I'm one hell of a gardener.

Julien is, after all, Gabriel's gardener... Twelve years ago a widow took home an orphaned boy she found on street. The widow, now housekeeper of (not so) great house of Hallenrod, shares responsibility for the boy with her master. The boy, Julien, is growing up helping his step-brother in the garden and Gabriel, the master, teaches him his art. The boy has surprisingly good green thumbs... and surprisingly good nose for demons.

Julien's story

I've already posted a box opening tagged as Julien, that is the hero of this story and my character number three. But life calls for a plot twist!

A hint of Magic

Over a year ago I decided DC Christina is a perfect mod for another one of my characters - Julien. I've found a head for sale on DoA and on 12th January, Julien's head came home. He has been modded slightly by a previous owner.

Yesterday I wiped his face-up off. I still need to sand his nose a bit as the modding on him is not exactly to my liking (and we all hope I won't make it worse). Now I'm not quite sure if the head really fits the character, he was more of an impluse buy, especially compared to Gabriel and Justin, and as Julien is supposed to be a boy of fourteen, the jawline and cheeks are maybe to pointed for a person his age. I have a Doll Leaves new 60cm body in mind for him (the neck won't fit obviously) because that DC Youth body looks like it won't even stand let alone pose a bit.

And all that you have left behind...

Život – to je těžký, strastiplný let
stěhovavých ptáků
do krajin, kde je každý sám.
A nikdy nazpátek.
---
Life is a hard and agonizing flight
of migratory birds
to regions where you are alone.
And whence there’s no return.

(Jaroslav Seifert, Engl. transl. Ewald Osers)

Go back to sleep

"Is that you? Come on in. I'm in dire need of a company."

Fire in the fireplace was dying, the room wasn't very warm and yet Vran was lying on his bed without covers. Bandages on his eyes made the whole scene look somewhat surreal.

Vran's forehead under Justin's palm burned like a furnace.

"You have got a temperature."

"I would also say so, "Vran admitted, "it was a poison after all."

"Maybe I'm also slightly hallucinating," he added reluctantly.

„To jste vy? Pojďte dál. Myslím, že nutně potřebuji společnost.“

V krbu skomíral oheň a v místnosti rozhodně nepanovalo přílišné teplo, přesto však Vran ležel na posteli nepřikrytý. Obvázané oči dodávaly celému výjevu poněkud fantastický ráz.

Vranovo čelo pod Lukovou dlaní pálilo jako kovářská výheň.

„Máš horečku,“ obvinil Justin Vrana poněkud překvapen svým vlastním gestem.

„Také bych řekl,“ připustil Vran, „koneckonců byl to jed.“

„Možná i trochu blouzním,“ dodal neochotně.

 

(+10)

Mr. Brown & Mr. Black II

Mr. Brown & Mr. Black

Now you know the springtime, cherry tree

今年より　春知りそむる　桜花　散ると言ふことは　ならはざらなむ

Now you know the springtime, cherry tree,

I wish you never knew the autumn...

(Ki no Tsurayuki, English translation)

Kaggra - Shigatsu Tsuitachi

(+7)

慰め (nagusame; comfort)

Spring was approaching them quickly. The sun was shining through paper on sliding screens showing dirt, mould and torn edges; everything his father's house was and everything he wished it would not have been.

Jaro k nim přicházelo rychle. Slunce prozařovalo papír posuvných dveřích a odhalovalo špínu, plíseň a potrhané okraje; všechno, čím dům jeho otce byl, a všechno, čím si přál, aby se nikdy nestal.

 

(+3)

(─‿‿─)~♥

 

Julien (aka Julien) - Gabriel (aka Vran) - Justin (aka Luka) - Agniezska (aka Nemo) - Tristan (aka Orion)
They are all my precious characters, some of them are with me for more than three years, but only Justin has become real. So far.
Play with DreamSelfy, because everyone is doing this.

Song: Garbage - #1 Crush