You are now stuck in a large western styled mansion. Everything is clean, kept in it's place, organized. Though there is not a hint of anyone being alive, you have this strange nostalgic feeling that people once lived there. Little flickers of warmth flash and vanish as soon as they appeared
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Eleanor wanders through the dream in a towering fury, none of it showing on her pale face, only hints burning out of her dark eyes. She tips the teacups over to shatter on the floor, takes a butter knife from the kitchen to try and carve over the names. Short, focused jabs into the wood.]
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P-Please, do not do that!
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It's pointless to remember. They don't love you.
[Her words are quiet but still pack a bite.]
Idiot.
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I will not allow you to speak of Shiki-sama and Akiha-sama like that! You did not know them. You would never understand Akiha-sama's kind words or the way Shiki-sama held me close. You don't understand!
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The head of the house, Shiki-sama, is no longer here. However, I can...
*And then her face flushes a bit with embarrassment.*
You were looking for me? But I am... just a household servant.
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When she comes upon Hisui, her expression is cautious, yet kind.]
...excuse me, miss.
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Forgive me, the head of the household is not here right now. I can take a message for him.
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That's all right, it wasn't him I wished to speak to anyway. Do you have a moment?
[Somehow, Mami gets the feeling that she and Hisui are the only real ones here. Or if not entirely real, than made of firmer stuff than those phantoms on the porch, the wisps of sourceless sound within this house.]
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*Hisui puts down her broom to address Mami more formally.*
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She catches sight of the girl, and stops.] Hey, are you okay?
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Forgive me, the head of the household is away on business. If you would like I can take a message for him...
*Oh wait, the guest asked how she was doing. This is unusual, but Hisui answers without faltering.*
... I am well.
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It's good you're doing okay. Say, how long have you been here? It's pretty quiet...
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I have worked for the Tohno family since before I can remember. I have always been here.
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