A gpose cover for Miss Gainsborough's Gift by Astrology BF. Ifan stands in Sharlayan's Agora with the statue of Thaliak visible in the background, talking to a woman who has her back turned to the viewer but has the exact appearance of one Aerith Gainsborough.
“Oh, so you’re in love love,” teased the flower girl.
“Oi!” Ifan’s smile evaporated as his lips pinched in bashful reflex, but the simple truth of it quickly bore out. He let out a sharp scoff, then chuckled at himself. “...You’re not wrong, aye. And I could just get him roses, but I wanted to get him something more… personal,” he finished, punctuating his sentence with a gesture to the flowers she was holding.
The flower girl’s expression grew more thoughtful, even if it remained cheerful, and she nodded in response.
“Fair enough. I mean… I’d still call roses pretty personal, even if they aren’t original,” she mused. “But I guess we wouldn’t have invented floriography if people didn’t want specific meanings.”
Ifan cocked his head.
“Floriography?” he asked.
“Sending messages with flowers,” she explained, smile widening again.
“Ah.” The magician clicked his teeth and nodded. “Didn’t know that had a name.”
“Only what they call it here in Sharlayan,” said the flower girl, her expression growing wry and slightly smug. “But I prefer a field of flowers to a field of study, personally.”
Ifan couldn’t help but snicker.
Miss Gainsborough's Gift
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The Warrior of Light gets a gift of advice regarding a gap in his memory from a friendly flower girl.
CW: A degree of magical realism the canonicity of which I leave to you, the reader.
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