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[vianca]

SUPER BACKDATED HOSPITAL ACTION:
Back in ye olden days of late September, Vianca got completely wrecked. The pikmin was carted off to the hospital to have her checklist of injuries taken care of. Concussion, bone fractures, internal bleeding, some unexpected respiratory problems, an alarming amount of black and blue. THE WORKS. WHAT A GOOD TIME.

If you would like to backdate a hospital visit you are more than welcome to do so. She was there for an indeterminate amount of time before hobbling back to the Academy to try and fix the library.

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[MEANWHILE IN THE MORE OR LESS PRESENT she was actually making a video post, which happened practically never. It was, however, still too cumbersome to type very well, and she had a number of things to bring up. None of which were her extended absence, which she didn't expect anyone to actually notice.]

Hello... I'd like to apologize for the disarray in the library. We are working to put it back in order as quickly as we can.

[Because it got wrecked. Wheatley has been doing the best he can, but he was Wheatley. Things were going about as well as anyone could expect.]

In order to speed this process, I would like to ask if there is anyone currently present that is skilled with robotics? My assistant's robotic chassis was... unfortunately incapacitated. It would be greatly appreciated if we could ask for your assistance in repairing it.

[She looks about as uncomfortable as someone who only linefaces could. The little girl looked down at her desk for a few moments and then she picked up a piece of paper with a crude drawing of a flower on it, holding it up to fill the whole frame.]

... I am also... searching for this flower, if anyone has seen one. There used to be a small patch of them in the forest, but that part of the forest no longer exists. I do not know where else to look... They are somewhat large, and come in different colors. I would be very grateful if anyone could point me to where they have seen one. It is... very important.

Thank you.

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[insanecharisma]

If that is the case, then does it not mean that your flower will return, my lady?

[Because that was how it sounded, but he was actually trying to take care in not sounding insensitive.]

[vianca]

I was not damaged enough to shed it that time.

[insanecharisma]

Yet it is shed now. Does that mean your flower will grow back eventually?

[vianca]

It was an old flower that was shed. My sister's did as well. This one remains as it was, so it cannot regrow on it's own.

[insanecharisma]

Without a catalyst.

[It was mostly an observational and educational guess.]

Hence the flowers I have here, except that they will not provide the missing part of you due to prematurity.

[vianca]

[A nod.]

Correct. A mature flower would be able to change my form.

[insanecharisma]

I wonder, then...

[And he thinks before he speaks up, which is somewhat unlike him, for usually Soryk speaks with plenty of reason and little regard for interpretation.]

...Is there a degree of haste in obtaining a mature version of this flower? Or could it be as I care for these that the moment one appropriately reaches that stage, I could provide it to you?

[vianca]

[It was another moment where Vianca took a bit too long to answer as she considered her options. Waiting was not an option she had, she was fairly certain. There was, however, no good reason she could discern to trouble him with the reasoning.]

... There... is. Thank you, however. That is kind of you.

[insanecharisma]

[And he wasn't going to pry either. He had no place to do so and like with anyone, only if they divulged of their own volition was the information ever of any direct value.]

I think to date you are the only person who has ever said something like that of me. And I think it may be one of the few times I genuinely appreciate hearing it.

[Kindness. What was kindness, really.]