un REDUX!!

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

{A fancy handsome man appears in the Plane, looking quite shocked for a brief moment before his expression goes back to calm and neutral}

...This is a complex illusion, even for the Psalms. Only Lord Dashwood would be capable of something quite like this, and France is a bit too far for even the Psalms.

{He pulls a book from under his arm and brushes his finger over the cover, but doesn't open it}

The heavens are so close here, and so brilliant. I would wonder if it were God that crafted such a marvel, but it seems entirely impossible. I doubt even Galileo could have imagined the stars this marvelous or complex. Earth indeed grows smaller in its significance as time passes. I can only wonder what the kings of Our time would think of that idea.

{The man bows his head with a hint of a smile, only to look back up}

If this is a trick of a Psalm after all, I am no enemy. I work for Dashwood as a servant, Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre. And if this is Lorenza's trick, then I suppose I should only wait until her fancy is fulfilled.

{Noticing the library,} At least she would have the idea to supply me books as quiet company. For that, I suppose the illusion is welcome, if only as a momentary distraction.

Comments

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Unknown. I assume to avoid interfering with the scientific integrity of the project.

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

I see.

{--but back to something so much more important}

You called it your library, though. Is it yours, or is that just a show of your endearment?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I bought it here, though I suppose you could consider it public now. A number of works I've never even heard of seem to have shown up in its shelves.

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

Then I should thank you for the contribution. I truly love books, but I rarely get a chance to read them because of my work.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Here, you will be afforded all the time you need.

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

Time does not pass?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Not at home, at least. Watches continue to move, if they can be counted as time's measure.

[he is secretly pleased by the puns in that sentence, though he doesn't show it]

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

Hardly. It is only the time passes at home that matters.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

I should mention . . . the people here are not only from alternate worlds, but from different time periods.

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

I should think that the worlds would be more noteworthy than the times. Why is that worth mention?

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Alternate worlds are certainly very surprising, but meeting those from your world's future can be a very unsettling event.

[le-traitre.livejournal.com]

I will deal with that when the time comes.

[handfulofstraw.livejournal.com]

Then I wish you luck, L'Incorruptible.

[and then Scarecrow disappears]