Twelfth Move -- Backdated to 12/25/11

[king_of_flames]

[Video]

All right. Tell me something, people. Did you get anything that...makes no sense to have here?

[The camera then pans to the other side of the bedroom...in which there's a wooden cart piled high with flowers.]

Because I certainly did.

They should have died over two years ago...

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[eliciadaddy]

[ No, but he did get something awesome... ]

Oh? Flowers? D'you have a secret admirer or something~?

[king_of_flames]

...No. That's not where these came from.

[eliciadaddy]

Where did they come from, then, Roy?

[ Both of you already know he knows the answer to that question already. ]

[king_of_flames]

If you have to know? Back home.

[eliciadaddy]

A secret admirer from back home, then~? She must like you very much if you're getting all those flowers!

[king_of_flames]

It's not a secret admirer, okay?!

[eliciadaddy]

Then just an admirer, then~?

[ There's a flash of seriousness on Hughes' face that would be hard to miss. But then he's back to all jokes and smiles again. Mostly because... he's not quite sure he trusts these devices. ]

[king_of_flames]

Look, I paid for these flowers myself! There! Happy now?!

[eliciadaddy]

Oh? What's the significance to that? Flowers are much more fun to receive from others!

[ He may be trying to figure out if there's a connection between the items; some sort of emotional attachment, maybe? But he's afraid to say it so bluntly, because... paranoia, man. What are these devices, even? ]

[king_of_flames]

It was a gesture of gratitude to the saleswoman for what she did.

[In this case? More like regret.]

[eliciadaddy]

I wonder why it'd end up back with you, then! Are you sure you gave it to her correctly?

[king_of_flames]

I didn't give them, I bought them from her! Pay attention!

[eliciadaddy]

This happened right before you arrived here, or...?

[king_of_flames]

...No. It happened two and a half years ago.

[eliciadaddy]

Oh. [ A pause, as he processes this information. His photo album was definitely recent; he must've gotten that a few months before arriving here... ]

You must've made quite the impression on her, then!

[king_of_flames]

What is that supposed to mean?