3rd paper flower [Text]

[origami_ninja]

[Konan is far from a social butterfly, but on occasion she's been making an effort to reach out to others in Luceti. Since the weather is nice and there are plenty of flowers in bloom, she decides to ask if there's anyone out there who shares her lesser known hobby.]

Out of curiosity, how many people here in Luceti have an interest in flower pressing? Specifically, who already presses flowers as a hobby, and who would be interested in learning how it's done?

[She's not going to immediately offer to demonstrate at Art Club, though she will teach how it's done if Rapunzel or Ikki asks her to.]

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[dogboy]

yes.

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[origami_ninja]

When is a good time for you?

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[dogboy]

[... Right now is. But how long does this take, anyway. He seriously doesn't have a ton going on today... Scuse him for taking longer than his slow speed again.]

i don't have any thing to do today so when you are free. [Does she have to do it at her place or does she have to come to his place or--] where do you live at?

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[origami_ninja]

My apartment is small. I will meet you at the community center where Art Club meets.

[Pardon her. She doesn't like giving out her address. Shinobi paranoia dies hard.]

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[dogboy]

[That's fair. He doesn't like the apartments too much unless he can fly in the windows. Which he can't anymore.]

got it. [And so he'll bring his two dog brothers along too. They like the Art Club place. It's fun.]

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[origami_ninja]

[It doesn't take Konan too long to get there with a couple of freshly picked flowers ready to be pressed.]

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[dogboy]

[So it that lady who did the origami in the art club...]

Does it take long to press them?

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[origami_ninja]

Not very long, no. As long as they're reasonably dry, that is. Otherwise, they need to be dried carefully.

[Fortunately, a large book is usually suitable to flatten them with, so that's one thing that's realtively easy to find around here, even without relying on the journals.]

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[dogboy]

[He'll take a seat someplace with his two dogs, then, to watch her.]

And then you squish them?

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[origami_ninja]

Yes. You need to have a piece of tissue or absorbent paper to get any excess moisture out of them, and put the flower between that. Then you use a book or something with some weight to it to flatten them.

[She has the supplies ready.]

It takes longer for them to be flattened enough to stay like that rather than return to their original form, but the process of pressing them is quick.

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[dogboy]

[Chien looks over all the supplies and his brothers sniff at them curiously.]

So why would you want to dry them out and stuff? They're just flowers so there's no point in keeping them.

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[origami_ninja]

The point is to preserve their beauty. They can make for a nice decoration in the home.

[She's mildly confused. Why inquire about learning how to press flowers if the idea of keeping them is pointless?]

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[dogboy]

[He himself doesn't see the point to it. But he wanted to see it done anyway. Go figure.]

... I see. What do you two think? [Well, Cer and Ber like the idea of having something in their house. And flowers are pretty nice.] Then I guess I'll go with that too... Okay, show us.

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[origami_ninja]

All right.

[Konan pulls out a pair of flowers that have been freshly picked and demonstrates how to carefully dry them of with a tissue. Afterward, she opens a thick old book, and sets a couple of pieces of tissue on either side of the pages to protect them before setting the flowers down inside of where the tissue is.]

The flowers are pressed between the book pages, with the tissue there to protect the book from any discolouration that might results from the leaves or petals.