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[The Vine shows a woman lounging in the grass. She's on the lean side, green eyed, and crowned with a messy head of vividly red hair. There are marks on her face that might be tattoos: a single scarlet slash under each eye. She looks as if she started to get dressed but grew bored or tired midway through the attempt. She's wearing nothing but a white dress shirt, half-buttoned, a black bra, and black underwear. A cat with a scroll in its mouth is pawing at her as she yells at the trees, probably not for the first time.]

Hey, Rude! You there? Come on.

[She sighs, impatiently. Maybe she should actually go look for whoever she's calling for, but she doesn't stir. That would be too much effort. The cat is insistent, and she turns toward it instead.] Get lost, kitty. I already read that. Last thing I need is cats telling me what to do.

[Yet she doesn't seem too bothered, and when the cat starts batting her hand, she bats back, playfully. When she finally notices the mirror, she cocks her head at it, then leans forward and taps it. She makes a face in it, experimentally, then sticks her tongue out at it.]

Is this a joke? It's not fucking funny. [Wait. If it were a prank, it would actually be an awesome one.] Heh. Maybe it's a little funny.

This would have to happen on my day off. So, what's up, plant mirror thing?

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[Her eyebrows are raised in tribute to the speed with which Reno has put on her pants-- and at her reaction in general.]

I take it your experience of the Ge- Sephiroth is different from mine. I'm not sure how she can be here, but she is-- and decidedly UNdead as well. [She fiddles with the pencil behind her ear.

In my universe, Sephiroth is a hero of the people-- and the administration, of course. He's been MIA these past few years, but he's still thought of very highly. The Sephiroth here in the Gardens seems to be from a universe where the mass desertion of SOLDIER hasn't occurred. Did that-- has that happened in your universe?

She smiles, in part because Reno isn't.
I've gotten to know her a bit, actually. She's really quite nice. Very polite, and very serious. Helpful, as well-- and very Company-minded.

Uh, no way, Reeve. No, no. [She's just going to accept the whole "Reeve" thing right now, in light of other things being more weird and alarming. Besides, the more she talks to this chick, the more she does seem weirdly like Reeve.] Those SOLDIERs going nuts? Yeah, that happened. But it wasn't as bad as what happened later.

My universe was like that, too. General Sephiroth, world's greatest hero, Shinra's finest, all that crap. Then he went missing.

When he came back, he killed everybody. [Reno is being hyperbolic, but not that hyperbolic. Her pants are on now, but she's not sure which direction is the right one to go in to run away from wherever Sephiroth is.]

I see. That's-- I wish that hadn't been the case in your universe, I really do. [She isn't quite sure just how hyperbolic Reno is being, but she doesn't discount the notion that something of the sort might have happened. Anything is possible!]
Nothing like that has happened in my universe. Fortunately.

The Sephiroth here in the Gardens seems intent on looking out for me-- due to my executive status? She feels it's her duty. And really, she's been fine! Completely fine. [Lies and more lies to be explained later, not right now when Reno is obviously ready to make a break for it at any moment.]

Actually, she's been staying with me-- since she hadn't really built a habitable place of her own and didn't care for the other options.
[Smile!]

Uh yeah, it happened in my universe. That's cause my universe is in the future. It's gonna happen in your universe too, because it's Sephiroth, and like I said, Sephiroth is a monster--I don't care if she is a chick.

White Nightmare, that's what we call him.

[Great. Lady Reeve is batshit insane. If this was any other executive from the old days, she would hardly give a shit, but Reeve is kind of okay sometimes, at least the Reeve she knows. Living with Sephiroth. That sure can't go wrong!] Get the fuck out of there.

Sephiroth. Killed. Everyone.

[She's taken aback, but in her experience, keeping a (mostly/apparently) cool head is essential when considering even the most emotional matter. This Reno has her strengths, but she doubts that a command of even the basic theories of physics is among them.]

I see. I'm so very sorry, I truly am. But. There are no absolutes in this situation. Given that there are multiple universes, there must by multiple outcomes arising from the same basic set of variables. What I mean is, what you've described isn't necessarily going to happen in her world or in mine, simply because it happened in yours. You're not actually from "the" future, Reno. You're simply from "a" future.

[She sighs, feeling a little disheartened. White Nightmare indeed. The Sephiroth she knows takes hi- her duty so seriously. Such a thing could never happen. Could it?]

I don't mean to sound so-- clinical. It's actually quite saddening to know that those things could happen to people and places I know well, even if I don't know them as myself.

[Science guys. They just don't get it. Think everything's gotta be about science. Yeah, having everything be about science really turned out great. Well, it's too much to expect that Reeve would be smart like a Turk.]

I get it. Different universes. In yours, Rude is a dude and you're a chick. [Guy Rude does sound kind of hot. (As Reeve hasn't explicitly said that there's a male Reno, she hasn't picked up on that yet.)]

Sephiroth's not like us. Like I said, it doesn't matter if he's a chick, he--she-- [How's she supposed to explain it?] You know, how Sephiroth's got those weird eyes and looks creepy and isn't the same as everybody else? Well, there's a reason for that. She's not human. She's worse than those other SOLDIERs, the worst thing you can imagine.

So it doesn't matter. Something bad's gonna happen, no matter what.

[Looking as beleaguered as only an executive used to having her opinion discounted can, Reeve squares her shoulders and carries on. Chuckling ruefully, She puts up her hands, as if to forestall further argument.]

All right, Reno. Consider your dire portents heard! I suppose in the end we'll never know who is right, which is probably for the best. At any rate, nothing bad seems likely to happen here-- at least not anything that Sephiroth is capable of doing. The Queen has powers that seem to trump even the most powerful among us.
I don't know what I'll do if someone else I know but don't know appears in this place!

She smiles, running a hand through her hair. Well, you seem like yourself. Apart from the obvious fact of your being a woman, of course.

Oh, you'll find out who's right. I already know. [Can't argue with some people. What's she supposed to do? Reeve doesn't even work for Shinra anymore. Uh, regular Reeve doesn't.]

I still don't think you get it, but it's your funeral. [Reno considers. It's not that she doesn't take in everything Reeve's saying. She files it all away, but she ignores half of it for now, as her voice suddenly grows colder.] Don't you tell her about me.

[Reeve has heard that tone of voice before, but never directed at her. Turks. She supposes they're the same in any universe. Ruthless. She feels what she estimates is the appropriate amount of apprehension. But she's never let apprehension dictate her actions, and she won't start now.]

Yes well, my funeral isn't at issue here-- at the moment at least. In any case, I can't see what harm it would do to tell her that I know you in my existence. I'd rather not lie to her any more than I have to-- and I've already had to.
It's not as if she would know you at all! You'd be a neutral party to her-- for the most part.

[The coldness in her voice doesn't exactly fade, but a little heat warms it up.] Reeve, are you crazy? [Wait. Stupid question. Even regular Reeve is sort of crazy.] If you tell her I'm a Turk, she's gonna be all over me with questions, dumbass. Or she's at least gonna want to talk to me. That is not going to happen. Do we have an understanding?

[She snorts.] What do you mean you'd "rather not lie any more"? You're one of the biggest liars ever. Just open your mouth. A lie'll probably fall right out.

[She's taken aback to such an extent that she actually laughs. Briefly. And it's more like a single "Ha!" than anything else. It's true. She doesn't stick at lying when she's feels it's necessary. Which seems to be the case more and more these days, unfortunately.]

Well. I don't know about that, Reno. But-- and I say this with reservations, I do see your point. I don't particularly like it, but I do see it. I'd also rather you didn't discuss some of the matters you've been hashing out with me with her, so maybe it would be best.

Very well! Your secret is safe with me. At least for the time being. So, yes. We have an understanding, Reno.

[She relaxes. That's better. Reeve might be a liar, but if you can get Reeve to listen, he--she's not so bad. Lying's a good skill, in Reno's book, as long as it's being used for her benefit.]

I know all about it. [She nods knowingly.]

Just see that you keep that agreement. [She gives one last dark look before moving on.] Don't you worry, I'm not going to tell Sephiroth anything. [She'd shudder, if Turks did things like shuddering.] Last thing I ever want to do is talk to Sephiroth, even if she is a chick.

[Which reminds her...] Wait, you said I'm a guy in your world?

Edited 2011-04-21 06:13 (UTC)

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