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| Topic Started: Aug 29 2008, 05:10 PM (268 Views) | |
| Yulia Orlova | Aug 31 2008, 02:36 PM Post #21 |
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Yulia noticed the little Japanese girl narrow her eyes in contempt. It was funny, at the very least. 'This girl, with already narrow eyes, narrows them further,' Yulia thought to herself, with a bit of entertainment. She then quickly watched as the girl soon checked herself, and her tone became just as cynically saccharine as the one that Yulia used towards her. "Yes, perhaps this war will end soon. There are too many lives lost in such an event, it's so dreadful," Yulia agreed, though a part of her was saying that the only way that the war would end was if the people in charge of the attempt to assassinate the Czar had their heads served on a silver platter. They were sneaky like that. While there was no open declaration of it, Yulia and Kikuko were at war. While they would exchange pleasantries, they would do everything in their power to make each other miserable. Edited by Yulia Orlova, Aug 31 2008, 03:16 PM.
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| Annie Wilkes | Sep 1 2008, 01:07 AM Post #22 |
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Annie nodded, practically ignoring Madeleine the best she could. As far as she was concerned, she was doing wonderfully so far to have not punched the woman in the nose just for being a stuck up snoot. She really was beginning to like her kind less and less. She had never gotten along with the elite in Boston or America let alone England. And she had almost forgotten how they had certainly won the big war against them almost a hundred years ago. Of course that would put a little damper on things no matter how she acted. Silly British. What was their problem anyway? They might as well just keep trying to be decent anyway. Besides she was sensing a bit of tension between the Russian and the Japanese girl. Then she remembered something about a war and realized that was why they were a little tense. She was glad the states weren't dealing with such a thing just now. She wouldn't know how to handle one at all. "Oh, we are still mostly rural but we're settling very quickly. And Boston isn't half as big as New York. New York has a lot more things. And oh yes, Boston! I almost completely forgot! Christopher Columbus, how silly of me." She giggled a little and shook her head. "you're right we did win that little war, didn't we?" She gave a defiant look towards the stuck up British girl. That would at least set her off for now. |
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| Madeline Conrad | Sep 1 2008, 01:32 AM Post #23 |
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Madeline's eyes flashed - this girl was quite indignant, and so impertinent. Did she know nothing about tact? Truly, she couldn't even try to exercise something as simple as a subtle insult, but then again, it was so American of her. Nothing was surprising in that regard. "Oh yes, Wars are certainly not anything that would befit a proper conversation among ladies of our station. Proper ladies don't really bother with such things as foreign politics. Instead, I'm so much more interested about societal politics. Speaking of, since there are so many of us with means here, perhaps we should get to know each other a little better. We are ladies that are part of our respective social registers, are we not? Perhaps we shall converse better over dinner this evening?" Madeline made sure to be extremely subtle in her words and intonations, barely placing emphasis on some of the words - to remind this American of her place. She obviously didn't have the breeding that such a small minority of Americans did - she was so brash and so blatant. It was almost shameful. Edited by Madeline Conrad, Sep 1 2008, 01:33 AM.
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| Nikaido Kikuko | Sep 1 2008, 03:31 AM Post #24 |
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Dreadful? It was only dreadful for those who were losing. It seemed that the Russian girl was already admitting defeat! If the war was so dreadful for the Russians, then maybe they should just surrender right away! For Kikuko the war wasn't dreadful, it was glorious. Sometimes she wished to have been born a man, then she could have gone to Manchuria with her cousins. Instead she was sentenced to stay at home and now to even share the same roof with the enemy. Though, Nikaidô and Manabe women had both defended their home throughout the feudal ages. That gave Kikuko the push she needed. She would not yield. It was true, proper ladies didn't deal with wars and foreign politics. Samurai daughters, on the other hand, had to be ready to defend their home any day. That was the big difference for Kikuko. She knew that the samurai had been abolished by His Highness the Emperor long before her birth. But that didn't mean that certain ideals and virtues had just disappeared. Kikuko was the product of old samurai lineage mixed with the Imperial Family. Adding her upbringing to the mix lead only to one conclusion: basically, she wasn't able to think differently. She wanted to disagree with Madeline, but she knew better than to just blurt out her views. The British seemed a bit stuck up. Talking about proper ladies. Kikuko knew that her aunt would have agreed with Madeline right away, but Kikuko had her own opinions. Had Hojo Masako not been a proper lady? What about Tomoe Gozen? Surely she had known how to ride, shoot and fight, but she hadn't been a brute. Or... What about Manabe Kozue, the Old Dragon, who had steered the Manabe family through chaos and war at the end of the Tokugawa reign? She had been a woman who had negotiated with both the Shogun and the highest ranking members of the Imperial Court, yet some of her past was shrouded in mystery. Some even claimed that she had been kunoichi. If there had ever been a proper lady, then it had certainly been Manabe Kozue. But it was unlikely for the people here to understand that. They were, after all, from a different culture. It would confuse them, or so Kikuko believed. Though... the prospect of talking about societal politics wasn't really encouraging for her either. She knew next to nothing about British society. There was a king and a parliament, but that was basically all Kikuko knew. It was even somewhat scary, because it seemed that she had more knowledge about America than about Great Britain. Her father's tales about America had been a lot more interesting than listening to the slow and dry lessons about Great Britain in school -which hadn't been really in depth anyway. As for the American girl. Yes, she was horribly brash and impertinent... a lot like Manabe Akiko, Kikuko's best friend at home. It was really just a gut feeling, but Kikuko figured that she would learn more by keeping to the Americans rather than the British. Or even the Russian... Those feelings, however, didn't prevent Kikuko from smiling softly. Then she nodded her head in agreement with what Madeline had said. “You are of course right. There should be topics that are more proper for us.” |
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| Annie Wilkes | Sep 2 2008, 12:04 AM Post #25 |
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Annie rolled her eyes at the mention of proper conversation. They sounded almost just like her mother. It was making her sick and she couldn't handle that silly idea just yet. What did they mean not proper to talk about politics? Well, she had been fairly well behaved for her standards and that was about to end. No way was anyone going to tell her who or what to talk about. She was Independent and she should know better. So she wasn't about to take somebody just lording their power around, now was she? She frowned at Madeleine in annoyance. This was ridiculous, all of it. She felt so looked down on now and couldn't take it anymore. Few things pushed Annie too far like this was and one of them was being told not to speak about politics was one of them. No way was she going to let Madeleine control that, no matter what her so called status was at this school. "Proper? I believe the fact that we think politics aren't proper to speak about is why we still can't be able to vote. Because we don't understand it and make excuses. What's holding us back from ruling the world besides our own ignorance? You can talk about what you wish but you certainly have no right to tell us what to talk about." Annie finally said, standing her ground. She folded her arms and stubbornly and looked squarely at the high class woman. This could be the beginning of a long, terrible war between the two of them but Annie had suffered worse just dealing with her stuck up mother. No way was she going to let Madeleine take her down without a fight. |
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| Madeline Conrad | Sep 2 2008, 01:28 AM Post #26 |
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This was why Madeline refused to deal with Americans. They never knew what their place was. This girl was not an exception. She practically epitomized the rule. Her behavior was beneath that of a girl's school, and she intended on having a good conversation with the Headmistress in regards to the type of girls they enrolled. Standing up, Madeline looked down her nose at the brash, loud, American. She perfectly demonstrated the behavior of one of those people from the other continent, and Madeline did not feel the need to say anything back. Instead, she simply allowed the girl to make her first impression upon these others - by being loud and incorrigible. "Well, then, ladies, Miss Orlova, Miss Nikaidou, Miss Samson, I shall certainly speak with you all at dinner. Perhaps then, we can speak about much more pressing matters." Madeline closed up her book and, with refinement, nodded her head at the other three women, though giving Annie a half-hearted nod of the head, her head still high and looking upon the latter with contempt and an air of superiority. ((Madeline Exited)) |
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| Yulia Orlova | Sep 2 2008, 01:34 AM Post #27 |
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Yulia, meanwhile, was stunned at the behavior of the American. She was quite loud and quite frank in her words, but still, she did have a point. Politics was something that was important to know, even though it wasn't quite nice for a lady to go out and vote, and it was even worse if women went out and voted against their best interests. In Russia, the people had wanted a new direction in regards to leadership, and women were involved in those protests as well. Women, unfortunately, could be weak-minded - and men could lead them on so well, which was what was happening in Russia. Those women were going for a dangerous system, one that involved diminishing the Czar's power. Something as divine as the Czar. She watched as the brunette walked off, giving her a head nod. She would at least enjoy this woman's company a little bit more than the others. |
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| Annie Wilkes | Sep 3 2008, 12:28 AM Post #28 |
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Annie was almost relieved when the snooty girl stalked away.Thank goodness. At least she wouldn't have to deal with having to defend herself constantly from her. But then again she was used to it at home with her mother. But she didn't have to think of that now thankfully. She was going to have to do something about the prat as it seemed. At least the others didn't disagree with her or out right disagreed with her anyway. She kept waiting for a barrage of disruption and an uproar upsetting against her. She was used to such things even in Boston. She was definitely almost a suffragate. She just couldn't get anyone else in the game as well. Women more than ever had the right to vote and she was going to get the others to believe that. She had to change the way things were going lately and she wasn't going to sit back and take it. It just wasn't her nature at all. "I'm..sorry about that. I just can't stand it when people believe we shouldn't have rights. Especially those of our own gender. Please someone agree with me. I won't hate you if you disagree. I'm not the type to just sit back and take it though. Don't expect me going down without a fight." She said, nodding in assurance. She was going to do something about it. Perhaps she would find a professor and start a movement of some kind. This would only just get her more and more motivated to get things going and turn things around for the better. |
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| Nikaido Kikuko | Sep 3 2008, 01:53 AM Post #29 |
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That sudden outburst by the American girl was a complete surprise. The reaction by the stuck up Brit, on the other hand, wasn't. And the truth was that Kikuko found herself agreeing with Annie. Even if it was just out of a historical context. Japan had been either ruled by women at times or the women had held very important positions. Still, there were people who would have considered Annie's sudden explosion to be most inappropriate. Kikuko, however, decided to dismiss it. Too bad it hadn't pissed off the Russian and made her leave as well. She shook her head at Annie's apology, “Please, don't worry about it. People have different opinions.” Some were right, somewhere outright wrong. Kikuko knew that the stuck up girl was wrong, she also knew that the Russian girl was wrong about anything, for the simple reason that she was Russian. |
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| Darlene Samson | Sep 3 2008, 08:31 PM Post #30 |
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Darlene didn’t know how to respond to the American girl’s adamant defense of women’s rights. The folded her hands in front of her and looked to the sky. She wasn’t the aggressive talker that the other girls were and felt a little out of place here, but she was far from intimidated. However, she wasn’t the type to stick her nose in other’s business, she was too patient and thoughtful for that. “Yes, there are many opinions in the world,” she agreed with the Japanese girl. “When is comes to people, sometimes we can fight for what we want and sometimes patience is a better answer.” Darlene usually didn’t sound so cryptic and didn’t like the feel of it, she smiled and added, “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, wouldn’t you know.” The saying was a favorite of Darlene’s, she couldn’t remember where she had heard it, but it rolled off her tongue easily as if she was born with the knowledge. |
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