Pick Your Poison, Thursday

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

It had been a while since Margo had actually bothered to show up at the shop herself, so... now there were a bunch of dead things in the windowsills.

"Ugh, I am so not made out to be a flower girl," she muttered, as she diligently removed each dead plant and replaced it with something greener and more colorful.

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Shop!

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

Shop without Margo and leave money on the table when you're done. She'll know if you don't.

Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

She's trying not to think about Josh as she sets out the fucking petunias or whatever they're called.

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"Ugh, plants. So fussy." Eliot shook his head as he swanned in. "This is why I could never have been a Nature kid."

[extreme slowplay mode: ACTIVATE!]

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"I don't fucking know how Hoberman does it," Margo said.

"Shit," she swore a second later. "Ugh."

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"He is indeed a mystery," Eliot agreed, and frowned. "Do try not to injure yourself, Bambi."

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"No, no, no," Margo said, waving at him with one hand. "I told myself not to think about Josh."

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"Ah." Eliot nodded and pulled out his flask. "Well, I do have one of our usual cures for thinking with me, if you'd care for a nip."

Yes, Eliot. Everyone knew by now that you always have a flask with you.

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"Maybe in another hour," Margo, who was not nearly the alcoholic Eliot was, said. "Or you could come bring momma a cocktail later...?"

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"Of course," Eliot said, tucking the flask away again and looping his arm around her shoulders. "Any time, darling."

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"Thank you," Margo said. She let her hands drop away from the plant... very... slowly, as she leaned into Eliot. Mm. Comfy. "Ugh, it's just going to die next week anyway."

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

Eliot . . . actually probably knew how to fix the plant. But he wasn't about to dig into his farm-boy memories to find out.

"I think what we really need here are some artistic fakes."

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"Buy something plastic, spruce it up with a little dazzle?" Margo said, turning her head and craning it up to look at his face.

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"I was thinking silk, but sure. Or . . . glass, maybe. Still classy, but less likely to die when you forget to water it."

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"As long as we can get it to look alive," Margo said. She narrowed her eyes at the plants. "Fuck, I wish we knew more Nature magic."

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"I was thinking of a deliberately not alive look, but I see where you're going," Eliot said. "But really, Bambi, what on earth were we going to do with plant magic that we couldn't just make a natural kid do for us?" He sighed. "Shit, now I miss -- nature kids."

Not Hoberman. He served his purpose but it wasn't any purpose that Eliot couldn't find elsewhere, at least in their native world.

Re: Talk to Margo

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

"Eh, I feel like this place has to look a little... plant-y," Margo said, tilting her head thoughtfully. "Glass is easy on the upkeep, but it kind of screams Gwyneth shoving rocks up her vajajay, you know?"

Re: Talk to Margo

[existencemisspent]

"Well there's an image," Eliot said with a sigh. "Silk it is. Only the highest end, most realistic silk plants that require only the occasional dusting spell for my Bambi."

OOC

[not_a_goddamn_princess]