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tushanshu2017-07-08 04:26 pm
unetrustworthy) wrote in tushanshu2017-07-08 04:26 pm
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[When the screen first flickered on, Midii seemed...almost distracted. As if she were functioning on autopilot. Like the broadcast was pre-planned, and some unforeseen circumstance put a damper on the moment. Or she could have just been tired. The circles under her eyes were faint but notable.]
I came across something interesting in my...studies.
[A slight pause at that word, and only then did she appear to collect herself enough to lift her gaze and stare at the camera directly. There were a small pile of flowers off to one side, and she picked one of them up, twirling it gently in front of her as if contemplating its very existence.]
Most of the plants I've been harvesting are supposed to have medicinal qualities. Healing. I've been learning how to identify and use them properly. But there was this one book...[Here, she paused to glance around her before laying eyes on something just below the camera, and seemed satisfied.]...this one here. I found it when I was shopping in the markets the other day. It says that flowers can also be used to send messages to people. Not just to tell someone you like them, or apologize for something you did wrong. More like...each flower can carry a very specific meaning. Almost like a puzzle.
I'd never thought about that before, but it seemed interesting. And maybe useful for people to know at any point in the future. I don't...think I've ever seen many people using coded languages here. [Aside from encryptions, but she purposely refrained from bringing those up.] And I know many of us don't all speak or read in the same languages. But...I don't know...maybe it could even be a game? Or...something.
[She seemed to be losing her train of thought as she went along, pausing just long enough to let out a small yawn.]
Sorry.
Where was I? Oh, right. This one, for example.... [she held up the red leaf-like flower in her hand] ...can be used to make a certain kind of poison. But for some reason, it's hidden message means an abundance of welcoming hospitality. Strange, isn't it? That a flower can mean one thing, but be used for something else entirely.
I wonder...if that's true for all the flowers in Keelai.
I came across something interesting in my...studies.
[A slight pause at that word, and only then did she appear to collect herself enough to lift her gaze and stare at the camera directly. There were a small pile of flowers off to one side, and she picked one of them up, twirling it gently in front of her as if contemplating its very existence.]
Most of the plants I've been harvesting are supposed to have medicinal qualities. Healing. I've been learning how to identify and use them properly. But there was this one book...[Here, she paused to glance around her before laying eyes on something just below the camera, and seemed satisfied.]...this one here. I found it when I was shopping in the markets the other day. It says that flowers can also be used to send messages to people. Not just to tell someone you like them, or apologize for something you did wrong. More like...each flower can carry a very specific meaning. Almost like a puzzle.
I'd never thought about that before, but it seemed interesting. And maybe useful for people to know at any point in the future. I don't...think I've ever seen many people using coded languages here. [Aside from encryptions, but she purposely refrained from bringing those up.] And I know many of us don't all speak or read in the same languages. But...I don't know...maybe it could even be a game? Or...something.
[She seemed to be losing her train of thought as she went along, pausing just long enough to let out a small yawn.]
Sorry.
Where was I? Oh, right. This one, for example.... [she held up the red leaf-like flower in her hand] ...can be used to make a certain kind of poison. But for some reason, it's hidden message means an abundance of welcoming hospitality. Strange, isn't it? That a flower can mean one thing, but be used for something else entirely.
I wonder...if that's true for all the flowers in Keelai.