14-04-2019, 12:24 PM
A Little Night Music Ch. 16
"When we die, do we haunt the sky?
Do we lurk in the murk of the seas?
What, then? Are we born again?
Just to sit asking questions like these?
I know, for I told me so,
And I'm sure each of you quite agrees:
The more it stays the same, the less it changes!"
-Spinal Tap, "The Majesty of Rock"
Susan Bailey and Generalissimo Hernando Ramirez had just passed through the gates and were on the circular drive to the main entrance of Castle Finzione when word came that Contessa Helena de San Finzione was regaining consciousness. When Ramirez told his driver to take them to the hospital, Susan asked him to stop the car and let her out here. Knowing that she and La Contessa had some personal issues between them, Ramirez instructed the driver to do so before racing away, lights and sirens active.
Susan walked up to the main entrance. The palace guards now knew that she was a visiting friend of Contessa-In-Reggenza Maria's, and Jeanne came to escort her to the Palace Wing; where Contessa Maria was in the study.
Neither of the two of them spoke a common language, so the relative silence in which they walked gave Susan time enough on the journey through the castle to notice that Jeanne kept a perfectly steady pace. Susan would fall a couple of steps behind or gain a few periodically, but Jeanne was somehow able to maintain a precise walking speed the entire time. Susan would have asked her about it, if she'd been able.
She entered the study and saw Maria seated at a desktop computer. Behind her was a tall, muscular, young man who was Maria's age; whom Susan knew to be Stavro Poldouris from Maria's "personal friends only" Facebook page. Stavro's picture and name were never shown on the public "Lady Maria de San Finzione" page.
Maria excitedly waved them over to the computer.
"Jeanne, Susan! Come, Great-Grandmama is waking up!"
They walked over to the desk. Jeanne stood behind Stavro and Maria as Susan noticed that Maria was at the computer where Helen sat when they talked over Skype, and where Helen made her video.
"Now I know why it took her so long to come to the computer the first time I called," Susan said as she leaned against the desk. She reasoned that walking around Castle Finzione qualified as cardio. "Have you guys thought of getting some golf carts or Segways in here?"
"Si, it has been tried," Maria replied without looking away from the screen. "They ruined carpets or had trouble braking and cornering on the marble floors. Great-Grandmama prefers to run if she is in a hurry."
Susan looked over at the screen. Contessa Helena de San Finzione's hospital bed could be seen on the monitor. She'd been strapped into the bed to avoid her panicking and tearing stitches when she awoke. A brace also held her left arm and shoulder in place until they could be examined more carefully. Doctors and nurses were coming in as Helen began moving her head.
Maria moved the mouse, and the camera turned. On the other side of the glass, separating them from the sterile environment that she was being kept in, Troy and Julie Equals stood watching. Troy noticed the camera pointing at them, waved, and nudged Julie. Julie turned and her lips formed into the kind of smile she hadn't been able make them move into all day. She waved as well before pointing to Helena and turning to face her again. Susan got a better sense of how big Castle Finzione was when she saw Ramirez run in behind them and realized he must have just arrived as well.
The camera was turned back toward Helen, whose eyes were now open and filling with light. She opened her mouth and screamed. The doctor and three nurses rushed to hold her down when she began thrashing in the restraints. Confusion spread across Maria's face while she watched them hold her down and start saying her name soothingly. Susan saw her confusion.
"I'm guessing you've never seen anyone wake up from surgery before, Maria?" She shook her head no. Susan turned back to the screen. "TV gets it wrong on purpose. You might want to mute it."
"NO!" Contessa Helena de San Finzione screamed.
"NONOFUCKYOUYEAHNO! WHAT THE FUCKARE YOU? GETTHEFUCKOFFME! LET ME OUT OF HERE!"
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"When we die, do we haunt the sky?
Do we lurk in the murk of the seas?
What, then? Are we born again?
Just to sit asking questions like these?
I know, for I told me so,
And I'm sure each of you quite agrees:
The more it stays the same, the less it changes!"
-Spinal Tap, "The Majesty of Rock"
Susan Bailey and Generalissimo Hernando Ramirez had just passed through the gates and were on the circular drive to the main entrance of Castle Finzione when word came that Contessa Helena de San Finzione was regaining consciousness. When Ramirez told his driver to take them to the hospital, Susan asked him to stop the car and let her out here. Knowing that she and La Contessa had some personal issues between them, Ramirez instructed the driver to do so before racing away, lights and sirens active.
Susan walked up to the main entrance. The palace guards now knew that she was a visiting friend of Contessa-In-Reggenza Maria's, and Jeanne came to escort her to the Palace Wing; where Contessa Maria was in the study.
Neither of the two of them spoke a common language, so the relative silence in which they walked gave Susan time enough on the journey through the castle to notice that Jeanne kept a perfectly steady pace. Susan would fall a couple of steps behind or gain a few periodically, but Jeanne was somehow able to maintain a precise walking speed the entire time. Susan would have asked her about it, if she'd been able.
She entered the study and saw Maria seated at a desktop computer. Behind her was a tall, muscular, young man who was Maria's age; whom Susan knew to be Stavro Poldouris from Maria's "personal friends only" Facebook page. Stavro's picture and name were never shown on the public "Lady Maria de San Finzione" page.
Maria excitedly waved them over to the computer.
"Jeanne, Susan! Come, Great-Grandmama is waking up!"
They walked over to the desk. Jeanne stood behind Stavro and Maria as Susan noticed that Maria was at the computer where Helen sat when they talked over Skype, and where Helen made her video.
"Now I know why it took her so long to come to the computer the first time I called," Susan said as she leaned against the desk. She reasoned that walking around Castle Finzione qualified as cardio. "Have you guys thought of getting some golf carts or Segways in here?"
"Si, it has been tried," Maria replied without looking away from the screen. "They ruined carpets or had trouble braking and cornering on the marble floors. Great-Grandmama prefers to run if she is in a hurry."
Susan looked over at the screen. Contessa Helena de San Finzione's hospital bed could be seen on the monitor. She'd been strapped into the bed to avoid her panicking and tearing stitches when she awoke. A brace also held her left arm and shoulder in place until they could be examined more carefully. Doctors and nurses were coming in as Helen began moving her head.
Maria moved the mouse, and the camera turned. On the other side of the glass, separating them from the sterile environment that she was being kept in, Troy and Julie Equals stood watching. Troy noticed the camera pointing at them, waved, and nudged Julie. Julie turned and her lips formed into the kind of smile she hadn't been able make them move into all day. She waved as well before pointing to Helena and turning to face her again. Susan got a better sense of how big Castle Finzione was when she saw Ramirez run in behind them and realized he must have just arrived as well.
The camera was turned back toward Helen, whose eyes were now open and filling with light. She opened her mouth and screamed. The doctor and three nurses rushed to hold her down when she began thrashing in the restraints. Confusion spread across Maria's face while she watched them hold her down and start saying her name soothingly. Susan saw her confusion.
"I'm guessing you've never seen anyone wake up from surgery before, Maria?" She shook her head no. Susan turned back to the screen. "TV gets it wrong on purpose. You might want to mute it."
"NO!" Contessa Helena de San Finzione screamed.
"NONOFUCKYOUYEAHNO! WHAT THE FUCKARE YOU? GETTHEFUCKOFFME! LET ME OUT OF HERE!"
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