2800 "The distant past."
11/07/2025 3:34

Once upon a time, a very, very long time ago, in the distant past, a well-dressed, modest, well-bred young socialite lady entered the living room of a large, well-furnished house.
She politely greeted sitting there well-dressed ladies and gentlemen, and sat separated with her peers, with whom she spent time talking about various unimportant things and board games. Without disturbing adults having a good time, talking and smiling with each other, on their adult topics.

"You must, you should, this is your purpose, your destiny. It's all for your future..."
Nothing surprising, that once, when she was already an adult lady, after several serious life failures, Miss Delfina Jones snapped and blew out.
But Delfina was a strong woman to barely rise on her feet again.
And now turned into "Mystery", that we all know, and I hope we love.

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Some backstage of my story.

Еven despite not very pleasant memories of the past and the peculiarities of her upbringing, Delfina Jones was an elegant young lady who knew good manners, customs and could easily maintain a social conversation with rich and influential people.
I imagine a modest, short young lady with a strict hairstyle, classic dress, and good manners, with well-placed, correct speech.
Delfina received an excellent education. She's very smart, balanced, sometimes even too cruel, and can plan long in advance.

Now Delfina Jones is a successful lady who is respected ...or even feared. A tired woman returns home, where she is met by her spouses. 'Fina is quite okay when she is undressed, well fed, well sexed, kissed for goodnight, and put to bed to get a good night's sleep. She is quite satisfied with this lifestyle.

Being a teacher, Emily has a higher education, but she never takes too much pride in it.
Emily is kind and smart, it is her innate talents, and she knows her limits. She can also be strict when needed.
Emily could well be present even at a dinner party at the Queen, although if that happened, then 100% she would have read something about good manners and rules of conduct there.

Mark recalls with great displeasure that when he was young, he was too stupid. And now, when he became smarter, - now he is too old!
Mark is not stupid in the literal sense of the word; let's call it - a lack of proper education. After all, neither one of his wives criticizes him for this, perfectly understanding that in the past their husband had the task of studying things that were to directly help him survive, rather than knowing the types of wine or the order of using cutlery at a noble dinner.

In the end, Emily would never did not dare criticize her husband. She is a "good wife", and "good wives" should not do that! Confidently thought the vixen.

Mark knows his limits, and in some cases, he prefers to remain silent, just listening to the interlocutor and nodding his head from time to time, answering neutral remarks, showing that he is listening, or copying the behavior of others around.
Delfina perfectly notices all these small details and proudly happily smiles. She has a completely intelligent and adequate husband, even if he is not very good at managing money, planning something for years ahead, or, for example, setting a cunning trap for the future for his enemies.
But he had a smart wife now (her), and she for sure can do this for him!

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Something like how young Fina could look. With ribbon and a hairstyle in a rather classic dress.

Done on traditional Thursday's stream on Piczel TV. This was a good night.
Those stream nights help me a lot in the current situation.

Thank you very much, Seth, for this wonderful picture!
I just wanted to show where it all started. And that sometimes you are put under too much weight and expectations than you are able to bear.
And Delfina is a strong woman, even stronger than Mark expected. Only Emily can barely notice this hidden strength.
But the two never asked Fina about her past. She usually doesn't say anything at all, or says something in a very limited way.

Due to war, unsure tomorrow, and some ... other serious difficulties with my real life, I can slow down a bit and post various interesting things here less often.

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Also, please note that my story is in the process of being written, and most of these small fragments that I published are not in chronological order.
(Chronology always was a real pain for me.) So when I finish my plans I will try to put everything in order. If I even can...
I publish my stories in "dynamic mode", according to the available pictures, time, current situations, my mood, or in connection with the previous posting, etc. So I can often ignore the chronology of events.

The story and all characters belong to me  Marksan
The wonderful drawings and most of character designs are kindly made for me by  SethTriggs For which I am very grateful for his help in portraying all this - because without his vision and pictures I would never have been able to tell this story. He really did a lot for me.

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