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[eviscerates]

No! Just curious. They seen like they'd be tricky, with so many petals and all.

( okay maybe it was a tiny bit a request )

[fleurdesel]

Red peonies, I suppose? Mm. [ Red glass- wherever would she find that? She can ask around. ] It has been some time- and it is quite complicated, the petals but I do enjoy a challenge.

[eviscerates]

( Sheepish, ) I like the red ones and the pink ones.

( She feels ridiculous. Mock serious, )

Don't tell anyone, it might ruin my cool facade if you tell people I like flowers.

[fleurdesel]

Says the woman that causes flowers to bloom through the snow as she walks.

[eviscerates]

Not by choice! That's totally different and also out of my control.

[fleurdesel]

It is still somehow incredibly charming.

[eviscerates]

( a breath of laughter. )

One day you're going to say something like that and I'll be forced to swoon, you know.

[fleurdesel]

Make certain there is a chaise or something chaise shaped for you to swoon on. I am not all that certain I could catch you.

[eviscerates]

Is that a comment on my figure, Captain? I'm hurt.

[fleurdesel]

Mages are not often known for their upper body strength, Red.

[eviscerates]

You did catch me once before, though.

[fleurdesel]

You'd been impaled. Panic and spite are excellent motivators.

[eviscerates]

"How to get ripped in 30 days, the panic and spite method. Call in the next thirty minutes to receive a free 2 litre tub of premium body oil to make them shine."

( Except some jokes really don't translate inter-world that well, do they? )

Never mind. I choose to imagine that you will be adrenaline pumped whenever I'm swooning.

[fleurdesel]

...You cannot see me, but you are more than welcome to assume that I am giving you quite a look, Red. An unimpressed one. I am certain you have seen me direct it at Church at the very least.

[eviscerates]

Don't worry, I'm giving myself the same look.

( no, really. why is she this way? )

So, just feel free to tune out maybe forty percent of what I say.

[fleurdesel]

I assume it references some manner of merchant product hawking in your home world?

[eviscerates]

Late night infomercials, yeah. They're weirdly hypnotic. You know you could just-- well, you could silence them or make them disappear, effectively, but somehow you just keep watching. And sometimes you buy things and then have to explain why it is you now own a really fancy set of kitchen knives.

[fleurdesel]

...how fancy are these knives? Gilded, sharpened to a fine edge, enchanted to toast the bread as you slice?

[eviscerates]

Well, one was electric - which is to say it the blade would move independently to help carve meat. I'm not sure exactly why that made it better at carving, but it was very important to me at three o'clock in the morning.

A toasting knife would be awesome though. I wonder if that could be done.

[fleurdesel]

It has been done. Roul was bored and disliked having cold bread in the mornings and worked out a milder enchantment than one might have for a flaming sword.

[eviscerates]

You know, if you wanted to raise money for the Mage Council, going into business with enchanted toasting knives wouldn't be the worst plan in the world. I've heard worse ideas.

( like mary margaret and leroy's pitches when trying to sell like a thousand candles for the nuns but whatever )

[fleurdesel]

Most of us are content to offer our services or brew specialty potions and ointments, but I will get right on suggesting lightly enchanted bread knives. They would probably sell quite well up north, honestly.

[eviscerates]

So you could make special magical butter for the first thirty buyers of an enchanted bread knife, basically.

( so so so serious
she is not struggling to keep a straight face at all, never mind that Adelaide can't see her, no )

[fleurdesel]

Butter that is resistant to spoiling and tastes of honey. [ A beat. ] That is actually not a terrible idea.

[eviscerates]

See? Although you could maybe just straight up mix butter and honey, it's a natural preservative. Not... sure if that'll actually work, but the technicalities are your area, so.