[action] Mistletime!

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

[Vitalia has finally gotten the nerve to go around the Gardens without being terrified of Reno's horrifying thuggery, and what's this? SOMEONE has been neglecting the place and allowed this parasitic pest of a plant to take over! Not that she disapproves of parasitic plants in general, but they must be carefully controlled! This is woefully neglectful! Well, as the resident gardening expert, she will take matters (and shears) into her own hands and clear up this menace!]




[OK maybe not so much.]

How curiously resistant this species of Santatales is! I shall have to obtain a specimen somehow...

Comments

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

Invisible...? My, that is a strange property! Do you suppose it's natural, or is there some form of magic at work? It seems like something that would be quite useful, if it could be isolated.

[persical]

Force--er, magic was my first thought, yes. The Queen's power, most likely. I don't know about useful, since there's only one way to make it disappear.

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's most unfair of her to tantalise us with her greater abilities, making such fascinating properties unattainable, don't you think? Why, at the very least, she ought to offer to show how it's done!

To make it disappear? The entanglement, you mean?

[It is definitely good that you know, Claire, because it seems a sprig has snuck up on the two of you.]

[persical]

[she can't help smiling at that.]

Well, I'm not sure these sorts of things can be learned. Where I'm from, you had to be born with the ability.

Yes, exactly. It's fairly specific.

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I suppose talents are, to an extent, innate, but I cannot fathom how one could be entirely unable to do something another could. Unless it were a function of one's species...

What is the method, then?

[persical]

[she pauses, then sighs.]

Well, it seems the method is a kiss.

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

Oh, is that all? [She titters, then- as usual- follows that into maniacal laughter.]

Why, that's no trouble at all! [And she immediately leans in to give Claire a peck on the lips.]

[persical]

[Claire isn't shocked very often, but she is frozen in place for a moment, eyes wide.]

Oh. Well, then--...well.

[made-of-science.livejournal.com]

Oh, did I overstep my boundaries? I thought...

[persical]

No, no! [she waves her hands hastily, then extends them, feeling the air. The barrier is indeed gone.]

I was just a little surprised, that's all. [she offers Vitalia a smile and a laugh.] And it looks like it worked!