01 | I wish that plant life would grow all around me so I won't feel dead anymore

[heavenscorpse]

Characters: V/V and you!
Setting: Floor 29 and then the dormitory levels.
Format: Action starting, but will match.
Summary: V/V picks flowers for people.
Warnings: None

[V/V is glad that she can simply fly over the hedge maze - it makes spending time in the garden so much easier. The wonderful plants and flowers here were one of the things she liked best about the tower - as scary as it was, it was still alive.

Hm, but there weren't many people who stopped on this floor to smell the roses, right...?

Anyone who makes it out of the hedge maze will see that V/V is on her knees carefully uprooting flowers from the ground and gathering them into her arms.]

[Later, V/V will be walking around knocking on each room in the dormitories. Yes. All of them. When the door opens - if it opens at all - she'll smile and pick out one of the flowers from the large bundle she's carrying.]

Would you like a flower?

[You can also catch her in the hallway before she moves on to the next room.]

Comments

Dorms

[silentsacrifice]

[When V/V gets to room 4-14, the door will open swiftly, and she'll be faced with a very intimidating, very tired-looking man in a long, dark coat. The wide-brimmed neck of the coat covers half his face and leaves only his blood-red eyes visible (she might note that dark circles are beginning to form underneath), which doesn't do his appearance any favors.

Her question is so simple, so painfully innocent, that it leaves Itachi floored for a minute. He's silent for a few moments, just standing there in the doorway, before he finally speaks up.]

...Excuse me?

Dorms

[heavenscorpse]

[She doesn't even wince.]

I think the flowers in the garden are very pretty, so I brought some up for people. Would you like one?

[silentsacrifice]

[What. Why. Is this some trick of the Tower's? Will this girl turn into a horrific monster and try to maul him as soon as he reaches for the flower? He really wouldn't put it past the place at this point, and he is in no mood to deal with it.]

No.

[Wow. Straight-up stone cold, Itachi.]

[heavenscorpse]

[V/V looks disappointed for a moment.] Would any of your roommates like a flower? I can just leave one here for them, I have plenty.

[silentsacrifice]

I have one roommate.

[He frowns and just barely manages to keep himself from rolling his eyes. Instead, he stares at the girl, making no effort to disguise his suspicion. After a moment of consideration, he relents.]

Leave one for him, if you'd like. But make it quick.

[He steps away from the door, but keeps his eyes on her. He won't let his guard down for a second.]

[heavenscorpse]

[V/V comes into the room and places a flower on one of the beds. She then comes back out of the room without doing anything else.] I hope he likes it.

[silentsacrifice]

[Itachi watches her the whole time, still tense even when she proves to be harmless.]

I'm sure he will.

[His roommate seems energetic enough. He'd probably find the gesture far more touching than Itachi does.]

[heavenscorpse]

That's all I wanted to do. I hope your day goes well.

[silentsacrifice]

[Itachi gives a curt nod, which is the best he can manage in his current state. At least he's had a lot of practice being cold and aloof.

Without saying a word, he shuts the door.]