4th bloom

[punchtheflowers]

[Vinnie had been spending a lot of time on his own outside, watching the flower buds peek through the snow. Had he been actively avoiding certain people? Hell yes. But he was privately trying to console himself with the slow return of spring.

It was getting warmer. Greener. All his hopes for the future lay in the coming month.

All are welcome to bug him as he mopes in the melting snow.]

= = =

I wanna get back into training again. At least doing something. I'm sick of waiting around and feeling like this. I've been getting into fights anyway, so... I should've told you about those.

I know I've been pulling stupid shit lately. You can lay it on me for that.

= = =

...Sorry for being such an asshole.

There's a girl that likes me. I don't know what the fuck t'do.

So if you guys have any ideas on how I should stop fucking up my life, I'm all ears.

By the way, Smoe: those nose things work really well. Thanks.

Comments

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[There is a creepy girl.

She is digging up some nearby bulbs, inspecting them, and if they are not satisfactory, tossing them over her shoulder.

WHAT WILL YOU DO.]

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Creepy girl, what?! Those flowers had barely woken up and you were ripping them out of the ground? He didn't know you were, or who you thought you were, but he couldn't just sit back and do nothing.]

What the hell are you doing?!

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[Staring. She sees absolutely nothing wrong with this. Are they his bulbs?]

I need them.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Well he's looking at you like they're his bulbs. They might as well be, seeing how it's his self-appointed job to look out for his flowery, green friends.

From the way he talked, he sounded very doubtful that there was any need great enough that required uprooting them.]

Yeah? For what.

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[Ohh, so hostile.]

Why is it your business?

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, cuz he doesn't like your attitude. He picked up the discarded bulbs, cradling them carefully in his hands. Maybe he could get some extra pots from Erika, he could save them, give them a home in his dorm.]

Cuz you're makin' it my business.

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

Why, did you plant them?

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[As if he needed to be the one to plant something in order to care about them.]

No, it's my job to look out for'em.

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[She raises an eyebrow.]

Are you the groundskeeper?

[You don't look like a groundskeeper.]

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

No, I'm a Venusaur.

[The way he said it made it sound like 'Venusaur' was just as much of a job description as it was a Pokemon species, with just as much authority over his grassy friends. It wasn't a title he took lightly.]

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[Sadly, Ashley is new to Pokemon, so that means absolutely nothing to her.]

So?

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[All these questions, hrrnghg. It was really obvious that this girl did not give a crap about what he thought, and he didn't technically have any authority, either. Not that it looked like she'd listen if he did.

With a sour face, he tried an alternative compromise.]

Fuckin'.... If I help you find whatever you're lookin' for, will you stop pullin' the rest've the guys out by the roots?

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[She is CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THIS OFFER, and finally holds out a tulip bulb.]

Okay. These.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Vinnie stared at it. Tulip, easy enough to identify, even as buds in the snow. It shouldn't have been hard to find, some had already blossomed. Was there anything special about it, or had she simply been digging up the wrong kind of flowers?]

So, just tulips? Anything specific?

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[She appears to be thinking about this for a minute.]

No. Just those.

[And she shoves her entire armful of plant matter onto Vinnie. HELP HER CARRY.]

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Oh geez all these tulips being dumped on him. Sorry, bros.

Well, maybe since he was helping her now, she could do a bit of explaining for him.]

So... what're these for, anyway?

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[And off she goes, to a new patch of bulbs that are just beginning to poke through the ground.]

I need them for a potion. At least, I think I do.

HI BACKTAG LAND

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Vinnie gave her a confused look, eyebrow raised.]

Potion? Couldn't you just buy one? They're not that expensive at the PokeMart...

OH HI

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[She rolled her eyes in response.]

Not that kind of potion, stupid.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Hey man, how's he supposed to know anything about this magic business.]

Geez, fine. So what's it do then?

OH YOU KNOW JUST CHILLIN

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

[Yeah well how's she supposed to know anything about this Pokemon business.]

I'm testing a growth formula.

OH WELL DAS COOL.

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[Growth... potion for raising your special attack stat? Why not just use Calcium.]

So... you're gonna test them on the tulips t'see if they grow bigger?

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

And faster. I've been trying it on other things, but it hasn't been working the way I want it to.

herp

[punchtheflowers.livejournal.com]

[No idea what this kind of potion would be used for... Vinnie's immediate concern was something else.]

Huh. What makes you think it'll work better on tulips? What're you gonna do with them after?

Re: herp

[learn-my-name.livejournal.com]

Flowers grow, right? If they already want to grow, it's not hard for me to make them grow more. Once I have it working, I can fix it for other things.