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mayfield_rpg2012-02-11 08:39 pm
ex_seventh238) wrote in mayfield_rpg2012-02-11 08:39 pm
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Vingt-Deux † passage of days
[Now that Mayfield's calmed its pants and everything seems to have more or less gone back to order, Ciel will be all over town multitasking as per usual. Throughout this week and the next, you may find her doing the following:
I ; 1125 Taylor Road - Kitchen
Ciel is shuffling through some typical magazines to kill time while sitting in front of the oven that's visibly on and baking something. Sure smells good, too. Cheesy, to be precise. What is she making?She's usually either busy with curry or typical western dishes to feed the family...
Oh, look, it's... pizza. This will be the first time any housemates see her doing this, but if one is to take a look through the glass, the crust is rising and coming along nicely. This doesn't look like the work of a beginner, it can't be her first time making it. But hm... why now?
II ; Mayfield High (Backdated to Friday class time)
So it's French class with that one teacher who tends to go off-topic half the time, if she's not slacking off by giving students group exercises to do so she doesn't have to teach the other half the time. Except because Valentine's Day is coming soon, there's a basket of heart-shaped gingerbread cookies up the front.
You may take one AFTER class. UNTIL THEN, HOWEVER. Did you know that Saint Valentine was a Christian martyr? No? Yes? You don't care? Well you're getting a crash course anyway!]
The flower and sweet shop must be getting busy with Valentine's Day coming up, and I'm sure that many of you are looking forward to it to do something nice for your special someone, hm? [It's not your imagination, she did just wink.] That's very thoughtful and I certainly won't pry, but you should definitely know where the Holiday originated from! Please listen carefully and take notes if you need to, this will definitely be a bonus question on your midterm! [But it's not even French-related...
W/e you better keep up, she'll write the name down on the blackboard before shooting off.]
Valentine's Day is named after the martyr Saint Valentine, who lived around 3rd century BC during the later days of the Roman Empire. It derives from the word "Valens", by the way, which means strength and courage! If you know about ancient world History, at that time the religion of the state was Roman Paganism. Christianity was looked down upon, so Christians have always been persecuted by the country. Being a faithful when he could have been arrested is already brave, but even beyond that, Saint Valentine has secretly married Christian couples when such a thing would be illegal! This is how his name has come to be associated with love and romance, though it is also unfortunate and inevitable that he was eventually caught performing these services. Under the reign of Emperor Claudius II, the Priest Valentine was executed. It's said that the Emperor has taken a liking to Saint Valentine, but his execution became assured when he attempted to convert the Emperor himself. Still, as the name of the Holiday itself shows, he certainly hasn't been forgotten. Quite a bit has changed in the next two millenniums, but that's where Valentine's Day would trace its roots!
[Done, she cheerfully taps the blackboard once with her pointer.]
Okay, any questions? If not, I'll be asking some questions now!
[Either ask or sit there quietly and hope she doesn't pick on you...? 8|;; Well at least that sort of WAS educational... Maybe.]
[III ; Around town
a. Grocery Store → 1125 Taylor Road
Don't mind her looking quite pleased with herself and carrying enough stuff to feed a family of 10.
...Okay that's not humanly reasonable but she's carrying like thrice the capacity that a woman of her build should by all means be actually capable of handling!! With enough idleness to spare and stop to say hi to you if she catches you staring, whether you know her or not. You could always stand to be cheerful here, y'know? :D/
b. Kramden Road/Albright Lane
She's just loitering. Passing by. Inconspicuously. Here and there. No there is nothing stalkerish about this and you're rude for thinking it. She's just checking! Once in a while.
IV ; Jonathon's Tools
Dressed in typical housewife garments, she's by the hardware store with a sniper rifle and two revolvers on the counter, smiling nicely while she chats up the drone clerk.]
Ms. Slick, I'm afraid that we can't have the ladies handle these boys here. You understand, I don't want the officers on my case for a woman accidentally blowing her husband's head off. Nothing personal, but you're not meant to handle those. Now may I interest you in some flower seeds instead? Mr. Slick ought to take care of the yard work, but I do have a few recommenda-
Aha, no, that's quite okay, mister. You see, these aren't for me. I'm running an errand on the behalf of my husband, you know how much of a sport he is with those. He's unfortunately rather busy these days, so he asked me to go fetch those for him. You wouldn't send a well-meant housewife empty-handed back to her hard-working husband with such an unfortunate excuse, would you?
[She's giving him quite the puppy face. The male drone clerk is scowling lightly back at her, and while he still doesn't look willing, he is mellowing out.]
Arg... Is that so? That does make sense, but 'excuse', now that's stretchin' it a bit. We have good reasons, ma'am, even if this is on Mr. Slick's behalf...
But business is still business, isn't it? No one else will find out, you know. These firearms will go straight to my husband once I get home, you can package them for me in paper bags so no one would see. Won't that work?
[She is still smiling as always and looking relaxed and laid-back, but if any observer takes a closer look, they may notice her eyes shining a dull unnatural blue... Something that the clerk is helplessly captivated by.]
Y...es, ma'am, that would...
[A few moments later, the transaction is done, and humming cheerfully to herself, Ciel lightly steps out of the store with a rather big paper bag in hand.
V ; Rec Center Shooting Range
Like the rest of Mayfield, even if she wasn't picked for the surgeries, Ciel waded through her fair share of BS for the last 2 weeks or so. Being Active Aggressive around Merem since his return didn't make her feel any better either, so time to blow some steam off elsewhere through some other means!
Hence there she will be in the later evening, a time when there shouldn't be much people out loitering around a place like this. Though the standard target practices are still far too easy, especially with the rifle that she again took the liberties to modify once she took her hauled goods home. Might as well try to go for a new record time... This is also taking in account of her reloading speed, yes. She's oiled the chambers for swift reload, the mastery in every movement is apparent.
She'll kill at least an hour or so before deciding that it's enough.
VI ; Church
a. Outside ; Evening. It's dark out and you can catch her shoveling the snow by the entrance. It doesn't matter if there isn't much, she's doing it anyway. She's in her habits with a single blanket draped over her shoulders. Each breath she takes does produce a rather large white puffy cloud, made especially visible due to the evening darkness, but she doesn't seem to mind the cold in the least.
b. Inside. if someone's to drop by after the front entrance has been thoroughly and meticulously cleaned. There's a few candles lit in the front, but the lighting is general dim otherwise. Still, Ciel seems to be hunched over something with a lot of attention, she's seated behind the altar and scrutinizing whatever that's in front of her with great care... There is a book there, but on closer look...
...
Wait, is she sleeping?
c. On the roof ; Midnight. She's...
Perched on the cross. Really. Without difficulty and gazing far into the distance. She likes tall places, okay. Don't judge, there's nothing weird about a nun sitting on top of a cross in the dead middle of the night during winter. Nothing. On the other hand, isn't it a bit late for you to be out, too? 8T]
I ; 1125 Taylor Road - Kitchen
Ciel is shuffling through some typical magazines to kill time while sitting in front of the oven that's visibly on and baking something. Sure smells good, too. Cheesy, to be precise. What is she making?
Oh, look, it's... pizza. This will be the first time any housemates see her doing this, but if one is to take a look through the glass, the crust is rising and coming along nicely. This doesn't look like the work of a beginner, it can't be her first time making it. But hm... why now?
II ; Mayfield High (Backdated to Friday class time)
So it's French class with that one teacher who tends to go off-topic half the time, if she's not slacking off by giving students group exercises to do so she doesn't have to teach the other half the time. Except because Valentine's Day is coming soon, there's a basket of heart-shaped gingerbread cookies up the front.
You may take one AFTER class. UNTIL THEN, HOWEVER. Did you know that Saint Valentine was a Christian martyr? No? Yes? You don't care? Well you're getting a crash course anyway!]
The flower and sweet shop must be getting busy with Valentine's Day coming up, and I'm sure that many of you are looking forward to it to do something nice for your special someone, hm? [It's not your imagination, she did just wink.] That's very thoughtful and I certainly won't pry, but you should definitely know where the Holiday originated from! Please listen carefully and take notes if you need to, this will definitely be a bonus question on your midterm! [But it's not even French-related...
W/e you better keep up, she'll write the name down on the blackboard before shooting off.]
Valentine's Day is named after the martyr Saint Valentine, who lived around 3rd century BC during the later days of the Roman Empire. It derives from the word "Valens", by the way, which means strength and courage! If you know about ancient world History, at that time the religion of the state was Roman Paganism. Christianity was looked down upon, so Christians have always been persecuted by the country. Being a faithful when he could have been arrested is already brave, but even beyond that, Saint Valentine has secretly married Christian couples when such a thing would be illegal! This is how his name has come to be associated with love and romance, though it is also unfortunate and inevitable that he was eventually caught performing these services. Under the reign of Emperor Claudius II, the Priest Valentine was executed. It's said that the Emperor has taken a liking to Saint Valentine, but his execution became assured when he attempted to convert the Emperor himself. Still, as the name of the Holiday itself shows, he certainly hasn't been forgotten. Quite a bit has changed in the next two millenniums, but that's where Valentine's Day would trace its roots!
[Done, she cheerfully taps the blackboard once with her pointer.]
Okay, any questions? If not, I'll be asking some questions now!
[Either ask or sit there quietly and hope she doesn't pick on you...? 8|;; Well at least that sort of WAS educational... Maybe.]
[III ; Around town
a. Grocery Store → 1125 Taylor Road
Don't mind her looking quite pleased with herself and carrying enough stuff to feed a family of 10.
...Okay that's not humanly reasonable but she's carrying like thrice the capacity that a woman of her build should by all means be actually capable of handling!! With enough idleness to spare and stop to say hi to you if she catches you staring, whether you know her or not. You could always stand to be cheerful here, y'know? :D/
b. Kramden Road/Albright Lane
She's just loitering. Passing by. Inconspicuously. Here and there. No there is nothing stalkerish about this and you're rude for thinking it. She's just checking! Once in a while.
IV ; Jonathon's Tools
Dressed in typical housewife garments, she's by the hardware store with a sniper rifle and two revolvers on the counter, smiling nicely while she chats up the drone clerk.]
Ms. Slick, I'm afraid that we can't have the ladies handle these boys here. You understand, I don't want the officers on my case for a woman accidentally blowing her husband's head off. Nothing personal, but you're not meant to handle those. Now may I interest you in some flower seeds instead? Mr. Slick ought to take care of the yard work, but I do have a few recommenda-
Aha, no, that's quite okay, mister. You see, these aren't for me. I'm running an errand on the behalf of my husband, you know how much of a sport he is with those. He's unfortunately rather busy these days, so he asked me to go fetch those for him. You wouldn't send a well-meant housewife empty-handed back to her hard-working husband with such an unfortunate excuse, would you?
[She's giving him quite the puppy face. The male drone clerk is scowling lightly back at her, and while he still doesn't look willing, he is mellowing out.]
Arg... Is that so? That does make sense, but 'excuse', now that's stretchin' it a bit. We have good reasons, ma'am, even if this is on Mr. Slick's behalf...
But business is still business, isn't it? No one else will find out, you know. These firearms will go straight to my husband once I get home, you can package them for me in paper bags so no one would see. Won't that work?
[She is still smiling as always and looking relaxed and laid-back, but if any observer takes a closer look, they may notice her eyes shining a dull unnatural blue... Something that the clerk is helplessly captivated by.]
Y...es, ma'am, that would...
[A few moments later, the transaction is done, and humming cheerfully to herself, Ciel lightly steps out of the store with a rather big paper bag in hand.
V ; Rec Center Shooting Range
Like the rest of Mayfield, even if she wasn't picked for the surgeries, Ciel waded through her fair share of BS for the last 2 weeks or so. Being Active Aggressive around Merem since his return didn't make her feel any better either, so time to blow some steam off elsewhere through some other means!
Hence there she will be in the later evening, a time when there shouldn't be much people out loitering around a place like this. Though the standard target practices are still far too easy, especially with the rifle that she again took the liberties to modify once she took her hauled goods home. Might as well try to go for a new record time... This is also taking in account of her reloading speed, yes. She's oiled the chambers for swift reload, the mastery in every movement is apparent.
She'll kill at least an hour or so before deciding that it's enough.
VI ; Church
a. Outside ; Evening. It's dark out and you can catch her shoveling the snow by the entrance. It doesn't matter if there isn't much, she's doing it anyway. She's in her habits with a single blanket draped over her shoulders. Each breath she takes does produce a rather large white puffy cloud, made especially visible due to the evening darkness, but she doesn't seem to mind the cold in the least.
b. Inside. if someone's to drop by after the front entrance has been thoroughly and meticulously cleaned. There's a few candles lit in the front, but the lighting is general dim otherwise. Still, Ciel seems to be hunched over something with a lot of attention, she's seated behind the altar and scrutinizing whatever that's in front of her with great care... There is a book there, but on closer look...
...
Wait, is she sleeping?
c. On the roof ; Midnight. She's...
Perched on the cross. Really. Without difficulty and gazing far into the distance. She likes tall places, okay. Don't judge, there's nothing weird about a nun sitting on top of a cross in the dead middle of the night during winter. Nothing. On the other hand, isn't it a bit late for you to be out, too? 8T]
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What do you think is something that's not 'silly' to wage wars over, in which countless of innocents who never wanted to be involved will die each time, miss Euphemia?
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Imagine if say, a war was waged over knitting. Wouldn't that be rather ridiculous?
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But to answer that, people back then didn't have the knowledge we have now thanks to science and technology. Religion used to be a central part of people's lives no matter which part of the world you lived in, so it was closely intertwined with the state as a result. It was like fighting for a land very rich in resources, but instead of that, it's the spiritual and political significance that can't be ignored. Does that make more sense?
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Yes, that makes more sense.
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But yes, I'm glad. Religion's importance has been on the decline now for a few centuries, war occurs nowadays not really because one country antagonizes the other, more because there are rumors that x country is working on nuclear technology so y country has to retaliate before x country makes use of it on them and it's too late. [She gives a small sigh.] It's mostly founded on paranoia and ties with the anti-communism sentiment that you must have noticed from the drones, a drone teacher will be able to tell you more. It's relevant to the real state of Mayfield, but that still doesn't change the fact that it's a dreary topic, in my opinion. [...] Are you interested in politics, miss Euphemia?
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But, yes, that makes more sense. My apologies for the confusion.
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It's okay, so please don't worry about it. After all, I was at fault too. Do you have any more question?