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 Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:17 pm
If one knew where to look in the city -- and it was common for the lower class to know if one asked around -- they would find a small tenement building jammed between two larger ones, with a horse tunnel that led behind to a courtyard. On one side there was a kitchen garden that belonged to an inn one street over, but nearer the horse tunnel, in the back of the small building, was a back stair that led to a balcony, and the balcony was lined with wire cages. Songbirds filled the air with their songs.
This was the home of one Olin Eldridge, basketweaver. In his spare time he would treat the little hurts and illnesses of small animals for free, for those who could not afford a horse doctor. And it didn't hurt that his business was supported by the recommendation of the pet owners that came to him.
Bells and chimes, ribbons and dyes grasses, old baubles and bits of glass, all hung from the the roof. The misty sunbeams that slanted through them gave off colored light. Olin sat on a rug, a bear-like man, weaving a black basket worked through with something pearly white.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:53 pm
It had taken the better part of the morning for the young woman to find the place of Olin Eldridge. Until then she hadn't realized how man kitchen gardens were across from old cluttered balconies, or how many old cluttered balconies were through horse tunnels. ....Or how man horse tunnels were in this section of Palisade. This particular balcony was the only one with tittering birds though, an important note that Annelie hoped was correct. When getting information from mere word-of-mouth from five different people, things often got lost in translation.
Right now that hopefully wasn't going to be the case, and some murdering looney wasn't going to answer the door when she knocked.
If she knocked.
With a rather large rabbit hugged up in her arms and half hidden in her old coat, the young woman stood, hesitating, at the bottom of the stairs. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhh... She sighed, breath steaming in the air and making the rabbit's ears twitch, and then swallowed. Fine."You owe me," she muttered to the rabbit, who merely wiggled her nose, and up the stairs Annelie went.
At the top she took a moment to glance over things before giving a small wrap on what she hoped was the door. She took a step back immediately after, eyes drifting to watch the little birds in their cages.
Well... at least it was sunny out.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:25 pm
"Yes?" came the rumbled voice to the side. From behind a birdcage he leaned, already on the balcony. "How may I help you?" His voice was gentle and calm, meant to sooth. He peered through the slanting light at her.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:39 am
The voice have meant to be soothing, but Annie was like a highstrung mouse, and startled just the same. Luckily this time it was a bit more internal, undoubtedly sparing some birdcages and the older man's wrath. "I'm -- I'm sorry," she stammered, stepping away from the chittering birds as she tried to one-handedly fix herself. "Um..."
She hugged the rabbit more to her chest as the animal itself stared unabashed at the new man. Ears straight up and nose ever twitching, it chewed emptily for a second before tilting its head all the way back to stare up at its Person. Undoubtedly telling her to get a move on.
Annie couldn't help but look down, and then sigh. "Right," she said, probably more to the rabbit than anyone else. "Right..It- it's about my rabbit. She won't put any weight on her back leg for the past couple days." Said rabbit looked back at Olin and swiveled her ears, then twitched a free back foot.
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