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TopicWifebolo plays House in Fata Morgana [progressive spoilers]
Llarian
03/01/21 11:37:44 PM
#22:


It proceeds more or less like Fourth Door had, except White-Haired Girl is swapped out for Giselle, who looks more or less like The Maid in a different outfit, and more lively with an actual skin color instead of a deathly pallor.

Giselle was an abigail sent by the main house to Michel, but since he deeply distrusts the main house and his family, he tries to ignore her and becomes increasingly irritated at being called 'Master'.

It's told from Giselle's point of view, and then changes to Michel's once she gets buried in the books while cleaning. He is obviously distant, and makes no bones about it. Giselle, however, keeps pushing at the edges of his icy demeanor. She wants to share life with him, and he's not having any of it. 10 years in this place, people coming...and going... There's no reason to stay attached.

This is a fascinating part of the story to play after 2020, with so much inside isolation. It sure takes on a different feeling when Giselle talks about how staying inside all the time can't be healthy, and that you have to clean, and you should have fresh air and light.

On Michel's sprite sometimes, it looks like one of his eyes is lighter than the other. Only when he's moody and thoughtful - when he's angry or neutral, they're the same color.

I do love Giselle's outfit in these scenes.

Michel does the old 'yell at Giselle because she tried to look at the weird painting your family sent you'. Michel reminds her that they are not equals, and even if she is upset by his actions, she can just leave and find her path in the surrounding woods. At this point he demands that Giselle tell him what happened at the Bollinger estate and what she messed up. Must have been pretty significant to be sent out here to the young man in exile.

He becomes angry with her after seeing emotions on her face that remind him of his family and how much they hurt him. He shakes her by the shoulders and she screams and runs away from him. They reach a tacit understanding, and Giselle sets about unpacking the delivery, shocked that Michel didn't kick her out, and disturbed by their exchange. This isn't exactly the same, because otherwise his touch would have poisoned her. But it did so anyway - emotionally.

See you Wednesday!

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