Springtime - Again [ action / dictated ]

[wishmadeinfire]

[ With the summer snows now gone, Ashura was both much happier and found the perfect opportunity to translate his left over fire flowers. They usually grew on trees, but they could survive for quite awhile simple in water which made them preferred plants for house hold decoration (in controlled quantities of course, there was no sense in destroying them for vanity's sake). 

He was out in the gardens, wishing up a pedestal at one of the intersection of paths, and placed a tiered bowl of water in the center. Carefully, he began to arrange the flowers across the tiers. His journal lay open on the spare space of the pedestal as he worked, never far from him - or anyone, it seemed. ]

I do not know about the rest of you, but I am glad the unseasonable snows are gone. I was almost out of hot chocolate and tea, which would have been disastrous. 

If anyone missed the little festival I held a few weeks ago, I am putting out the remaining flowers in the garden. Please, feel free to take one if you wish, though I advise that keeping it in water will prolong its life a bit more. 

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[yay_heiress]

[London's outside taking advantage of the weather that's no longer freezing. She hadn't really gotten the opportunity to do so much since arriving. The gardens are often the most beautiful part of a castle, and London wouldn't forgo an opportunity to see them.]

You're giving away these flowers?

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He looks over to London and he smiles. ]}

If you wish to take a few, then be my guest. I would not be opposed to them brightening up someone's room.

[yay_heiress]

Thanks! [She picks up one and tucks it behind her ear. Then she chooses another.]

Where'd you get them? Did they grow here?

[Being out on a stroll, she didn't quite hear his message through the journal.]

[wishmadeinfire]

I wished for them. They are flowers from my home country.

You could take several, if you like. The middle glows at night, by the by.

[yay_heiress]

*gasp* Glowing flowers?! I'll take a dozen!

[She starts picking up more flowers.]

What was your home country like? It must be really awesome if it had glowing flowers!

[wishmadeinfire]

It was a beautiful place - full of trees and waterfalls and a great river and very good people. And fire flowers. They lit up my chambers at night when they were in bloom.

[yay_heiress]

It sounds beautiful! I wish I could visit!

I bet these fire flowers were a hot commodity!

[wishmadeinfire]

I do too. I would love for everyone to see my beloved homeland.

They bloom only in the spring and summer, and considered sacred. We pick them only once, and in moderation, in my world - for the Fire Flower festival. The rest are left alone in their natural states, though it is not forbidden to take the seeds of a plant and grow your own tree.

[yay_heiress]

So pretty much everyone could have their own tree?

[wishmadeinfire]

If they wanted one, yes, though many villages keep some tended for the public - communal ones if you will.

[yay_heiress]

I think I'd like a private tree, if it were me. At least trees aren't much work!

[wishmadeinfire]

Less work than flowers, though when young they need plenty of care too. But like children, they grow and can eventually fend for themselves.

[yay_heiress]

Huh. I always thought trees died because they were cut down, but then I'd see trees living in people's houses. And not Christmas trees, either!

[wishmadeinfire]

Well yes, they do, which is why you should not cut a tree down unless absolutely necessary. If you take very small ones along with their roots, you can move them, but it is not always guaranteed to work.

People take the seeds of the flowers and plant them and help them grow, usually. It takes several years, but the effort is worth it in my opinion.

Sorry this is so late!

[yay_heiress]

Several years? I'd rather just take a grown-up tree.

Re: Sorry this is so late!

[wishmadeinfire]

Well, the tree had to come from somewhere. They all start as seeds, just as we start as children.

[yay_heiress]

Duh! If someone else could take care of it until it's a grown-up tree, that'd be perfect, It's just like when parents send their kids off to boarding school!

[wishmadeinfire]

A boarding school? What is that?

[yay_heiress]

It's a school where kids go and they stay there the whole school year, instead of coming home every night.

[wishmadeinfire]

Oh, it sounds a bit like what happened to me when I was sent to Haven.

[yay_heiress]

Haven? That sounds like a really good school! Not that I liked boarding school very much...

[wishmadeinfire]

No, Haven is the capital of my country - Valdemar. I was sent to live at the Palace and study at the Collegium with my Aunt Savil and the peerage. And I did not like it much either until I met Tylendel.

[yay_heiress]

So, boarding school at the palace, then.
Ooh! Who's Tylendel?

[wishmadeinfire]

Tylendel is my husband.

[yay_heiress]

Oh.
Oh.

Is he here with you, or did the castle bring you by yourself?

[wishmadeinfire]

I was by myself at first. Tylendel came later.

[yay_heiress]

Awww!

[London clasps her hands underneath her chin.]

Love conquers any distance!

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He blinks and then laughs, nodding. ]}

Yes, I rather suppose it does. You say very wise things, London.

[yay_heiress]

Really?

[yay_heiress]

No one's ever told me that before!

[yay_heiress]

[wishmadeinfire]

Well, then it seems to me they have done you a disservice.

Thank you, London, for such wise words.

[yay_heiress]

Oh, it's no problem!

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ He chuckled softly. ]}

I am very lucky to have a friend such as you.

[yay_heiress]

And I finally get to have a friend as pretty as me! Pretty people around here are kinda few and far between.

[wishmadeinfire]

You think I'm pretty?

[yay_heiress]

Totally pretty!

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ There's a soft laugh. ]}

Well, thank you, I do appreciate the compliment. It's been awhile since I've been called that, when I think about it.

[yay_heiress]

Well, you need to hang out with better people.