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 Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:30 pm
Honestly, Shinju was getting more and more confused. She honestly didn't understand what Gaston was going on about, but as long as Peter was back in the stroller, it was just words, and she could handle words! "Rent him? Are you serious?" Who in their right mind would rent a child? Aside from creeps, of course. She had to tread lightly. Under any normal situation, yes, she could easily just turn and walk away. But this... this was the mayor! He had authority! And power! There was something oddly appealing about staying on his good side. And Shinju had always been surprisingly obedient when it came to authority figures, so... she couldn't just run away! "You know, if you wanted a playmate for your son, you could just ask..." No, you stupid girl! You lost your chance! Shinju had no idea what she was signing herself up for. Hopefully Peter wouldn't hold this against her when he was older.
Kotone let out a sigh and shoved her hands into her pockets. Stupid adults, acting like they knew everything! "Okay, okay, fine. Geez..." she grumbled and pouted before turning away and shuffling off towards the music. How lame. Her good mood had been ruined, just because that woman didn't want her running around!
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:44 am
Gaston shook his head and laughed at Shinju. Ah, why wasn't he interacting with the peasants more often? They were positively hilarious! He would have such fun telling Reinbech all about how silly this woman here was! In fact.. The man looked back at the stairs where his brother stood and took in a deep breath to boom at a passing servant, “Fetch me my brother!” The woman let out a small 'eep' in surprise and dropped the tray of fancy little sausages in surprise as her master had yelled into her ear. She blinked wide eyes up at him before nodding quickly and running off to Reinbech to tell him that master Gaston requested his presence without a moment to lose!
In the meantime, Gaston turned back to Shinju and smiled broadly, “Ah! Then you agree, peasant! Perfect!” Well, of course she agreed! Who knew what horrors would befall her if she denied a request directly from her king?! Honestly, the woman should be happy she hadn't been rebellious or anything. He took a wallet from his pants, because, yes, even Gaston carried a wallet and opened it to pull out a roll of hundreds. ..What? Just because he had a ruby-studded golden wallet like every commoner didn't mean he carried change as small as the next man! He had standards, after all! He dropped the roll of what would surely amount to a thousand dollars, more or less, and clapped his hands. “I shall rent him for the weekend, then! Jade,” Oh, my, had Gaston actually learned someone's name?! Or – no, no. He was talking to some brunette servant. “bring the little girl to be cleaned up and dressed properly at once!” Before a protest could be uttered by anyone, the man had nodded his head and took the baby to walk off with, leaving only the money in the carriage now.
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Romane seemed satisfied as Kotone walked off in the same demeanor as every young female should have. Calm, watchful, and – … Was that.. Romane's eyes latched onto a scene in the general direction that Kotone had walked off to, her eyes going over a dark-haired man and a certain blond teenager that had her teeth grit. It took only a few seconds for Romane to start to march her way to Alanis's side, her back straight and eyes stern as they stole over the older man who reminded her vaguely of the twins running the general store. She grabbed onto the older man's shoulder and pushed him back not so gently as soon as she could reach the pair, her lips pursing, “It is indecent to touch a minor in a public area in such a fashion. I would ask that you cease such behavior immediately.” She stated to the male, frowning as she noted she didn't have a clue to his identity. Was he new..?
She looked at Alanis next, perhaps the main reason why she had intervened in the kiss instead of watched with disdain from a distance. Judith's daughter was held in high regard for her due to some admiration she had for the woman. She would not have Alanis be bugged by a potential ***** when she was on watch! “Ms. LeBlanc, there are more appropriate civilians to socialize with over there. I believe they are acquaintances of yours, correct?” She said with a motion over to who happened to be Blaire and Lucas, the pair being drawn like many to Alanis's playing.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:27 am
Shinju's jaw dropped. At the worst -- at the worst! -- she had expected Gaston to invite them back some other day. Sure, she didn't like the idea of having to interact with the idiot mayor any more than she had to, but a few hours watching kids play could be bearable. Afterall, that was what normal people did. But this man had taken Peter and walked away. He had hijacked her nephew! She resisted the urge to scream (no point in causing a panic) and took a moment for her legs to catch up with her mind before hurrying after Gaston, leaving the stroller (and the money) unattended. "WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT...!" she called after him. "Where the hell are you going with my nephew?!" God, she couldn't brag about having better parenting skills than Kotone if she let Peter get kidnapped!
Peter, meanwhile, had no idea what was going on. All he knew was that he was being moved up and down way too quickly and suddenly, and now a scary stranger was carrying him away. He caught sight of Shinju over Gaston's shoulder. Why was she yelling? Oh, this was so scary... He wanted someone with blonde hair to carry him...! And so, he began to cry.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:15 am
Reinbach had been busy looking at the most beautifulestertest (it was a word in his world) piece of art of all the festival! Something so grandiose that only a god could have created that! What was it? Well, it was his reflexion in his small pocket mirror, of course! What else could it be? That was why he growled in disdain when a pathetic ugly little servant of a woman came begging him to go see his brother. As much as he would like to go see his brother, he certainly wouldn't be doing it because a servant had asked him! That was why, he fired her on the spot before walking toward Gaston. The young woman, stared at the brother in a moment, her lips twitching.... before a huge grin came across her face and she ran away in the distance! Today was the best day of her life.. until she she slipped and hit her head on the pavement, killing her. Oh well~ Back to Reinbach who was now standing next to Gaston. "You wanted to see me, good brother?"
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Yoakim couldn't help but smile when the little girl too his leg hostage, like she so often did when she was happy to see him. He picked her up, and hold her against him before shuffling her hair and giving a quick kiss on his wife's lips. "Indeed, she did." He confirmed with a faint smile as he did the same to Wilhelm's hair that he did to Rune, only second ago. "Are you doing something today, Ellie? And what about you, Rune? Going to sing, or dance or do something?"
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Oh! He was such a gentleman! Alanis couldn't help but to giggle at the man! She hadn't been praised like that in like.. a year! Ever since she had moved out of her father's house to come live with her mother. She was starting to miss the daily compliment. "Thankyou! I practice a lot to be sure that everything is as perfect as can be!" She said in all honesty. She wouldn't even dare to play something that she hadn't yet mastered. She giggle a little bit, as more praised was showered on her. Oh! That felt so good. She should fish for compliements more often! Oh, and now he was kissing her hand and.. being shoved away. She pouted. Why had the officer done that? And why would she play with...BLAIR WITH LUCAS? NO WAY! "Indeed! I do know them! Good day to you both, mister and miss officer." On that, she started to walk toward HER BOYFRIEND and his little WHORE of a friend. Damn her brother for not finishing her off!
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:48 am
Gaston was already crossing the festival with the servant to make sure that his newly rented baby was being the mediocre infant it should be to please his Michael when they were stopped. He raised his brows in shock as he turned to look at the woman who dared to stop him! It was.. the peasant he was just about to enjoy with his brother when he finished preparing the little girl! He frowned at the woman as she demanded an answer to where her.. 'nephew'..? 'Nephew' was normally reserved for boys, wasn't it? Gaston knew that much! “I don't know where you put your nephew, commoner.” He said honestly, raising an eyebrow at how silly the woman was sounding. As if the mayor knew where she placed her nephew! Now, if she was asking where the little baby girl she had in her stroller was, Gaston would have informed her that he had rented her for the week and wouldn't be returning her until he was done.
But, she hadn't, so he let his eyes wander instead. ..Straight over to last year's harvest goddess and king! Ah! “One moment, dear brother, I'm afraid there is some business I must take care of!” He said to the man before walking straight off toward Eleanor and taking his wallet out again in a moment. He took yet another roll out – a tad thicker as this was the blood of the elected harvest goddess of last year – and snatched the white-haired baby out of her arms to replace it with the roll of cash. “I shall be renting this child for the week as well!” He announced to the woman as he handed the infant off to the following servant, so he could likely cry along with the blond in the stranger's arms. He lowered his eyes to look at the little girl. ...Oh, well, he may as well! He took another, small wad of cash and tossed it at Yoakim as he motioned for a passing woman – Jade, people, give her a hand for still being alive! – to take the girl too. ..Yep, he was on a shopping spree today! Oh, goodie!
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:20 am
 He felt a force on his shoulder that made him tense up and a sense of anger began to boil in him. Damarko reminded himself that he is not home and he had to keep his genuine character in tact, otherwise his plans will be blown. His bright blue eyes looked down to see a officer woman that had pushed him away from his possible friend. She stated that she was a minor which meant that made her an even easier target. The indecent behavior part was what he needed to work on.
"There is no indecency here, officer. I am merely being polite as would be custom to where I am from."
Play innocent. He smiled upon her to assure that he meant no harm to the girl and no disrespect toward the working protector of the town. Now he knew who was in charge being that she was the only officer he had seen since his arrival. The fact that the woman had pushed the pianist to other other people annoyed him, but he remained calm and smiling, waving as she said good-bye and left. His gaze returned to the woman losing his big smile to a more settle one.
"Perhaps you can inform me on what the code of conduct is here. I am visiting my fiance from Italy and I do not wish to cause any trouble."
He hoped that the fiance part would help bring her guard down around him. Usually when a male states he has a significant other that people automatically assume he is all about that one person and not chasing after others of causing mischief. That is his reasoning anyways.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:02 pm
 ❥Zelynity smiled at the girl and stood with her fingers laced in front of her. She noted that the girl seemed a little shocked that she was talking to her, but she simply shrugged it off. She looked down and grabbed the business card from her and smiled. "Hey, my brother works there!" She ran her fingers over the card and placed it into her back pocket. "Nice to meet you Haruka." She acted as though she hadn't blurted like a little freak. She was glad to just stand awkwardly by the nice girl that must work with Raiden. She didn't really have much to say, but didn't really want to keep walking along. It was hard enough to walk up to Haruka. She wished she was louder or more outgoing.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:14 pm
Haruka gave Zelynity a startled look. "You're Raiden's sister?" she asked in surprise. What a weird coincidence, that she'd be approached by the sister of her mother's receptionist. Well, this town was pretty small, it was probably even stranger that she had been continually meeting unrelated people for so long. "That's so weird, I didn't know he had a sister around my age," she smiled. To be fair, she still didn't know what to make of the relatively new addition, so she avoided him a lot of the time. In fact, she hadn't really spoken to him much since he first started. "Nice to meet you, too," she added, suddenly feeling friendly. They had something in common, so Haruka was feeling a little more adventurous than usual. "So... you like art?" she asked, ignoring the stupidity of the question. Why else would she be at an art festival?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:57 pm
    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Eleanor 'Ellie' Vatonage, Rune Vatonage, Blaire Vatonage, & Lucas Grey - __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ellie smiled as she watched her husband, it was good to know things weren't awkward anymore. Then again they never really were, it was just her fretting over the incident at the bar, no matter how many times Yoakim had tried to calm her down about it. "No, today I'm just a viewer" replied the artist with a slight shrug. She really didn't have the time to prepare for this year, she didn't even think she would be in Nirvani after all! "She... is going to drive you crazy today" chuckled the young mother as her daughter giggled. It was a good question though, what would the girl end up doing?
Eleanor's peace of mind would be broken soon enough, thanks to Gaston - who else? - . There was a moment of confusion to see the mayor, then be childless with a roll of cash. Her son! What!? Right before panic was about to set in, Gaston took her daughter too. Well bought would be a better term. "Ah-K-B-" stammering for a bit to see the mayor head off with her children. "Yoa-Yoa-Yoakim..." continued the young mother desperately nudging at her husband to do something. Ellie had never been good dealing with panic. Her daughter on the other hand found being carried off quite entertaining, but... not Gaston himself. That and the crying of the other children there was enough to have the little girl sniffling and crying for her parents soon enough."Hey, Alanis" smiled the blond as he saw the girl approach them. Little did he know about Alanis' thoughts, but it wasn't like Lucas ever had good insight to murderous companions. "...That was really nice to hear..." he added a bit sheepishly, referring to her piano playing. Blaire looked at him for a moment, frowning slightly to see him show anything besides fear. Was he-? ...Nah... "Hey" simply waved the girl with an ever so small smile. Well she wasn't exactly spunky. Could you blame her?
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:17 am
Even with a drug calming some more delusional parts of her mind down, Romane still could see several dangers with a glance over the man. Foreign. Stranger, yet he seemed to casual in a new place. Confident, even. It was off and she didn't like it. The man reminded her of a certain individual and Romane knew very well how that had turned out, as did another inside the same festival would be saddled with. It put her on guard, but at least she hadn't pulled her gun out or arrested the man yet. That was something that the prescription had improved, although Romane wouldn't be aware of it. She took note of his mentioning on 'customs', a very small frown forming on the normally steeled expression of hers. Cid had some odd customs himself, so of course she was aware of the idea that some cultures could be vastly different, but she never saw that as an excuse. It was why her tone had turned to scolding when she first spoke, “You should have educated yourself on the customs before setting foot on the island. My job is not to teach ignorant foreigners.” Only ignorant foreigners that she was friends with had that right! Still, she didn't want to leave the man, not with the unsettling feeling in her gut. “..However, it would be beneficial if I were to correct you before you were to make another mistake.”
She conceded with a frown and measured stare at him. Fiance. If he was here for that, then where was she? Romane had studied enough on social behaviors to understand that most coupled humans preferred to travel together whenever they went out. As Eleanor and Yoakim were doing a little ways away in the festival. “You are not to approach a female or child when they are unaccompanied, unless it is to escort them to a safer location. There is no physical contact permitted without the exclusive consent of an individual or their parental guardians if said individual is a minor. You are to follow any commands by an active duty officer, currently amounting to Rachel Fate and myself, Romane Bissette. We both expect respect when being dealt with and to be addressed accordingly by our titles as officer and sheriff, respectably.” She said it all quick, curt, and with little pause for the man to intercede, listing off what she found to be the most important at that moment. “You are to exercise caution, above all else. Socialization is always secondary to that.” She ended firmly, looking at him straight in the eye with that, having been scanning the area during her short speech, as was second nature to her. “Is this clear?”
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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:06 am
Damarko could feel a tingle of rage build up in his gut at the words, ignorant foreigners. Even if he were only pretending to be, it still bothered him to an extreme. He dropped his smile and had a blank expression, as if trying to keep up with the officer's blabbering and scolding. Every now and then he would nod to show her he was understanding this all. Finally when she had finished, he smiled nervously and looked around as if he were embarrassed by the lesson being taught.
"Yes, ma'am. I understand." He paused. "I hope to meet you again sometime. Maybe the next you will meet my soon to be wife."
Damarko gave another nod and excused himself from the conversation. It was time to leave after having caught attention by the police force on this island. He needed to avoid them from suspicion but keep them friendly as well. The tall man casually walked over to the exit of the art festival and looked over his shoulder back at the officer to whom he waved good-bye to.
-Exit Damarko-
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:23 pm
Yoakim was just as startled as his wife. Sure, the mayor coming to make them a stupid proposition was to be expected, but to him to leave with their children and give them a bundle of cash, was enough to have him stand there looking dumb. Until his wife called his name twenty five times, that is. He shook his head and looked a bit around trying to catch sigh of Gaston once more. Where was he? Oh! there he was! He ran out after the mayor and... stood behind him like and idiot. Again. "Uh, uhm... excuse me? It's... uh.. it's out children you just took we, uh, would like to keep them. They aren't to sell..." Yeah, he was a blacksmith and not a door to door sales man and it showed.
Alanis on the other hand, was feeling much better. She was close to her Lucas! In fact... she might just.. yes, yes she would! She grabbed the boy's left arm and wrapped her own around it. There! Now they looked like a little couple! And that was because they were! Yes, since their date had V-day, Alanis was happy to tell everyone she met that Lucas and her were finally dating and were very much in love, thank you very much! "Thankyou Lucas!~ I tried my best. I should teach one day if you want! Do you know any instrument? We could make a duo!" Awh! Wouldn't they just be cute? The two of them playing each other a love song.... while naked on a blanket with candle sticks for only lights...Hello Blair! Oh, I am so sorry for what my brother did to you. No bad blood between us, right? It's so horrible, what he did..."... missing the heart. He should have listen better in his anatomy classes.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:06 am
Ah, there were those silly words again! Gaston had stopped and turned to look at the blacksmith while he spoke, trying to pause the great, almighty man that was Gaston, but the mayor's servants had continued to walk off with the children, to wait at the foot of the stairs with the babies in their arms. Of course, Peter had yet to stop crying, however much the maid tried to calm him down – Gaston would surely be angry if he heard that ruckus! She couldn't have her boss mad at her! But, oh, damn it, who could blame the little boy for being scared?! The same went with Wilhelm and Rune! The servants could only shake their heads at their master's whims, however, as part of their contract. They would have to watch the man talk to the blacksmith and hope, only a little, that Gaston would come to his senses and stop.
..But, they all knew that he wouldn't. Which was the truth, as Gaston raised an eyebrow at the blacksmith and concluded with a very brief thought process that the man must have mistaken Gaston's words, as only a small-minded peasant could. “I'm not buying them permanently,” He stressed with a chuckle at how stupid the blacksmith was. Why would Gaston waste his money on purchasing babies when he already had a perfect little him? “I'm renting them! You will have them back later.” He waved a hand at the man and then looked at the elected Harvest Goddess of last year with a broad grin in reassurance. This was Gaston, how could they at all worry for their child when they were in his care?
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Romane watched the man leave, frowning as she had intended to force his identity out of him before he decided to depart. It only continued when she evaluated his parting words – he hoped to meet her again? She was an officer. Why would he want to meet a police officer at a later time or even hope for it? Why would she ever have to meet his soon to be wife? There were several curiosities in how he phrased that, but, as Rachel and Cid had told her before, she did over think more often than not.. And she was in the right mindset to accept that as a possibility. He was foreign and there was a chance he could just be estranged with the current customs and wordings of English speaking citizens. Still, it didn't do much to ease her nerves.. But, she couldn't chase after him. She only watched him until he had left the main room and reluctantly returned to her post.
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:49 pm
(( The Art Festival is Closed! Any unfinished business can be continued in the Sonata Mansion. ))
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