aut viam inveniam aut faciam

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

[An expert at childish games, Sebastian is happily hopping over the crates, a bottle of wine in one hand, Aloysius tucked under his other arm. He seems rather delighted with this entire scenario. At one point, he spins around to look at the splashes following him.]

[He observes to Aloysius:]

They are awfully friendly fish. It is a shame they do not sing.

[He hopes over to the last crate before the edge of the water. For a moment, he seems to consider splashing in the water himself before he goes. But then he remembers what he read in books when the fish appeared in Brideshead Castle's fountain, so he just makes the jump right out of the water, landing with more balance than he will be able to manage after that bottle is through with.]

Comments

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

Mummy always forgives everything. She's a saint. Julia isn't, but she forgives everything, too.

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

My mum's hardly a saint. I don't think I know anyone who can hold a grudge like that bloody woman. My dad is more the saintly one.

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

That must make it very difficult. Aloysius and I are sinners, so it's all much more fun.

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I know a bit about sinning.

[She nods to Aloysius.]

How could he be a sinner? He's just a bear.

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

That just means he gets into it in very unusual ways.

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

How does a bear go about sinning, then?

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

Very carefully, I imagine. That is between him and the priest.

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

So he hasn't told you then?

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

He can be very private about some things. He likes to remain mysterious. Don't you, you pompous old thing?

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

So how did you get- I mean, how did Aloysius come to live with you?

[fruitbrandy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't remember. Someone must have given him to me when I was too young to remember. It might have been Nanny.

please forgive me. the holidays ate me. ;;

[alien-catcher.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay! So... You know he's just a bear then, yeah? He's not actually alive.