27 ❦ Video

[chlorophylliac]

[Ivy appears in the video feed surrounded by plants. It’s all a little more sparse than it looks like it could be; this is because the Admiral kindly confiscated anything that could be considered dangerous. Thanks for that, guy. She looks like she’s been in a fight recently but her deep green skin doesn’t really show much bruising.]

...This again.

[She touches her fingers lightly to the bridge of her nose. The frustration is washed out of her voice; she just sounds tired. She’s struggling to reconcile her time on the Barge with two days spent at home that as good as eliminated those memories; it’s wearisome.]

I left in August, it appears I’ve returned in February, so the question now is whether my absence can be measured in months or years. I’m dying to know.

[You wouldn’t be able to tell.]

For those of you who recognize me, I’m pleased to say that my memory is intact. [Largely. Not as much as she’d like.] For those who don’t, my name is Poison Ivy. I have previously been an Inmate here for almost two years, so rolling out the welcome wagon isn’t necessary. I would like to know whether the greenhouse has finally fallen into Warden management, and if so, whose.

[Friends Filter]

['Friends' is too strong a word in most cases but those remaining on this filter are: Morgana, Zane, Iris, Arthas and Barbara.]

If you can see this message I would appreciate a response. Thank you.

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Private

[chlorophylliac]

[Smirk.]

You just described my home country's entire justice system.

[Save the death penalty. But when she kills aggressive, invasive lifeforms, she gets called a terrorist. Pfft.]

They're gone now?

Private

[godsays]

Most of them.

It really could use someone that knows what they're doing. It's been me and Morgana and the Emperor for a long time.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

You leave me no choice but to volunteer, then.

[There was absolutely no way she was going to lay off sticking her entire self in, regardless of supervision.]

How long since your graduation?

Private

[godsays]

[ A smile, then. She's definitely welcome there. ] That's complicated. I've gone home a couple of times.

It's been close to two years for me.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

[So it can't have been long after she left. It's not a huge surprise - she observed the way he changed, from a distance - and it's not as affecting as it was to learn Morgana had graduated. It still leaves her with a strange, discomfiting sense of having been left behind somehow, then a sense of revulsion at the idea that she's behind in choosing to be who and what she is.]

And no deal of your own, yet?

Private

[godsays]

I've been wardening Sylvanas for fourteen months.

[ And Sylvanas is impossible, is the subtext there. But he wouldn't trade her. ]

I don't think that'll end any time soon.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

[Sylvanas. She remembers her though she doesn't know if they ever actually talked.]

You're going to be one of those ones, are you. Martyred to your cause.

[She sounds balefully amused.]

Private

[godsays]

I just would rather it be me than someone who's going to try to control her.

[ This is entirely honest. ]

And I don't like the thought of leaving her here, to something like that.

I don't need a deal.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

[The first two statements she couldn't object to. The third, well, that's trickier.]

So does she not think it's only a matter of time before you tire of being here?

...Though from what you told me of your world, I'd be in no hurry to return either.

Private

[godsays]

...yes.

But everyone's betrayed her sooner or later. I don't want to add to that. Do you think it would help if I wanted a deal?

[ Honestly asking her opinion. ]

My world is better now, anyway. The sun isn't red anymore, and there are plants. I brought a flower back. I'll show you.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

[Wait what, change of subject.]

Your world is better?

The ashfall - what did you do?

Private

[godsays]

The old god died and a new one took his place. He fixed the planet's orbit and brought the green plants back.

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

If that's your domestic situation, then I suppose working for a faceless omniscient hasn't been an unusual year for you.

Private

[godsays]

Sazed is much better than the Admiral.

[ sorry admiral ]

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

I would guess that most such entities are.

Private

[godsays]

You'd like him. He's the one who sent me to save the flower.

- Well, he asked me. He didn't send me.

Private

[chlorophylliac]

I'd like to see that. Where are you keeping it?

Private

[godsays]

Some are growing in the greenhouse. Some I kept in the locked part.

[ Out of paranoia. ]

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

[She frowns.]

The 'locked part'?

[The last she remembers, only the equipment cupboard was locked.]

Private

[godsays]

The shed. I was afraid someone with a grudge could go and hurt all of them, so I kept one where people couldn't reach.

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

Is the light good enough?

Re: Private

[godsays]

Yes. There are grow lights.

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

Good.

I'd be happy to cultivate one from seed in my cabin, if you'd like another safe haven.

Re: Private

[godsays]

Yes. I would like that.

...I can't think of better hands for it, honestly.

Re: Private

[chlorophylliac]

Thank you.

[She smiles faintly.]

...Morgana tells me you're threatening people who try to pick the flowers.

[+10 approval.]