dark of night, the park

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

Zhaan had spent the day inventorying her shop and realizing that she missed the excitement of Moya. Hectic though it may have been, there'd been something that confirmed being alive when surrounded by chaos.

Death and destruction, and the innate... Thanks to Crichton, she could call it humanity. Watching him struggle with first understanding, and later with Aeryn. Forcing her to be more, forcing all of them to accept the same. Peacekeeper, hynerian dominar, thieving tralk, warrior, and priestess with a checkered past.

So after finishing for the day, she took herself to the park, gazing at the stars and wondering if Earth had as many modes of weather as humans had moods during the day.

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[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Darla was bored of being a good girl... so as soon as it was dark, she took herself out to town.

In the park she saw a beautiful, statuesque women who, if the night wasn't deceiving her, was... blue.

Darla wondered what her blood tasted like, but only idly. Instead, she crossed to her and looked up. "Wondering what the stars have in store for you?" she asked.

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

Glancing sideways, Zhaan smiled slightly, "I know what was once in store for me. Now..." Now, it was a million possibilities, despite being lost on this planet of humanity. "Now I'm not so certain."

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"Just think how boring it would be if you always knew what was coming next?"

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

"There are times when I miss stability. Knowing there was a rhythm to the universe and a set time for life's parts." Zhaan shook her head, "But only at times when life seems bleak."

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"I don't believe there is stability in the universe. Just chaos changing too slowly for us to recognize." Darla smiles wryly. "It's only when life seems bleak that I wish chaos was not the law of the universe."

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

"But my dear," Zhaan can't see her eyes, but they're now slightly luminous, catching the glow from the moon and stars, "Chaos and our reactions to it are what prove we are alive."

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"Aware, at least," she murmured. "But you're right. I'd much rather chaos than entropy. Even the sort of chaos that doesn't go my way."

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

For just a moment, she remembered the chaos of the wormhole, destroying everything as it sliced cleanly through layers of space. Then she blinked and there were merely stars and a lonely young woman. "All things end." A flicker of a smile touched her lips again, "Unless they are merely beginning again anew."

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"How very philosophical. Sometimes they end and then begin again." Darla turns her face up to the stars again. "Why do the beginnings hurt so much? You'd think the endings would be the pain."

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps the endings taught us nothing." Zhaan looked down, considering this.

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"And perhaps the endings taught us to not stop fighting." Darla turns to her. "Are you really... blue?"

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

"Yes." Zhaan replies, to both comments. She does not ask if Darla's a real blonde.

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"Okay. Blue. I'm used to green or red, but blue... why not?" She laughs into the night. "And sometimes, the universe teaches you that you haven't encountered everything yet."

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

"My dear, if I understand Earth history correctly, I have been alive longer than any of your nations have been sovereign. And I still find myself surprised anew quite often."