[text/action/videro] An Invitation x2/MARIGOLD MADNESS!

[notvitiligo]

[text]
Since the Powers That Be have decided that they want to give us all cavities and diabetes, I am keeping a big pot of stew going at Beaumont for anyone who needs emergency food that is not candy. If I am not there, Bulbasaur or one of the robots will be in charge of it. Do not worry, they are all sanitary. It is free to use so do not avoid it if you do not have food. There are severe health consequences to eating only sugar, which I guess the people in charge do not care about.

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Also if there is anybody that needs a place to stay, Beaumont has a lot of rooms open. It is by the lake on the northwest side, and is pretty convenient as far as being close to places. There are some robots here that do the housekeeping stuff. Also you will get a lot of free snacks because I bake a lot. I guess that is not much of a benefit right now but there you go. Pets are OK.

[action/video]

[Hi, Ladygarden residents. Do you like your reality TV to have normally linefaced girls curled up on the ground and crying in the middle of nowhere? Because the Vine has decided that is the hot new thing in entertainment. (The more perceptive viewers might notice she seems less opaque around the edges than usual.)

[After a moment, she notices the mirror broadcasting her. She makes a few awkward attempts to turn it off, then lets her arm flop to the ground.]

Fine. I give up.

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actionnnnnnnn

[bloomnobly]

[....]

Jessica-san...?

[notvitiligo]

[She turns over, silently meeting Yuyuko's eyes.]

[bloomnobly]

[oh god what do]

...Would you like to go inside?

[notvitiligo]

[She considers this flatly.]

I don't care. I don't think I can get anywhere right now. I was supposed to be getting home...

Action

[fionna_time]

[After the catastrophe with Kanako, Fionna didn't want to TOUCH anything that the garden was giving, not if it was new. So she was more than glad to read the invite...until she saw that person lying on the ground, crying. Naturally Fionna was rushing over].

Hey, are you all right?

[notvitiligo]

[She sighs and looks up.]

Not really. I'm not injured, if that's what you mean.

I think they're just messing with me, now.

[fionna_time]

I didn't think you were hurt. You just looked sorta sad.

Who's messing with you? Is it the dumb queen again?

[video]

[swordthrowing]

...Miss Boyette?

[what is going on here, she doesn't understand]

[notvitiligo]

[She sniffs and rolls over for a better look at the mirror.]

...looks like I'm the one in an embarrassing situation this time. Hi.

[swordthrowing]

It would seem so. What happened?

[She sounds more perplexed than concerned, honestly.]

[reverentresistance]

Where are you getting the ingredients for the stew?

I mean, what I'm trying to say is...how long will your supplies last?

[notvitiligo]

We I keep stored magic dirt. There should be more than enough for how long this kind of stuff usually lasts. If it takes longer than usual, I will go get more dirt.

[reverentresistance]

Is the dirt...safe to eat?

action

[tosaveyou]

[Not well-oriented at the best of times owing to her condition, Kariya is soon enough hopelessly lost. She's carrying two of the sugar skulls with her, but otherwise, she's alone. When she sees Jessica, she hurries over.

After having died, she's better able to walk, her condition back to what it was months ago, so she's actually able to hurry.]

Jessica? Hello--what's wrong?

[notvitiligo]

...hi. [Sniff]

Either brain damage or the Powers That Be are rubbing my face in my total lack of control here. And, y'know, other stuff.

You look less like you're going to die. That's good. I assume.

[tosaveyou]

I understand. I can't find my way back to the clinic.

This can't last. It has to stop sometime. Please, don't give up.

[She nods.] I did die. It set back my illness, somehow. I think it was the snakes.

actionnn!

[histrionic]

[Jessica may be crying in the midst of the marigolds, but suddenly, the marigolds aren't there anymore.

That's because some formerly-murderous construct has set them all on fire. She stands there as they burn, watching, but she doesn't say anything yet.

Her hair looks much redder than usual.]

[notvitiligo]

[fjsdklfdsjkl FIRE WTF





[OK now she's up, but the fire isn't burning anything else, so... that's something.



[Oh, it's you, Kuja. That... doesn't actually explain a lot, but it makes sense.]

Your hair's different.

[Jessica: Mistress of Conversation.]

[histrionic]

[Kuja continues THE BURNING. The flames are very pretty, at least. There's some blue in with the rose and violet.]

Is it? I hadn't noticed.

I'm busy gardening.

action

[loveswaffles]

Give what?

[notvitiligo]

[She rolls over listlessly.]

Oh. Hey. Do you still feel like killing people?

[loveswaffles]

I got over it.

... Sorry about that.

action;

[spacejumping]

You sure you should be doing that>

[notvitiligo]

What else should I be doing? What else can I do?

[spacejumping]

There's got to be something more than what you're doing now.