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Lilium
Derived from Latin lilia, which may have come from a corrupted
pronunciation of a word from an extinct Eastern Mediterranean language
Humility, devotion, restored innocence after death

"Lovers used to give these when they were reunited."

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[ well that's fine he can hold her and try to keep his own feelings down to not add to the mess of feelings she's trying to deal with right now. if he runs his hand through her hair enough maybe it will help? he is so useless at this she needs a better boyfriend but her only other option is the ghost of evil zacks in this room so he will do his best ]

[zack's not even evil he was just so vague and she's so mad about it. EXPLAIN, SCIENTIST ZACK.

eventually though...from where she is, she says very quietly:]

I didn't want to die again. [which maybe is. a choice. but this keeps happening every time she comes to terms with actually being dead (?) at home and coming back. but a lot of her fears came from being chased and cornered again, dying alone and knowing she wouldn't be the one to stop a friend from hurting themselves or other people.]

[ [scientist zack voice] no

... what's there to say to that? she did. she did and there was nothing he could've done about it. it just makes his heart hurt, because aerith deserves to be living this over and over again the least out of everyone he knows. ]

You're okay now. [ the apology's on the tip of his tongue, but it's not helpful. not that saying this is any more helpful, probably. ]

[it's...something. yeah, she's okay. they're both here, everyone's still alive (ish), and everything's...yeah? hard to say, really, when she's still not entirely sure why zack is here and if she's even fully here, but that's. not something she needs to tell cloud because it's obviously not true. so she nods slowly, still sinking into him and clinging onto him for the time being.]

[ that's fine he can wrap both arms around her and hold her close as long as she needs. ]

... You're back now.

[ he really has no real platitudes to give this is horrid ]

[it's fine. she knows cloud isn't the best at this but not necessarily for a lack of trying. she'll figure it out. all she cares about is being with him at the moment anyway.]

...found that room you were talking about, too.

[ oh. ]

The one with the items?

[ pet pet. guess yuffie has some now? ]

Yeah, they took two of them. We couldn't grab them, just like you guys. But it was a multicolored lizard with a whole lot of teeth, and a rusted iron spike. One in a bottle, one in a box.

... Wonder if that's what they're always stored in.

[ multicolored lizard with teeth is a nightmare. he pets her ]

That's two more items they've got, then.

Yeah...they're building quite a collection. [the pets are nice, they are actually really helping calm her down to a quiet, more chill aerith who closes her eyes and stops staring at hallucination zack.]

How many more do you think we need to take?

... I don't know. [ he keeps petting her, because that's easy. ] We don't have a number of ingredients needed on our end. But... maybe four, with next week and the one after that.

[ imagine being wrong about when cyoas are gonna happen ]

[pets are nice, especially since she's also kind of shivering. she wanted less fabric because injuries, but also...cold...]

It sounds like they still aren't even sure what to do with them in the first place. [they do not know another cyoa happened this week yet.]

Neither are we. [ she's shivering so he grabs at the blanket, tugging it around her before holding her again ] Either we'll find out or they will. We just need more information.

[busy cocooning with him, bye.]

We still have a new tome from yesterday's party. That should open on Sunday if the pattern's still true. Maybe something there will help.

Yeah. If there is, we'll let them know. [ cocoons her away from weird zack forever ] But that's Sunday. You don't have to worry about that yet.

...then...should I be worried about something else? [a genuine question. she's just trying to re-calibrate her feelings.]

Yeah. [ very serious. ] You need to worry about getting better and resting.

[ :/ ]

[considering the vibes are still mildly dizzy and nauseated, that is probably wise. busy burrowing for cuddles, sorry to say]

I should check on the others later.

It can wait until tomorrow. They need their rest, too.

[ trying to appeal to that sense ]

And I still need to write letters. [she says, as her eyes are closed.]

That can wait, too. We might get some others tomorrow. Just... rest, alright? I'll be here when you wake up.

[the emotions are immediately !?]

I don't want to go to sleep. [irrational, but also...she'd been at her own house on that island, too, and fell asleep there before waking up in the lab.]

[ you are falling asleep right now woman ]

... Okay. [ he lets it go because actually it doesnt matter she won't stay awake on her own lbr ] So what do you want to do?

I don't know. Just...talk to me, I guess? [reaffirm that she is here and actually herself.]

Okay. Well...

[ he's trying to think of what to talk about. he is not a dialogue person. he tries to think of literally anything to talk about ]

The, uh, chocobo's been digging around a lot. I think he wants to start a treasure pile, but he's only finding garbage.

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