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[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

[Chocolates were supposed to be harmless, weren't they? So it was something else making her feel like this, all warm and needy and stupidly French. Tabernac. Home, it would be easy enough to get rid of this feeling. There were always things to do -- sports or even just going for a long walk in the snow. Nothing like piles and piles or snow or a good shootout to get your mind off of dirty things.

And so that's why Maggie's in a stream. Not on the bank or floating down it or anything like that, just standing there with water up to her knees, the bottom of her skirt wet from every time she bends over to pet one of the colourful fish in the stream.

She's well aware it's not dignified in the slighest but honestly, the thoughts in her mind right now need to go.]

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[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

A bit nippy, but not too bad.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

[Grell sits down, taking off her shoes and putting her feet in the water, laughing when the temperature hits her. It's cold, but that's not bad at all. She sits still, trying to tempt a fish to come close.]

They're so beautiful...

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

T-they are, yes.

It's almost sad, how beautiful this whole place is.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Sad? Who wouldn't be happy in the midst of beauty?

[Because you're adorable and Grell likes that. She ever so casually stretches and looks over at the girl.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Because no one wants to be here. There's nothing good about the place except its beauty. It would be better appreciated if we had free will...

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

I am firmly in the minority on that point-certainly I think that the Queen should have asked, but I want to stay here, and I'm not upset at this surprise. [She idly stirs the water with a hand, letting it fall through her fingers.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

[Glancing at the other woman, Canada says,] Wow. I hadn't heard of anyone like that. Don't you want to be home?

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

[Grell pauses before she speaks.] Not really. I have little to go home to if I did.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. Maybe some day we'll get an option to stay or go.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

There's nothing you need to apologize for, it simply is what it is. [She smiles.] It would be wonderful to get to choose. Then those who missed home could go to the ones they love, and the ones who preferred here didn't have to go.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I wouldn't mind visiting. The Gardens are lovely. But there's not enough space and certainly not enough snow.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

You must have missed the snow then...it wasn't that long ago that all the Gardens were under a thick blanket of it.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

France mentioned there was a blizzard, but, no, I haven't been here that long. I hope I don't get stuck here long enough to miss my own winter, at least.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

It was beautiful while it lasted, especially around New Year's, when the fireworks were colouring the snow.

I've been so rude. May I have your name?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

I'm Canada. Maggie, if you prefer. And you are?

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Grell Sutcliffe, Miss Maggie, though you may simply call me Grell.

[Maggie. Even the name is adorable.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Grell, and the 'Miss' is hardly necessary.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Then just Maggie.

A question-when you say "Canada", you don't just mean someone being funny with names, do you? [Cross-checking her information.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

No, I'm a Nation. Well, the physical representation of the country and the people and all that. It's a bit complicated to explain.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

I admit the concept is entirely foreign to me, though France explained somewhat when I asked her about it. If you are Canada, well then...[She takes an admiring glance] It must be a very beautiful nation indeed.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. It really is. Second biggest country in the world, you know. All lakes and streams and... well, just about everything you could ask for, geographically, besides desert and rainforest. The rocky coasts and the tundra are the best, if you ask me. No one does tundra as well as my territories do, bless their hearts.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

If I do end up going back home someday, then I'll make it a point to visit. I haven't gotten to see North America yet...my work has kept me in Europe. But with your descriptions, I have added incentive to make the rip.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Even just the east coast, you'll love it, I promise. Where are you from, Grell?

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

[Technically, the reaper's realm, yet...that's tricky to pinpoint.] England. I've been born and raised there. [True! Half of the whole truth.|

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Oh, what part?