AN: Meh... I know there's not really much of a storyline going. :/ Honestly, I don't know if there ever will be! I kind of just like sending her on adventures.
By the way... I actually have this posted on a couple of different sites. So if you see this same story somewhere else, I swear I didn't steal it! D: It's mine!
And Also... I will probably NEVER follow the Kuro storyline with this character! (mostly because Undertaker is not a major part of the storyline and he is the only reason I do Kuro fanfiction :/ *shameless Undertaker obsession*
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It was a cold, but lovely day. The perfect day to have a Frost Fayre on the Thymes. Soma and Agni seemed to be having the time of their lives- I wasn't so thrilled, though.
"Hey, Agni, look!" Soma yelled excitedly, "That 'Snow' stuff is everywhere!"
"Um... Soma," He didn't seem to hear me so I coughed loudly and dramatically to get his attention, "Soma, I'm sick as a dog and I hate crowds- what am I doing here?"
He picked me up and twirled me around, "You're having fun at the Frost Fair!" I tried protesting, telling him I wanted to go home, but he just insisted on me staying and playing with them.
For a little while I played some games. They were your basic bowling and target practice games that you see at any fair with prizes promised to the winner. We hung around at these games. I even won something- a pretty blue ring that the shopkeeper claimed was diamond. It was probably a fake, though, who ever heard of a blue diamond?
...
Until they ran off and left me! Now I was angry and alone. Not to mention sick, and getting sicker by the minute. I was shuddering uncontrolably still not used to the cold after all my time here.
Oh! I coudn't stand this! I just had to get inside somewhere! I found a random shop and ducked into it without paying attention, fully intending to pretend to be browsing while really warming up, but suddenly realized I had found the wrong shop for that- I was in some kind of funeral parlor! I looked at the person behind the counter, preparing to appollogize and say something about having the wrong place when I realized who it was.
"It's you!"
The man looked up from something he was reading and his face spread into a grin, "Why, hello there, Riley!" We embraced.
"What are you doing here, mr. Undertaker?" I asked, delighted but curious.
"Well, so many people have died of frostbite out here that I decided to just set up over here!~" He seemed so happy about it that I wasn't sure whether to look sad or happy.
So I just said, "Oh, I see,"
A few minutes passed during which he somehow magically produced some warm tea. It was like heaven to me as I had remembered that I was sick and cold and had begun shaking pitifully again.
"So," He sat behind the desk again while I took a coffin, "If miss Riley wasn't expecting to see me then what would she be going to an undertaker's for?" He asked, with a bit of suspicion. Then he frowned, "You're not cheating on me, are you?"
I was in the middle of drinking tea when he asked this question. This was not good timing. I ended up making a noise that was somewhere between a gasp and a snort and choking on tea.
When I recovered I managed to say weakly, "No," I cleared my throat and explained, "To be honest, I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going. I was just trying to get out of the cold. I'm sick so I really should not be out at the fair playing around, especially in this weather,"
That question could have been taken quite a different way- he should watch how he worded things! Then again, he might have meant for it to sound that way. Oh, why did he enjoy teasing me? But then I realized, with a blush that I didn't mind his teasing so much (aside from the occasional sudden startling appearance).
I finished the tea and stood up, "I should probably go look for Soma and Agni,"
He stood, too, "Alright. Come by and visit sometime~," We said farewell and I ducked through the opening and walked away.
I looked around for Agni and Soma (or "team idiot" as I had lovingly nicknamed them). I searched restaurants, game booths, and stores. I asked around about them; a couple of people did recall seeing two Indians at the fair, but couldn't tell me anything beyond that. I sighed, feeling more sick and tired than ever.
'I'll just head home, then, and wait for them to get there.'
So, I made my way off of the ice and to the banks of the Thames. From there I tried to get a carraige, but, after ten minutes without success, gave up and just chose to walk home, frowning in disappointment. I liked riding by carraige; it had been something I wanted to do as a child but never been in a position to, until now. Oh well- another day, then!
There was time for that later; right now, I had to get home- and fast. I didn't know how much longer my sick body could hold out against this cold weather which I was not accustomed to.
I turned down a street, the same street I had always taken whenever I walked home. On this day, that street felt forboding, somehow. I tried to brush the feeling off, as most 'feelings' I had didn't really seem to help me in any way.
At first I wasn't even sure that I had heard the music. I looked uncertainly down the alley that I heard it come from. I could see someone standing there just out of sight. The figure turned some kind of crank and the music began again.
Without knowing why, I began to follow that figure.
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Undertaker had taken a break. He had become hungry and there's really only so much cookies can do for you... So he was here in Lau's restaraunt; eating donuts and watching the other customers shift uncomfortably in their seats at the scantilly-clad waitresses.
Without warning, two Indians burst through the door. These were Agni and Soma, the two that Riley had left to find, if he wasn't mistaken. For a moment they stood just in the doorway looking around wildly before yelling, "Riley! Are you here?" across the restaraunt, startling the other patrons.
The taller one, Agni, glanced into the corner where Undertaker was sitting and noticed him. He put his hand on Soma's shoulder and whispered something in his ear. Soma looked over at the corner, too. Undertaker grinned at them and waved.
With a determined glare Soma marched over to his table, "You- my servant informs me that you are Riley's friend. Have you seen her?"
Undertaker wondered for a brief moment whether or not he could charge for this information. But if it was about Riley then it was too serious to play around. Besides, these two would be useless at coming up with anything amusing in their panicked state.
"I have~. She came by earlier and stayed for a while. Then she left saying she would look for you two,"
"How long ago was that?"
"Hm... A couple of hours~! Is something the matter?"
"She's missing! We've looked everywhere, even back at the manor and she's not there, either!"
"Oh?" He stood and brushed past them, "Well, I'm sure she'll turn up eventually~,"
He left through the door, frowned up at the darkening sky and headed away from the restaurant quickly.
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AN: Oh no! :O
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Kuroshitsuji- Out of Place 06
I looked up into her piercing eyes, watching as she approached me with a twisted smile on her face, "Stay the hell away from me!" I found myself shrieking and quickly tried to conjure up some techniques of self defense from my memory. None came.
It didn't matter, though, because the strange people with the weapons suddenly surrounded her.
Now that they were closer I could see them more clearly. They were all wearing suits and glasses. As I mentioned before, each was carrying a weapon. Now that they were closer I recognized these weapons to be various gardening equipment. That was pretty weird, but I was just glad to see the woman turn her attention away from me.
"Riley!" Someone grabbed my shoulder. I yelped and slapped Ciel in surprise. He looked offended for a second but that quickly changed back to his usual serious demeanor, "We can't stay here!" He grabbed my hand and dragged me away.
As we ran down a hallway, I could hear a fight going on in the room we had just left. There was shouting, struggling, and roars. It began to get louder even though we were moving away from it. When I glanced back, I could see why- she was following us! In an instant she was right behind me. She raised her hand and swung it at me, but only managed to graze my arm. It was enough to make me stumble and fall. Luckily I caught myself against a wall and was able to keep running. Looking back again, I saw that the man in red had jumped on her back to restrain her.
Ciel and I ran outside and into the garden. He lead me through the dark, around flowerbeds and shrubs until we reached an orchard. Then we finally stopped to sit down and rest.
"Ciel, what was that all about? What happened?" I shuddered in fear, clinging to him for comfort.
He ignored my question and said instead, "Don't worry, Sebastian will be able to take care of it. He'll probably come for us in a little while," He looked at me, then, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm alright," I assured him.
Just then there was a huge crash. We peeked out from behind the tree and gasped in unison. Where the mansion had just been standing, there was nothing more than a dust cloud rising up off of the ground.
He jumped up and shouted, "Riley, stay here!" Then ran off in the direction of his house. Well that was alright with me, I didn't want to be anywhere near that scary woman who had tried to kill me! I sat down against the tree again, feeling suddenly weak.
I must have dozed off, because it jerked me awake when I heard footsteps nearby. I kept quiet; I could see nothing, so maybe that meant that they couldn't see me either. A few feet in front of me I could see a flash of something gold that I recognized as eyes. That's when I realized there was a dark figure standing over me. I screamed and kicked out at whatever was there. The dark figure crouched to my level and said, "I've found you, miss Riley!"
"Mr. Undertaker, please stop doing that," I felt like I would burst into tears, "I already feel like I'm gonna faint without you sneaking up on me!"
"Well, have you tried covering that wound yet?" He sat next to me against the tree.
I looked at him blankly, "Wound?"
"You're bleeding, miss Riley," He informed me, and touched a place on my arm. I felt it and realized he was right.
"Oh yeah- that lady scratched me!" I felt for the wound so I could cover it, but it was too dark, "I can't see a damn thing!"
"Hm? It's not that dark..." He said casually.
"Well, if you can see, then help me out before I bleed to death,"
He didn't answer, but I could hear him doing something. Then he was wrapping a long piece of fabric around my bleeding arm, "That should do it," He tied it off.
"Thanks," I smiled at the place where I thought his face might be, "By the way do you have any idea what happened earlier? Before that woman appeared?”
“Hm~? Did something happen?”
"Yeah, all these people appeared out of nowhere!"
"People?"
"Yeah, they were all carrying weapons and nobody else was paying them any attention, for some reason,"
"Are you sure they were there, then?"
"Are you calling me crazy? Of course, I almost ran into one of them. He was wearing all red and looked like a drag queen!"
"Well, then let's go find the others," He said quickly, standing and helping me up, "We probably wouldn't want to meet any of those people with just the two of us,"
I nodded in agreement, but felt like he was rushing to get away from the topic. That meant he probably knew something, but didn't want to or wasn't aloud to tell me.
Oh well, I'll just have to find out on my own!
I followed close behind him as we made our way through the dark. I tried to walk on my own, but I stumbled and ran into stuff so much that I reached out and grabbed at his sleeve. Even then I tripped, this time almost dragging him down with me. He ended up carrying me the rest of the way.
"Sorry you're having to put up with me..."
"Oh, don't worry. I intend on charging you,"
"...huh? Are you serious? I ain't got any money!"
"I don't want your money,"
"Then what?"
"Make me laugh!"
"....huh?" It was a simple request, but when asked directly like that my mind just went blank, "But you already amuse yourself so easily!" I protested. He only chuckled.
“By the way, where’d you go earlier?” I asked, stalling for time.
“....Go?” He asked somewhat reluctantly.
“Yeah, you totally disappeared without saying anything!”
“.......”
“That was so mean! If you’re gonna just run off mid-conversation like that then at least give a reason! Plus that’s when those people showed up looking like terrorists, I really could have used your company! Nice timing-really,”
He only looked at me strangely before snickering.
“What is your problem?” I demanded, frowning at him. The look on my face only seemed to make him laugh more.
“Sorry. It’s just that no one has lectured me like that in a while,” He giggled.
I beamed at him, “I win,”
He cocked his head at me, “hm?”
“I made you laugh, I win,”
“Oh, I guess you’re right!” He grinned.
When we got back to the rubble that had been the Phantomhive mansion, people were mulling around, dazed. Some were hurrying off to go home, looking shaken. There was dust in the air, giving the place a post-apocalyptic look. Still, though, Undertaker’s grin never faltered.
We found Ciel sitting on what remained of the porch, looking glum, while Sebastian restrained the strange woman from before. This time I found she wasn’t really quite so fascinating as she was scary. Her face was twisted in anger and her teeth were bared. When she wasn’t roaring in rage she was shouting obscenities at Sebastian, who was sitting on her back looking as though he had smelled something unpleasant. I noticed the woman was now wearing a dog collar around her neck but decided not to question it.
I sat next to Ciel and patted his back sympathetically. Looking at the bits of broken wood around us I shook my head, “That’s a damn shame,”
“What’s a shame?” He asked, only sounding half interested.
“Just look at all this wasted lumber. Do you know how many trees this is?”
He only glared, as he usually did, “It doesn’t matter. Sebastian will fix it,”
“If you say so...” I was looking around at the wreckage doubtfully, when movement caught my eye. Worried it might be a person in the rubble, I jumped up and ran over to help. Before I could even start searching, a tall man stood up out of the mess of floorboards and tiles and began brushing himself off, completely ignoring me.
I waited for a minute, staring at him. When he still didn’t acknowledge me I said loudly, “Hey, you,”
He looked down at me as though I were a nuisance. That’s when I recognized him as one of the men from before, “Ah, it’s you,” He said in recognition.
“I’m sorry- have we met?” True I had seen him from across the room, but he hadn't even looked my way; and I didn't remember actually meeting him.
He leaned closer and stared into my face, as though to glean my deepest secrets from me. I backed away uncomfortably, listening to see if anyone was nearby. If this guy jumped me, I didn’t think anyone would make it in time.
“No,” He said finally, straightening up, “I suppose we haven’t,” He promptly hopped over a 20 foot pile of rubble and disappeared somewhere. I realized my mouth was hanging open and closed it before running back to where the others were.
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AN: Sorry this chap had to end like this.... I just don't know how to end this one and transition to the next one. So the next chapter will be rather abrupt and will not really expand on this one at all.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Kuroshitsuji- Out of Place 05
I looked at Soma and Agni for a minute.
"...Huh?" It hadn't sunk in
Soma waved the letter in my face, "This letter- it's from Ciel! We've been invited to some kind of party at his house,"
"Oh," I looked at it, not really reading it, "Soma, I'm pretty sure he only means you. Why would he invite me?"
Soma rolled his eyes and said, as though that were the stupidest thing he'd ever heard, "Why wouldn't he invite his sister?" He pointed to a place on the paper, "There, look. It says you're invited! See?" He grinned.
Well, what do you know? He was right. The letter was addressed: "To whom it may concern" and went on to say that Soma and I were invited to a social gathering of some sort (Agni wasn't mentioned, as it wasn't custom to give any consideration to servants when inviting people to such gatherings, but Agni would still accompany us).
I looked at them with wide eyes, "But, you guys, how should I dress for something like this?"
They seemed pretty clueless about that, but at least they tried to help. While I was hyperventilating they kept bringing out a random array of English dresses and Indian woman's clothing to see if I liked any of them. I ended up choosing a long, black, spaghetti-strap dress with lace at the bottom and a silver tiara. Showy, perhaps, but maybe the black would make me blend in.
The day of the "social gathering" we all took a carriage out of town. It took a while, but we eventually pulled up to Ciel's house.
Sebastian met us at the door, "Welcome,"
"Hi, Sebastian!" I smiled at him.
"H-hello, Sebastian," Soma said, peeking over my shoulder.
When Sebastian had moved away, I looked at Soma, "What are you hiding for? What's wrong?"
Soma shuddered, "He scares me..."
I looked to Agni for an explanation. He only shrugged- he didn't understand it either. So instead I looked back at Soma, "What's wrong with him?"
"There's just something unnatural about him. Like he's something really evil just pretending to be nice..." Soma convulsed again.
I began to shudder too, "Oh, stop it- you're freaking me out!" I pulled on his arm, "Come on, let's mingle,"
Most of the people looked at us as though there was something wrong with us. I only smiled in return; like I'd never seen THAT look before! I couldn't exactly blame them, either. After all, most people would look funny at two Indians and a goth chick.
Soon I spotted Ciel through the crowd. I kind of wanted to run up and hug him, but I was pretty sure that wouldn't be proper in this situation, especially since he was talking to a bunch of really official-looking people. I also wasn't sure I could look him in the eye after our last conversation. When those people had left him alone, I pointed Ciel out to Soma and he and Agni ran off to greet him.
Instead of following them, I hurried in the other direction. Bumping into people and apologizing quietly with my eyes lowered, I managed to make it across the room to a side room of some kind. It was empty but the door had been open so it was obviously meant for guests to use. Feeling depressed, I dropped down on the sofa. Right now I was kind of wishing I hadn't come. It would be rude to turn down the invitation, though, after he had been kind enough to let me live in his house. With a distressed sigh, I closed my eyes and leaned back.
After a moment I felt the slightest of drafts and then there was a voice speaking in my ear, "Alright, miss Riley?"
My eyes snapped open and I instinctively swatted at the place near my head where the voice had come from. The Undertaker caught my hand and leered at me. I gave him a dirty look, "Ya know, just because you can magic your way over here without being heard doesn't mean you should,"
He only grinned and said, laughingly, "I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself," I smiled involuntarily in response.
At that moment a commotion of some sort broke out in the main room. I got up to go look, Undertaker followed. The uproar seemed to be focused around a tall man with dark hair and glasses who was wearing a formal suit and carried a weapon of some sort. The people around him appeared alarmed at his appearance. It seemed he had quite suddenly appeared.
"What's with that guy?" I wondered aloud.
I thought I could hear Undertaker give an exasperated sigh, so I looked over at him. I couldn't really tell what expression he was wearing, I realized. His face revealed nothing about his emotions. His eyes were covered so it was impossible to tell.
He glanced at me and smiled in an amused way, "What is it?"
"Oh, nothing..." I looked away, suddenly shy. Out of the corner of my eye I could still see him smirking at me, it made me go red.
I tried to distract myself by looking back into the room at the strange man with glasses. He was now being led away somewhere by Sebastian. They joined Ciel in a secluded corner where the three of them began to have a heated discussion.
"Hm.... weird, what was that all about?" I turned to look at the undertaker, but he was gone. I looked around the small room to make sure he wasn't hiding- but it appeared he really was gone, "Wow- that was totally rude,"
Then I looked out at the big room. It seemed things had gotten back to normal- everyone had seemingly forgotten about that man's sudden entrance. That wasn't too strange, given that there was alcohol at this party, but there was something else not quite right. The room felt fuller now. There were several new people that I hadn't noticed before. Nobody seemed to be paying them any attention, though.
Which.... huh... now that I thought about it, struck me as really weird. Looking closer, they were all carrying some kind of weapon; shouldn't that be alarming to people? This was getting too freaky for me! I looked around for the undertaker. Ah, there he was at the top of the staircase! I started to walk that way, but nearly ran into someone. It was a man with long red hair, red clothes and very pretty make-up. He must have been a lumberjack, or something because he was carrying a chainsaw.
Hmm... another person who looked out of place in this time period. For a moment we stared at each other; me looking confused, him looking as though he wasn't feeling out of place at all. Then he said, "Oops, I've been noticed..." and looked at me as though I were a nuisance.
I backed away, "uhm... I didn't see nothing, mr. lumberjack!" and then I ran away. Looking up at the stairs, I realized undertaker was no longer there, "Son of a-!"
I didn't finish my curse because yet another commotion broke out across the room. There were screams, growling and the sound of running feet. I whipped around just in time to see someone being thrown through the air. People rushed past to get out the door, knocking me over in the process. When I sat up, there was a woman standing over me.
At first I thought she was one of the guests. She was dressed too strangely for a ball, though- her clothes consisted of a black midriff top; a short, black skirt, and tall boots. But there was something about her that was stranger than her clothes; on top of her head was a pair of short, black dog ears. This must have been the person everyone was running from. Weird, she was really more fascinating than scary... Then her eyes flashed red and I quickly changed my mind.
She grinned at me revealing sharp teeth. I stood up and backed away slowly, glancing around for some escape- there was none, I had backed into a corner.
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AN: uh oh!~ :O
"...Huh?" It hadn't sunk in
Soma waved the letter in my face, "This letter- it's from Ciel! We've been invited to some kind of party at his house,"
"Oh," I looked at it, not really reading it, "Soma, I'm pretty sure he only means you. Why would he invite me?"
Soma rolled his eyes and said, as though that were the stupidest thing he'd ever heard, "Why wouldn't he invite his sister?" He pointed to a place on the paper, "There, look. It says you're invited! See?" He grinned.
Well, what do you know? He was right. The letter was addressed: "To whom it may concern" and went on to say that Soma and I were invited to a social gathering of some sort (Agni wasn't mentioned, as it wasn't custom to give any consideration to servants when inviting people to such gatherings, but Agni would still accompany us).
I looked at them with wide eyes, "But, you guys, how should I dress for something like this?"
They seemed pretty clueless about that, but at least they tried to help. While I was hyperventilating they kept bringing out a random array of English dresses and Indian woman's clothing to see if I liked any of them. I ended up choosing a long, black, spaghetti-strap dress with lace at the bottom and a silver tiara. Showy, perhaps, but maybe the black would make me blend in.
The day of the "social gathering" we all took a carriage out of town. It took a while, but we eventually pulled up to Ciel's house.
Sebastian met us at the door, "Welcome,"
"Hi, Sebastian!" I smiled at him.
"H-hello, Sebastian," Soma said, peeking over my shoulder.
When Sebastian had moved away, I looked at Soma, "What are you hiding for? What's wrong?"
Soma shuddered, "He scares me..."
I looked to Agni for an explanation. He only shrugged- he didn't understand it either. So instead I looked back at Soma, "What's wrong with him?"
"There's just something unnatural about him. Like he's something really evil just pretending to be nice..." Soma convulsed again.
I began to shudder too, "Oh, stop it- you're freaking me out!" I pulled on his arm, "Come on, let's mingle,"
Most of the people looked at us as though there was something wrong with us. I only smiled in return; like I'd never seen THAT look before! I couldn't exactly blame them, either. After all, most people would look funny at two Indians and a goth chick.
Soon I spotted Ciel through the crowd. I kind of wanted to run up and hug him, but I was pretty sure that wouldn't be proper in this situation, especially since he was talking to a bunch of really official-looking people. I also wasn't sure I could look him in the eye after our last conversation. When those people had left him alone, I pointed Ciel out to Soma and he and Agni ran off to greet him.
Instead of following them, I hurried in the other direction. Bumping into people and apologizing quietly with my eyes lowered, I managed to make it across the room to a side room of some kind. It was empty but the door had been open so it was obviously meant for guests to use. Feeling depressed, I dropped down on the sofa. Right now I was kind of wishing I hadn't come. It would be rude to turn down the invitation, though, after he had been kind enough to let me live in his house. With a distressed sigh, I closed my eyes and leaned back.
After a moment I felt the slightest of drafts and then there was a voice speaking in my ear, "Alright, miss Riley?"
My eyes snapped open and I instinctively swatted at the place near my head where the voice had come from. The Undertaker caught my hand and leered at me. I gave him a dirty look, "Ya know, just because you can magic your way over here without being heard doesn't mean you should,"
He only grinned and said, laughingly, "I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself," I smiled involuntarily in response.
At that moment a commotion of some sort broke out in the main room. I got up to go look, Undertaker followed. The uproar seemed to be focused around a tall man with dark hair and glasses who was wearing a formal suit and carried a weapon of some sort. The people around him appeared alarmed at his appearance. It seemed he had quite suddenly appeared.
"What's with that guy?" I wondered aloud.
I thought I could hear Undertaker give an exasperated sigh, so I looked over at him. I couldn't really tell what expression he was wearing, I realized. His face revealed nothing about his emotions. His eyes were covered so it was impossible to tell.
He glanced at me and smiled in an amused way, "What is it?"
"Oh, nothing..." I looked away, suddenly shy. Out of the corner of my eye I could still see him smirking at me, it made me go red.
I tried to distract myself by looking back into the room at the strange man with glasses. He was now being led away somewhere by Sebastian. They joined Ciel in a secluded corner where the three of them began to have a heated discussion.
"Hm.... weird, what was that all about?" I turned to look at the undertaker, but he was gone. I looked around the small room to make sure he wasn't hiding- but it appeared he really was gone, "Wow- that was totally rude,"
Then I looked out at the big room. It seemed things had gotten back to normal- everyone had seemingly forgotten about that man's sudden entrance. That wasn't too strange, given that there was alcohol at this party, but there was something else not quite right. The room felt fuller now. There were several new people that I hadn't noticed before. Nobody seemed to be paying them any attention, though.
Which.... huh... now that I thought about it, struck me as really weird. Looking closer, they were all carrying some kind of weapon; shouldn't that be alarming to people? This was getting too freaky for me! I looked around for the undertaker. Ah, there he was at the top of the staircase! I started to walk that way, but nearly ran into someone. It was a man with long red hair, red clothes and very pretty make-up. He must have been a lumberjack, or something because he was carrying a chainsaw.
Hmm... another person who looked out of place in this time period. For a moment we stared at each other; me looking confused, him looking as though he wasn't feeling out of place at all. Then he said, "Oops, I've been noticed..." and looked at me as though I were a nuisance.
I backed away, "uhm... I didn't see nothing, mr. lumberjack!" and then I ran away. Looking up at the stairs, I realized undertaker was no longer there, "Son of a-!"
I didn't finish my curse because yet another commotion broke out across the room. There were screams, growling and the sound of running feet. I whipped around just in time to see someone being thrown through the air. People rushed past to get out the door, knocking me over in the process. When I sat up, there was a woman standing over me.
At first I thought she was one of the guests. She was dressed too strangely for a ball, though- her clothes consisted of a black midriff top; a short, black skirt, and tall boots. But there was something about her that was stranger than her clothes; on top of her head was a pair of short, black dog ears. This must have been the person everyone was running from. Weird, she was really more fascinating than scary... Then her eyes flashed red and I quickly changed my mind.
She grinned at me revealing sharp teeth. I stood up and backed away slowly, glancing around for some escape- there was none, I had backed into a corner.
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AN: uh oh!~ :O
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Kuroshitsuji - Adventures of Mary Sue: Chapter 04
Chapter 4
Okay, now I knew something was wrong. I may have been an ignorant kid, but I was pretty sure that London was just as technologically advanced as any other major city in the world. I mean they definitely had stuff like cars, busses, neon signs, and stoplights. So why was he telling me this place was London? There were none of those things. Plus there were more people dressed in old-fashioned clothing and the streets were brick instead of pavement.
I wanted to ask him why he was lying. I wanted to ask where we really were, but it was still too much trouble to speak.
“What’s with that face? You don’t believe me?”
I jumped. Could he read minds? Or maybe I was more predictable than I thought… That thought kind of made me mad. I would have to watch out around him from now on.
We went to the undertaker’s shop. It didn’t look like any undertaking place I had been to. It was more like the way you would imagine an undertaker’s place to look if you were a little kid just learning about it; like the place where a vampire might live, or like someone had gone all out to decorate for Halloween. Was this really where he worked?
‘Wow. Imagine how strange it would feel to come in here to have someone work on your loved one… ‘
At first I was kind of uneasy. I wasn’t sure how I would react if I saw a body. I’d only been to one funeral, after all; and of course that body had been cleaned and made pretty. At the moment I didn’t see any in the shop, but they were probably in the coffins he had all over the place.
I wondered what I would do now. He had already helped me way too much so it would be wrong to take advantage of him further. But it was kind of hard to refuse his help, as I still couldn’t find my voice and I really had no one else to turn to anyway. He went into a back room, saying he would find me something less bloody to wear.
‘Maybe I could leave now, while he’s distracted!’ I found myself dismissing the idea because I had the feeling that he would track me down and make me come back here with him again, anyway. The thought of that man chasing me down made me shudder; it would be scary to get on his bad side.
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Well, my cell phone was finally dry enough to turn on, as I discovered after changing. The only problem was that there was no signal. I sighed. My poor parents… where were they now? What were they doing?
Well, never mind that, I didn’t want to get myself crying or else I would never stop. Instead I typed up a text message to them and sent it. It wouldn’t go through yet, but as soon as it caught a signal it would send it.
Now I turned to look at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a simple black dress with long sleeves that flared out slightly at the ends. I found a black ribbon in the pocket of my camouflage pants (yes, I wear ribbons like a little girl- what of it?) and used it to tie back my wet hair. I hadn’t been expecting that I would be able to bathe. It was strange to do something so familiar after all the bizarre things I’d been through. How wonderful to no longer be covered in dirt and blood!
‘Well, what should I do now?’ I wondered. I supposed I should probably be looking for someone from the real world; someone who wasn’t stuck in this time warp.
I went to the window at the front of the shop and looked out. Nothing but old-fashioned people in their old-fashioned clothes; all the women were in skirts and everything. Wait! There was a lady wearing pants!
(AN: That’s my favorite sentence XD)
That had to mean she was from a modern place like me! Before I knew it I had run onto the street after her.
I looked around frantically and finally spotted her through the crowd. So began my chase through the city. She was almost unnaturally fast, though. Soon I realized she had probably noticed I was following her and was trying to lose me. I stopped then and shuddered in the cold air. I hadn’t even thought about needing a coat. It was way too late to keep going after her and it was getting cold.
‘I’ll head back now, I guess,’ Those words came to my mind easily, but I realized I now had no idea where I was. With no other choice, I just started walking in the direction I thought I had come from. The strange city was even more menacing now that I didn’t know where I was going.
Maybe that man really would track me down, I thought hopefully. He did before, after all. My stomach twisted when I thought of the mad doctor and how close I had come to losing my organs.
There was a park nearby. I don’t really know why I chose to go in there; probably because it was quiet and I was sick of being near so many people. However you want to rationalize it, I went in and when I couldn’t find a bench to sit on, found a secluded spot and just sat on the ground. I must have fallen asleep there, because suddenly it was pitch dark and I could no longer hear the sounds of people talking or horses moving nearby.
Well, at least someone was nearby. Their footsteps echoed as they came nearer. My heart sped up, ‘Who is that?’ I didn’t dare open my eyes to find out. There was a musky smell- similar to the cologne boys sometimes wore at my school- as the person came closer. I could feel their breath on my face; it smelled faintly of smoke. Then their hands were on my face. My eyes opened, ready to see some creepy man hanging over me. I was mistaken.
I knew as soon as I saw her that it was the woman I had been following earlier. Her long, silver hair was tied back in a ponytail. She was wearing a black trench coat, black pants, and a black hat. This black outfit contrasted well with her eyes, which were bright green.
“Maiden,” She spoke in a kind voice, “It’s dangerous to sleep here,”
I didn’t answer her.
“Come now, it’s dangerous here,” She repeated, making me sit up. When I was again silent, she smirked, “I see… So you don’t speak? Fine then, I’ll speak for you,” At that, she lifted me off of the ground and carried me bridal style. I gasped and held onto her tightly; she was very tall and heights are a big problem for me.
After seeing that I was afraid, she agreed to let me walk on my own but insisted I hold her hand. Honestly it was beginning to weird me out. It was like she was flirting with me, or something.
It seemed she had given up on trying to make me talk, so she announced that she would find a suitable place for me to stay.
“Maybe you could come to my place?” She suggested, slyly. That didn’t sound like a very good idea to me, so I shook my head no. She only smirked and leaned closer to me, “C’mon, why not?”
I blushed. I’d rejected a guy before but how do you reject a girl?
Would I finally be forced to use my voice after all this time? I hoped not- it would probably sound really terrible and croaky.
I was saved from answering, however, when a voice called to us, “Ah- there you are!”
We looked up. There was a figure approaching us. When he passed under a streetlamp, I saw that it was the Undertaker.
A relieved smile broke out across my face. Without thinking, I ran to him and threw my arms around him. He looked taken aback, but then smiled, “Did you get lost? You shouldn’t have wandered off like that,”
When I looked back at her, the woman, too, seemed rather taken aback, but in a way I couldn’t quite pinpoint. She also looked kind of annoyed- probably because I had blown her off.
She and Undertaker exchanged some words. The way they spoke gave me the feeling that they knew each other vaguely. She seemed to act very respectfully to him. It made me curious, probably more so than it should have. What was with this guy? I had just thought he was kind of an odd person, but now it felt like there was more to it than that.
As we turned to leave, I looked at the woman, whose name I had found out was Jeane. She took the opportunity to wink at me and wave bye. I shuddered, hoping I would never see her again.
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AN: XDDD So what do you think of Jean?~
lol dun make fun of her- she may be a fuck up but she's my fuck up XD
Okay, now I knew something was wrong. I may have been an ignorant kid, but I was pretty sure that London was just as technologically advanced as any other major city in the world. I mean they definitely had stuff like cars, busses, neon signs, and stoplights. So why was he telling me this place was London? There were none of those things. Plus there were more people dressed in old-fashioned clothing and the streets were brick instead of pavement.
I wanted to ask him why he was lying. I wanted to ask where we really were, but it was still too much trouble to speak.
“What’s with that face? You don’t believe me?”
I jumped. Could he read minds? Or maybe I was more predictable than I thought… That thought kind of made me mad. I would have to watch out around him from now on.
We went to the undertaker’s shop. It didn’t look like any undertaking place I had been to. It was more like the way you would imagine an undertaker’s place to look if you were a little kid just learning about it; like the place where a vampire might live, or like someone had gone all out to decorate for Halloween. Was this really where he worked?
‘Wow. Imagine how strange it would feel to come in here to have someone work on your loved one… ‘
At first I was kind of uneasy. I wasn’t sure how I would react if I saw a body. I’d only been to one funeral, after all; and of course that body had been cleaned and made pretty. At the moment I didn’t see any in the shop, but they were probably in the coffins he had all over the place.
I wondered what I would do now. He had already helped me way too much so it would be wrong to take advantage of him further. But it was kind of hard to refuse his help, as I still couldn’t find my voice and I really had no one else to turn to anyway. He went into a back room, saying he would find me something less bloody to wear.
‘Maybe I could leave now, while he’s distracted!’ I found myself dismissing the idea because I had the feeling that he would track me down and make me come back here with him again, anyway. The thought of that man chasing me down made me shudder; it would be scary to get on his bad side.
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Well, my cell phone was finally dry enough to turn on, as I discovered after changing. The only problem was that there was no signal. I sighed. My poor parents… where were they now? What were they doing?
Well, never mind that, I didn’t want to get myself crying or else I would never stop. Instead I typed up a text message to them and sent it. It wouldn’t go through yet, but as soon as it caught a signal it would send it.
Now I turned to look at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a simple black dress with long sleeves that flared out slightly at the ends. I found a black ribbon in the pocket of my camouflage pants (yes, I wear ribbons like a little girl- what of it?) and used it to tie back my wet hair. I hadn’t been expecting that I would be able to bathe. It was strange to do something so familiar after all the bizarre things I’d been through. How wonderful to no longer be covered in dirt and blood!
‘Well, what should I do now?’ I wondered. I supposed I should probably be looking for someone from the real world; someone who wasn’t stuck in this time warp.
I went to the window at the front of the shop and looked out. Nothing but old-fashioned people in their old-fashioned clothes; all the women were in skirts and everything. Wait! There was a lady wearing pants!
(AN: That’s my favorite sentence XD)
That had to mean she was from a modern place like me! Before I knew it I had run onto the street after her.
I looked around frantically and finally spotted her through the crowd. So began my chase through the city. She was almost unnaturally fast, though. Soon I realized she had probably noticed I was following her and was trying to lose me. I stopped then and shuddered in the cold air. I hadn’t even thought about needing a coat. It was way too late to keep going after her and it was getting cold.
‘I’ll head back now, I guess,’ Those words came to my mind easily, but I realized I now had no idea where I was. With no other choice, I just started walking in the direction I thought I had come from. The strange city was even more menacing now that I didn’t know where I was going.
Maybe that man really would track me down, I thought hopefully. He did before, after all. My stomach twisted when I thought of the mad doctor and how close I had come to losing my organs.
There was a park nearby. I don’t really know why I chose to go in there; probably because it was quiet and I was sick of being near so many people. However you want to rationalize it, I went in and when I couldn’t find a bench to sit on, found a secluded spot and just sat on the ground. I must have fallen asleep there, because suddenly it was pitch dark and I could no longer hear the sounds of people talking or horses moving nearby.
Well, at least someone was nearby. Their footsteps echoed as they came nearer. My heart sped up, ‘Who is that?’ I didn’t dare open my eyes to find out. There was a musky smell- similar to the cologne boys sometimes wore at my school- as the person came closer. I could feel their breath on my face; it smelled faintly of smoke. Then their hands were on my face. My eyes opened, ready to see some creepy man hanging over me. I was mistaken.
I knew as soon as I saw her that it was the woman I had been following earlier. Her long, silver hair was tied back in a ponytail. She was wearing a black trench coat, black pants, and a black hat. This black outfit contrasted well with her eyes, which were bright green.
“Maiden,” She spoke in a kind voice, “It’s dangerous to sleep here,”
I didn’t answer her.
“Come now, it’s dangerous here,” She repeated, making me sit up. When I was again silent, she smirked, “I see… So you don’t speak? Fine then, I’ll speak for you,” At that, she lifted me off of the ground and carried me bridal style. I gasped and held onto her tightly; she was very tall and heights are a big problem for me.
After seeing that I was afraid, she agreed to let me walk on my own but insisted I hold her hand. Honestly it was beginning to weird me out. It was like she was flirting with me, or something.
It seemed she had given up on trying to make me talk, so she announced that she would find a suitable place for me to stay.
“Maybe you could come to my place?” She suggested, slyly. That didn’t sound like a very good idea to me, so I shook my head no. She only smirked and leaned closer to me, “C’mon, why not?”
I blushed. I’d rejected a guy before but how do you reject a girl?
Would I finally be forced to use my voice after all this time? I hoped not- it would probably sound really terrible and croaky.
I was saved from answering, however, when a voice called to us, “Ah- there you are!”
We looked up. There was a figure approaching us. When he passed under a streetlamp, I saw that it was the Undertaker.
A relieved smile broke out across my face. Without thinking, I ran to him and threw my arms around him. He looked taken aback, but then smiled, “Did you get lost? You shouldn’t have wandered off like that,”
When I looked back at her, the woman, too, seemed rather taken aback, but in a way I couldn’t quite pinpoint. She also looked kind of annoyed- probably because I had blown her off.
She and Undertaker exchanged some words. The way they spoke gave me the feeling that they knew each other vaguely. She seemed to act very respectfully to him. It made me curious, probably more so than it should have. What was with this guy? I had just thought he was kind of an odd person, but now it felt like there was more to it than that.
As we turned to leave, I looked at the woman, whose name I had found out was Jeane. She took the opportunity to wink at me and wave bye. I shuddered, hoping I would never see her again.
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AN: XDDD So what do you think of Jean?~
lol dun make fun of her- she may be a fuck up but she's my fuck up XD
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