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 Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:06 pm
"No, I didn't fall asleep" Anabel giggled as she came back from around the door in a simple tan blouse with a leather corset that fit around the waist, "but, all I really have left is Harvesting, Watering, Selling, And Canning..." With a laugh she added, "Which is pretty much the whole thing!"
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Ive shouted the order to the back, and someone came up with a teapot, tea, a tray of sugar cubes, and a cup with a saucer under it on a tray, "Here's your tea, miss." The timid waiter set the tea at a near by table and scurried back to the kitchen to finish cooking.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:14 pm
"Hmm, that doesn't sound so bad, I'll do what I can until my appointment at noon, then after that I will rejoin you in whatever it is you're doing then, but how about for supper we dine out at Ive's my treat?" Vermillion stood up from the floor placing the drawings and notes in a leather case along with all the materials he used to draw with.
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Sorrow looked at the table and then at the stool she was sitting at the bar on; "I take it I'm moving to the table...well the room isn't in need of much so no housekeeping is needed." Sorrow slid off her stool stretching her wings and her arms before dropping and folding them back into place for the short walk to her table.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:23 pm
Anabel blushed softly and smiled, "Umm... Sure, but what is it you have to do at Noon? If it's not too nosy of me to be asking." Anabel slipped out her door and waited for him to follow before she began her chores.
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Ive chuckled, "Honey, For what you ordered... It wouldn't fit on the bar... You'd have to move eventually. Plus, Here, We use the tables in the morning and noon hours, then the bar is for the night crowd..."
Setting the last of her dishes on the massive hanging drying rack, she walked to the beginning and began putting the dishes away, "So, How do you know Kaos Kessaku?" she asked as she attempted to make small talk with the stranger.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:37 pm
"I met him in the forests around Arias, he tried to kill me, fell short of that, and through events in my trying to take him to Harper's Ferry Asylum he escaped into the trees." Sorrow fixed her first cup of tea and sipped at it slowly.
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Vermillion stepped into his room long enough to set the leather case under his covers. He hurried back to Anabel answering her question; "The gentlemen who spoke with Vaine last night is very talented, and said with proper research he could possibly restore your vision. So he needs to see the seal to properly prepare, and it is with hopes he can do more then restore your vision."
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:42 pm
Ive chuckled, "So you met him After Kartane took over him... I see." She looked into the mirror and noticed that the woman looking back at her had a hint of worry in her eyes, "Did he have any children?"
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"Really..." she muttered as she walked down the stairs of her home, to the right, through the kitchen and out the back door, "That's.... Remarkable... Perhaps he would like to see it for himself as well... The sketches are great, And will help when I'm not around, but..." she shook her head unable to grasp the fact that she might actually live.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:58 pm
On the back swing of her hand Vermillion caught it and pulled Anabel to a stop coming around to face her still holding her hand. "Anabel, are you okay with this, the way you sound makes me worry, and if you're uncomfortable with this please tell me now."
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Sorrow narrowed her eyes behind the tea cup; "Not in any of the instances I met him, but why all the questions Ive? What do you really want to know about Kaos?"
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:14 pm
Ive took a deep breath and placed a stack of white dishes on a cart, "Just trying to make conversation, Sorrow... So far Kaos is the only connection I have with you, And I have nothing else to talk to you about... Aside from the weather, and How your day has been... even though it just started."
The waiter came out with her two eggs and two pieces of toast cut into triangles on either side of the eggs, "Your hash browns will be up soon. Is there anything else I can get you?"
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Anabel looked slightly down and sighed, "I've been living my life like i was going to die, Vermillion. And now that I might live... I'm kind of nervous..." she pulled her arms in around her and tensed, "It's so weird to think that I could actually live to see next spring..." She closed her eyes and turned away from him as the tears began to stream down her face.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:23 pm
Sorrow set her cup down and shook her head; "No, I'm fine for the moment, but thank you." Sorrow looked over at Ive briefly before looking at her plate and started cutting her eggs into small pieces. "Kaos has two children, one was kidnapped the other is staying with one of my brothers, but if you don't mind me asking. How do you know so much about Kaos yourself? You knew Kartane was with him, so you've met Kaos and known him long enough to see Kartane possess him?"
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:43 pm
Vermillion pulled her back into his chest hugging her softly; "If you live you live, if the unknown troubles you, take solace in asking me for a hug. I'll pause in whatever I'm doing to give you the peace of mind that so long as my arms stay wrapped around you the problems of the world will not trouble you."
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:53 pm
Ive passed the cart off on the waiter going back to the kitchen and began taking down the next stack of dishes, "My father was good friends with him, So I got to see him a lot though out my childhood, and he was my escort when my father decided to move our tribe."
She leaned over on the bar and met Sorrows eyes, "Why are you getting so interested in how I know him? Y'curious about him?"
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Anabel wrapped her arms around his shoulders and smiled, "Thank you..." she whispered as she released him and dried her tears. "This work isn't going to get done if I sit here and cry... Let's get something done... It'll help clear my mind." Anabel slipped into her dirty gardening slippers and walked out the back door.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:11 pm
Sorrow smirked as she blew on the surface of her tea for a moment; "I am merely interested in how you know so much, yet ask me how much I know, curious...more like trying to keep myself out of trouble with the man. Then I have Kartane telling me he thinks he sees some other lady when he looks at me..." Sorrow took a drink setting her tea cup down; "It only makes the romance only that much more false and unwanted." Sorrow bit into her toast loudly.
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Vermillion followed her out; "So what do you wish for me to start on first, harvesting, watering, canning, selling, or weeding?"
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:15 pm
Anabel smiled, "We have to harvest everything before we water, and when we finish harvesting I'll bring the wagon down to Ive with the neighbors mule, and you could start on watering when I do that." she said as she returned to her wagon and picked up where she left off.
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"The Romance, Huh?" Ive smiled as she returned to her dishes.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:01 pm
Vermillion nodded, and drawing his knife he picked up a basket and began picking beans. He was quick at it the flick of his wrist and the tip catching the little tip of the bean holding it to the plant. Once in a while he would catch one just right and the blade would ring slightly until Vermillion put his thumb on the blade to silence it.
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Sorrow merely finished her eggs and toast not knowing if she was asking a question of merely giving an answer in the form of a question.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:58 pm
The waiter returned with the hash browns, a dish of butter, and some ketchup, just in case she wanted some for the sliced up potatoes, "Is there anything else I can get you? More tea?"
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Anabel gathered the tomatoes in her dress and when she had so many her skirt almost came down, she hustled over to the wagon and put them into their compartment. It filled quickly, so she placed the rest of the tomatoes into baskets and set them by the wagon to be canned.
After the tomatoes she moved onto peppers of every color and carrots. that was about all Vermillion had time for, as it was getting close to noon, "you'd best clean up... If you want to look nice for your guest... It's about quarter to now."
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:42 pm
"No, I'll be fine, but I'll take the bill whenever you get to it though." Sorrow stirred some ketchup into the hash browns before consuming them.
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Vermillion stood up bringing this final basket load over to set by the cart. He drew a bucket of water from the well and used it to wash up with. "If you need anything don't hesitate to holler." Vermillion excused himself to head inside and taking the later case from under his covers he returned to the living room to await the knock at the door.
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