016 - As The World Falls Down

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[There is a new arrival to the plane.

One that is quite large.

And expansive garden labyrinth has appeared, stretching as far as it is wide. The hedges are tall and well groomed, and it in all but impossible to see over any of the walls. Throughout the structure, there are many points to rest, ornately carved stone benches frames with flowers. Especially tuberose.

It is her favorite, after all.

At the very center sits Reinette on the wall of a stone fountain. Water flows from several wells within a stone Minotaur, coating its surface so that it reflects that distant lights of the Plane.

She is reading]

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[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[Did someone say garden? 8D;]

[There is a little green snake emerging into the centre of the labyrinth (because he cheats and went through the hedges instead of through the maze).]

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[placing her book aside, she curiously studies the new arrival. She is almost certain she could not have brought it with her]

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[The snake notices her and sits up a bit]

Oh, hallo.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

[how remarkable, a snake that speaks. But is it so different than cats that do, after all?

Hello.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Lovely garden you've got here. Bit big to just be dragging about though, isn't it?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Well, it is for walking through as well. And reading. And a great many other things I imagine.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, but I mean...never seen anyone bring something quite so large t' the Plane, is all.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor brought an entire beach, I believe. There is little more expansive than the ocean.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[a pause]

That was the Doctor? Huh. Learn sssomething new every day, I sssuppose.

Anthony Crowley, by the way. I'd offer a hand, but...

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

laughs]

You do not have one, no.

Your conversation is quite pleasing, however.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

And yoursss. D'you have a name, or shall I make sssomething up?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

You are welcome to create something, I suppose.

My name, however, is Jeanne-Antionette Poisson. Madame de Pompadour. Louis has the odious habit of calling me Pompom. Thought most here?

Address me as Reinette.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Reinette, then. Remind me to introduce myself properly when I've hands again, will you?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Is this form not your choice?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

Not at the moment, it isn't. I'm rather attached to my human body, ordinarily.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Only at the moment? You can normally alter your form at will?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

...more or less, yeah.

You haven't anything against angels or demons, have you?

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Do you have any reason to slight French courtesans?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

I think I'm reasonably safe in saying no.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

If you do not object to me, I can hardly object to you. It would not be polite.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[He chuckles, as best a snake is able to chuckle.]

Right then. In that case, I'm a demon. Changing shape is sssort of natural, for usss. This just happens to be one of my older ones.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

The serpent, yes.

[her nod is short and precise]

There are more things in the universe than we can ever know. Yet that does not prevent me from attempting to know as much as possible.