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[thesamename]

[It's been over a month since she last even considered acknowledging the vine. She is still uneasy about it, but she is... resentful of fear. She has been forcing herself too much lately, perhaps it shows in the dark rings around her eyes, sleeplessly bruised into pale skin

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[aunomdedieu]

[ Unlike the last time, the Vine is sure to get Caprica's attention when Jackie appears in the mirror. She looks up as one of the green tendrils wraps around her wrist and tugs, and her eyes widen at whom she sees there.

When she gathers herself to draw closer to the mirror, resting a hand against the edge of the glass as if she could reach out to touch the other woman through it, her eyes are full of concern and perhaps something close to regret. And when she speaks, her voice is incredibly soft, gentle, like she's afraid of hurting her if she uses too loud a tone. She can see just by looking at Jackie that Dominique wasn't lying when she told her she was unwell. ]

Jackie?

[thesamename]

[She doesn't open her eyes, but her expression does pinch faintly. She had known Caprica was returned, a long time now, had been watching from the other side of the room when Dom had welcomed her back, but Jackie has made no moves herself. She hadn't intended to. She just wanted to forget.]

...hello.

[aunomdedieu]

[ Caprica, on the other hand, can't forget. She cares for Jackie, perhaps just a little more than she cares for any of the others here, and she isn't going to let her slip through her hands so easily.

She can sense the delicacy of the situation, sees it in the way Jackie doesn't look up at her, the tension in her expression. If they were physically in the same room, she might reach out to stroke her hair, just gently and briefly. But she can't. ]

Dominique told me you weren't feeling well.

[ She keeps her voice quiet, even, calming. ]

But it's all right, if you don't want to see me right now. Maybe later, when things are better.

[ It's both a peace offering and a declaration of intent; she's not going to force contact on Jackie when she doesn't want it, but this distance between them is something she wants to surpass, no matter how long it takes. ]

[thesamename]

They won't be.

[She murmurs this quietly, ignores all the rest. Dominique had asked her who she wanted to see, she had refused some and accepted others, set a few more aside for later. The fact was, however, that this was the same pain she had been holding onto, for a very long time.

She is never precisely all right.]

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[gardenmeddler]

[Kanaya can tell almost immediately that the woman is not well, but she does not know her and does not know how to talk to her, not yet. Instead, she will comment on what is said, and what is said alone. It is a topic important to her, all the same.]

One need not be good at gardening to enjoy it. All you need is a desire to see something grow.

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[thesamename]

[It's an unfamiliar voice, but Jackie had made this post hoping to talk, a little.]

I... would probably kill it.

[There's something more than gardening there, but she's been trying to find something to do, a new hobby from the confines of the house. She'd been deeply invested in technology before she came here.]

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[thinkbrave]

( Ellie arches an eyebrow, but doesn't say anything for a while. She just watches the Vine, considers, before eventually prodding at it. )

You'd probably forget to water it.

( On purpose, she suspects, but she doesn't say that. )

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[thesamename]

[She opens her eyes, looking at Ellie placidly for a moment before she agrees,]

Or drown it.

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[thinkbrave]

So you need a cactus or a lilly pad.

( Just the slightest of smiles, but is sort of dry. ) What are the odds you don't put the cactus in a bucket of water and leave the lilly scorching for a month?

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[thesamename]

Credit me with a little intelligence.

[freemade_grace]

[It's a few hours before she responds. Long enough to wash the ink off her hands, to consider whether or not to say anything about Jackie's absence or to let it sit, to watch the other responses and decide that she's only going to say what equals "enough" again.]

Plants shouldn't be hard to do.

As for dinner...that'd be very nice of you. Just let me know what time would work, and if I need to make myself look pretty.

[thesamename]

[A frustrated little smile touches Jackie's face. She's not in the mood to be amused.]

I was thinking come as you are.

[It wasn't as if Jackie was feeling particularly pretty herself.]

I pay someone, back home, to do the garden.

[freemade_grace]

Duly noted.

...Is it a big garden?

[thesamename]

It goes all the way around the house.

[She relates this without much enthusiasm. It... wouldn't be her house for long. She'd wanted to leave her husband for a long time, maybe the Queen would be happy to know time spent in the Garden had determined Jackie to it.]