un: someday, life will be fairer (open)

[untamedantinous]

The library is currently occupied. To be more precise, it is occupied by one young blond man, settled in at a large table with books spread out around him. Off to the side, there is a glass of wine, half-drunk. He looks much better than he had upon his arrival, no longer dirty and bloodstained, but still a bit fragile. Some of the marble that usually adorns his countenance has been chipped away, and he is not certain if it will come back.

He is not certain of many things, here in this strange new not-afterlife, but he is certain that both the writings of Rousseau and Voltaire exist. He has the proof, right here next to him, old friends that he is relieved to have in hand. (Someday he'll find his own copies of them, maybe.) The young fellow that had healed him -- Magnus, wasn't it -- had mentioned France becoming a republic. So in lieu of talking to people, Enjolras has chosen to dive into history books and catch himself up on the last 200 or so years.

(He'd rather read than face what lies before him here. He's not sure what to do, and he doesn't like being purposeless. There is yet time to talk, time to find Grantaire, eventually, but he doesn't want to think. Not right now.)

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[ravkanwitch]

“You can also get arrested and eat well at the same time,” Nina says very primly, “…if you know who to bribe.” Her expression isn’t clear if this is a joke or not.

[untamedantinous]

That startles a laugh out of him. “Oh, I suppose that’s true. I can’t say I’ve had the dubious pleasure, though.” He’s come closer than he would have liked, a few times, but never actually arrested.

“Do you speak from experience, then?” It’s an honest question, but he also might be teasing. Just a little.

[ravkanwitch]

“Perhaps,” Nina says a little slyly, pretending to examine her nails. “I may have had an absolutely decadent dessert before getting myself blindfolded with a hood and arrested in a maximum security prison… on purpose.”

[untamedantinous]

"And why were you in a maximum security prison, pray?" He doesn't mean to imply that 'that's exactly where a lady shouldn't be', but he kind of is, unintentionally. Mostly, though, he is honestly interested in her story.

[ravkanwitch]

"To break someone out from the inside, of course," Nina says with a little smile.

[untamedantinous]

"My, you have done some interesting things." It has never been an easy thing for him to make friends, he is certainly not at his best when talking to ladies; but treating them just the same as he treats any of his friends is seeming to work in his favor here. "You must tell me more of them, if you wish, some time."

[ravkanwitch]

“Absolutely,” she says with a smile. “I think we have many stories to exchange.”