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houseofcards_rp2013-12-21 09:48 am
thepupthatmatters) wrote in houseofcards_rp2013-12-21 09:48 am
[ota] sleeping under strange skies
He's ready for this. Of course he's ready for this.
He wouldn't be here if he weren't ready. Holló wouldn't have sent him through without being prepared. This isn't, after all, the sort of place a person gets sent without it being purposeful. Even the people who wander here 'by chance' are the people who need to be here, he's been told.
So it's the right time for Aleksei Volkov to be stepping out into the cold sunlight barely warming the walls of the Castle Spades, newly minted and processed and told he'll have to start working his way up from Two now.
The few things he'd brought with him have been settled into the cramped quarters he'll be sharing with a few other recent arrivals. What's stuck from his grandmother means he'll be starting off under the apparently quite severe Spade kitchen staff.
Hopefully it isn't the end of the world that he needs to pause when he's sent out to Town to pick up a few extra bottles of truffle oil and vanilla extract. Hopefully being 'ready for this' doesn't mean he can't take a moment--take a deep breath--as he lets settle into his bones the fact that he's here.
{ooc; He can be bumped into at the castle or being lost in Town. Also tag plz?}
He wouldn't be here if he weren't ready. Holló wouldn't have sent him through without being prepared. This isn't, after all, the sort of place a person gets sent without it being purposeful. Even the people who wander here 'by chance' are the people who need to be here, he's been told.
So it's the right time for Aleksei Volkov to be stepping out into the cold sunlight barely warming the walls of the Castle Spades, newly minted and processed and told he'll have to start working his way up from Two now.
The few things he'd brought with him have been settled into the cramped quarters he'll be sharing with a few other recent arrivals. What's stuck from his grandmother means he'll be starting off under the apparently quite severe Spade kitchen staff.
Hopefully it isn't the end of the world that he needs to pause when he's sent out to Town to pick up a few extra bottles of truffle oil and vanilla extract. Hopefully being 'ready for this' doesn't mean he can't take a moment--take a deep breath--as he lets settle into his bones the fact that he's here.
{ooc; He can be bumped into at the castle or being lost in Town. Also tag plz?}
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"Hearts are... that one?"
It's possible he's pointing toward Clubs. First days are hard.
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At least it was muttered softly. At least it wasn't in English. His neck twisted uncomfortably around for a moment to take in the four directions.
"So... Spades." And pointing back toward his new home. "Hearts." Where these stables apparently are. "...Diamonds?" Across from Hearts. He's guessing based on colour coding.
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As long as you kept your head down, did what you were asked and didn't smart off to anyone higher than you, things were usually all right. At least, that's how Jake looked at it.
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Or, perhaps.
"...Clubs study?"
Maybe it had a secondary meaning. Maybe he just hadn't learned enough before being thrown in.
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Maybe he'd have to go see Clubs first. That didn't seem to quite fit the pattern.
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He'd have to go see everything for himself, after all.
"Try-- everything once, yes?"
there are also gifts posted for Eileen, too. XD
So he gave a little wave of fingers, another half-smile and legged Lizzie Bell on down the cobbled roadway, saying, "See ya 'round," in a little-sort-of-hopeful voice.
I'll hit it when I get to the airport. o/
And he will plan to go take a look around. The castles first, likely, but down to the stables before either of them know it.