aštuonios} vine/action

[rueandwolf]

Vine

So, it's probably fairly obvious that the current predicament is connected to the flowers. I know some of you are tearing them up, but I don't really see why we should be aiding our captors in maintaining our prison.

Why not let them grow and see what happens?

Action

[And of course she sets the robots to work, once she shows them how to

Comments

[action]

[existwithoutme]

[Kuja hears the message on the Vine and finds it of interest, although she doesn't respond right away. Instead, she thinks it over. It's unlike anything else she's heard proposed.

Later, she finds Lithuania in person, flying in from overhead and landing gracefully. In her post-storm explorations, she's found a mount to replace the dragons she's accustomed to.]

I believe your plan has merit. I'm willing to assist you.

[rueandwolf]

[After their short library conversation. Lithuania is a bit surprised to see the woman offering assistance. Also, what in the world is she flying on? Well, it's no stranger than Leafeon or anything else in the gardens.]

I'm simply moving the plats for now, somewhere away from those trying to kill them.

[existwithoutme]

[As Kuja is frequently rude as a matter of course, she doesn't attach much significance to their previous conversation, or see it as a reason not to consider Lithuania's plan on its own merits.

However much she might find the plan intriguing, however, she is not going to dig in the soil. She glances down at her slender hands with their long, purple fingernails.]

I could easily cloak the blooms in an illusion, so that they cannot be seen to be destroyed.

[rueandwolf]

That would do quite a bit to help, in case the others get overzealous in protecting this place.

[Her tone says she can't understand why anyone would want to stay.]

[existwithoutme]

Then I will do so. And I'll see if I can't politely discourage those I find uprooting them. They do seem appallingly eager to do the Queen's work for her. I can't imagine what they're thinking.

I can't think of any reason not to be pleased to see our prison crumbling around us.

[rueandwolf]

I don't understand, it's like they've grown attached to the place. Not that there's anything to grow attached to here.

[existwithoutme]

I could not agree more. Even for those who might find it pleasant in some ways, unlike ourselves, it cannot be denied that the Queen is a tyrant who has trapped us here and seeks to limit our liberties. As such, she deserves no service, and I, for one, am delighted to see her little world being torn apart.

[rueandwolf]

Maybe if we let it fall apart enough, we'll see the way out of this place. [She looks at one of the nearby apparent tears in the air.] I wonder what this place is, anyway.

[existwithoutme]

My thought exactly. I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only one with some sense here. The destruction of our prison can but benefit us, isn't that so? [Kuja believes it's possible that it could destroy the residents instead of sending them home, but she's sadly not too concerned about that.]

It's difficult to say. I'd imagine it's a magically created world, someone's little playground, or perhaps an extremely elaborate illusion.

[Speaking of illusions--as no one else is in the area, Kuja casts an illusion spell over a large number of the flowers. It's the same one she casts on her tail; it's still there, but it cannot be seen or felt by ordinary senses.]