Angelinas intrigued with Lucy only grew with every second she spend in the company of the older woman whom had settled down and invited all the ladies for a snack so they could get to know each other.
Lucy was happily chatting and laughing, casually leaning back an drinking vine as she told stories.
How could this woman possible be related to the captain? And be his twin no less? She was as frivolous as he was strict, they seemed to be different like night and day though Angelina had to admit they did kind of look like each other. They had the same hair and eyes as well as some similar facial features. But their attitudes and personality… they could not possible be anymore different!
"Oh this vine!" Lucy smiled. "It's truly amazing, I haven't had this good vine since my second Husband Pierre took me to Altare." she exhaled deeply. "What a trip that was, oh the culture in that city. All the houses there are build in white stone and have view over the channels going through the city. Pierre and I would sit there by the shore and drink vine like this while eating their local grown olives. Truly it was exquisite." she said and drank again.
"You've been so many places!" Rosa gasped. "I wish I could travel like that, my parents says it's not for a lady though." she muttered.
At that Lucy laughed out loud. "Ha ha ha! Dear child, if you want to go just go." she encouraged. "You only live this one time you know. It's a shame to waste the time you got."
"But." Rosa blinked. "It's dangerous to go out there."
"What is life without a little danger?" Lucy asked and Angelina couldn't help but smile. She would never have guessed before right now, but she quite liked Monstrasios twin sister.
"Well if I could go to Blakeney I would." Ann Marie stated. "It must at least be more exciting than here. Don't you agree Angelina?" she asked. "You've at least seen something else."
"Oh I don't know." Angelina smiled a little bemused. "The Capital is much bigger that is true, and the culture life is very rich. Fairbanks has its own charm as well I suppose." then she closed her eyes as she had to remember her own narrative. "It's true though, I do miss it. The fashion, the culture, the nobles whom knew how to treat a lady. Fairbanks is just dreadful in comparison."
"Oh, you've been in Blakeney?" Lucy asked Angelina now directly.
Angelina blinked. "Yes, I studied there." she said. "At Sankt Elanors girls school." she lied giving the name of the school she had been supposed to study at.
"I know of that place." Lucy smiled. "Dreadfully boring though, all the girls and women there are so uptight and holier than thou. You have my sympathy that you were stuck there for however long!" she stated. "Now you're free though, we should have some fun!"
Angelina smiled a little amused. "That's very kind of you Mrs Gavier. Perhaps one of these days."
"Please! It's Lucy as I told you!" Lucy chuckled amused. "Is this one always this prober?" she asked.
"She is." Ann Marie stated. "And she prays three times a day!"
"We need to help this lady loosen up then." Lucy smirked. "Angelina Pulido wasn't it? Can I call you Angelina? That's a very long name though isn't it? I know!" she snapped her finger. "What about just Lina?"
Angelina blinked a bit surprised but the sudden familiarity, the only one who had ever called her by a nickname was Lolita, and it had just always kind of been that way. "Well, I suppose." she said.
"Then that's settled!" Lucy smiled. "Let's drink on that!" she asked filling up in all their vine glasses again. "We noble ladies need to stick together after-all, and you girls all need to learn how to have fun! You're only bored because you are allowing yourself to be bored!"
Angelina genuinely had to fight her own anticipating smile and beating heart. Now this was what she was talking about! This was another woman whom actually got it! And she wondered what Lucy would actually do.
The thought of how much it was bound to annoy the Captain was only yet another satisfaction to Angelina.
Lucy sure was something else, she really brought life to the area and the city.
You could always tell when Lucy was somewhere nearby as people would flock around her and listen to her words and cheerful stories.
And Lucy didn't seem to care the least what others thought about her! She would walk arm in arm with men, she would drink until dawn, she would smoke cigarettes and gamble. She was incredible skilled at Blackjack and even when she lost she would always just laugh and take another drink as if it didn't even matter while she commented how this reminded her of one of her three former husbands.
The Captain was not happy though, he always asked her to be civil and not make such a scene which Lucy would dismiss with a laugh and a comment calling him by his quite clearly hated nick name.
Even worse for the Captain was when Lucy would tell stories of their childhood and Angelina was ready to eat it up raw.
"I tell you. Ebby would get so upset if things weren't like he wanted them to be." Lucy stated as she sat back in a chair, casually holding a cigarette. "I mean, one plate was out of place on the dining table and he would not be calmed down before it was fixed! And he would spend hours sorting his toys, the tin soldiers had to stand on line on the top shelf and the pistol absolutely needed to be put in its prober case. I of course would mess it all up from time to time and he would always get so angry." she shook her head. "I remember when we were both about eleven years old. At that time, our bath time was always every sunday at four o clock in the afternoon. Then one Sunday when bath time was cancelled because the house maid was sick, Ebby would not have that! He got so angry, I mean what other eleven year old would be angry about missing out on a bath? I personally cheered that my ears wouldn't have to be scrubbed clean that day." she commented amused. "Finally he got it, but that wasn't even good enough because it was two hours to late for him."
Angelina grinned satisfied over the embarrassing stories. The best part was that the Captain couldn't exactly punish his own twin sister just for sharing stories of her own childhood.
She had learned quite a lot about the Captain these last few days actually.
He was from a decently influential family which had a tradition of being in the military. His father was a general and he even had two older brothers, well he had one, one had died in the service of the military the other though was still alive and also pretty high ranking in the Blakeney military.
Lucy was his only sister though and the two of them were the youngest.
His mother was a noble lady by birth and lived with her genneral husband at a big house near Blakeney.
This was more information in just a few days than Angelina had managed to get the last months! And all Angelina needed to do to be told more was just to ask!
Lucy was more than happy to spill out any little detail to the Captains great annoyance.
How-ever, the arrival of Lucy did not mean that Monstrasio was stopping with his schemes and eventually it was time for the Scarlet Fox to appear again, and she did as she jumped over roof tops and made fun of the Captain.
"SHOOT HER!" Monstrasio yelled the same old turn and Scarlet reached tounge of him.
"Bleh! To lazy to come get me yourself are you? Ebby?" Scarlet asked and Monstrasios face turned red just as a black haired woman casually sitting on a chair with a glass of vine laughed.
"My my! What a show!" Lucy laughed. "Now that there is a woman of my taste." she stated pointing up at Scarlet. "Bravo! I salut you!" she stated raising her glass up at the roof.
"Why thank you My lady!" Scarlet grinned taking the time to make a elegant bow.
Monstrasio seethed as he glared at Lucy. "I thought you said you came to help me with my pest problem, this is not helping!" he hissed at her.
"But Ebby, i'm just having so much fun!" Lucy stated. "I haven't had this much fun since Ferdinand took me lion hunting!" she commented referring to one of her husbands
And Monstrasio hissed but finally dismissed her as he ran after Scarlet whom was swinging away and of course she got away, like usual leaving a very amused Lucy.
"You really need to learn how to unwind, brother dear." She commented raising her glass again and leaned back as she exhaled. "What a show."
