Petal 03 -- Open to Action

[shylyintrepid]

[When the feed starts, Jehan is clearly not in his cabin. He's down by the shore.

And he's been crying. His voice is hoarse and when he speaks, his accent is a bit thicker than usual]

If...if anyone else knew Zane, son of Venus, he...

[He wants to say "died". Died would be so much easier than the truth]

He was a...he was an agent of the Red Room. This entire time. He...he was here to spy on us.

[And he cuts the IM. As he does, you can see him break down yet again. It's going to be a long time before he recovers from this heartbreak]

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[shylyintrepid]

[He smiles. So cute.]

That'd be nice, though not near my cabin please.

[Jehan laughs before he gestures to Dany's hair]

Want me to fix your braids?

[wokethedragon]

I will do my best to not burn down your cabin, nor will I have them raze your gardens. They only breathe flame on my command, and only when I command them in Greek.

[She nods a little, turning so he has better access.]

Would you?

[shylyintrepid]

Flowers or no?

[wokethedragon]

Yes. I do so love the flowers you grow, Jehan.

[shylyintrepid]

[He smiles, pleased, and stands up]

Then let's move closer to the trees. Daisies can't grow on sand.

[wokethedragon]

[At this point, the green dragon has crawled out of her arms again towards Jehan. She stands, clucking her tongue.]

Right. Come, Rhaegal.

[shylyintrepid]

[Rhaegel follows Dany's order as Jehan heads up to the edge of the forest. He starts going all colors of flowers]

There.

[wokethedragon]

[She always has to marvel at how quickly and beautifully Jehan can grow the flowers. Picking up her skirts, she runs to the patch, sitting in the middle of it with her dragon at her side.]

[shylyintrepid]

Pick the colors you want while I do this. Do you have a hairbrush?

[wokethedragon]

Unfortunately, I do not...

[She reaches all around her in the patch of flowers, picking soft blue and white daisies for Jehan.]

[shylyintrepid]

[A nymph from a nearby tree hears his request and hands him hers. He smiles a thank you and starts brushing out Dany's hair]

So is it blonde or white? I can't tell.

[wokethedragon]

It is blonde, but only barely so.

[She leans into the brushing, giving the nymph a little grin. Dany has quite long hair, and she does enjoy having someone else brush it and play with it from time to time.]

Are you familiar with the metal called white gold, dear Jehan? I have heard my brother describe our hair as being spun strands of it.

[It was another one of Viserys' ways of connecting himself to their father, of trying to assert his superiority, but she did like the comparison nonetheless.]

[shylyintrepid]

...I can see it. Yours is probably prettier though.

[wokethedragon]

Your words flatter me, Jehan.

[She smiles a little, pulling her dragon into her lap again as Jehan works.]

[shylyintrepid]

They're true! I vaguely remember your brother--he's not very good looking in my opinion.

[wokethedragon]

[She turns to him, looking a bit cross.]

Viserys is a fine looking young man.

[He may not be a fine brother, but he did inherit the Targaryen white-gold hair and purple eyes. That is stunning enough.]

[shylyintrepid]

Not my taste, that's all. If he looked more like you, maybe.

[wokethedragon]

[Jehan, now you are just confusing Daenerys.]

...dear ser, what are you suggesting?

[shylyintrepid]

You're pretty, Dany. I mean, you don't do much for me since, you know, gay, but I can appreciate a pretty human being, can't I? If your brother looked more like you, I'd probably like him more. Physically, anyway.

[wokethedragon]

[She pauses for a moment, then actually starts laughing, relieved.]

Jehan, you had me quite startled for a moment.

[It's not an emotion that the daughter of Hephaestus often experiences - very few things catch her off her guard. She doesn't let them.

And it's good, too. Jehan is a dear friend of hers - she would have hated to have to turn him down much in the same way Enjolras had.]

[shylyintrepid]

What do you--oh, gods!

[He turns a furious red and even stops brushing her hair to cover his face]

No. Gods, no Dany. Maybe if I were interested in girls but no, I don't like you like that!

[wokethedragon]

[It's not often that Dany laughs so candidly, so earnestly. She's needed this.]

Now you must understand how I was feeling only a moment before!

[shylyintrepid]

Oh gods.

[He starts laughing though. This is hilarious]

[wokethedragon]

[She covers her face with her hands for a moment, and then finally calms down, taking Jehan's hands in her own.]

I promise you that if I were to ever inexplicably become infatuated with you, dear Jehan, you would be the first to know.

[She's still joking, shaking her head. Gods, she needed this.]

[shylyintrepid]

And should the same happen to me, I would tell you. And then call Courfeyrac and beg him to talk to his mother because I have never once found girls appealing like that.