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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Duo + Milliardo + Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 120. Baby Series 3 #128. Takes
place a few hours following Errant Thoughts. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
QiuYue "What were you looking for in the attics?" "A painting I saw a while ago. Wu Fei was curious to see it." Duo peered into the saucepan at the heating milk and floating cinnamon stick, stirring gently to begin to mix in the melting chocolate. "It was a portrait." Milliardo brushed aside his unruly bangs. "I really have to get the attic catalogued. The old regime were light fingered when it came to the museums and private collections of the nobility. I have no idea what they `acquired' for their private collections. " "Well, I can tell you there is this really fantastic billiards table. Exquisitely carved and with the royal seal too." Wu Fei set mugs on the bench top. "It is beautifully inlaid with gold, silver and mother of pearl and what may be jet or ebony." "That sounds remarkably like the billiards table from Great Uncle Sven's games room." Blue eyes misted slightly with memory. "If it is that table it was commissioned for my great, great, great grandfather… I think that was the right amount of greats. There might actually need to be one more in there. He was renowned for his willingness to bet on anything, including the day his infant daughter's first tooth appeared." Duo chuckled softly. "Sounds like he was a bit of a character." "As many loved him as cursed him, I believe." "I found jade statues, miniatures; very fine quality jade." "Yeah, and somewhere up there, there is this really cool dragon made out of jade. It was in one of the cupboards and I think it was the same dragon that was in the portrait of the oriental woman we were looking for. Really, really old portrait, stylized a bit and curiously it had sort of like a dresser near her with the dragon on it and what might have been another painting of her, only it was like an oriental watercolour. " Milliardo stared at Duo for a long moment, blue eyes widening. "The portrait of Autumn Moon? I only saw it a few times, when it was first found. I thought it was lost for good in the invasion. The Federation General seemed to have a good eye for what was treasure. I suppose I should thank him not all of the family history has been lost." Wu Fei watched the King and glanced at Duo. "You recognize the portrait?" "Well, I only saw it a couple of times; and not for long on either occasion, but it was very different to the portraits that hung around the palace. I remember my father was particularly pleased it had been found; the family thought it lost a long time ago." "You called it Autumn Moon? Can't say I saw anything particularly autumny about it. No moon that I recall either, so it's probably not the painting you are thinking of." "QiuYue, her name, so family legend has it, translates to Autumn Moon." tbc... Hope I have the translation and meaning down right, the name is taken from www.20000-names. com/female_ chinese_names. html ~ * ~ |
