roleplay for ibringlife, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="the_cor

[rude_not_ginger]

The Doctor flipped a few final switches on the TARDIS console, adding the information he'd just recieved about Aislinn into the systems, should he ever run across another muse like her again. Well, he doubted it would be exactly like her, but...the same genus at least.

He turned, picking up the teacups that were left behind. Funny, he would've thought Rose would've been back by now. The sound of a familiar key in the lock made him look up. Speak of the devil...

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[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette laughed again, nothing false in the sound. Ahead her eyes caught the profile of several courtiers.

"Little do they know," she smiled. "That those times in which my absence is noted? I am often keeping the company of books, and not Kings."

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"What books do you find that bring you the most delight?" He was genuinely curious, eyes lighting up with interest.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"I am enthralled by literature of all kinds. Plays, and poetry." Reinette considered the question more. "And architecture. There is much to be said within the right wall, I believe."

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"I have an Abbey. Or I used to. Will..." The time issue was slightly disorientating. He smiled ruefully. "I spent a great time restoring it as best I could."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"Your home," Reinette concluded, smiling. "Do you believe, as some, that withing any given space there is only one true form, waiting to be revealed? Or do you think more freely?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

He considered her words for a long while, taking it seriously. "I think that any one thing has countless possibilities. The true shape lies within the artist."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette nodded, accepting his answer. In truth, she had been brought up to think much more rigidly. But some of the most beautiful structures she had ever seen came from the minds of a dozen different builders. "And with your home. Was it your vision, or the actitect's that took shape?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"I didn't want to change what the original builder saw. Just restore it. I only got...Only a few rooms were finished."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette stopped walking again, something in his tone causing her to still. She searched her vistor's features for several moments.

"I am sorry you were unable to complete work that was so obviously important to you."

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

He shrugged a little. "It's no matter. It was a long time ago."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette remained still, watching him.

"But it did matter to you?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"At one point, yes..."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette tried to understand.

"But not anymore?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"It's not mine anymore," he said quietly. "Most of what I once loved is nothing but dust now. The Abbey at least is in the hands of people who care about it."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette was intigued by his words, and she lead them over to a low bench, so that they could exchange words more easily. "You said most of what you once loved. What remains?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

He settled next to her after seeing that she was comfortable.

"My name. My words. A friend."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"So few words," Reinette observed quietly. "And yet that sounds like so much."

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"Does it?" He looked at her and his eyes were dark with regrets for a moment before he pushed them back.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette considered her own experiences.

"There are many who do not have that. There are many more who would not have answered me so quickly, or needed much more thought. You knew what mattered to you."

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"Because there are so few things anymore. The whole world mattered at one point." He brushed his fingers down her cheek.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette did not pull away from his touch. In truth, she both admired, and respected boldness. She found herself even more curious about the man behind the movement.

"The entire world is quite a lot. Did it not get exhausting?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"Oh, always. But there was so much to care about. People. Causes. Lives torn asunder and countries in turmoil...." He let his fingers cup her cheek, thumb lightly stroking.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette choose to let the touch continue. That must be understood. She was so very rarely heedless, her every action most likely well considered.

"To care for so much, do you do so at a detriment to yourself?"

[the-corsair.livejournal.com]

"Oh, always." His smile was a touch bitter. "Or I did. Now that I'm not doing it anymore, I find other things to be a detriment."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette blinked at the sharpness of his tone.

"That seems a promising conversation," she observed. "You are a very blunt man, I think."