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[heartofgraces]

[The video feed turns on to flowers. Flowers in boquets. Flowers in vases. some flowers clearly set aside for other purposes. Flowers on tribbles. Flower crowns and leis on a swizard who looks way too pleased with herself. Asbel's suite is full of them, or at least the view from his console, and he looks...well, significantly less frazzled than he had in getting them home, but that's not saying much.]

...So I don't suppose, in the middle of all this, anyone needs some flowers? Flower crowns, boquets, home decoration...anything like that.

[He coughs, faintly, before moving on.]

Actually, on that note, does anyone have any suggestions for what to do with these...? I have way more than I need for seeds or flower tea.

[He pauses and watches a tribble just sit amongst the flowers and coo, and sighs heavily before ending the video.]

Comments

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[definingfuture]

Maggie. You're calling it Maggie?

[Priorities!]

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[heartofgraces]

Her. It's like Magnolias...Maggie.

Richard named his Uzmek.

[Best friend you are really embarrassing sometimes.]

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[definingfuture]

I'm sure they're a happy couple. You don't want an extra, do you?

[He's trying not to look... exactly how he looks at the news.]

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[heartofgraces]

I'm not taking Logan. [Was that a snicker? Yes it was.

Asbel's laughing at you, Tony.]

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[definingfuture]

Why not? You like Logan. He'd be happy with you.

[Ughhh. That was a backfire.]

So did you inherit those from a gardener?

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[heartofgraces]

But he's so fond of you...I couldn't separate him from you.

[NICE TRY.]

...No, he thought when I said I wanted seeds to make a blossomgale I meant I wanted to bury someone in flowers.

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[definingfuture]

You're kidding. He wants to eat me.

[He's exaggerating, but maybe not by much.]

So you ended up with a mountain of flowers. Are you going to pour them on this special someone of yours? Do I get to meet them?

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[heartofgraces]

Just nibble a little bit. Out of affection.

[Fwoosh wow Asbel sure blushes pretty spectacularly, doesn't he.]

S-she's not on Tu Vishan, anyway.

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[definingfuture]

Love like that could kill me.

[Aw, now that's nice.]

So the flowers were for what? Sentiment? Secret temporary lover?

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[heartofgraces]

Secret--?! No, I'd never do something like that!

[Asbel huffs, crossing his arms over his chest.]

I was asking for seeds.

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[definingfuture]

What's wrong? I was just asking. And I wouldn't tell.

[Oh, he's in trouble. Oops.]

Yeah, I got that part. You wanted a rain of flowers.

[He has no idea what a blossomgale is.]

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[heartofgraces]

I'm not going to do that! I made her wait long enough, so I promised I'd wait for her. [Huff huff huff.

And then sigh.]

...I thought it'd help lift spirits. Maybe even Asti might like it. That's all.

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[definingfuture]

You might be waiting for a while.

[He drops the show there, but not the smile.]

You wanted to cheer Asti up with flowers? That's a nice gesture.

[There. He did something good. Kind of.]

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[heartofgraces]

I made her wait seven years, I kinda deserve it.

[But, he does perk up a little bit. Captain Malik Tony said he did good, yaaaay!]

I hope it works. It seems like everyone could use it.

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[definingfuture]

Your Penelope sounds like a great woman.

[It doesn't matter if he doesn't get the reference.] I'm jealous.

I guess we could all use more flowers around here. Or fun in general after the chaos.

[Hm. He'll have to work on that one.]

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[heartofgraces]

Huh? 'Penelope'? [Right moving on.]

As long as it helps...Morale is important, and I'm not sure...well. I think it's going to be up to us to take care of it.

[He likes Evandau, and Asbel truly believes he means well. That doesn't mean Asbel thinks Evandau is actually particularly good at the morale game, but when they're already desperate, it's not surprising.]

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[definingfuture]

[There's a small twitch of a smile from Tony. It's just once of those little jokes he has to make, despite the fact Asbel isn't going to catch them.]

As long as you don't expect any rallying speeches. But I guess no one else is going to help us figure that one out.

[At least not the Emperor or Evandau. Tony's still not sure what to think of them. He's pretty sure that they just want to protect the city, but they have a rough way of asking for help.]