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Post by Xue Zhongli on Oct 25, 2024 4:50:04 GMT -5
It as around mid day in the forsaken region and in a forested part of the road thru the region a rogue was taking a bit of a rest, Xue was dressed in his usual commoner attire making him seem like a normal person and he was currently resting in a tree leaning up against the trunk after having gone to the market to see if any new ingredients had appeared for sale and having seen nothing that caught his eye he was on his way back home when he took a rest before continuing on. Xue thought on the current situation of the family as his mother was currently not doing much and not giving them any orders and Jin was currently Darkness knows where which was par for the course for the younger sibling, speaking of younger siblings his younger sister Saeka had oddly enough been behaving and even acting like a socialite from what he had heard which surprised him since he remembered his sister being stab happy something he noticed when he trained her in her weapons training.
While he was used to staying close to him and his creature comforts but he was currently board and wondereing what to do to pass some time, he didnt feel like wondering the land like Jin or spending time with gossiping people like Saeka was not something he would ever do if he had a choice,as he relaxed back agaisnt the trunk he pondered as he felt the karambits he always carried still in his sleeves.”hmm what to do” he muttered to himself.
Post by Sumire Honoka on Oct 26, 2024 21:07:05 GMT -5
Sumire laid in her room deciding to try sleeping in after a long night of finishing her usual seasonal order two weeks early. She had been working her but off and finished it early as of last night. Though she knew even if the order was finished early, the supplies for the next season was already selected and being shipped to them. She stirred some feeling the sunlight sneak through the covered of cherry blossom petals from the Sakura tree outside her window, touched her face as she sat up yawning. Well good luck at ever sleeping in. She flung off her covers as she stood up right as the servants knocked before they and her mana beasts opened her room doing their normal of getting her room reclean and settle for night time. She watched her mana beasts slid open her closet door flipping through her closet picking out her outfit for the day. It seem the girls had chosen a baby pink hanfu fitting around her torso with decent sleeve length. She smiled moving into the shower room where servants wait to assist her with bathing. She hated such things but it was something her father wished everyday before tending to any sort of work for her. He wanted to make sure she smelled and looks as Prestine and pretty as the clothing she made.
Once her bathing routine was done she allowed the servants and mana beasts to get her dressed as she looked at herself in the mirror heading to her vanity as she tended to her makeup. Letting her mana beasts do their best with deciding a color pallets to fit her look as well as do their own looks. She brushed her hair as she watched her rabbit of a mana beasts pull out a planner speaking of her schedule.
“ continue work on the heiress’s order “began the rabbit “I finished that last night “she spoke in reply looking over to her cat of a manabeast qui yue can you fetch my breakfast I believe I will be here a bit” she asked as the cat nodded moving on its two feet out of the room to fulfill her request. “Alright uh”spoke fue yue as a voice clear its throat on the other side of her door “Since you claim to be done with your main clients order, I have another for you “spoke the deep voice of her father as sumire closed her eyes “you may enter father I am decent”she confirmed for him hearing his cloth covered feet move into her room as she continue work on her hair “ you have been requested for a consultation in the forsake region”he spoke reaching into his sleeve seeing sumire freeze on the mention of the forsaken region. While it might been about a year now, she still had vivid memories of the scary but confusing night that was dealing with a deranged delusional vermillion. “ Forgive my rudeness of confusion father but… is there no one else that can take my place?” She asked “Unfortunately not. Your mother is out with your siblings with Shi. I can not as I must go manage inventory of our shipments in Raque. That leaves you.”he spoke
“ but I…”she spoke looking up at him as her sapphire blue eyes meet his cold topaz eyes. Causing her to quickly look away, combing her hair “a-alright I….i’ll go.”she spoke keeping her courage the best she could. Surely this simple trip would not be like the last time right?”
“Good I expect a well handled situation and new cliental” he spoke setting the scroll down as he turned on his heels leaving as sumire took in a few deep breaths to calm her racing mind. She avoided the forsaken region like the plague. There was nothing more she was afraid of. She wasn’t afraid of the vermillion there. No it was the forest, the animals, the mana beasts all cloaked at night. It was horrible and a thing she wished nothing for again.
“ sumire” whispered fu yue “ I will be fine. You are not allowed to tell anyone of this or where I am going.”spoke sumire “But..”spoke the rabbit “But nothing. I do not need anyone worry about me or how I feel I need not for enlil or aki to hear of this alright.”she said gently “ it is a simple consultation, nothing I haven't dealt with”she said gently with a smile “ now shoo. I need to focus on my hair”she said getting the mana beast to leave shutting the door behind it. She brought out a decorated box before going through the ritual of honoring the silent promise that was the hairpiece. She styled her hair and placed the headpiece and pin holding it in place. She smiled getting up as she headed out seeing a carriage waiting for her as she shakes her head grabbing a broom. Carriages made for easy targets. Now a quick broom ride was all she needed. She turned to hear some calling of her mana beasts stopping her to hand her the one thing she was missing her satchel. She thanked them as she adjusted it across her shoulders before heading off promising to be back home later.
She remembered the details of where she was to meet her client. She flew high above covered before lowering down to the roads seeing her clients place of meeting was writhing a thick patch of forest. She didn’t see anything that indicated a building so approaching on the road was better. She looked at the trees and wild life around her along with hearing a babbling brook as she reached into her satchel bringing out her cloak around herself pulling up her hood just to protect herself from stray bugs and leaves as she flew by. Once she was settled she had to take a hard turn to avoid a pack of deer stopping a few way down the road looking back at them catching her scared breath. She shakes her head getting off her broom as she worked on adjusting herself keeping her mana presence as non existent as possible..
Post by Xue Zhongli on Oct 28, 2024 4:05:21 GMT -5
As Xue Debated about what to do next he suddenly heard movement below him as he glanced down from his spot up in the trees to see a woman dressed in a more eastern fashion and he blinked in slight surprise at such a person being out here in the forsaken region, as he glanced down he tilted his head in intrigue since she had no idea he was here and as he got a good look at her he saw that she was rather pretty.'hmm perhaps she could be of some use I could use a maid and perhaps with a bit of teaching she might be more entertaining then my other siblings' he thought to himself as he slowly rose to his feet on the branch being careful not to cause any noise from his movements or his weight on the tree. As she hopped off her broom he then moved to strike, he flicked his right arm as his karambit fell from his sleeve into his hand and he lept silently from the tree to right behind her and he quickly would slam the butt of his karambit into the back of her head.
Xue was careful with the force of it as he didnt want to kill her by accident but he made sure to use more then enough force to knock her out and if by chance her brain went a bit fuzzy from his hit it was no skin off of his nose,if he succeeded in knocking her out he would first secure her grimoire after he patted her down then he would pull out a leather strip from his pocket and bind it so it couldnt be opened before he would proceed to lift the girl up and started back towards his home after making sure that he hadnt left anything nearby that would be seen as evidence such as her broom though he caught a glimpse of the hairpin she had that was rather valuble and he was quickly to grab it and pocket it one it was removed from her hair., once he got back to the Zhongli estate he would make sure she was in a room near his that was secure and he would make sure her grimoire was seperated from her so she couldnt use it, now all he was doing was for her to wake up so he could tell her what her role was going to be.
Post by Sumire Honoka on Oct 28, 2024 19:25:08 GMT -5
Sumire watched the deer watching her as she straightened her hanfu, allowing her body to rest. She was never know to fly low to the ground as it was easier to do so by carriage. She looked around once she got her bearings and her nerves. She heard movement looking around before seeing the deer suddenly bolt as she wasn't sure where that movement was coming from that could have scared the deer. She adjusted the cloak over her shoulder while moving her hood up once again. "Alright." She said to herself turning to get back on her broom only to feel something, or someone drop down in her blind spot.
She followed her senses twisting to get what sight and a defense up only to feel a hard crack against the side of her neck as the wild immediately twisted and turned black as the hit was successful. Her body collapsed hitting against the ground hitting hard getting some small cuts from the path. She didn't have much on her other then her satchel of misc. sewing supplies for measuring along with needed writing tools. She had some other small misc. items like some makeup, her grimoire inside, some yul, a small journal of various notes and lists of to dos along with random ideas, thoughts and drawings of various things from herbs to designs to just wants.
It took about a few hours till there was some stirring from the girl letting out a dazed groan moving her head slightly wincing at every little moment as her eyes slowly opened seeing the blurry darkness as she said nothing, just trying to register anything she could of what she was feeling.
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Post by Xue Zhongli on Oct 30, 2024 3:16:07 GMT -5
Xue didnt even strain as he had picked her up along with her things as he had traveled back to the Zhongli estate, once he had gotten their besides moving her grimoire away he had gone thru the other things she had and he had looked at the sewing items with interest "huh for such a noble look thats a rather servile trade but perhaps thats useful for later“ he muttered to himself as he went thru the journal and blinked as he saw some of the things written in there along with some of the herbs 'I have quite a few of these but thats something to keep in mind for later if she proves difficult' he thought to himself as he shut the book and put them away, once he had gotten her into the room he had laid her on the bed as he had put out some attire befitting a maid for her and leaned agsainst the wall as he waited for her to wake so he could address her.
A groan caught his ears as it appears that the girl was waking up and as she slowly started to open her eyes he lightly pushed himself off the wall with his foot as he approached the bed.”ah good your finally up” he said as he looked at her.”it wouldnt do for my maid to be injured” he said his silver eyes peering at her the look of apathy still on his face as he waited for her talk and address him, how she responded would determine how he would move forward, he had plenty of ways of making her behave and breaking her should she be difficult but it all depended on her and these first few answers.
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Post by Sumire Honoka on Oct 31, 2024 22:39:38 GMT -5
Sumire looked up trying to let her mind recollect what it could as she slowly managed to sit herself up wincing as she lifted a hand feeling the back of her head wincing as her finger tips moved over the bruised area as she shaked her head before looking around hearing a voice as she turned her attention immediately to the only other living being in the room "I am sorry...Who are you? Where am I?" She asked reflexively turning her body towards him before scooting at close as she can to the wall, away from him as her days darted around for something to possibly protect herself.
She didn't know this man or where he took her. She didn't know what time, how many hours she been out. she needed to get home, oh her father was going to kill her if she didn't make it back by once again getting "lost "in the forsaken region "Don't come any closer" she warned him, not finding anything close but a pillow to use for protection. she needed something more then a soft pillow to attempt to blob at his face. she wasn't strong, she wasn't good at hand to hand or wielding a weapon like a blade. all she was good with was her needles, her fabrics, her scissors. all things of a tailoring trade she was good with. She was quick in movement yes, but as quick as a normally lady could be without being a athletic runner.
She watched Xue from where she sat while looking around for something or anything to tell her what was going on. the last time she was kidnapped or woke in a different place. last time it was with a red haired vermillion that more treated her as a willing guest then a kidnapped woman held against her will. What was going on and why was she the one getting kidnapped a second time.
Xue watched and found an odd sense of amusement as he saw the girl instantly become aware of him once he spoke and pushed herself to the wall to keep away from him as she asked who he was and where she was, at that Xue took a few steps forward before he answered.”to put it simply my name is Xingke as to where you are this is a private estate” he said as he saw her grab a pillow and told him not to come any closer to which he mearly took a few more steps forward not perturbed by her words.”why you have nothing here that can harm me” he stated as he would glance over at the outfit on the small table in the room."those are your clothes from this point on you will be a maid here and you will go by the name Liena” he said his tone showing he would take no arguments from her on this, in all honesty from how she was reacting he did expect to have to show her that defiance would give her nothing in the end.
“and if your thinking you can escape or try and get past me rest assured if not by my hand then by others on the grounds that you will never reach the gate before being caught and brought back here” he said as he watched her reactions,”now are you going to behave and do as told or do I need to resort to other methods to see you do as I wish” he asked his tone questioning but his eyes were locked on hers with an eagle like intensity despite his face looking passive, it was clear despite how he acted he wasnt a fool and he kept a close eye on everything around him.
Post by Sumire Honoka on Nov 5, 2024 2:44:39 GMT -5
Sumire watched him from where she sat keeping the pillow infront of her listening to him as he spoke his name and that the estate she was on was private. That was obvious as she was pretty sure if you kept someone either by finding them or a kidnapping you would want the place of holding private. She had told him not to come closer but he didnt listen even giving another remark that was obvious, but there was still not way of not indicating it. She followed his gaze as she listened to his words. She moved slowly over to the clothing. feeling them as she sighed shaking her head in disbelief. until she heard a new name to be given to her. "Liena huh?"she asked acting confused as she felt over the outfit.
She then listened to him directly state that she wont be able to escape as either himself or the other servants or guards will stop her and bring her back before she could reach the gate. Well that was interesting, this told her what she needed to know. She was kidnapped....Again. She ignored the threat as she would have played stupid, fake some memory loss, but she bwas more worried of what her family thought. Of enlil and of her seasonal schedule. Oh lord the ravencrest order will be starting its new season soon. She was going to be so behind due to this.
"You wish for me to be a maid, to take up the name Liena...If I may ask. How long are you wishing to keep me for this....instance per chance? I have never done any servant work in my life and I can tell you now, unless you done your homework of me, you will only cause me serious pain and injuries due to my conditions."She state before holding up the garment. " I can't wear this. the fabric itself is not treated with the herbs and ointments I need it to be washed in. Any thing that has to do with cleaning will cause my skin to break and become sickly, my lung are also very weak so anything dusting will cause swelling and cause me to most likely choke without the medicine that I need to take daily. 5 medicines to be exact. 3 I must take in the morning 2 I must take in mid day and 1 at night. Not only that, this room itself is absolutely irritating my skin you see?" She spoke knowing what fabrics set her sensitive skin to break out as she removed a hand from the servant garb showing the rash irritated palm. " As you can see. I can make due with bandages but I need them cured and soaked in a solution of a selected herbs that rest on my family's estate."S he stated. "If your wishing for me to be the maid you seek, you have made a horrible choice and for that I am sorry for wasting your time. If you wish to return me from where you found me I would greatly appreciate it and ensure none knows of what happened here." She said
Most of it was nonsense and as vague as possible. in truth, she did have sensitive skin yes and while she used more natural native remedies for such irritations and break outs, clover had much of the same that were not as useful as the stuff she made and used often. Yet all she said was true in one form or another and while she could make all these medicines and needs herself. it was more of a means to ensure he could fullfill needs or if she was going to have to deal with her sensitive body. It was all a means of learning her lines and whether she was going to ever be able to make it home on her own or if her family seeks help to find her, she could only imagine the first one her father would seek help from as well he was one who alone rounds their books for a whole year from one season alone. She turned towards the only window in thought of another thing. Shi should be coming home soon with her mother and siblings. The woman knew her fear of the forsaken reigon as her last trip literally landed her in a situtaiton like this one. She knew shi would seek her out or ask assistance for directions as the woman wasn't a native of clover either and the forsaken reigon was an odd place.
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Xue Listened to her with his arms crossed as she quetioned his want for her to be a maid and then asked him how long he intended to keep her there for and also mentioned that she had never done servant work in her life and that unless he wanted to cause her serious pain he had better have done his homework on her, she then went on to explainn why she couldnt wear the clothing due to not being treated by herbs and ointments needed and that she needed to take medicine due to her lungs being weak and that her skin was also getting irriated from the room, she would continue on to mention that she needed bandages that needed to be soaked before stating that if he wanted her as a maid he made a horrible choice and if he wanted to return her then she would appriciate it, the rogues face didnt shift at all as his eyes remained locked on hers silver eyes showing nothing as he shook his head at her antics.”you will stay as long as I wish you to stay as far as your conditions go” he stated before he reached into his pockets and he tossed out what looked like a few types of pills and vitamins.
“if you think im so foolish as to not do my research on who it is that I capture then you are very sadly mistaken” he said before he suddenly closed the distance and caught her right hand before he quickly and with little effort dislocated her pointer finger before in the next instant broke it causing far more pain then usual. “now since you wanted to try to test me you can be called maid number 14 now are you going to listen?” he asked as if she decided to say no or argue he would continue and proceed to dislocate and break the next finger continuing on until he had done all ten,he had plenty of ways to cause pain and could use all of them very effectively.now it was up to here if she wanted to learn the easy way or the hard way no matter which Xue was ready.
Post by Sumire Honoka on Nov 7, 2024 22:49:03 GMT -5
This was not how she wanted to spend her day in the forsaken region. consolations were not on her schedule and if she gets a chance she will never allow herself to ever step foot into the forsaken region.
She had explained the idiotic situation to ensure that if this was just going to be a maidship, that possibly it will be easier on both of them to get done and hopefully never have to step foot in this situation again. It was just a statement as the last time someone decided to kidnap her, she made her escape with some servants, getting lost in the dark and running from mana beasts only to take a dive down a forested hill to stopping on a road a magic knight patrol was walking down was sure luck and she wa grateful for only being gone a few days at most.
However, she could tell this situation was much worse and her captor was much colder then her last as she heard him speak of her leaving when he wished. So she could be here till she draw her last breath. That wasn't good and caused great worry to rummage through her mind from her family, to her sole client finding out, to Enlil finding out let alone Shi going to seek her out. This wasn't good and she didn't want to be the cause of anyone's troubles. not her own personal life or the lives of those on this estate. She listened to him comment on her condition as she watched him reach into his pockets tossing out some pills and vitamins before calling out the fact he wasn't foolish enough to not do his research. She expected him to move away from her and give more orders of his standards and what is expected of her. After all that was what happened last time.
Unfortunately that did not come to be as he moved quick to close the distance catching ahold of her right hand. Out of instinct she attempt to move herself and her hand back not one for being touch by much of anyone, let alone the one that thought of her as a maid over her actual status. No just as swiftly as he closed the gap she felt a sudden pain in her dislocated index finger before a sharp pain from him dislocating it then to suddenly breaking it as a cry of pain came from her lips as immediately she tried pulling away " Let go of me. I am not going to bed some maid for someone like you!" She exclaimed trying her best to try getting her hand from his grip along with her point/ However hard she did try getting her hand free she felt him dislocate and break each of her fingers on that hand, bringing her down to drop to her knees "Fine...I'll listen,....just stop." She said feeling like she was going to vomit or pass out from the pain rushing through her hand that rested in his grip above her. It hurt the pain was soaring through her limb throughout the rest of her. She didn't know what she needed to do or ensure but all she wanted to do was heal her hand, She reached up to feel her hair pin, however she stopped not feeling it in her hair. it was a two piece but without both pieces, it was just another ornament in her hair.
No, No, no, no, no. Did she lose her hair when he knocked her out? Did he possibly destroy it? took it? this was not good. She could lose all she was for all she cared but her hair piece, it was her everything, cause it was a silent promise from her heart o another that shared her silent want equally. She didn't have her satchel, she only had half her hair piece. the soaring pain through her felt numb and dull compared to missing pin. She felt tears escape in the silent realization her most cherished treasure she was trusted with was not on her. it was either taken or dropped. The rituals and rites of it was not meet, was not made for taking it out, not by her. This was bad, If she lost that pin, it would be the end of her world in so many ways, a end to a future she hoped for. She wanted to find that pin, to know it was safe and not broken. her focused her senses trying to find any trace of her own mana from the hair pin within her range. She could sense her grimoire elsewhere and something else from her mana. She had to believe if he had her pin, it was safe with her grimoire. As long as it was safe, that was all she cared about. She snapped her mind back to the situation she was held in as she did her best to calm her breathing and handle the pain radiating through her, as long as she remained still, as long as she remained calm,. Just play along tend to what she needed to then maybe she will be release? maybe she will be able to be healed or at least get treated through medical needs. Her mind was racing through all the emotions going in a circle. se couldn't register what was best to do in this situation.
Should she ask for her hair pin back? yes cause she needed it, No, she didn't want to give him any more ammo to use against her. Should she try to attack him, to escape? Yes, cause she needed to get home. No, she had no skills dealing with hand to hand, Shi has only taught her basic self defense. So many questions and options raced through her mind as she kept trying to handle her waterfall of tears from the pain as she watched the floorboard through her water filled eyes.
Post by Xue Zhongli on Nov 11, 2024 5:52:47 GMT -5
Xue saw her seem to grasp her situation before he had reached out and dislocated and broke her finger and he heard her cry out as she demanded he let go of her and that she refused to be a maid for someone like him, his eyes narrowed but before he could moved to her middle finger to dislocate and break that one he heard her suddenly relent and state that she would listen if he stopped, he let go over her hand as he let her drop to her knees, now that he had her in pain and listening he would give instructions.”good now this will be your room for the your time here your duties will be to clean and maintain my part of the estate along with the others in my employment, you will get breaks and meals like the rest of them and as long as you do as told things will be fine” he explained before going on.” the others will teach you how to cook and some of the other duties you will do as well, now only two rooms in my estate are off limits my bedroom and my vault I catch you snooping near either one and what I did to your hand will seem mild” he warned though in truth he had made sure that only he could get into such rooms still didnt hurt to warn her.
The edge his voice carried at the end of that sentence would warn Sumire that what he had done to her hand would be nothing and Xue had already thought of other ways of getting his point across, seeing as the pain likely would make sure she had listened intently he grabbed her hand before pulled out what looked like a dark purple crystal from his pocket that seemed like Amythst but with runes etched into it and he held it by her hand before it would give off a slight glow as her finger would mend and right itself,”now fourteen do you have any questions” he asked using her offical title now as he let go of her hand and he pocketed the crystal, he mended her finger this once but likely the next time he harmed her he would not be so quick to heal her injuries and likely would let her suffer the effects for a while to make a point.
Post by Sumire Honoka on Nov 14, 2024 1:30:38 GMT -5
Sumie was in pain. breaks were one thing then they were accidental from falling or a situation that she had no control over but when it came to someone else doing it on purpose. it hurt so much more then she thought.
She wishes she could have held out longer but she isn't use to having bones broken on a whim just for not listening, slapping wasone thing that was nothing new but to literally have the tools of her trade harmed by dislocating and breaking was going to have longer affects on herself even after healing.
She fell to her knees expecting more pain that didn't come, it seems her first acknowledgemnt was enough to stop as she felt him release her wrist as she instantly pulled her against her chest as she gripped it tightly trying to handle the pain soaring through her not paying much attention to his words or acknowledgement of his existence. this admittence was purely to get the pain to stop. it wasn't a means of breaking. It was just a means of survival till she was either released, escaped, or rescued.
SHe wasnt sure how she was going to escape, that was likely out of the question. She could play nice, she could play dumb and adapt till she was allowed out and free. or she could hope for the third option she in truth didn't want. Someone to rescue her. She wouldnt want anyone to know of this situtation. she would rather make it home tonight and never step foot outside her home again. She certaintly was never going to leave without shi again.
She toned out his words tending to the sight of her finger, trying her best to get out the pain in it, that was far more concerning then the dos and donts of this maidship she was put in unwillingly. She snapped her thoughts back to the situtation at hand as she felt his grab her hand again, causing her to instinctly try to pull away watching him pull out a crystal as she wasn't sure what he was going to do now. She winced feeling the crystal properties heal her finger back to its normal state.
"No...Just get on with it."She said pulling hand her hand to her chest holding it with her other as she kept her eyes looking awhere else then him as she slowly stood up, taking her time to dusting her skirt off.
