Episode 8: Planting Song [Video Post]

[fail_assassin]

[Click. The video feed is switched on with the light bump of the table the communicator was sitting on, and Flonne can be heard singing cheerfully off screen.]

♫ I took a little seed one day
About a month ago
I put it in a pot of dirt
In hopes that it would grow...

[At the end of the stanza, she can be seen stepping in front of the camera's view. She is carrying the pot of the plant she received as a Christmas gift firmly in between her two little hands. Carefully, she walks it over to one of the windows in the living room and sets it down on the floor.]

I poured a little water
To make the soil just right.
I set the pot upon the sill
Where the sun would give it light...

[As she sings, she walks back out of the view of the camera, coming back in shortly after with a small chipped glass of water held in one of her hands. She tips the glass, gingerly pouring the water over the soil.]

I checked the pot most every day,
And turned it once or twice.
With a little care and water
I helped it grow so nice. ♫

[At the end of the song, she giggles and sits down next to the pot. Flonne gently pokes at one of the leaves with a smile. The plant has already sprouted several pretty white blossoms.]

There! Now I bet that you feel even better now, huh, Mr. Flower? Continue to grow up healthy and strong, okay?

Comments

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Me too! But I have to admit, I like flowers the best.

It's where I used to live. Um... The closest thing you could compare it to would be the image of Heaven that most humans have.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

Fluffy white clouds, then?

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Well... kind of. It is in the sky, after all.

But there are also lots of floating islands.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

It sounds beautiful. How do you get from island to island?

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

It's very beautiful.

Angels know some magic, and so teleporting isn't hard for the more powerful ones like Master Lamington and Master Vulcanus. But for the other inhabitants of Celestia, we can use the Warp Portals just like in the Netherworld!

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

So there are angels in your world, but they have no wings?

-- Warp portals?

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Oh no. All of the Angels have wings. -- The Seraph's wings were almost as big as he was!

It just depends on the kind of training you've received, I think... Mine were small because I was just a Trainee, and so I couldn't fly very well with them at all.

Yes! The Warp Portal works like magic. Just step in and - WOOSH! It will take you where ever you want to go.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. That's a pity -- wait, "were"? You don't have your wings anymore?

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Yes... At least not the ones I've had before.

They've changed because I'm a Fallen Angel now.

It's a long story.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

So you have new wings now?

Alright, I won't press on personal matters. Though I'm surprised that someone like you could Fall.

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Yes. And a tail.

It's all right. I just thought you deserved a forewarning. Because it really is a long story...

Well... it's a sign for my atonement. I accepted this form punishment for my sins.

But, you know, even though this is what I am now... I'm happy. Because I know that my friends and I have been forgiven for those sins.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

If you've been forgiven, does that mean you can be an angel again? When you make it home, I mean.

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Maybe someday. I wouldn't mind going back to Celestia.

But for now, I'm satisfied just being in the Netherworld and helping Laharl and the other demons living there understand love.

[puzzledprof.livejournal.com]

That's very sweet of you, Miss Flonne.

[fail-assassin.livejournal.com]

Hee hee.

It's just the truth!