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Post by Kaschei Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:42:50 GMT -5
Kaschei enters the room and hasn't heard the conversation between Maria, Shura, and Lilia. When he enters the room he is in a bad mood, since he suspects that someone has been in his library snooping around. He first walks over to Maria, swiftly, with a scowl on his face. "Maria, I told you not to go into my study. What did you read? What did you see?" He asks her, in a tone that is both angry and paranoid.
He crosses his arms and stares at her.
"One of these days "something" is going to happen to you Maria...if you keep this up. You know, and no one is going to care. One day you'll just won't return. Maybe after a walk in the woods, or as you sleep near me...and no one will know what became of Maria Bessmertny."
"Forgotten...by history..."
"She never was." He rambles on.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 17:43:46 GMT -5
Lilia shudders when Kaschei enters the room. She moves next to Shura, trying to remain quiet and unnoticed. She hates when they fight. It always frightens her.
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:48:04 GMT -5
This isn't the first time Kaschei has threatened her life, and surely won't be the last. She's pretty desensitized to the threats at this point in time, but that doesn't mean she doesn't take them seriously.
"Kaschei, dear, I haven't been in the study, and I haven't looked at anything I wasn't supposed to... Perhaps you simply misplaced something?" Maria suggests timidly.
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Post by Kaschei Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 17:53:35 GMT -5
Kaschei glares at her, but says nothing. He stares at her vacantly for a moment although he has lost his train of thought. He turns suddenly and violently towards Lilia, who is hiding in the corner near Shura, and with a swift motion grabs her thin wrist and pulls her over to him.
"It was you." He accuses her. He grasps her wrist tighter and shakes her. He gives her a cold look, but says nothing for a couple of seconds. He pauses and looks as though perhaps he thinks he is being irrational. Just as it looks like he is going to let her go, he instead pushes her away from him with such force that she falls against the china cabinet, and knocks over some dishes, breaking them on the floor.
He looks at Lila, then Maria, then the broken plates.
"No one is allowed in my study." He remarks then turns his back to the two women.
He looks at Shura.
"Two days and the map is done." He says, stepping up the deadline by at least two weeks.
With that, he leaves the room and retreats to his study to read.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 17:56:05 GMT -5
Lilia starts crying after Kaschei leaves. She sits on the floor in a pile of broken dishes, sobbing like a child. She has some cuts on her hands from the broken plates.
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 18:06:22 GMT -5
Maria stays frozen and quiet until Kaschei leaves. After wards, she immediately kneels down, and takes Lillia's hand, and begins to dab the cut with a piece of tissue.
"Shh, it's alright Lillia... Don't worry, I'll clean this up..." She says, and puts one arm around her, gently rocking back and forth.
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 18:08:45 GMT -5
I stand in mute testimony to the terrifying spectacle before me, and lean forward to aid Lillia, but before I can, Maria's already there. I stand there awkwardly, my heart racing, and my mind throbbing. There's no way in hell I can do this in two days...
"Shit... I have..." My mind says 'to get out of here', but my mouth says "...to finish that map... I'll be in my study if you need me..."
And without another word, I leave Lillia and Maria to work on the map. I wonder how I can get out of here undetected, and take Lillia with me somehow.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 18:10:47 GMT -5
Lilia sits there in shock, and shakes her hurt hand. She wipes her eyes onto the sleave of her shirt anf gets up quickly, saying nothing to Maria. She runs upstairs after Shura, following him up to his room, where he is already working hard on his map. She stands there, looking at him, but saying nothing.
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 18:13:48 GMT -5
I look up from my work and see Lillia standing there, silent, and somewhat confused. Her face is still wet from her tears.
"Hey, come in, come in..." I say, standing up and leaving the map alone.
"I'm sorry, I'm not... Used to working in these kinds of conditions... Do you..." I take a deep breath.
"When I leave... Would you come with me..? This place can't be healthy for you..."
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Post by Maria Bessmertny on Aug 18, 2005 18:15:14 GMT -5
"Lillia, be sure to put pressure on your cut!" Maria yells at Lillia in her motherly tone of voice. After she leaves, Maria lets out a frustrated sigh, and grabs the broom and duspan from the closet. As she cleans up the mess, her eyes begin to water, and she lets out a few pathetic sniffles.
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 18:16:00 GMT -5
"Go right now. Leave what you have done or make up the rest. He won't know. He wouldn't have asked you to translate it if he knew. I don't want to be here any more." She replies. She walks over to him and is less timid than she normally is. She is operating off of fear and knows that if they don't leave soon, they will never get out of that horrible place safely.
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 18:19:15 GMT -5
I pause for a moment, to take a deep breath.
"I can't leave right now... But I'll leave tonight... I'll write something down that looks convincing, and leave this map behind... Come with me, leave this place, I'm sure you'll find a better place to live than this..."
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 18:21:58 GMT -5
"I will leave with you, but if I do, won't they come after you? You will be in trouble Shura, and I don't want that. They aren't nice people and they do terrible things. You don't know what I have seen here..." Lilia replies. She had indeed snooped in Kaschei's study, but only because she was curious. "Shura...you are very kind and I care about you, but I am nothing. I am like dust on the bookshelves here."
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Aug 18, 2005 18:28:08 GMT -5
"No, don't worry about it. No matter what happens, they're going to come after me. I don't trust him in the least, and I'm sure he feels the same about me. No matter what I do, my business won't end here. Just come with, and I'm sure both of us will figure something out..." I say, thinking this out as I go along.
"Don't worry about me. Worry about you."
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Post by dead character on Aug 18, 2005 18:29:38 GMT -5
"No one has ever cared about me before." Lilia replies. She steps back and looks at the map. "Come to my room when you are ready to leave." She instructs him in a quiet voice.
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