Staves
09 June 2011 @ 01:29 am
Kiss With a Fist  
The steaming, hot water poured from the bucket into the bath with a gentle splash. Svana slid her forearm across her forehead before setting the empty bucket down next to the tub with a sigh of relief. Svana, Hanne's nurse aid, had been caring for the strange twin for many years; filling Hanne's bath every night was the most tiresome task of the day but also the last.
 
Stepping out of the bathroom next to the twins' bedroom, Svana fetched Hanne and brought her to her evening bath. Hanne's vision was extremely poor and Svana, though she relatively enjoyed caring for her, did not understand how Hanne still could not find the bathroom on her own. Upon arriving back at the bathroom, as expected, Svana found Hilde there waiting in a chair next to the tub.
 
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Staves
09 June 2011 @ 02:37 am
Gravity  
The gardens within the castle walls were lush and full of large willow trees. Olie spent a considerable amount of time out in the gardens in general but he did have a favorite willow tree her preferred to lay under. If he wasn't listening to the swaying branches from the wind through the trees then he was surely napping.
 
Brushing his hand through the blades of grass, he looked toward the castle to see Vreni outside and making her way, it seemed, toward him. He was almost laying down so he decided to push himself up some so that his upper back was leaning against the trunk of the tree. "Afternoon," he greeted her when she was close, offering her a weak smile.
 
"Hello there," Vreni replied back once she was next to him. She knelt into the nearby grass and half-smiled back at him, "how are you today?"
 
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