@carouselofcuriosities &&. said... “HEY! Sugar bear! Look, I found these and thought of you — so you know I just HAD to gift them to the bestest most funniest fool of them all ~ !” She hands him a bouquet of baby blue hibiscus’ and black dahlias. They’re vibrant, gorgeous, and hydrated — still dripping from water droplets. Suspicious.
the beast blinks, glancing down at the bouquet as it's pressed into his hands. ( the water droplets don't escape his notice — what do you think he is? an amateur? ) ❝ blue hibiscus and black dahlia? ❞ shadow milk quips, humming thoughtfully. ❝ aww, you shouldn't have! ... actually, what am i saying? OF COURSE you should have! ❞ he deserves nice things, doesn't he?
a tentacle raises, carefully tracing the edge of one delicate petal with a deftness even fingers would fail to replicate. ❝ althooough, suddenly i am so, so curious. ❞ the beast tilts his head. ❝ what WAS going through the artist's noggin when she assembled this arrangement, hmm? oh, the colors ARE so, so, SO on brand — BONUS POINTS FOR YOOOU! ... but that couldn't be the ONLY REASON, now could it? ❞ why, not for a fellow clown! perish the thought! ❝ i mean, the entire floriography dictionary is your symbolic oyster! so why oh whyyy would you choose these flowers in par-tic-u-lar out of the whole bunch? ❞ shadow milk nudges a blue hibiscus with one of his tentacles. ❝ rarity! uniqueness! beauty! well, that's just a dead-ringer for moi. aaand as for this one... ❞ he nudges a dahlia.
❝ ... betrayal. ❞ his voice goes eerily flat. ❝ is this foreshadowing? are you going to betray me? ❞ the beast pauses, fixing eve with an unblinking stare. it drags on. and on. and on and on and on. long enough that it becomes genuinely uncomfortable.
❝ aw, who am i kidding? ❞ shadow milk suddenly smiles. ( uh huh. isn't he just so, so trusting? ) ❝ you would NEVER do a thing like that, now would you? ❞
















