Covent Garden Flowers, Saturday

[crimson_sister]

As Lucille opened the door to the shop a cloud of butterflies swept past her, and she frowned, waving a hand in front of her face to get them out of her eyes as she stepped inside, wondering if she would have to endure them all day. As it happened, while for a few moments Lucille thought they were all gone, there were butterflies sitting on all the plants, completely still, the patterns on their wings resembling eyes.

Those eyes. They bothered her. If the butterflies didn't go away she would have to bring in some spiders.

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[special_rabbit]

Sometime that afternoon, Amaya finished up on her current project with enough time left in the day that some gardening in the greenhouse might be just the thing, which meant she might just swing by the flower shop to see if they had anything particularly interesting to add to her current mix of flora.

"Hey, there, Lucille." She deftly avoided the flutter of a few butterflies on her way over. "How've you been?"

[crimson_sister]

"Quite well, thank you," Lucille replied. "And yourself? What can I do for you? If the butterflies bother you just kill them."

[special_rabbit]

"...well," said Amaya, blinking a little at that, while she had just been in the middle of holding out a hand for one said butterfly to settle on, "that would certainly be a bold solution."

Which meant Amaya pretty much had to approve on principle alone, even if it did seem a little...much, as she watched the butterfly settle on her gloved finger and slowly flap its wings at her as if to say hello.

Then she got visions of singing princesses and other such nonsense and promptly shook her hand to shoo the butterfly away.

"Besides," she added, "most butterflies are good for gardens, aren't they? But I guess you never can tell with Fandom butterflies..."

And it was the weekend.

At the end of a semester.

Amaya was regarding those butterflies with entirely renewed suspicion now.

[crimson_sister]

"You can't, no," Lucille said. "Although most of these will likely just be gone soon."

She smiled. "I should perhaps have set up a sign offering free butterflies."

[special_rabbit]

"I....miiiight be interested to take a few," Amaya said, slowly, as she weighed out the potential benefits against the presumed problems. Maybe if she just kept them isolated for a few days. She could whip up a butterfly cage pretty easily, actually...

She shook her head before the conceptualisation for said butterfly cage in her head started to get rather...complex.

"But I'm mostly here to see if you got in anything new that might make a good addition to the greenhouse, as well as some good summer seeds."

[crimson_sister]

"Oh, of course," Lucille said. "We just had some seeds delivered," she gestured towards a box," and there are plenty of herbs and garden plants over there."

The poisonous ones had notes on them.

[special_rabbit]

Which was a very nice touch, really. You couldn't get that kind of guarantee from the Hobblepots.

"I'll have to sort through 'em and see what might do well," Amaya noted with a nod, before making her way over to do just that. "Don't suppose you have any tiger lilies in at the moment, do you? I was thinking they might be good company for the snapdragons."

[crimson_sister]

"I think we do, yes," Lucille said. "Snapdragons? I don't believe I have heard of those."

[special_rabbit]

"Well," said Amaya, maybe with a bit of caution, since she knew they weren't exactly everyone's favourites, "mine are a bit..different than the ones you find around this planet, which just sort of sit there and look pretty. Mine actually like up to their name...and snap."

[crimson_sister]

"They are plants that bite you?" Lucille asked, curious.

[special_rabbit]

"Only if you don't know how to handle them," said Amaya, snorting faintly with her grin, which conveniently ignored any and all times bandages were required after her horticultural pursuits.

[crimson_sister]

"Perhaps I should sell them here," Lucille said. "I am sure there would be customers who would appreciate them."

Lucille was sure she would appreciate the snapdragons at least.