flowerofmtsilver: (flower)
flowerofmtsilver ([personal profile] flowerofmtsilver) wrote2012-04-20 11:49 pm

But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works

Who: Celebi and Vinnie
What: an exchange of gifts
Where: Celebi's dorm
When: Evening of April 22nd
Warnings: Fainting and crying?

Remembering to knock on doors was not one of Vinnie's strengths.

This door was different.

This one, he stood outside for a good minute, turning the luminous sphere in the palm of his hand. The bauble wasn't even all that spectacular, really - it was really his first experiment in growing a stone, and there were plenty of them out there in larger sizes. Certainly didn't go for a lot of money outside a very specific market. But the sentiment he poured into this gesture was beyond that of any other present he gave this day.

Birthday gifts were only for family - gratitude to the people around him that he would honour beyond reason.

He cupped the stone in his hands and slowly closed his fingers around it, letting its glow seep through the space between each digit. This, he reminded himself as he stared down into its gentle light, would be the very first present he gave to the one he considered his mother. Sure, it was really just a childhood delusion, but... there was no one else he could possibly place in that role. Celebi was mother to all forests, just as he was born of one. She sung him lullabies and smelled of home.

All right. No more stalling. The Venusaur palmed the sphere in his fist and knocked on her door. Then immediately turned the knob and opened it. No, that's still not how it works...
punchtheflowers: (say what?)

[personal profile] punchtheflowers 2012-04-24 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Holy feakin' geez he had been so focused on the one sleeping Celebi that a second was enough to startle him out of his wits. The Venusaur seized up with shock and suddenly went pop! - ending up with him in human form, sprawled on the ground tummy side down. Oof.

The transformation left a faint tingle down his spine, but it was promptly ignored as he pushed himself off the ground and attempted some semblance of composure. Vinnie stared at the new Celebi, then glanced over the first one, back and forth, trying to wrap his brain around it all. Time travel? Time travel he will never get the hang of you.

"Wh-what did you do...?!" came the obvious question. He clutched his chest, as though trying to better grasp the lingering lightness inside him.