seiriald | ✿ Thirteenth Bud [action/backdated to the 5th]

[It's been some time since everyone returned from the battle, only to find out that the village had been damaged greatly once they were back. Kaori hadn't been able to tell right away until she began to feel unexpectedly tired, and no matter where she went it felt wet. It was only then that she realized the extent of the storm people had talked about.

It meant that there was a lot of damage control to be done, but she's not thinking buildings. What mattered to her was what the plants and flower beds throughout the village had suffered. Thanks to the efforts of her housemates her own garden had been mostly unscathed, but that didn't stop her from mourning what had been died. So she'd finally had enough of seeing them that way. Today was going to be dedicated to replanting what seedlings she'd found in the flower shop and sowing new seeds throughout the village. It didn't matter where, she just didn't want for there to be a lack of one of the few things that made this place remotely like home.

Eventually she does address the village at large, though her voice is rather solemn.]

I know that there's supposed to be a Memory Garden for the village... Can someone tell me what's going on with it? I'd kind of like to plant something there if it's okay to.

[Daisies. She'd already given them their place in House 11's garden, but with the memory of the person they were dedicated to, Kaori felt it best to scatter them as far as she could. Selphie had always seemed like such a free spirit, after all.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I am sure they will. You and many people are pitching in to help things get back to normal, and I'm sure they'll bounce back in no time with that help. Not to mention plants can be surprisingly hardy.

They can be! Some of the people I know back home can definitely be like that. [Even if it was kind of scary to think about how much damage they could endure and still survive somehow...]

I see..... [...It seemed like an innocent statement at first, but Frey had long ago started to read deeper every statement of hers about her home world. Even seeing it firsthand had done little to sooth those worries.]

...I am sure with time everything will return to how it was before.

It probably will. [Because she is fully aware of how nature eventually overcomes the labors of mankind, as if the recent flood wasn't enough of a reminder of that. Not to mention that was part of why people back home didn't like her kind.]

The only issue is time, who knows how long it'll be before everything is able to take care of itself.

.....Then we shall help things along as long as we are able to.

Able to?

I certainly hope we won't have any new disasters, in any case.

Isn't that what he hope for every time something like this happens? [She can't help smiling a little bitterly, these cycles just seemed to pop up no matter where she went.]

It is. but maybe this time we'll get what we hope for, right?

And maybe I'll get to see it when it does. [It was half-sarcasm honestly, but there was a genuine hope to it. Though if life were to become so calm, she wasn't sure she would know what to do with herself...]

I'm sure you will. [She could use some peace and quiet, he was sure.]

Yeah... and by then I'll know for sure what you look like, and everyone else. [Because he had changed again, hadn't he? And chances were that she wouldn't be able to recognize herself if she ever got the chance to.]

Yes. There's a whole lot you still need to see, you know.

[His tone is soft, hopeful. He truly wanted her to have that chance here.]

✿ Thirteenth Bud [action/backdated to the 5th]

Re: [voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

Re: [voice]

[voice]

[voice]

[voice]

Re: [voice]

[voice]

[voice] Also this tag was like ripping my heart out, damn you.

[voice] eep? ;w;

Re: [voice] ;~;