Sacrosanct contains four distinct neighborhoods, each with their own specific kind of houses and residents. Explore our districts, view lists of our citizens and enjoy our block parties!
Anacosta Heights
Dupont Circle
Hawethorn Village
River Dale
Situated above the daily life of the city, Anacosta Heights is a tucked away suburb featuring extravagant neo-gothic inspired mansions. The inhabitants of this neighborhood often show their overwhelming wealth with sports cars lining their long, circular driveways, large pools, and manicured gardens. The homeowners of Anacosta Heights treasure their privacy as seen by the high iron gates to the security personnel present at every entrance.
Dupont Circle is a small suburban neighborhood settled within the serene portion of the southern portion of town. These four-bedroom, single-family homes feature back yards, porches, garages, and far more breathing space then the Village offers. This neighborhood often is more family orientated and even has organized events for children and the neighborhood as a whole.
Settled in the middle of downtown, Hawthorn Village consists of several victorian inspired row houses just off the main street. Due to it's convenience to just about everything, the village can be a tad expensive to live within. However, the residents of this neighborhood often have two to three-story townhouses, often with a one to two-car garage. Many of the houses feature bay windows and/or rooftop terraces with a small fenced-in 'yard'.
River Dale primarily consists of apartments that, despite their age and industrial appearing interior, still hold to the Victorian history that permeates the town. These apartments are often the cheapest option and sport scuffed, older wooden floors, open floor plans, visible beams, and the occasional brick wall.
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He tells her it's not that bad but the way her gaze turns downcast signals that Madhavi feels... differently. She's too warm in her cheeks, her finger hurts, and the feeling of her hand in his makes her nostalgic to the point that her vision begins to swim. If it wasn't 'that bad' then why did it feel like the beginning of the end of her carefully crafted world?
Had they always been so rough? she wonders to herself and the words echo like a dream. They had never been smooth, that much she remembers, but the were-leopard finds that such a simple connection -- touch -- sends her thoughts whirling into soft whispers of quandaries she's not entirely conscious of. The majority of it is idle wonder about his life; the cause of such callouses, the nature of his work, what his day-to-day looks like now. What kind of job does he have? Does he like it? She hopes the person he's touching with these fingers savors each and every moment and remembers every detail. There'd been a time, after all, where she tried so, so hard to forget. Never in her life did she think she'd have another chance to experience it again.
...But this wasn't really her moment to do so, was it?
No. Not really.
Tetradore tugs her towards the bathroom and Madhavi follows without protest. Even if she'd wanted to she's pretty certain the words would be swallowed by tears before she had the chance. But the running water is cool and undeniably soothing; the dot of blood washed away and the sensation of cold running liquid grounding in a way she didn't know she needed. Her eyes close while Tetradore busies himself with sorting through cabinets and bottles, content to let him look while she focuses on breathing.
But breathing is hard when all she can see is a certain boy so many years ago, in a bathroom just like this, while she was the one looking for something to stop the bleeding.
It's too late now. Madhavi simply can't stop the tears as they fall in waves, silent and strong, even as he wraps her finger and asks after her name. But she can't answer him. Not in the way he's hoping for. Madhavi's eyes are distant when they finally open and her voice is small.
"Why are you bleeding in my bathroom?" she breathes in a shaky whisper. Tetradore can tell instinctively it's not a question for him. Well... not this him. But the boy all those years ago? The boy who had snuck in so terribly hurt and angry? The boy who had ransacked her bathroom and ruined all her towels? The boy she'd watched turn into a panther and back? It was a question for him. The same one she'd asked him all those years ago.
And that was more telling than a name... wasn't it?