Covent Garden Flowers, Thursday

[okteiviakom]

Octavia had been delivered a bouquet of fake roses, where the actual flowers were apparently made of... pairs of underwear? She was supposed to take the bouquet apart and use the lingerie roses as part of an arrangement with real roses and some other usual things. 'Preferably with very similar tones', the customer had said.

Octavia was ready for Valentine's Day to be over.

But until then, she'd be here, handling some underwear in a flower shop.

[ooc: Open! But subject to SP due to my brain. Link is SFW.]

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[magnusrushesin]

"Hey, I didn't know you worked here!" Why Magnus was in a flower shop to begin with was a mystery best left to the sands of time.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia glanced up only briefly.

"You've never been in here during one of my shifts," she said dryly, sticking another fake rose in the arrangement. "So that's not shocking."

[magnusrushesin]

"Did you stop working at the music place?" For not being a bard and all.

[okteiviakom]

"Yes."

For reasons that were... surprisingly complicated.

"Last year."

[magnusrushesin]

"Do I need to punch someone on your behalf? Because I can totally punch someone on your behalf. I'm scrunchin' for a punchin'."

He was always scrunchin' for a punchin'. Also always hoping for a hugging. Which didn't rhyme as well, but there it was.

[okteiviakom]

Now, Octavia gave him a withering look. "No," she said. "I can do my own punching just fine, thanks." And kicking, and sword-throwing, and all that good stuff. "And there's no one to be punched. It wasn't like that."

[magnusrushesin]

"Yeah, but friends help with that." And he had decided you were friends. So.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia sighed.

"Well, we already took care of the sharks, remember?" she said, not touching that whole 'friend' business. "One of them destroyed the old store and it had to move. So, punching done and taken care of."

[magnusrushesin]

Friend! Buddy! Pal!

"Awww, I coulda helped rebuild it. I did that with Taako's place."

[okteiviakom]

"Well, you can take that up with Jonothon," she retorted. "Because I'm working here now."

With her lingerie roses.

[magnusrushesin]

"I could." He was pretending it wasn't there, to be honest.

[okteiviakom]

"Mmh."

What, like she had much to say to that?

She compared one of the real roses to one of the fabric ones - eh. The color'd do. Close enough.

[magnusrushesin]

"So... weird flowers, huh?" HE JUST FUCKING BOTCHED THAT SUBJECT CHANGE ROLL.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia rolled her eyes. "Someone wanted this special arrangement for Valentine's Day," she said. "At least they bought the fake flowers somewhere else."

[magnusrushesin]

"...I guess that makes sense? Man, I am super glad Julia liked normal flowers," Magnus said. "And carved wooden ducks."

[okteiviakom]

"I have no idea who that is or how those two things are related."

Was that a request for elaboration?

Probably not.

[magnusrushesin]

"You know. For romantic gestures."

HE SHOWED LOVE WITH WOODWORKING. And nearly dying with people.

[okteiviakom]

"But the wooden ducks...?"

Congrats, Magnus, your romance made even less sense than the obsession with flowers that seemed to be happening in this time and place.

[magnusrushesin]

"Well, they're handcrafted, you know? And it shows you care about a person enough to take the time to work at something until it's perfect for them," he said earnestly.

[okteiviakom]

"I guess."

No, when he said it like that, she got it. But it was an altogether softer emotion than what she was comfortable expressing, so, she wasn't going to.

She thought of Lincoln.

She stuck another rose in her arrangement. Probably should've said something else to change the subject, now, but she failed to do so.

[magnusrushesin]

Nah, Magnus totally felt her there. Lost loves and all.

"So, I guess this is a big holiday here?"

[okteiviakom]

"That's what I've been told," Octavia replied, and while he tone was mild (blame the wooden duck talk, of all things), it still managed to convey some of her general dislike of it all. "It's about showing affection with flowers. Apparently."

[magnusrushesin]

"Flowers are nice," he said. "I wouldn't turn down nice flowers from my friends."

One of his friends was more likely to try fucking said flower, but...

[okteiviakom]

"I don't see the point," Octavia replied bluntly.

It was partly a lie. Oh well.

"But it makes sure my shifts are busy. So there's that."

[magnusrushesin]

"It's a nice gesture," he replied, totally deciding yo get her some now. Deal with it.

[okteiviakom]

Goddammit, Magnus.

She shrugged. "If you say so."

[magnusrushesin]

"I totally do."

Deal with it.