[OPEN] I walk out in the flowers and feel better~

[terraformagica]

Characters: Amalia & yours~
Setting: Floor 25 (Meadow)
Time: Any
Format: No preference
Summary: Sadida princess feels it's her responsibility to make things green again! How well she fares, that's still up for debate. Come bother her and make sure she doesn't pass out or anything from over-exerting her powers?
Warnings: Probably none.


This wasn't the first time Amalia had tentatively ventured up the staircase to the Tower's levels that had been ruined in the whale monster's attack, but she'd never ventured off the steps and onto the floors themselves.

Yet today was different and now she was standing in the torn up dirt that had once been a lush meadow. She knelt into the soil and carefully brushed some of the debris away from what might have been a clover patch before. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner," she said quietly to the crumpled plants. "I was scared, but that's not an excuse. I still... have a lot to learn."

She pressed her hands flat into the dirt, closed her eyes and concentrated. Ripples of green light spread out from her in a circles and after a few moments, there began to be stirrings of new roots beneath the soil with a few tender green shoots tentatively raising into view. When she opened her eyes again, there was a radius of about 15 feet that was starting to grow again, like a young spring just recovering from a harsh winter. It was a long way from the lushness it had been, but now it could start growing back on its own.

Amalia looked at the rest of the ruined meadow, then down at the little patch she'd just created. She still had a lot of work to do.

Comments

[wrigurun]

"What other kind of food do you have?" Wriggle mumbled with a full mouth. Somehow receiving such kindness made the fruit taste even sweeter. Even if it was on odd taste it was growing on her by the second.

[terraformagica]

"I grew a very rare kind of grain once, to help out some new friends for a bread-baking contest," she said proudly. "But it was very hard to get right. If I hadn't had my friends' encouragement, I don't know if I could've done it."

[wrigurun]

Wriggle nodded along, the fruit long polished off. It must be nice to have friends that are so supportive...

"Are they still around? In the tower, I mean..." she asked, her voice somewhat softer than usual.

[terraformagica]

"No," Amalia said softly. "None of them are here... I wouldn't want them to have to be trapped here like we are, but at the same time the alternative..."

[wrigurun]

"The alternative?" Wriggle wasn't so sure she followed where the conversation was going. On the other hand, she'd secretly hoped that none of them were here. She liked Amalia and she wanted to be friends but if she already had friends here then she probably wouldn't need another.

It was a selfish way to think, wasn't it?

[terraformagica]

"Ah, well... because we don't know what's going on at home, right? That's all I was thinking..."

[wrigurun]

"Oh that..." Wriggle look solemnly at her feet for a moment. She was even starting to miss getting into fights with the people back home. The fights with people here just weren't the same.

"Didn't they say it had been destroyed...? Or was that just Gensokyo? What did your letter say?"

[terraformagica]

"It did," Amalia agreed. "That's why I can't decide which way I feel about it. Even as horrible as some of the things are that can happen here in the Tower... it's better than that."

Then she tapped her finger against her chin. "But I don't know if our worlds are really destroyed, so... I think it will be all right."

[wrigurun]

"Do you think they'd lie to us?"

It was an innocent enough question, but considering the things they'd put them through Wriggle was less and less inclined to trust them. Only now was the fact that Gensokyo might still be there creeping into her mind but she wasn't entirely convinced yet.

[terraformagica]

"I can't say," Amalia answered, sounding apologetic. "I don't know them well enough. Some here have met them in person but I've never talked to any of them."

[wrigurun]

"I saw some of them once," she piped up, suddenly seeming a little more alert.

"The didn't seem like very nice people."

[terraformagica]

"Some people have said that," Amalia agreed. "But I feel like I can't make a real decision until I talk to them myself. I suppose I'll have to be patient and wait for that opportunity."

[wrigurun]

"Maybe..." she mumbles as she lays down beside her, her arms resting just above her head.

"But they're never around. I think you'll have to wait a lot..."

[terraformagica]

"That's all right," Amalia answered. "I'll be patient. And I have friends like you to help me, Wriggle."

[wrigurun]

Suddenly she shot back up.

"Eh? Me?" Wriggle asked with a finger pointed at herself. Her expression seemed completely clueless.

[terraformagica]

"Of course!" Amalia nodded, not really understanding why Wriggle seemed so surprised.

[wrigurun]

She fidgets, not really knowing how to respond to something like that. Eventually Wriggle opens her mouth to speak, a very small smile playing on her features.

"Thanks..."

[terraformagica]

"You're welcome," Amalia smiles back. "And you can count on me as a friend too, okay?"

[wrigurun]

"O-of course!" she blurts out, obviously a little flustered from the turn of events.