<b>RE: A New Fate for the Twins [Razgriz x Karameida x Serenity]</b><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><a class="link link--external" href="http://liangxinxin.deviantart.com/art/Qingyin-393181862" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Tsukiko Kimiko</a> :: <a class="link link--external" href="http://metalromantica.deviantart.com/art/Unusual-portrait-of-a-maid-389859171" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Laurel Sutton [Head Maid]</span></a></span>​</div><br/>It took awhile but eventually the uproar that had ensued upon the arrival of the two naked guests and an obviously traumatized young master had quieted down. The servants now went about their normal duties but there was an unmistakable hum of quiet conversation as the servants gossiped about it. A good amount was on the young masters disappearance and sudden if somewhat strange arrival back in the basement. But the majority was speculation on the Twins. It wasn't everyday or in fact, ever, that strangers showed up in the basement of a house stark naked. Not even whores did that, scantily dressed as they may be, they were still dressed. Which brought up the question, how did they get anywhere naked? It would have certainly caused an uproar and there was no way they could have gone through town undetected like that. And there was still the matter of all of them ending up in the basement. No one was certain of how they had managed that. No one had heard or seen them come in which was next to impossible. Servants might be ignored by the quality but the servants never missed anything that went on in a home they were working in.<br/><br/>There was certainly enough speculation going on to last the servants a very long time. It seemed nothing would keep them silent, that is until a loud shout came from one of the Twins rooms upstairs.<br/><br/>"<b>WHAT THE BLOODY HELL!?</b>" Tsukiko yelled outraged. She glared at Laurel and another younger maid holding a length of something. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Please refrain from using such foul language, this is a respectable house.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said coldly with a hint of disdain. "<b>Oh, so it's normal in <i>respectable</i> homes to go around grabbing and groping naked strangers?</b>" she asked a little too sweetly. Laurel narrowed her eyes and she straightened her already painfully straight back "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">No. But in <i>respectable</i> homes, people do not run around naked. To that end we are taking your measurements to find and get a suitable dress for you to wear.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said icily. Tsukiko had the grace to blush but she didn't back down. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">I mean, even if I wanted to throw you out, I could hardly do so with you being stark naked. Also, that brings up the question....why <i>were</i> you two naked?</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she asked a keen intelligence gleaming in her hazel eyes. Tsukiko shifted and looked at the wall that connected her room with Hikaru's. She wasn't entirely sure what to say or how much she should say to the maid. It hadn't really been discussed. "<b>Had a tragic mishap...</b>" she murmured evasively. "<b>I think it would be better to get this over with as quickly as possible.</b>" she said looking back to the younger maid. Laurel didn't look convinced but she nodded.<br/><br/>"Alright miss, if ye could just raise yer arms up?" The young maid asked nervously. When Tsukiko complied the young maid went busily to work. "<i>Hikaru...I think I'm going to have trouble in this world...</i>" she thought chewing on her bottom lip.<br/><br/>Laurel watched proceedings carefully and wondered again just where the two women had come from. They looked like they might have come from the east but the long aqua hair, blue almost clear eyes and their perfect language suggested otherwise. She didn't claim to be an expert on the different cultures but there was something about these two that didn't seem quite....right. They spoke the language flawlessly like any of the quality, there was nothing to even suggest that they'd come from the stews but while they could speak it they didn't seem to know anything at all about the culture here. She pursed her lips and mentally shook off the thoughts. It wasn't really her business. What the lord of the house chose to do in his own home had nothing to do with her. She had no right to question her betters. "Right then, I'm done 'ere. I'll just be off to the other one and then alter the dresses ma'am specified." she said with a little curtsey before leaving the room. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Alright, thank you alice. Be quick about it.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said watching the maid leave. She turned back to the naked woman. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Alice will be done with the adjustments before the day is out, until then I beg that you stay in your room until properly clothed.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said turning to leave. With her hand on the door handle she looked over her shoulder "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">I will inform you both when either the Lord returns or the young master recovers.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said taking her leave.<br/><br/>Tsukiko stared after the woman a little agitated "<b>No chance the "lord" is coming back...</b>" she muttered to herself. She sat down on the bed and crossed her legs, she stared at the connecting door wondering if she should ask Hikaru for advice. She hadn't realized how long she'd been sitting there but when she got up to knock on the door she heard a knock on her outside door. "<b>Yes?</b>" she asked unable to keep the annoyance from her voice. The door opened and Alice, Laurel and another maid walked in, the two maids were carrying a lot of fabric. "<b>Whats this...?</b>" she asked warily. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">The clothes I mentioned before.</span></b>" laurel said simply. "<b>Already?</b>" "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Already? It's been hours since I was in here last.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said with a little scowl. "<b>Hours...</b>" she repeated blankly. Laurel just nodded and motioned for the two maids to start. The dropped everything on the bed and pushed a small foot rest over to her. "If ye could please step on this....thank ye." she said when Tsukiko stepped up uncertainly.<br/><br/>One of the maids handed her something and she stared at it in confusion "<b>Uh...whats this?</b>" she asked furrowing her brows. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">You don't know what that is?</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" laurel asked incredulous. "<b>No...should I?</b>" she asked narrowing her eyes. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">You most certainly should.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" Laurel replied.. It wasn't her fault. True, she had every last one of their contractors memories and knew everything he knew. However being male, he'd never had an occasion to wear womens undergarments. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">It's called a Chemise. It's part of womens undergarments.</span></b>" she said. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Alice...show her how to do it.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said sounding exasperated. "Sure thing ma'am, please step down 'ere and 'and me the garment." she said taking the offered chemise and stepping down. Alice dropped the garment over her head and with a few tugs she found it hanging around her body. She looked down at herself and frowned, she felt her arm being pulled through another hole on the side of the garment and the process was repeated with her other arm. Alice took out another piece and leaned down asking her to lift one foot and then the other, the garment was pulled up around her waist. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Those are called drawers.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" Laurel said as if explaining to an extremely slow person. Tsukiko didn't like it, not one bit. But before she could open her mouth to respond she was being asked to lift her leg up again. Frowning she looked down and watched something being rolled up her leg, coming up past her knee before being secured by something. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Garters and stockings.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said as if reading her mind. And the process was repeated on her other leg.<br/><br/>Scowling she looked up "<b>Is this everything?</b>" she asked a little agitatedly. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Not by the half of it.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said with a tiny little smile. Tsukiko stared at her as if she'd gone mad. What the devil were women thinking wearing so much clothing?<br/><br/>The whole process had taken several hours but by the time she was finished she'd added several petticoats, corset, skirt, blouse, half boots and chemisette to the list of things she had been asked to put on. She wondered where the articles of clothing had come from, she knew there were no other women in the house and this didn't seem like a process that allowed one to quickly acquire clothes. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">The lord had, had a female acquaintance of his over awhile back...he'd asked if she could procure some female articles of clothing for him...for some friends that were to visit. She thought it was strange, we all did...but she did as he asked.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said as if answering a question that hadn't been asked. "<b>I see...</b>" she said neutrally. They all packed up and went off to re-peat the process with Hikaru. Tsukiko waited patiently -if somewhat uncomfortably-  until she heard the door open and close in her twins room before running -or trying to in any case- to the connecting door. Turning the door handle she threw open the door, picked up her skirts and hurried into Hikaru's room. "<b>Hikaru</b>" she said turning her head to locate her. She spotted her and stopped wrinkling her nose a little. "<b>Women here wear a horrid amount of clothing, they really do.</b>" she said with a grimace. "<b>How do you like your room?</b>" she asked looking about her once more, it looked very much like her room.<br/><br/>A little while later she heard a door knock on each of their doors and heard a voice telling them it was dinner. She wondered what was for dinner, she felt like she hadn't eaten in eons.<br/><br/>Over the next few days Tsukiko and Hikaru learned the daily routine of the house and Tsukiko in particular learned how to dress by herself. She hated the idea of someone dressing her every day and hated even more the idea of having Laurel in there watching her like a child. After several days Tsukiko wondered if she ought to go to their contractors room and shake him, at least a little bit. They all needed to seriously talk and the sooner the better. She wasn't the most patient of people and what little she did have was being sorely tested.