just moments before; but again it was not to be. Lifting
itself up with me sat upon it, the seat tilted forward forcing me to either
stand up, or fall.
“ Sorry , must dash, my
shift is over, I do not work unpaid; I have already had a tiresome day and I
need to rest my legs”.
With that, it and the other seats
ran off into the distance. Standing there for a moment, with my mouth a tad
open, I gawped in shock, blinking to make sure I was not sleeping at all.
“Perhaps I can be
surprised? ”. I said to myself, as I backed away
slowly.
Turning away, I slipped my hand
into my woven pocket; looking for the room to rent notice I had taken, I
managed to slide my fingers into damp sludge. The good aspect was, the room was
in this area, the bad… it was above the slaughterhouse
that I had been looking at. Avis Aldebourne, journeyed from far away to be
slaughtered from below; perhaps that will be what they put on my tombstone.
I walked over clasping my teeth
together; with one half of me thinking this is unwise and the other half
thinking this is unwise but you need a place to stay. I chose to submit to the
latter thought.
Opening the door of the
slaughterhouse, a small bell rang, allowing the owner to know someone had
entered.
“Hello, is anyone there? ”.
With a few thumps of drawers and
a smash of a door, a stocky man came out to greet me. His hair, greasy,
forced down upon his forehead; stubble grew widely upon his face, leading
downwards to his chest, where it had opted to curl up, transforming it into a
rug like texture. He wore a torn white apron, with blood sprayed upon it, fresh
from his latest killing. He brought with him the stench of overused chamber
pots, of which I believe he was not too aware, due to his obviously inadequate
cleansing routine.
“ Yes? What do you want? ”. He said to me rather crudely, touching upon my flesh with
his dirty, beady eyes.
“I… saw the advert for a room on
the notice board? ”.
“ Right and so what do you
want woman? ”.
“Well it would be nice to
actually view it and if it is to my satisfaction, I will take it; I will
pay up front of course ”.
“Do not come here with demands woman ,
I am Fredrom, you should learn that name; anyway, the room is not to rent. I do
not wish for someone of your kind in my home; now get out you trollop ”.
“I beg your pardon; if that is
how you speak to women, no wonder you are here alone; a big ego for a small… ”.
“I dare you, say it woman ”.
“No, I am not going to lower
myself down to your level, I have plenty of coin, but none for your services, I
will go now, man ”.
“ Wait, coin… you say? If
you could pay tenfold the usual rate I will let you stay; what do you say? ”.
“I say I can and I would, but
perhaps you should grovel a little; if you want the coin that is? And of course
to please my ego”.
“Well… ok then, I am sorry for being so harsh with you, now will you take the room? ”.
“Perhaps you could be a little
more convincing? How about saying ‘Please my gracious queen, join me in my
abode, I am but your loyal, dumbfounded servant’”.
“ No way ”.
“Very well then, I shall take my
business elsewhere”.
“No, wait; ok if I must. Please my
gracious queen, join me in my abode, I am but your loyal, dumbfounded servant”. He said in a somewhat irritated tone, whilst looking around the room,
to avoid eye contact.
“Much better Fredrom, keep that
up and you shall be wedded in no time. Now here is a thousand coin, I
assume this will more than cover the fees? ”.
“ Certainly , let me show
you to your room”.
Following Fredrom, we went
through the back of the shop; the walls were filthy, covered in both blood and
dirt; the inners of his slaughtered animals were thrown within buckets, placed
under the hacked metal tables. We walked up a set of stairs, past a fair number
of the storage rooms, avoiding piled up boxes of salt and hazardous brushes
stretched out across the
itself up with me sat upon it, the seat tilted forward forcing me to either
stand up, or fall.
“ Sorry , must dash, my
shift is over, I do not work unpaid; I have already had a tiresome day and I
need to rest my legs”.
With that, it and the other seats
ran off into the distance. Standing there for a moment, with my mouth a tad
open, I gawped in shock, blinking to make sure I was not sleeping at all.
“Perhaps I can be
surprised? ”. I said to myself, as I backed away
slowly.
Turning away, I slipped my hand
into my woven pocket; looking for the room to rent notice I had taken, I
managed to slide my fingers into damp sludge. The good aspect was, the room was
in this area, the bad… it was above the slaughterhouse
that I had been looking at. Avis Aldebourne, journeyed from far away to be
slaughtered from below; perhaps that will be what they put on my tombstone.
I walked over clasping my teeth
together; with one half of me thinking this is unwise and the other half
thinking this is unwise but you need a place to stay. I chose to submit to the
latter thought.
Opening the door of the
slaughterhouse, a small bell rang, allowing the owner to know someone had
entered.
“Hello, is anyone there? ”.
With a few thumps of drawers and
a smash of a door, a stocky man came out to greet me. His hair, greasy,
forced down upon his forehead; stubble grew widely upon his face, leading
downwards to his chest, where it had opted to curl up, transforming it into a
rug like texture. He wore a torn white apron, with blood sprayed upon it, fresh
from his latest killing. He brought with him the stench of overused chamber
pots, of which I believe he was not too aware, due to his obviously inadequate
cleansing routine.
“ Yes? What do you want? ”. He said to me rather crudely, touching upon my flesh with
his dirty, beady eyes.
“I… saw the advert for a room on
the notice board? ”.
“ Right and so what do you
want woman? ”.
“Well it would be nice to
actually view it and if it is to my satisfaction, I will take it; I will
pay up front of course ”.
“Do not come here with demands woman ,
I am Fredrom, you should learn that name; anyway, the room is not to rent. I do
not wish for someone of your kind in my home; now get out you trollop ”.
“I beg your pardon; if that is
how you speak to women, no wonder you are here alone; a big ego for a small… ”.
“I dare you, say it woman ”.
“No, I am not going to lower
myself down to your level, I have plenty of coin, but none for your services, I
will go now, man ”.
“ Wait, coin… you say? If
you could pay tenfold the usual rate I will let you stay; what do you say? ”.
“I say I can and I would, but
perhaps you should grovel a little; if you want the coin that is? And of course
to please my ego”.
“Well… ok then, I am sorry for being so harsh with you, now will you take the room? ”.
“Perhaps you could be a little
more convincing? How about saying ‘Please my gracious queen, join me in my
abode, I am but your loyal, dumbfounded servant’”.
“ No way ”.
“Very well then, I shall take my
business elsewhere”.
“No, wait; ok if I must. Please my
gracious queen, join me in my abode, I am but your loyal, dumbfounded servant”. He said in a somewhat irritated tone, whilst looking around the room,
to avoid eye contact.
“Much better Fredrom, keep that
up and you shall be wedded in no time. Now here is a thousand coin, I
assume this will more than cover the fees? ”.
“ Certainly , let me show
you to your room”.
Following Fredrom, we went
through the back of the shop; the walls were filthy, covered in both blood and
dirt; the inners of his slaughtered animals were thrown within buckets, placed
under the hacked metal tables. We walked up a set of stairs, past a fair number
of the storage rooms, avoiding piled up boxes of salt and hazardous brushes
stretched out across the
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