⭕ TEMPLE

( A place filled with flowers and somewhere to cook? Things are definitely looking up in the world of island-hopping. She’s also managed to find a long dress in vibrant hues of pink and yellow. Rather garish, certainly, but it also serves to help the android feel a little more like herself.

All too keen to get stuck in, and bring some small sense of normalcy, Chloe is busy preparing a selection of brightly coloured candied flowers. They’ll serve as edible decoration for the baked apples filled with fruit jam that she already has cooking. Because everyone deserves a treat, don’t they? The bowls and cutlery she has stacked up and laid out on the work space suggest she has no intention of keeping these spoils to herself.

There might not be as much scope for culinary creation as she would have wished for but she seems to be making herself at home with what there is – a Martha Stewart in the making. )



⭕ LOTUS BATHS

( The warm water is undeniably soothing. As it washes over her, Chloe feels an ease she hasn’t felt in a very long time. She has always been a fan of the water (and is fortunately waterproof enough to be able to indulge) and this wonderful bath is no exception.

As the scene around her shifts, Chloe shifts too. She turns so her arms and head rest upon the edge of the spring. Only that natural water source and its surroundings have become a red pool in a spartan room. A room that holds one of her best memories as well as one of the very worst.

Right now, she bathes in a pleasant memory. One that makes her feel full of light and life. A man with a naturally imposing and commanding presence crouches by the side of the pool. He looks at her with a small, and rare, smile. She, too, smiles at him. He reaches for her, tucking his fingers around her chin so he can lift her head to better gaze at him. Or perhaps to better gaze at her. When he speaks, his voice is quiet. As gentle as he ever is. )

I’m not going to say I’m proud of you. There’s no need. You passing the Turing Test was a mere formality. And I know you’re also wondering if I’m pleased with you. Yes, Chloe, my flower, I’m pleased with you. Very pleased. The first of my androids was as impeccable as I imagined. Soon the whole world will change.

( Chloe herself just continues to smile, basking in the praise of her creator. )



⭕ NIGHTBLOOMING

( Chloe would have been very, very content to bask in the niceties of the island and to not get involved whatsoever in whatever things might happen at night.

However, she can’t quite force herself to ignore screaming and sobbing. Maybe it won’t be any sort of thing. Maybe it will just be someone in need of the sort of help Chloe may be able to provide. But the thought that someone could be in trouble, and that it could be one of the Travelers, gnaws at her.

So it isn’t long before she goes to investigate. And while she probably isn’t the best individual to recruit for a search and rescue mission, she finds herself being recruited all the same. How can she deny a distraught mother and those concerned faces of the villagers?

Here’s hoping that the teenager found their beau and the two of them are currently doing what teenagers do. Though Chloe still glances around for anyone who might be willing to provide some backup. )



⭕ THE FLOWER ORACLE

[ There will be text here, but there isn’t now. Except for this. ]



⭕ WILDCARD

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