.Aeschylus
Catching up.... ♥
{Roulette and Cigarettes: the luxe state}
{Damé Cologne}
{dec. 18th: the boys have gone into the forest to cut down a tree for the main hall, and the girls are gathering decorations for this huge tree.}
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it was a cold and bitter winter morning, and damé sat speechless in the steps of the grand house. girls ran to everywhere, and anywhere reaching and trying to find the perfect decorations for the enormous tree that the boys will bring.
dame played with a little Christmas ball she found in her belongings this very same morning. the ball itself was simple, it was a very shiny red, with gold streaked lines all around it. but what catches dame eyes, was the story behind it.she remember clearly that this simple Christmas adornment, was part of her last Christmas she passed at home....before her eyes damé went back in time, the mountains of snow, and the the woods were transformed into her manors' living room. a huge pine tree was centered in the room, casting its shadow in the red walls. the oak floor was shiny, and dame's mother bristled around, carrying with her a small box of Christmas tree decorations. dame was seven at the time, with no knowledge of the world outside of her house. her small hands carried the small red and gold streaked ball, and dame stumbled a couple of times in the stair reaching the top of the tree. she took an small branch and was very careful to put the decoration on it. before she took the time to look, the ball slipped out of her hands and fell. lucky there was an old rug in the floor around the tree. it fell soundlessly, but dame's mother took notice. "non, dame, do not play with the decorations. they are crystal, and they can easy broken" said dame mom taking the ball out of the floor and putting it in the box she was carrying. dame jumped out of the stair and landed softly in the floor. she watched the tree with awe, before returning to follow her mother around. the doorbell was rung, and its annoying sound rung around the house. "oh, dame, could you get that, if you please" said dame's mom, and dame went obediently to the door and answered. two men stood there, wearing police man uniforms. dame was confused, why would there be police men outside? she thought briefly before one of them spoke. " is you mom around?" dame nodded, and went around to call her mom. the sound of a record playing Christmas music was playing swiftly, and old merry tune about Christmas. dame found her mom and told her about the police men inquiry. her mom went to the door, carrying the small box of decorations at her hip. dame followed.
"Ma' am, there has been an accident" said one of them."you're husband is dead" said the police men with an sad tone. "I'm very sorry to deliver such news." he finished. dame couldn't understand fully what was going around. but her mom face was a map for her, tears came out of her eyes falling into the rugged floor making streaked wet marks in it. the box she busied about so carelessly fell into the floor, but the red and gold ball fell into dame's hands. dame's mother sobbed quietly in the floor, her delicate hands hiding her face..........
dame returned to reality and found her face wet and damp with tears which she quickly managed to clean. she remember her father
s funeral, and how her mother spent month's grieving. after a year or so,her mother married again and damé found herself with a new family. but she never forgot her father. she held the adornment very close to her heart....
xo♥