self care live

[sancrimony]

Who: emotional support lucifels & you
Where: hotel lobby
When: day 156, all day but this live will start at around noon

[ a corner of the hotel lobby has been claimed with sensitIV pink tent with the rod of Aesculapius emblazoned on all sides, with a booth in front of it. there's a sign on the booth, but it's been marked up and many items have been struck from the menu, with neat red marker-writing underlining changes. ]

MEDICAL AND DISTRESS ASSISTANCE MENU:
FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
Medical Exam - ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION
Basic Treatment - ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION
Basic Repairs - ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION
Advanced Repairs - DO I LOOK LIKE INTENSITY TO YOU
Listening to your problems - TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION
Cuddling - TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION FOR 1 HOUR, 50 POINTS PER HOUR AFTER LIMIT 1 HOUR
Massage - TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION LIMIT 1
Counseling Session - THREE PIECES OF INFORMATION
Helpful Advice - 100 PTS, 3 PIECES OF INFORMATION
Honesty - 150 PTS
Healing - 300 PTS
♥A Happy Ending♥ - 500 PTS
Tea & Company
Light Sparring
Homemade Dinner (set up appointment)

[ there's an electric kettle and a teapot, along with cups available on standby, and lucifel is behind the booth with a book in his hand, reading to whittle away the time. it's a quiet live day today ]

Comments

[maleficafe]

[comes by and places a bouquet each of lavender and st. john's wort on the table]

Here. You can have these.

[sancrimony]

. . . Eh?

[ slow blink ]

What is this for . . . ?

[maleficafe]

Relaxation. Calmness. This is a natural anti-depressant.

[points to the bouquet of st. john's wort]

I thought they might help people feel better.

[sancrimony]

. . . Ah - thank you.

[ with a smile, then ]

Is it something to be ingested, or something to be smelled? Should I hang the flowers in the tent . . . ?

[maleficafe]

You can eat them in small doses, and lavender is used in cooking, but for relaxation a good way to use them would be aromatherapy. Putting a few sprigs on your bath water, for example. You could also hang them up if you like the smell.

[sancrimony]

I see.

. . . Maybe, with this, I could give smaller bouquets . . . or little packets, perhaps - for people to put into their baths, as gifts to take with them? That would be nice, I think . . . Thank you, Lavender-san.

[maleficafe]

You're welcome. If you need more I can get some. These are the plants that grow in our garden for me and John, so we always have a lot to go around.

How are you doing?

[sancrimony]

I see . . .

[ with a nod ]

Thank you - I think we have lavender in our garden, but John-san's flower is something we certainly don't have, so I'll certainly ask for more if I end up running out.

[ and, he's starting to undo the bouquets, so he can see the spread of stems ]

Mmm . . . I'm doing better than most people could be, I think. My journey into that house was not nearly so harrowing as others' were.

[maleficafe]

Have you talked with Amaranth?

[sancrimony]

[ abruptly, suddenly, his smile and friendly demeanor drops - not that he becomes hostile so much as it's like he's forgotten himself, where he is ]

. . . No -

She played in the game. . . ?

[maleficafe]

[nods]

She hasn't come back to LiliS. She said she would be fine, but... I'm still worried about her. So I was wondering if she'd gone to you or Persephone.

[sancrimony]

. . . I was in a different dorm last night, so I couldn't say she visited us.

[ shit ]

. . . Well. I'll let you know if I see her.

[maleficafe]

Okay. Thank you. She's probably with avante, but... mm.

[sancrimony]

avante en garde? Why there?

[maleficafe]

Because she and Cardigan are lovers.

[sancrimony]

[ i don't remember if i knew this information or not






but now i do. ]

[maleficafe]

[now you do]

I think they are, anyway. They're very romantic with each other.

[sancrimony]

That's -

Ahh, that's wonderful! I'm glad she has someone here . . .

[maleficafe]

I hope they take care of each other... I'll feel better about her leaving, that way.

[sancrimony]

Mmm . . .

In that case, I'll most certainly visit avante en garde later. Cardigan-san and I are on good terms.

[maleficafe]

You are? That's good.

Thank you, Lucifel.

[sancrimony]

It's not a problem at all. Thank you for the bouquets, Lavender-san -

[ with a pause ]

Have a cup of tea?

[maleficafe]

Sure.

[sits down for tea]

[sancrimony]

[ getting her a cup, then ]

. . . How was the game, for you?

[maleficafe]

[curls her fingers around it and just absorbs the warmth]

... scary. Especially when people were trying to kill me, or the person I was with. They came close, once. But I was lucky and got away. Camellia got hurt, but we were able to stay alive. John and Amaranth protected us, but Amaranth...

[stares into the tea for a moment]

There were spirits there. Angry, vengeful spirits. I think one of them took her.