audience: cinnabar

[cyclists]

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week 3, friday

[cyclists]

[as cinnabar approaches the sakura tree, lune will be seated beneath it on a bench that may or may not have existed there before!

lune will gesture for them to sit on the other end]

To what do I owe the pleasure?

[globs]

[ they don't sit down on it..... no surprise there. Instead, they stand a little distance away, looking as standoffish as always. ]

I need you to tell me something. Advice. Are you a human?

[cyclists]

... that is something I wonder, now and again. I do not consider myself entirely human, but I also do not consider myself something entirely apart from them either.

[a tilt of their head]

But if there is any way that I may assist you, I will.

[globs]

[ what a non-answer. Cinnabar makes a bit of a face, but they let it go. There's something else pressing on their mind. Lune must at least know humans better than they do, even if he isn't one. ]

Tell me what humans like.

[ ??? ]

[cyclists]

[ah - there is a smile in their voice at that]

Complicated and at times contrary to themselves. They live relatively short lives, compared to you and I, which can make them inexperienced and fearful. However it also makes them passionate, as if their next moment will be their last.

You’ve come to face some humans now - has your opinion of them changed at all since you first arrived?

[globs]

[ a scowl. ]

Not what humans are like, you fool. I want to know what pleases them. "Food" isn't a qualified answer, either.

[ because they can't cook. also, they are completely ignoring his question, because they're stressed about this Thing they're trying to do, and also because they're rude. ]

[cyclists]

[sdlkfjsdflj there is a soft laugh at that]

It may depend on the human, in that case.

May I ask your intended recipient?

[globs]

...

[ ......... ]

Minato. [ a pregnant pause. ] Wait, why do you need to know that? Creep.

[cyclists]

Ah, was I unclear? Humans like different things, and it would be incorrect to assume that a gift for one would be accepted by them all.

[at least lune doesn't seem to bat an eye at being called a creep]

As for him... I believe he is the type who would like anything, as long as it were to be given to him by a friend.

[globs]

[ gems all like different things, too. Cinnabar is aware. They were just trying to deflect from the fact that they're super duper embarrassed to give a present to Minato. (Still, it's something they decided to do on their own... Figure that out.) ]

Tch. That's the same thing that Kaoru said... You're no good at all.

[cyclists]

Ahaha, you are remarkably hard to please.

[but lune doesn't mind that either?? it's kind of funny]

Do you not think that extending the offering to him will be enough? Perhaps some form of food then, since it appears as though he chooses to snack often. Or something lightly tinted with danger.

[minato is so

concerning]

[globs]

No. Are you an idiot? He'll seriously die at this rate.

[ when they look at minato they feel like they understand why humans don't live long lives ]

Anyway, I don't know anything about food. And I told you to avoid that answer.

[cyclists]

If you wish to find what he likes and that you find agreeable to give him, then it may not be something as simple as that.

[considering the fact that minato's tastes are so very rarely agreeable]

Then perhaps - if you were to be given a gift, what would you like to receive?

[globs]

[ Wouldn't they still have to cook it? They're under the impression that human food is created by some sort of crafting process with fire and metal tools and things like that, and they're completely certain they'd fail at it. ]

Me?

[ a beat. ]

I don't know... Nobody's ever given me anything. Aside from him. [ the real reason they're giving Minato a present - they feel bad only receiving. ] I guess... flowers... I don't know...

[ for some reason, it embarrasses them to say it. ]

[cyclists]

Is that so? Then come, come, let us go and pick some.

[this is their ADVENTURE now. lune will head towards the garden]

Flowers have many meanings... I do not know if he is familiar with each of them, but perhaps it will be easier for you to convey your feelings that way.

[globs]

This again, [ they say, tone flat. ] Are you the one who told Xion?

[ somewhat begrudgingly, they follow after him. ]

I'd rather pick flowers he likes than do something so frivolous...

[cyclists]

Oh? Did she pass it on to you? That's correct.

[lune seems happy that apparently what they said is reaching further than what they expected...]

Then may I ask if you know which flowers he might like?

[globs]

... Don't know.

[ GOOD JOB CINNABAR ]

[cyclists]

Then we may begin with this - and you can ask if there are others he might prefer.

[it's not like lune thought so but like

lune might've thought so]

[globs]

Fine...

[ you're the one who asked him for help dude ]

Why do you know so much about flowers, anyway? I've never heard of them having special meanings or anything.

[cyclists]

It is a common hobby within high courts. Humans often find themselves drawn toward beauty, after all. Flowers, performance, and art are all subjects that I have come to know rather well.

[and so they're entering the garden]

And so - do you have any you are drawn to immediately?

[globs]

[ well, that's one thing gems and humans have in common. Cinnabar and the others all love flowers, too. But rather than saying as much, they just hum, looking around the garden quietly. ]

... Something blue.

[ that seems like Minato's color. ]

[cyclists]

Hmm... then to express your gratitude -

What of bluebells?

[globs]

Bluebells?

[ they're from like 10 million years in the future, they don't know all the modern plants... ]

[cyclists]

[cinnabar is doing their best

and lune will guide the two of them over to a section of the garden - gesturing to some bloomed bluebells]

They are blue, as you wished - and in the language of flowers, they are able to signify gratitude and kindness.