A/N: So this is my all new story that I plan to sick with for a while.
R/N: Is that not what you said about the last one?
A/N: Quiet.
R/N: And all the unpublished stories on your hard drive.
A/N: Can we start the story already?
R/N: You are forgetting something~
A/N: I don't own anything except my three original characters. Can we start now?
R/N: Yes.
Deep inside a large mansion, in a rather large room sat a heavily decorated gold throne. On the wall behind a very old portrait of a blue haired girl in a pink dress with a incredibly bored expression. Scarlet drapes hung on either side of it giving the appearance of an alcove. On the throne sat that very same girl wearing that very same expression. She sank down onto her throne waiting for everyone to take their positions.
"We rehearsed this yesterday, why is it taking so long?" she spoke in a very irritated voice. To her left and right stood her family, friend and most trusted servants. Lining up on either side of the large red carpet leading to the grand doors on the other end of the room were the numerous maids. So carefree in their actions they bumbled around for the better part of an hour until finally they took their positions.
The mistress of the house stood in front of her throne. She cleared her throat and in a commanding voice spoke.
"Enter," the doors across from her opened on their own to reveal three girls. Two sitting on the floor chatting and the third asleep next to them.
"Ahem," the mistress cleared her throat again and made her presence known. The two girls looked around to see the doors open. They quickly stood up and lifted their friend off the floor. They walked her like she had a broken leg. By the time they reached the foot of the throne their friend had left dreamland and walked on her own.
"State your names." The mistress ordered.
"Itsuko Nakamura," spoke the first. She ran her fingers though her long black hair.
"Rei Ibi," spoke the sleeper examining her brown ponytail.
"Misako Ibi," spoke the shyest of the group. She had her hands in front of her and her face beet red.
The mistress looked over the three carefully, "Seeing as how you three," she began to pace in front of her throne, "are the only ones to answer the ad and appear here today. I have no choice but to hire you all without an interview." The head maid who stood behind her at that moment shifted her weight slightly. The mistress spread her wings and took flight.
"Welcome to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I am the mistress, Remillia Scarlet. Descend... daughter of Vladimir Tepes." Remillia hovered in midair with her arms out. "To my right are your superiors, head maid Sakuya Izayoi and gate guard Meilling Hong." Meilling smiled at the girls. "To my left are the residents, my sister Flandre and friend Patchouli." Flandre had a certain gleam in her eye when she looked at the newcomers and Patchouli regarded the three as rats. If no one has anything to add," she looked around the room, "I declare this welcome ceremony closed. Sakuya please show the new maids to their quarters and explain their duties."
With that everyone filed out of the room and returned to their lives leaving the three girls a bit confused when Sakuya appeared in front of the three, scaring them a bit.
"This way please." she led them through a side door, several corridors, a theater, several more corridors and stopped at a hallway that ended with a door.
"This will be your room, we prepared for a much larger group but only you three showed up. I hope the room isn't too big. As for your duties, you are to rest tonight and will begin work in the morning. You will also need these." She handed the group a large book and a map from seemingly nowhere. "Read the book, try not to separate, keep those items on you at all times and you will be paid accordingly at the end of each month. If you find that you do not like working here feel free to leave at any time. Any questions?"
"What exactly will we be doing?" Itsuko spoke up.
"Read the book, I must attend to the mistress. I will return in the morning." Sakuya disappeared without a trace.
"Weird, let's look at our room?" Rei perked up.
They entered the room surprised to find ten beds lined up across one wall.
"How many people did they expect to answer the add," Itsuko said to no one in particular.
The room also contained a fully stocked kitchen, dining table and three bathrooms. Each bed had a chest at the foot and drawers underneath.
"How is this place so big?" Misako asked herself.
"Hey, look at the book she gave us." Misako held it up for the group to see. It was a largish leather book with a chain attached to the spine and two bat wing clasps holding it shut. SDM Survival Guide By: Sakuya Izayoi and Illustrated by Remillia Scarlet written on the cover and a cartoon Remillia head under it, the other two girls raised their eyebrows at it.
"Get a job they said. Answer the ad they said. Take your sister they said." Rei thumped around the room.
"Maybe it's just a joke? What does it say Misako?" Itsuko asked.
She flipped through some of the pages, "How to serve tea, how to dust stone, what to use on different stains."
"That doesn't sound so bad..."
"How to treat Master Spark burns, what to do when Patchouli sets loose an eldritch horror, what to make for dinner on the full moon in September when it's humid with a clear sky and...
"We get it." Rei interrupted, "What does it say on the first page?"
Misako flipped the book over, "An Explanation of your duties: As humans, you are smarter than our current maids who are fairies. As such we expect you to be able to do more complex work. You are to maintain the mansion to the best of your abilities. This book will tell how to do that and the maps you received shows each of your jurisdiction."
Itsuko unfolded the map, "How do they expect us to keep all this clean?" she dropped the map on the floor.
Misako continued to read, "Each room is numbered and labeled. These maps are not exhaustive so feel free to expand the map as needed." Next to the explanation was a cartoon picture of Sakuya with her eyes scrunched and giving a thumbs up.
"There's over three-hundred rooms on this map. Did this place look that big from the outside?" Rei began to freak out.
"We were supposed to share our duties with seven more people. Lets sleep on it tonight and we'll see how we feel in the morning. If we don't like it we'll leave together." Itsuko tried to calm her friend down.
"Okay, I guess everyone should pick a bed than," Rei told her friends and off to bed they went.
A/N: Thank you for reading. Tell me what you thought by clicking the review button. I had a lot of fun writing this. If you enjoyed it expect more and if you didn't move on. Bye-bye.