the garden looks very nice today

[teratophilia]

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The gardens do look rather lovely today, though maybe not supernaturally so. Plants have begun to return as spring creeps across the campus, the sun peeks out from behind the clouds, and the fountain in the hedge maze looks strangely… inviting? It looks cool, tranquil, and a few flowers have sprung up around the base, including a few purple buds. They could just be regular old morning glories, maybe a few honeysuckles, but they look a little misshapen, crooked. Might be worth keeping a sample, as long as you don’t make any ink out of them.

The graveyard is as it always is, still and silent. Once or twice, you can spot one of the Goodliffes watching from the window of their big purple Victorian, suspicious of what teenagers might be doing in the graveyard. Fresh flowers have been set out on several graves, and pebbles are stacked on the headstones of one or two.

In their wanderings, they find one thing of particular interest: a set of gravestones with fresh flowers set out. The larger of the two reads: CALEB QUALLS father. husband. hero. 1928 - 1989 and MARILYNN QUALLS mother. wife. warrior. 1931 - 1998.

The second gravestone looks as though someone’s made an effort to clean it fairly recently, but lichen still clings to it and it’s largely corroded. In addition to flowers, someone has left a set of small paint brushes. What remains of the headstone reads: “ALLS Dream sweetly, ... world is dim...r for losing y... colors. 1972 - 1989.”

HOW THIS WORKS

• This took place on Tuesday, March 10th, after classes.


• Junior Thorntrailers, Laszlo, and also Wyatt were invited to explore the gardens and graveyard with Armani.


• Laszlo and Armani packed a little picnic basket for y'all. :)


• Feel free to tag in even if your character didn't respond to his original post. They live together so assume they talked about it in person.

» What's up?: Whatcha up to? How ya feelin'? Whatcha thinkin'?

» The Gardens: Ooh, what's up with the maze?

» The Graveyard: Hello, Ms. Goodliffe!

» Back to Thorntrail: Squatch & friends climb back in their tree.

» Elsewhere: If you need it.

» OOC - Discussion

Comments

Fiona & Open

[girl_in_the_moon]

Fiona peers at the second gravestone and does some mental math. "That's sad. She...or he...died when only a teenager." She looks back at the first gravestone. "Is this Mr. and Mrs. Qualls' child? Or would they have been too old then?" Math isn't her strong suit.

Re: Fiona & Open

[quidditched]

"Yeah," Eddy says, in possible agreement to one of Fiona's questions. He crouches low in front of the second gravestone, examining it silently. Qualls never held any particular interest for him - just another doddering old ghost - until the initials LQ showed up on his compatibility results. Because even if it was just more weird shit, Eddy's still a dumb teen too. Could it have said L'Ghostson, or likely some far more mundane L name on the stone at some point?

"89%," he notes to himself, then continues louder. "Shouldn't look like this?" He nods his head between the second and relatively new looking first gravestone, looking to the twins for confirmation.

Fiona & Co.

[teratophilia]

Armani shakes his head, gently brushing his fingers over the headstone. He closes his eyes in thought for several moments. "Lars?" he breathes, "LQ... Lars Qualls?"

Fiona & Co.

[quidditched]

Eddy's lived with Seer-folk long enough to know to let Armani do his thing.. and long enough to know it's likely bullshit. Still. The stone's far too damaged to dispute it. "Is blonde," he agrees.