"Aw, well, I won't make you eat on the floor if you don't want to," Kasumi conceded. "You're an adorable little kitty, I wouldn't want to see you too unhappy."
Kasumi was treating Wanda like both a person and a cat, which was a good deal better then treating her completely like a cat. At least Kasumi had some idea that Wanda should have some dignity.
"Well, I'm pretty full, and-" Kasumi's sentence was cut off with a yawn. "-tired."
edited 17th Jan '11 10:04:49 PM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Linariel had been eating in silence, at this dinner table, it was pretty much all she could do to keep a straight face. This girl she was sent to serve was... strange, to say the least. "You shouldn't over-exert yourself, mistress." She said, her expression fairly neutral. "Maybe it's time to take a rest."
Liveblog | Deadblog"Oh, you're right," Kasumi said. "I guess you should probably get that done before I go to bed."
She smiled a bit. "I'm not too tired yet, I can wait until you get my room cleaned up."
The small girl yawned again, and stood up. "I think I'll take a shower while you all clean the mansion up a bit more."
With that, Kasumi made to leave the room.
edited 18th Jan '11 10:53:02 AM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Tsuitami finished washing the dishes a little while later. Her mood had not improved much with time however. The fox then noticed how her hand had moved subconsciously to one of the pockets of her maid uniform.
It... it will only be this one time
The fox walked towards the door of the kitchen and was glad to hear silence coming from the dinning room. The girl then took a glass of water and sat against the wall. From her pocket she then took a small vial of a deep red liquid.
"Just this one time" She whispered, adding the mysterious liquid to her glass of water.
Kasumi paused on the stairs to retrieve her drawing pad, and thne turned, briefly.
"If there's something urgent that any of you need to talk to me about, I'll be in the shower!" she called, hoping everyone could hear her.
With that, she ascended the stairs and took a right turn towards the upstairs bathroom. She walked into the room and shut the door behind her.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Sephony nodded to the other two and said "We should continue our cleaning. I will handle the mistress's room while she is getting clean. You two can start cleaning the first floor now, working outwards from the stairs." She walked away from the table and headed upstairs, towards the mistress's room.
Kasumi's room was to the right, next to the bathroom. It was quite large, with a four-poster bed in the center of the rear wall, a nightstand next to it, a dresser to the left, and a desk across from the bed. There was a door on the left that lead into the bathroom, where running water and Kasumi's cheerful humming could be heard. On the right wall, there was a closet.
A very, very observant person might notice the faintest of cracks in the wall near the dresser.
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"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Wanda got busy cleaning the first floor, starting with a large study. One thing Wanda hadn't expected, having grown up in the city, was how quiet things were on the island. For one thing, she could clearly hear the loud 'tick-tick-tick' coming from the grandfather clock as she dusted the study. She could even hear the sound of water running upstairs, as mistress took her shower.
As Wanda worked, she wondered about the passageway she had found in Tsuitami's room. She wondered if there was a similar doorway hidden in her room, and where the passage might lead. She was so caught up in thoughts that she didn't notice, as she washed the front glass of the grandfather clock, that the clock wasn't wound up and that the hands and pendelum were motionless.
Linariel found herself forced to clean downstairs. It wouldn't make sense, as much as she'd like to keep a closer eye on that demon while she was rooting around in the Mistress' room. Still, she figured, the infernal one would not try anything fishy on her first day. The first night, though, she was somewhat worried, but channeled this into her cleaning effort.
Liveblog | DeadblogThe clock wasn't the only oddity in the study. Everything that Kasumi's uncle had placed there before his death was still there. This included several weathered scrolls, the occasional stub of a candle, and perhaps most disturbing, a human skull.
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From the basement, there was a loud creak. It was loud enough to at least be heard from the first floor.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Sephony went about cleaning her mistress's room and straitening things out. When she came upon the dresser she noticed the crack and frowned. She sighed and cracked her knuckles and grabbed the dresser. She had to see if the crack was larger then that or if it was just something simple. She started to push on the dresser to try and move it out of the way.
Athletics to move the dresser!
Linariel stopped, mid-sweep. She heard something in the basement, but what? She hesitated, investigating this sounded like a good idea, but she had cleaning to do. Once again, her nature won over her better judgement, and she headed for the basement, ready to kick ass if necessary.
Liveblog | Deadblog"Not me, it came from the basement." Linariel said as she approached what she had deduced had to be the cellar door. Normally, she'd comment that calling her anything short of her Maker-Given Name was an insult, but she was getting tired of that speech. "I'm checking it out now."
Liveblog | Deadblog"I fight demons for a livin' Wanda." Linariel said, it was technically true, at least she found and in general opposed demons, but this was a white lie at best, no problem, right? "I think I can handle whatever goes on down there." She reached for the door to the basement and opened it.
Liveblog | DeadblogRolled for athletics, with the fairly heavy dresser being a 15. Ended up with 18 for athletics, so...
The dresser is, after a few moments, shoved out of the way. The crack, which had at first glance looked like nothing more then a split in the wall, is revealed to be part of what appears to be a door. The dresser has handles on it in the back, apparently so it would be easy to slide away. The door has no handle.
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The basement was deep, dark, and dank. However, there were candles(which was a little odd, seeing as candles would surely have gone out by now, right?) lighting it, revealing that the basement was a complete mess, objects strewn across the floor and covered in dust.
All except for one corner. In it, there were objects wrapped in cloth and neatly arranged, laying before a box that, by the looks of the marks it had left in the dust, somehow tipped over. It was covered in chains.
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Kasumi turned off the water and stepped out of the shower, her contend humming continuing. She grabbed a towel and began to dry herself off.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Sephony tilted her head as she saw the door, really not expecting this of all things. She searched it for a handle, but didn't find one. The room was pretty clean so it should be okay if she investigates. It would be bad for her mistress if anything dangerous were behind this. She started to push on the door to see if it could be forced open.
roll athletics if you think its needed.

"Are you sure about that, Wanda-chan? I mean, you said that she could eat on the floor, like a pet," Kasumi replied, still resoloutly cheerful as she spoke. "And you're my pet, so weren't you saying you want to eat on the floor too?"
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."