"Mm. If I'd been wolf-shaped and smelled the plain rose, I might've been
able to pick it out. But on two legs, with other ingredients mixed in? It
just smelled and tasted like generic rose. I made my brother take
all the relevant teas and baking ingredients out of my kitchen so nothing
in my cabin smells like it."
She considers the offer, then suggests, "Mexican orange blossom's nice. Or
maybe jasmine."
"That's...yeah. Okay, I can understand that." And she wished Justine hadn't done this. It made her heart ache, knowing this had been done to Maggie, to Cloud, and so many others.
"If you want other flowers to air out your cabin or anything, please let me know. I'm not familiar with Mexican orange blossom, but jasmine...we can work with that. It'll take awhile, but I can see about making a jasmine barrier of sorts, maybe make it more...of a decorating choice, rather than making the reasoning obvious."
Maybe she could even have a bench placed there, to make things work. She'd have to ask around if someone new woodworking or something.
But that was for another time. She gestured to a group of trees, and the lone rose bush that was planted nearby.
"This is the one. Justine brought it to the Greenhouse, not long ago."
Maggie flips the book open, offering the 2 copies she made of the relevant
page to Aerith; her office setup doesn't serve much use here on the Barge,
but sometimes it comes in handy.
And she'll lean closer to study the bush herself, scrunching her nose in
distaste at the scent. She did volunteer for this. But that
doesn't mean she'll enjoy it. "I don't think so. Jedao says it's
the Damascus rose specifically, other varieties won't work, and this looks
different. I'd feel better if we flip through the book and find a positive
ID rather than just a negative one, though."
She took the copies, glancing it over and trying to browse over any sort of description so they could be absolutely sure. She doesn't want there to be any sort of misunderstandings. She'd hate to kill the roses over a mistake.
But she understood the need for safety too.
"A Damascus rose...just looking at the picture, it's not going to be difficult to find. If we find something about cultivating it- like if it needs more water, or something- that might help narrow it down. But the bloom is...pretty unique. It's almost an explosion of petals."
Beautiful really. And used for such a terrible thing.
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"Mm. If I'd been wolf-shaped and smelled the plain rose, I might've been able to pick it out. But on two legs, with other ingredients mixed in? It just smelled and tasted like generic rose. I made my brother take all the relevant teas and baking ingredients out of my kitchen so nothing in my cabin smells like it."
She considers the offer, then suggests, "Mexican orange blossom's nice. Or maybe jasmine."
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"If you want other flowers to air out your cabin or anything, please let me know. I'm not familiar with Mexican orange blossom, but jasmine...we can work with that. It'll take awhile, but I can see about making a jasmine barrier of sorts, maybe make it more...of a decorating choice, rather than making the reasoning obvious."
Maybe she could even have a bench placed there, to make things work. She'd have to ask around if someone new woodworking or something.
But that was for another time. She gestured to a group of trees, and the lone rose bush that was planted nearby.
"This is the one. Justine brought it to the Greenhouse, not long ago."
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Maggie flips the book open, offering the 2 copies she made of the relevant page to Aerith; her office setup doesn't serve much use here on the Barge, but sometimes it comes in handy.
And she'll lean closer to study the bush herself, scrunching her nose in distaste at the scent. She did volunteer for this. But that doesn't mean she'll enjoy it. "I don't think so. Jedao says it's the Damascus rose specifically, other varieties won't work, and this looks different. I'd feel better if we flip through the book and find a positive ID rather than just a negative one, though."
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But she understood the need for safety too.
"A Damascus rose...just looking at the picture, it's not going to be difficult to find. If we find something about cultivating it- like if it needs more water, or something- that might help narrow it down. But the bloom is...pretty unique. It's almost an explosion of petals."
Beautiful really. And used for such a terrible thing.