Title: Stunning
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Wu Fei + Duo + Milliardo
Notes: Challenge 211. Baby Series 4 #89. Takes place approximately 15 hours following Games.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Stunning
"Superb craftsmanship. Quite exquisite."
Long, slender fingers ghosted over the intricate carvings, tracing the curves and swirls in the wood with delicate precision. The complexity of the design was mind boggling, the effect stunningly beautiful. The piece was an antique, he had initially thought, but he could place no particular time period to date the table.
The craftsman who had created this particular work of art had without doubt been a master artisan, confident of his skills to tackle such a complex design. Wu Fei gently brushed the dust from the table top, blowing gently to shift the dusty layer from the deeper swirls, revealing more of the complex design.
The attics were full of exquisite treasures, the product of centuries of master craftsmen's labour. Works of art surrounded him, paintings, sculptures, furniture... It was a treasure trove he had sorely missed exploring.
"Good to be back, eh?"
He glanced briefly at Duo and inclined his head slightly by way of a response, his fingers engaged in tracing the design of an intricate scroll. The Celtic knot work just called to his fingers, demanding he touch, trace each intricate curve, turn-back, intersection overpass / underpass. Where the design began and where it ended seemed impossible to determine, so complex was the design. It was made to bedazzle the eye, to lead the eye onward, not to dwell long on one piece of the overall design, but instead to follow it endlessly around and around, never finding the ending.
"It is a stunning piece."
The air seemed to shift around him, a cool breeze noticeable despite the heavy clothing he wore. The attics were not well heated, even when the heating was turned on after it was known they would be exploring whilst others slept. Milliardo moved past him, ghost pale in the dim lighting, reaching up to change the blown globe with a fresh unit. Stepping back as the dim corner of the section brightened and they had a better view of the treasures stacked in this nook.
"Wow!"
Oh yes, it was worthy of Duo's breathy exclamation.
It was not just the table that made his lips curve into a smile of appreciation, but a selection of furnishings bearing the exact same complex design. The dining table and four... No, six chairs. Milliardo carefully drew aside a dust laden sheet and revealed a sideboard to the set.
"Exquisite."
Wu Fei shook his head slightly, eyeing other dust sheeted pieces of furniture buried beneath their burden of, as yet, unexamined treasures. They were going to have to find some sort of explanation for this treasure trove. It had to have come from somewhere. Pieces so exquisite had to be recorded somewhere, in some museum, some noble's manor or the home of an extremely wealthy individual or a palace. There had to be a history to these pieces and learning it might give them a start to understanding why so great a collection of treasures existed here.
End
Karina Robertson 2013