"Look, okay, I get it. I have absolutely no family Charlotte! Get that through your thick skull!" Aislynn shouted at Charlotte, venom heavy in her voice. Charlotte just turned and walked out of the room, sobbing. Aislynn slammed the door after her and sank down against the wall, sobbing to herself.
A couple weeks after Will arrived at the Institute, Charlotte told them of another arrival that would be coming from Shanghai, China. Aislynn still sat in her room everyday, sobbing to herself about not having anybody to help her through her plight. Then came the day that the arrival from Shanghai came to the Institute. Charlotte forced Aislynn to come out of her room to meet him and show him around. Aislynn stepped out onto the front steps of the Institute with Charlotte behind her and watched as the Silent Brother's carriage rolled to a stop.
Aislynn had expected the boy to be rich and look like a spoiled brat, but he didn't, instead he looked like a man in his eighties, with his ebony hair lined with silver and his brown eyes nearly all silver. In his hand, he clutched a violin case and an old fashioned steamer trunk, which Charlotte took to have it put in his room. When the boy saw Aislynn, he smirked gently before she let some venom sink into her eyes, attempting a 'don't even' look. He just shrugged and bowed. At least he has a sense of being a gentleman. Aislynn thought to herself before he opened his mouth to speak.
"Hello, I'm James Carstairs, but you can call me Jem, everyone does."
"If everyone calls you that, it hardly does me any special favor, now does it?" Aislynn said, being as rude as she could so that he wouldn't feel pity for her loss.
"I did not mean to cause offence ma'am."
"My name is Aislynn Youngblood, but you can call me whatever you want, like, 'jerk face' or something like that."
"I don't wish to cause you offence, why ever are you so cold-hearted?"
"That is none of your business, now do you want a tour or not?"
"Please, I would like to know my way around here." She grunted and started the tour.
The tour dragged on for what felt like ages until they finally ended at his room.
"Here's your room, if you need anything, I'm right next door." Aislynn said coldly before turning and walking to her room to make her point. Aislynn opened the door to see Charlotte sitting in the armchair by the window.
"Finally, what took you two so long?"
"We had a little spat, that's all. What are you doing in my room?"
"I want to talk to you about the way you're behaving."
"Rant away." Said Aislynn, throwing herself onto her bed dramatically.
"Aislynn, ever since your parents died, you've been venomous to everybody, even the servants, what happened to the little girl that showed up on the doorstep eleven years ago?"
"Look, okay, I get it. I have absolutely no family Charlotte! Get that through your thick skull!" Aislynn shouted at Charlotte, heavy venom in her voice. Charlotte just turned and walked out of the room, sobbing. Aislynn slammed the door after her and sank down against a wall, sobbing to herself.