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."
[he is stupid for saying it but also. maybe it helps because sometimes cloud does sort of start doing things on his own that he should not be. aerith does not get to complain because she consciously wanders off without warning. but she shuts the door with a soft click and she's taking a few moments to get redressed and re-organized. it's the rustling of cloth and kicking off the flats, and she's fixing her dress and lacing up her boots before picking up the robe, shoes, and flower crown.
she opens the door again not long after, hair still down and flower crown looped over her arm. yes she's keeping it, thank you. she does not know yet that it's a gift from the cult.]
[ he's 5 so knowing aerith is changing is a little embarrassing, but he waits patiently until she's done. and then he stares, because the last time he saw her with her hair down, she was...
fine. she was fine, and it's fine, and everything is fine. :) ]
[you big baby. but yeah, perhaps it was a little mean of her to do that. and yet...]
No, I will. But I didn't want to keep you waiting. [that's really it. even if cloud was just outside the door, she sort of gets the feeling he'd get a little anxious if she was out of sight for too long.]
[ waiting for you is the implication because he wouldn't say it. also he has nothing to be anxious about she was fine? she was so fine. he looks away after a second ]
[okay maybe aerith herself is a little anxious because cloud is very much not fine but that's okay. he's fine Now. she gets the implication and she knows cloud would never vocalize it because he'd rather die than say nice things, but she does steps to the side to give him more space to enter the room.]
My turn to keep watch then. [shoo. she can braid her hair really quick while she waits, at least.]
[ he does NOT put his foot in his mouth and say it's not the same, but it is a near thing. despite the fact that i think his outfit is stupid it does not take him that long to put it on, and it is even less long before he steps back out. all soldier-y again :) yay
he is holding the flower crown for her to take. why did he never remove it. exactly for this purpose ]
... Here. Not a whole lot of them around here otherwise.
[oh good, he's learning. very proud of him. by the time he comes back she has, in fact, braided her hair and her ribbon is tied in it again. she's leaning against the wall, rocking back and forth on her heels a little, but when he holds out the crown she immediately looks a little happier. she will take it and gently hook it over her arm with the other. safety crowns.]
I know people didn't like them much, but they're still nice to have when everything else looks this dark. Maybe some of these can be saved and replanted somewhere. [sometimes you like nature and light and colors and this place is depressing as fuck.] Thank you.
... It's sort of like the slums. Maybe you'll be able to help them grow here, too.
[ he never got rid of it because he knows she care for flowers, even if he doesn't have the same sentiment about it. he doesn't think plants will help this place get less terrible! but if she wants to try maybe she could manage it, because she's aerith. ]
Probably people just didn't like being forced into them.
Yeah, maybe. [that part she's not entirely sure of given where they are, but...she is still cetra. even without the connection to the planet here, maybe that means something. maybe her monstersona that they find out about the next day will have flower gleam and glow powers. who knows.
but it's also just the idea of having something to occupy her for a little while. hopefully they won't be here for long, but just in case...they won't make the place less terrible, but they can't make it worse either.]
Can't say I don't understand that. I'm still not sure why we were changed into those robes anyway.
That's true enough. [no cloud is going to be the babysitter that's why i took it off of aerith's profile.] Not much else we can do right now anyway, as much as I hate to say it.
[boy she sure is hoping that's how cloud is taking this right now.]
How we left is still a mystery, too. [like. they were just grabbed out of nowhere? were they attacked? what the fuck happened here.] If they're looking for us, it gives him more time. But without us...[there's no winning here and she's a little worried about it! actually!]
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residentflorist) wrote2024-06-08 12:51 pm
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she opens the door again not long after, hair still down and flower crown looped over her arm. yes she's keeping it, thank you. she does not know yet that it's a gift from the cult.]
Much better.
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fine. she was fine, and it's fine, and everything is fine. :) ]
You're not braiding it?
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No, I will. But I didn't want to keep you waiting. [that's really it. even if cloud was just outside the door, she sort of gets the feeling he'd get a little anxious if she was out of sight for too long.]
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[ waiting for you is the implication because he wouldn't say it. also he has nothing to be anxious about she was fine? she was so fine. he looks away after a second ]
Guess I should change, too.
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My turn to keep watch then. [shoo. she can braid her hair really quick while she waits, at least.]
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[ he does NOT put his foot in his mouth and say it's not the same, but it is a near thing. despite the fact that i think his outfit is stupid it does not take him that long to put it on, and it is even less long before he steps back out. all soldier-y again :) yay
he is holding the flower crown for her to take. why did he never remove it. exactly for this purpose ]
... Here. Not a whole lot of them around here otherwise.
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I know people didn't like them much, but they're still nice to have when everything else looks this dark. Maybe some of these can be saved and replanted somewhere. [sometimes you like nature and light and colors and this place is depressing as fuck.] Thank you.
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[ he never got rid of it because he knows she care for flowers, even if he doesn't have the same sentiment about it. he doesn't think plants will help this place get less terrible! but if she wants to try maybe she could manage it, because she's aerith. ]
Probably people just didn't like being forced into them.
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but it's also just the idea of having something to occupy her for a little while. hopefully they won't be here for long, but just in case...they won't make the place less terrible, but they can't make it worse either.]
Can't say I don't understand that. I'm still not sure why we were changed into those robes anyway.
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... Yeah. Especially if they were just going to give our stuff back the next day.
[ what's the point? it is actually bothering him that they do not know (sacrifices) ]
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Feels like they went through more effort to do that than they did to just leave us alone. Unless it was to steal things...
[their. materia.]
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[ their MATERIA!!! ]
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Yeah. [she'll have to believe that for now.] ...as long as Yuffie doesn't get to it first.
[they have to joke about this.]
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She'll probably sniff it out like a bloodhound before we can grab it.
[ what is she, red ]
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She's probably already on the hunt as we speak. [both of you shut up.]
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[ because she will be yelling it so loud ... ]
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Maybe we should let her. It might be better for her to have something to keep her busy, even if it's unlikely we'll find anything here.
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[ he is not barret he is not playing babysitter!!!*
*he is going to play babysitter ]
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[ looking a little distant and out of it before he shakes his head ]
Tifa and the others will keep going, but they can't take Sephiroth on their own.
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No. It needs to be all of you. [...] But if they know we're gone, what are they going to do?
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... I don't know. Depends on how we left. They might try to look for us. Or they might try to at least... stall somehow.
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How we left is still a mystery, too. [like. they were just grabbed out of nowhere? were they attacked? what the fuck happened here.] If they're looking for us, it gives him more time. But without us...[there's no winning here and she's a little worried about it! actually!]
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