Tale as Old as Last Wednesday [Maid IC]

[Benson]

"Wha? What are you crazy?!" Merry's eyes went wide as she let out a yelp and tried to dodge out of the way of the incoming dresser.

Athletics (1d6x2)[8]

[Deme]

She dodges successfully, the furniture crashes to the ground, breaking. Clothes fly everywhere. This failure must drive Lune nuts, so Lune takes 2 stress.

Terran, outside, looks concerned. He calls through the door,
"Ladies...I am most certain those are not the sounds of thee getting dressed and prepared for work."

[Trobby]

"Perhaps I did not make myself perfectly clear."

Ante has fire in her eyes. Not metaphorical fire. Literal fire is searing in each of her irises, which have gone blood red. And her hands appear to be letting off a certain degree of smoke, as if preparing to join them.

"If You Two Do Not Cease Your Tomfoolery At This Very Moment, I Will Be Forced To Personally Intervene. And You Do Not Want Me To Personally Intervene."

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Exerting her Willpower on the two maids to get them in line.

(1d6x4)[16]

[Deme]

((Both of you, roll as apporpriate to your character's action to defend against Ante's willpower.))

[Lycan 01]

Yuki pulls a flintlock pistol out of her trunk, a look of triumph on her face.

And promptly puts it back in its place and shuts the chest upon hearing Ante's dire warning from the other room.

It sounds like she has everything under control...

[Benson]

Merry...had this look on her face as Ante brought down her chastising wrath upon her and Lune. Merry wanted to shrink and hide in a hole, her tail curled up and hid back underneath her night gown.

"Y...yes...Ante...I'm...ah...sorry..." She mumbled and hung her head low.

[Trobby]

The literal fire dies down from her eyes. The metaphorical fire, however, does not.

"You two are going to finish getting dressed, and you are going to follow Terran to the kitchen, where you will begin making breakfast together. You will cooperate on this. Hani and I shall go awaken Master Leon, and inform him that breakfast shall be ready in half an hour. And it will. Yuki, assuming her arm is properly adjusted, shall make the beds. There is no room for discussion. Do as you are told."

And with that Ante turns around, walks right past Terran, and back into the room with the assassin and her little sister.

[Deme]

((By the way, Lune takes 5 Stress, and Merrytakes 4.))

Terran watchs Ante come out with a stunned expression and follows (at least until she reaches the door), asking

"What just happened?"

[Trobby]

"...They had a disagreement. I ended it. You should go help them decide what to make for breakfast, Terran. I imagine you know what Leon likes best." Ante says, still bubbling over from her outburst earlier. "Hani and I shall see to waking him, and Yuki shall, presuming she is disposed, take care of bedding arrangements at her leisure."'

"...Are these satisfactory plans, sir?" She asks, almost as an afterthought.

[Hawkflight]

"Ah...just another bad dream, sweetie." Ante says, giving Hani a reassuring pat on the back. "Don't you worry about it. Besides, it's time for us to get up anyway, if our door is being knocked upon."

Hani just hugged her sister back.

"...Hani, you should get changed too." Ante says, not facing either of the two girls, awkwardly adjusting her dress to hide her tail.

Hani nodded and got dressed, but before she could exit the room there was yelling and the sounds of things being thrown. So Hani shifted into her kitten form and hid under the dresser, shivering.

[Deme]

"That sounds quite fine."

Since she was asking him to enter, it meant they were at least decent, right? Right?

...Right?

He entered the room with Merry and Lune. Specifically, he looked over the shrapnel of furniture bits and clothes scattered throughout the room, the bedclothes on the floor....

His jaw dropped for a moment.
"Wha....What didst thou DO?!"

[Trobby]

Ante closes the door.

Then slides down it, putting her hands to her face as she does so.

"Ugh...that was the worst possible way to solve that situation."

She then looks over to her bed, and sees the glowing fearful eyes under it.

She sighs, shakes her head, and crawls over, gently pulling Hani out onto her lap, and petting her tiny kitten of a sister.

"There there, sweetheart. It will be alright."

[Benson]

Merry simply pointed at Lune. "She did it." In regards to the thrown and broken dresser.

[Hawkflight]

Ante closes the door.

Then slides down it, putting her hands to her face as she does so.

"Ugh...that was the worst possible way to solve that situation."

She then looks over to her bed, and sees the glowing fearful eyes under it.

She sighs, shakes her head, and crawls over, gently pulling Hani out onto her lap, and petting her tiny kitten of a sister.

"There there, sweetheart. It will be alright."

Hani let Ante pull her out from under the dresser without protest.

"....I don't think I like this," she said.

[Trobby]

"It was only a little disagreement, sweetie...we'll be okay..."

There's a tiny lingering doubt in the air, but Ante tries to smooth it over by holding her sister up to her chest and patting her head.

"It will be okay...we won't have to leave again."

[Hawkflight]

"It was only a little disagreement, sweetie...we'll be okay..."

There's a tiny lingering doubt in the air, but Ante tries to smooth it over by holding her sister up to her chest and patting her head.

"It will be okay...we won't have to leave again."

Hani look up at Ante, her eyes slightly wet.

"You promise?"

[Trobby]

"...Leon is a good man...he would not do that to us." She says.

~...Don't you dare prove me wrong~ She silently thinks to herself.

[Atreli]

" Of course I did it only because you are impossible to get along with." Lune said sternly. You could still smell the anger on her.

She turned to Terran. " I will of course handle any cleanup Mr. Terran."

[Deme]

"Regardless of whether or not it is possible, it is thy duty to cooperate, instead of having petty and destructive squabbles, Miss Lune."

He said, dropping her name like a lead weight. He shook his head.

"I believe Miss Ante's orders are...Sufficient punishment. Breakfast. Work together...His Highness liketh French Toast, though I'm sure whatever thou canst prepare will suffice."

[Hawkflight]

With a slight 'poof', Hani turned back into a neko-girl and gave Ante a big hug.

[Trobby]

Ante smiles, and gently hugs her little sister back.

"Alright sis, we'd best get you dressed. We've got a very important mission ahead of us."

[Lycan 01]

Yuki picks up her arm and slings it over her shoulder, before walking over to the wardrobe. "I shall return shortly, hopefully with all my limbs in working order. My apologies once again for the incident with the knife, and for not being able to help with the morning routines," she informs Ante and Hani with a neutral expression. "Give my apologies to Terran, and my regards to Prince Leon. You may also kick Mozart for me, if you so desire," she says with a ghost of a smile.

Yuki looks at the wardrobe and nods. "Access to the forsaken lab, please."

[Atreli]

Back to regular gear as if nothing happened Lune smiles cheerfully. " Yes sir."

then without looking back she heads for the kitchen.

[Hawkflight]

Ante smiles, and gently hugs her little sister back.

"Alright sis, we'd best get you dressed. We've got a very important mission ahead of us."

Hani nodded, hopped of Ante's lap, and got dressed with only a little help from Ante (humanoid clothes were a thing that sometimes vexed the kitten). She was about to proclaim herself ready when ...

Yuki picks up her arm and slings it over her shoulder, before walking over to the wardrobe. "I shall return shortly, hopefully with all my limbs in working order. My apologies once again for the incident with the knife, and for not being able to help with the morning routines," she informs Ante and Hani with a neutral expression. "Give my apologies to Terran, and my regards to Prince Leon. You may also kick Mozart for me, if you so desire," she says with a ghost of a smile.

Yuki looks at the wardrobe and nods. "Access to the forsaken lab, please."

"Huh? Forsaken lab?" she asked curiously.

[Trobby]

"Oh, not anyplace you need to go, sis." Ante said, holding her hand. "I suspect Yuki just wants to clean it up a bit. But ah, we have our own duties to attend to, remember? We need to wake Leon up, after all."

[Deme]

Yuki picks up her arm and slings it over her shoulder, before walking over to the wardrobe. "I shall return shortly, hopefully with all my limbs in working order. My apologies once again for the incident with the knife, and for not being able to help with the morning routines," she informs Ante and Hani with a neutral expression. "Give my apologies to Terran, and my regards to Prince Leon. You may also kick Mozart for me, if you so desire," she says with a ghost of a smile.

Yuki looks at the wardrobe and nods. "Access to the forsaken lab, please."

Yuki ends up, as expected, in the forsaken lab. Nothing's really changed here since last night, but Yuki may notice signs of someone else's presence in the room since she was last there.

((Also, (1d6)[1] favor for Hani and Ante for turning something they could have been uninvolved with into a cute little bit.))

[Benson]

Merry hated this. Being punished to work with someone she was quickly starting to abhor, for something she didn't even start today. She closed her eyes and seethed inside, balling up her fists and tensing them up.

"Very well." She said with gritted teeth.

[Lycan 01]

Yuki gives the signs of interloping a passing glance, before searching for the tools she needs for the repairs. Once she has her arm fixed back up into proper working order, she'll slip it back up her sleeve and slot it back into position. Hopefully, nothing goes awry while she's down there...

[Hawkflight]

"Oh, not anyplace you need to go, sis." Ante said, holding her hand. "I suspect Yuki just wants to clean it up a bit. But ah, we have our own duties to attend to, remember? We need to wake Leon up, after all."

Hani nodded. "Right!" she said, holding onto Ante's hand.

[Trobby]

Ante smiles, and takes hold of Hani's hand.

The two maid sisters exit the room, and proceed down the hallways to the door of Leon's own room, where Ante knocks to see if he is still asleep.

"Master Leon, it is time to wake up. Rise and shine."