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Tolly came over and placed his hands on her shoulders; "You take Ailes like you planned, Lisa, Jezabelle, and I will keep an eye on Toole. Not to mention his workload will keep him busy enough not to do anything stupid." Tolly helped her out by moving to the correct cabinent and holding it open while he put other dishes away. "It will be okay Ive, you on the other hand need the time with your daughter, so continue forward with you plan. If things get too bad I'll escort his tail to Rodasia."

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Jezabelle bailed out of her chair onto the floor to gather the paper and stuffed it into her pocket. She wrote out from her knees the next bit and set it in front of Ailes, and she was shedding tears now so confused and scared.

"I'm sorry, i don't know how to be a friend, i was taught how to take orders, toole hasn't taught me how to be a friend yet, and i can't complete your order cause I don't know how please don't be angry with me. i'm sorry i'm so ignorant and unable."

Tolly twisted his wrist and held onto her hand; "I've never faced what you have gone through, but i've seen its effects in many of the students I teach. Now..." Tolly opened a cabinent and slid out a bottle between his tumb and pointing finger, and moving over still holding her hand he took two glasses in each finger. "I do my best thinking at night, and i need to discuss a plan for getting the front of your Inn fixed."

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"Ailes stop...!" Lisa had come into the room to see what the commontion was about. "You must be paitent with her." Jezabelle seemed frozen, she didn't move her hand, or make any movement to say or do anything. Lisa stopped beside the two of them; "Ailes, i know its frustrating, but its just as frustraitng for me or Toole. So don't think its just you, because we're all fighting 20 years of beatings, being told what to do, and what they expected out of her with little instruction.

Now jezabelle began to move and letting go of Ailes she push Lisa back a bit. She moved over picking her pad up and wrote out on a fresh page.

"I won't ask you, but i will continue to serve you should you ask me. I love serving, it is what I am good at, and will continue my dutites for the meals. If Ailes is what you want to be announced then i will forego the title as requested."

Jezabelle took Ailes hand and moved into the kitchen and through the pantry doors, and through another set of doors into the cooks quarters. This had to be the most sparesly decorated room in the house. Lisa followed them in after nodding to the two in the kitchen.

Jezabelle opened a drawer and withdrew a sheet of paper that had two wax seals on it. She gave it to Ailes to look at while she wrote more on the pgae she had started.

"This is the only thing I have saying i'm free, its basically transfer of ownership, but the rules of slavery are not listed in the non applicalbe section. Please don't tear that up either since that is the only legal paper proving my sale to Toole, and if traders come through her without it i can be taken back reguardless of what you or him say."

Jezabelle became nervous again, but she did take Ailes hand again using a single hand to write with. She tore the page off and slid it atop the sheet Ailes was holding.

'If you can get everyone in this household and the Queen of Arynia to sing a contract saying the rules no longer apply to me, then I would feel much better about telling you things i normally wouldn't."

lisa had a confused look; "So all we half to do is get Isabella, Tolly, myself, Toole, and Ailes to sign a drafted contract saying the rules no longer apply. Then you wouldn't be so afraid anymore to show your feelings?" Jezabelle nodded, but she wrote another sheet and handed it to Lisa, and she read it aloud for Ailes; "I still wish to serve though, clean, and help out, and be forgiving should I slip up and fall back on old ways."



Jezabelle

Tolly poured the glasses and gave it a swirl before setting it beside her. "Wonder why i needed to sign something that is already been dealt with by Toole."

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(in a dream until separated by a line like above)

the blood dripped off him, and no matter what he did Ailes wouldn't stop crying. Their parents were arguing about who was to blame.

as the dream began to loose focus, it began to scare the hell out of him. Toole..........Toole...... he heard Ailes soft voice, and he turned to face it and what greeted him wasn't Ailes, but the half rotted corspe of his sister. "You can't protect her, you couldn't even save me, you stayed in that hole like a coward. How can you promise what you never intend to keep?"


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Toole was really tossing and turning now, and he eventually fell out of bed. In a matter of seconds he had a sword in his right hand and was hacking the bedsheet off that had gotten twisted and wrapped around him.

It was bound to happen and the blade clipped his leg, and the pain shot his eyes open the blade falling to the floor. The room came into focus so slowly, now the pain turned to fear as Ailes was curled up in a ball shivering right there on the bed. He said nothing at all, his heavy breathing, and the blood seeping out onto the floor. After the longest moment he sat down right where he was at, putting his head in his hands he wept. He had no idea if he had come close or had he not hit himself that he may have struck Ailes with his sword by mistake.

The nightmare was so vivid, so full of hatred, but yet deep with fear at the end. He had no idea how it happened since it just happened, he couldn't remember anything except the men, the blood, a little girl, and the knife in his hand. The names were fuzzy by now as he began to clam down and the pain took over.

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Jezabelle looked at Lisa and wrote out; "Somehow even with the contract amended, i won't be a very good friend, because the things she asks i don't know how to do."

Lisa smiled; "You're telling me your problems now, so that is one thing you have down, you tell them anything else its about the same thing. Even if its late at night you can go to them with reasonable doubts that you feel can't wait until morning."

Jezabelle wrote out; "How do you hug, and Hang out?"

Lisa smiled and gave Jezabelle a hug; "This is a hug, now here you try."

Jezabelle set her pad down spreading her arms she started forward and wrapped her arms around Lisa and squeezed. Lisa winced as Jezabelles claws dug into her back; "ow ow ow ow, Jezabelle stop, your claws." Jezabelle let go as if spring loaded, and looked scared as she wrote out on the pad. "What did i do wrong, i'm sorry, maybe I shouldn't give hugs."

Lisa shook her head rubbing her back; "No, you just can't dig your claws into the back of who your hugging. There is a interim solution, stay here..."

Lisa walked back into the pantry and grabbed two oven mitts and returned slipping one on each of Jezabelle paws; "now hug me again."

Jezabelle tried again, and after a few managed to get the right amount of squeezing pressure. Lisa shrugged when Jezabelle rewrote the question on hanging out. "I have no clue what that means Jezabelle. Ask her when she gets back."

"I'm so sorry Ailes, I was too late, there was nothing i could do to save her that memory. I killed them all, and still she cried unconsolable. They argued who was at fault..." Toole listen enough to Ailes to stretch his injured leg out with a hissing intake of breath. It was just so real, and to wake up and see how close I could have come to hurting you really back or worse. I'm scared Ailes, really scared, because in all my dreams i've never once drew a weapons while asleep."

Toole felt cold and shivered a bit.

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"I must say she inherited her mothers beauty." Tolly tipped the top of his glass towars Ive before taking a sip.

"i'm too scared to go back to sleep, and it hurts too much to move. So i'll probably be alright for a minute or two, and don't do this all on your own wake someone up if you must. There is no sense in both of us ending up in bed, because then i would feel even worse."

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Tolly capped the bottle and slid it into a pouch on his side. He offered his hand; "Lets go for a walk, granted the city is a wreck, but long before the city there was the stary sky to take pleasure in.

Tolly took it rather firmly; "If were less then noble in my intentions." Tolly lifted her hand and kissed the top of her hand, before moving over yet keeping his body facing her he pulled her along softly touching the backdoor it clicked and opened wide enough for them to exit.

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Lisa poked her head out of the pantry; 'Well shoot Jezabelle there gone, guess you have no choice but to practice on Ailes when she brings the paper back."

Lisa walked out into the kitchen and satisfied with everything she turned the lights low. "Well Jezabelle, i will see you in the morning, i'm going to go see if i have a home left to go to, if not I'll be back tonight so leave the back door unlocked ok?" Jezabelle nodded and bowed with the oven mitts still on her hands.

After Lisa left Jezabelle went back to her room and sat patiently staring at the door for Ailes to return with the paper.

Toole was sleeping again by the time the cloth was placed on his leg. He seemed at peace now, the soft rise and fall of his chest normal, and there was no twitching or temor in his extremities. The glass he drank from loose in his grip and in danger of falling on its side.

The scraping of metal on the floor and the dull ring of a blade foretold another was in the room. Someone had picked up Toole's sword. Jezabelle seemed sad, and moving over to where the contact set unfinished she looked at it briefly before setting it aside for a small box of ornate design and gold inlays. Opening this box, took from it a small cloth and wipping up the blade towards the hilt the blade seemed to vanish behind the cloth until nothing but the familar ring on Toole's right hand remained. She set this in the spot in the velet of the box, and moving over to the edge of the bed she motioned quietly at Toole's left hand. She made the motion of pulling a ring of her finger, and waited for Ailes to remove it for her."

Jezabelle put the ring in the box and closed the lid. She placed it back where she took the box, from and pulling a note from her pocket she left it on the bed as she headed for the door.

"I will make some tea, and be back to clean up the blood on the floor."

Jezabelle left the door to the room cracked slightly after she walked out, the bright hall lights dimming, but still cast a line across the room.

A half hour later the door opened and in one hand was a tray with tea and cups. In her other hand at her side a bucket. She manuvered the tray with skill and set it down on her side of the bed.

For working a scrub brush and using water Jezabelle was super quiet. When it came to the carpet though, she moved the bucket as close as she could without being on the carpet. She drew a circle around the stain, and where her finger traced it began to give off a faint blue light. Jezabelle sat back on her legs, her jewel began glowing brightly, the blood began to rise up and pool in the air, dried pieces of blood joined the mass, dirt, hair, anything in the carpet fibers lifted out of it and joined the mass. When the stain was gone she carefuly shifted her hand over maunvering the mass of blood, dirt, and gods only know what else over the bucket. She lowered it in and broke her spell in a forceful exhale and a few quick gasps.

She didn't seem to know how to use magic all that well, and she was shaky getting back on her feet. She set another note beside Ailes.

"I will set this outside the door, and come back to have tea."

Jezabelle carried the bucket to the door and set it outside pulling the door closed. She came back and set down taking a moment to rest and finish catching her breath.