Flower Time! [OTA]

[ancientflower]

♥ Who: Aerith, flowers and you!
♥ Where: Everywhere!
♥ When: Any time before Event day!
♥ What: Aerith wants to enjoy the flowers and a good time!
♥ Rating: PG.


✿ I: Botanical Garden:
[This place was magical to her. It was so full of life. It invigorated her! There is a place she likes in particular, a patch of flowers that look so similar to ones back home, though they're blue and purple rather than yellow...

You'll find her wandering around, occasionally talking to the flowers (not that they actually talk back!), touching them or sitting on a bench basking in the warmth she feels from the flowers around her and the sweet, rich scent they emit.]

✿ II: Zoo:
Now would you look at you! [Aerith had never been to a zoo before and she had been uncertain about coming here, but now she has no regrets in it! The animals here are all so very strange.

Take this one for example. Such a long neck! And stripes? She'd never seen anything like it in her life. Though most of the animals here will be unlike anything she had ever seen. The only animals she has ever met in person are cats and dogs and the occasional bird.]

✿ III: Festival of Flowers:
[A festival made for this flower girl! Aerith will be found sat in the sun a great deal, usually surrounded by flowers and looking very much at peace just weaving chains of pretty, colourful flowers for any who pass by.]

(a): [Aerith can be found on a bench with flowers in her lap, and several woven into the braid hanging over her shoulder. Why don't you let her show you how it's done?]

(b): [A soft, sweet voice can be heard singing what sounds like a lullaby. It's evening and Aerith is still out, loath to leave and return to the quiet of her home. So she sits, legs crossed in a patch of grass, humming and singing to herself. Or the flowers. Does it seem like they turn to listen? Surely that's your imagination!]

(c): [Closed to Cloud]

Come on, Cloud! [Aerith had a good grip of her bodyguards hand and was tugging him along with her, as was her way, since he was being reluctant again. Things would be so much better if he'd just admit he loved fun things and skipped along with her!

She paused for a moment, that mental image causing a sudden laugh and then a shudder. No, that would not work for Cloud at all!

There was a patch of flowers ahead, in front of a bench. Lots of tiny, colourful and sweet smelling flowers that she intended to pick a few of.]

You'll love this!

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[silversoldier]

[ Sephiroth didn't so much as blink when Aerith brought out her phone. He was used to people taking pictures of him. It was part and parcel of who he was. Admittedly, it was never his favorite thing by any stretch of the imagination but he also couldn't be bothered to prevent it. When it came down to it Sephiroth really didn't care about most things (or people). ]

I see.

[ He sat there in silence, actually taking the time to appreciate the moment for once. After a little while, he closed his eyes. ]

[ancientflower]

[Aerith watched him for a handful of seconds before she scooted a little closer to sit beside him, leaning against his side lightly as she went back to finishing off the flower crown she'd been working on earlier, with the flowers she had left.

She felt relaxed, even with the haunting things Sephiroth had told her, she knew that she was safe with him at her side.]

[silversoldier]

[ Sephiroth had been burdened by knowledge or a frustrating lack thereof for years now, always teetering between the two seemingly without much to show for it. It was only his remarkable ability to compartmentalize that let him keep his sanity through it all though even he had to admit that his tolerance for more of this ambiguity was at an all time low when he first arrived in Havenwell.

And now it was happening again.

Still, with the unexpected yet somehow comforting weight of Aerith's body against his side and the warm breeze caressing his skin all didn't seem so bad at the moment. Sephiroth leaned them both against the bench, flipping his braid carefully over the back in the process. He extended his arm along the back of the bench and behind Aerith. ]

These plants, what do they tell you?

[ancientflower]

[Her smile softened when Sephiroth seemingly relaxed and she settled more against him, even going so far as to lift her legs onto the bench beside her. She felt his arm behind her, a warm weight across the back of the bench. It was comforting and nice.

She was almost done with her crown when Sephiroth spoke. Aerith tipped her head to look up at him for a moment then back over toward the flowers. Her smile widened.]

They're happy. The sun is shining and they're hungry for that light, that energy.

[silversoldier]

[ A small, amused noise escaped Sephiroth's throat. ]

It all comes back to energy, doesn't it?

[ He opened his eyes again and gazed up at the sun for a moment. There was a seemingly eternal source of energy out in the cosmos burning bright and here they were basking in its light while generating energy for the so-called gods by touching. They ate some plants and animals for theirs and in turn the animals and plants needed energy from somewhere. It was...systemic. ]

[ancientflower]

Mmhm. Good energies. Light and heat, things life needs to thrive.

[While it might be true they could adapt to living in the dark, warmth would be needed. Light was even better, darkness was not the ideal. Especially for the flowers. They needed that light to photosynthesise.]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a flower. I feel energised when I stand under the sun.

[silversoldier]

[ Human beings, plants, life itself was so very fragile. Sephiroth really couldn't relate.

He glanced over at Aerith and then down to the flower crown in her lap. ]

It wouldn't surprise me.

[ancientflower]

No?

[Again, she tilted her head up to look at Sephiroth, only to find him looking down at her already. She smiled broadly.]

I think I can live like that. Just remember to water me now and again and I'll be happy!

[silversoldier]

I suppose I'll have to if that's what will keep you blooming.

[ Sephiroth kept Aerith's gaze. It seemed like she was always smiling, always happy. Just as with Zack, Sephiroth didn't want to see that disappear. There was something appealing about it. ]

[ancientflower]

[That smile of hers widened, delighted he'd played along with her. Aerith nodded, humming happily.]

Exactly! Gotta keep on blooming!

[silversoldier]

That you do.

[ She really did remind Sephiroth of Zack. He lapsed into silence once more, his mind on the future and his plans. ]

[ancientflower]

[A little chuckle and Aerith lowered her head again and went back to just leaning against Sephiroth basking in the sunlight and making flower crowns. It was turning out to be a really lovely day.]