[VOICE] At least it's not licking rocks this time?

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For those of you needing to occupy your thoughts during those moments of darkness, know this:

Eating the glowing blooms gives you equally glowing markings on your tongue, can be seen as they move through your body, and gives you both gas and flower-powered sparkle farts.

[[ Clearly, he finds this hilarious. ]]

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[stardiving]

Fury's sake, why are you eating unknown plants?

[This is his main concern and not how childish being amused by sparkle farts is.]

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Boredom.

[[ He's not going to mention that Era made the original discovery. Let Estinien think the worst of him. ]]

[stardiving]

[If Ardbert were looking at his face, he would probably laugh at Estinien's expression, which has landed somewhere between consternation, acceptance, and...understanding. As it is, there's just a deep sigh.]

Boring as this place is, potentially poisoning yourself does not sound like the best way to alleviate that.

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We made sure to only suggest it once we were certain we weren't being poisoned. Plenty of flowers are edible. They're parts of plants, after all.

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[the_tailor]

Uh.

[Lance is just going to...stare for a bit.]

Okay, that sounds kind of awkward but awesome as hell?

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[[ Ardbert starts laughing. ]]

Certainly kept us entertained!

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[elbowroom]

thanks for the info. has anyone tried smoking them yet?

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[firstbump]

'Fraid you'll have to try that one yourself. Might as well see if you can distill something with them while you're at it.

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[scourgingstars]

why does she do this

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[firstbump]

A lot of plants are edible, and she has Esuna. Why not?

[scourgingstars]

because it's insanely reckless, ardbert!!

[firstbump]

Never said it wasn't.

[scourgingstars]

what happens if she dies before she can cast esuna, has she ever thought of that???

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She's too stubborn to die that quickly.

[[ It's fiiiiiiiiine. ]]

[scourgingstars]

poison doesn't care how stubborn you are!

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Aye, but would the gods really take chances at growing poisonous plants inside our walls?

[scourgingstars]

would either of you take chances that they wouldn't?

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We just did, I'm afraid.

[scourgingstars]

well, stop it!

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We would've starved to death if no one tried new plants. It's important to know that we can eat some of these 'native' ones. What if the replicators break?

[thefatedpath]

[ Alisaie does not reply. She just facepalms in front of her communicator. A faint slapping sound can even be heard in the other room becauseshe does it with such force. ]

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[[ Ardbert can be heard laughing from the other room. ]]

[thefatedpath]

[ A shout from the other room. ]

I can't believe you decided to share such thoughts with the entirety of those who live here!?

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[[ A shout back. ]]

Someone needed to sacrifice their dignity to distract everyone from their existential dread, and mine's been dead for over a hundred years, so it might as well be me!

[[ It's a noble sacrifice, Alisaie. ]]

[thefatedpath]

[ Again, shouting. She's not getting up. ]

Clearly! Because people could be distracted in no other way and the information relayed in no other fashion!

[ Sarcasm. ]

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[[ Fiiiiiine. Ardbert will walk over to hold a proper conversation with her. ]]

The message itself was supposed to be distracting, you know. And I was all but raised in a barn. What am I supposed to know about propriety?

[thefatedpath]

[ Okay now she can lower her voice. ]

As it happens, you've a head on your shoulders that is quite capable of learning.

[necromanswers]

Well. I know what I'm baking into the cupcakes this month.

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They don't taste bad, either. Shouldn't be too hard to come up with something.

[necromanswers]

I'm not 100% sold on that, because a certain someone's idea of what tastes acceptable is awfully skewed. [Yeah she knows it's Era. (Does anyone not?)] No doubt I can make something edible with 'em, though.

[firstbump]

I ate them, too. They're not half bad. Subtle enough you can mask the flavor if you want something else.

[necromanswers]

What I'm hearing is, don't visit your house for a few weeks.

[Sounds very smelly.]

[unnecessaryflourishes]

...Of course it was the flowers.

[The tone of his voice is more resigned than surprised, though.]

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[[ You're used to this by now. ]]

What were you thinking it was?

[unnecessaryflourishes]

[So very used to it.]

Something related to one of the many inconveniences of this city. And you cannot deny it is hardly the first time she has tasted something unusual.

[firstbump]

Point taken.

And it won't be the last. Or the worst.

[unnecessaryflourishes]

It will not, no. Though I suppose I ought to be glad it causes naught more than some unexpected brightness, in this case.

[Locked to the Two Houses]

[firstbump]

At least only that and not something like flowers springing out of me arse.

[Locked to the Two Houses]

[unnecessaryflourishes]

It would certainly be a novelty, if nothing else. If a... uniquely inconvenient one.