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[maiderer.livejournal.com]

[ There's a new arrival by the telltale dress. She doesn't seem to have any qualms with getting it dirty, as there seems to be a bit of mental give-and-take. You take the girl from her home, give her a while to get over the initial shock... and she'll do whatever she wants with that beautiful gown you gave her. Her appreciation for finery is lacking, but, then again, no one is around to scold her for it...

... that she knows of, as of yet.

She hums. It's a lovely little tune most likely from a children's television show. Her kimono and apron and broom and a box are all folded up nicely on top of one another as she continues to move down the line of looking through the grassy blooms. Occasionally she'll pick something out from it, a certain flower or odd looking greenery-- and set it on top of the box.

A good eye can pick up something in common these plants have. ]

I really shouldn't waste much time... but I rarely get to pick myself.

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[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

I will assign Hisui to her. You will stay with me.

[Where she can keep an eye on Kohaku. And just to have her close...]

I have missed seeing you-- Hmph. Never mind.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

You have?

I'm glad to help you, even in such a bizarre fairytale land.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Mm. [Not really answering that question. She shouldn't have said anything anyways.]

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

Are we close?

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Yes. We're just inside the orchard. There's a portal to a dark and savage land called the Hollow near the mansion. I don't want you going there.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

... ? What's there, Akiha-sama?

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

Monstrous creatures. Harpies, Lamia and other such things. They attack and attempt to eat any of us that venture there.

I've had to deal with more of them than I cared to when they were invading the Gardens.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

... Does such a thing happen often...?

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I've not been here long enough to know what to truly expect.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

... It doesn't matter. I'll still be here if you need me to rely on when dangerous things like that happen.

For now, making a peaceful life out of a bizarre utopia seems like the only logical progression.

forgive the icon - tagging from work

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

For now... I can't predict what will happen in the future but I will be prepared.

[a sideways look, watching the maid] We'll have to resynchronize. I've been too long without for it to be intact still.

it's okay!

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

Understood. You really must have been here a long time...

[ She pauses. ] Akiha-sama? May I ask something regarding someone staying at the mansion for a bit?

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

[She's only been in the Garden for a month, but Kohaku's been with the branch family in the mountains for six months prior to that. But this isn't the time to talk about the inexplicable differences between things as she remembers them and as Hisui does. She has her maids and that's what matters in the end to Akiha.]

You may. I've been quite generous to those trapped here with us, offering shelter before when the monsters were roaming the Gardens. There are only a few here I won't allow on the grounds.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She's new here, just like me, and has a demeanor I'm sure you won't find disagreeable.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

What is her name and why have you taken a liking to her?

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

She goes by Black Jack, and she's a doctor. She's a very frank sort of person.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

I see. And why us? There are ample places for new arrivals to reside in.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with getting to know someone for a little while, Akiha-sama. She intends to move out when she finds a place of her own.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

[Except when they're full of SECRETS.]

Tch. [stop being right] I'll allow it. Just make it clear she is not to venture to the second floor.

[maiderer.livejournal.com]

Understood, Akiha-sama. I doubt they'll be looking for a house tour anyway.

[ritsu-kouyou.livejournal.com]

See that she doesn't. I don't want to have her asking questions.

[Akiha then gestures to the fruit bearing trees.] This is the orchard. The fruit is plentiful and there is ample wild game. There is no store, as I'm sure you've figured out. We have to hunt if we want meat.