Lucky's Heart

[balancetheblood]

Heart Game.

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Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

I'm May! And you're Rider, right?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

That's right. Nice to meet you.

So, any reason you're surrounding by glass roses?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

Oh, probably. It's all very symbolic, you know?

[ She stands and presses a hand to the air above the roses. It looks like she's pressing a hand to glass ]

But they've got me well and truly stuck, and no mistake.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

Do you know why?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

[ She taps the side of her nose ]

That would be telling!

[ Karen huffs ]

Aunt May, honestly. We can't say. There's... limits, on what we're allowed to tell you. We couldn't say more than that even if we wanted to.

[ May nods ]

But I will say, live roses are better than glass ones any day.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

They do have a nicer scent.

[Paaaaaause.]

[Let's do a testing thing.]

[Gonna cast a heal on a glass rose, because that's life energy into a glass thing, and heart physics, doesn't hurt to try.]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

[ nothing happens ]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

[Eh, worth a shot.]

So, how would you make glass roses into living ones? [Looking at Karen.]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

You can't. Glass roses grow this way from their planting.

They could be removed, though.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

[Ngggggh.] I....never like destroying things in hearts, if I could really avoid it.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

It is your choice. Not all destruction is bad.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

....

[Siiiigh and rubs his face.]

Would it help Lucky?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

It would free May.

[ May waves a little ]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

...

[Right.]

[Okay. Okay, he can do this, it...it doesn't have to be TERRIBLE.]

How can I remove them?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

[ Karen says nothing, but looks a bit apologetic. Probably gotta try this yourself. ]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

....I'm gonna have fun, aren't I?

[Well, let's try touching one first.]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

[ All the edges of the roses are extremely sharp, drawing blood before you're even aware you've been cut.

As your blood soaks into the soil, another rose bush starts to grow from the spot. This bush is not glass, but normal growing plant, and it entwines itself around the nearest glass rose bush, attempting to choke it. Somehow, the new roses are not damaged by the glass.

As its growth slows, the glass rose bush cracks and begins to crumble, and the new bush begins to flower, vivid Heliodor roses blossoming and releasing strong but not overpowering smell of roses undercut with copper. ]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

So. Right on that blood theme.

[Jiiiii.]

You know, I'm gonna have to ask her what's her deal with blood. [Undoing his bandages, because might as well keep the blood concentrated on one arm anyway.]

[Pulling out his knife and looking for where the glass rose wall is thinnest because let's not bleed out too much, okay.]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

I'm sure she'll tell you if you ask.

[ Thankfully, it's thin all the way around, you can probably get by with bleeding a bit over three or four bushes right where you are ]

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

[Yaaaaaaay.]

Good to know.

[And then he's cutting the back of his hand again and dripping blood in this heart again. '-']

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

[ It doesn't take much, at least, and more rose bushes spring up, choking the glass roses and replacing them with vibrant, living ones.

After choking them, the living bushes part, seemingly moving through the soil like water, opening a little path for May to step out of the circle with a sigh of relief ]

Well, that was fun, right?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

[Good, I'd rather not pass out.]

Oh yeah. Nothing like a good bloodletting.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

Sometimes magic needs the extra kick.

[ she shrugs ]

But at least I'm free to wander around and do my thing now. The roses'll keep growing now that they've got roots down.

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[protectshisown]

And what is your thing exactly?

And that's good, right?

Re: The Garden of Glass Roses

[balancetheblood]

Simple version? I take care of the garden. It kind of staged a coup a while back.