[left at hugo's place, at some point while greg is there, is a plain little pot full of soil with a red ribbon tied around it. a thorned stem inside holds up a rosebud that has yet to bloom, sticking up from a base layer of moss on the soil. it's accompanied by a stem of bleeding hearts, another of baneberries-- all familiar plantlife, plucked and propagated off of gregor himself and rooted into the pot.
attached to the ribbon is a note:]
It might not be much, but you know, I figured you're in a better position than me to go get anything else you might want-- so I'd better go with something you can't get so easy.
They shouldn't be too hard to keep alive. The moss doesn't want much, just to stay damp, and if you're keeping up on that it should be enough water for the rest to soak up, too. That, and... give them a little blood if you can swing it? Seems like they like it, especially the roses. If you get sick of the rose you've got on you, we can probably move it into the pot too, so just let me know if I ever need to give that a shot.
Thanks again for letting me crash here. You've been a big help-- not just with that, but I really do appreciate having you around. Turns out that I couldn't have asked for a better stranger to get bribed into imprinting experiments with, eh? So, merry Christmas, Hugo.
[the rosebud will bloom quickly if it's given blood & will take a week or so if just watered, but whether he feeds it or not: it will turn out to have orange petals, tipped with purple.]
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attached to the ribbon is a note:]
It might not be much, but you know, I figured you're in a better position than me to go get anything else you might want-- so I'd better go with something you can't get so easy.
They shouldn't be too hard to keep alive. The moss doesn't want much, just to stay damp, and if you're keeping up on that it should be enough water for the rest to soak up, too. That, and... give them a little blood if you can swing it? Seems like they like it, especially the roses. If you get sick of the rose you've got on you, we can probably move it into the pot too, so just let me know if I ever need to give that a shot.
Thanks again for letting me crash here. You've been a big help-- not just with that, but I really do appreciate having you around. Turns out that I couldn't have asked for a better stranger to get bribed into imprinting experiments with, eh? So, merry Christmas, Hugo.
[the rosebud will bloom quickly if it's given blood & will take a week or so if just watered, but whether he feeds it or not: it will turn out to have orange petals, tipped with purple.]