This story starts about a week or so before the first epoisode.
She had just finished her shower and dressed for bed when a strange ball of white light invaded her room and sped towards her. "What the-" she attempted to curse as she was hit with the light.
Sebastian felt a strange disturbance within the manor as the young earl was eating breakfast. His face twisted in concentration as he attempted to determine the source of the disturbance.
"What is the matter?" Ciel demanded as he watched Sebastian.
"Nothing my lord," his butler replied blithely. 'I cannot pinpoint what it is,' he hissed internally before he noticed the beginnings of a blinding light. "My lord. Please avert your eyes," he commanded as he covered his master's eyes.
When she became aware of more than white light, she noticed that she was in the air and soon felt the pull of gravity. "Aah-Oomph" She screamed before she fell upon the table with a dull thud closing her eyes in pain. "The fuck?!" she exclaimed as she opened her eyes and looked around her to find that she was in front of a boy and a man in someplace that was most definitely not her bedroom, and in her pajamas. She was luckily wearing her favorite slippers with a bottom that she could walk outside in.
"Such crude language from a lady," Sebastian complained as he continued to hold his hand over his master's eyes at seeing the girl's state of dress. Other than the fact that to him she dressed more like a boy, she was only in a light purple sports bra and worn basketball shorts with grey slippers on her feet.
"Sebastian remove your hand now," Ciel commanded as he sat up straighter.
"I am sorry my lord, but she is not in a proper state of dress. She is not only dressed like a boy would be, but she also has an indecent amount of skin showing."
"Alright. Let's go the cliché route. What year is it?" The girl asked as she sat up rubbing her ribs a little.
"The year is 1888," Sebastian supplied.
"Oh great. The time of medical issues caused by the torture devices called corsets," She sarcastically snipped as she rolled off of the table and landed on her feet.
"Do women not wear corsets in your time?"
"No. We wear sensible and less constraining clothes." She stood up and shook herself out a little bit before resigning herself to her fate. "I don't suppose you would have any 'proper' clothes for a lady of my size?"
"I believe that you will be able to fit the clothes our current maid wears," Sebastian stated.
"Then take her to get some clothes so I may finish my breakfast in peace," Ciel complained as he waved his arms.
"Very well my lord. If that is what you wish," Sebastian conceded as he ushered the girl through the door before stopping her.
"What is it?" she demanded hotly.
"It is improper for you to show so much skin. I am afraid I will have to offer you my tailcoat in order to preserve your dignity," he stated as his eyes roved over her body before holding his coat out to her
"Oh. You want to preserve my dignity now? I saw your eyes give me a good look while you were covering your young master's eyes," she retorted offended that he would be so hypocritical. "I will accept the coat though. It is only because of the chill in this house," she shot at him angrily as she saw a small smirk on his face.
"Of course my lady," he responded still smirking.
"Oh Sebastian. I would like her to become a maid here. See to it that she knows what duties she would have," Ciel commanded.
"Yes my lord," Sebastian responded with a bow before turning and ushering the girl out of the room and closing the doors.
As they walked through the hallways towards the servants' quarters, there was a loud crash followed by a female scream. "What was that?"
"That is a common occurrence around here," Sebastian responded as he held one hand to his forehead in frustration.
"I think that we should see that they didn't hurt themselves," she stated worried for whomever it might me.
"If you so wish. Though I can assure you, they are perfectly fine," he assured with a closed eyed smile.
"I don't care about an assurance without proof," She responded as she quickened her pace in order to put some distance between her and the annoying man. "It has become almost and instinct, it is such a bad habit. Blame it on the fact that I am training to become an EMT," she stated as she opened the door.
When the door opened, the sight that greeted her was unexpected. A woman who looked to be a little older than herself with short, spikey, red hair and large glasses was surrounded by shattered china and glass.
"Mey Rin. How did this happen?" Sebastian demanded placing a gloved hand to his forehead yet again, exasperated by the sheer idiocy of the maid.
"I was trying to carry the plates to the kitchen, but I tripped and fell," the woman cried out as she stood up and fixed her maid's uniform exposing a small cut on her head.
"Oh. You're bleeding," the strange girl observed as she ran up to the woman and began to examine her injury. "Should just need to clean it with a good antiseptic," she mused as she probed around the wound and over her skull checking for injuries.
"Whaaa?!" Mey Rin questioned before she noticed what the girl was wearing and flushed red in both jealousy and embarrassment.
"Oh frag. I'm sorry I completely missed one of the most important steps," the strange girl cursed. "My name is Ouro, and I am certified in first aid. May I help you?" she asked as she backed up and stuck her hand out.
"U…Um. I guess, I don't really know what first aid is," Mey Rin stuttered still flushed in the face.
"Alright. I'm going to probe around the wound," Ouro stated as she went back to probing around the wound again finding a small sliver of the china within her scalp carefully removing it while tearing some of the fabric from her frayed shorts. "We'll get something better soon and make sure it's cleaned properly. There would be no good vaccines at this time for tetanus," she mused as she put some pressure upon the wound with her makeshift bandage.
"Mey Rin. Please show this girl to the servants' quarters and give her some proper clothes. She will be joining our staff soon," Sebastian stated with a fake, closed eyed, smile.
"Y…Yes sir," Mey Rin responded as she blushed again at seeing him without his tailcoat.
Ouro looked between the two before smirking. When Sebastian left the room, Ouro turned towards Mey Rin with an evil smile. "You li~ke him," She stated in a sing song voice as she watched the maid flush a bright red.
"I…I do not. I respect him. He is an amazing man," Mey Rin exclaimed as she became a darker red.
"I call bull there girl," Ouro giggled as she pointed at the maid. "You turn such a bright red, you remind me of one of my friends," she continued to giggle a small note of sadness creeping into her tone.
"That's not very nice language for a lady to use," Mey Rin scolded as she looked shocked by the way the girl spoke. "Are you from America? Is that why you seem to miss your friend," she asked as she looked at her with shining eyes.
"Yes. I actually am," she stated as her eyebrows rose in surprise at her ability to pick up on where she was from.
"Ooh. Once we get you in some proper clothes and I show you around, you must meet Bard," she gushed already imagining a relationship between the two.
"Whatever. So are we going to go get the clothes, or do you want to clean this up first. Honestly I don't want to dirty his tailcoat trying to clean up the mess. I'd rather change then come back to clean," Ouro stated as she gestured to the mess.
"That sounds like a plan. Sebastian would be very upset if you dirtied or ruined his coat," she agreed as she looked at Ouro before gesturing for her to follow. "This way."
During the whole time Sebastian had remained outside of the room listening to the exchange between the two females. His attempts to gain information on the girl only bringing up what he already knew. At the sound of them approaching the door, he took off running with his demonic speed.
"Alright," Ouro agreed as she followed the maid.
After they wandered through the house quite a bit, where Ouro was introduced to most of the rooms, they finally reached the servants quarters'. "This here is my room," Mey Rin stated as she swung open the door, "the other one here is Bardroy and Finnian's room. You will be sleeping in here with me, I have bottom bunk because I don't like the top much at all."
"That's perfectly fine with me, now where is the clothes I am to wear for now?" Ouro asked as she shut the door and removed the tailcoat before putting it on the back of one of the chairs.
"Right," Mey Rin responded as she walked over to one of the dressers and grabbed a full uniform. "This might not fit you too well, but it should work until the master has you fitted for a proper uniform," she continued as she handed the garments to Ouro and pointed to the bathroom. "There is a washroom that way. We will have to share, but it is quite nice," she directed.
"Thank you," Ouro responded as she walked towards the bathroom. Once in the bathroom, she found that it was much larger than the small one within her apartment. She set the clothes down upon the washstand and quickly pulled the undergarments out from it. Shedding her clothes that she was wearing, she quickly changed into the outfit. "Well don't
"I feel like I'm in someone's kinky sexual fantasy," she grumbled to herself as she walked out of the washroom carrying her clothes from home before tossing them onto the top bunk.
"You look much better," Mey Rin complimented as she looked up from fiddling with her hands.
"Alright, let's just make sure that we clean up the mess you made," Ouro retorted as she headed towards the door.
"Right," Mey Rin confirmed as she ran to the door and closed it before catching up to Ouro. "So what's your home like?"
"Hot, small, cramped, and smelly. All the smog that comes from the cars is disgusting, here is a breath of fresh air."
"I thought America was supposed to be a new beginning that was better than here…What's smog?"
"Smog is the smoke from cars,"Ouro explained. "It is nicer that there is more opportunity, but it takes a lot of work that some can be nasty," she continued pulling all of her historical knowledge about the present time to make her seem as if she belonged.
After some more questions and answers, they arrived at the site of the mess, Ouro was astounded that it was already cleaned up. "How…What…Who-Who cleaned it?"
"Sebastian must have cleaned it. He's a wonderful man, he is," Mey Rin praised as her eyes glistened and she gained a light blush across her cheeks.
"Well. That is fast for someone, unless he's not human," Ouro mused to herself as she looked at the room once again. "Okay. Quick question. How are you not freezing in this?" she demanded as she shivered.
"It's really not that cold in here," Mey Rin defended as she watched Ouro shiver even more. "You didn't seem cold before."
"That's because I was moving, now I'm cold. I think that I will go and grab the tailcoat and find Sebastian. He seems to be in charge of the servants," Ouro stated with a wave as she took off, jogging at a brisk pace.
After she had gone back to the room and retrieved the tailcoat, she draped it over her shoulders and proceeded to wander through the house in an attempt to find Sebastian. "I should try the kitchens first," she mused as she headed in search of both Sebastian and food. When she did arrive at the kitchen, she noticed that there was a man in there who had a flamethrower and was attempting to use it to cook; however, it was more of a low temperature flame with lots of soot. "How can a flamethrower have such a cold flame?!" she demanded as she stepped into the kitchen and placed the tailcoat upon the back of a chair before walking up to the man.
"Wha-?! Who are you?" the blonde man questioned as he looked to her noticing that she was also from America.
"Sorry. My name is Ouro. Now about that flamethrower, you have not properly adjusted it to create a hot flame," she stated as she introduced herself.
"Okay…Why are you in Mey Rin's uniform? Anyway, I'm Bard the chef."
"Oh. So you are the other American, the one Mey Rin saw me having a relationship with. Anyways, back to the flamethrower. Here give it to me and I will make sure that it has the heat you need for properly cooking," she reasoned as she held out her hand.
"If you think you can do it," Bard relented as he handed over his prized toy. "So why are you here anyway?"
"Your master and Sebastian decided to hire me. They are quite kind. I was looking for Sebastian in here, I wanted to return his tailcoat. I'm supposed to be learning from Mey Rin, but she can only look at me and be jealous so I decided to talk to the butler," she explained as she sat on the floor and started with cleaning the flamethrower before she began an inspection.
"Why are ya cleanin' it?"
"I need to look at the way this one works and make sure it works properly before I modify it," she explained as she looked for the fuel line that leant the stream to the igniter. "Alright. So if this only uses one simple fuel type and a simple air compressor, I should be able to add a second fuel that will give more heat," she mused as she found the fuel cell and sniffed it. "Sweet…Okay that will complicate things but it should still work with my plan," she continued her musings until a white gloved hand entered her field of vision taking the tool from her. "Hey-…Oh Sebastian. I didn't expect you, I was just helping Bard improve the quality of his tool here to where it could actually help cook a dish. Would you like your tailcoat back?" she questioned, one hand still gripping the flamethrower.
"Bard does not need a flamethrower to prepare the food in this kitchen. Though I would appreciate my tailcoat back. Now would you please release your hold on the flamethrower?"
"Alright, but I would also like to know what I am to do around here," she relented as she let go of the tool. "Well, here's your tailcoat," she stated as she stood and went to the chair where it was draped.
"Thank you. Now I believe that I should know my duties as well, I have become acquainted with many of the rooms; however, I do not know what I should be cleaning, nor who else is employed here."
"The only other one you have not met is Finnian the gardener. I will take you to introduce yourself to him," Sebastian stated as he opened the door. "Bard. Please clean up the kitchen so that dinner may be prepared."
"Yes Sebastian," Bard replied glumly as he began his task.
"As a maid here, you are to protect the young master with your life. You are also to ensure that the manor is spotless as well as that the others do not destroy it. I trust that you are not hopeless when it comes to gardening, cooking, and washing?"
"It shouldn't be too hard. So let's go meet this Finnian before I help Bard clean up the kitchen. So what do you plan for dinner tonight? If there is a recipe I should be able to make it."
"Already so eager to prove your worth," Sebastian teased as he showed her to the garden. "Finnian…Finnian!"
"Y-Yes Sebastian?" Finnian asked as he appeared from behind one of the hedges.
"This is our new maid Ouro. She will be assisting around the manor with the three of you," Sebastian introduced smirking at the surprised look on Ouro's face.
"Ooh. A new maid, what do you specialize in?"
"I am a jack of all trades, I don't specialize."
"Ooh. That is super exciting, well I hope that we can talk more soon. Though you can call me Finny," he stated as he held out a hand.
"You may not want to shake his hand. Finny here has inhuman strength and can't always control it," Sebastian cautioned.
"Yeah yeah. Poor boy is probably lonely. I know you can control your strength Finny, so shake my hand," she reassured as she grasped the boy's hand before pulling him into a hug. He was so surprised that all he could do was stand there until she let go. "Well, I guess I will see you around Finny," she stated with a wave as she followed Sebastian, who was leaving.
First: Ouro
Middle: Zolata
Last: Shadewoods