FANAsumaru
Chapter 004
"Grande Dame"
Lady of Society
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"Morning sleepyhead." It's... Fumiko's voice... Why? Oh my head aches... Where? What happened? Oh, yeah... We're walking home... then...
"Where am I?!" Ayame shot up awake. She smacked right at Akira's face who was leaning above her. "Ouch! You didn't have to do that Aya-chan. It hurts you know..."
"What the?! I'm asleep?! Where are we? Are you guys okay?!"
Ayame went silent. The four of them are in a sitting room. The walls are white decorated with gorgeous paintings. There are comfortably soft-looking chairs and some tables. And the room is strangely filled with a variety of pillows. Akira is quite happy playing with them. Fumiko looks busy filing her nails. Where did that nail file came from? Nikki is calmly preparing tea on a table filled with knickknacks. She noticed the doors. They're huge double doors that looked heavy. Ayame stood to examine it.
"Don't bother Ayame, we already tried that. Door and windows all locked. Plus, they are extra strong so we couldn't break out. They are quite appreciated for leaving us in this cozy room with yummy feeds so better be calm and let's just wait for anyone who'll come in."
Nikki handed her a teacup and a saucer of cookies. "We tried the cellphones but, no use. This room is totally blank and void."
"Ngrrh..." Ayame glared at the three contented-looking girls lounging around her. She is annoyed and is getting impatient by the second.
"I can't stand this any longer!" She suddenly stood up, in a fighting pose. "Here we are, locked up in this room like hamsters! And look at you enjoying it like rodent-brained pets in a cage. FYI, if you hadn't noticed, we're kidnapped..." She was cut short by a voice.
"Sorry if it looked that way. The Crusaders do lay it a bit thick sometimes, I should have sent the Knights. You weren't kidnapped... You're... escorted to me."
The girls were dumbfounded as their captor stood before of them. "Who are you?"
A beautiful girl stood in front of them. She has long, straight lavender hair that comes to her ankles. She has curious violet eyes, just like a puppy's innocent pair. Fair-skinned and pretty, to the full extent of the word. But her English dress and her childish features gave her a doll-like appearance. Her poise is composed and business-like, then she tilted her head and smiled.
"My name is Tsukizun Mianime. You can call me Mianime, or Mia-chan or..."
"Can I call you Mimi?" Akira replied with a warm smile in her cute cat form.
"Of course, Akira-hime." The girl giggled. Or a woman. Her features made it hard to guess her real age.
"Hime? You know we are? Who are you anyway? Why did you have us captured?" Ayame isn't satisfied with uninformative answers.
"Ayame-hime, calm down. As I have said you weren't captured or anything of that degree. Those people 'delivered' you to me. Princesses, let me introduced myself again. I'm Tsukizun Mianime, I'm the Caretaker. It is my duty to guide you along the fate that is bound to you. You girls will now live here, my residence, the Rose Point."
"Rose Point? Strange name. Are you a romantic?" Fumiko snickered.
"Rose Point, also called the Rose Mansion. You know the legends about the four roses. They're you. Fumiko, Rosa Sinensis the Red Rose. Akira, Rosa Gigantea the White Rose. Nikki, Rosa Primera the Blue Rose. And Ayame, Rosa Leticia the Green Rose." She sat on one of the beanbag-type seats.
"Whoa! Wait a minute! How about our stuff? If we're gonna live here, we need to get our stuff." Fumiko said. She's thinking of her dresses and her make-up and her shoes and bags and accessories and...
"You mean you've already got our guardians' approval for this?" Nikki wanted to know.
"Your things are in your rooms already. And yes, I've got your guardians' permission. But then of course you could go home from time to time as you wish. But Rose Point will be your more or less permanent home."
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"You said a while ago that this is a mansion but I didn't expect that it'll be like this." Fumiko commented. They were taking a tour of the 'house'. They are now climbing the luxurious carpeted staircase to the second the floor. They've already visited the kitchen where Akira amused herself with much sweets and is currently enjoying an over-sized pink lollipop.
"The first floor has the kitchen, dining room, washroom, library, sitting room, my bedroom and some guest's rooms. Second floor has the entertainment room, Fumiko and Akira's rooms in the West Wing. Nikki and Ayame's rooms are int the East Wing. And the gallery is also in the second floor. Your rooms have their own bathrooms and walk-in closets that also work as dressers. You can change the room's layout as you like but that would be later. Oh. The hot spring and pool is on the first floor. And so is the Grand Hall that will also be your Music Room. Here we are. This will be your room Fumiko-hime."
"Uh. Please call us by our names. If we're gonna live together, you wouldn't want us to feel awkward with you, would you?" The girls blushed.
Mianime giggled at this. "Okay. If you say so. Here, come in and look."
They entered the double doors...
"Wah?!" The girls are surprised. The room is shouting its theme 'Pink Heart Princess'. The room is totally girly-girl in design, layout, and basically everything in it. The queen-sized bed has a four-poster canopy. The wide balcony has a sofa and side table.
"I didn't expect too much luxury..." Stars were the eyes of Matsumoto Fumiko as now.
"The four rooms which you will occupy were practically the same. Details were changed to suit your personality and taste. If anything isn't as you like it, just tell me."
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Pitstop # 1Fumiko's Room
(bathroom and dresser not included. =gyahahaha!=)
The wallpaper is colored baby pink with pink hearts. On the accent wall is a maroon English Rose mural. The bed is made of a dashing mahogany wood. The canopy is white lace. The sheets were shades of pink and red with darling pillows. A white lacy curtain accentuated the window towards the balcony. A mirror is in one corner of the room beside a dresser where lots of bottles and stuff are on with a hairbrush or two. A small mahogany writing table with a maroon vase filled with white and pink flowers is in the middle of the enormous space on a velvety maroon carpet. Beside the bed is a side table with a single picture frame , an alarm clock and a dim lampshade. Fumiko loved the room at once.
"Dream come true..."
"Anyways, Fumiko, you will not use your scooter from now on. I deducted from your allowance money to buy you a new motorbike. It's pretty nice and I got it on a bargain."
"But my scooter is in school."
"I got it safely hidden away ."
"How?"
"Ahmmm... Maybe because I'm the Director and Principal of Tokyo Palace Academy?"
"Huh?! What?!"
"Neat."
"And also, I got you all color-coded laptops. There's internet connection. It's the latest model, you know? I got you matching cellphones too. My number is registered in those already. Don't worry, the bills are on me."
"Wow."
Some more details are seen as they scrutinized the room. The drawers are filled with Fumiko's personal stuff except for a jewel casket she didn't recognize.
"Oh. Those are my gifts to you. As welcome. I hope you like them."
The room's ceiling is white with a lovely chandelier.
"Is this a room? It looks to me more like a house. It's just too big."
"You are now ladies and we are out to treat you exactly as that. Remember, you are now burdened with the responsibilities as guardians, so we want to alleviate some of it by making you comfortable as possible."
"How sweet of you..."
"Don't mind, it's my duty..."
The floor of the room has a shiny burnished wood paneling. Hanging from the window is a pink and silver wind chime of hearts.
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Pitstop # 2Akira's Room
The wall is plain white with silver hooks on them.
"What's those for?"
"I knew you paint, Akira-chan so I made the wall white with hooks so soon you'll hang your lively paintings on them."
"Wah. I'm embarrassed."
The curtains were white and snowy light. On one corner of the room is a large bookshelf with a full length mirror. On another corner is a bunch of neatly piled pillows and stuffed animals of different sizes and colors. The bed is of white birch wood with white and black sheets emphasized with white stars, suns and moons. The table on the black carpet is round and white china with a porcelain vase filled with flowers. On the main wall hanged a black tapestry of white and silver thread, an intricate magic circle is the representation of the heart.
"Oh. You even brought my Mana."
Beside the bed is what looks like a holographic projector. Except for the toys and colorful pillows, the room was very monochromatic. And it's size was extensive. =The girl's rooms were each equal to seven or eight average-sized bedrooms!=
"Ma! We can play tag in here." Akira said as she jumped up and down on the bed declaring her possession of the room. "Glad you liked it." Mianime smiled.
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Pitstop # 3Nikki's Room
"I'm pleased." Nikki said with her shining eyes. The room's theme is white and light blue with a touch of yellow that reminds you of a day when you looked straight at the sky and felt the calm until you've slept. The ceiling has glow-in-the-dark stars.=Wah what is that?!= There's lace everywhere and the bed is a cradle-like, two-poster bed of white varnished wood with a silky white canopy. The articles in the room are mostly matched with the theme: A baby blue wooden dresser with mirrors and matching baby blue stool. The small glassed cabinet in a corner is a cheerful light yellow. A light blue side table is at her bedside. The cerulean carpet is emphasized with the lemon yellow center table which is oval in shape where a white vase filled with wonderful blue flowers is ornamented.
She stroked a light blue bear that's sitting on her bed.
"Um. It's a gift from my brother Shion. He saved his allowance for months to buy this." She explained to the questioning glances of her company. "Ahhh..."
The doors to the balcony are open revealing a glass table and some wicker chairs. "I know that you like having tea on calm days, Nikki-chan."
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Pitstop # 4Ayame's Room
"Just as I expected." Ayame sounded as if she's inspecting the room on a job. But her eyes gave her away, they were shining and she wouldn't be able to deny it, even if she tried. She neve had a fully personalized room made for her. Mianime looked appeased.
"I'm so happy to have met your standards Miss Ayame."
The linoleum on the floor is moss-green in color, while the walls are of a light apple green. Her bed is extravagant. With rich pillows and green sheets. Her bedside lamp is white, adorned with shiny beads and such. Another table is beside the bed, by it's left. A small table with a computer on it.
"Heh. Typical Ayame..." Fumiko smirked at the out-of-place object.
"Even though she gave us new laptops, I very much prefer my own desktop PC, thank you very much..." Ayame said nonchalantly.
A dark green carpet is on the floor. On it is a rectangular black-glass table with a maroon vase filled with petunias. The accent wall, instead of being filled with frames, is ornamented with a mural. Green vines stood out efficiently from the apple green base color. The texture of the mural gave it an almost-wallpaper-like effect. There's two dark wood bookshelves filled with volume upon volume of intellectual books. A dark wood dresser is on one corner, its mirror reflecting the light from the open balcony window. The curtains were white and beige, heavy curtains that looked really warm.
The room has the aura of the late Victorian Period. And to think that the new owner of the room is half-European, the residence is really fitting for the prim girl's personality.
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"Wow. Everything in this place is nice to overwhelming."
"Miss Mianime?"
"Yes?"
"Akira-chan is shy to ask but, can she use the white piano in the music room sometimes?"
"Of course. And that goes for you too."
"Huh?"
"Well, I'm not an instrument person. I can sing and very well as they say. So those instruments in the Hall, I bought especially for you, the four of you."
"Wow. Thank you very much."
GROWL.
"Haha. I think we are going to end our tour early. Seeing that it's already time for dinner."
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Sorry for the enormous delay.
I've been busy at school.
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