Mm... I get that a lot. Big guy like me? It usually catches people off guard when they find out I'm serious.
[ Okay, definitely sheepish and more than a little self conscious. Still, he's not exactly ashamed of it! It's just. Funny-weird. ]
...I like gladioli, if that helps. That's, uh. That's what I was named after. Any sort of lilies, actually. And sage. Not rosemary, but the actual flower.
[ the surprises just keep coming and they don't stop comin. that's not a "hahaha lame" kind of smile in his voice, though. he's so out of it he's not entirely confident any of this is even real, but if it is, it is fascinating. ]
I've heard of lilies at least. They're like, kinda... with the onion-looking things on the bottom? I'll ask my, uh, top-secret source if they know anything about the other ones.
Yep. My full name is Gladiolus, and my sister was named after Irises. Everyone on mom's side of the family were named after 'em too, so that made dad the oddball when it came to pictures and the ol' family tree.
[ Poor, poor Clarus. He never stood a chance, did he? ]
They're sort of like an instrument, I think. At least the ones we had growing in the yard back home were like that.
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Date: 2022-04-05 12:10 am (UTC)[ Okay, definitely sheepish and more than a little self conscious. Still, he's not exactly ashamed of it! It's just. Funny-weird. ]
...I like gladioli, if that helps. That's, uh. That's what I was named after. Any sort of lilies, actually. And sage. Not rosemary, but the actual flower.
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Date: 2022-04-05 02:24 am (UTC)[ the surprises just keep coming and they don't stop comin. that's not a "hahaha lame" kind of smile in his voice, though. he's so out of it he's not entirely confident any of this is even real, but if it is, it is fascinating. ]
I've heard of lilies at least. They're like, kinda... with the onion-looking things on the bottom? I'll ask my, uh, top-secret source if they know anything about the other ones.
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Date: 2022-04-05 02:44 am (UTC)[ Poor, poor Clarus. He never stood a chance, did he? ]
They're sort of like an instrument, I think. At least the ones we had growing in the yard back home were like that.