Circe's Manor THE NEXT

[AmbushCat]

*Circe shrugs.* Well, I don't know if that's how I would have put it, but I suppose that's one explanation.

Maid #46: Hmm... for the sake of argument, then, how would you have put it?

[Ookalf]

"Oh, hi there..." the man responds looking at the maid, "Excuse me but, is this Circe's home?"

*The maid nods.* It is. Do you have business with her?

Maid #46: Hmm... for the sake of argument, then, how would you have put it?

Oh, well... I suppose she might have just thought something totally different was going on.

[xGoggles]

"Yes... well... no..umm maybe?..." he struggles with his words, "I'm sorry, I don't really have an appointment or anything... just wondering if I could have a talk with her"
"Well if she isn't busy of course..."
Interpreting the tired expression of the maid as boredom, he starts to become a bit more nervous. "If she isn't available, I could come back another time, maybe?"

[Ookalf]

*The maid stifles a yawn before answering goggle boy's question. Perhaps she is just tired?* Well, I guess I could go ask her... Can I ask why you want to see her? Miss Circe will probably want to know that before she agrees to anything,,,

[xGoggles]

"Well umm.. you see... I'm kind of.. looking for a teacher in the arts of magic... I heard she is very powerful and... m-maybe she would allow me to be her student?" the boy admitted sheepishly.

[AmbushCat]

Oh, well... I suppose she might have just thought something totally different was going on.

Maid #46: Like a 16-wheeler crashing into the apartment complex she runs? Now that would have been understandable...

[Ookalf]

"Well umm.. you see... I'm kind of.. looking for a teacher in the arts of magic... I heard she is very powerful and... m-maybe she would allow me to be her student?" the boy admitted sheepishly.

Got it. Let me just give her a call... *The maid pulls out a phone and dials.*

*Meanwhile, in the banquet hall!*

Maid #46: Like a 16-wheeler crashing into the apartment complex she runs? Now that would have been understandable...

Wait, hold on. So this woman's Green and VIolet, and runs a business? How does that-? *Before Circe can complete that question, her phone starts ringing.* Give me a minute. Hello? *Circe answers the phone.*

Miss Circe? I have a visitor here who says he wants to be your student... What should I do with him?

*Circe sighs.* You may as well bring him here. I'll see what he's got.

Yes ma'am. We'll be right there... *The maid hangs up and looks back to goggle head.* Miss Circe's agreed to see you. Follow me... *The maid lets the boy through the door and leads him into the manor...*

[AmbushCat]

*The background music shifts to something completely synthesized. A few of the more well-versed maids recognize the song as the long-gone Maria Kathleen's theme.*

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*#46 waits until Circe is finished with her business before continuing.*

Maid #46: I swear, my lady, I'm not making this up. Maybe sometime after she's discharged from the hospital, I can take you to see her. I don't know how well I can sum it up in words...

[xGoggles]

"Oh okay, sure..." the young man waits patiently as the maid makes her call.
Wondering how Circe would look like, able to afford such a big manor and maid(s), she sure seems to be very successful.

"Nice... erm, I mean, thank you" he follows the maid inside, curiously looking around the interior of the hallway.

[Ookalf]

*#46 waits until Circe is finished with her business before continuing.*

Maid #46: I swear, my lady, I'm not making this up. Maybe sometime after she's discharged from the hospital, I can take you to see her. I don't know how well I can sum it up in words...

Yeah, I feel like I'll have to see that for myself...

"Oh okay, sure..." the young man waits patiently as the maid makes her call.
Wondering how Circe would look like, able to afford such a big manor and maid(s), she sure seems to be very successful.

"Nice... erm, I mean, thank you" he follows the maid inside, curiously looking around the interior of the hallway.

*"Big" is one of the first words to come to mind in describing Circe's Manor. Granted, that's fairly obvious from the outside too, but the inside is its own story. Door after door, hallway after hallway, the place almost seems like a maze with how it twists and turns.* Try to stick close so you don't get lost...

[AmbushCat]

Yeah, I feel like I'll have to see that for myself...

Maid #46: Thank you. I'm going to get back to the food. *good-natured smile* Make sure whoever it is that's coming in gets some food too, could you?

[xGoggles]

He looks around, impressed how much bigger it looks inside compared to the outside of the manor.
"Huh, lost? Do people often get lost in here?" Thinking about how the orientation seemed more complex than practical, maybe it made sense... in a form of security. "Is this a way to confuse and defend against intruders?"

Taking a pencil out of his pocket, scribbling down the route they followed so far on his notepad, not that he distrust the maid or anything, just having a backup plan to find the exit in case things turn out bad, gives him some reassurance.

[Ookalf]

Maid #46: Thank you. I'm going to get back to the food. *good-natured smile* Make sure whoever it is that's coming in gets some food too, could you?

... *Circe raises an eyebrow.* I'm sorry, which one of us is the maid here again? Surely if anyone's going to be serving him food, it's you.

He looks around, impressed how much bigger it looks inside compared to the outside of the manor.
"Huh, lost? Do people often get lost in here?" Thinking about how the orientation seemed more complex than practical, maybe it made sense... in a form of security. "Is this a way to confuse and defend against intruders?"

Taking a pencil out of his pocket, scribbling down the route they followed so far on his notepad, not that he distrust the maid or anything, just having a backup plan to find the exit in case things turn out bad, gives him some reassurance.

*The maid seems to think about this for a moment.* Well, I guess it could be like that. On the other hand, the building was supposed to have been built be demons, so it might have just been their way of having fun. It would explain a few other things about the place...

[xGoggles]

That didn't sound very reassuring... "Demons?! O-Other things? What kind of things? Do I need to be worried?" he asks the maid, looking around on his guard for anything suspicious.
Trying to calm himself... ' this is a home, not a dungeon... they wouldn't just leave demons here walking around, would they?... And if they did, the maid seems pretty calm about it ' he thinks.

[AmbushCat]

... *Circe raises an eyebrow.* I'm sorry, which one of us is the maid here again? Surely if anyone's going to be serving him food, it's you.

Maid #46: You know, I'd love to, but I'm off-shift right now. ...And I'm hungry. *winces* ...Aaand I'm going to have to get to the store soon. The compulsory headache's starting to settle in.