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" You know once upon a time it was cute when you chewed up my mail, now you know better" Umbra admonished the neon green and black dog that walked beside her. Decusuna the dog in question had 'fetched' the mail earlier that morning and left it somewhat worse for the wear. Looking at her canine companion Umbra noted that the dog showed no shame and was enjoying the long walk they were taking to the address on said mail.
Umbra hoped that whatever this account business was wouldn't take too long, she'd left Soren in Tybalt's care and the artistic teen was not the best of babysitters. " If this is some sort of you've already won just pay us a grand scam I am not going to be happy" she muttered lengthening her stride and picking up the pace. She's never even heard of this place before and Neph would have told her about any bank accounts they shared.
Once she'd reached the building in question she paused for a moment to tie Decs up before walking calmly in.
Prosper Reed stood at the counter like the dutiful manager he was. His appearance was pristine and every hair on his head was in order. He was waiting patiently for the next new Account Owner.
His features were calm, but inside he was going crazy. He was tired. He had sent out four or five of the tags in one day which had caused him alot of paper work and reasearching. He hadn't realized that some of the contracts might overlap one another, let alone so many as four or five.
He glanced at the security camera monitors and noticed that there was a young woman on her way. he fixed his tie and brushed off invisble and non-existant dust bunnies from his shoulders as he waited.
Amber eyes searched briefly before locking onto someone standing at a counter. Umbra walked over to the young man standing there and smiled somewhat pleasently at him. If this wasn't a scam then starting their meeting off on bad note would probably not help her. " Excuse me sir , I recieved a paper in my mail that directed me to come here" she said fishing the paper in question out of her purse.
He gave her a tired small, "Welcome to Past Legacies Corporation." He stood up straight and gave a short bow, "I am Prosper Reed. Manager of this bank. And that is a tag to your Account here." The young man nodded towards the piece of paper in her hand.
He waited for the questions. He knew they would come, the same one's. The young manager would have given her a lengthy introduction, but he decided to wait.
Prosper thought that he might as well save himself the energy and wait for the questions to be asked on the young lady's leisure.
There was no fake cheer from this man, no lets charm the sucker smile thus Umbra decided this was legit even if it made no sense. Betting that this was one of Talon's subtle ways of giving her money with some sort of trick involved she nodded." Well this is odd but then again everything on gaia is, is there anything I need to do to get into the account any sort of tests?"
While Umbra was curious she held back her remaining questions, this Prosper man looked exhausted and probably didn't need to face the spanish inquisition. Besides, often times things answered themselves when given enough time.
"You'll have to go through our security to have your safety deposit box retrieved. If you would give your tag, the parchment, to the young lady over there, she will give you the Key to your Account. Please remember all information on the tag."
He paused as he watched the exchange and began a short explaination, "The Accounts here are created by special families to have their family heirlooms retained here. So the creator of your Account is probably you have never heard about or met."
Veronica brought up the Key case and presented it to the young lady.
Umbra wondered for a moment which of her parent's sides of the family was responsible for this. None of them as far as she knew were natives to Gaia, in fact she was one of the first in quite some time to find her way there. Pleased that she might be able to add a new peice of information to her rather jumbled and patchwork family tree she nodded again.
She handed the tag over to the young woman after scanning it one last time and commiting the words on it to memory. Taking the case she opened the lid and peered inside. Reaching in Umbra gently plucked the key from the case and brought it out so she could better look at it. It ivory in colour if not in composition and obviously somewhat old. The grip was a large creacent moon that gave Umbra a quick flashback to her Sailor Moon veiwing days. However the thing that interested her most about the key was the strange black lettering on it. The language it was in was none she recalled ever having seen before.
"It's beautifull she murmered before looking back at Prosper " If this is the key I can't wait to see what was left behind in the account."
Giving a short nod of thanks to Veronica, the manager made his way towards the only visible door in the room besides the entrance elevator, asking for Umbra to follow him politely.
Entering the vault room, he quickly explained the process of accessing the safety deposit box and gave warnings on the security system. Though in truth the security system was a different type then the ordinary one, it was a judge different things rather than input.
He played with the silver pocket watch in his pocket as he waited for Umbra to enter the vault room then remained for a few seconds, waiting for whatever questions the girl may have on the process or anything else.
Umbra walked into the vault room and grinned, apparently today was going to be a good day. Still a part of her held a bit of suspicion and she turned to face Propser " Are you sure there's no strange trick to this like having to replace the item taken with something else?"
"No m'am. There are no tricks. Just make sure to get everything inputted correctly." He gave a reassuring smile.
Prosper Reed began to walk out the door of the room but before he shut the door behind him he added, "You'll have the room for however long you need. Knock on the door three times and it will be opened."
Umbra nodded and turned to the task at hand, she remembered the information that had been on the paper so it shouldn't be to hard. Before her was a small compter terminal already at the login page, she walkedo ver to it and quickly typed in her account number and key name.
Suddenely the screen turned black then blue and then black again. Umbra cursed figuring she'd done something wrong , she was about to go call for help when dozens of strange yet familiar symbols appeared on the screen. Looking down she recognized them as the same type as those on the key. Blue lines appeared creating a grid around each symbol.
"Well that's rather smart" Umbra mused getting it. Even if someone had managed to break there way into the vault and had known the account number and key name they couldn't access the account without the key becuase they needed it to counter the last safety measure. Using the mouse she swiftly clicked the symbols in the order they appeared on the key and waited.
She heared a soft whirring sound and looked down to see the bottom of the terminal open to reveal an ornate lockbox. Kneeling down the place the key in the hole and gentely turned it smiling shen she heard a click, so far so good.
Lifting the lid she frowned at the contents. A rather boring looking picture was what she'd come here for, the key was more interesting than this was, why would anyone in her family leave behind an old picture that didn't show anything.
Nevertheless the retreived the picture and key then knocked quickly on the door three times.
Micah, the head of security, opened the door, making way to allow Umbra to leave the vault room. The guard then pointed her in the direction of where Prosper stood near elevator, papers and things laid out of the coffee table, waiting for her.
The young manager had begun to work on his paper work, hoping to have the oppurtunity to go home early after this Owner had finished her business. He looked up as he heard the sound of the door open and waited, hands folded behind his back.
Umbra walked over to prosper eyeing the papers warily, she hoped she wasn't going to have to sign anything overly important, she hated reading fineprint and she didn't have the patience to sift through the regular documents, besides she needed to get home to Soren and Tybalt.
" I have the uh, picture that was left to me" She raised an eyebrow " So now what?"
"Wonderful." He pointed towards a seat and then took the seat across from it. "Please have a seat."
He opened the Record and began to inform of the rules of how she would be required to keep track of all things that occur with the Account. He also explained the fine points of the Account, of how the Heirloom and Key would manifest into human and creature. He reassured her that the magic was carefully handled and the he would be always aware when such growths would occur.
"Before we fill out the certificate and wrap things up, do you have any questrions you would like to ask?"
She shook her head "No I get it, it's strange but to be expected I suppose." She was amused by the two way records and pleased that someone would be able to tell her when a growing would occur
The manager nodded his head, sending strands of chestnut hair every which way, which was quickly corrected by him brushing his hand through his hair.
"You will need to choose a name for your Legacy, the little girl. Then we shall both sign the certificate and we'll be done for today."
He sat ready, pen in hand and held over the certificate. All he needed was the name then he could go home and rest and pray that he would have a short break for however long possible.
"Mira " Umbra replied calmly "I'd like to call her Mira" She briefly wondered if she was going to run out of names one day with all the children she kept.
Taking a pen from her pocket she carefully signed her name on the certificate. She marvled at the way her handwriting remained just as bad as it had been when she'd first learned to write." So we're done now ?"
Prosper quickly jotted the name down and then signed his own name. Then he closed the book and held it out to Umbra with both hands, "Thank you for your business. I will be contacting you on the time of your Account's manifestation."
He stood up and then bowed, "Have good day miss."
Umbra nodded and took the book " Thank you and have good day yourself." She smiled before turning and walking towards the exit, it had been an interest trip, she'd come in with nothing and left with a new potential child and critter as well as deep need to contact her uncle Brian and see if his family history records mentioned this in anyway.
Umbra hoped that whatever this account business was wouldn't take too long, she'd left Soren in Tybalt's care and the artistic teen was not the best of babysitters. " If this is some sort of you've already won just pay us a grand scam I am not going to be happy" she muttered lengthening her stride and picking up the pace. She's never even heard of this place before and Neph would have told her about any bank accounts they shared.
Once she'd reached the building in question she paused for a moment to tie Decs up before walking calmly in.
Prosper Reed stood at the counter like the dutiful manager he was. His appearance was pristine and every hair on his head was in order. He was waiting patiently for the next new Account Owner.
His features were calm, but inside he was going crazy. He was tired. He had sent out four or five of the tags in one day which had caused him alot of paper work and reasearching. He hadn't realized that some of the contracts might overlap one another, let alone so many as four or five.
He glanced at the security camera monitors and noticed that there was a young woman on her way. he fixed his tie and brushed off invisble and non-existant dust bunnies from his shoulders as he waited.
Amber eyes searched briefly before locking onto someone standing at a counter. Umbra walked over to the young man standing there and smiled somewhat pleasently at him. If this wasn't a scam then starting their meeting off on bad note would probably not help her. " Excuse me sir , I recieved a paper in my mail that directed me to come here" she said fishing the paper in question out of her purse.
He gave her a tired small, "Welcome to Past Legacies Corporation." He stood up straight and gave a short bow, "I am Prosper Reed. Manager of this bank. And that is a tag to your Account here." The young man nodded towards the piece of paper in her hand.
He waited for the questions. He knew they would come, the same one's. The young manager would have given her a lengthy introduction, but he decided to wait.
Prosper thought that he might as well save himself the energy and wait for the questions to be asked on the young lady's leisure.
There was no fake cheer from this man, no lets charm the sucker smile thus Umbra decided this was legit even if it made no sense. Betting that this was one of Talon's subtle ways of giving her money with some sort of trick involved she nodded." Well this is odd but then again everything on gaia is, is there anything I need to do to get into the account any sort of tests?"
While Umbra was curious she held back her remaining questions, this Prosper man looked exhausted and probably didn't need to face the spanish inquisition. Besides, often times things answered themselves when given enough time.
"You'll have to go through our security to have your safety deposit box retrieved. If you would give your tag, the parchment, to the young lady over there, she will give you the Key to your Account. Please remember all information on the tag."
He paused as he watched the exchange and began a short explaination, "The Accounts here are created by special families to have their family heirlooms retained here. So the creator of your Account is probably you have never heard about or met."
Veronica brought up the Key case and presented it to the young lady.
Umbra wondered for a moment which of her parent's sides of the family was responsible for this. None of them as far as she knew were natives to Gaia, in fact she was one of the first in quite some time to find her way there. Pleased that she might be able to add a new peice of information to her rather jumbled and patchwork family tree she nodded again.
She handed the tag over to the young woman after scanning it one last time and commiting the words on it to memory. Taking the case she opened the lid and peered inside. Reaching in Umbra gently plucked the key from the case and brought it out so she could better look at it. It ivory in colour if not in composition and obviously somewhat old. The grip was a large creacent moon that gave Umbra a quick flashback to her Sailor Moon veiwing days. However the thing that interested her most about the key was the strange black lettering on it. The language it was in was none she recalled ever having seen before.
"It's beautifull she murmered before looking back at Prosper " If this is the key I can't wait to see what was left behind in the account."
Giving a short nod of thanks to Veronica, the manager made his way towards the only visible door in the room besides the entrance elevator, asking for Umbra to follow him politely.
Entering the vault room, he quickly explained the process of accessing the safety deposit box and gave warnings on the security system. Though in truth the security system was a different type then the ordinary one, it was a judge different things rather than input.
He played with the silver pocket watch in his pocket as he waited for Umbra to enter the vault room then remained for a few seconds, waiting for whatever questions the girl may have on the process or anything else.
Umbra walked into the vault room and grinned, apparently today was going to be a good day. Still a part of her held a bit of suspicion and she turned to face Propser " Are you sure there's no strange trick to this like having to replace the item taken with something else?"
"No m'am. There are no tricks. Just make sure to get everything inputted correctly." He gave a reassuring smile.
Prosper Reed began to walk out the door of the room but before he shut the door behind him he added, "You'll have the room for however long you need. Knock on the door three times and it will be opened."
Umbra nodded and turned to the task at hand, she remembered the information that had been on the paper so it shouldn't be to hard. Before her was a small compter terminal already at the login page, she walkedo ver to it and quickly typed in her account number and key name.
Suddenely the screen turned black then blue and then black again. Umbra cursed figuring she'd done something wrong , she was about to go call for help when dozens of strange yet familiar symbols appeared on the screen. Looking down she recognized them as the same type as those on the key. Blue lines appeared creating a grid around each symbol.
"Well that's rather smart" Umbra mused getting it. Even if someone had managed to break there way into the vault and had known the account number and key name they couldn't access the account without the key becuase they needed it to counter the last safety measure. Using the mouse she swiftly clicked the symbols in the order they appeared on the key and waited.
She heared a soft whirring sound and looked down to see the bottom of the terminal open to reveal an ornate lockbox. Kneeling down the place the key in the hole and gentely turned it smiling shen she heard a click, so far so good.
Lifting the lid she frowned at the contents. A rather boring looking picture was what she'd come here for, the key was more interesting than this was, why would anyone in her family leave behind an old picture that didn't show anything.
Nevertheless the retreived the picture and key then knocked quickly on the door three times.
Micah, the head of security, opened the door, making way to allow Umbra to leave the vault room. The guard then pointed her in the direction of where Prosper stood near elevator, papers and things laid out of the coffee table, waiting for her.
The young manager had begun to work on his paper work, hoping to have the oppurtunity to go home early after this Owner had finished her business. He looked up as he heard the sound of the door open and waited, hands folded behind his back.
Umbra walked over to prosper eyeing the papers warily, she hoped she wasn't going to have to sign anything overly important, she hated reading fineprint and she didn't have the patience to sift through the regular documents, besides she needed to get home to Soren and Tybalt.
" I have the uh, picture that was left to me" She raised an eyebrow " So now what?"
"Wonderful." He pointed towards a seat and then took the seat across from it. "Please have a seat."
He opened the Record and began to inform of the rules of how she would be required to keep track of all things that occur with the Account. He also explained the fine points of the Account, of how the Heirloom and Key would manifest into human and creature. He reassured her that the magic was carefully handled and the he would be always aware when such growths would occur.
"Before we fill out the certificate and wrap things up, do you have any questrions you would like to ask?"
She shook her head "No I get it, it's strange but to be expected I suppose." She was amused by the two way records and pleased that someone would be able to tell her when a growing would occur
The manager nodded his head, sending strands of chestnut hair every which way, which was quickly corrected by him brushing his hand through his hair.
"You will need to choose a name for your Legacy, the little girl. Then we shall both sign the certificate and we'll be done for today."
He sat ready, pen in hand and held over the certificate. All he needed was the name then he could go home and rest and pray that he would have a short break for however long possible.
"Mira " Umbra replied calmly "I'd like to call her Mira" She briefly wondered if she was going to run out of names one day with all the children she kept.
Taking a pen from her pocket she carefully signed her name on the certificate. She marvled at the way her handwriting remained just as bad as it had been when she'd first learned to write." So we're done now ?"
Prosper quickly jotted the name down and then signed his own name. Then he closed the book and held it out to Umbra with both hands, "Thank you for your business. I will be contacting you on the time of your Account's manifestation."
He stood up and then bowed, "Have good day miss."
Umbra nodded and took the book " Thank you and have good day yourself." She smiled before turning and walking towards the exit, it had been an interest trip, she'd come in with nothing and left with a new potential child and critter as well as deep need to contact her uncle Brian and see if his family history records mentioned this in anyway.
