Public Service - On the Edge, Monday, Period 2

[raspberryturk]

Reno was going to try to keep this relatively short and sweet today - he had no intentions of bursting into song in front of his students today, thanks. So he just waved everybody through the portal, and then led them down one of the long alleyways to one of the city's few little patches of sunshine.

There he stopped, and waved at something that would have been absolutely unremarkable anywhere else in the world. It was little and yellow and frighteningly delicate looking, barely alive.

"Don't step on the flower."

In case anybody around here was even remotely like him, maybe.

"There are only two places around here where these grow, yo. This ain't never been one of 'em. And I'll let you all get back to construction this week if you wanna - it's going pretty good - but we gotta talk about this. If the locals find it, maybe they'll take care of it, maybe they won't. The flower itself ain't the point here, though. It's the ground under it."

Hopefully his students saw what he was getting at, here.

"Maybe there are other ones out there. Maybe there's something to this. One tiny frigging buttercup is godsdamned revolutionary around here, yo. The ground's been dead in and around Midgar for decades." A beat. "Discuss."

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Comments

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[spin_kick_snap]

Well, the world could use a big dose of saving, couldn't it? And Kathy had been working towards that even before she'd developed powers. Now she had a far more tangible method to do so.

Her lower lip was trembling as Anders finished up his impromptu serenade. Sure, it was weird, but no weirder than the weekend was, and, more importantly, it was true. Eyes shiny, she leaned forward to give Anders a tight hug.

"Might've needed to hear that," she whispered. "Even in verse."

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[not_every_mage]

Anders was surprised -- by his singing (though he'd meant it) as much as by the hug -- but only hesitated for a second before squeezing her back.

"I can't yell at you when you're hugging me," he whispered. "Is this your evil plan?"

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[spin_kick_snap]

"Well, it wasn't before, but now you're not actually giving me any incentive to let go," Kathy pointed out. "It's not often I get to use my powers for evil."

Re: Talk to the TAs!

[not_every_mage]

"I can't argue with that logic," Anders told her -- though he was loosening his grip, just a little. "Well, by the way you're hugging me I'm guessing I fixed your rib. So that's good."