Honorable Sir, the Dinner Guest ~ by SaralynArati

SaralynArati

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Thanks Wren!! It is lovely, isn't it?

10 years ago

Wren

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Pretty kimono x

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Thanks for your interest in my story, MizMickey!! Well, certainly he seems a bit self-centered, but that may just be because I described him that way.

10 years ago

MizMickey

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He looks like a real creep!

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Story continues on this doll: httpwww.dolldivine.com/Other-Dolls/SaralynArati-2934541

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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In the end, she doesn't get the chance to try out her gambit that night. Out comes the tray of comfits, glazed opium and arsenic, and she is compelled to eat her share, although the concentration is thankfully much lower, either out of consideration for her, or due to a fear of overdosing Honorable Sir. Smoke Cat Watching maintains enough composure to go out into the garden when she returns to her bower, and send a positive dove to Jonas, hoping that she will meet him in that small park soon.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Poor child, it is a glimpse into her future. This will be her fate, next, and she has no other home to escape to unless her mother's kin in the high northern hills will take her in. But Smoke Cat's priority must remain her own freedom, regaining it and retaining it. Then, perhaps something can be done for her younger sister. As soon as she can, therefore, she must escape. No plan is worse than even the craziest idea. In a flash something comes to her that might work. She will try tonight.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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All her shamanic patience is called into play simply to avoid screaming and running from the room when she contemplates life spent with Honorable Sir, or another of his ilk. Smoke Cat steals glances at her half brother and sister. On the boy, Silver Fox's face, there is a hint of relief, as though this might have been more disastrous still. Yet the normally placid countenance of Summer Wind is wearing an expression of barely disguised horror, when she thinks no one is peering at her screen.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Smoke Cat feels as though she is stumbling through a nightmare, and has her doubts about the contents of the incense burning in the room. The man, Honorable Sir is not disagreeable exactly, but he will not stop talking for even one instant. And, although he will chat about other small topics, his favorite subject matter is himself. Granted, he does have a lot of history built up; he must be well over 60 years old, and he has never married. Yet now he judges he must have an heir, a legacy.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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She is, of course, to be on her best behavior. There is no need for her to know his name; Smoke Cat Watching will address him only as Honorable Sir, and likewise speak only when spoken to. Her complexion is still sadly too dark, but this particular elderly gentleman is short sighted and the room will be dimly lit, so this is no cause for despair. If, however, she should fail to please the man in question, there will be other suitors later when she has had more time to become... acceptable.

10 years ago