Chapter 5: Memories

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Inside a fancy white room, a certain Heiress is seen sitting on a cushioned chair with her hands folded in her lap. There is a knock on the door.

Weiss: Yes?

The door of the Weiss's room opens and a short, slightly heavyset man with balding brown hair and a large mustache. He wears a white collar long sleeves shirt, black vest, and cyan tie, black trousers, and black shoes. In additional, he carries a pocket watch in his person to keep track on time.

This man is also known as Klein Seiben, the Schnee's personal butler.

Klein: Pardon the interruption, Miss Schnee, but your father wishes to speak to you.

Weiss turns her head at her butler before sighing.

Weiss: Thank you, Klein...

Weiss looks out the window once more before getting up and walking out. Her heels clank across the floor and the door slams shut

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Once outside of the room, Weiss is now seen walking down a long , carpeted hallway of blue, white and gray. Protruding columns from the walls are decorated with black sconces and lit candles. Nature paintings are hung in an alternating pattern between the columns. There is also the occasional cushioned chair or round coffee table placed along the walls.

Next, she is seen walking along an upper-level balcony above a large dining hall. A white and green floral centerpiece decorates the white-clothed table. Every column both above and below bears a sconce, but these candles are not lit. Beside Weiss on the balcony are large arch-shaped openings with white gauze curtains. Through one of the curtains, a crystal chandelier can be seen in another room. There is a shut, brown wooden door in the direction Weiss is heading.

Weiss walks down a wide stairway with curving balconies on either side above it. Large armor statues fill the space on either side of the bottom stairs. Behind Weiss, a paned triptych of arched windows lets in the sun, casting her shadow onto the blue-carpeted steps in front of her. The floor at the bottom of the stairs has a blue and white oval design in its center. Both levels have open archways leading to other rooms.

Walking in another room with blue and white floor patterns, Weiss strides pass a life-size statue of a King Taijituwithout looking up. Once again, both the lower level and the balcony level have open archways and unlit sconces. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

An upward view shows that the chandelier is in the middle of a blue and white circular pattern that matches the floor pattern from the previous room.

From the point of view of a music room, Weiss is seen walking down another hallway. In the music room is a large grand piano with open sheet music. A portrait on the wall shows a 16 year old boy, judging by the boy's looks, with the same hair and eye color as Weiss, most likely to be one of her siblings.

Weiss walks alone in the hallway, never having looked up the entire time until she has a startled reaction to hearing her brother's voice coming from right in front of her.

Whitley: Good afternoon, sister.

The same boy that was portraited in the music room earlier stands before Weiss. He's got his hand on his chest and he affects a bow.

Whitley: A pleasure to see you out of your room for a change.

Weiss sidesteps him and turns to speak, and since he moves to face her the effect is that of the two of them briefly circling each other.

Weiss: Hello, Whitley. You're in a cheery mood today.

Whitely: Klein made crepes for breakfast.

He clasps his hands behind his back and smirks at her.

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