🌲🌸☀️ bug eater farm: summertime catch-all ☀️🌸🌲

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🐛 WHO: Kaspar Blumlund and/or Trahearne + visitors
🐛 WHAT: Summer/Jan. catch-all for the chill bug eater farm
🐛 WHEN: throughout this season
🐛 WHERE: their farm in the forest
🐛 WARNINGS: marked in headers and updated here eventually

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[hearthwarming]

[ Success! Ori can't help but smile, proud of herself as she watches them only further settled against each other.

Her work here is done. She's going to sneak off, with a roll of 15 in Stealth (which is good, for once), to help clean up around the place as thanks for hosting the movie night. ]

[pactmarshal]

[ You know what this needs? A cat.

Trahearne's little tuxedo, Phantom, sees it is snooze time and decides to join in. He hops up onto the couch and sprawls over Trahearne and Syrlya's lap.

Feeling the warmth on his legs, Trahearne's other hand drops from the arm of the couch and rests on the fur of the creature, but doesn't do much more besides that. ]

[chronosynthesis]

[Left undisturbed, Syrlya will sleep a while yet. But the sound of other people moving and the uncomfortable position means he doesn't sleep there forever. Eventually he stirs against Trahearne, cracking his eyes open to be met with the sight of his neck.]

[pactmarshal]

[ Syrlya's stirring, even the slightest of which, jolts Phantom into consciousness. The cat quickly dislodges itself from Trahearne's hand and leaps onto the floor, off to hide in the shadows again (or whatever he liked to do).

That immediately draws Trahearne from his own doze, and he abruptly rights himself.

He turns, looking blearily at Syrlya, his voice groggy. ]

Oh, did I fall asleep?

[chronosynthesis]

[Trahearne's question fails to stick in Syrlya's head, but after a moment of dull staring he slowly shifts himself up with a yawn.] Oh, goodness. Did I miss the movie?

[pactmarshal]

[ Trahearne stares at the otherwise unoccupied couch, blank TV. He doesn't hear anyone shuffling around to clean up, but the lights are still on.

He blinks, then rolls his shoulders back in a stretch. ]

I think it's over.

[chronosynthesis]

Oh, I don't even remember what it was about... [Because he slept through it... he rubs his eyes, blinking away the bleariness.]

[pactmarshal]

[ Trahearne is about to answer, at least from the vague memories from when he dozed off. But instead his gaze drifts upward, and he gives a light little chuckle. ]

Syrlya.

[ He reaches up, removing the crown of flowers atop Syrlya's head, and presents it to him with a soft smile. ]

[chronosynthesis]

[Syrlya blinks, bewildered as he takes the flowers. He doesn't remember those.]

--Ah, you have some on your head too. [He reaches for one to show Trahearne.]

[pactmarshal]

[ Trahearne's eyes widen a little in surprise when Syrlya takes his, and it's a moment before he gives a confused chuckle. ]

How did these get here?

[ He only knows of one person who can spontaneously manifest flowers... Is she still here? ]

[chronosynthesis]

I don't know. [Absently he dusts any stray petals out of his leaves.] I'm sure I would have remembered them before? Neither of us are flowering Sylvari...

[hearthwarming]

[ Hello, she is at the kitchen, humming while washing dishes. Very innocently! ]

[pactmarshal]

[ They certainly are not flowering sylvari. And that means-- ]

Ori? [ Trahearne holds up Syrlya's flower crown, a little lopsided smile on his face. ] Did you do this?

[hearthwarming]

[ The jig is up... ]

Oh, you're both awake! I did, yes. You two looked so peaceful sleeping... I couldn't help but want to leave a surprise for when you woke up.

[pactmarshal]

[ Trahearne's smile widens a little, and he casts a glance at Syrlya with a little chuckle. ]

It was very nice. Thank you.

[ He appreciates it, at least.

He plops it back down on Syrlya's head, admiring the look for a moment. ]

It suits you.

[hearthwarming]

It suits you both! Enjoy...

[ Mission... Accomplished!?

Either way, Ori is going to politely not eavesdrop on their little moment and instead scurry over to wherever Kaspar and M-21 have probably ended up also asleep and inevitably fall into a cuddle pile over there... She foolishly (?) used up her last Wild Shape of the day curling up on Kaspar as a cat earlier, and she's not about to try to carry M-21 back by herself so... Guess they're sleeping over! ]