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6/14/2025, 6:37:50 AM
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>>527348307
>>527362329
>Journal Entry No. 307
>Today was a fine day!
>That second job sure has its benefits:
>Free food, pleasant conversation, a boss that appreciates me, even a room I get to take breaks in!
>The house is so neat and tidy, it almost makes me wonder why I was hired in the first place!
>Either way, I need the money.
>Kris stopped by the house today!
>I'm glad they're still good friends with Noelle, though…
>They were acting very… strange today.
>They're not much of a talker, I'll admit, but something about them seemed…
>Weird.
>Weirder than usual, which is saying something.
>But that's not the half of it.
>Aside from cleaning the occasional speck inside, Carol mostly has me take care of her family's garden outside.
>It's magnificent! Truly a sight to behold; verdant, sprawling, beautiful, but occasionally untamed.
>Massive hedgerows threaten walkways, pine trees litter the ground, easy enough for me, even nowadays.
>But the rose bushes.
>The Rose Bushes.
>Let me tell you, never in my years have I had the displeasure of working with such ornery, stubborn, vile little things as the rose bushes at the Holiday Mansion.
>Thorns, gigantic and wild, as sharp and gnarled as barbed wire.
>Stems twisted and corkscrewed upon another, tougher than brambles and thicker than a stem has any business being.
>Even the petals, luscious ruby couched in vivid jade leaves, fragrant and sweet as they might be, were deceptively so —
>A single touch and the flower would shed its petals, wilting at the mere presence of an unwelcome touch.
>Imagine the pain of maintaining such a plant while trying to maintain its beauty!
>A pain in the thumb from piercing my best gloves, and a pain in the ass when I wasn't looking where I sat!
>>527348307
>>527362329
>Journal Entry No. 307
>Today was a fine day!
>That second job sure has its benefits:
>Free food, pleasant conversation, a boss that appreciates me, even a room I get to take breaks in!
>The house is so neat and tidy, it almost makes me wonder why I was hired in the first place!
>Either way, I need the money.
>Kris stopped by the house today!
>I'm glad they're still good friends with Noelle, though…
>They were acting very… strange today.
>They're not much of a talker, I'll admit, but something about them seemed…
>Weird.
>Weirder than usual, which is saying something.
>But that's not the half of it.
>Aside from cleaning the occasional speck inside, Carol mostly has me take care of her family's garden outside.
>It's magnificent! Truly a sight to behold; verdant, sprawling, beautiful, but occasionally untamed.
>Massive hedgerows threaten walkways, pine trees litter the ground, easy enough for me, even nowadays.
>But the rose bushes.
>The Rose Bushes.
>Let me tell you, never in my years have I had the displeasure of working with such ornery, stubborn, vile little things as the rose bushes at the Holiday Mansion.
>Thorns, gigantic and wild, as sharp and gnarled as barbed wire.
>Stems twisted and corkscrewed upon another, tougher than brambles and thicker than a stem has any business being.
>Even the petals, luscious ruby couched in vivid jade leaves, fragrant and sweet as they might be, were deceptively so —
>A single touch and the flower would shed its petals, wilting at the mere presence of an unwelcome touch.
>Imagine the pain of maintaining such a plant while trying to maintain its beauty!
>A pain in the thumb from piercing my best gloves, and a pain in the ass when I wasn't looking where I sat!
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