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[wonderofwonders]

Who: ??? and fellow flowers
Where: LiliS dorms
When: Day 450, evening

[ If you should happen to be in the LiliS dorms this evening you may notice that there's an extra room that wasn't there earlier this afternoon.

...oh and you can't get in or out right now. H m m m.]

Comments

[at_heart]

[ ♥ ]

Hah, that's not how it works. When you've got more points than you need, that's when you start donating to the fund. I'm putting in a thousand points every week or so.

[ every ~10 days, or once an OOC month ]

Plus, you having all your powers? That's just good for everyone. You'll need them for some games.

[wonderofwonders]

[Wow!!! But as she listens, she gets it.]

Mrrrrr... well if it's good for everyone...

[She can't argue with that.]

How much do I need to get them all?

1/

[at_heart]

They're a thousand each.

[ Grin! ]

And it definitely is. Plus, some of our powers? Pretty cool.

[ Demonstratively, he plucks a sprig of lupine out of his hair, and holds it gingerly at her eye level. Concentrates for a few seconds, and then— ]

[at_heart]

[ —the little sprig comes to life in his hand, its stem extending, more buds blooming, to coil around his wrist like a very pretty snake. ]

See?

[wonderofwonders]

[You would think she was watching the most exciting thing ever; her eyes are SPARKLING!]

I wanna be able to do that too!!

[at_heart]

[ He messed around with it a little during the Valentine's Day live, and made a few pieces like this: the stem wending, wending, wending, until he essentially has on living hand jewelry. ]

Right? This one's Rapunzel.

[ Thinking... ]

Wanna buy 'em up, then come check out our garden with me and get in some practice?

[wonderofwonders]

[Blinks.

She checks the app like he said and... it's true, she can see the points there-- and there are enough. But it's still hard not to think that it feels like a lot.]

...all of them?

[at_heart]

[ Tiniest lipquirk. This baby... ]

It's not as much as it seems like, I promise.

[wonderofwonders]

Well... if you're sure. Then--

[She pulls out her phone to access the shop, making the necessary purchases for all six of her unit abilities.]

...is that it? That was easy...!

[VIRTUAL SHOPPING. SO CONVENIENT!!]

[at_heart]

I'm very sure.

[ Grinning. ]

And yeah, buying things off your phone is definitely the easiest option. With most of the stuff we can order, though, there's a delivery fee to keep in mind, so you might wanna go to an actual store instead. There's a train you can take. We've also got horses...

[ Leading the way out into the garden, he adds somewhat carelessly over his shoulder, ]

Oh, and I've got a motorcycle, I guess.

[wonderofwonders]

[It's good advice! And she does actually take it all in. But--]

We've got horses?!

And a MOTORCYCLE?!!

[at_heart]

[ Tiniest pause, and then he pushes open the door to the garden. ]

I'll show you the horses first. They're through here.

[wonderofwonders]

[Without skipping a beat--]

Okay! [Into the garden~] What are their names?

1/

[at_heart]

[ names ] [ names? ] [ ...the horses have names? Should the horses have names???? ]

[at_heart]

Well.

[ slooooowly ]

I mean, I haven't asked them.

[wonderofwonders]

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They should have names! How else are you going to tell them apart?

[at_heart]

They — look different? There's different colors — brown and black, ones with spots, ones with... whaddya call it, socks?

[ How are you managing to make him feel guilty for not naming the horses??? ]

[wonderofwonders]

You can't just go "black one"! Or "spotty one" when you wanna call them!!

[at_heart]

Well... I don't call them, really? They wait for us in the stables until we wanna take 'em out, and...

[ Rubs the back of his neck. ]

Honestly, I don't take 'em out much. I just... keep the stables clean, feed 'em, talk to 'em...

[wonderofwonders]

Well if you name them, it'll make it easier to talk to them!

[at_heart]

[ That she doesn't think talking to horses is weird lets him miss that he admitted that out loud. Leading her over to the stable door, and then through it to the stables... ]

Maybe? I mean...

[ Actually thinking about this now, though. ]

Names're more of a people thing, aren't they? [ Opening up one stall, he retrieves a brush and just starts brushing down the flank of this particular horse, which looks quite well-cared for already, and swishes its tail comfortably while he works. ] This guy knows I'm talking to him, whether I call him 'Brownie' or... I dunno, Robert.

[wonderofwonders]

[That... makes her think too. She doesn't think people are the only things that have names-- after all, Robo-Nene is a robot but "Nene" is a name, too.]

Well... pets have names-- right? And Robo-Nene is Robo-Nene too so...! Maybe it's really just... a matter of giving names to the companions we feel attached to.

[at_heart]

[ Hrmmm. ]

But do pets want names? Or is that just, you know. Us wanting them to have names for our sake.

[ 'Robo-Nene' gets a headtilt out of him. ]

—I maybe should've mentioned, but 'people' is a pretty broad category.

[wonderofwonders]

I... don't know. I'm not even sure I've ever had a pet.

[Listen, it's okay, she doesn't understand Robo-Nene yet either.]

...This is a lot harder than I thought it would be...

[at_heart]

[ ...Well. ]

It's not like I think they're bothered by names, but... I dunno. Wish they'd come with 'em, I guess. So I at least knew 'well, he's used to it'.