[MINGLE] chocolate and roses

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It's Valentine's Day, and that means just one thing for the inhabitants of the Velvet Room: chaos.

And chocolate, possibly. Or even something else? Or perhaps you're spending the holiday entirely by yourself?

[[ooc: just a quick catchall post for any toplevels or threads people might want to make for the holiday! Feel free to make inbox or journal posts as well.]]

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[youngestdawn]

In honor of Valentine's Day, Aki-chan has pulled out all the stops! In the Velvet Room, you'll find him manning a table with plenty of peach blossoms and jasmine branches -- both meaning friendship -- to give out to everyone, alongside some roses of many colors, alstroemerias, and forget-me-nots for people to give to their loved ones. There's even some dahlias and lilies and lotuses and sunflowers! Anyone is welcome to stop by and look at Aki-chan's display of flowers and their hanakotoba meanings and take some for themselves and their loved ones.

[lakebrat]

A rather frazzled-looking Frog bursts through the Tokyo door. It takes him a moment to notice the array of flowers—and Aki-chan.

He stops, catching his breath with a weird little smile. "Hello, oniichan."

[youngestdawn]

His first customer!! "Yu ar onii-chan agin, Fogsan! Nose-sama letme run a fower stand...wanwon?"

[lakebrat]

"Really?" He comes forward, looking carefully at the list, and slightly more carefully at Igor. "I'd love one. Can I take any one?"

[youngestdawn]

"Ani! Jus b reasonable." He's carefully enunciating the word. He's practiced! Aki-chan passes him a branch of jasmine. "Meams fen. Foru. Fom me."

[lakebrat]

Aww. That's so sweet. And the part of him that is still four years old is delighted. He bows to take it. "It's beautiful. Thank you. I'll put it up in Leblanc."

He looks over the display again, cradling the branch carefully to his chest. "I suppose it would be silly to give you something from your own table, but I'll be back when I've been to Junes. Perhaps I'll find something there."

[youngestdawn]

"Yuken tek fo' Dekke-san!"

[lakebrat]

"Are you sure?" But he looks down at the flowers again. He has plans, and the thought of what Ren would do if faced with a flower....

Actually, it would be hilarious. His hand brushes against one of the sunflowers. "May I take two?"

[youngestdawn]

"O'couse! As long asu tel pepl thatu gottem fom me."

[lakebrat]

"Of course I will."

With a little more thought, and less strict adherence to the rules of hanakotoba than is probably wise, he takes first a sunflower, then one of the lotuses.

"I think he'll appreciate these. He gave me sunflowers once, back home." But shhhh, oniichan.

[phantomlotus]

Trickster can't help but smile when she spots Aki-chan's stand. Naturally, she approaches.

"Hey, Aki-chan. These are some really nice flowers you have here. Did you set these out for Valentine's Day?"

[youngestdawn]

"Yeth! Nose-sama lemme." Almost shyly, Aki-chan produces a stem of Japanese primrose. "Admiration. Foru."

[phantomlotus]

Trickster can't help but blink, a bit surprised by the choice. Even so she smiles, gently taking it.

"'Admiration'... Thank you, Aki-chan. That's very sweet. I know just what to do with it."

She moves to stick it into the ribbon in her hair, adding a bit of color to her ensemble.

"Well? What do you think?"

Her smile grows more confident as she lifts up the ponytail resting on her shoulder.

[youngestdawn]

Aki-chan's eyes go wide, gazing on Trickster. "Beautifu..."

He almost forgets to breathe. Can he do that? He puts a hand up to his own hair.

[phantomlotus]

Trickster pauses for a moment, watching Aki-chan's reaction. It takes her a second to realize...

"...Oh! Do you want a matching one? I can do that for you."

[youngestdawn]

He nods!!

[phantomlotus]

"All right. Lemme just..."

She gently goes to pick up another piece of the Japanese primrose, slowly moving her hand to put it in Aki-chan's hair. Easy now, easy... She doesn't want to startle him or break the Japanese primrose...

"Almost done...

And with a little more fiddling near Aki-chan's ear, she pulls her hands away with a smile.

"Aha, there we go! Now it's perfect! Let me get out my compact, hang on..."

After digging into her bag, she pulls out a black compact, flipping it open to show Aki-chan the mirror inside. Behold, his reflection and the matching Japanese primrose in his hair!