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Nov. 13th, 2005 04:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shelley_wintersShelley could almost be put out, that V'Saine is so beautiful. No prison should be so lovely, she feels.
The perfection of the afternoon heightens it, the sights and scent of the rose garden. The only noise the delicate splashing of the fountain. The girl sits on the edge and gazes into gently rippling water, down past her reflection into the cool blue depths as the sun warms her shoulders.
The perfection of the afternoon heightens it, the sights and scent of the rose garden. The only noise the delicate splashing of the fountain. The girl sits on the edge and gazes into gently rippling water, down past her reflection into the cool blue depths as the sun warms her shoulders.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:20 pm (UTC)Her hand trails through the water again with deliberate unconcern.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:22 pm (UTC)"Sometimes, you seem content enough..."
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:24 pm (UTC)"Seeming isn't always true."
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:29 pm (UTC)"You speak truly."
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:32 pm (UTC)Her eyes dart to his hand momentarily before looking back down. Always caution.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:36 pm (UTC)His face was calm and composed.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:42 pm (UTC)"Elan."
The girl glares at him, wiping her face. "Aren't you supposed to be hundreds of years old and all mature and superior?"
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:46 pm (UTC)"I am not supposed to be."
A pause with a slight inclination of his head.
"I am."
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:48 pm (UTC)Water drips off the ends of her hair, and she flicks irritably at them to get rid of it.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:52 pm (UTC)"Even someone as important and busy as I am can have their lighter moments. Attaining a balance in one's life is part of maturity."
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:53 pm (UTC)Her tone is flat.
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Date: 2005-11-13 07:55 pm (UTC)"And you do this by being obtuse. I see."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:01 pm (UTC)Shelley is looking back at the water now as she dries off her glasses on her sleeve.
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:06 pm (UTC)"And I consider it silly to spend every waking moment attempting to antagonize someone else."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:12 pm (UTC)"And splashing you with water carries a certain satisfaction after spending hours upon hours perusing internal memos of the Hall of Servants."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:15 pm (UTC)"Of course," she says after a while.
Then sits, just looking at him.
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:19 pm (UTC)"I appreciate your attempt to usher in the cooler weather with your gaze, but I find it pleasant as it is."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-13 08:23 pm (UTC)"I am not familiar with the term..."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:24 pm (UTC)"Destructive intensified cyclone of wind. Capable of smashing strong buildings like they are made of sticks."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:27 pm (UTC)"Really now... We have not had interesting weather like that for millennia here. The weather has been tamed."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:29 pm (UTC)"Well. If we get one, you know who to blame, then."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:31 pm (UTC)"I am living in fear."
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Date: 2005-11-13 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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