2024-05-04: My House

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  • Log: My House
  • Cast: Yuliana Kafim, Elisa Kafim
  • Where: The Silent Castle, Kaffeklubben Island
  • Date: 2024-05-04
  • Summary: Elisa happens upon young Maksim, pacing around and hoping to find one of his adults. She finds herself dealing with a child's affection, consciously ignorant of the dangers she presents. He even wrote an essay for school, and he wants Elisa to see!

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


        OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvZnPGA_gc Child of Light - Path of the Eclipse

        Sometimes, Yuliana is the one who is occupied. She has to record another message for the faithful; she and Wendy will be occupied for a while. Maksim Morozov knows not to disturb her when she's live, and so...

        That mint-haired boy walks the halls, in his ushanka and his warm black robes; he needs to be rugged up, because the halls are colder than the living rooms are, in the Silent Castle. In his hands he clutches a tablet; at eight years old, he's a strong reader by now, all the better to understand his homework.

        He's evidently hoping that he can find his aunt as soon as she stops her tasks, even if he's too dutiful to interrupt her, judging by how he's pacing around outside.

<Pose Tracker> Elisa Kafim has posed.


Elisa is not so busy. This moment she is communicating with an operative far distant, through her dark magics. "...Continue to observe," she instructs. "It is best if we do not intervene as yet..."

"Yes," she says. "That is well. We will communicate again in six hours."

But then she cuts off the connection, and in the silence, she hears... steps. Hmm.

A few moments later, Elisa emerges from the communication chamber in her dark robes, looking around for the source--and looking down, to find--

"Hello, Maksim."

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


        Everyone is so busy...

        But Elisa steps out of her room, and Maksim brightens, looking up to her. "Auntie Elya!" He chirps, running over; and of course it's natural that he'd slip into calling her that, when Yuliana always does. He's still too young to understand the concept of 'my chair', particularly when it's a name.

        He looks happy to see her, though.

<Pose Tracker> Elisa Kafim has posed.


Maksim looks up to her. Elisa briefly wonders if he is going to attempt a hug. Instead, he uses that name, and Elisa is quiet for a moment, considering. On the one hand--that is Yuliana's. On the other, she remembers her desire to 'love' the children...

She decides, "I would prefer if you called me Auntie Elisa. 'Elya' is a special name that your other Aunt has for me." She puts on a smile. It has the ordinary amount of teeth. "But whatever you choose to call me, I am... pleased, to see you."

"Were you looking for me?"

She considers sitting, to reach his level, but decides instead to lead him to a sitting-room after she ascertains his wishes.

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


        Maksim blinks. "Oh," he says, frowning. "Sorry, Auntie Elisa." He looks sad, but he accepts it easily enough.

        He does look down at his tablet and tap at it a bit, though. Tap, tap...

        "Everyone's busy," he pouts. "Auntie Yulya's still doing her MeTubes, and I'm not allowed to go in..." But evidently, he does have something there in his hands!

        He looks up at her, and asks: "Am I bothering you too, Auntie Elisa?"

        Oh no. The child feels ABANDONED. Even at his young age, he's still developing the same kind of feelings Yuliana has...

<Pose Tracker> Elisa Kafim has posed.


"It is not a problem," Elisa answers Maksim.

She looks to the tablet, thoughtfully. Then, back to Maksim's face. He does have something. But at that question, she shakes her head. "No," Elisa says. "If I were unable to make time for you, I would not have emerged from the chamber." He feels abandoned... "Why do we not go and sit?" she offers him.

"You can show me what you are working on, in this way." There's a sitting-room just down the hall. There's a lot of those in here, in case Yuliana needs to sit comfortably.

"It will be... nice, to spend time with you."

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


And each one sitting room is equipped with its very own fainting couch!

        "'Kay," Maksim says, when Elisa assures him and ushers him into a warmer place. He follows her dutifully, of course, and he does brighten up when she says she'd like to spend time with him.

        Alarmingly, when she sits down, he climbs onto her lap. "It's my homework," he says, offering it up to her. "We gotta write about our houses." And there, on the tablet, is...

        
My House

        
By Maksim Lyubovich Morozov


I live in a really big house with my brother and my aunts and my great-aunts and my great-uncles and their friends and alot of servants. My brother and me used to live with our mom, but she died, so then we came to live with our great-aunt, and then we came here. My house is so big that it takes me all day to explore, and I still miss stuff. And I can't go in one end because the North Wing belongs to Auntie Elisa and she doesn't like it when we go there. My aunts says a house this big is called a castle and ours is called the Silent Castle. But it isn't very silent. Someone is always doing stuff.

Our house is super far North so it's really cold. It's warm inside because there are alot of fireplaces. We have to live here because noone likes my family. Noone likes my family because my aunts want to go back to the Void but no one likes the Void. The Void is scary, but it's cool too. It made my Aunt Yulya have two snakes on her body. When I go to the Void I want to have six snakes called Steel and Iron and Swordtooth and Chomper and Shadow and Growly. I will take very good care of them even though Auntie Yulya says hers are part of her body so they're not pets. I think it's not fair that no one likes us. My Auntie Yulya used to go places all the time and show us lots of places and now she only goes to therapy and she won't take us with her.

I think it is cool that we live on a hole island but there are no other kids here so I just have to play with Makar who is my brother. Sometimes I feel lonely so I talk to the other kids in my class. We have a Pinstagram group and we can see each other with Comet because Miss Crackle made us a room. My aunts also have a pet tiger and I play with him even though my Gruncle Tri Darma says he's dangerous. But he's a nice tiger. You can tell because he is green. Most tigers are mean because they are orange. His name is Sokrova and he likes it when I pet his ears the most. The geese are not nice even though they are green too but my Auntie Yulya says that's because geese only have caos in their hearts. Caos means they're naughty all the time. My Auntie Yulya teaches me lots of cool words like that. She is teaching me more English and also Japanese. My Auntie Elisa does cool stuff too but she says I shouldn't learn magic. Her friend Ingvar knows magic too but they won't teach me either. That makes me sad. I want to learn alot of cool things.

Thank you for reading about my house.

<Pose Tracker> Elisa Kafim has posed.


He does brighten up. That's nice. Elisa is not accustomed to caring whether people brighten up, but she is trying to be good to Maksim, and so it is nice. When he crawls into her lap Elisa looks at him for a moment very much like a toad or a lizard, but then she smiles. She decides it is all right. "I see," she says. "It is important to do one's homework..."

She reads! She is thoughtful as she does, paying close attention. She notes a few spelling errors but does not correct them, because he has not asked for assistance, merely to share. "About our houses..."

"We do have a large home," she says. "And indeed. The North Wing is dangerous; it is not for children. It is true that our castle is often not Silent, isn't it? The Silence is a... figure of speech."

She considers a little more. "I think it is a very fine desire to name one's snakes. I particularly like Swordtooth." She considers. They could give the children ordinary snakes. With supervision that might be fine.

"I agree, though. It is not fair, that we are so maligned. But we are strong. We can handle such things."

Hmmm... Other children on the island, or... "I will consider this 'loneliness'," she says. Oh no.

"Perhaps when you are older you may learn some magic. I will find other 'cool things' for you to learn in the meantime, yes?"

"This is a very good essay, Maksim. I am pleased that you have shared it with me."

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


        Maksim does see that strange reptilian expression, and he frowns, looking uncertain for a moment -- and staying very still. (It is an old, old reflex, in the young, to freeze when a predator is nearby.) But then she smiles, and he smiles, too.

        "... but why's it that figure?" Maksim, who does not transgress into the minds of others, is still quite confused about the Silence. He does grin, though, when Elisa appreciates his snake names. "Thanks! I thought it was cool!" He's eight years old; he's very occupied with coolness.

        "Yeah, I guess we can handle it..." He kicks his legs out, loosely, as he says: "I once saw Auntie Yulya lift up Sokrova like he was a kitten. One day I'm gonna be that strong, too." And why wouldn't he think he could be? He doesn't know about the human experimentation. That's not a subject for children.

        But surely Maksim can trust Elisa with his loneliness. And his desire to improve! "Really? Will you teach me how to fly?!" He asks, turning towards her with those big blue eyes of his. "Okay!!"

        He's still all smiles, when she praises his essay. "Thanks, Auntie Elisa," he says, and this time he does hug her, oh no. "I worked hard!"

<Pose Tracker> Elisa Kafim has posed.


It's natural, to stay still in the face of a predator. But Maksim is not Elisa's prey, today. Nor ever, should the bonds she holds persist. No, Maksim is a precious thing in their lives...

"Because it is a magical Silence," Elisa explains. "magic that pushes into other minds and steals their thoughts does not work here." She is pleased that he thinks the name is cool. "Very 'cool'," she agrees.

They can handle it. And a different kind of strength! "Perhaps you shall," she says of strength. "Sokrova will guard you until then." That loneliness, that desire to improve... They are things Elisa can comprehend. So the matter of flight? "When you are older," Elisa says, "And if you still wish to learn, I will teach you to fly."

He's all smiles... it's 'nice'.

"You are welcome," she says, and gently pats him when he hugs her. "Hard work is the most important resource you have. Continue to exercise it, and you will grow well."

<Pose Tracker> Yuliana Kafim has posed.


        Elisa wouldn't ever hurt them, would she?

        No -- she explains, instead, and Maksim's head cocks to one side. "Magic can do that?" He asks. "But I thought magic was, like, making dragons and stuff. Like what Auntie Yulya told us." Of course Yuliana has explained magic to the children. "But I guess you'd know," he allows, a moment later. "Since you're the best at magic."

        "He's really strong, too!" Maksim enthuses, on the topic of her tiger. "Okay!" He grins, when Elisa assures him she'll teach him later. He's good at patience, so he can wait!

        "I'll work really hard," he promises. "You'll see."