Vin

[residentflorist]

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Clematis x jackmanii
Ancient Greek
klématis, "climbing plant"
Mental beauty, cunning, ingenuity

Comments

[allomantic]

If they were concerned with being fair, I doubt we would be here at all.

[frowning, though.]

I wonder what they're doing with it.

[residentflorist]

Depends on what they want from us, I think. [is she going to explain why she thinks this? no. but thank you.] With as little as it was, it could be something as simple as making sure we're here. If a box goes unclaimed and unopened that would give them information about what's happening here, wouldn't it?

[allomantic]

...You think they have some means of tracking them?

[she looks thoughtful - it's a good point.]

[residentflorist]

It wouldn't exactly surprise me. If they took all of our gear and boxed them up to send to the swamp to begin with, they could've taken the time to mark them for themselves.

[allomantic]

...I wonder if they did the same thing to us while we were sleeping.

[creepy.]

[residentflorist]

They could have. [the thing is that they really don't know for certain, and she's not going to pretend they do.] None of us know long we were asleep for, or what happened before we were left by the fire. But we are in one piece.

[so maybe it isn't that bad.]

[allomantic]

We are.

[but she sounds unsettled nonetheless. after a moment:]

...Aerith, correct?

[residentflorist]

That's right. [little nod!] And you're Vin, right? Did you manage to get how far you wanted to go?

[she is extremely aware the fog turned people around, but just wondering how that went for her.]

[allomantic]

[makes a face]

If I had, I wouldn't be here any longer.

[residentflorist]

You never know. Some people might have left and come back for something they left behind. [just. a smile. sorry vin.]

[allomantic]

It would have been foolish to leave something important behind in the first place.

[residentflorist]

Even though we didn't have any of our things yesterday in the first place? [when. vin was trying to leave??]

[allomantic]

I didn't get anything important, so I had everything I needed.

[residentflorist]

Nothing at all? Our boxes had clothes and at least one thing.

[allomantic]

I already had clothes, and the item I got back was...

[...]

Something frivolous. I didn't need it to travel. It doesn't matter, anyways. The attempt failed.

[residentflorist]

[she is getting the sense that vin really is just no-nonsense fight-focus independent-woman.]

...did you bother to keep it anyway? The item.

[allomantic]

[she's not wrong!! and she gets a nod.]

I kept it. [...] What did you get?

[residentflorist]

[even so sometimes you keep things for sentimental reasons!!! but she doesn't seem to mind answering. the profiles are out there. it's not that hard.]

My staff. I had it with me before we got here, but some of the things that were with it are still missing.

[allomantic]

[curiously:]

What's normally with it?

[residentflorist]

My materia. It's how I use my magic.

[allomantic]

Oh. So the supplies to actually make it effective are missing?

[makes a face.]

I suppose that makes sense.

[residentflorist]

Yeah. All three of us have them on-hand, but looks like whoever brought us here took everything. I can still use my staff, but just for physical attacks.

[allomantic]

They don't want us to be able to fight back more effectively. It makes sense.

[residentflorist]

[she came to the same conclusion, but she asks anyway solely to hear vin's opinion.]

What do you think that is? We still haven't seen anyone yet.