For just a moment Ivan was wondering how he could possibly make these girls feel safe. What would Abby do he thinks to himself. Ivan opens the door and calls out in a normal voice<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s ok it is just us\u201d<\/p>\n
The eyes peeking through the shelves soon turn into people as the seven of them come out from behind storage shelves still looking a little nervous.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith all the rushing around we haven\u2019t had a chance for proper introductions. My name is Ivan and this is my good friend Radella \u201csays ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cI can tell you now that it is safe now that both Gangasum and Kamuy-Paro have been taken care of, they will never be able to hurt you again.\u00a0 Radella and I thought that we would show you around so that you can see this for yourself \u201csays Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cOh wait we haven\u2019t finished introductions. I don\u2019t know any of your names. So let\u2019s start over with introductions \u201csays Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan faces the first girl \u201cHello I am Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
Tamae diverts her eyes toward the ground and tentatively says \u201cI\u2019m Tamae\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan looks at Tamae and says in a calm voice \u201cNone of you should feel like you have to divert your gaze for my sake. I prefer to have my friends look me in the eye. I grew up on a farm a long ways from here but to be honest I was a really bad farmer.\u00a0 I have a twin sister that is not only a lot smarter than me but she is good at farming.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan looks at Tame again and says \u201cHello I am Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
Tamae nervously looks at Ivan with her brown eyes and says \u201cI\u2019m Tamae\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very nice to meet you Tamae\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan turns to the next girl and says \u201cHello my name is Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
The girl looks straight at Ivan and quickly says \u201cI\u2019m Maiko\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very nice to meet you Maiko\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan turns to the next girl and says \u201cHi I am Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
With a slight cracking in her voice the girl says \u201cmy name is Yoire\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to meet you Yorie\u201d says Ivan in a gentle voice in an attempt to calm her fears.<\/p>\n
Ivan turns to the next girl and says \u201cHello I am Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
In a low quite voice she says \u201cI am Akiko\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nice to meet you Akiko\u201d<\/p>\n
Turning to the next girl Ivan says \u201cHello my name is Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am Honamiyo, so they won\u2019t hurt us anymore\u201d asks Honamiyo<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will never touch you ever again\u201d says Radella<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t have said it better and it is a pleasure to meet you Honamiyo\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
Turning to the next girl Ivan says \u201cHi I\u2019m Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI I I AH AH\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan calmly says \u201cDon\u2019t worry. You don\u2019t have to say anything if you don\u2019t want to\u201d<\/p>\n
In a very loud but nervous voice Naomi says \u201cMy NAME IS NAOMI, THANK YOU FOR SAVING US\u201d<\/p>\n
In a calm voice Ivan responds with \u201cIt is very nice to meet too Naomi\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan turns to the girl who is already holding her head high and looking straight at him. Keeping his voice calm he says \u201cHello there I am Ivan\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name is Remi and I just hope this is not a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is nice to meet you too Remi with the green eyes\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan closes his eyes and begins to speak \u201cSo Tamae you have brown eyes, Maiko you have dark brown, Yoire you also have brown eyes, Akiko your eyes are black as night, Honamiyo you have brown eyes, naomi you have brown eyes, and of course Remi has green eyes. So what is the color of my eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a moment of quiet before the voices of the 7 of them meshed together \u201cgreen, blue, black, brown, not green, I think they are blue, no maybe they are green\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan opens his eyes and suddenly feels the determined gaze of 7 women. He resists the urge to step away from the 7 women. \u201cOh His eyes are Hazel\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIvan I really really have to pee\u201d announces Akiko<\/p>\n
\u201cMe too\u201d proclaim Remi and Maiko<\/p>\n
\u201cOk then we know where we need to go\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
As they rush through the hallways toward the outhouse Ivan can\u2019t help but think that there could be something to this women going to the outhouse as a group. Somehow outhouse doesn\u2019t seem to be the right word.<\/p>\n
Ivan notices that they seem a little bit less nervous but he is not sure if it is from the relief of being able to pee or if they feel more comfortable with him and Redella.<\/p>\n
Once the last woman has had her turn in the outhouse Ivan again senses 7 pairs of eyes trained on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo all of you do know that you are not slaves anymore right? I am thinking about heading inside and finding some food to snack on. Anyone want to join me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cyes please\u201d says Akiko, Honamiyo, and \u00a0Miiko<\/p>\n
\u201cme too\u201d says Tamae and Yoire<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to come too\u201d says Naomi<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not going without me. Are you coming with us \u00a0Radella\u201d says Remi<\/p>\n
The group headed back inside the fort on their quest to find food. Before long they entered the room with all of the food. All 7 of them paused just inside the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure it is ok with the ronin?\u201d says Remi<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not the Ronin\u2019s food this is our food. You can eat as much as you like.\u201d Says Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan just watched as these women descended upon the food like they hadn\u2019t eaten in a week. To himself he hopes that is not the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh Akiko you don\u2019t have to try to hide food down the front of your clothes. Just wait a minute\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
Ivan gets out his bag of holding and starts rummaging through the bag. After a few moments he pulls out 7 pouches. He walks over to Akiko and hands her a pouch. \u201cHere you go Akiko this will be a lot easier than shoving food in your clothes. I suspect it will be more comfortable as well\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHere is one for you Tamae and here is one for you Yoire and one for you Maiko and one for you Remi and one for you Naomi and one for you Honamiyo”\u00a0 Ivan says as he gives each one of them a bag<\/p>\n
When Ivan hands the bag to Honamiyo he realizes how tattered her clothes are.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonamiyo I am going to use magic to fix up your clothes a little bit. Just stand there while I use the magic to repair your clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ivan uses his magic to repair her clothes and then says \u201cThere you go Honamiyo\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you\u201d replies Honamiyo<\/p>\n
\u201cok you\u2019re next Tamae\u201d Says Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go Tamae\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Tamae\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you Ivan\u201d replies Tamae<\/p>\n
\u201cok you\u2019re next Yoire\u201d Says Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go Yoire\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Yoire\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
Yoire\u2019s mouth is full of food so Ivan could not really understand what she was saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cok you\u2019re next Maiko\u201d Says Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go Maiko\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Maiko\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks\u201d replies Maiko just before putting another big piece of food into her mouth.<\/p>\n
\u201cOk you\u2019re next Akiko\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go Akiko\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Akiko\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you so much, you fixed all those tears on the shoulders of my clothes. Look now I can hold my arms out and spin around without my clothes falling off.\u201d replies Akiko<\/p>\n
Ivan held his breath as Akiko spun around just hoping that the repairs were as good as Akiko suggested. How bad does it have to get when just having clothes that stay on is something to be happy about.<\/p>\n
Ivan next turned to Naomi saying \u201cok you\u2019re next Naomi\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere you go Naomi\u2019s\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Naomi\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you Ivan for fixing my clothes and for not beating Akiko when she was trying to hide food\u201d replies Naomi<\/p>\n
\u201cI would never beat any of you or let someone else beat you\u201d replies Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cOk you\u2019re next Remi\u201d says Ivan<\/p>\n
\u201cOk there you go Remi\u201d says Ivan as he finishes repairing Remi\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks. Here this is for you\u201d replies Remi as she pulls a piece of beef jerky from the pouch and hands it to Ivan.<\/p>\n
Ivan scans the room and begins to speak \u201cWell I see that everyone has some food and now your clothes have a few less holes so let\u2019s head over to see Qatana, I think she would like to see that all of you are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group makes its way through the fort until they get to the room containing the cages.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you going to make us go back into the cages\u201d asks Maiko<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no way that either Redella or I would ever allow anyone to force you to go back into those cages. I will burn those cages to the ground if I have too.\u201d replies Ivan in a very determined voice.<\/p>\n
There was a moment of silence as seven pairs of eyes just stared at Ivan. Ivan wasn\u2019t sure if he upset the women or it they were surprised that someone would stand up for them.<\/p>\n
Remi breaks the silence with \u201cok\u201d as she walks past Ivan and into the room. The others follow Remi into the room,<\/p>\n
As the group entered the room all of the women seemed a little surprised to see there once abusers now trapped within the same cages that once held them. Ivan just stood there as these women explained how they were miss-treated.<\/p>\n
\u201cOk all of you must be getting tired so let\u2019s find a place where you can sleep\u201d says Ivan as the group leaves the room with the cages.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan we sleep near you and Radella\u201d asks Tamae<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course. All of our companions will be camping together in one room and that\u2019s were you can sleep as well\u201d replies Ivan as the group makes its way through the halls.<\/p>\n
The search for blankets turns into moving beds into the room the party will camp in for the night. Somehow it just seemed right for Tamae, Maiko, Yoire, Akiko, Honamiyo, Naomi, and Remi to sleep on a \u00a0soft beds.<\/p>\n
Ivan watches as these seven women lay there in the beds watching Radella and Ivan as if they were making sure they were not alone. After a little while all 7 of the women were fast asleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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