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The ruins were...strange. For some reason, Jolyne felt certain that there was something different about them. The lack of flowers, for example. they were omnipresent everywhere else in the Garden, but here? No sign of them.

But what really seemed strange to her was that, whenever she tried to investigate them, the Vine stopped her from descending down any of the staircases. It didn't do that anywhere else. Jolyne could feel it in her gut: there was something different about this place. And she wanted to find out what it was.

A loud cry of "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA" echoed through the ruins as she tried once again to batter her way through with her Stand. Just as it had all the other times she'd tried it, the barricade stood firm, even against blows that could break through a brick wall. She gave up and stood back, sweating lightly. She couldn't beat her way in, and the Vine was too tightly wound for even her strings to penetrate. She would have to think of something else.

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At the sound, Sephiroth's attention was drawn, pulling her away from one of her patrols. "Once, we were able to enter that place. The Labyrinth was beneath."

She smiled politely. "I wouldn't damage the Vine. Not only is there no way through, but it has some sentience, and you might attract negative attention." It didn't truly trouble her, and the Vine as a whole wasn't hurt by it, but she knew the Vine could be spiteful.

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"Maybe some negative attention is just what I want," Jolyne said, stepping back and wiping off her forehead.

So this was where the labyrinth was, eh? She'd heard about that but had missed out on actually encountering it. Maybe it wouldn't be as useful as she'd hoped.

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"That is an idea." It's one she's considered before, but she isn't sure how to get a satisfactory result from doing so. "In this case, the Vine might simply consider you an enemy and decide to record you at inopportune moments."

She nods. "I'm not sure if there's some other place that can be accessed from here, but yes, once the Vine withered away, we were able to descend into the Labyrinth."

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Jolyne nodded, considering. "So you've been in there? What was it like?"

She still wasn't sure that this wasn't something important. After all, a Labyrinth was usually built to protect something at it's center...

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"I have." She remembers it quite clearly. "We were given a light to guide us, but it's completely dark otherwise, a magical darkness. I imagine those imprisoned within for breaking the rules are given no light to see by. The corridors are seemingly endless, and possibly shifting. Eventually, one is faced with convincing illusions, usually of one's worst fears."

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"Interesting." The dark didn't concern her. And illusions? She could handle that.

"What sort of rules would you have to break to get sent there, I wonder..."

If they wouldn't let her in the front door, she'd just have to make them let her in.