Vin

[residentflorist]

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

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[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.