Exploring (narrative)

[lizzy_fine_eyes]

Idle hands, it has been said, are the devil's workshop, and an idly curious mind must be even more so. To this end, Elizabeth has recently taken it into her head to explore the so-called Mansion from top to bottom. It's a strange, big building, this Mansion - and who knows what she may come across

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[mayberational]

Behind that door is a normal-looking (to Lizzy, anyway) man who looks up from whatever he's doing when she enters.

[lizzy_fine_eyes]

"I beg your pardon, sir!" she exclaims, and moves as though to back out and shut the door.

[mayberational]

"There is no pardon needed, madam. You could hardly know what is behind a door in this place."

[lizzy_fine_eyes]

"All too true, sir," she says with a small laugh. "One may, as I have found out this morning, open seven doors and discover nothing but dust and cobwebs, and then open an eighth to be confronted with dozens of hissing, frightening serpents."

[mayberational]

Serpents? What did you do then?

[lizzy_fine_eyes]

Why, I shut the door just as fast as I could, and hurried away. I have never liked snakes, I confess.

[mayberational]

I cannot blame you for not wanting to deal with them.