Chapter Three: Pandora, a Cottage, and the 'Trust Thing'
Evergreen bowed to Asaka and turned to the girl who had been standing behind them. She bowed lightly and said,
"Aiya! I'm Pandora, One of your new roommates,"
Evergreen started walking, giggled and asked,
"What horrors have you besieged upon this land? As to earn you name?"
She added as an afterthought, seeing the strange look on her face.
"Oh, nothing. I have been named for my curiosity,"
She answered simply. By this time they had reached the cottage they would all share. It was a whitewashed house with a thatched roof and a room for each of the, it seemed.
"Come on, my friends will want to meet you,"
Evergreen nodded and moved toward the door. The cottage was cozy inside. The main room had a table for six, a sitting area for ten, and a small pantry with food in it. Evergreen ventured down the hall, which had two doors, each with a small mark and a name on it. The first one was Pandora's and it had a golden chest on it. The second had a red roan horse and the words 'Mustang Breeze' on it. She turned back to the main room.
"Pandora, where's my room?"
She asked Pandora gently.
"Oh, it's upstairs,"
She put down the dishes she was cleaning and pulled a ladder down from the ceiling. Nodding her thanks, Evergreen climbed the ladder, and found that the second floor had four doors and a little reading room. She looked at the doors. The first door had a seashell and the word 'Tropica' on it. She moved on. The second door was blank. Her room. She'd look at it later. The next had a Sliver Star and the words 'Star System' on it. The last was also blank. 'I'll have to ask Pandora about it,' Evergreen told herself. The reading room had a book on its door and a fair sized library inside. Feeling satisfied with her exploring, Evergreen went back to Pandora to help with the dishes and ask about her room.
"Which room is mine?"
She asked simply, and started to clean the dishes. Pandora looked up.
"Either blank door. You can write your name and draw a picture,"
She went back to the large stack of dishes. Evergreen stood by her and helped as they chattered pointlessly. When they were done, Pandora went to her room to write her poetry, and Evergreen to explore the empty rooms. She opened the door to the first room. It was dark. She didn't even look any further. It was much to dark. The second room was perfect. It had a large bay window that covered half of one side of the wall that had a window seat with green pinstripe cushions. The window seat also had a small cherry wood lap desk that she could write on. The loft bed had a cherry wood frame and bedding that matched the window seat cushions. Underneath, There was a workbench with a small herb garden on it. The long wall had many types of flowers and saplings and bushes in rich soil. The cherry wood floor was covered by a green and cream area rug and the walls matched the rug. Evergreen breathed in the scent of life and growing plants. This room was perfect. She picked a quill up off the writing desk and wrote her name on the door. She thought but a moment and drew a pine tree. She went down the hallway to 'Tropica's' room and opened the door. The room also seemed to fit its owner perfectly. Shells and running water everywhere! There was even a bit of a climate in there.
"What are you doing in my room?"
Evergreen jumped. She slowly turned to see a girl with tanned skin and light orange hair. She had a seashell hair clip and was dressed in a wrap skirt and a swimsuit with matching flip-flops.
"Aiya. I was not snooping, if that is what you think. I was merely... satisfying a nagging thought,"
Tropica raised an eyebrow.
"What might that nagging though be?"
Evergreen looked at her with deep brown pools of eyes and asked,
"Was your room like this when you came?"
Tropica laughed a little and said,
"A thought that has once nagged all of us, thats what thought. Is it? Of course. Our goddess knows us and when we are coming, and makes rooms accordingly so, but if a nagging thought is enough to send you into other's rooms, maybe I cannot trust you,"
Evergreen hung her head and bowed forgiveness, and then retreated into her room. She clasped on her bed and cried. She had not hit it off very well with Tropica, and maybe she would tell the others and they would not trust her either. This would be a very long year.
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Evergreen bowed to Asaka and turned to the girl who had been standing behind them. She bowed lightly and said,
"Aiya! I'm Pandora, One of your new roommates,"
Evergreen started walking, giggled and asked,
"What horrors have you besieged upon this land? As to earn you name?"
She added as an afterthought, seeing the strange look on her face.
"Oh, nothing. I have been named for my curiosity,"
She answered simply. By this time they had reached the cottage they would all share. It was a whitewashed house with a thatched roof and a room for each of the, it seemed.
"Come on, my friends will want to meet you,"
Evergreen nodded and moved toward the door. The cottage was cozy inside. The main room had a table for six, a sitting area for ten, and a small pantry with food in it. Evergreen ventured down the hall, which had two doors, each with a small mark and a name on it. The first one was Pandora's and it had a golden chest on it. The second had a red roan horse and the words 'Mustang Breeze' on it. She turned back to the main room.
"Pandora, where's my room?"
She asked Pandora gently.
"Oh, it's upstairs,"
She put down the dishes she was cleaning and pulled a ladder down from the ceiling. Nodding her thanks, Evergreen climbed the ladder, and found that the second floor had four doors and a little reading room. She looked at the doors. The first door had a seashell and the word 'Tropica' on it. She moved on. The second door was blank. Her room. She'd look at it later. The next had a Sliver Star and the words 'Star System' on it. The last was also blank. 'I'll have to ask Pandora about it,' Evergreen told herself. The reading room had a book on its door and a fair sized library inside. Feeling satisfied with her exploring, Evergreen went back to Pandora to help with the dishes and ask about her room.
"Which room is mine?"
She asked simply, and started to clean the dishes. Pandora looked up.
"Either blank door. You can write your name and draw a picture,"
She went back to the large stack of dishes. Evergreen stood by her and helped as they chattered pointlessly. When they were done, Pandora went to her room to write her poetry, and Evergreen to explore the empty rooms. She opened the door to the first room. It was dark. She didn't even look any further. It was much to dark. The second room was perfect. It had a large bay window that covered half of one side of the wall that had a window seat with green pinstripe cushions. The window seat also had a small cherry wood lap desk that she could write on. The loft bed had a cherry wood frame and bedding that matched the window seat cushions. Underneath, There was a workbench with a small herb garden on it. The long wall had many types of flowers and saplings and bushes in rich soil. The cherry wood floor was covered by a green and cream area rug and the walls matched the rug. Evergreen breathed in the scent of life and growing plants. This room was perfect. She picked a quill up off the writing desk and wrote her name on the door. She thought but a moment and drew a pine tree. She went down the hallway to 'Tropica's' room and opened the door. The room also seemed to fit its owner perfectly. Shells and running water everywhere! There was even a bit of a climate in there.
"What are you doing in my room?"
Evergreen jumped. She slowly turned to see a girl with tanned skin and light orange hair. She had a seashell hair clip and was dressed in a wrap skirt and a swimsuit with matching flip-flops.
"Aiya. I was not snooping, if that is what you think. I was merely... satisfying a nagging thought,"
Tropica raised an eyebrow.
"What might that nagging though be?"
Evergreen looked at her with deep brown pools of eyes and asked,
"Was your room like this when you came?"
Tropica laughed a little and said,
"A thought that has once nagged all of us, thats what thought. Is it? Of course. Our goddess knows us and when we are coming, and makes rooms accordingly so, but if a nagging thought is enough to send you into other's rooms, maybe I cannot trust you,"
Evergreen hung her head and bowed forgiveness, and then retreated into her room. She clasped on her bed and cried. She had not hit it off very well with Tropica, and maybe she would tell the others and they would not trust her either. This would be a very long year.
)) Whoop! Almost two pages in word! Yip! Okay, here are the answers to the review, and they will be on the bottom from now on!
BB from GTT (I forgot you name o.o' hehehe) Thanks! I made it a little longer now~