Tale as Old As Time [Finished]

[CalamityJade]

"Great, then make sure you do that. If you hear anything on that floor that isn't in that room, you leave and let me know. Better yet, let me know when you ARE going to be there and I'll escort you."

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried nods. "Would you prefer to bring the tray up yourself?"

[CalamityJade]

"Well...acutally that might be safer. Might as well have the guy that's already bite proof get close, yeah."

[yamikuronue]

"Nobody should get close. A few missed meals won't hurt me."

[CalamityJade]

"Lance...for the last time. It will be fine, alright." Obsidian sighed. "And getting hungry will make things worse."

[yamikuronue]

Lance shoots his uncle a death glare, his voice low. "Nothing about this will ever be alright."

He stands, throwing down his napkin onto the table. "I'll be upstairs."

[accalia]

At some point during the discussion both Echo and Julie had left the room, presumably to avoid the fight. Echo is likely to be found in the kitchen cleaning, while Julie has probably retired to her room to work with the door open.

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian gave a bit of a sigh. This...well, that WAS a point. He was still set on mourning, and maybe giving him time to cool off would help. He shook his head and looked to Siegfried. "Don't know how you did it, to be honest."

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried raises an eyebrow. "Ten years of practice."

[CalamityJade]

"..." Obsidian chuckled. "Good point. Look...what do you honestly think. A bit too much at one time?"

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried sighs. "Sometimes I think it's best just to let him be. Other times I wish he was small enough to spank."

[CalamityJade]

"That's might be a bit much, let me tell you." Obsidian stood and stretched. "I think I'll let him blow off some steam for the time being." He looked around. "And seeing how the guests have left, I might as well be fair and ask you why you're still posing as the butler."

Meanwhile, Morden had taken his time to vacate for the time being before seeing Julie working in her room. "Well, it seems that things have not changed too much. Though I think they're warming up to one another."

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried bristles slightly. "I am the butler."

He takes a deep breath, letting the tension out -- the last thing anyone needs is him getting prickly right now. "I have let it be known that I am... genetically similar to the Young Master," he says, after a moment. "But you have to remember -- I was not adopted by the Master, merely placed under his protection. He intended for me to learn from the former chief of staff, so that I would have a safe place to grow up. With their deaths... there have been times in which I was the sole staff in this household, and times when I could convince the Young Master to hire additional help. But I have always done the job I was brought on to do."

[accalia]

Julie: You would know better than I. Still, I am glad to hear that. Lance is lonely and scared it seems to me. I would like him to be happier.

[CalamityJade]

Obsidian gave a frown. "Doesn't mean you have to get treated like dirt for it, especially since you've been here this long. Just always rubbed me wrong, ya know." He really...well, even if he WAS working for other people, it didn't make him lesser.

"That...well, that might be difficult. From what I can tell his...wolf, correct? Anyway, his wolf doesn't seem to like you and he doesn't like most as it seems, so I think it'd be difficult. Honestly, it could still all be much worse."