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[anciently]

hello out there!
first time caller - texter? - but long time globe trotting errand gal. that's how it feels, anyway.
back home, i've been traveling with a group for a while now, trying to do...something kinda similar, actually.
save the world and all.
but there are always stepping stones, you know? so we end up helping a lot of people along the way.

what i'm trying to say is: if anyone needs a buddy for the mission, count me in!

[ ... oh, right - ]

almost forgot: i'm aerith. :D
anyway, not really sure if this thing's working, so maybe someone could respond and let me know if it is?

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[anciently]

i'll have to poke around and see for myself, then.
wonder if they take requests?

[mostdangerousbird]

Is there something special you want?

[anciently]

if i get some say? yeah.
there's a place back home i spend a lot of time, and it'd be nice to have it here.
kinda like a security blanket, i guess? but way bigger.

[mostdangerousbird]

Your favorite place is a giant blanket? How giant? How tall are you?

[anciently]

that sounds pretty comfy, but not exactly what i meant.
it's a church. i grow flowers there.
i just meant that it's a big comfort to me, being in there.

[mostdangerousbird]

I'm sorry, I haven't seen any churches here. If they start building anything that looks like it might be one, I'll let you know. I know people find their faith comforting.

In the meantime, do you think Aurora would let you grow flowers somewhere else? They're getting food from somewhere; they should be able to get you seeds.

[anciently]

it's not that.
not religious, i mean.
it's abandoned, back home, and i just started using it.
but - thanks. for letting me know if you see it around.

i hope so! i saw some when i first arrived.
i think something was off about some of the varieties, though.

[mostdangerousbird]

You garden at an abandoned church?

[ Why does he think that means she grows hemlock in the graveyard? ]

That's quite the aesthetic.

What do you mean "off"? Were they biologically wrong, or just unfamiliar?

[anciently]

yup!
flowers grow really well there.
unlike the rest of the city.

[ Except her house, of course. ]

they kinda caused bad dreams, i think.
you didn't run into them?
i'm not familiar with the variety, but they were dark blooms.

[mostdangerousbird]

Yeah, flowers don't really do well in my hometown either. Not any flowers that you'd want to be around. That's probably why I didn't run into the weird ones. I'm from Gotham. I think ALL the flowers are going to cause bad dreams or worse.

[anciently]

is that what happened back home?
most of the flowers were causing bad dreams?

[ "Or worse?" ]

[mostdangerousbird]

No, but they took over Robinson Park a few years ago.

[anciently]

oh?
in a normal way - you know, like invasive species can - or...?

[mostdangerousbird]

Um. Both?

It went from city park to jungle, and there were all these crazy rumors about plants that could move.

[anciently]

move? huh.
never heard of that before.
sure it was actually plants and not a fiend or something?
i've seen plant /monsters/ before, back home.

[mostdangerousbird]

Oh yeah, there was a fiend involved. Poison Ivy was there, but I still don't know if there were plant monsters.

I wouldn't be surprised, though. Gotham is crazy. There are crocodiles in the sewers, too.

[anciently]

gotcha.
sounds pretty familiar.
with everything shinra does in and to midgar, i wouldn't be surprised if we had super-powered creatures in our sewers, too...

anyway, it's been great talking to you!
feel free to reach out again sometime, okay?
i'm gonna see if i can get a lay of the land /o