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- Eucalyptus Wand 13 1/2" Essence of Mermaid Scale
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- 8/2011
Tagging: Emilio Abramo and Eva Abramo
Location: link for Merlina's New Zealand Residence
Wearing: outfit
The month of December had been unbearably cold but Merlina had chosen it for her departure from Italy and the family that she loved dearly but that smothered her profusely. She had arrived the day before in New Zealand, the North Island about ten miles from where her old school had been, it all seemed so very long ago now and another life time. She had been young and innocent and full of ideals and hopes, her dreams had all consisted of her best friend Ryuu and the love that had blossomed like a spring flower in her heart for him. To have been torn from all of that because her grandmother could not stand her being around the cousin who had become a werewolf had been terrible to bear. It was not Merlina's fault and yet she had been made to feel as if it were, though that itself was merely the perceptions of a young mind that was lonesome for her best friend and her school.
They had returned her to Italy where she soon discovered that her grandmother was gravely ill but though she had threatened to die more than several times over the last twenty years or so, she was still holding tough not daring to give the other members of the family the right to gloat over her choice for matriarch. She had wanted time, time to groom Merlina and goodness knew what sort of potions she had taken to make that so, but the woman was now 114 years old and it was rumoured she could outlive them all yet.
Merlina had left Italy at last for many reasons, she had left it before but only to attend Beauxbatons until the end of her school life. It had been nothing like Hogwarts New Zealand and though she had found friends, none had filled her heart again the way that Ryuu had. She had sent him owls over the years but it just wasn't the same as standing in the beauty of his presence. After school she had been sent throughout Italy learning all there was to learn about the different business ventures that the family had and her induction into management began. Most days she felt exhausted but now, in her 33rd year she was used to it. She had nothing else after all, she had married herself to her work wanting to immerse herself in it all so that she wouldn't have to think of Ryuu, of New Zealand, of the cousin that had been killed before she had killed others.
She was back in New Zealand to relax, to take a well deserved break but also to get away from her grandmother's interfering. One rumour after another had come back to her and where there was smoke there was fire. It would seem that preparations were being made to find her a suitor, a pureblood to carry on the family name because it seemed she could not spare the time herself to do it and she needed to be married if she were to be the next matriarch.
She didn't want to meet the choices her grandmother was setting up for her, she didn't want to be chained to someone that had a broom so far up his behind that he wouldn't be able to sit down let alone talk properly with her. Merlina had escaped the suffocating life of her family under the pretense that she wanted to check on all the New Zealand businesses, a few weren't doing as well as they should and it was about time she showed her face to ruffle some complacent feathers. Her grandmother had been strangely acquiescent and Merlina wondered if the old woman were just appeasing her, softening her up until she got home to Italy again to face the line up of suitors!
Gathering up the accounts of the magazine that they ran in New Zealand, Merlina looked towards the door as she heard footsteps approach. The twins were indeed good company but she was no fool, she knew why they were with her. They were her Guardians now, for the next two years in fact. It was awful that someone from the family, some distant branch or other had to perform this mundane task but Emilio and Eva genuinely seemed to enjoy their duties. She was pretty easy going and nothing like her grandmother, so Merlina had been glad to discover that the Abramo twins were glad of their two year position.
Location: link for Merlina's New Zealand Residence
Wearing: outfit
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The month of December had been unbearably cold but Merlina had chosen it for her departure from Italy and the family that she loved dearly but that smothered her profusely. She had arrived the day before in New Zealand, the North Island about ten miles from where her old school had been, it all seemed so very long ago now and another life time. She had been young and innocent and full of ideals and hopes, her dreams had all consisted of her best friend Ryuu and the love that had blossomed like a spring flower in her heart for him. To have been torn from all of that because her grandmother could not stand her being around the cousin who had become a werewolf had been terrible to bear. It was not Merlina's fault and yet she had been made to feel as if it were, though that itself was merely the perceptions of a young mind that was lonesome for her best friend and her school.
They had returned her to Italy where she soon discovered that her grandmother was gravely ill but though she had threatened to die more than several times over the last twenty years or so, she was still holding tough not daring to give the other members of the family the right to gloat over her choice for matriarch. She had wanted time, time to groom Merlina and goodness knew what sort of potions she had taken to make that so, but the woman was now 114 years old and it was rumoured she could outlive them all yet.
Merlina had left Italy at last for many reasons, she had left it before but only to attend Beauxbatons until the end of her school life. It had been nothing like Hogwarts New Zealand and though she had found friends, none had filled her heart again the way that Ryuu had. She had sent him owls over the years but it just wasn't the same as standing in the beauty of his presence. After school she had been sent throughout Italy learning all there was to learn about the different business ventures that the family had and her induction into management began. Most days she felt exhausted but now, in her 33rd year she was used to it. She had nothing else after all, she had married herself to her work wanting to immerse herself in it all so that she wouldn't have to think of Ryuu, of New Zealand, of the cousin that had been killed before she had killed others.
She was back in New Zealand to relax, to take a well deserved break but also to get away from her grandmother's interfering. One rumour after another had come back to her and where there was smoke there was fire. It would seem that preparations were being made to find her a suitor, a pureblood to carry on the family name because it seemed she could not spare the time herself to do it and she needed to be married if she were to be the next matriarch.
She didn't want to meet the choices her grandmother was setting up for her, she didn't want to be chained to someone that had a broom so far up his behind that he wouldn't be able to sit down let alone talk properly with her. Merlina had escaped the suffocating life of her family under the pretense that she wanted to check on all the New Zealand businesses, a few weren't doing as well as they should and it was about time she showed her face to ruffle some complacent feathers. Her grandmother had been strangely acquiescent and Merlina wondered if the old woman were just appeasing her, softening her up until she got home to Italy again to face the line up of suitors!
Gathering up the accounts of the magazine that they ran in New Zealand, Merlina looked towards the door as she heard footsteps approach. The twins were indeed good company but she was no fool, she knew why they were with her. They were her Guardians now, for the next two years in fact. It was awful that someone from the family, some distant branch or other had to perform this mundane task but Emilio and Eva genuinely seemed to enjoy their duties. She was pretty easy going and nothing like her grandmother, so Merlina had been glad to discover that the Abramo twins were glad of their two year position.