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Post by Raven on Aug 3, 2018 3:35:49 GMT
After nearly two hours, Yue is finally told she may stop and remove the books from her head. Slowly and gracefully, not just dumping them onto the floor. Once this is accomplished, she must now go to get clean for breakfast. Then, her training will continue. Yue is then led off to a new, smaller room. A washroom, obviously, where a group of four handmaidens begin gently stripping Yue's clothing off and the washtub is filled with freezing cold water. She is informed that it would have been warm water if she'd not taken twice as long as necessary to complete her grace training.
Once she's in the water, one of them begins lathering up her hair while another works on her body. Their touch is gentle, but firm. Their job is to ensure Yue is as clean as possible. While the first two work on soaping Yue up, another tends to cleaning her fingernails and the fourth works on her feet. The entire process takes another hour's work because Yue didn't do a very thorough job of washing herself yesterday. This was expected, however, and the original handmaiden only keeps watch to make sure none of the others are slacking.
After being thoroughly washed, Yue's body is wrapped in a towel and she's sat before a mirror as these same handmaidens brush out her hair and buff her nails until they shine.
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Post by ventix on Aug 3, 2018 3:42:33 GMT
Yue, having restarted her heart on the way over, quietly allows herself to be cleaned by the hand maidens. They probably had a lot of stuff to get off her after all seeing as this was her second bath of her entire life. I could get used to this~ She thought, the pampering and preening of the handmaidens being a far cry from what she grew up with, where she had to lick herself clean like a Skitty.
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Post by Raven on Aug 3, 2018 3:58:22 GMT
Once her hair is finished being brushed, it's put up into a fancy braid and they begin applying paints made from berries to her nails, followed by her face. The 'Head' handmaiden says this ritual is what all noble ladies perform on a daily basis. She's briefly asked to close her eyes so they can work on them, and when she next opens them, she looks almost entirely different than her usual self. In fact, she looks nearly identical to Tue. Next comes the fancy dress, which was purchased for her just yesterday and altered to fit her better so she'd have appropriate attire to wear. Once fully clothed in at least four different layers, complete with brand new corset (which is more of a fashion statement than a way to make her look more slender/cury; it's still tight though!), she is escorted down the stairs to the breakfast table where her family is waiting. Nue is wearing her usual ninja-like garb rather than an elegant dress like Yue or Tue. Tue actually does a double-take at the 'new' Yue, and offers her a very small, very brief smile, as if suggesting that this is how she should look all the time. Himori, Yue's mother, smiles broadly, ecstatic to see her returned daughter in 'proper' attire.
Yue's next lesson is on etiquette at the table.
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Post by ventix on Aug 3, 2018 4:10:12 GMT
Yue smiles, glad to have something much easier than her first task as well as feeling much better after being bathed. Yue, not having a clue what etiquette was, tries to copy what her siblings are doing. Intuition: zwbUWMrp3d6 3d6 |
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Post by Raven on Aug 3, 2018 4:23:00 GMT
Between listening to her handmaiden's instructions and watching the rest of her family, Yue is quickly able to pick up the expected table manners and figure out which spoon she's supposed to use for the morning soup. Breakfast is quiet and dignified, "as it should be" her handmaiden would later comment. After breakfast comes studies. Naturally her studies are going to be lacking, so they begin with the basics. Yue gets to meet her harsh new tutor, who brooks no failure.
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Post by ventix on Aug 3, 2018 4:30:08 GMT
Yue, not wanting to be totally reliant on stopping her heart(especially since she isn't too sure if that's even healthy for her), decides to try and focus on her studies without it. Focus: PDMm9OWD2d6
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Post by Raven on Aug 3, 2018 4:34:49 GMT
Yue does her best, but her mind wanders a bit towards the end, earning a loud crack from the ruler the tutor is carrying on the desk right beside her hand.
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Post by ventix on Aug 3, 2018 4:46:20 GMT
Yue sits bolts upright and tries to return her focus to her studies. Focus: r19XwL252d6
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Post by Raven on Aug 3, 2018 4:59:15 GMT
There's so much information to soak in.. but Yue buckles down, focusing hard, though a smidgen of information may be lost here or there. Of course, that's just the first of many lessons Yue must learn. The first of many books she must get through! She gets the feeling she'll be here all day.
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Post by ventix on Aug 3, 2018 5:07:41 GMT
Yue takes a deep breathe...lets it out...and then doesn't take anymore as her heart and breathing have stopped. After seeing that many books, she realized her patience would run out long before she was finished normally. She reaches for the next book continue studying. Gen Ed: PG7P9Piy2d6 Gen Ed: 2d6
Yue reaches for her third book and begins to read through it. Gen Ed: 2d6 Yue moves on to the fourth book. Gen Ed: 2d6 After finishing the fourth book, Yue realizes it's time for lunch...but has no idea where the dinning room is. Oh well, it can't be that hard to find... She thinks as she attempts to find the dinning room on her own.
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Post by Raven on Aug 4, 2018 5:11:14 GMT
Thankfully, the smell of food guides Yue to the kitchen, which is adjacent to the dining room. Recalling what happened last time she was in the kitchen, she merely heads straight on in to the dining room. Her sister Tue is here, as is her mother, but Nue and their father are absent. Yue's mother seems unperturbed by their absence.
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Post by ventix on Aug 4, 2018 5:36:04 GMT
Yue looks around the room, as if expecting them to be hiding. "Mother? Where are Nue and Father? Are they busy with something?" She was disappointed that she wouldn't be having lunch with all of her family.
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Post by Raven on Aug 4, 2018 5:50:23 GMT
"Yes dear, they're a bit busy right now. It's just the three of us for now." At this point, lunch is served. It's... fairly light. If asked why they're only eating salads, her mother responds 'us ladies need to watch our figures'.
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Post by ventix on Aug 4, 2018 6:34:15 GMT
Yue, not really getting it but trusting her mother enough to accept it, eats the food in front of her while making sure to check Tue and her mother's manners so as to copy them again. Intuition Check: zSJHjFum3d6 3d6 |
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Post by Raven on Aug 5, 2018 0:08:03 GMT
Yue does well at remembering/mimicking the etiquette required for a young lady at the lunch table. Her mother smiles at her, obviously pleased with the progress she's made. Her father walks through about midway through the meal and flashes a cheshire grin at Yue. On the other side of the door leading to the main hall, she can faintly hear him saying something about 'guests' and 'getting their injuries treated'.
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Post by ventix on Aug 5, 2018 0:50:26 GMT
Guests...? Could it be...? Were her friends finally here?! Alex, Brooke, and Leon...It was great seeing and spending time with her family, but she had also greatly missed those three who had been a family to her when she thought she had none. At the first chance she gets, Yue sneaks off to try and find her friends. Stealth: 60Lo78yZ4d6 4d6 |
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Post by Raven on Aug 5, 2018 0:54:35 GMT
Yue remembers that upstairs, there was another hall opposite the one where her family's bedrooms are. Of course, this hall is pretty big, so best get started! Nobody seems to stop her, so maybe she was just sneaky enough to avoid the tutor's gaze.
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Post by ventix on Aug 5, 2018 1:01:10 GMT
Yue climbed the stairs, practically skipping with excitement. She was so excited, she didn't notice that her natural way of moving had chnaged somewhat. It was a bit more fluid and graceful than it used to be. Granted, with Yue being Yue, she probably wouldn't have notice this even in her normal state of mind.
Anyways, rather than search the huge hall room by room, Yue figured Nue would know where her friends were so she decided to see if she was in her room. Striding over to Nue's room, Yue knocked on the door. "Hello? Are you there, Nue? I have something I wish to ask you."
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Post by ventix on Aug 6, 2018 0:45:43 GMT
After separating from Brooke, Yue heads to the room she was studying in before lunch. Survival Check: _4ulG9T43d6 3d6 |
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Post by Raven on Aug 6, 2018 0:50:02 GMT
Thankfully, Yue has started to get used to the maze-like properties of this house already, and easily finds her way back to her study room. The tutor is waiting for her, almost as if they never left the room.
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