A Stray House, In Such A Pleasant & Dreamlike Town

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Who: The Gatts: Falk (Gat), Dakki, Aurica, & Chen
What: The family is enjoying Mayfield for what it simply is.
Where: 458 Stone Street
When: The week of October 21st - 27th
Warnings: None, yet. Suppressed memories of deaths and other things coming about maybe?


The birds are singing, the sun is shining, everything is happy and wholesome. Another day, another week, just like any other.

At the house of 458 Stone Street, a loving family experiences life in Mayfield once more. A life with a providing husband, a devoted housewife, a charming daughter, and of course the pet cat. No one could want anything else in the world than this simple life, especially this nuclear family.

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Aurica

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But not all is perfect. In her life, Aurica has always been on the weak side, but recently her chronic fevers have gotten to her. Lately she stays in her room, sick in bed with a doctor's note, though some days she inexplicably finds the energy in her enough to go to school. She doesn't remember much of when she does go, but she remembers enough, and it just seems completely normal.

However, her classmates and, well, most of the school stay wary of and away from her, due to her unknown condition. It makes her feel ostracized, but she keeps to herself of the time anyway. Still, no one knows what's wrong with her, as a diagnosis remains elusive. Westport might be an option, but they can't afford that sort of treatment right now. Her condition is stable enough that it doesn't appear life-threatening, at least; the regular medication and treatment from Mayfield Hospital works well enough for now.

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Whatever trials Aurica may be going through, her mother is still there to tend to her and talk to her and try to make sure that things are alright. Today's another day home sick from school, and thus today's another day where Dakki stays around the house, doing what she can.

There's a light knock on Aurica's door, before the door opens a crack.

"Aurica, can I come in? How're you feeling?"

She has a bowl with cool water and a washcloth held in one arm. Just the thing for fever, right?

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Indeed it would be, but anything that Mother could do would be appreciated all the same.

The girl opens her eyes as she lays in her bed, the sheets draped over her as it's a bit cold today. Winter is approaching from a few weeks away, the month of October chilling farther away from the pure warmth that once was summer.

She mutters a sound before she calls out softly, smiling, "Hi, mama. I'm doing okay for now." As okay as she could be with the condition she's in, at any rate.

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With permission granted, Dakki slips through the door. The bowl and washcloth are set upon Aurica's bedside table.

"I'm glad to hear it. You've had a rough last few days." She then reaches out and presses the back of her hand to Aurica's forehead, testing just how her fever is coming along. It's hardly scientific, she ought to go get the thermometer... but best to see if that's really even needed, first.

"Do you think you'll be up to coming down for dinner tonight? Or should I bring you something up?"

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It's easy to tell from touch alone just how persistent the fever stays, the hot sensation warming through Aurica's entire body as she feels Dakki's hand checking her temperature. It's mixed with the warmth of feelings, making her happy to be cared for, even in this condition.

"Sorry momma, I don't feel hungry tonight. Please, tell me a story?" Still a child at heart, ain't she?

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Dakki frowns, feeling just how much heat is radiating from the poor girl. Still a temperature... it's unmistakeable.

"You should still eat a little something. Or have something to drink. I can bring you up some juice later..."

A story? Her little girl was still her little girl, wasn't she? Her expression softens, then she sits down on the edge of Aurica's bed. Maybe she was getting a little old for this... but she's sick. She'll indulge Aurica to no end when she's sick.

"Alright. I'll tell you a story. But what kind of story do you want to hear?"

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She relented at that. "Mm, maybe, something light then with it? I don't want to go downstairs, I'm... feeling dizzy still."

Aurica is easy enough to please, so long as she gets what she wants. Maybe she's a little spoiled that way, but she loves her family with all her heart.

"I'll listen to anything.. I love hearing them, from you." She says this with eager, awaiting eyes, belabored as her breathing is.

Dakki

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Life isn't exactly perfect, but there's no such thing as a perfect life, is there? But it's a good one, the one that she and Falk Gatt have here in Mayfield, and that's fine with her. Westport may have been where she was born and raised, and she did sometimes miss it, miss the friends she had there and her family... but this new life in Mayfield was full of its own joys.

She does still insist on heading to the backyard for some morning stretches and exercise. It's important to stay fit! She still makes pancakes in the morning, and by-the-cookbook casseroles at night. She packs lunches with exquisitely precise sandwiches. And in the evenings, sitting in front of the television, she knits. The colder days are coming. People are going to need new scarves and mitts. Last winter was bitterly cold, she remembers.... this year, if it's the same, she'll make sure that everyone's ready.

If your Mayfield memories are dominant, then of course you'd recognize the blonde, lively woman. She's your wife, she's your mother, she's the nice lady that opens the cat food cans. If your real ones are, though... surely, something isn't right. Isn't she supposed to be purple-haired and purple-skinned?