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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

Comments

[shesepankh]

"Doesn't bother me in principle, although I wonder how well-behaved a co-occupant of the building Savannah will be."

[morethanimaginary]

"I would be extremely well behaved!" says Savannah indignantly.

[castmyown]

"Savannah. Would you, or would you not eviscerate several innocent flowers for their petals and then fling them at us?"

[morethanimaginary]

"... Totally would. But I would dump them on you both from above when you kissed."

[castmyown]

"There you have it, Bella."

[shesepankh]

"So I would prefer a less invested audience, if any. Let's hope we can have the car."

[castmyown]

Darren snorts with laughter. "Hopefully."

[shesepankh]

"Also I don't think you can really eviscerate a flower. They don't have viscera."

[castmyown]

"Pffff. Okay, what's the best word for 'systematically rip petals off of flowers' then?"

[shesepankh]

"Dismember? Dismantle, maybe, for the cleaner term."

[castmyown]

"Dismember tends to imply ripping off limbs, which flowers don't tend to have. Dismantle feels more robotic and doesn't quite have the flavor I was looking for."

[shesepankh]

"Disassemble probably has the same problem. Hmm."

[castmyown]

"Mutilate, maybe?"

[shesepankh]

"That sounds like everything's still attached and just damaged beyond repair."

[castmyown]

"Fair point. Maiming has much the same connotation. Hmmm. Why is this so difficult?"

[shesepankh]

"Pity I left my thesaurus at home."

[castmyown]

"Very. Come on now, Bella, you should be more prepared!"

[shesepankh]

"Aw, man, I'll never get my merit badge in reference-toting at this rate."

[castmyown]

"Nope. Sorry. You can't expect to get it without actually toting various references. I expect at least three encyclopedias on you at all times."

[shesepankh]

"I want disability accommodations for that requirement."

[castmyown]

"I offered to carry your books for you, but nooooo."

[shesepankh]

"I would've let you if I'd had encyclopedias!"

[castmyown]

"Oh sure, now you want my help. When your merit badge is on the line. I feel used, Bella."

[shesepankh]

"But don't you want to be useful?"

[castmyown]

"Hmmm. Well when you put it like that..."