{"id":7568,"date":"2013-07-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/07\/09\/an-email-from-mother-akaikujixyaku-5\/"},"modified":"2013-07-09T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T03:00:00","slug":"an-email-from-mother-akaikujixyaku-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/07\/09\/an-email-from-mother-akaikujixyaku-5\/","title":{"rendered":"An Email from Mother || akaikujixyaku"},"content":{"rendered":"

akaikujixyaku<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u266a\u266b*New Email Message<\/em>*\u266b\u266a<\/p>\n

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Great. It was probably Iro \u2018Where\u2019s the new article O\u2019great artist?\u2019\u00a0<\/em>\u2018I\u2019ven\u2019t heard anything in days, did you finally get yourself killed? Can\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you, cheh.\u2019\u00a0<\/em>or something else of an editor\u2019s usual disturbance, (needless to say, she was pulling her phone up with a less than optimistic attitude. But you\u2019ll forgive that, she\u2019d been out late working on just such a story, and was running on nothing but the glorious thing which was caffeinated tea). However, her tired eyes flickered more open, and mind veered to life when she realized that she didn\u2019t recognize the sender. Strange. She didn\u2019t give her email to many people. But it didn\u2019t ring spammail- and it hadn\u2019t been filtered out by her virus defender.<\/p>\n

(Curiosity always got the better of her anyhow)<\/p>\n

It took all of three seconds to reach the name \u2018Marion Hakuba\u2019<\/em>\u00a0and in all honesty, the phone nearly dropped right out of her fingertips\u2014 (luckily, she treasured the item too much to let it fall. Cat like reflexes engaged), she caught it with some scrambling, breathing out and pulling it back up to eye level, determined to get to the message\u2019s end this time, even if it meant holding her breath. And good on the young Himura, she made it that time. And promptly went back and read it over again, and again, and twice more over.
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(It wasn\u2019t even so much that she didn\u2019t think it was credible, because everything looked in order about the message, it looked very professional and not at all suspicious\u2014 point was, she just didn\u2019t\u00a0understand\u00a0<\/em>what was happening, because all of her logical processors had, decidedly, quit. No two week notice, just up and\u00a0whoosh\u00a0<\/em>gone they were)<\/p>\n

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Now, she\u2019d interviewed him\u2026 once? Twice maybe, sent questions, nice emails (nearly fanmail, but still with a casual inquisitive nature), and they\u2019d had various small virtual interactions, however\u2026 just how on Earth\u00a0<\/em>had this come about\u2014\u00a0He has agreed to my terms\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 now why in the world would he go and do that oh my goodness what how why what. Did mothers really do this? Seriously? It seemed so\u2026 invasive. But then she did call herself the meddling mother, so it seemed like she\u2019d come to terms with the facts of the matter\u2026 And on at least a few points, she did understand. Emi\u2019s American heritage and decidedly American appearance had done it\u2019s fair share of alienating her when she was young, (it was her determination and later developed extroversion which earned her the friends she had), and certainly could make her feel a little displaced in some social situations. But Sagu-\u00a0Hakuba-sama,\u00a0<\/em>didn\u2019t seem the type to let that get in his way!<\/p>\n

He was so charming, so suave and likable! (A little bit conceited sometimes, sure, but who wasn\u2019t when they were that smart? Sheesh)\u2014 it didn\u2019t make sense to her at all!..\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still\u2026<\/p>\n

An email had cropped up offering her a formal outing (date it was a date) with\u00a0Saguru Hakuba\u2014\u00a0<\/em>Even from just a professional standpoint, there was no way she should pass this up, right? (As if it was really her career choice that was governing this decision at all).<\/p>\n

Was he really okay with it?..<\/p>\n

\u2026.<\/p>\n

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*\u266a\u266b\u266a\u266b\u266a\u266a\u266a<\/em>*<\/p>\n

“Yes, eh, hello? Mrs. Hakuba\u2014 Hakuba-San\u2014 oh, rats, Madame Hakuba? Yes, I was calling about the email you sent me\u2026 As long as you\u2019re certain that Saguru-sama- I mean, your son, is alright with the arrangement.. I\u2019d very much like to be of any help that I can.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Oh yes, yes, yes, of course he’s all right with it! I’m\u00a0so<\/em> glad that you called, Emi dear. This is wonderful news. And please, call me Marion. Oh, such a sweet girl you are. What nights are you free this week? We’re unfortunately stuck doing a charity benefit this weekend, but would any other time be acceptable? Oh, perhaps I should have him talk to you and arrange this… I can’t meddle with\u00a0every<\/em> little detail, can I? Hee hee! Hold on, let me get him~”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

akaikujixyaku: \u266a\u266b*New Email Message*\u266b\u266a Great. It was probably Iro \u2018Where\u2019s the new article O\u2019great artist?\u2019\u00a0\u2018I\u2019ven\u2019t heard anything in days, did you finally get yourself killed? Can\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you, cheh.\u2019\u00a0or something else of an editor\u2019s usual disturbance, (needless to say, she was pulling her phone up with a less than optimistic attitude. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[272,1343,6004,76,1344,3947,6450,2433,75],"class_list":["post-7568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-akaikujixyaku","tag-hakumom","tag-hakumum","tag-ic","tag-marion","tag-meddling-mother","tag-oh-no-marion","tag-phonecall","tag-rp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}