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[needmetoo]

[It might be starting to get a little warm for winter clothes, but with a torn coat and the clothes underneath being a bit too light, Xion doesn't really have anything else in her wardrobe at the moment. All the same, after walking around Agrabah in black leather, the slightly overwarm feeling from her clothes barely registered.

Plus it covered up the bandaging on her upper arm. The only real evidence of her ordeal ten days ago was a certain degree of tiredness in her expression. She's bearing up reasonably well though, and smiles a bit sheepishly at the feed.]

Hey um... I'm Xion. And I wanted to let everybody who heard that... [Who heard Yosuke's very panicked radio broadcast.] Well, that I'm okay. I'm really sorry if anybody was worried.

[Because really, they didn't need to be worrying about her. Really. Please don't.]

Also, it may seem kind of strange but... back home, sometimes different flowers could mean things. I guess... do are there flowers here with other meanings too? And how would I find them out?

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[Around the end of the month, in doing her best to ignore the rising tensions in the city, or perhaps even to spite them, Xion will be doing her best to brighten things up around the Midnight Hotel. To that event, one can find... flowers. Flowers everywhere.

You might see her carrying a small bushels, along with vases - or even cups for the smaller arrangements - to put them in. Several can be found all over the first floor, and the hallways of the upper floors.

She's certainly enthusiastic about the whole thing, checking the flowers frequently and keeping an eye out to see if people are enjoying them.]

[[ooc; Xion's flower-placing will continue into early May (with a hiatus on the 1st and 2nd), barring any interference from info on May's calendar]]

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[valevectorian]

[Sometime later in the day on the day Xion made that post, Accelerator can be found sitting at the table in the lobby with a book and a fresh mug of coffee that he's already downed most of. He hasn't done much reading, though. All the flowers nearby have caught his attention, and not positively. Scowling at the nearest vaseful, he flicks his gaze over at the sound of footsteps and someone with a bulky load.

A girl carrying a ton of flowers and vases seems to be coming by. His eyes narrow, brow furrowing. The girl from the video he saw earlier. So that was Xion, the one who'd been shot a week or two earlier.]

Tch. So you're the culprit responsible for these.

['These' being all the flowers he's seen placed around the lobby and elsewhere in the hotel.]

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[needmetoo]

[Xion stops a little at his reaction. She's watched a few thus far, and it's ranged mostly from indifference to pleasure. She hasn't really seen anybody yet who's outright seemed to dislike them, let alone confront her about it.]

You mean... the flowers?

[She buries her face a little behind the bushel she's currently carrying.]

Yeah, um... is there a problem?

[valevectorian]

What else would I mean?

[he raises his eyebrows, otherwise relatively neutral in expression]

It's as if your ambition is to make this place compete with a celebrity's hospital room.

[Perhaps something of an exaggeration.]

[needmetoo]

A... what?

[His reference goes almost completely over her head. She's maybe heard the word celebrity once or twice. It feels like the kind of word Xigbar would use. But other than that... nope. Nothing.]

I just... thought it might cheer some people up.

[valevectorian]

You heard me.

[It's hard to tell whether her reaction is due to confusion or something else. It doesn't occur to him that she doesn't understand the reference.]

It's a lot of damn flowers. That's all I'm saying.

[For now that's the only explanation she'll get. Part of him wants to get snippier about that shit, but the Hotel is a no-violence zone. It's less of a headache if he just holds back and reins himself in a little with the verbal abrasion to lower the chances of his words resulting in unwanted exacerbated conflict.

As for the whole cheering people up thing... hahahahahahaha. he is the wrong person to talk to about anything related to that, and he knows it.]

[needmetoo]

[She's drawing back a little bit now, holding the bunch of flowers she's carrying both protectively, and almost as though they can protect her somehow. She's not gunning for a fight, but she's not comfortable with how this... whatever it is, is progressing.]

I know. I've been working on them for a couple days.

[It helped her feel like she was being productive, after days of healing, and getting mugged in the first place.]

[valevectorian]

[he lets out a quiet sigh, finally flicking his gaze away from her.]

That must be one hell of a distraction you're in need of then, to go that far.

[It's just an assumption on his part. He could very well be wrong.]

[needmetoo]

[Or he could be dead on. Xion flinches slightly, no longer able to meet his eyes. There wasn't anything wrong with it. She knew that - thought it at least. And yet...]

Something like that.

[From defensive to uncomfortable in three seconds. Maybe it'd be better off if she kept moving...]

[valevectorian]

[seeing that flinch and the way she avoids looking at him, he flicks his gaze around the lobby to check for others in the area, then reaches for his mug of coffee. he takes a sip before speaking up again.]

You're Xion, right? I saw your post earlier.