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Coral

When you draw close to your team's tree, a dark cloak closes around everyone. If you get too close, there's a strong chill. If you ignore that, it still looks like a nice morning outside, bright and warm. So, it might be better to just stay with your team and tree . . . With a faint rustle, the flowers of the tree start to change and turn colors, dying into many vivid shades.

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[looks to the left]

[looks to the right]

[sees no other Corals. snorts]

Tch. Slackers.

I bet they'd be disappointed there's no pink, too.

[. . . hmmmm. studying the colors carefully]

[hmmmm yes, these are good colors, he can definitely do this]

[mumbling to himself]

Stability, power, normality, reason, propriety, fear. . . and the last was freedom. . .

[snaps his fingers in an 'aha!' gesture]

Got it!

Okay, first task! I'm making this easy on you, but try to have some fun with it, alright? If I fall asleep, then you're going to have a tough time, riiight? Now, you've got all kinds of colors, but you've got the same tree. So, what's up with that? Tell me what they mean, pick what that says to you. Give me a story or a few words as long as it works for you.

[[It's as she says. Pick a color and describe its characteristics. The sky is the limit.]]

Once upon a time, on a snow-covered peak, found at the top of the tallest mountain, there was a garden. Within the garden grew a vast array of flowers, each a different color, and each one proud of the hues that their petals reflected. There were the powerful black flowers, the strongest of the flowers who could withstand even the harshest snowstorms. There were the stable white flowers, whose colors helped them blend into the snow to protect them. There were the normal and comfortable green flowers, who added green to the scenery to mitigate the harshness of the setting. There were the reasonable and moderate yellow flowers, who didn't grow too large or too fast. There were the proper red flowers, who decided their red petals made them the most beautiful of all. There were the frightened purple ones, who used their bright petals to warn for poison, in order to frighten off those they were afraid of treading upon their soil.

And then. . . there was a single blue flower.

The other plants weren't quite sure why this flower chose to grow in shades of blue. It was such a strange color, and it didn't seem to convey any purpose at all. One by one, they asked the blue flower why it chose such a strange color.

"Why not grow black?" The black flowers asked as they swayed in the wind, "And protect yourself with strength?" The blue flower merely replied that was not what it wanted.

"Why not grow white?" the white flowers asked, "And blend cleverly into the snow?" The blue flower replied that was not what it wanted.

"Why not grown green?" the green flowers asked, "And comfort with knowing you are natural?" The blue flower replied that was not what it wanted.

"Why not grow yellow?" the yellow flowers asked, "And display temperance by not growing too quickly?" The blue flower replied that was not what it wanted.

"Then why not grow red?" the red flowers asked, "And display your beauty for all to see?" The blue flower replied that was not what it wanted.

"Then why not grow purple?" the purple flowers wanted, "And frighten your enemies away before they can frighten you?" The blue flower replied that was, again, not what it wanted.

The garden erupted into confused murmurs. If the blue flower didn't want any of those things, then what did it desire?

The blue flower finally answered in a tiny, yet firm, voice. "I grow blue. . ." it said, azure petals sparkling with snowflakes, "Because the sky is a brilliant shade of blue. . . and one day, I wish to be free enough to touch it."

((Black = power, white = stability, green = comfort, yellow = temperance, red = beauty, purple = fear, blue = freedom IN CASE THAT WAS NOT CLEAR IN HIS STORY sob))

[When you finish reciting your meanings, baskets appear. Lots and lots of baskets, too many baskets . . . The largest baskets have team names scrawled on leaves inside them. The smaller baskets have names of knights present scrawled on the leaves inside of them.]

Now, part two! So, we've got some nice flowers with different colors, and they mean all kinds of things . . . Let's spread the love around. Pick a few flowers, not all of them, a few! Then, decide who you want me to deliver them to. How about five of each color for the teams . . . And why don't you give the knights some, too. You can pick five for them and decide who gets your flowers.

[[Here's the breakdown: You have a total of thirty-five flowers, five of each color, to give to teams. You can give one team all of your flowers, all of your yellow flowers, a mix of flowers, only one flower, or none at all. You can mix and match to your hearts content, just mark where each flower goes.

For the knight's flowers, you can pick one of five colors, so you will miss out on two colors. Then, you specify which knight you would like them delivered to. Likewise, you can give a knight all five, a few, just one, or none.]]

. . . oi oi, why didn't you say we were giving them away?

Edited 2012-10-18 00:37 (UTC)

Purple is fear. . . 'm pretty sure there aren't any teams out there that deserve purple.

But if another team's already assigned a different meaning to purple. . .

Well~ Amethyst and Iolite and purple, right? They must like purple.

Maybe I should give them the purples ones.

. . .

It's really tempting to color match all of these flowers to their proper teams.

[SIGH]

Right right, that'd be taking the easy way out. . . three purple for Amethyst, two for Iolite. One white and one blue for Sapphire, one yellow and one white for Tiger's Eye. . .

[and he continues mumbling his decisions to himself as he ponders]

[AFTER DIVIDING NUMBERS BETWEEN TEAMS]

. . . 'm sure Mikage would appreciate receiving a bouquet.

Red, blue, yellow, white, and green?

[SHRUGS]

It'll do.

[pauses, then laughs wryly to himself]

And to think, a long time ago I used to be good with flowers. . .

Amethyst: 5 purple
Sapphire 3 blue, 2 white
Turquoise 2 blue, 1 white
Tiger's Eye: 1 yellow, 1 white
Heliodor: 1 green
Emerald: 2 green, 4 yellow
Kunzite: 5 red
Carnelian: 3 black
Citrine: 2 black, 1 white, 2 green

Mikage: 1 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 white

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