→ i've lived a lot of different lives, been different people many times

[thedominatrix]

Who: Irene Adler & Sebastian LeMat.
What: 'Have you graduated to stealing towns yet?' and other vital existential questions.
Where: Irene's apartment, Syriac Well.
When: Not too long after this.
Warnings: None.

For all the outward shimmer, Irene Adler is an intensely scheduled person. Her work, her play- it's all carefully organised so as to maximise her efficiency and minimise her chances of ever waking up to the sound of Militia boots on her floorboards, or worse. And Baedal can always offer worse, no matter what rock bottom one tries to imagine. It's all stored in her phone. She wasn't lying when she called it her life- she meant it in a rather more dramatic sense, of course, but there was always the simple matter of convenience.

Sebastian isn't named in the virtual diary- no one is- but he's there, his visit expected and arranged for and privately extremely welcome for reasons which go beyond simple curiosity as to what leaving and returning was like. He's odd, is the slightly petulant but exceedingly fond description of him Irene has settled upon; it's meant to be a temporary description only. She'll find something more fitting later. In the mean time, it's a compliment. Odd is interesting. She's missed him. After all, in her dizzying serious-unserious world, she's often surrounded by people who haven't even stolen a street.

She answers the door in clothes casual enough to just pass for I threw this on unthinkingly, which is flattering nonsense. The very first thing he gets is a kiss on the cheek. "Look at you, dear. I stand by previous comments. Do come in."

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[heardmermaids]

"I do." When he speaks, there's a hint of fear but no uncertainty. "If it works, and it must, it'll be a revolution."

"There's a long history of infighting, wars, dictators, and the like, but everyone who made a bid for power did it on an individual basis - more control for them and their followers. No one's done it to give away power." Sebastian truly believes that it's possible and he'll push for it, but he won't go to war to bring it about. With the sorry state of the wizarding world as it stands, he's well aware that he doesn't need to.

[thedominatrix]

Irene has known politicians, activists, soldiers and leaders. She’s played their game, or played a game which has run parallel to theirs, but her rebellions have always been for herself and no one else.

"That's rare enough, no matter what the universe du jour is. Would you accept a vote of confidence?" Her tone is anything but confessional. She sets her teacup down, perfectly calm. "If we shared a world, I think you'd be my plan A."

I think you can do it would sound insincere.

[heardmermaids]

"I'd accept and appreciate it." Knowing that he can set it in motion is vast gulf away from knowing that a thing will work. Along with being a damn fool endeavour, it's the right thing to do and he can't help but try. "And, on the upside, no matter how poorly it goes, it can't be worse than the last go-round."

Ha, ha. Your 'humour', such as it is, isn't funny, Sebastian.