"There is truly no one pure of heart upon this land, and that was why she came from the sea."
There once was nothing, and then there was everything.
SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS X OC
STARTED: 11/8/19
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"I am no more lost than I was before, I know not of the general direction my heart seeks at its truest desire."
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It was discovered quickly, Adelaide was just as quick to pick up the tasks that were expected of her. After the first day, the weeks following Sebastian did not treat her like an incompetent child. The two respectfully danced around each other in their days working together, Ciel noticed but with no further incident from the first day he kept quiet about it. If they didn't have to, the two servants didn't speak to each other. For the most part there was no reason they should have found it necessary to speak of anything besides their jobs to the Phantomhive family.
Her accent remained steady in her voice but it lost its heaviness through the days. A relief for her as she began to better understand English her lessons with Sebastian we're becoming shorter and less frequent. It became that when Ciel sent Sebastian out for business, Adelaide remained. Although the earl could not begin understand why he had come to trust the siren so easily. He could not understand the easiness he felt when she was around, it was the opposite of what Sebastian made him feel. Always on edge, always needing to be one step ahead no matter the cost. Adelaide instead left a better impression on the psyche, Ciel didn't feel threatened by her nor did she appear to be posing any kind of threat to anyone besides maybe Sebastian and his self-control not to murder her.
Now that she was getting a better comprehension of English he was hoping she would be able to explain herself and the situation they had found themselves in. Which led them here Adelaide standing before the Earl in his study, the valet had been fitted and given her own wardrobe. Both her designated uniform and a series of dresses meant for when she was granted her days off.
Her uniform consisted of a simple black dress that reached her ankles and full set sleeves that covered her arms. She may have not needed them to hide anything, she still wore a pair of white gloves matching Sebastian's. Her hair was permitted to be pulled free from her face, although she pointed out the butler's lack of doing so and she was left to the agreement that as long as it was at least brushed and combed she could do what she wished with her hair. There was nothing extravagant about it, but it was befitting of her character and of a servant of the Phantomhive Manor.
"I assume you know why I called you in here?" Ciel asked as Adelaide stood in front of his desk, he had called her from the chores that Sebastian had taken to assigning her. Her chores were the one way that Sebastian let her know that he was still in charge of her. Her days started with a to-do list tacked to her door and once she completed those Sebastian always seemed to know and appeared finding her something to dust or wipe down, either that or he'd send her to clean up after one of Mey-Rin's misadventures in breaking all the dishes in the manor.
