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Aug. 3rd, 2004 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iopenthingsDoor was in a more populated area of London Below, now, although she stuck to the shadows and the least travelled paths. It was a very tense hour, as she moved past groups of people, skirted around campfires, prayed that nobody would recognize her. She cast one glance over her shoulder to ensure she was not being followed and ran straight into - lace, white lace, and hands gripping her arms tightly. There would be bruises, later.
Door was hoisted off of her feet and brought face to face with Serpentine.
"Well, well, well," said Serpentine, smirking slightly. "What do we have here? An Opener wandering through London Below alone? We can't have that. One never knows where children might disappear to."
Door pulled together as much dignity and courage as she could muster and looked Serpentine in the eye. "I am no child, Serpentine, and I have as much right to go wherever I want as you do."
Serpentine snorted in amusement and set Door on her feet, maintaining her hold on Door's left arm. "You speak of rights in London Below? We will have rights the day you succeed in your father's idiotic plan to unite us."
Serpentine was pulling Door along quickly, her long legs forcing Door to take two steps to her one. "My father was brilliant," she said sullenly, her breath coming in little gasps. "If he thought uniting London Below was a good idea, then I'm sure it was."
Serpentine stopped suddenly and spun Door around to face her. Door stumbled slightly and caught herself on the wall, leaving her hand covered in slimy moss. Serpentine bent down so that she was nose to nose with Door. "You don't sound so convinced, child. Am I to believe that you don't agree with your father's conclusions about the Underside?"
Door considered lying, briefly, but knew in the next instant that Serpentine would know, and that Serpentine did not appreciate being lied to. Door sighed and looked straight into Serpentine's eyes. "I'm not sure," she replied, her voice surprisingly steady. "I don't think he was entirely wrong. I think some reform is necessary. But I'm not sure that uniting the Underside is the best possible solution."
Serpentine smiled, utterly without malice, her eyes showing a gleam of affection that left Door utterly speechless. "So one of the Arch family isn't an utter waste. Alright then, girl, I'll let you go about your business, but only if you come to see me sometime soon. And bring along that young man of yours. He was... interesting."
With that, Derpentine shoved Door towards one of the walls. Door instinctively reached out and Opened, and stumbled into a darkening valley on the other side, Serpentine's laughter fading behind her.
Door was hoisted off of her feet and brought face to face with Serpentine.
"Well, well, well," said Serpentine, smirking slightly. "What do we have here? An Opener wandering through London Below alone? We can't have that. One never knows where children might disappear to."
Door pulled together as much dignity and courage as she could muster and looked Serpentine in the eye. "I am no child, Serpentine, and I have as much right to go wherever I want as you do."
Serpentine snorted in amusement and set Door on her feet, maintaining her hold on Door's left arm. "You speak of rights in London Below? We will have rights the day you succeed in your father's idiotic plan to unite us."
Serpentine was pulling Door along quickly, her long legs forcing Door to take two steps to her one. "My father was brilliant," she said sullenly, her breath coming in little gasps. "If he thought uniting London Below was a good idea, then I'm sure it was."
Serpentine stopped suddenly and spun Door around to face her. Door stumbled slightly and caught herself on the wall, leaving her hand covered in slimy moss. Serpentine bent down so that she was nose to nose with Door. "You don't sound so convinced, child. Am I to believe that you don't agree with your father's conclusions about the Underside?"
Door considered lying, briefly, but knew in the next instant that Serpentine would know, and that Serpentine did not appreciate being lied to. Door sighed and looked straight into Serpentine's eyes. "I'm not sure," she replied, her voice surprisingly steady. "I don't think he was entirely wrong. I think some reform is necessary. But I'm not sure that uniting the Underside is the best possible solution."
Serpentine smiled, utterly without malice, her eyes showing a gleam of affection that left Door utterly speechless. "So one of the Arch family isn't an utter waste. Alright then, girl, I'll let you go about your business, but only if you come to see me sometime soon. And bring along that young man of yours. He was... interesting."
With that, Derpentine shoved Door towards one of the walls. Door instinctively reached out and Opened, and stumbled into a darkening valley on the other side, Serpentine's laughter fading behind her.
