She woke up to her butler gently shaking her awake. "My Lady, wake up, you have a visitor at nine." Her butler took a light step back, a small smile crossing his face. He walked over to the closet at the far end of the room. "What dress would you like, Lady?" She threw her legs over the side of the bed and tottered over to the closest, clad only in a black silk full slip.
She peered into her closet then pointed towards a blue and white floor-length dress. The back of the dress at the bottom was patterned with blue and white triangles. Her butler laid it out on her bed, and walked out calmly. A young girl in a deep red dress hurried in as she tied a purple ribbon onto the right side of her hair.
"Do you need help, my Lady?" The girl asked, looking curiously at her.
"Da, Lily, I do." Lily pulled the dress apart and lifted the white under corset up. She fitted it around her Lady's bust and tightened it, then she unzipped the dress, and, with her Lady's help, zipped it up slowly until it could not be zipped up any longer. Lily handed over the jacket that covered her shoulders and left her Lady's room.
Her butler knocked softly and came in. "My Lady, your visitor is here." He waited at the door and walked out after her. She fixed the jacket over her shoulders and slid her arms through them, taking care not to catch her long blue nails on the insides of the sleeves. She kept her head up, as her butler stopped at the edge of the stairs and adjusted the blue rose headband on his Lady's hair. He leaned in and whispered, "You look lovely, as always, my Lady," Then walked down the stairs to alert her visitor that she was coming.
She walked down the stairs, keeping a mild smile on her face. Her three servants of sorts were busy around the house. Vash, her gunsman; Gilbert, her egotistical cook; Lily, the humble gardener. Vash and Lily were siblings, Vash being the oldest. Her visitor, a Japanese man, stood there, talking to her butler. "Ah, Katyusha, you look lovely." He turned towards her as she curtsied and stood up straight again.
"Y-Yes, thank you, Kiku. Can I help you?" Katyusha smiled again, looking curious at her visitor. "Come, we'll talk in my office, da?" Kiku followed after the blonde girl slowly, getting a glare from Vash, who was pretty protective of Katyusha as the Ukrainian girl had taken him and his sister when she could have turned them away, but instead, had taken them in.
The Japanese man laid out a paper on the desk and removed his jacket. "A proposition, Katyusha, for a joining between our companies. It will benefit both of us." Katyusha seated herself on her desk and crossed her legs. "I cannot explain anymore, but will you accept?" The girl closed her blue eyes, thinking.
On one hand, she would benefit greatly from the joining, and have more expenses in her name. But, on the other hand, she could fall into ruins trusting a man she had only known only for two weeks. She might have less expenses than she wanted to have. She opened her eyes. "I will have to decline your offer, Kiku. Letting my company join yours is a risk, and I do not like taking risks too much." Her butler opened the door as the man walked out, saying nothing.
"Lady, you also have errands to do." Katyusha sighed to herself, but nodded.
"Very well, Matthew, errands must be done, da?"
"Correct, my Lady."
