Telling them a story told by flora

[punchtheflowers]

Who: COMPLETELY OPEN
What: Good old gardening fun
Where: Greenhouse and gardens
When: Sept 5th to 12th
Warnings: Well, anything can happen. But try to be nice to the plants

Comments

Re: Anytime! If you want Chibi to make your plants bloom, let me know

[voice_of_animus]

It was silly to think that the greenhouse would be limited to people only. The moment Caim spied Chibi going around, he'd blinked and instantly thought of Amaterasu. Surely Chibi was another one of those who was so intelligent that he could read, but still have the inability to speak a language that humans could understand.

For one could only get so far with "woof", and Caim did not speak wolf.

What was most entertaining was the idea that Chibi seemed to think he was helping, and... his thoughts were mostly correct. Caim knew how to plant flowers and vegetables. He hadn't done anything of the sort in his own trips to the greenhouse, but with the amount of time he was spending there, he'd gathered the idea that eventually he might just have to plant something in a corner himself.

That would come another day, however, for he was there to watch and observe the others who came and went as they pleased while he hid amongst the foliage and the fauna. And for the time being, Chibi was the one he wanted to watch.

[sunfurror]

Well, Chibi couldn't actually read, but the sentiment was mostly accurate.

Anyway, Chibi stopped in front of plant, just in the middle of Caim's field of vision. A swirl of cherry blossoms and suddenly the plant's flowers are out in full!

And then, suddenly, he gets a wiff of someone nearby. And he's off, looking for the mysterious scent of the mysterious person!

[voice_of_animus]

Well, running from any kind of animal - especially one with a good sense of smell - was going to be fruitless. If he stayed still, he'd be found. If he moved, the leaves and bushes would rustle and he'd still be found. Damned if he did, damned if he didn't.

So he sucked it up and emerged from the foliage. As he dusted himself off, he looked around for Chibi, unsure of where the little white animal had gotten to.

[sunfurror]

Well, of course it's hard to hide from a wolf without camouflaging your scent. Though Chibi had gone around behind him to follow the smell, Caim would probably feel it when Chibi pawed at his leg.

How come you're hiding from him, huh?

[voice_of_animus]

Caim abruptly paused the moment the foreign touch came into contact with him. His head inclined and he took note of the small dog-like creature. Except it wasn't a dog. At least it wasn't like a beast he'd ever seen before. And as long as it wasn't trying to rip his arm off, Caim had to admit that he wasn't exactly about to run off, or turn tail and flee. No. That simply wouldn't do at all. He had a reputation to maintain, even if most of the people in Smash Academy were completely unaware of said reputation.

He turned ever so carefully and knelt down, offering his right hand forward, so Chibi might be able to smell it. Animals were hard to communicate with words as it was. He imagined it was going to be ten times harder trying to commune with one when he was mute. But perhaps Chibi could at least understand the sentiments by smelling him and what not.

[sunfurror]

Sniff sniff sniff...Hmmm, well, that was an interesting smell! Chibi wasn't exactly sure what to make of it, really. Everybody had a different smell, sure, but some smells were just harder to read then others.

He tilted his head with a little whine, followed by a few short barks. And if that was not enough to get across his message he hopped up on his leg, wagging his tail. Who are you, huh?

[voice_of_animus]

There had been the other wolf creature who looked similar to this one. They could have even been family, he supposed - or so his logic told him. Maybe it was 'Ammy' that had been said to him over the network. The name wasn't one he really expected to hear and it was unique. That was about all he could recall.

So with that thought in mind, Caim ever so carefully reached for his notepad and wrote. "I am Caim." Because the other one had been able to read it, so perhaps this one could as well. And if Chibi couldn't, at least Caim had made the attempt.

Never mind that he now had a dog... wolf... ish thing on him. It could be bad for his reputation. Well, the reputation he'd been trying to make.

[sunfurror]

Uh oh...those symbols were important, Chibi knew that. The man was trying to tell him something, but there was no way Chibi could understand it in that form...

Oh wait! Chibi knew exactly what to do! In fact, this was perfect!

All he needed to do was get that notepad! He sniffed it, and then pawed at it, trying to get Caim to drop it...voluntarily, hopefully. Though, really, straight hitting it out of his hands is not out of the question.

[voice_of_animus]

Caim had a pretty tough grip on his notepad. After all, he'd had to worry about people trying to take it from him before. But Chibi seemed about as clever as Amaterasu, so it was with careful consideration that he released his notepad and placed it fully upon the ground. What Chibi had plans of doing with it, Caim didn't know, but the mute man hoped that burying it somewhere or peeing on it and then burying it were not on the list of things to do.

[sunfurror]

Well, actually, Chibi nosed it open to an empty page, and...almost as if by magic, ink drawings began to appear.

The first drawing resembled a stick-figure holding up a book to a little stick-figure dog, with a big X through it.

The second drawing had the stick-figure with it's mouth wide open, talking to the dog. That one is circled.

Chibi picked it back up in his mouth to hand it back to Caim, with a slightly apologetic wag of his tail. Sorry, but he can't read, sir!

[voice_of_animus]

Oh.

Chibiterasu required Caim to be able to speak. So he wasn't like 'Ammy' as Waka had called her. He. She. Caim still couldn't tell if the little one before him was female or male. So he eyed his notepad for a few moments and nodded slowly. But then he had an idea. Chibiterasu, in one way or another, had the ability to make pictures come up.

That. He could do.

So he drew a picture of himself, simple of course, mouth opened talking to Chibi and put an 'X' as Chibi had done before. A mute man couldn't speak, but he could easily draw out all of his comprehension. If he needed to. At least it seemed like Chibi would understand that.