Isolde's Room

Previously the lodgings of the late Lady Braddock, the Dower House fell into disuse for a number of years, particularly after Braddock Manor passed to Brian himself. Since the arrival of the University, it has been renovated into an administrative building as well as faculty and staff housing on the second floor.

Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:48 am

"Don't underestimate the benefits of a good physical regime, even yoga," she says with a chuckle, "I actually studied yoga for several years in India."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:02 am

"Oh, like I'm the one leading a sedentary lifestyle."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:22 am

"You have that damnable werewolf metabolism working in your favor. It's unfair, really."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:42 pm

"Ah yes, you always complain about that. Except for the times you don't."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:46 pm

Erica smirks, "You would bring that up. What do you want me to say? We were bad for each other after a while. I distinctly remember you threatening to bite me on more than one occasion."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:47 pm

"Oh, we were horrible for each other. Doesn't mean I'm likely to forget."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:53 pm

"Hindsight and all that. It seemed like a wondrous idea at the time," she says with a shrug before adding, "I'm still the better witch."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:57 pm

"Mostly because kissing pretty girls doesn't make someone a witch, no matter how much her father would've liked that to be so."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:01 pm

"Exactly," she says, "But there's no accounting for idiocy. Hang around and you might find a new pretty girl to kiss. I'm told there's several, even among the professors here, as unlikely as I find that to be."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:48 pm

"Seems a bit like cradle-robbing, but I suppose everything is."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:12 pm

"Unless you want to crawl back to me, I think you're going to have to look long and hard to find someone who isn't super young compared to you," she grins.

"Oh," she says, tapping one of the presents, "Delivering this one in person might result in some uncomfortable questions. I'd recommend dropping it off outside her room."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:52 pm

"...just what are you getting me into?" She quirks a brow.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:53 pm

"Nothing your considerable skills can't handle. You are the great stalking hunter are you not?" She smirks.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:03 pm

"Let me guess, the fairy princess?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:18 pm

"No. The sphinx. Surely you've seen her around."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:24 pm

"The one who's serenely convinced she's Batman?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:06 pm

"I believe so," she nods, "Maybe she'll figure out what to do with the gift, maybe not, but she at least need the opportunity."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:09 pm

"If she hasn't already been kicked in the head too many times."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Erica Carlisle » Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:20 pm

"That is a distinct possibility," she chuckles. "You would be an expert on that condition."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:56 pm

*** After the incident in London ***

There's a business-like knock on Isolde's door shortly after lunch one day.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:49 pm

"...everybody seems to think I'm pleasant to visit," she mutters, getting up and opening the door.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:57 pm

Outside the door was a short-ish woman with iron gray hair braided and wrapped into a bun and secured by two things that looked suspiciously like knitting needles. She's dressed in a black casual suit that makes her look like someone's secretary. She looks Isolde up and down and Isolde gets the distinct impression of having been weighed, measured, and sifted all in that glance. "Miss Schwarz. I believe we have business that needs discussing."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 7:59 pm

"...and you would be?" She asks, quirking a brow.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:02 pm

"Miss Weaver will be as good a name as any," she says after a moment's pause, "I'm here about Miss Johansson."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:03 pm

"Ah, so it's like that, then."

She steps back from the doorway.

"Come on in."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:09 pm

The woman nods and steps through the doorway. She smells like a textile mill, all cloth and machine oil... except for the distinct sense of silver coming from the needles in her hair. As Isolde closes the door, the woman faces her. "It has come to our attention that Miss Johansson has selected you as her guardian. Is this assessment correct?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:13 pm

"Yes, I'm fairly certain we're in agreement on that."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:16 pm

"I see." Some disappointment registers briefly on her face as she folds her hands behind her back. "And you accepted the position. Why?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:17 pm

"Because death has a habit of sharpening your perspective."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:21 pm

"Yes, that snarl in the skein was quite disconcerting. Are you aware of the weight of what you're taking on? This isn't some murder-for-hire hunt you've agreed to."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:40 pm

"I'm aware that this is long-term. I can do long-term."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:45 pm

"Can you now?" The woman says, stepping closer to Isolde, encroaching on Isolde's personal space. "Why should we believe that this is anything but another example of your short-term, disastrously poor decision making?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:56 pm

"You can believe what you want, but the child of earth is awake, and she's entitled to choose."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:03 pm

"Of course she is," the woman says, "But respecting her choice is not approval. Consider this your warning not to abuse her trust... or our respect of her choice. You, guardian, are not what we would have chosen for her."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:04 pm

"Well I'm not about to drink her blood, so how bad can I be?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:06 pm

"Yes, her former guardian left a lot to be desired as well, but we had precious little choice in that changing of the guard as well. This child is causing quite a lot of consternation."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:33 pm

"You like being in control, don't you?"
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:16 pm

"And you do not?" The woman raises an eyebrow.
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Isolde Schwarz » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:23 pm

"I think you're rather spectacularly missing the point of the children of earth."

"A cistern is not a river."
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Re: Isolde's Room

Postby Narrator » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:29 pm

"Even a river can be diverted by applying the right or wrong... pressure." She punctuates the word 'wrong' by giving Isolde another once-over.
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