she might have been sick but then she realized that where she was smelled different and she opened her routine orientated eyes and saw that she was in someplace different and that her lungs and throat were feeling funny because of the smoke inhalation. Her eyes teared up some and she rested her elbows on her knees and her head in her hands.
She sat like this for a few moments before looking up, deciding to figure out where she was and who her knew master was to be. She hadn't cried however but had thought out her situation and knew that it was never a good thing to get to attached to her master. She wanted to cry badly but figured she would have time to later and right now she needed to figure out whose eyes she felt on her. "Hello?" She called out and looked around. There were shadows everywhere so she really had no idea where someone could be. She also hoped that it hadn't been the murderous bastard who had killed her master and his wife.
Her blue hair was in knots so Isabella ran her fingers through it, trying to look somewhat presentable. She tried to flaten out the wrinkles in her black and white maids dress and retied the ribbon around her neck. Her ears were drooped down as she was sad and her tail did not have the usual swishing that normally accompanied her but the rest of her tried to look happy enough. She was lucky to be alive and would thank whomever had saved her. She owed her life and servitude to whomever it was and no matter what she would try to please her master or mistress.
((Love your post and thank you for posting. Sorry I didn't post right away but it was my birthday yesterday and I had work all day today.))
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Post by squirrel on Aug 22, 2010 23:55:03 GMT -5
When he saw the girl wake he got very excited but stayed where he was at. He had a plan and he was going to see it through if it...nope "I’m investigation things that begin with the letter M. Moron, Mutiny, Murder, Ma…” He said when she called out. He wondered though why she had not turned to him to begin with. 'Can she not see?' He wondered to himself then just let it go.
Hatter leaned forward and set a cup of water in front of her and made it apparent that there was a glass in front of her with out saying anything. He wanted her to answer his question with the correct answer and if he said something now it might throw her off. So the Hatter sat and waited to hear her reply.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 23, 2010 21:38:56 GMT -5
Her ears twitched when she heard his voice. The speech was odd and as he had left it of with an 'ma' she figured she was supposed to answer with . She thought for a moment and noticed the water. She looked down at it, her body wanting it badly but she had been trained to only do things when you are told to and unless he told her she could drink whenever she wanted. Her face contorted into that of one thinking about something and then she turned to look at the man whom she believed was to be her new master, however weird the demands, though she did have her limit.
"Um Mayhem? Marquis, marriage, macabre, madness???" She liked her first answer best as she thought it to fit with the rest of the words in a sub sequential order though she really had no idea what she was supposed to answer and hoped he wasn't someone who hit their servants if they did something wrong. She still eyed the water greedily though she asked nothing about it. "I wanted to thank you for saving my life. If it was you who took me out of the fire." She then spoke softly and looked away from the water and at the man. "My name is Isabella but I will answer to whatever you wish to call me. I will serve you in the best way I can." She bowed down to him and then straitened herself out, wondering what he was thinking.
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Post by squirrel on Aug 23, 2010 21:57:18 GMT -5
She was an odd one and didn't quite get his joke but he would live with it. Maybe he could try it out on her later but for now his concern lied in the fact that she had not drank the water. He knew that she must have inhaled smoke and that was bad, drinking water would help a little and she needed to sit.
He leaned forward a little bit "Not what I was going for but none the less..." he said getting to his feet and picked up the water. He walked over to her and gently placed his hands on her shoulders and made her sit "No standing right now. You've inhaled smoke, drink" he placed the glass in her hand. "I'm Hatter. That's all you need to call me and as of right now I only want you to get some rest Isabella" he said and got up from the couch he had placed her on to walk into his small kitchen.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 24, 2010 14:16:13 GMT -5
Disappointment shone in Isabella's eyes when he said that that hadn't been what he was going for. She wondered what in the world he could have wanted then. Were her words not right? Or was it something that she must have completely missed? This gave her a headache or rather is caused her to realize that she had a headache and that it was worsening the more she tried to think. Her tail twitched irritably back and forth with the unease of being in someplace new and not knowing how to act.
Isabella was grateful but slightly surprised when Hatter, as she had been instructed to call him, pushed her down into the seat and handed her the water telling her to drink and rest. She almost protested saying that she was fine but she decided against that as she felt the cool water through the glass and her throat craved it as did her body. The smoke had dehydrated her and also she would most likely cough for the next day or so as her lungs cleared themselves of the toxins.
She sipped on the water as she watched him walk into what she assumed to be the kitchen. The water felt cool against her dry and slightly burned throat and she closed her eyes as the pain started to ebb away. Her headache however persisted and she coughed every once in a while between drinks but slowly she started to feel a bit better. Enough better that she could swallow with out it hurting but she knew that she would need to keep drinking water or else it wouldn't stay like that. "Thank you." She said in a normal toned voice. She felt it was polite to thank him for the water as he really had no obligation to have given it to her. Her dark sapphire eyes surveyed the area around her. She wanted to get a feel of what this man was like and you could usually tell by the surroundings they put around themselves.
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Post by squirrel on Aug 24, 2010 16:06:37 GMT -5
Hatter went about his business around the house and got things a little tidy as he tried to figure out why he had grabbed this girl instead of just leaving her there. He had no use for a maid as it seemed she was by the way she dressed. Then there was the other thing...he was a little...well a lot bonkers. As he watched her look around her place he felt proud.
It was dark and foreboding. There were lots of odd paintings on the way depicting suffering, or pain that sat right next to paintings that were romantic. It would however look very unorthodox to anyone with a normal mind. But to the Hatter the place soothed and relaxed him because something was just as crazy as him. "You can look around if you so chose" he said pouring himself a cup of tea and walking back to the living room.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 24, 2010 21:06:17 GMT -5
It was quite an odd place especially when Isabella compared it to her old masters villa. It had been bright and cheery with light blues and pinks. Quite a feminine touch because of her masters wife. But there was something oddly cozy about the place however it did make her a little nervous but not to much since the man had given her water and told her to rest...unless that was a front and he was really cruel? Isabella didn't think that to be the case. She tended to try to see the best in people no matter how obviously nasty they were.
When she told him that she could look around she nodded her head and got up slowly, taking the empty water glass with her. She could smell the tea he had and it she found it quite yummy smelling though she didn't think she should have any as her throat was raw feeling. She walked up to two paintings that were next to each other. She had pegged them as her favorites right away and smiled as she took a closer look.
After getting her fill of the pictures and walking around a little more to get accustomed to the darker tone of decor, Isabella walked back to the living room. Her ears were a little less drooped even though she was still sad because of her loss. She knew she would have to get over it and that bad things happened though she did have a slight wanting of vengeance on the one who had murdered her master and his wife. She sat back down on the couch after feeling a little dizzy and finished her water before asking, "I was wondering, if I might ask mast---I mean Hatter, why did you save me?" She was what some would call a cat and therefore she had to be curious. Right?
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Post by squirrel on Aug 24, 2010 21:56:49 GMT -5
He watched her walk around and a smile came to his face as he sipped his tea. She would be a wonderful pet to his collection and that thought only fueled more to his plan. He couldn't wait to get things started and see her reactions. Those were the fun parts to his games and riddles. When she sat back down he pushed a chine cup towards her and poured her some tea "The warm liquid will help your throat if it feels rough" he said and sat back against his seat.
His smile grew even wider at her question. He pondered on her question for just a minute waiting to see how long she would wait for him to answer but she was new and it would be a little bit before she understood how he worked...if she stayed around that long. "Well, I enjoy watching things happen such as the fire set to your masters house I'm guess. I was on a stroll through the neighborhood and stopped to watch and I wanted to get a closer look so I went inside..." he sipped his tea slowly "I noticed a man...I must have scared him off cause when he saw me he ran" He set his cup down and poured another "then I noticed you passed out and figured why not....so I brought you to my home" he shrugged it off like it was no big deal but he did have such big plan for her.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 24, 2010 22:34:05 GMT -5
Isabella smiled slightly and took the tea cup, sipping down the tea slowly and she was surprised to find that it did make it feel better. Her face looked more relaxed as she took another sip, her eyes closed. It tasted good to her and it made her feel a bit more better than she had before. She held the tea cup as it warmed her hands and listened to his explanation. It was odd enough and Isabella thought that the strangest part was walking in when there was a fire going on though she was grateful that he had scared off the man and then he had taken her with him. She was wondering a little on this mans sanity but she owed him her life and also her servitude so she would serve him until he told her otherwise. "That is a little odd but still I thank you." She used her formal language with him. She didn't know him and would be as polite as possible for a while.
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Post by squirrel on Aug 24, 2010 23:59:31 GMT -5
"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” He stated to her statement and sipped his tea thinking of things they could do. He wanted her to rest so that she would be fit for when he told her what would be going on in his house and what she could do but he wasn't sure if he should tell her that she could go at any time. He took a deep breath and set his cup down "Your room is down the hall and to the right, mine is on the left. There's a bathroom in the hall first door on the left. The fridge has any kind of food you could want not much in the way of drinks. There's plenty of books if you like to read and there's a garden out back" He said in a polite matter, not really telling her what to do and picked up his tea again.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 25, 2010 13:54:37 GMT -5
Isabella had a small amount of difficulty following what he said but in an odd way it made sense though contradictory she thought. "I think I get what you're saying." She commented, her face in thought as she took another sip of her drink. He seemed to be an odd ball though she wasn't quite sure if he was actually somewhat insane or if he was just different. All would come in time however as she yawned she found herself wanting to sleep.
She nodded her head as he told her where everything was and finished her tea. Isabella sat there for a few moments longer, the silence feeling a little awkward to her but she didn't know what Hatter was thinking. She stood, still holding her cup wondering if she should do the dishes or not. It was quite an odd thing, not getting her orders right away. "What would you like me to do with the cup?" She asked. Depending on her answer she would do with it what he told her and then go to the bathroom and see if she could wash herself a little and then most likely go to sleep. She wanted to see the garden but her eyes felt heavy and her body wanted her to get real sleep.
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Post by squirrel on Aug 25, 2010 16:15:14 GMT -5
He watched her work out his own madness and it made him smile. She would never work him out, no one has and she never would...if his game worked she would be as mad as him. Just depended on how long it would take. "Just leave it on the table, I'll take care of it. You go and rest. It's been a long day" He said sipping at his tea watching her every move. He was learning her ways, her thought patterns.
Hatter relaxed against his chair just sipping at his tea, watching her. Wondering if he could make her uncomfortable. He loved to watch people and learn their motives.
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Post by elvenimp on Aug 25, 2010 19:41:58 GMT -5
"Thank you." She spoke and walked into the bathroom. She splashed her face with cold water, not bothering the observe her surroundings. She felt too tired to actually wash herself but she probably smelled of smoke badly, she couldn't really tell at the moment. She sighed and wished she didn't feel as if she had to act so polite and maid like even though that had been what she had been her whole life, luckily she had only been given to older families so she was never used as a sex slave.
She gave herself up and walked into the bedroom, laying down and passing out almost instantly. Her dreams held swirls of colors and strange voices. There was one face and that was Hatter. In her dream she was confused to why it was floating around chanting odd things. Though when she woke up the dream was forgotten except for two things. One was that the color red showed up a lot and two she had been really confused. She sat up in bed and groaned some, realizing suddenly that she was extremely hungry, her stomach talking loudly.
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