Daan

[residentflorist]

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Digitalis
Old English folklore said that foxes wore the flowers on their paws
to silence movement and stealthily stalk prey.
Healing, pain, insincerity, insecurity

Comments

[recession]

I'd hope so. I'd just rather avoid more targeted questions or worse, people thinking it's cute. I would've liked to see about getting a trim, but it looks like it'll have to wait...

[residentflorist]

Oh, so I take it you've seen the salon we just got. [conversational.] I wonder if pinning them back would make them look less...obvious.

[recession]

I did.

[ Slight bump under the hood, perhaps like an ear twitch happened. ]

It's fine, it's already been weeks overdue. Another day won't make it worse.

[residentflorist]

[watching in mild fascination...]

At most it'll be 12 hours which is still by tomorrow. But maybe it'll be shorter? I changed back into myself after six last week.

[recession]

Let's hope that it won't last the full set then.

[ Unfortunately it will. ]

Avoided them today?

[residentflorist]

[NO DAAN YOUR EARS.]

Seems like it! I'm myself and everything. [she's not, it just does not affect anybody except literally one person but that's what makes it funny.] People have been pretty nice about the things they hit me with over the last several weeks.

[recession]

[ Help, the targeted curse. ]

I don't think I've been hit by one since... I don't know, the second week I've been here? Maybe the third, it was early-on. Both overall, but I think it was also a Monday.

Guess my luck's run out,

[residentflorist]

Was that after you and Suguru were forced to hate each other? That was the first week, right? People have been throwing these things around since the beginning they all start to blend together after a while. At least there was a nice little break?

[recession]

After. The incident with Mr. Geto was the earliest of them all.

[ Literally the second they all got powers unlocked. Very funny. ]

[residentflorist]

I didn't even notice back then...but it was probably too early to really know how people would react to each other. [oof.]

...part of it is probably also because you've been a big help on that side of things. People should know better than to put you at a detriment when things can go so wrong so fast.

[the other part is she thinks people probably avoided it until now because daan was. so miserable.]

[recession]

We were all still just getting to know each other, so I don't blame you. There was a lot to take in to start with.

[ I WISH THIS WERE TRUE BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T EVER GET CURSED IN ANY GAME WAHHHHH ]

[residentflorist]

[i would curse you but also daan needs a break so next time.]

And now that we're near the end? What are you thoughts on everything and everyone?

[recession]

[ However consider that you could. ]

On everything? Still a lot of doubts, a lot of uncertainties as to where we're going, how it'll go.

On everyone? I have faith in every person here to pull through.

[residentflorist]

[no!!! not my daan!!]

One of those I'm not so surprised by. [the former.] But the latter makes me happy to hear. I think I feel the same. After everything, I believe in everybody crossing the finish line and then...you know. Figuring it out from there. That's gonna look different for every person.

[recession]

...Yeah.

[ It's honestly a lot. There's a dull pulse of uncertainty again at the prospect of thinking about the future. ]

Everyone's come from pretty dangerous times and places, huh?

[residentflorist]

[a twinge of sadness at the mention of the future.]

Yeah. A lot of us are going from this right back into something difficult to deal with. I hope everyone manages to go safely, but after talking to so many people it's much worse than I imagined.

[recession]

No kidding. Didn't know that going back to the exact moment was such a huge thing for this many of you.

[ Are you all okay? ]

[residentflorist]

[hmmmmm.]

There's a very high chance that if we don't go back to exactly where we were, we won't even have a planet anymore.

[so no.]

[recession]

That's pretty bad.

[ Concedes.......... ]

[residentflorist]

[a pause.]

...and...there's a pretty big chance that if it's not at a very specific time...

[...she pauses again actually because it's something she's kind of wanted to tell him for some time, because she trusts him, but she's always hesitated because daan's mental health is fragile and she doesn't want to a.) make it worse or b.) make shit about her.

so she flips the page and course-corrects from what she wanted to say.]

It'd end poorly in a few different ways. Sephiroth has ruined a lot of things, and will continue to do so if he's not stopped.

[recession]

[ STOP!!! MY LORE!!! ]

I really do hope for the best for you, and that you... well, succeed, for lack of a better and more concise way to say it.

[ A shooting star on his cr chart for a reason. He wishes for her genuine happiness in her future and everyone that contributes to it. ]

From everything you've told me, there's a lot still waiting for you.

[residentflorist]

[i'm forcing lore on you in week 7 or so help me!!!

the emotional vibe is just...very soft for a second. other people have said it, yes, but somehow daan's always kind of had a special place in her rankings of people. so hearing him verbalize it is nice.]

Thank you. [genuinely, because goddamn she hopes they succeed. they need to. there's really no other option.] It's...a little different for me than for Cloud and Yuffie. But if I can find a way here, maybe it won't be. That's what I'm hoping for.

[recession]

Another one of those slight microdifferences between your experiences?

[ What lore he got from Marina actually doesn't contradict anything that happened in his own timeline so he only has heard this secondhand from like. I guess the BG3s, help me. ]

[residentflorist]

[did you know i only learned the bg3s are from different timelines, like, a few days ago. i hate everyone

anyway...well. she sort of grins but it isn't exactly one of her usual bright ones. more like "well, this happened."]

I think it's more of a very major difference, even though the chain of events is exactly the same for all three of us.

[recession]

[ Help. ]

Oh?

[ No guarantees that he'll like understand anything but it's just open-ended enough for him to ask. ]