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[infire]

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week 2, monday

[infire]

[ i forgot to ask where they'd be so we're going to say the garden for ease of access. being out here is calm, and after all the turmoil of last week, coupled with that announcement, brilith could certainly use some calm.

though she wonders if her hopes aren't dashed when she hears someone else, and looks up to see zenitsu. it doesn't keep her from smiling, however. ]

I'm glad to see you have all your limbs again.

[ no more rogue feet! ]

[swordflash]

[ he likes the garden. it's quiet, for the most part, and the flowers are nice to watch. the ducks are cute, too.

but talk about embarrassing! zenitsu recalls how his foot jumped a needy circle around brilith that day. as terrible as that was, he flaps his arms once to demonstrate that his hands won't just fall off. ]

They're attached now. My head fell off once, too.

[infire]

[ . . . ]

That must have been... disorienting. Where could the rest of you go without your head?

[swordflash]

I couldn't go anywhere. My body was upright, but my head was upside down on the ground. When the guy who knocked my head off tried to put it back on, I got so dizzy! I thought I was a goner for sure.

[infire]

[ somehow she is still smiling through this even though she has no idea how to respond. maybe that's the best response?? ]

It must have been a relief to put yourself back together, then. I hope this week will be kinder to you than the last few have been.

[swordflash]

[ she's far too nice. ]

What about you, Miss Ruin?

[ he didn't engage then, but he saw how distressed people were during the trial. he hopes brilith is feeling better. ]

[infire]

[ the surprise makes her falter. no one ever calls her that, even back home. it's either "priestess" or "brilith," and she's not sure how she feels to be called anything else.

but she only hesitates for a moment. ]

...You can call me Brilith.

[swordflash]

[ for a second, he almost expects to hear a dreadful answer about how angry she might still be. he blinks when she says something entirely different before nodding.

following that, he doesn't have the nerves to ask again. his gaze strays to a patch of red flowers. ]

They're the same.

Do you like flowers?

[infire]

Mmhm.

[ while she isn't entirely sure what zenitsu means... she doesn't mind turning the subject to something else. it's better than having yet another person worrying over her. ]

The red ones... they aren't my favorite color, but they remind me of home.

[swordflash]

[ oh. well, he guesses that's to be expected. is reminder of home a good thing? ]

What's your favorite color, then?

[infire]

[ no one has ever actually asked her that. she looks perplexed as she considers it. ]

...I'm not sure. I like blue, though? [ so maybe that's it. ] Just don't tell Babo Kim I said so.

1/2

[swordflash]

[ blue, huh? (she must really care about babo kim.) zenitsu lowers his head in contemplation, then lifts it with a short hum. all right. ]

I'll be right back.

[ he doesn't even wait for her answer before he scuttles away. ]

[swordflash]

[ half an hour later, he returns with a wreath of flowers. leaves make up half of it, while flowers of various shades of blue decorate the other half. a single red flower sits near the end of its counterparts. he holds it out for brilith.

good thing she's still here! ]

Here.

week 6, monday

[swordflash]

[ here they are, at the garden again. it's not long after leaving the mansion that he spots brilith in the garden. that head of red is impossible to miss from a short distance. he trundles over. ]

Good morning, Brilith.

[ what's she doing? ]

[infire]

[ she is kneeling before what may be a familiar patch of dirt, with a small pile of trampled sunflowers at her side. there's a spade and a small pack of seeds in her hands, but she'll set them down when zenitsu approaches, to be polite. ]

Good morning, Zenitsu. How are you feeling?

[swordflash]

[ coming closer, he's surprised to find that the sunflowers haven't been patched up along with the rest of the garden. his gaze lingers on the patch before lifting to brilith. ]

I'm feeling fine. Whatever Ash did, it worked wonders.

[ and because he bounced back from death with no trial to condemn him again, he's been riding on the high of having a proper life again. at the same time, he's kind of mad that his execution was so painful! what the hell, ash?

anyway. ]

Are you planting more sunflowers?

[infire]

Good. Losing one more wasn't part of anyone's plans, you know. But I didn't mean just physically.

[ if zenitsu doesn't want to talk about it, though, she won't force it out of him. brilith knows, unfortunately well, how complicated emotions can be. ]

Yes, I am. [ she turns her eyes back to the patch before her. ] I was helping Isaac take care of them, for Asch. Even if we aren't here long enough to see them bloom, I didn't want to leave them like this.

[swordflash]

[ oh. she was asking about his actual feelings? he's got a number of them, to be sure, but he won't burden brilith with them.

zenitsu closes the gap between them to look down at the patch. he ruined something that important, huh? ]

Can I help?

[infire]

[ she'll scoot over a little to give him some room. ]

Of course. Do you know much about gardening?

[swordflash]

Not really. But if you tell me what to do, I'm sure I can do it!

[ maybe. it won't be very pretty, probably, but he will do it. ]

[infire]

Alright.

[ she hands him the spade, then, and picks up the pack of seeds again. ]

First we need to dig a small hole for the seeds. I've already done a couple, see?

[swordflash]

[ ugh, labor. it's for a good cause, he tells himself as he nods and begins digging. ]

How many holes do we need?

[infire]

[ she takes another look at the seeds before answering. ]

Three, I think. It doesn't need to be that deep, just a few inches so they'll have room to grow.

[swordflash]

[ three isn't so bad. hopefully, the rest of the garden won't need this kind of treatment. he sets to work in diligent silence, then waits for brilith's next instruction. ]

[infire]

Then we need to add the seeds to each one - just a few. Too many, and there won't be space for them to grow.

[ handing him the packet of seeds now! ]