turbo heaven 🌼 maomao

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[ makes a small sound of agreement. ]

I really don't know much about flowers, but it felt like both Zhongli and Elysia both wanted me to learn for some reason or another.

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It may be because it was something in common. Flowers can be quite useful as well. [ she may be the only one to think like that ]

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Maybe. [ raises eyebrow. ] Because of medicine?

[apoisoncary]

They can be used in medicine, in teas, or even make a room look nicer. Even the toxic ones have their uses.

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You never struck me as someone interested in bouquets.

[apoisoncary]

Floral arrangements were popular in the palace and the brothel.

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That doesn't mean you had to care about them. You'd be more interested in how they could be used in other ways, right?

[ just judging from how she's acted before. ]

...Show me something from your home? You don't talk about it much.

[apoisoncary]

That is true. They are useful. They also make my big sisters happy when they receive them.

[ which may have played a part.

she thinks for a moment before slowly changing the scenery to one of a bustling street. There's vendors, restaurants, and brothels lining the streets. ]

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[ he is just going to keep his eyes away from the brothels he can't handle that on a good day let alone right now. but the rest... ]

So this is where you're from. [ it's nothing like he could have imagined. ] Do you miss it?

[apoisoncary]

I don't know if I would say I miss the place.

I do worry about my old man and if he's taking care of himself.

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While we've been here, you mean? Or did you move away? You mentioned a palace...

[apoisoncary]

A bit of both. He's getting there in age and he doesn't enforce a price for his services.

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...I thought everything cost money outside, though.

[apoisoncary]

It does. He's just too kind to ask for it.

I was sending him money from my paycheck... [ she's here though ] I know Granny won't let him starve.

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That sounds frustrating. Even if it's out of kindness...

So you have to get back to help him, is that it?

[apoisoncary]

It is. He's been through so much in life that I wish he would be a bit more greedy. However, it's because of that kindness he took me in in the first place.

I would like to get back to help him.

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Well... here's hoping we can both get out of this okay, somehow. We can't just leave them waiting on us forever, right?

[ he offers a smile. it's faint, and doesn't reach his eyes, but they need to remind themselves of the goal once in a while. maybe it will help to try. elysia and zhongli would probably want to them to, anyway. ]

[apoisoncary]

[ he's hanging out with glass half empty here. she won't dash those hopes because she knows it's important for people to have them.

giving a nod ]

We really can't. What does your tower look like?

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[ the thing is, he's also a glass half empty kind of person. but elysia and zhongli were the opposite, he thinks, so... maybe it's worth trying. even though it isn't really working. ]

You want to see the Tower...?

[ surprised... but okay. he think about it for a moment and then the area shifts into a grassy field with a stage on one side, and a racetrack on the other. a few trees offer shade here and there from the sun filtering through the dome above their heads. ]

It's not all like this, but I spent a lot of my spare time here.