Covent Garden Flowers, Sunday

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Eight stood in the middle of the flower shop, implants extended as he built new flowers from light and nanofiber. Their shapes varied from exotic and strange to near-natural, the colors vibrant and glowing.

He'd gotten a shipment in this morning, new fibers he was still learning the feel of. Not the best quality, but he hadn't cared, because the rest of it was something he'd spent almost the last of his money on - one actual flower. A bromelliad, not quite yet in bloom. He'd spent hours looking at it, feeling and recording every speck of it he could. Now he was indulging his art, the flower securely locked in a climate-controlled sunbox in the back room.

Everything else in the store was for sale, if anybody stopped by.



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A delicate thing, maybe, but Eight's implants gave him the speed and delicacy to manage it and still notice the girl in the doorway. He broke off the tip of one swirled stamen and set the flower in a vase. "Can I help you?"

[greenexorcist.livejournal.com]

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"They're for sale if you've got the creds," Peter answered. "Thanks. Look and feel like the real thing or better - and they can charge your gear or change colors for alerts. Need anything in particular?"

[greenexorcist.livejournal.com]

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"No scents on their own, but I've got atomizers you can add," Peter said. "You had enough plants to garden?"

[greenexorcist.livejournal.com]

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"Never tried them," Peter answered. He thought for a moment, then said, "I could sell you an old one cheap to test out. It doesn't work, return it. It does, I'll put the cost toward a better one."

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Shiemi gave that some thought. "I do most of our talisman coding on my own and it cant be worse. As long as I can practice first. Maybe sell me two?"

"Well, what price are we talking... I'm only an ExWire and that doesn't pay much."

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Peter thought about it. "Fifty?" It was a decent deal, though still pricey.

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That was the rate for three Server Exorcisms at her level! Shiemi groaned but... she authorized the transfer of credits. "It will be worth it if they work. I may stop by if I need some help, if that's okay."

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Eight raised his eyebrows, but otherwise didn't comment. He'd expected her to haggle, but hey, if she had the creds...

He nodded and headed to the corner of the shop where he kept the old flowers between wiping and reprogramming and searched out two of the better ones.

"Here you go. No frays or breaks; the color's fading, but the fibers are solid. And there's nothing but the basic structural code left in them, so you can add whatever you want."