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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 18, 2005 16:22:37 GMT -5
"Well good luck with that."
My good lucks always sound very skeptical... I stand up from the table and grab my coat, as the time has seemingly flown.
"Anyway I have to get going... I think you were right though, we probably will have to kill a good sum of the politicians. They are proving to be very uncooperative and stubborn, I honestly don't understand."
With that I leave and go to the office for a meeting with our organizers in Congo where we discuss how many of the mercenaries can be pulled back in time for the revolution.
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Post by Mikhael Nadyezhda Kirsanov on Aug 18, 2005 16:27:49 GMT -5
((No worries.))
"Ah, well... To be honest... No, I really haven't... I miss my parents and the farm occasionally, but I don't long for the place I grew up in." I reply, though somewhat guiltily, since I know she must be feeling homesick. We head out to look for Sweeney.
"You feel homesick..?"
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 18, 2005 16:29:30 GMT -5
"See you later." I say before he leaves. I grab my purse and head out the door myself. I have to find some kind of scandal and I am just not coming up with anything worthwhile. How annoying.
I head to my own office and sit there, doing nothing but thinking for a couple of hours. I tap my pencil on the desk in irritation, as I come up with nothing.
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Post by Hope Dayspring on Aug 18, 2005 16:35:51 GMT -5
After work, I head home and give Ilya a call. I hate to bother him, but I am lonely and I do miss him. I dial his number and wait for him to pick up...
While I listen to the phone ring, I think about Calithin, and wonder what he has been up to since we last spoke. In retrospect, it was a bad idea to see him at all, much less tell him my secrets.
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Post by Helvi Toivonen on Aug 18, 2005 16:46:14 GMT -5
Zivon really hasn't been that talkative, so I decide to visit Henna again. I leave Zivon a note of where I went to, and head over to Henna's house so I can babysit Valo again. I really like babysitting and Valo is so well behaved. I enter the apartment with the key she gave me, and look around to see if Valo and her are still at home.
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:03:37 GMT -5
Kaschei has been upset, and short fused lately. Maria's response is to just keep the house tidy, helping out the maids as much as she can, and cooking him his favorite foods every night. She's really pretty good at telling what Kaschei will feel like on a day to day basis so far as food goes.
Maria sits down at the kitchen table, and lays her head down, her arms dangle from the side of her chair. She's been emotionally exhausted about this whole encounter, and doesn't know how long she can keep weathering this storm...
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 17:05:40 GMT -5
((Flashback))
"Hey, you look like you could use some rest." I say chewing on an apple, and sit down on the counter across from where Maria is resting.
"I could use some rest too. This damn map has been making me work 12 hour days... What's been keeping you so busy?"
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:07:29 GMT -5
((Flashback))
"Oh, Shura... You startled me..." Maria says, and sits up again at the table, regaining her composure. She doesn't like to show others when she's tired, and feels ashamed that he saw this side of her.
"It's nothing, I just felt like taking a mid day nap." She replies in a mild tone of voice, straightening her hair.
"Lillia was asking for you earlier. I think she's warming up to you."
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 17:11:22 GMT -5
"Huh? Lillia?" I ask with surprise.
"She always seems so aloof, I didn't really know if she realized I was even here... What did she say?" I ask with an unintentional urgency.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 17:14:15 GMT -5
Lilia enters the room, and hears her name. She smiles at Maria and then at Shura. She crosses her arms behind her back and stands in the center of the room feeling very self conscious. "I cleaned the floors so they are nice and shiny for when Mr. Bessmertny's guests come here to visit. I hope it is to your liking." She says shyly, and turns her head away from Shura. "I cleanred your room as well, Shura. I hope you don't mind that I moved some things a little. The map you are doing...it is beautiful..."
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 17:25:15 GMT -5
"Oh, hello Lillia. No that's fine, thank you." I reply. I don't usually like it when others touch my stuff, but I decide not to mention this, since she seems too standoffishly friendly, and I understand what house I'm in.
"You think so? It's a little tricky, and it's in this dead language called Old Bulgarian, or Old Church Slavik. It's kind of difficult to research, since well, nobody researches dead languages." I reply, and take another bite of my apple.
"Thanks, I'm glad you think it's beautiful. It's definetely a piece of history that I wish I had for myself... How have you been? I heard you asked about me." I say, somewhat confidently. Whenever I'm around timid people, it usually builds my confidence.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 17:29:47 GMT -5
Lilia looks nervously to Maria then back at Shura. She takes a few steps back and her small mouth opens to say something, but no words leave her lips. After making some motions with her pale hands she looks down.
"I just asked...how long you are staying. That's all. It is nice to have another person here. Everyone is happier." She replies, but means that she is happier. She gets lonely working for Kaschei and Maria. It is a stressful job.
"I bet you get to travel all over. It must be nice. I have never been outside Moscow."
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 17:34:54 GMT -5
I smile, throw the core of my apple into the trash, and brush my hands together.
"I'm not sure. Whenever this map gets done. It might be awhile." I reply in a chipper tone of voice.
"I do get to travel a lot, it comes with the territory. Maybe I could show you what it's like outside of Moscow sometime, do some traveling?" I suggest.
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:37:06 GMT -5
Maria jumps in before Lillia can respond.
"I think Lillia would appreciate that, but she has other obligations to fulfill here. Maybe when those are done, she'll be able to go with you." She responds, looking directly at Shura. She knows what Kaschei would say had he overheard that remark.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 17:38:58 GMT -5
Lilia looks at Maria and then back at Shura. "But I would really like to go somewhere." Lilia says almost as a plea. "I would like to go somewhere with you Shura."
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