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[ Aerith appears to have finally decided to get around to using her communicator more, now that she's had some time to get settled in and explore (and also establish that there really isn't anyone she knows from home around here). Her hair looks a little damp and her face a little flushed, like she's been out in the rain, but she's smiling, an empty basket in her hands. ]

I don't suppose there are very many flowers growing around here, are there? It looks like it might take a little time to get back in business since I have to work from scratch.

[ She shifts the basket aside, pointing the camera toward a raw patch of earth that she's clearly been tilling, dug right down into in a particularly large section of missing/damaged pavement. There's a scattering of flowers there, growing just as resiliently as ever in a place where they have no business being. ]

No place is too gloomy for me to work with. Soon, I'll be able to fill the whole basket! I'll accept orders in advance, limit one per person.

[ She laughs faintly, playful, teasing, and turns the camera upward again. ]

Do you think—"they" would allow something like a flower shop around here, anyway? If I'm going to be here awhile, it may not be a bad idea to keep busy. —Busy-er.

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[Flowers.] Could I come visit your flowers? I don't wanna take any, I just wanna see them. [Please, pretty lady?]

I'm sure the locals wouldn't mind a little more color around. It's kind of gloomy as it is.

[Then again, Luke grew up on a desert planet, so all of the rain is OK with him.]

I think that may depend on which "they" you mean. But it's unfortunate how resistant the soil here is, though with work it may yield beautifully.

[ at least she imagines it might. not like she's gonna see it or anything. ]

I don't think anyone could object to flowers.

[ unless they were massively anti-fun ]

Who's they?

There aren't! But do you know, I managed to salvage a few interesting seeds and specimens from the ancient beach we were recently taken to. If you have a great fondness for plants, then I could trust a few seeds in your hands, I'm sure.

It would take awhile to grow enough to sell, though, if they grow at all... The climate here is so very different. If only there was a way to mimic that atmosphere, then they would stand a better chance.

Edited 2013-08-19 21:25 (UTC)

[Before two months of being in a dark, dank, and dreary city, Elena had spent a long sojourn in a desert. Flowers are a welcome sight. There's a laugh in her voice when she responds.]

If 'they' don't allow flowers, then you can count me in as part of the revolution.

[ She laughs, a little. ]

Of course! They're not really "my" flowers... I just happened to grow them in the first place I could manage.

It has its charms...

[ She says it with a hint of irony, like it's a joke. It kind of is, but then again it also does actually have its charms. In its way.

...yeah she hasn't quite warmed to it entirely yet. ]

It would be a lot worse if nothing would grow at all. I've seen a few plants, at least.

I just meant whoever's in charge of the yeas and nays of starting businesses, I guess.

[ She imagines it would be those "Initiative" folk but who knows, anymore. This place is nothing but surprises. ]

These ones were already struggling to come up, so I made it a little easier for them. We'll just have to hope it works.

[ nobody listens to those people anyway. ]

Hmm... maybe someone who doesn't like bees? Those tend to come included in the deal.

[ Which, come to think of it, she hasn't seen any yet. Could be a problem. ]

The people responsible for this place. And everything else that goes on around here, I guess.

An ancient beach?

[ ANCIENT??? It definitely catches her interest, at the very least. ]

I don't know if I'm quite up to that task, but I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Most of my gardening is pretty amateur.

As long as the rebel faction doesn't step on the flowerbed!

[ A laugh; it's an inside joke. ]

Hopefully it won't come down to that.

Yes, they said it was ancient, but it was in the sky! We flew there! I don't quite understand it myself, but it was fascinating.

I'm still rather new to it as well! In this sense, at least... To try to create something from nothing is so very different from what I learned at home.

Don't worry, I'll be sure to be careful. How did you get them to grow like that? I have a hard time getting things to grow that aren't on a broken sidewalk.

It'll be good for them to face their fears.

[ unless they're allergic. that may be a problem. ]

And they make you happy, right?

Trust me, I know all about how nice it is to see something green once in a while. All of my childhood memories are of sand...

who's they?

As long as you aren't doing anything particularly disruptive I don't believe the Initiative cares what you do.

I don't see why they wouldn't! A place like this could definitely use a bit of greenery around, so I know that I wouldn't mind something like that at least.

I wonder if that wouldn't be anyone interested in buying flowers. I know you wouldn't be the first I've spoken to who had such ambitions. [ though not for flowers, she just means business. ]

I'm afraid I don't know a lot about gardening directly, but it does seem like it would be a trying task. The results usually justify it, I'm sure.

Why flower

That part is a nice change.

[ She doesn't remark on childhood memories, tending her little budding flowers off-screen. And then mentions sort of out of the blue, ]

I haven't seen any bees lately.

Bees?

[Huh.]

What do bees have to do with it?

[Sorry, Aerith. He really doesn't know much about plants.]

Edited 2013-08-21 20:22 (UTC)

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