Thread: A Fairy King and a missing Girl ||Lagertha x BlackTalon ||

Parents, or single parents, were buzzing around the orphanage. The church had taken hold of all the orphanages around the city, causing every one to be ran by either nuns or priests, depending if they were boys or girls, but above all the genders were separated. There were children of every age in this particular orphanage, like there was most, anywhere from infants, to seventeen year olds, and sometimes even a few girls eighteen or older stayed for a while. Though the older children normally had parted to a different part of the wing, learning their studies and either becoming nuns themselves or looking for work to build income. The front of the building was well maintained, a school house was off to the left side of the building where most of the children went for any grade of studies, besides the ones that were allowed to go to the actual mixed sex schools across the street from them. The entrance way was large, up to date on everything and actually, everything that was shown to the parents was fairly new things, as if the things in those places were replaced every year or so. The only places that were off limits were the actual sleeping quarters of the children, though there were a few on display like show room pieces, well furnished. One of the older nuns, or sisters, heard the knock on the door, surprised. She hobbled over, a plumb thing with red eyes from lack of sleep, saggy face, brown hues, and white hair that came out of the long black cowl she wore. She gripped the knob, opening it up with a questioning look on her face at the 22 year old man standing in front of her. The nun sized the man up and down before clearing her voice to actually speak. Yes? Aren't you awfully a young thing to be wondering in here? This is a orphanage son, if you aren't looking for adopt a child then please head home. The boy's orphanage is on the other side of town if you are looking for that, this is strictly only girls. The nun's voice was scratchy, raw, worn down from the amount of time she had been here, but her face was anything but pleasant as she looked at the young man. Go on now, get! We have much work to do! Sister Yui, don't be so mean to the young man. A younger woman came up, opening the other side of the door. She was around 24, though she herself had probably been in the orphanage since she was a small girl. There were a few scratches, or scars across the woman's young face, but she smiled warmly at the man and the others that were filling through the door to the orphanage. I'm Sister Taylor, Sister Yui here is much older and has been working tirelessly. The woman laughed as Sister Yui, the older one, rolled her eyes and moved away from the door. Are you looking for someone? Perhaps a sibling you wish to adopt? I haven't been here too long but I have seen some siblings go into the orphanage at the same time. One gets old enough to become an adult, make an income and come back for their sibling hoping to adopt them as a guardian. Sister Taylor was smiling, she was a tall lanky thing, around 5'11, and her eyes were a grey color, her skin a speckled mess. Well? There was a reason for Sister Taylor's scars on her face. She had studied medicine, and since coming to this orphanage was in charge of distributing the amount of medicine every girl got in the orphanage. Young as she was, she had a vast knowledge of every new drug over the counter or not, and she knew which girl needed how much of everything. In fact, had she not come to the orphanage it would be more barbaric then it already was, lithium, the strongest of the strongest meds doping every girl up. That did not matter, for she was responsible for how Aqua acted now, why the girl was so doped on prescriptions she could barely remember anything at all. Oh dear..it's such a chaotic mess around here. Mother Gertrude was looking at the flow of parents coming out of the large front hallway. Some were in the corner with some of the girls, talking with them with one of the sister's present, others were being lead around the whole establishment to show them how it functioned before getting started on background checks. Aqua stood next to Mother Gertrude, her left hand in Mother Gertrude's small right one. Let's go around back Aqua. It will be less of a fuss then. A sister had spotted Mother Gertrude running op to her, but Mother Gertrude held up her left hand. Not today Sister Mary, find Sister Martha and ask her what you will. It is busy enough and I wish to go to the market place. Some of the other Mother's and Father's are there getting food for their orphanages as well. Aqua only watched as the young nun bowed her head and scurried away from them. It was a common thing for the leaders of the orphanage to meet on a certain day to go shopping, to have some conversations or what not. It often had made Livian ponder why Mother Gertrude always enjoyed Aqua to tag along, but the truth was Mother Gertrude pitied the girl. Aqua had lost both her parents in a terrible construction accident when they were on the rode home. A pillar from one of the buildings had fallen down on the car while the workers had been trying to put it in place. Though Aqua didn't remember any of that and for some reason Mother Gertrude was alright with that, it had been too hard to keep Aqua in a sensible moment with the knowledge of her parents death. A freak accident that had squashed two lives and ruined a third. Aqua was silent as Mother Gertrude pulled her along, off to the side of the building and opened the wooden door. Each door around the place had a gold cross on it, this one had been no different. The playground was right in front of them and Aqua bunched her shoulders a bit as the cold wind hit her. A few bugs buzzed around her face as Mother Gertrude went down the stairs from the door slowly having let go of Aqua's hand. She looked back at the girl who stared at the bugs, but the moment Mother Gertrude looked at all the little flies buzzing around Aqua's face they dispersed. Aqua looked at Mother Gertrude who only smiled up at the girl. Have I done something funny? Livian always gives me that look when I have. Aqua's brows barely rose, emotion had seemed improbable on her features anymore. The girl was frozen, empty in a sense with no emotions, no true self from the lies and medication the orphanage had given her. God blesses you Aqua. If you only saw what I have seen. Aqua made her way down the stairs, standing behind Mother Gertrude who had turned to look at the playground. A wooden ship stood tall in the playground, a small playhouse, slides, monkey bars, tic tack toe, swings. Aqua tilted her head a bit confused as she blinked. For some reason bugs have always fancied you. Everywhere you go Aqua they always buzz around you as if wondering if you are alright. I remember the day you first came hear, tears streaming down your face, eyes red and puffy, your voice had gone hoarse hours before from screaming and then..there was this swarm of bugs outside the orphanage. Mother Gertrude smiled before looking back at Aqua. Most of the sisters had thought it was a sign of the devil but..they were the most beautiful butterflies all over this playground, all over the grass when you arrived. It was as if they were there mourning your lose with you. Mother Gertrude's eyes fell before she sighed and Aqua shrugged her shoulders. Butterflies? I only see flies, dragon flies, lady bugs, beetles around the room. Livian likes to squish them. Mother Gertrude shook her head at Aqua's words, who was following close behind as they started moved to the parking lot. Livian enjoys giving pretty things pain. She does that for her parents sins. You know why Livian is here? You are here because your parents died, because there were no living relatives that would take you in..but Livian..do you understand her pain Aqua? They were almost to a small black buggie when Mother Gertrude stopped in the center of the parking lot. Every spot was filled to the brim with cars, fancy ones or older ones like the nuns drove. Aqua stopped dead in her tracks looking at Mother Gertrude before she shook her head. Livian was five when she came to us. She had 3 brothers, 3 sisters, but she was the only one they brought. She came from a wealthy family, but they didn't want her. I asked the parents why, why they would give up such a perfect child when they had the funds for it. I thought perhaps they couldn't deal with a seventh child, but they had several caretakers that watched over the children why they were away. Mother Gertrude's eyes looked away as she fiddled around in the pocket of her dress fishing for her keys before she pulled them out. Livian didn't want to play dress up like her parents wanted. They wanted her to dress wealthy, to get surgery to perfect her features when she was only five, but the girl refused. She couldn't understand why her parents would want to alter her, wasn't she perfect enough? To them..she was imperfect. They were the perfect beautiful family everyone wanted to be, but she didn't fit in. So simply the mother said 'She is no child of mine, she does not belong with our perfection.' and they left. Mother Gertrude unlocked the car, moving to the driver's side as she looked at Aqua who only stood staring. Do you understand Aqua? You'll forget I told you this tomorrow but for now I want you to understand her. She squishes those bugs like she wishes she could squish herself. She torments you because..your parents didn't intentionally leave you behind like hers did. Your parents loved you. Her parents loved the idea of her. Mother Gertrude slide into the car, patting the seat next to her. Let's get going Aqua. We are going to be late. Aqua was silent as she moved closer to the car and opened the passenger seat. She slide into the car, buckling her seat belt as Mother Gertrude did and closing her door as the old nun did before the woman started the car up. The drive was silent between the two of them. Aqua had no idea what to say anymore and Mother Gertrude looked remorseful. Though things made sense, the amount of satisfaction Livian got from torturing her on a daily basis, or how she enjoyed to squish every little bug she found. There was also the way Livian did things, everything in their tiny room had to be in a particular order, or Livian could not stand it. Perfection. It seemed as though the hole in Livian heart had never healed, and would never healed. Though Aqua barely remembered that Livian got more counseling then she herself did, and now for this moment she understood why. It was also highly likely that Mother Gertrude had told Aqua this all before and she had forgotten like she would tomorrow when she woke, but for now stooping in the silence was wonderful. Besides the fact they were stuck in traffic bumper to bumper, but such was city life.