<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/>Tsukiko understood that their contractor was grieving but she felt it was a ridiculous moment to let oneself succumb. Surrounded by corpses of the ones who tried to slaughter you, chained to a table and leaving two beings stark naked in the midst of all of it just seemed....awkward. She shifted slightly where she was standing, it was one thing to come out naked and then kill also naked it's quite another to stand still while a man chained to a table has a break down. She didn't really want to interrupt him but she had no intention of staying down there any longer. It was a little cold. "<b>We might want to continue this elsewhere...</b>" she said shifting to undo his chains. "<b>Well...</b>" she said floundering for the right words. A poet she was not.<br/><br/>She felt for the man, she truly did. She could not possibly imagine the pain and betrayal he must have been feeling knowing that his father intended to sacrifice him. He'd had a very trying day and had gone through so much in such a short span of time, it wasn't surprising that he'd broken down once his life force flared back to life. And she was pretty sure that no one before had ever been gutted and lived to tell about it. All in all she was sure his mind hadn't even fully processed everything that had happened. And she was even more sure that he had no idea that he was now their contractor or even what it entailed. Then again...she wasn't exactly sure what it all entailed either. "<i>Oh sweet gods...</i>" she thought shaking her head.<br/><br/>"<b>Look, I'm sorry for whats all happened....but...we shouldn't linger here...</b>" she said hesitating and glancing at her twin. She didn't want to come out as the bad person in all of this but...well things had to be done. She wanted it done so she couldn't expect anyone else to make it happen for her. It also seemed like if she<i>didn't</i>do anything they might all be sitting down there for a long time. "<b>I apologize in advance...</b>" she said sighing slightly. Reaching down she hauled their contractor over her shoulder and straightened up.<br/><br/>If things had been ridiculous before they were completely outrageous now. Tsukiko might have been an all powerful warrior, a being who walked the path of chaos but she was also small of stature. Standing at five feet three inches and weighing a whopping one hundred and twenty-five pounds dripping wet and fully clothed, she in no way physically showed her combat prowess. She certainly did not look like someone who had easily slaughtered every last<i>full</i>grown man in the room, save their contractor. And now this female of a diminutive size had picked this man up off the alter and slung him over her shoulder? It seemed ludicrous, like some horribly macabre comedy.<br/><br/>Twisting her torso slightly she turned to look at Hikaru "<b>It's time we got out of here...</b>" she said turning back to where she'd seen an exit.<br/><br/>Laurel Sutton, the Head Maid of the Fortescu home, had been over-seeing the cleaning and airing out of some of the rooms. She had been told that the Fortescu home would be receiving two female guests, two<i>twin</i>female guests and that rooms were to be prepared for them. Told on very short notice she might add. It wasn't often that they received guests but when she asked how long they would be staying her employer had said indefinitely. She'd just shook her head mystified and had carried out his orders. Of course it was only due to the fact that she was competent at her job that the rooms were now decently inhabitable. The indomitable woman had begun barking orders immediately to get the rooms ready. Now that they were and she had time to relax she started wondering just<i>what</i>was going on.<br/><br/>Sure, the fortescu house had always been a bit strange. Always had weird things going on; the staff of course had always turned a blind eye to it because the wages were excellent. But the past few days had been even odder than was customary. She also was beginning to wonder what had happened to the young lord of the house, he'd not been seen for quite awhile. Laurel just shook her head, well it didn't really concern her. As long as she got paid her monthly wages she didn't really have anything to complain about.<br/><br/>She stilled when she heard some scraping and shuffling noises coming from the door that lead down to the basement. Scowling she took a few steps to the door. If she found some silly maid fooling around down there she'd be sure to turn her out. Turning the handle she opened the door absently noting the lack of a "squeak" and silently pleased. Picking up the folds of her heavy skirts she made her way down the stairs. When the basement came into view she came to an abrupt halt. It certainly wasn't a maid making the noises, the first thing she was struck with was that there were two<i>naked</i>females in there somehow. Laurel blinked, her eyes widening "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Just <i>what</i> do you think you're doing here? This is a respectable home!</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said glowering at the two women. Belatedly she noticed that one of the naked females had something slung over her shoulder, it<i>looked</i>like a person. Like a male. But that wasn't possible. Was it?<br/><br/>Even more belatedly she noticed the the two women were identical Twins. Surely they weren't who her employer had mentioned? Surely these two<i>indecent</i>women were not the guests? "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Tell me who you are at once or I shall have a footman summon a constable.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said sternly. The thing that bothered her even more; how had they gotten down here in the first place?<br/><br/>Tsukiko felt her agitation rise with the womans threat to send for a "constable" she could also feel that the woman who from their contractors memories was a head maid had silently judged them and put them in league with the lowest class of humans. "<i>What a bothersome woman....</i>" she thought clenching her jaw. "<b>What I <i>know</i> I'm doing is returning something that belongs to this house.</b>" she said twisting her body to show Mortimer's face. She saw the woman pale considerably and felt slightly mollified. "<b>He needs his room and something to eat. We need clothes...and a bath preferably.</b>" she said placing her free hand on her hip.<br/><br/><i>What</i>was the young master doing slung over that woman's shoulder? And the audacity of the woman was astonishing. She didn't even show a modicum of humility at the situation she found herself in. Every instinct told Laurel to throw her out on her derriere but she wasn't sure if these two women were the guests the master of the house had mentioned. She hesitated for a moment but in the end cautiousness won out. "<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua">Very well.</span></b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:aqua"></span>" she said deliberately folding her hands in front of her. As the servants were out and would be out for awhile she motioned for them to follow her and she turned to walk back up the steps. Just what was going on in this house? She hoped her employer got back soon. At the very least she'd question the women and find out how they had gotten into the basement.