WEEK 2 - CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

[maladied]

Let's retire in the countryside
Just as you wish it

Welcome to Hillbury

You come to in an intricately decorated dressing room. For those familiar with it, the style seems to be that of a Victorian manor house, and to those that aren't, even you can tell this is a stately room fit for the elite. In fact, you too, are decorated to match, fully dressed in luxurious suits or dresses, elegant and perfectly tailored, but still somewhat breezy and lightweight for the time period and class it belongs to. Looking outside, you get a view of a rolling and bright countryside. In the far distance, fields of crops and grazing cows can be barely spotted, but all of the nearby landmarks are elegant manors presumably similar to the one you stand in.

Comments

[maladied]

Hah, I ain't no proper society man but you noble types seem to me to be mighty talented at findin' new things ta make problems out of, if you don't mind me saying so.

[taintedfayth]

[That actually earns a wry chuckle out of Seymour, perhaps the most expression of amusement that he's shown in his time here.]

You would not be wrong, I do admit to that.

[Also not a lie. He knows it all too well.]

There are only so many ways one can find amusement when one is expected to maintain a certain appearance at all times.

[maladied]

Maybe that's how you end up with grouchy old lords like Lord Barton!

[He coughs to clear his throat.]

Not that I think you three are like that, Sir.

[taintedfayth]

I have yet to meet him for myself... is he truly that bad?

[He seems eager enough to gossip about this guy, if nothing else...]

[maladied]

Can't say meself. I've only worked for you and yours all my life. But that's what I hear from the men that work for him, sir.

[taintedfayth]

I suppose I will find out soon enough...

But please, do tell-- is there anyone else I should be wary of? I would hate to make a bad impression upon meeting them for the first time.