Continued from here.
Zi'da 54, Arc 721
After he had accompanied the Cadouri from Saoire’s School to the manor, taken his winged goat back to the stable and made sure that the new arrivals received something to eat, Devin stood in the entrance hall of Smooglenuff Manor once more and was trying to decide where he should put them to work. They had made progress since the sun had risen. The staircase was almost finished now, and the chandeliers were nice and shiny. Even the wall panels and the floors had been polished – but there was still so much work to be done!
He was confident that they’d be able to finish the preparations in time now that the help that Saoire had so graciously offered had arrived, but he wasn’t sure what that help should do, and which task was the most urgent one. He didn’t like being unsure because it made him feel weird, but he liked the idea that his party, the first proper party ever at Smooglenuff Manor might not go perfectly even less. So, he did something that he didn’t like particularly – he approached Miranda, the head maid, a mouse Cadouri in order to ask her!
“Saoire’s students have finally arrived”, he told her in a very cheerful tone of voice that belied the fact that he didn’t like asking for help particularly. “We have a woodworker, builders and cooks, but I don’t know what they should do first. What do you think? Do you still need help with the entrance hall? How are things in the ballroom going, by the way?” he asked before he gestured for the group of Cadouri whose bellies had been filled and who were waiting for instructions to come a little closer.
What happened next was a little unexpected.
Miranda who was a soft-spoken woman most of the time (unless she was stressed out which had been the case earlier that trial) let out a loud cry, and then she suddenly rushed forward in order to embrace a young cat Cadouri with pure white fur and a very fluffy tail. “Nellie!” she exclaimed. “I didn’t know that you would be coming as well! How are you? Nellie and I studied together at Saoire’s School, before I was given the job at Smooglenuff Manor, my lord”, she explained to Devin who stood there, a surprised expression on his face.
He hadn’t known that cat Cadouri and mouse Cadouri could be friends!
Zi'da 54, Arc 721
After he had accompanied the Cadouri from Saoire’s School to the manor, taken his winged goat back to the stable and made sure that the new arrivals received something to eat, Devin stood in the entrance hall of Smooglenuff Manor once more and was trying to decide where he should put them to work. They had made progress since the sun had risen. The staircase was almost finished now, and the chandeliers were nice and shiny. Even the wall panels and the floors had been polished – but there was still so much work to be done!
He was confident that they’d be able to finish the preparations in time now that the help that Saoire had so graciously offered had arrived, but he wasn’t sure what that help should do, and which task was the most urgent one. He didn’t like being unsure because it made him feel weird, but he liked the idea that his party, the first proper party ever at Smooglenuff Manor might not go perfectly even less. So, he did something that he didn’t like particularly – he approached Miranda, the head maid, a mouse Cadouri in order to ask her!
“Saoire’s students have finally arrived”, he told her in a very cheerful tone of voice that belied the fact that he didn’t like asking for help particularly. “We have a woodworker, builders and cooks, but I don’t know what they should do first. What do you think? Do you still need help with the entrance hall? How are things in the ballroom going, by the way?” he asked before he gestured for the group of Cadouri whose bellies had been filled and who were waiting for instructions to come a little closer.
What happened next was a little unexpected.
Miranda who was a soft-spoken woman most of the time (unless she was stressed out which had been the case earlier that trial) let out a loud cry, and then she suddenly rushed forward in order to embrace a young cat Cadouri with pure white fur and a very fluffy tail. “Nellie!” she exclaimed. “I didn’t know that you would be coming as well! How are you? Nellie and I studied together at Saoire’s School, before I was given the job at Smooglenuff Manor, my lord”, she explained to Devin who stood there, a surprised expression on his face.
He hadn’t known that cat Cadouri and mouse Cadouri could be friends!