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Second Bloom ❀ (Video) [Open to both]

[Flora is outside, sitting on what appears to be a swing, but in place of chains are woven vines. As time passes, little flowers bloom along their length. The locket is not on her person, it hovers in front of her, and the view shows her wearing what look like a white overall dress over a pink top and work gloves. Several fairies are flying around her, braiding her hair, or sitting on either shoulder. She waves before gently taking hold of the vine chains.]

Hello everyone, I hope you're well.

[Her voice is more deliberate with the well wishes, and her smile is kind, knowing. A lot's happened--when isn't it--but she does hope everyone has come out of it for the better, somehow. It's no meaningless platitude.

She moves to put her finger to her lip, remembers she's wearing gloves and thinks better of it, and instead cants her head thoughtfully. Her voice is gentle and curious.]

There's something I've been wondering about for a while now, and don't quite seem to understand, just yet. [There is a slight upturn to her lips. She is a patient girl, but she can't say she likes not understanding things. It's what she always seeks to do, if she can.] I've heard of some things from other people that were kind enough to answer me [mostly kind, anyway. Zelos was a little rude.] but with so many people from so many places, I'm curious about the similarities and differences.

[She looks directly at the locket.]

What exactly is a God or Goddess? Or what would you say make one? The same with angels. Is this something that has some sort of set criteria or is it more malleable?

[One might notice that she doesn't ask about demons, but that's because she doesn't realise there's a need; they're the same as monsters to her.

Flora dips her head in thanks and smiles, once again.]

Please, I would very much like to hear what anyone has to say. Thank you.

[Seelie Locked]

I'm headed to the mountains for a mission, soon. I just thought I should mention that. It should be interesting.

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[He's only the most innocent redhead.

Flora folds her hands to her chest, eyebrows pointing upward as she beseeches him.]

I'm sure you will, Mister Wilder, but please find the courage and fortitude inside yourself to go on. I'll never be far away if only you'll think well of me.

[She giggles suddenly, unable to contain herself--stopping rather abruptly when the fairies fly off her shoulders because of it.

Flora quickly puts a hand to her mouth.] Ah, I'm so sorry, ladies!

[Now, where was she.]

Really, though, I'm already feeling bad for those other poor souls, out there.

[At the mention of the mission, the smile practically splits across her face,and her eyes shine.] Yes! I'm going to the mountains to study some magic from the sylphs that live there. It's a marvellous opportunity, I'm really glad for it.

Ah, good point my dear. And of course, I only need to look to this locket to speak to you, right?

[As in, you'll never be totally rid of him! And he snorts a little at the fairies flying off. So graceful]

Hey, don't feel for them! They're lucky to meet me!

[yes, feel for them]

- The Sylph? You mean the wind spirits?

Right! I'll have it with me. I'll probably be using it a lot for company.

[Since she's going alone from the looks of things, but no, she'll never really be rid of Zelos, it seems. Joy of joys.

Her voice grows a little high and lofty and she looks askance.]

Lucky is definitely a word for it.

[Though she's thinking more bad lucky than good lucky.]

Yes! They're part of the Sisterhood of Nymphs, I'm not sure how much you know about them yet, but the sylphs live very high up. [But she catches that.] Do you have them on Aselia, too?

Heh heh, well don't you worry then! I'll be here whenever you get lonely.

[Oh yippee. AND WOW FLORA THAT'S RUDE. They are totally good lucky!! ]

Sisterhood of the Nymphs? [He frowns with a bit of confusion] Well, I don't know anything about a sisterhood, but on Aselia they're the Summon Spirits of Wind. Kinda small, but they sure pack a punch.

[She stares up, her tone idle as she rocks back and forth on her swing, in a way that's meant to be totally innocent, and thus, totally obvious.]

Hmm...I wonder if there's a way to screen locket calls. [She turns to her shoulder.] Palisa, do you know?

[Palisa, for her part seems to whisper to Flora before giggling to herself while Flora's eyes widen with new knowledge, obviously.] Huh! You don't say!

[Also surprised a "getting lucky" joke hasn't been made yet, not that she'd make one because she's her.

Oh, but he mentions something she doesn't know, and thus it's that time again, Zelos.]

What's a Summon Spirit?

[He hears exactly what Palisa whispers to her, but makes no action to show that he heard it. Instead, he slumps his shoulders a little and makes a sigh]

You are one cruel lady, my little Flora.

[So cruel! And oh goddess, not nerd time.]

A Summon Spirit is a very powerful creature made of mana that helps control the mana they're associated with or help out the world in some other way. Sylph are the Summon Spirits of Wind, so they help control any air-related mana.

[She knows he's kidding and he knows she's kidding, but she has been teasing him quite a bit, more than she may some of her other friends and perhaps she should dial it back just a little. Her voice is gentle and sincere.

Note that she's also probably forgetting how he gets, and that he brings out this in her, in this moment.]

Sorry, I'll try and bring you back something to make up for it. How's that?

[It's totally neeeerd time.]

Oh, that sounds amazing! Why "Summon", though? Who does the summoning? Is there one for each element?

Uhh... [Wow, what's with that gentle voice?? That's weird. So weird] If you want..?

[Like what a rock? He don't get it]

Yep, there's at least one for each. And a summoner does the summoning! [Ha...] Really that just means if there's someone with the ability to summon, they can form pacts with Summon Spirits and use their power.

[Flora goes very still for a moment before relaxing. Oh no, did she just make things weird? This is not how things played out in her head.] I do want, so I'll do that.

[YEP.]

Oh, I get it. That's very fascinating, and sounds like it might be a huge responsibility. [It's taking all she has to not ask the names of all of them and what they all do precisely, but she asks him so many questions, she knows, and so she'll try to keep it to a minimum.

For now.] I used to do something like that, but I didn't need any pacts. Hmm, can you summon a spirit of an element that you can't wield?

[Sorry Flora he still just does not get random acts of niceness YOU ARE SO WEIRD]

You could summon the Spirits? [Goddess Flora way to show off] Yeah, you can. The summoner I know can't even use magic herself, but that doesn't stop her from making pacts with any of the Summon Spirits.

[Clearly, she needs to just do it often so he'll acclimate!

But not be so normalised he'll take it for granted.]

Oh no, not Spirits, not like that! That sounds like it would be way beyond me. [She laughs a little.] I just summoned or created animals to help me and friends out with things, sometimes. They could be pretty big, sometimes, but they weren't spirits by any means.

[A BEAT]

You...created creatures. [DA. FUQ]

Um. Yes?

[WHAT IS IT WHAT DID SHE SAY]

Hey hey, don't "um. yes" me like you just said you can make tea or something! You're talking about casually creating living animals out of thin air! That's-

Just what are you supposed to be exactly? [SINCE MAN THATS FREAKY]

[~~She can make tea, too. It's quite nice.~~

Okay, perhaps she's taking for granted that to her this isn't a big deal because she's used to it and has been for quite some time even if she hasn't needed to use such spells in a while.

Her voice is calm, but she folds her hands together, a little at a loss.]

I'm a fairy, okay. The Fairy of Nature.

The Fairy of Nature?

[Give him a moment. He's not sure what he was expecting, but it wasn't that.]

Uh...

[A pause; how to put this]

Don't take this the wrong way, my dear, but...aren't you kinda...big for a fairy?

[omg zelos are you calling her fat how very dare

Nah, she takes his meaning and offers a small, careful smile.]

Where I'm from, the girls here would be small for fairies. [A beat.] Until they'd learned how to shrink, anyway. But fairies come in all shapes and sizes, even here.

[Maybe he is!! You just don't know]

Is that so... [That's really weird, but, it's not like he knows much about fairies so whose he to say?] Huh.

[Fairies must be really powerful then. Or at least the big ones.]

I take it you just keep the wings hidden then.

[Not that he finds that aspect so weird. Because reasons.]

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Yes, where I'm from, you have to gain the power to shrink. It's part of a larger package. The smaller beings with wings that are born around this small are called pixies, but they're a little different.

Oh, yeah! I have to transform to get them. [She laces her fingers together, a little guiltily before raising a thumb and forefinger close together.] I sort of...kept it a little on the down low when I first arrived here, but I stopped doing that quite a while ago. I couldn't really keep it up after some things happened and never really wanted to, in the first place.

[What a mess that was.]

It just must have really slipped my mind with you, I'm sorry.

Oh...okay. I think I get it...

[It's still weird. Very weird. But whatever it's not like his life isn't already full of weird]

Hm? Oh, it's fine. It's not like I've told you everything about me. I just wasn't expecting to hear someone being able to create animals like it was no big deal. That's still really something.

I mean, I could just show you, if you'd like.

[Her hands loosen from around the vines and it's only then that she realises she was a little tense. She cares what he thinks about her, at least with this it seems.

Flora looks to the side for a moment, and rocking back and forth on her swing playfully.]

Hmm, I made a whole bunch of magical pets out of stuffed animals, last year. You know, since we're on the subject.

You...can?

[There's a pause]

Uh...that depends. It won't like, cost me part of my soul or my first born child or anything like that, right?

No way! [She looks vaguely horrified, before breaking into an awkward smile.] I'd have a lot of those in that case, if it cost anything like that, but that's just really morbid. Anyway.

[She should probably stand for this. She tells the fairies that they can take a break for a bit, which they accept easily and fly away. They seem to know what's coming. Flora gets to get feet, raises her fore and middle fingers and crosses her arms at their wrists.]

Winx Believix!

[A brilliant flash of golden light completely envelops her, obscuring any details but leaving her silhouette, and when it disappears, there she stands with her wings.

Also longer hair with new styling and dat outfit, but yes, the wings tho.

She puts a hand on her hip and a finger to her chin, striking a pose.]

Flora, Fairy of Nature!

Hey- you never know for sure! I've learned it's best to ask first.

[He watches, his eyes wide at the presentation. Honestly not at the light, or the wings. Because that's no different from an angel. But-]

Whoa-

[BUT!!]

Did your hair get longer?!

[Flora blinks, then burst into a laugh.]

You really focus on the important things, don't you.

[She's one to talk, though and only half-kidding about that because hair is important. So important! It's why she grins at him before offering an excited little smile.]

But yes, it did! It comes up to my feet like this.

[Longer from around her lower thighs/knees, so she's just set for dumb long hair no matter what. But she flies up a bit and the locket adjusts itself so he can see the difference in length. Not that it was ever thin, far, far, far from it, but it's also a lot more full, too.] See?

[The locket then moves up until her face is in the view and Flora points to her head.]

Also, it's a little pink now, too.

perma seelie locked im lazy etc

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omg zelos please