2nd Heart - A Moment's Rest

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[And here comes Jackie, popping into the Plane and, for a moment, looking rather flustered and perhaps even a little frustrated. In his right hand is a steel fold up chair, and his left hand is just idly twitching by it's own accord. He takes a few steps forward and opens the chair up with a snap, then promptly drops it in front of him. After staring at it for a moment, he sits down and leans forward, taking one long deep breath. Taking a few and holding it in, he leans back and tilts his head upwards, staring straight up and breathes out slowly.]

Better. Much better.

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[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

...So then what would you call it? If you had one word to describe this place, what would it be?

[madamemoiselle]

{Silence before thoughtfully and warmly} Well, I would call it happiness.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[A lengthy pause, before a deep sigh] Happiness?

Makes me wonder then just why the Hell I'm here.

[madamemoiselle]

Well, it's happiness for me, anyways. I'm not exactly liked back home, so here is a place I can come without my past being...a part of everything, I guess. It gets lonely being the "villain" all the time, after all.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

That's a good point.

The world...any world, needs a villain. It needs a person you can point at and call evil. In that way, they're even more important than the hero. But even villains are people.

Well, most of the time, at least.

[madamemoiselle]

But a villain is only a villain from the hero's point of view, isn't that right?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

Is it? I wonder.

In most cases, I'd say so. But no. The real villains, the ones that the world should fear, the ones that the world needs...they know exactly what they are.

[madamemoiselle]

It's no fun being the villain all the time, though. There are a lot of times where I wish I could just be like everyone else and live normally, but...{sighs} That's impossible.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[That strikes a chord in him.]

Live a life of normality. People who live it give it a pretty bad review. But the moment that normality disappears, they miss it more than anything and everything.

Wouldn't mind a normal life. But I know it's not for me.

[madamemoiselle]

{Smiles faintly} I know that I would really love that more than anything. But there's too much blood on my hands to do anything like that. So I'll just continue with the life I have now, I guess. It's not like there's much I can do about that.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

As cruel as it sounds, normal life has no place for us in it. And it never will.

[madamemoiselle]

{Sadly} I realized that a long time ago. But...even if I'm wrong, I like to think that there is. If I can just have a little bit of the happiness that sister has, then that would be more than enough.

That's why this place is good. People here don't call me a monster, try and kill me, or, well, use me. The people here are kind and caring, even if...Well, even with some of them it's not so apparent at first.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[Sort of an absent pause here.]

Then I guess it really is unfair to call this place an experiment.

[madamemoiselle]

That's why I really like it here. Even if my life at home isn't the best, coming here, it's...really nice. I feel at peace here. Ne, most of the time, that is. Like there's one person here who is very rude that makes it hardly peaceful, but...!

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

I can see that. That's what I came here for just now. Working like a charm too.

Rude person? Other than the esteemed Mr. Hunt, I assume?

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, that's right. Well, that's good, I guess. I didn't mean to have bothered you, but...Well, if it's working, it's alright. Right?

{Sniffs disdainfully} The TARDIS. Gene may be rude, but that piece of garbage has no place here and isn't able to say a single good thing. Why, the first time we met, she called me a filthy, mindless, beast! A monster! Awful.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

This? this is no bother. You've been rather pleasant, and haven't taken it upon you to punch me in the face yet.

...The...[Remembers his brief conversation with it] "person" here with the very mechanical-like thinking? She does seem to be rather blunt. Doesn't seem to have a whole lot of time for tact or manners either.

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, thank you, but punch you in the face? Why would I do that?

Oh yes, but it has mechanical-like thinking because it's a machine. A ship. But it goes beyond having tact or manners and just being an absolutely rude and complete annoyance. She even hit me! Several times now, actually.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

A welcoming gift from Gene Hunt, and the first reminder that people are still people, even here.

So you've got a mechanical pest with no manners and a sharp tongue that likes to take swings. A real charmer, that one.

[madamemoiselle]

Oh dear...Well, then I'm even more sorry about Gene's behavior.

{Hmphs again} Absolutely dreadful. I would advise staying away from it. It's better for your health, really. She makes me angry every time we talk.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

Like I said, you shouldn't have to apologize for him.

Keep away from the rude machine that has a habit of snapping to violence. Duly noted.

[madamemoiselle]

I kind of feel like I should, though. That's...Well, that's no better than the TARDIS, I guess.

{Smiles because Jackie is on her side and not the TARDIS's and this is a good thing ♥} Good, good~ Ah, and people here tend to warn about the Masters, but really, I don't have a problem with either one of them.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

The only one that should is Gene Hunt. I appreciate the act, but it's not your apology to give.

[Ah, the Masters. A topic he is curious on] They seemed to have been popular people to warn me about. Any particular reason why they would warn people?

[madamemoiselle]

Right, of course. But...then thank you even more for not deciding to return the favor.

Well...They've killed people here. They killed Sam and Gene. But I beat them, so. Otherwise, I don't really know. When I've talked with him, it's been very pleasant. I think he's...well...Since you kind of mentioned it, more like us, maybe? He's not so horrible as people seem to imply.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

He has you to thank for that. It was my wholehearted intention to make it painfully clear that I didn't appreciate his gift.

So. Kill a person, get a bad rap. [Takes a moment lean forward and rest his chin against his hands.] That so? Well, I've always taken warnings with a grain of salt, I see no reason to change that as of now.