"Is…this your place?"
"It's beautiful!!!!"
"It is?"
"Ruby, open your eyes. We promise you."
"I…..wha...but how?"
"WELCOME TO BROKEN HEARTS!!!! Sometimes one needs a pause in order to mend a whole.
Hi, what may I assist you travelers with?"
"Braemos, is that you? Thought I recognized that voice. How you been?"
"Uhhh…how do you know my name?"
"Braemos, it's me; Ruby."
"No, Ruby's dead. She's been dead for fourteen years."
"Braemos."
"Stay back. I said stay…."
*Zroom*
"Where'd you go?"
*Zroom*
"Aaaagh.
You put that photo album down right now. Where did you even find it?"
"I hid it in the garden with all my other valuable things. Thought if I buried it deep enough then one day it would bring them all back by having them grow.
Huuu...….heeeuwwww!!!!!
Cept all I see is that it has been sitting collecting dust."
"Yeah, a lot of stuff has been sitting collecting dust here sadly. When your parents died, you inherited, but I was just a youngin at the time exploring the world. Dormin had me live with a family closer to town and school. Said the evening air would be good for me. I still did most I could to frequent myself up here, but the books called me.
Why did you let all the staff, butlers, and maidens go? That's when this house started going up in shambles."
"Braemos, they deserved a long vacation, and a new change of scenery, just like your dad had in mind for you. I gave it to them. Yeah, I knew I wouldn't survive long, but that was my choice. I chose death, welcomed it...….and it welcomed me."
"BUT NOW LOOK AT YOU!!!
Sorry, didn't mean to raise my voice, your madam. It's just that what is the point of a new life if your old won't stand by to watch? After my dad died, I came back to see this place in shambles. Took all my money and might for the past ten years to get this one crowning Oasis, back to the state of glory and emblem it used to be. Me. All on my own. ME!!
AND NOW YOU SHOW UP WANTING TO TAKE IT ALL BACK. FINE!!! Be my guest. The banks been hounding my tail every week anyways. Do you want to know how many offers I have received since you left? Do you, huh? Do you? Well let me tell you....I can't even count."
"Umm…I'll just go get my things and…."
*Zroom*
"GETTTTTTTTTTTTT....OUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!"