88 Year Blossom

The roots dragged Eli into the center, right next to the oversize petals. As Elisa called out to whom she was, the roots that dragged Eli hold her upside down in front of her. With a simple wave, the fog around the area was dismissed and reveals the splendor of small field of flowers with Pallavi in her all of her flowery grace at its center. She to Elisa with disappointment in her eyes.

"Why... why did you have to come to t-this place... this place of all places..." lulled Pallavi, letting out a sigh. "M-my name is... Pallavi... Pallavi Weathers... and... I'm sorry but... please don't freak out but... I'm going to have k-kill you... so... I'm sorry... s-sorry that things have to b-be this way..."

For a moment, Pallavi seemed intent to kill Eli as several additional roots spring up, wriggling to reach her throat... but then suddenly recede. Pallavi's stonewall face breaks down, quivering her lower lip before deciding to let Eli drop to the ground. She can't kill her like this, not when she looked so scared. Maybe she can delay the moment of execution... if only for the moment.

"Sssorry... I k-know its... h-hard to for me to ask that y-you die but... I... errr.... I guess I don't need to kill you just yet. I... I know you must have a lot to say and... I'll give you t-time to come... come to terms with your death. Err... you can talk to me however long you want... at least until... your comfortable with dying. I dont want y-you to... suffer... or anything... sorry... I know I am just making this all weird now for you." Pallavi interweaves her fingers, looking around the woods finding it hard to look Eli in the eyes.

"Ummm... I can't let you l-leave this place however... so... please don't try to escape or... f-fight back... I'll... I'll just accidentally end up h-hurting you more than necessary."

"Huh... you... came looking for me... why? Did... did someone tell you to... to come find me?" asked Pallavi, giving her a wary gaze "And... pictures? Like a photograph? Well... I guess you can take a picture of me... though... "

Pallavi scratches her head, wondering why anyone would bother setting up a camera to take a picture of her. She does remember the part where she has to kill her in the end right? And it would be days for the film to develop anyway. She really didn't see the point of having her picture taken but... that doesn't mean that she saw any reason to refuse either.

"... sorry... ummm... that should be fine... you... you really think I like beautiful?" asked Pallavi as she looked around herself, the compliment really catching her off guard as she does not feel beautiful. Far from beautiful actually. As Pallavi looked herself over, any remaining roots holding onto Eli let go and slithered back underground and allow Elisa free moment.

" ... 14? Sorry that... that isn't right..." spoke up Pallavi, perplexed as to how the girl concluded that she was somehow 14 thought it did bring to mind how old was she? She had no idea to be certain long she has been living on this forest though to her it felt like only... two or three years. As Pallavi was lost in though trying to figure out how old she really was, she was brought back into reality as the girl suddenly exclaimed the word cheese.

"Huhh?" was all that Pallavi managed to get out before her dumbfounded expression was captured on the phone camera.

"WHHHOOOAAAA! Blimey!" exclaimed Pallavi, staring in amazement over the girl's shoulder as she saw both of their faces on the screen of the girl's strange camera.

"Sorry... sorry if I was bit loud... but-" quickly apologized Pallavi, smiling sheepishly to the girl as she asks more about the camera "... h-how does they film f-fit inside the capsule? Its so thin... and w-when did photos show color and how did it develop so fast onto... uhh... the picture box? It it some sort of... magical camera?"

"I-its a telephone too? H-how can you carry both a telephone and camera in something so thin?" exclaimed Pallavi, the concept of phone that was somehow mobile and integrated with a camera somehow was incredibly foreign to her.

"And... uh... the date? Ummm... " Pallavi scratched her head, having no idea what the exactly date was. "Sorry... I... I don't know what t-the date is... sorry Umm... I could only guess its... 1940... or maybe 1941?" answered though there was some doubt in her voice.