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[areyoulovers]

Oh dear... there's only a week left until Mother's Day! I'm not sure if I can come up with a suitable idea in that short amount of time...

My mama is very amazing, you see, so I need to figure out something appropriate! She's very beautiful, and very smart, and very calm, and she helps me take care of Mr. Erde when he's sad, and papa says he'd completely put romance out of his mind but once he met mama he knew that he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life even if people thought it was strange! So you see, she's that sort of wonderful person.

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[stripping.livejournal.com]

I wish my mother was amazing like that...

[areyoulovers]

Oh no! Does your mother not take care of you properly?

[stripping.livejournal.com]

My mother divorced my father when I was young.

[areyoulovers]

How sad...

[stripping.livejournal.com]

I'm used to it, but I envy people like you with wonderful mothers.

[areyoulovers]

Oh dear! I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable...

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Not at all, don't worry.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, I'm glad! I really didn't mean to make anyone sad, after all.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

It is a happy holiday.

[solidork.livejournal.com]

I know the perfect thing for you to get her, it is rather common here but I believe she sounds like the sort of woman to appreciate it.

[areyoulovers]

Really? You have an idea? What is it?

GOOGLE IMAGE DO NOT LIE TO ME

[solidork.livejournal.com]

These are the rarest white flowers that I found in a garden deep within the Dalmascan desert. Your mother might appreciate them, for they only bloom in the dead of night.

[areyoulovers]

Oh my goodness, I don't think that I've ever heard of a flower like that! They're so pretty!

[solidork.livejournal.com]

If you are able to arrange a worldhop, I would not mind showing them to you. Perhaps you could find something in the local bazaar? There is nothing you can't find in Balfonheim Port.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, if it wouldn't be an inconvenience, that would be so exciting! And I'll bring along some instruments to take readings from... if it's natural light levels that control the blooming, there's a chance that they might bloom all the time, where I live!

[solidork.livejournal.com]

Your instruments will not be able to register the Mist that allows the plant to grow. Do you not have magiks in your world?

[areyoulovers]

I don't think so! At least, I've never heard of it, and my spellchecker hasn't either.

[solidork.livejournal.com]

Mist is the source of all magiks within Ivalice, connecting all living things and even gathering in stones. It is what allows us to be able to learn magiks if we have the correct combination of stones or just the sheer ability to perform magiks.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, my... what a different world than mine! But if I don't have Mist, will the plant still bloom?

[solidork.livejournal.com]

If my understanding of magicite is correct, if we found the correct kind, the plants could bloom for up to an entire year before dying.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, I see! Then if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you perhaps show me where to get some of that, as well? A year might even be enough time to analyze and synthesize an artificial Mist!

[solidork.livejournal.com]

I am afraid if you were to create Mist, disastrous consequences might follow. I am unsure of how to explain it - but I do know someone that could help.

[areyoulovers]

Well, if there are disastrous consequences, then I won't, of course!

[solidork.livejournal.com]

You are a very intelligent young woman, I thank you for understanding.

[areyoulovers]

Oh, no, I just wouldn't want to break any rules, that's all...!