014 :: Audio

[itsjustafruit]

Good little flower
Bloom for old Uncle Crowley
And you get to live

[ooc: Delivering a haiku-encouragement to his plants. All replies will be haikus.]

Comments

[dignity_misery]

Doesn't water usually do it?

[itsjustafruit]

Water is a sop
Threats are like fertilizer
Just bloom baby, bloom

[dignity_misery]

...flowers don't have ears.

[itsjustafruit]

They're sensitive still
Funny that - they hear me fine
Love my way with words

[dignity_misery]

Love?

[itsjustafruit]

Fear if you prefer
Oh how doth my garden grow?
Honeyed words don't work

[dignity_misery]

Docile flowers or terrified flowers. Which are prettier.

[itsjustafruit]

A false distinction
Fearful flowers are docile
Docile flowers fear

[dignity_misery]

It doesn't matter, I just wanted to hear another one.

[Of your clever haikus.]

[itsjustafruit]

I've heard that before
I think you must have missed me
Or lunch on my tab

[unflagging]

Did it bloom or do we need to organize a Round-Up firing squad for the execution?

[itsjustafruit]

Nothing so overt
Setting an example works
Fear from its fellows

[unflagging]

Oh, sure. Like the Romans: if no one soldier confesses to a wrongdoing, kill ten of his comrades. If you get lucky, you kill the guilty party. If you don't, well, he's learned his lesson. You're just practicing it on a more elevated level.

Hope it works for you. What kind of plant is it, anyway?

video;

[mortemscintilla]

Wh-what are you doing?

[ Stop threating flowers
That is plant abuse
Tears flow freely 8( ]

[itsjustafruit]

African violet
Its blooms are lacking in verve
It needs discipline

video

[itsjustafruit]

It's called gardening
I am killing with kindness
Perhaps just killing

video

[mortemscintilla]

[ What did the flowers ever do to you? 8( ]

You really think they can understand you?

[dignity_misery]

The latter.

[Because admitting she likes people is gross and she has already gone over her exposure of vulnerabilities quota with Crowley.]

Re: video

[itsjustafruit]

I know that they can. [The video shifts to show a lush collection of houseplants.]
They understand everything
With some reminders

video

[mortemscintilla]

So they're almost like prisoners.

[itsjustafruit]

Such an honest girl
Feeding you would break budgets
Some budgets, not mine

Re: video

[itsjustafruit]

They're all free to go
I would love to see them try
Running on root feet?

[dignity_misery]

You don't have a budget.

[When she got to this town, the magic bothered her. It was something she had no ability to control and that made her anxious. She's learned a little bit about accepting that in the past year. Long story short, she knows he can feed her as much as he wants to without spending a dime.]

video

[mortemscintilla]

I rest my case. They can't go anywhere.

But if they're sentient, you should be nicer to them.

[ Li, what are you? Savior of the Flora? ]

video

[itsjustafruit]

It's not my nature
The plants have their lot in life
And I have mine, yes?