Flowers for the mad one

A beautiful meadow filled with flowers. A very specific spot in the East Forest of Magnolia that even very little of the actual residence knew about. A secluded place, a haven for smaller critters and flowers. It was a beautiful sight to behold no matter how you looked at it. It would truly take a very hateful person to dislike all this or even want to destroy this. Simply being in this place had a soothing effect on one's heart. And there was one indeed. A lonely wheelchair, slowly forming two lines in the grass as it stood in the sunlight that gently seeped in between the branches and leaves of trees that surrounded this place. And inside of it, a fair maiden with closed eyes. At first, it would appear as if she was sleeping. But in reality, she was simply resting.

Her small figure and dress made in gothic style would probably have others believe that she was nothing more than a forgotten doll left in this place to scare others that would want to trable over the beautiful nature. But she was in fact breathing, chest slowly moving forward and then back as time went on. And inside of her hands, a crimson red spider lily. Flower unlike any that were in this place. In fact, it's appearance alone would probably have many confused and thinking that it was from different world altogether. It surely wasn't from this place at all, and they would be correct. The girl brought it with her when she came to visit, as she carried all kinds of items on her person at all times. Something that many would surely deem completely worthless and useless, yet she continued in it anyway.

Her serene slumber would only be interrupted by gentle sounds that would carry on the wind and between the trees. Sounds of another living being entering this place and stepping on the fallen leaves, as well as the grass itself. Slowly opening her eyes, Leila would turn her head towards the source of that sound, whatever it really was, a small smile already adorning her expression. She was sure that no hostile creatures would come her to reek havoc, so she grew interested in who else would be here to enjoy the calmness this place generated. And while they would be here, perhaps they could share a tale or drink tea together as well. The girl even had her special kind, one that should be only used on... very special occasions.

Tsuchi had been walking around the Forests of Magnolia looking for some new flowers and for some wonderful nature. The last part of the forest she had been in was the East side where there has been told to be a meadow some where. But most haven't been able to see it with their own eyes. Luckily she had stumbled on to this very peaceful and beautiful meadow, it had millions of lovely flowers all over the place that seemed like they were glowing from the sunlight coming through the trees and hitting them perfectly. With all this over load of something that she loved more then most anything else and that was the beauty of nature its self. That caused Tuschi's ears to wiggle around happily while waging her tail back and forward like a dog finding its very toy.

Tuschi is this beautiful women, she is a tad bit shorter then most of the young women's around her age. She head been wearing her hair in a low pony tail, letting her bangs and random pieces of hair hang freely. There's a chain around the near end of the pony tail with a big metal ring though the very tip of it. Tsuchi had on a high blue collared, a beige an dark red kimono with a pair of short brown boots. Along with the fur that had been covered by her hands and legs while her fingers and toes are brown tips. Tsuchi has this adorable pink paw pads on the bottom of her hands an feet just like that of an animal. Her ears that had been wiggling around happily all this time that are the same shape and texture that of a fox. While her tail was also waging around happily, her tail is much likely that of a wolf's tail that is the  fluffiest and softest fur.

After Tsuchi had finally stopped eyeing the flowers and walking around just a little bit, then she had looked up and across the rest of the meadow. Not that far from her had been this beautiful maiden that seems to be in some chair that had wheels on it for some reason. She couldn't help but blush a very bright red color all across her face, but Tsuchi does her best to try to hide her blush. It slowly creeps back into her cheeks so she had rosy red cheeks which made her look much better then a full face blush. Tuschi slowly walks over towards the beautiful women in the chair, "Hello there~ What a beautiful day it is today." Then as she had finally gotten over to the women she had seen this most unique and prettiest flower ever with in her hands. "Oooh my, what kind of flower is that and where could I find it?" She had the most widest and deepest light in her eyes of enjoyment of possibly finding a new flower that had never once see before.

She was correct. There were indeed steps through the nature as someone managed to get close to the disabled girl who now looked fully awake. A creature most curious now stood in front of her, resembling human but with several differences quickly visible to the naked eye. Almost like a crossbreed between a human and animal, Leila recalled reading about folk in Joya having cat-like tails and ears among other traits that were not so visible. But the one in front of her wasn't quite fitting that structure, as she did not resemble a cat in the slightest. Instead, the feeling she was giving off was more along the lines of a fox or perhaps a wolf. She also possessed more animalistic traits than humanoids that lived in the jungles of Joya, clearly showing that she was not part of that culture.

Yet, she was not hostile and wished to talk instead. That, along with her attire made it obvious that she was from the modern society as well. Educated and prepared, not a predator that would lurk these woods in order to feed. It was all very interesting, not to mention that she looked rather pretty. It was simply pleasant to gaze at her, which made Leila smile widely. Greetings. Indeed, this day is quite delightful, perfect for a rest in place such as this one. She replied in somewhat formal and careful matter. After all, she did not want to spark any conflicts, as she did not know how to properly converse with someone like this. Perhaps she would be like a regular human, which was most likely, but one never knew for sure. And it was always better to stay on the more careful side.

It also appeared that the girl's attention was quickly shifted to the crimson spider lily that the maiden seated in her wheelchair was holding. As it was mentioned, she brought it little closer, making it more visible. Though her answer would be probably quite disappointing and not very satisfying for this animal lady. "It is from land far, far away from this one. There is a tale that these blood-colored flowers bloom from the bodies devoid of life, coating horrid battlefields in beauty that is beyond man's comprehension. Though the tale itself is quite gruesome, is it not?" She giggled as she told it. Yet, she enjoyed the story herself and none would be able to tell that she wished to make spider lilies bloom in such strange method. But it was only a story and nothing else, as unfortunate fate would have it. The ocean blue eyes would gaze at the girl as Leila spoke once more. "And who might you be?"

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Tsuchi's face, ears, and tail had all drooped down at the words the beautiful maiden had told her about the flower that being from this land. This of course had made her very sad, to the point of sadness that most anyone could see it in the way went from joyful and happy to depressed. Those the news wasn't mean to have caused all that much disappointment to herself. Then Tsuchi and remembered that the lovely maiden had said they had bloomed while being soaked it blood. This had made her start to question the flower, "A blood-soaked flower? What is that? Does it live from the source of blood? Like a normal flower would live from soaking up water." Without meaning to had thrown so many questions at the beautiful maiden but she really wanted to know more about this other land flower.

Her whole face had once again flushed out in pure bright red from a massive blush that was caused by the maiden asking who she was. "My..name is...Tsuchi Saga.." She had quickly covered her face with her hand. While Tsuchi legs had partly went out on her so that her legs and spilt apart just down to her knee as she fell onto her butt. Tsuchi had made a yip sound as her bottom had hit the ground below her quite hard. She still did her best to cover her face with her hands even after the fall. But this time she had been daring enough to peep through her fingers to look up at the maiden that was sitting before her.

After a little while had passed Tsuchi got enough energy and courage to speak to the beautifully maiden once more. "May I... what is that chair thing.. you are sitting in?" The chair that the maiden had been sitting in this whole time was something that Tsuchi had never once seen before in her life. While she had sat there on the ground still as embarrassed as ever. She really did some to be very shyish and weak when it comes to being around such beautiful women. Like the one before her, even those the women had been in a chair. All Tsuchi saw was a goddess in front of her that she would love to get to know much better. She began to turn even brighter red at the fact of thinking of maybe getting to know and possibly being able to spend time with such a maiden of pure beauty.

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What a saddening reaction. The moment the girl's animal appendages dropped like that, she would look like nothing more than abandoned animal standing in the rain, soaked and sad. But before Leila could even try to cheer her up again, as it was what she said that caused this in the first place, the animal maiden would try to speak once more. She was still interested in the crimson spider lily. And because of that, the wheelchair bound girl smiled once more. "It is but a legend, dear. Flowers do not bloom from one's blood and demise. I am sure even Spider Lilies require water like any other flower. Yet, it will surely remain as the greatest symbol of separation. For death is final, breaking apart all existing bonds no matter their strength." And even though her words sounded cruel and sad, the girl continued smiling, as it was all completely and perfectly fine, natural even. "But I think we should move on from a topic that sounds so depressing, would you not agree?"

A gentle question. And so they did, onto the matter of introductions once more. For some reason, the animal lady quickly became as red as a tomato when she attempted to give her name, even stuttering a bit. Was it truly that difficult for her to introduce herself? Perhaps Leila should have not asked for the lady's name then. But she did not know beforehand and there was no point in really going into it now. It was strange how she covered her eyes completely, as if she was facing something either very embarrassing or horrid. "It is a lovely name, so please, you needn't restrict your vision like that!" It was somewhat worrying, making the brown haired woman extended her hand forward. But before she could even show off it's entire, slender length, the one named Tsuchi Saga would fall to the ground for reasons unknown.

Did all her strength left her for some reason? This encounter was so strange and unique, it really piqued Leila's interest. And so, moving her hands over the two big wheels, she would move herself along with the chair closer, to a point where her legs were at touching distance for the eared and tailed girl. Leaning in, she would try to inspect what was going on with her, but instead receive yet another question. It surprised her at first, but then she realized that condition such as hers was actually not all that common in Earthland. Especially with magic that could cure even the worst of injuries. But alas, not hers. With a smile, she would grab her exotic dress and start lifting it up to an almost dangerous height, but she cared not if her undergarments could be seen. Her whole legs were quickly exposed, showing the intense scarring that covered them whole plainly. "The chair is half of my life, dear."

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Tsuchi's eyes had lighten up with hope and joy, "Just a legend? Well if that's so then there's no need to worry about it. But is there really still a chance to grow one here?" She had once again been filled with happiness. "Spider Lilies, what a beautiful name for such lovely looking flowers. While also being a symbol of death which makes them seem very balanced in the way of life. Just like the energy of yin and yang that I have read about in books and makes it seem that one can't live without the other." Tsuchi had been revealing that she does tend to believe a lot that she reads about. But at the same time explaining what the flower looks and feels like to her.

Tsuchi had smiled back that the beautiful maiden that had been smiling this whole time in front of her. "I would like to know, if by chance may I hold the flower in your hands?" As she had lowered her hands down from her face then reaching out towards the maiden slowly so not to seem like a treating movement. While the blush over her whole face had started to fade away little by little. Then at the moment, the beautiful maiden had said her name was 'lovely', the blush had quickly returned but she didn't cover her face this time. Tsuchi had really wanted to hold the flower as much as she wanted to finally stop being so weak to beautiful women. "Thank you... may I ask what your name is?" She had still been very nervous about talking to a maiden before but at least this time she didn't stumble too much over getting her words out.

Tsuchi had been shocked at first, when the beautiful maiden before her had began to move closer to her without leaving the chair she was in. She wasn't sure how the maiden had made the chair move but it was most likely due to the wheels. The real question in her head had been was the maiden moving the wheels with physical or magical force. "How did you do that..." Before Tuschi could finish her question about the chair, the maiden had leaned in closer to her which made her yip again. She was very surprised and flattered at the point that the maiden had taken time to see if she was okay. There had been nothing that would have readied herself for what she was about to see.

The beautiful maiden had lifted her dress up causing Tsuchi's blush even more at first. Which had faded some once she saw her legs, "Oh you poor thing..." She had lowered one of her hands to gently touch the maiden's legs in front of her. Tsuchi really wished there was something she could do for her that would help or maybe even somehow heal her legs back to normal. "If there is anything I can do for you let me know and I would be more then happy to help you get better." She had smiled at the beautiful maiden while hoping that her words alone would help her out in some way.

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Legends were stories mostly made up, a little bit extra always added by those that told these tales. But in the end, even the most ridiculous sounding stories had some truth hidden inside of them. Blooming the spider lilies from blood of sacrificed bodies, surely even something like that was possible with enough creativity and power. But doing something like that was not required just yet. They would grow their flowers eventually, but not right now, for neither of them should bleed in place like this. Even Leila did not want to dirty it, although the thought of coloring this place crimson red was somewhat alluring. But she quickly shook it away and listened to Tsuchi instead, for her lovely voice was quite captivating. "You sound quite poetic, miss. Talking about natural energies and balance of light and darkness, I could almost get lost in your voice if I ever had a chance to listen to it for longer amount of time." It was an interesting compliment, but the girl meant it nonetheless. For voice of some could be just as pleasant as music itself.

But when the young girl asked about the flower, a strange thought came across Leila's mind. One that made her smile uncannily for but a moment. But before it would be even properly noticeable, her regular gentle smile was back as she stared back at Tsuchi. She gave her no answer for now, however, there was a sinister plan slowly forming in her head. As she approached her with the intention of making sure that she was just fine, she would also finally introduce herself. "Leila Rustyheart is what you may call me, miss. But worry not, I would like to think that my heart is in fact not yet rusted." A little joke that would accompany the sight of her damaged legs. It did probably look quite horrible, but there was not much anyone could do about it. For it was curse that slashed away at her legs, damage that would never heal. Damage caused by a horrid weapon that should not exist.

Yet, she continued smiling as if nothing was wrong. "I can assure you that you needn't call me that, miss. What was done cannot be changed, nor cured. But there is also no need to worry about it in the slightest, for I already learned how to live with it to the fullest. But if you could, a smile may be able to help me even more." As her gentle words were carried by the wind, so was he hair that slowly danced to the whim of nature. And without any sounds or words what so ever, the girl turned to her side. There was a small leather bag hanging over the side of her wheelchair, one that Tsuchi could probably not see very well from her sitting position on the ground. With few skilled movements, Leila grabbed something inside of it and stopped her motion for a second. A beautiful flower in one hand and a bottle in the other. And because this was not visible to anyone but herself, she could freely continue. A transparent powder from the bottle, dusting the flower ever so slightly. Powder that would make anyone fall asleep if they were to inhale it.

With perfectly regular expression, she would pull out the now poison flower and show it to Tsuchi. It was another crimson spider lily. "The on in my lap is mine alone, for I grew it myself. However, you can have this one, for I picked multiple when I had the chance." Surely the girl with animal traits and love for flowers would take it. A flower that she had never seen before in her life, bearing poison of sloth and it's gift. Yes, Leila grew these herself. From the rotting flesh and blood of those that were unfortunate enough, or perhaps not smart enough to accept the girl's love. Tsuchi too, could become a bed for flowers to grow from. But the miracle maiden had a pleasant feeling that this time would be finally different, and so she grinned uncannily once more as she watched straight ahead, her new victim.

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Her face had lighten up again due to hearing the maiden's name finally, "Leila Rustyheart, such a pretty name for a most beautiful maiden. I didn't think your heart was rusty at all due to how much you cared to look after me when I fell. Plus the warm aura you give off is very calming and caring so there's no way for your heart to be rusty in any way." Tsuchi had smiled back at Leila Rustyheart with nothing but truth from her words towards the lovely maiden. As she had finally gotten enough strength in her legs to stand back up on her own.

Tsuchi had began to blush once again at the maiden saying how lovely her voice was, while also feeling a little down that there was nothing she could do to fix her legs. "Smiling for you would be my pleasure.." But at least she could help in one way so she had smiled as big an happily as she could towards the maiden. Tsuchi's tail had started to wag back and forth while her ears were wiggling around because at this point she was happy. Matter a fact this had the happiest moment she has had in the longest time which lifted her spirits a lot.

Her smile began to grow even bigger once she had heard about and saw the second flower being shown to her. "Oh my! Really it's for me?! Thank you, thank you so much!" Tsuchi had been so overjoyed with the fact that she was about to have a very beautiful flower that she had never seen before. It had easily become one of the most important things in the world to her because the flower was coming from someone she really liked after just meeting her. Without a second thought, she reached out and gently took the flower from Lelia's hand. She looked it over very carefully to see all of its beauty from every angle.

Then Tsuchi had lifted the flower up close to her face to sniff it because all flower had different smells that were unique to each one of them. She had taken a long breath through her nose that had unknowingly taken in some poison. This type of poison began to make her grow very sleepy and weakened her ability to stand. Slowly but surely she had fallen asleep, while she had gently fallen down to her own knees on the ground. While her head had landed right onto the beautiful maiden named Leila Rustyheart's lap right next to the beautiful flower.

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How innocent and sweet this girl was. Her words could probably melt entire frozen words as she spoke about Leila's heart surely not being rusted because of what she was doing. Connecting that with the fact that she had not even known what her wheechair was, the miracle maiden could only wonder just how educated this one really was. Well, it did not really matter, for everyone had a life worth of time to learn new things. Even if there were people who said that once you're too old, you simply cannot learn anything anymore. But the young girl did not believe in that. It also made her wonder if this girl named Tsuchi Saga would learn not to take things from strangers after this experience. Well, if she would still even breath once everything was over. "For you and you only, miss. A special flower that bloomed from the blood of those who tried to hunt me down. Every legend starts with a little bit of truth at it's core, becoming more and more false over the time. But I am the one who started this legend, and thus it still holds much truth."

The words were said to an already sleeping victim, so there probably wasn't much of a point. But she did it anyway, as she felt like saying it all out loud. And with a smile, she would run her hand through Tsuchi's hair, as her head lied helplessly on her lap. A golden light would woon envelop her body, forming a knight of miracles that would pick up the motionless body, helping to carry it off from the forest and further into the wilderness that extended around the city of Magnolia. And the powder Tsuchi inhaled was quite a strong one, so she had plenty of time to prepare everything that she needed. And it did take quite a bit of time with her disability and the fact that she wished the young lass a very pleasant awakening once the time would be right. And finally, it was. Bringing yet another, different bottle to the girl's nose, Leila would let her inhale another powder that would forcibly wake her up from her pleasant dreams.

Once her eyes would open, Tsuchi would find herself laying on a comfortable bed inside of a fairly small room that appeared to fulfill just about any role from bedreem to kitchen and dining area. It was quite surprising how much would fit in here and steal leave enough space for the wheelchair to move around plentifully. "It is time to wake up, miss! You have slept for many, many hours." A gentle and cheery voice to her right. Leila was still in her chair, right next to the bed, staring at the girl's frame. If she tried to move, she would find out that both her hands and legs were cuffed and tied to the different corners of the bed as well. The somewhat dim orange light was illuminating her body and clothes as the flames flickered inside of a lamp that was sitting on a small counter, also to the girl's right. It appeared that they were inside of some wooden shack, or something similar to that. And the clock that was on left wall showed just about midnight, long past the time when they were in the meadow.

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Tsuchi had breathed in something while she was still passed out and having the most pleasant dream that she has had in a long time. It most had been a counter reacting poison that stopped the other one because she woke up very soon after taking in the breath. Her eyes opened slowly to see that she was no longer in the beautiful meadow which had scared her for a moment. Tsuchi's eyes had began to dart around the room trying to find out where she was. It seemed like a very small room somewhere unknown to her. But she could tell that she was on a soft bed that fit her like a glove which is why she didn't completely flip out due to being comfortable.

She had started yipping out of fear, then she had heard a voice that she knew that caused her eyes to light up with some hope. "Thankfully you are here Leila.." She had stopped in her sentence due to the fact when she tried to reach out towards Leila Rustyheart she couldn't move her hand all that far. Tuschi had began to cry a bit because all she wanted to do was to hold the beautiful maiden's hand that sit before her. So she had tried to reach out with her other hand this time but the something had happened. Then once she looked up towards her hand she had been shocked to see that they were each cuffed to different corners of the bed. "WHAT IS THIS?! WHERE AM I?! Leila help me!!!" Tuschi had yelled out in between her cries of fear.

She, of course, didn't know that Leila was the one that had cuffed her to the bed. As she freaked out more she couldn't move her legs that much either. Tsuchi looked down and saw that she had also been cuff to the other end of the bed as well. At this point, she had began to cry out even more because she had never ever been this scared before in her life. Then turning back to look towards where she had first saw Leila Rustyheart at when she had awoke from her long sleep.

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It was strangely amusing to see the girl wake up and fall in great panic, even though it was the same thing all the time. Leila has already seen this scene many, many times. But this one was somehow different. Possibly because Tsuchi did not immediately connect the dots in her head. The wheelchair bound girl was not tied in any way and with her position next to the bed, it was really not hard to tell that she was waiting for this moment. Yet, her victim still though that she was innocent in all this. Any other day, it would make the girl chuckle at least a little bit. But right now, she simply decided to play along for a little bit. And in order to do that, she had to calm down the young, animal-eared lady. So as she started crying, Leila would extend her hand and place it onto Tsuchi's effectively making them hold hands for a moment. "Shh. Crying like that is no good, miss."

With her other hand, she would reach further and start cleaning up her tears with those soft and tender fingers of hers. She also let go of Tsuchi's hand for a moment, only to leave a small object inside of her palm. The crimson red spider lily that she got her few hours back when they were still in the meadow. "You dropped this after you said your goodbyes and left for home, miss. But you appeared very happy when holding it, so I made sure to pick it up and return it." Words that were accompanied with a crystal clear smile. Few moments would pass by before Leila started moving her hand again, this time placing her palm straight on Tsuchi's belly, which was still covered by her attire. And just like that, she would start circling it with her finger gently. "You are very pretty, miss. Do you know that? Have someone ever told you that? Were you perhaps ever... confessed to?"

Suddenly, the miracle maiden would grow little darker, something that was barely noticeable. However, her eyes did start slowly changing color, shifting from that pretty blue to wash out and dark purple. But so far, that was the only actually visible thing, as everything else remained exactly the same, her figure still petite and doll-like. Even in the flickering light if the lantern that was to her size, she was still the same person as before. Until she spoke again. "Were you tainted by others?" The smile was gone and replaced by a very serious expression, one that demanded an answer straight away. Only the purest of flesh could serve, and if Tsuchi was already used by other men, or even women... then the darkness would grow, as a sharp kitchen knife shined ever so slightly behind Leila's back.