The Mansion

[KamaKamaSutra]

"Well I can appreciate the acceptance of my habits, though it could get you in trouble at some point. I have quite a few habits."

*smiling, I take another fork full of twirled pasta, washing it down with a bit of wine before sitting the glass down softly with a only a soft clink of the glass.

"Get you drunk?! Well, if I was I'd be going along for the ride. Cheers"

*Raising my glass to my lips, i chuckle and down the glass*

"I believe you had a visitor."

 

[darkwarrioress57]

I had to laugh.

"Don't we all have habits? Good and bad. I could say the same to you."

I raised my glass as well, clinking it against yours.

"Cheers, my friend. I'm glad you're enjoying the pasta."

I take a healthy sip and set the glass back down on the island top. My head cants slightly, as if I felt ….something. Then I smile. Hugely.

"Aye. Indeed I have. He doesn't stick around long. Just long enough to keep a promise. Excuse me a moment."

Getting up from my stool, I head for the stairs. My senses never fail me. The flowers are gorgeous,, the purples, the whites and the yellows. I gather them up gently and smile into the ether.

"Thank you, Ice. Thank you for always remembering. You're a good man."

The message will get to him, I'm sure. I take the flowers back into the kitchen with me and rejoin Kama.

"Sorry for the interruption. Where were we? Something about getting drunk?"

 

[darkwarrioress57]

A collection of flowers, lilac, and wild whites and yellows - left by the stair.

The flowers are gorgeous,, the purples, the whites and the yellows. I gather them up gently and smile into the ether.

"Thank you, Ice. Thank you for always remembering. You're a good man."

The message will get to him, I'm sure. I take the flowers back into the kitchen with me

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

*reaching into a space between my world and yours, my arm vanishing up to my elbow, before reappearing with a fresh bottle of dark liquid, sealed with a honey colored wax that had ran and dried down the neck of the clear bottle.*

"Well, I'm glad that your visitor brings a smile to your face love, old friends have a unique effect on us. Rejuvenating and energizing while make our souls warm like a familiar fire. Any excuse to celebrate right? Something unique, a blackberry and honey mead, fresh from the mountains of my home. A lot of attitude but the sweetest kiss left lingering on the lips for those that aren't afraid of the bite.*

"Cracking the wax seal, and bringing the bottle to my lips, a large gulp later, my body shudders a bit as the mead warms it's path through me*

"Careful of the sediment, mead always is a bit less refined than other drinks, but it adds to the flavor."

 

[darkwarrioress57]

*reaching into a space between my world and yours, my arm vanishing up to my elbow, before reappearing with a fresh bottle of dark liquid, sealed with a honey colored wax that had ran and dried down the neck of the clear bottle.*

"Well, I'm glad that your visitor brings a smile to your face love, old friends have a unique effect on us. Rejuvenating and energizing while make our souls warm like a familiar fire. Any excuse to celebrate right? Something unique, a blackberry and honey mead, fresh from the mountains of my home. A lot of attitude but the sweetest kiss left lingering on the lips for those that aren't afraid of the bite.*

"Cracking the wax seal, and bringing the bottle to my lips, a large gulp later, my body shudders a bit as the mead warms it's path through me*

"Careful of the sediment, mead always is a bit less refined than other drinks, but it adds to the flavor."

"They do, don't they? I'm just thankful he remembers me at all. Oh...."

My eyes light up at the mention of blackberries and mead.

"Good choice. I adore blackberries and mead. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed mead."

I quietly watch as he opens the bottle and takes a sample sip. It's good, I can tell from his reaction.

"The sediment is not my favorite part of mead, hun."

I hold out my glass for him to pour me a glass.

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

After a long pause, the mead pours from the bottle. The dark fluid fills the glass, leaving an impression of heavy flavor in its rich color.

"I doubt it's anyone's" Speaking with a soft chuckle. "But, sometimes the roughest things in life are the best, a little imperfection leads to more intense experiences."

"So, after the meal. Take a moment and relax by a fire? The weather outside is changing. Should be almost perfect for a evening relaxing. "

I smile, before taking a drink of my mead. Grimacing a tad at the intensity of the flavor, before sheepishly smiling. Using on finger I push the bridge of my glasses back into place.

"I doubt I'll ever fully get used to mead"

 

[darkwarrioress57]

A quick sip of mead and I savor the taste, smiling.

"I haven't had mead in ages. This is wonderful, thank you Kama and yes, a moment in front of the fire is a wonderful idea, I think and why is that? What is it about mead that makes you say such?"

Getting up from the counter, I glance over at you, a half smile quirking my lips.

"And how do you feel about cheesecake?"

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

"Oh, you know. Mead is the less refined of your beverages, some people would question it's depth since it's such a simple concoction compared to more recent additions. Personally even though it makes my skin tingle and my hair curl, it has a flavor that can't be compared to anything else."


Taking another drink, my eyebrow raises from behind the glass.

"I must confess, that I have a fondness fro some brands, but that level of sweet can be a bit much for me. What delicious flavor do you have stashed away?"

 

[darkwarrioress57]

*quirks a finger at him as I start to leave the kitchen and head toward the Great Room and the crackling fire*

Come join me in the Great Room? As for the cheesecake, you'll just have to wait and see. We'll have that a bit later. It is rather rich so I have only a very small wedge of it.

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

My eyebrow rises at the request. I slowly push back from the table and follow along.

"Shifu, don't get into anything."

 

[darkwarrioress57]

The little red panda had jumped down from the island and stopped, glancing back at Kama. The expression on Shifu's face made me laugh with delight.

"Come on, Shifu. You can join us for a bit."

I reached into a bowl on the island and palmed something as I headed into the other room without looking to see if both males came with. The fire was crackling softly in the fireplace. Rain gently pelted the windows. I sat down in one corner of the couch and felt the little panda jump lightly onto the couch and up onto the back of it, coming very close to me. I felt his tail brush my neck. Setting aside my wineglass, I opened my palm, exposing the berries there. Shifu made a soft sound and reached for a few of the berries. I glanced up seeing you enter close behind. I patted the couch space beside me.

"So, what do you do in your spare time, besides write?"

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

I chuckle strolling across the room and sitting down in the designated spot.

"Spare time? What is that? But, I do enjoy getting out of the house and hiking on occasion. Less so since I moved but enough. I'm always planning something these days. I'm Dm'ing for a D&D group, and I'm still playing some games that I've beat 100 times"

A smirk curls my lip as I look over at you.

"I'm a major nerd if you can't tell. I just happen to like two types of dungeons."

 

[darkwarrioress57]

*almost chokes on my mead before being able to laugh*

"Naughty man. Let's see... I look after my family, my home. I spend time cooking/baking when I can. I play World of Warcraft when I can, as well as write. Finding time to do all that is not easy as I'm usually worn out by the time I get home from work.

Now for another question, what do you look for in close friends?"

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

I smirk as you catch your drink, a soft chuckle as I take my next mouthful.

"Me? Naughty? Why I never" Cooed in my deepest southern accent.

"That is a bit of a time crunch, I can never find time to enjoy everything like I would like. But, when I play games I want to play all day, never quite satisfied for just a few hours. I'm thinking of playing the next Wow Expac, it looks interesting enough to get me to come back, and I like the level squish they set up."

I pause for a moment, thinking about your question.

"My friends are very varied in their opinion, interest, and way of life, but I value strength. Moral, Mental, or Physical. Every thing in life can be accomplished with one of the three, you don't have to have all of them, but everyone has one of them usually."

I take a sip of my drink, before settling a bit deeper into my seat as the drink warms me.

"I have friends who can take your money out of your wallet and put your wallet back in your pocket before you can read this sentence. I have others who wouldn't hurt a fly fro the karmic effect. But everyone of my friends has something that makes them strong. Even if its not a traditional gauge and even if they aren't the best in what they do. I've never been good at pretending to enjoy someones company, so I have to have friends who can handle that. Because no matter what we always get on each others nerves eventually, real friends just know your being a pain and you'll be ok tomorrow, or that you need more to drink.

 

[darkwarrioress57]

“Hm… enchanting. Seriously. I mostly keep to myself. Well, to family, most times. I have never had any luck finding those of my gender to get along with, let alone to trust but I think I got lucky this time. I have found a few that I don’t worry about trying to stab me in the back. It’s refreshing, really but then, I haven’t spent any time with them outside of work.

I look for truthfulness first and foremost, and then loyalty and trust. In my former partnership I couldn’t trust a single word. They were and always have been, the victim. Even when they were responsible for something, they managed to twist it to become the victim and people believed them. I stuck it out for more years than I should have. I don’t like giving up but even I have boundaries.

But, enough of that. Why do you like to write?”

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

"I have a similar issue, apparently I'm a bit abrasive to the male population around me."

I smile and take a sip as you talk

"Dealt with those types before, makes everything a challenge when you have to question if you can actually believe them or not or worry about what they will use against you."

I lean back, stretching my arms across the back of the couch

"I like to write because it is how it's expression and it's became a new outlet. My hands and skills have became tougher to paint so writing has taken it's place."

 

[darkwarrioress57]

You use to paint? What did you paint? You know, I think of writing as a different form of painting. One uses paints, the other, words. I've always wanted to write for as long as I could remember. It's like a... a need inside of me, especially when something or someone touches me deeply or it's something I feel strongly about.

In high school, it was poetry. Now, *shrugs* it's stories, prose newspaper articles even a book. Everyone has their own form of expression. I can appreciate that.

 

[KamaKamaSutra]

"Used to draw, paint lots of things. Won a couple of awards but just small stuff. Local government rented a painting from me for a year. Hate that painting, stupid bird that I did just because I was in an art class and the oil pastel was required of me. Finished it in like 2 hours and EVERYONE loved it. Writing has became a new outlet for me, creating the stores and worlds makes me feel more alive in a way."

Taking a large swig of my mead, I finish my glass. Raising an eyebrow and smiling playfully.

"Round two?"

 

[darkwarrioress57]

So if anyone has been following my current stories, they are taking a sabbatical.
So is The Mansion. It's still here. It will remain here but all the current stuff will freeze. Gotta love RL. ​

 

[Light Ice]

Flowers, on a step. Red petals, peach petals, hints of white. She might notice a few maids have gone missing. They'll return. Short of breath. Their attire rumpled. Rosy cheeked.

But the flowers, and the affection, are for her alone. Left where they were always left.

 

[darkwarrioress57]

Flowers, on a step. Red petals, peach petals, hints of white. She might notice a few maids have gone missing. They'll return. Short of breath. Their attire rumpled. Rosy cheeked.

But the flowers, and the affection, are for her alone. Left where they were always left.

Ahhh, this place. It had been a long time since she had been home. As she wandered in, she noticed the flowers and retrieved them. It hadn't mattered how long they had been there, they were still fresh and vibrant. She knew who they were from and she adored him for always remembering her. Her affection for him was as real as his for her.

Her maids. The naughty things. She had to smile. He "borrowed" them for awhile. Always a different lot. They all returned the same way. Rumpled and smiling. The rogue! Laughing she made her way to the kitchen to find a vase for his gift of affection.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

*cough* *cough*

"This place could use a good cleaning."

She wandered from room to room, noting the dust and cobwebs. Setting down her things, she rolled up her sleeves and went in search of cleaning supplies.

"Not only does this place need cleaning, I have to get use to the new look of things. Seems it's not only my house has been mussed with, but the UI for this whole place needs understanding." *sigh* "I've been gone way too long."

 

[DarkWarrioress]

While sitting at her desk, sipping her coffee and her laptop open to her current project at hand, no pun intended, she had to softly chuckle, amused. Overnight, the house had been restored to its former glory but the gardens outside needed some work. Tomorrow was another day. There is no rush to get things done. Getting up from her seat, she tied her hair up, gathered up her coffee cup and headed for the kitchen. She had a sudden craving to make some cinnamon rolls.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

~ Author's Note~

For awhile, I was absent from here. When I did return, I couldn't remember my password. I concocted another ID, darkwarrioress57. So, if you see that nick, it's mine too!

Now, if I can only figure out how to edit my Signature. I'll be happy as sin.

Aha! Got it! ..... You have got to be kidding me. I can't shorten my Sig because I'm three lines too long?! WTH?!

~Cait

 

[fr33ks33k]

~ Author's Note~

For awhile, I was absent from here. When I did return, I couldn't remember my password. I concocted another ID, darkwarrioress57. So, if you see that nick, it's mine too!

Now, if I can only figure out how to edit my Signature. I'll be happy as sin.

Aha! Got it! ..... You have got to be kidding me. I can't shorten my Sig because I'm three lines too long?! WTH?!

~Cait

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