1.1.01.01.014: flowers are not to be picked, they are to be enjoyed by everyone.

[needshumility]

[Eddie's on camera. He's grinning. This isn't meant to be public, but it isn't. He's on deck, so you can see the stars behind his head, and a greenhouse in one corner.]

Jane! Jane! JANE! [he's raised his voice. Oh no. The camera turns to some flowers - all the colours are overly bright, and quite obviously artificial, to anyone with normal sight. They're incredibly vivid, and might give you a headache if you look too long, but this doesn't seem to bother Eddie too much.]

We got a garden! [He pans across a small few beds of flowers, all in variants of vivid colours - even the leaves are a slightly unnatural green]

Brilliant. I could kiss someone.

[pause, and he realises this is public, so thinks he ought to say something.]

Um. Nobody pick our flowers. They're... there for public enjoyment.

Comments

spam

[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

[She didn't reply. She just went up on deck to see for herself, appearing beside Eddie. A little breathless and a little tired, but present nonetheless. It took her a moment before she could speak.]

It worked!

Re: spam

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

[He grinned and hugged her tightly, not really caring about propriety fora moment]

It worked!

Re: spam

[thebestnose.livejournal.com]

[She tensed up at the hug, but, as this was a special occasion, she didn't hit him for it. Instead, she returned it, grinning to herself.]

And it looks wonderful. [She pulled away, only to look at it closer. It had been a long time since she had the opportunity to see a colour garden. This was proving to be worth it.]

Re: spam

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

[He let go at her and squatted down by the flowers,]

You take these gardens for granted a little at home. It's... so good to see one again.

Thanks for asking for one.

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

[Flowers in colours that defy belief... ohgodthosearefactoryflowers]

Are those...

[FFFFFF HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU, EDDIE. You don't seem like Prefect material, so he's guessing you're workers, and that means... GUILT :C]

[Private]

I think I owe you an apology.

BEST REACTION EVER. - private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

An apology? What for?

[also, yes, he IS prefect material, dammit...]

THERE ARE MANY COINCIDECES AT WORK HERE - private

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

At the place where I was before I came here. The place... that I think we were at before we came here. I was a Prefect, and I protected a society which did terrible things to people.

I did terrible things to people.

I was an inmate here for two years, but I can see now that what we did was wrong, and... even if you never worked under me personally, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what we did to all of you.

[IS NOT!]

A SPOOKY AMOUNT - private

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

...If you're a Yellow, you need to be apologising to Jane and not me.

And I'm a Prefect, thank you very much. I haven't... done anything terrible. [yet]

VIDEO FOR ONCE.

[ifightfor]

[...Eddie gets a really puzzling view of Rinzler tapping his camera, then poking at it as he tries to work out exactly why the flowers look slightly off. Cue lots of up-tempo rumbling for audio during this. WHY ARE THESE--

...oh, it's really not a camera issue? The video feed snaps off and is replaced by the usual text.]

Query: Native flowers typically oversaturated?

Re: VIDEO FOR ONCE.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

[pause. considering what he might mean.]

Not over saturated to my vision. Only, perhaps, to Previous vision.

Text.

[ifightfor]

Query: Previous to what?

Re: Text.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

the Something that Happened.

[goodgrasshopper]

[This... looks like Oz. From the movie. Huh.]

Those are... pretty interesting flowers. Do they grow like that where you're from?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

No, they're coloured with Univisual colours. It means we can see all the colours. But they don't grow like that.

[goodgrasshopper]

...Univisual colors? What are those?

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Ones which me and Jane can see in full? They're produced by National Colour for everyone.

[persephonepearl.livejournal.com]

I could make you flowers that colour, I believe.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

...What?

Are you from National Colour? You have to get the colour piped in and I... really?

[persephonepearl.livejournal.com]

No, but I do well with flowers.

You need them to be overly coloured, yes?

[young-idealist.livejournal.com]

I saw them. Do your bright flowers need special care to thrive? Other than not picking them, of course.

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

Just... whatever you normally put on flowers, I think. They're normal flowers under the colour.

They might fade a little over time, though, as the colour's not being piped in.

[young-idealist.livejournal.com]

I saw you talking to Persephone. If you and she can agree what needs to be done, she can be in charge of keeping your special flowers thriving. I admit they give me a bit of a headache up close.

Does that suit you? I'm glad they're not all in the greenhouse, too, since access there is restricted. Not the rest of the garden though.

/ARRIVES BACK FROM HIATUS /SO LATE C:

[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

These things, this garden, it is most common in many places?

Re: /ARRIVES BACK FROM HIATUS /SO LATE C:

[needshumility.livejournal.com]

At home, everyone has a colour garden in their town.

[failedcreator.livejournal.com]

How does this differ in nature from an ordinary garden?