Dossier Nineteen

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Henrietta is cradling a small potted plant protectively against her chest, looking back and forth as though someone might appear to take it from her. Quietly, she tells it,]

I'll take you back later, after I talk to him, okay? I know there's no sun, but we'll find someplace nice. I promise.

Comments

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Hey there, squirt. What've you got there?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[EEP] Um. It's a plant. I... don't know what kind.

[witchmaker.livejournal.com]

Hmm. [ Angela squats down and looks at it. ] Looks it might be a fern, but I don't know very much about plants, either.

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[O hay, it's a Crowley]

Henrietta?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

[Here, have a Dorothy, sneaking up on you. BD]

Oh! What a pretty plant. What's its name?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Pets one of its fronds] It's a very nice plant, whatever it is.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[lkdjaslkdjfdg]

[She tries to hide the plant behind her back, which of course doesn't work, because it has long, trailing fronds.]

S-signore.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[asdkj]

[Almost, but not quite, drops it.]

Ah! Um. N-name? I don't think it has one.

[ghostlighter]

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Oh, but houseplants should always have names! They're very vain, you know. Like to know they're appreciated. At the very least, you could call it Fern.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[O-OH HAI THAR, CHRIS.] Um....

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Pets it absently] I think it needs a boy's name.

[ghostlighter]

... Where did you get that?

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well in that case, how about Henry? Good strong name for a boy.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[slkdjsk] Um. [So not good at lying.]

[ghostlighter]

[Quirks a brow.] Yeah...?

[exserpens.livejournal.com]

[Does his best to hide a smirk]

What's that you've got there?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Henry? [Pets it] Henry. I like that.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um... um... signore Crowley's flat.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[jdklasjdlaksdj] Um....

[ghostlighter]

... I'm sorry, I thought I heard you say Crowley's flat.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[jdlaksdjkljdad]

[She nods at her feet.] I didn't--I'm not stealing it, I just wanted to bring it here for a little while, so he doesn't take it away to serve as an example to the other ones.

[ghostlighter]

But— Henrietta, how did you get there?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[...?] He took me there.

[galeforcehero.livejournal.com]

Henry's my uncle's name. I think it's a very good name for a houseplant.

So where'd you get him?