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That Butler, Foreign 3


≤speech in Indian language≥

'thoughts'

"speech"

"Demonic speech"

{setting/stage directions?}

SOUND EFFECTS

An entire sentence like this, without quotes, is narration for dreams or stuff like written letters.

=†=†=†=†= scene shift/time shift


Previously:

"As you can see, we are busy. Find your quarry on your own." Ciel said, sighing in relief when he and Chêne were released.

"Tchhh!" Soma said, slicking his tongue in disappointment as he pouted and leaned back against the wall.

"I'll take the drawing with me and ask around while I'm shopping." Chêne said, smiling wryly as she sweat dropped. Even if the prince was kind of annoying, she could at least do that much since she was already going out anyway.


{10:00AM—Violin lesson}

"—Now." Sebastian said once he and Ciel were ready to begin. "While you are in London, I shall tutor you... in place of the lady governesses and Chêne, since she has today off." Sebastian said. He liked to begin by 'looking the part,' so the demon butler was wearing glasses along with his usual butler uniform now that he was in tutor mode, and he was also holding a violin bow for some reason. "First let us practice the 'Partita No. 2' for solo violin."

"Geh!" Ciel said, grimacing as he looked over the music sheet. "Bach's Chaconne... I won't be able to play... such a hard piece—" Ciel was surprised when Sebastian reached out and tilted his chin up using the violin bow he was holding. "!" Ciel said, wondering what Sebastian was doing.

"Fufufu. You will gain confidence if you begin by mastering the difficult pieces first." Sebastian said, chuckling evilly as he smirked at Ciel. Ciel sweat dropped. Why was it that as soon as Chêne was gone, Sebastian seemed to get more evil? "I lay down the rules here. And naturally, I am very strict. Do you have any issues with my teaching method?" Sebastian asked, giving him a brilliant shit-eating grin.

"..." Ciel said, furrowing his brow slightly as he grit his teeth. It was obvious that Sebastian didn't care either way what he thought, and if he did object, Sebastian would probably just increase his workload.

"Good." Sebastian said, satisfied that Ciel wasn't going to give him any problems. "Now hold the bow ready." He instructed as Ciel reluctantly placed the bow on the violin's strings. With the key of D Minor, it is important to express solemnity and reverence with your timbre. Just like that." Sebastian said, smiling as Ciel began to play. "Express the timbre with emotion."

TWANG. TWANG. TWANG.

"Express anger occasionally." Sebastian instructed Ciel.

THOK! THOK!

"Yes..." Sebastian said... wait— 'twang' and 'thok'...? "Erm, and what might you be doing?" Sebastian inquired of Agni and Soma when he realized they were the cause of the strange noises. He was feeling slightly bewildered by the two foreigners and their behavior. Soma was playing a stringed instrument that looked like a small guitar body that had an extra-long neck attached to it, and Agni was playing on a set of hand drums.

"Nn?" Soma said, furrowing his brow in confusion, wondering what the problem was.

"What a novel instrument~!" Lau complimented as he squatted down next to Agni and examined the trio of drums.

"I thought I'd spend the day with Ciel today." Soma declared cheerfully, encouraged by Lau's compliment. "I'm a dab hand at playing string instruments too." Sebastian sweat dropped. It wasn't quite the same... Ciel shook as he tried to control his temper—and failed.

"Get out!" Ciel yelled as Agni and Soma were tossed out into the hallway.

{11:00AM—Drawing lesson}

"Now it is time for drawing." Sebastian announced as he gestured to the still life of a bottle of wine and bowl of fruit that he had set up for Ciel to draw.

"I'd rather wait for Chêne to teach me this. She is the one who normally serves as my substitute art teacher when the other one is sick." Ciel said bluntly.

"It would be preferable for Chêne to teach this lesson, since she is an artist herself, however she is not here at the moment, so I shall do my best to instruct you in here place." Sebastian said, giving Ciel a brilliant shit-eating grin that left no room for arguments. "Now, look at how things are balanced and give depth to your drawing." He instructed. Ciel raised his pencil and held it in front of the apple, choosing a main focal point for his drawing, just as Chêne had taught him, and used it as a means of measuring the apple's proportion in a way that would make it easier to draw the apple and the objects around it in the correct perspective and proportions to each other.

"What is this? Drawing a bottle is dull!" Soma said, frowning. Ciel jumped and turned slightly blue with shock as he grimaced and glanced over his shoulder at Soma and Agni. Somehow they had gotten back inside the room again, and Soma was sitting in a chair, imitating Ciel.

"You must draw naked women. Therefore, woman! Strip!" Soma commanded bluntly as he pointed dramatically at poor Mei-Rin, who had just come in to announce something to them.

"Oh, shall I undress her~?" Lau asked, smiling.

"I—!" Mei-Rin yelped nervously as she blushed and immediately crossed her arms protectively over her chest. "I will undress in front of only one man, I will!" She cried, horrified. Ciel was trembling as a vein mark throbbed on his head, and he was about to let Soma have it for interrupting his lesson again when Chêne suddenly burst into the room.

"Well said, Mei-Rin!" Chêne said boldly as she gave Soma and Lau a sharp look. She could tell that Agni hadn't really meant anything by it, since his innocent smile really was 'innocent,' and he wasn't even making a move to force Mei-Rin into actually stripping... unlike a certain someone. "Unless you want to lose that hand, I suggest you back off, Lau." Chêne said in a dangerously calm voice.

"My, Miss Maid is so strict~!" Lau said, sweat dropping, and sighing regretfully as he backed off, holding his hands up as a sign of his surrender.

"Hmph! That's better." Chêne huffed, crossing her arms. "Prince Soma, you can't just force a woman to strip like that! Think of Mei-Rin's feelings!" Chêne scolded him as Mei-Rin hid behind Chêne and clung to her like a scared child, crying about how Chêne was her 'hero' for saving her.

"Why not? It's not like she's going to lose anything. If she won't do it, then why don't you strip for us?" Soma said bluntly, not looking the least bit apologetic. A vein mark throbbed on Chêne's head as she clenched her fist, and a dark aura started radiating from her.

'Uh-oh...' Ciel and Sebastian thought, sweat dropping. Chêne rarely got truly angry with anyone, but when she did, it was rather frightening... and she had a distinct dislike for pervert

"Get out!" Chêne yelled angrily as she literally kicked Soma, Agni, and Lau out of the room, and slammed the door shut behind them. She hadn't actually meant to kick Agni, but he had moved in front of Soma to try and shield him, so she ended up getting both of them in one hit. "Hmph! And stay out, you pervs!" Chêne huffed as she clapped her hands together, brushing them off after a job well done.

"Whoa! Now she's Kali!" they heard Soma yell from on the other side of the door.

"Good show." Ciel said, smirking.

"I must congratulate you for showing such marvelous restraint. I was certain you would do much worse." Sebastian said giving her a brilliant shit-eating grin.

"Yeah, well, I didn't want to have to clean up the mess it would make if I broke their noses, and they're Ciel's guests, so I can't just maim them, how rude would that be?" Chêne said carelessly.

"Mei-Rin, you were just about to tell us something before that little episode, were you not?" Sebastian asked, getting the redheaded maid's attention.

"O-Oh, yes! I was just coming to let you know that Miss Chêne was back, yes I was!" Mei-Rin said, smiling gratefully at her fellow maid. Chêne sweat dropped.

"Sorry about that, Mei-Rin. I would've been here sooner, but I had to put my shopping bags up first." Chêne apologized.

"N-Not at all! Thank you for saving me, yes! I'll be downstairs if I you need anything else!" Mei-Rin said, saluting them as she exited the room.

"Well, now that I'm here, why don't I take over Ciel's art lesson?" Chêne suggested, smiling.

{1:00PM—Funtom Corp. Business}

"Samples of the Christmas products have arrived from the Yorkshire factory." Sebastian informed Ciel. Chêne had taken the liberty of setting up a Christmas tree, and arranging the products on and around the tree. Chêne had suggested adding Christmas ornaments to their products as a special for the Christmas season, since she thought children would like the idea of being able to hang their favorite Funtom characters on their trees, and the colorful candies would make nice ornaments too. Chêne had designed a special set of twenty-five small chocolates that were wrapped in colorful tinfoil, and each had a different picture of something Christmas themed with a number to count down the twenty-five days of Christmas. This way, the children could eat one sweet a day, and they would know exactly how long until Christmas came, without having to bother their parents every few seconds about it. There were also samples of a few of the stuffed animals made with the bodies and accessories from their new 'Create–A–Critter' line, as well as other miscellaneous toys, like dollhouses, and the like.

"How is it, Ciel? Did they get it right this time?" Chêne asked as she stepped back to let Ciel get a better view.

"Nn. I had them revise this, and it feels good." Ciel said as he hugged a large rabbit plushie and squeezed it. The toy was much fluffier now. "Here, you can keep this one." Ciel told Chêne as he handed it to her. "The name for this doll's base is 'Dickens'." Ciel said, smirking. Chêne smiled wryly.

"I thought this little fella looked familiar... So, you really did base him off of my Dickens, then. Thank you, Ciel~! I'll make sure to take good care of him~!" Chêne said, grinning as she snuggled her new fluffy bunny. Ciel felt someone staring at him. It was Sebastian.

"What is it? Do you have something to say?" Ciel asked Sebastian, raising an eyebrow, and smirking at the demon. Ciel had noticed that Sebastian had been becoming a little possessive of Chêne lately, and if it gave him ammunition against the demon, then he welcomed it.

"It is nothing, I was simply recalling how Miss Lacey had commented that Young Master had no originality, since he copied everything from 'pre-existing' ideas." Sebastian said, flashing him a dazzling shit-eating grin. A vein mark throbbed on Ciel's head. Curses, foiled again! Sebastian was hardly ever fazed by anything, and Ciel wasn't about to admit that he had had the Dickens model made after Chêne's old doll specifically so he could 'casually hand one off to her.' He didn't want Chêne to 'glomp' him. "Also, headquarters has sent over the plans for next year's goods." Sebastian added calmly as he flipped through his clipboard, reading the latest results of their sales and research to Ciel. "The new Christmas crackers are selling well at Harrods."

"Yes, I witnessed that for myself when I passed by." Chêne said, smiling, as she watched Ciel open on of the packages, and pull on the Christmas cracker's cord, popping it. A miniature origami sleigh riding Santa flew out of it, along with a cloud of glitter and streamers. Funtom really did make some interesting products.

"However, children are difficult to please. We must keep providing new novelties." Ciel said.

"And so, I have invented one such new product just for you!!" Soma declared dramatically as he suddenly burst out from underneath the pile of toys, and Agni walked up holding a sign that had proposal written on it.

"Oh?" Lau said curiously as he held another version of 'Dickens.'

"Feast your eyes!!" Soma proclaimed grandly as Agni held up a drawing (that was obviously Soma's handiwork) of an elephant. "It's a soft toy in the likeness of the Indian god Ganesha... and... the trunk..." Agni pulled the first picture away, revealing a second badly drawn elephant that had its trunk raised. Next to it was an arrow labeled 'up'. "It moves!" Soma yelled excitedly, grinning at the genius of his idea. Ciel trembled as a vein mark throbbed on his head.

"GET OUT!!" Ciel yelled. Multiple vein marks throbbed on his forehead as Soma and Agni were once again tossed out into the hallway.

"Actually..." Chêne said thoughtfully as she picked up the two drawings off of the floor. "I'd like to see that. In pink. It'll be funny that way." Chêne said seriously with a gleam in her eye. Ciel sweat dropped.

'Why would it being pink make it 'funny'...? Was it because 'seeing pink elephants' was a euphemism for being drunk?' Sebastian wondered. Chêne had a rather strange sense of humor sometimes...

"Ah. That's right... I forgot you had weird taste." Ciel said, chagrined. "I am not making that. It's a horrible idea." He said bluntly. Chêne pouted slightly at that.

"But I think Lizzie would like it too, so you can give her one, and make it different from the rest, so that it'll be special. She'll be thrilled if you give her something that's been made just for her." Chêne said practically.

"..." Ciel said as he stared at her for a moment, considering it. It was true that he hadn't picked a present out for Lizzie yet... and if he went with this option, then Chêne wouldn't make him go shopping for it himself, since she always insisted that Ciel should buy the presents he gave to close friends and family himself, claiming that even if it turned out that it was something they didn't want, it would 'mean more' since he picked it out himself. This had proven to be especially true when it came to Lizzie. Ciel sighed.

"Fine. You have until dinner to figure out how to make it work. If you can draw up a successful design by then, I'll make it." Ciel conceded, hoping he wouldn't regret this.