first chapter; action/video

[cagemyhappiness]

[action]

[Anyone happening to be near the outskirts today might be treated to something of an unusual sight; one of the guardian wolves padding into sight, carrying Eleanor by the scruff of her shirt. Both are soaking wet, and Eleanor bears the unmistakable signs of someone taken for a very rough ride. The watchful wolf lays her small, unconscious

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[runawayalot]

What're you s'posed to be, royalty?

[cagemyhappiness]

[staredown]

Obviously.

[runawayalot]

Well, too bad, 'cause nobody cares here. And you can't go back.

[cagemyhappiness]

You're talking rubbish. [and yet, sounding disinterested:] Of course they would care. That's how it works.

video;

[mellifluently]

No one back in your home world can hear you, I'm afraid. The vine only allows us to communicate with each other. Are you alright? You look hurt.

video;

[cagemyhappiness]

[a slow tilt of the head to one side; there's an air of consideration in the face of this new development.]

Is that so? [silence as she thinks about the idea of her absence within the childish, play-pretend society being a permanent thing] I suppose it doesn't matter, then.

I'm fine.

video;

[mellifluently]

Yes, and no one knows why. The Queen and her people won't tell us.

[She doesn't usually welcome too many people - recollecting the various ways in which she's ignorant and helpless only upsets her. But she's really more concerned about the other girl right now to get caught up in that.]

Are you sure? You have a bruise, here. [She lifts a hand to her own cheek to indicate the area.] It looks painful.

video;

[cagemyhappiness]

Well, of course not. They would lose power.

[And Eleanor, in turn, doesn't usually speak this much; but the circumstances are different now. She doesn't have a niche anymore, will no longer have her silence be understood by others. Eleanor mimics the gesture, not wincing when the bruise is touched.]

....It'll go away eventually.

[video]

[deathtrapping]

[Grace normally wouldn't bother herself with a new arrival, but this one looks young-and hurt. That bothers her.]

A-ah! A-are you okay...?

[video]

[cagemyhappiness]

Of course I am. [a touch impatiently:] You're the second person to ask. Nosiness is considered rude, I thought.

[deathtrapping]

[Oh... You're not a very cute kid 8\ Nonetheless, though, the concern for her remains.]

M-my apologies, then. It's j-just...your cheek.

[cagemyhappiness]

[NOPE, we're currently out of moe, thank you come again]

What about it?

[it hurts, of course- but then, so does the rest of her]

video

[toys_with]

[Have a real Countess, Elanor. Snobby attitude, high-class accent and all.]

I'm afraid that you won't be able to contact anyone with "Mister" as a title while you're here. This place only allows women, and no outside contact is possible as of yet.

video

[cagemyhappiness]

[sup]

....No boys?

[a long, long pause]

Very well. They're all such a pain, anyway.

video

[toys_with]

People can be such pains, women and men alike.

[She smirks, her expression rather cold, and gives a small curtsey.]

I am the Countess Ciel Phantomhive. A pleasure to meet you.

video

[cagemyhappiness]

Boys tend to smell worse.

[blankly stares, then slowly gets to her feet to return the curtsy; the protocol isn't exactly unfamiliar, fake as her own title is.]

Countess Eleanor. The same to you.

[airof]

Sorry, I don't know who any them are, but even if I did I don't think you could talk to them.

[cagemyhappiness]

Seems so.

[glances off to the side thoughtfully]

Perhaps...it's better that way. Mm. [and looking back at North Italy] Do you know what this Queen is like?

[airof]

You think so? [that's a first!]

She's really moody! Pretty, but moody. And makes an awful lot of mistakes, now that I think about it.

[cagemyhappiness]

[MY FRIENDS SUCK

tilts head to the side in a somewhat questioning way]

....moody.