Writing Prompt: What kind of food would Rose like? Flowers, flowers, and more flowers. ======================== >Visit Roseluck's place for lunch >Walk into kitchen where she took the bouquet "So Rose, you feeling like going out to-" >You stare, mouth open >Rose looks at you, the expensive bouquet you had gotten from Daisy earlier not to be found. >"Trust me, she'll love these!" the gardening pony had said. >Oh she loved them, alright, enough to make them disappear! >"Hm?" >The questioning noise from Rose broke you from your thoughts. >She swallows whatever was in her mouth as you glance around the room. "What happened to the flowers? Did you not like them?" >"Huh-oh, oh! I loved them!" "Then why'd you throw them away?" >"Oh, anon, I didn't; they were my favorite!" "Then what did you do with them, Rose?" >"Uh..." >She looks down and you follower her gaze to her stomach, which grumbles happily. >"I ate them." "Roseluck!" >You groan at her and she stomps a hoof down. >"What, they were delicious!" >"We're ponies, anon, it's what we do!" >And then it hit you. >A bouquet of expensive flowers was the equivalent of a gourmet box of chocolates in a land of talking equines. >"You humans and your rituals are weird, but..." "Yeah?" >She shuffles awkwardly. >"...if it's any consolation, I got an orchid flower stuck to the roof of my mouth." >"We could still put that in a vase, that'd make you happy, right?" >She stuck her tongue out, a delicate orchid petal on it. "Oh Rose, what am I gonna do with you?" >She flashed that relieved smile of someone who had just dodged getting in trouble. >"Well you could start with taking me out to lunch like we planned, I mean, the bouquet was fantastic, but it's not, you know, not filling."