Let's go our separate ways

Part 8

The pair of white pom-poms that once caught the attention of this City's deputy mayor react to Flos's request. Untying themselves from Flos's hair, letting Flos's braided hair spread free, 1 slowly glows as it floats up to act as a guiding light whilst the other 1 transforms behind Flos, becoming the 2nd Picky Eater.

In a burst of strength, the white pom-pom turns Picky Eater lifts the real Picky Eater from the ground, from the inside, and throws it in a direction without people. As the real Picky Eater plunges on the ground, the copy of Picky Eater immediately goes to its side and swallows it fully.

Letting Picky Eater tastes its own medicine, it seems. Anyway, whether it's to vomit or to swallow, both are not comforting images to be seen on the same day.

In a battle of strength and speed, the real Picky Eater might have won. But the white pom-pom is not exactly weak either. After all, it can produce poisons whilst Picky Eater can't. When lifting Picky Eater earlier, it has already injected a paralysing poison on the original plant. And so the victory belongs to the white pom-pom, Day!

"Day," towards the winner Picky Eater whose size gets smaller the closer it is to Flos, she tells the transformed white pom-pom, "Keep Picky Eater in you, but don't eat it yet,"

Fully converting back into its original appearance of a white pom-pom, Day floats back to the side of another white pom-pom, May, that still lights up. They give no answer or reaction, but Flos knows Day listens to her words.

Among her companions, the white pom-poms May-Day are Flos's most favoured because of their versatility and also because they listen to her. Lashes the vine also listens to her, but it prefers to stay dormant unless it's an emergency; in which it will offer to help, just like before.

"Flos!" although worried, Rhythm is not foolish enough to go near his childhood friend. He has learnt from past lessons that those 2 white pom-poms are the most deadly flowers in Flos's arsenal.

"Miss Flos!" following Rhythm of not going to the young miss's side, as he stares at the 2 floating white pom-poms in curiosity, the Knight voices his concern, "Are you all right?"

Flos turns to look at them, her mood dropping. Picky Eater has made a mess of this backyard. Closing her eyes, inhaling deeply, Flos chooses to say, "Not so good,"

It makes them worry, so Flos shakes her head to calm them, "I am not injured. I just feel like I will have to pay for all those damages..."

Which hurts her purse. Painfully.

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"Let me introduce," after going back to the living room, while waiting for the housekeeper to give the property damage invoice to Flos, the young woman points at her hair, where the 2 white pom-poms now choose to reside as a hairpin, "They are May-Day, a pair of mimicry flowers,"

"Mimicry flowers, hah," Rhythm scoffs at the side

Flos rolls her eyes at her childhood friend before adding other characteristics to the pom-poms, "They are also parasitic and cannibalistic plants," plus, without Rhythm's prompting, Flos continues, "Poisonous as well,"

After knowing about Picky Eater and Lashes, May-Day is also introduced to the escort Knight. He doesn't know how he should feel after knowing this young miss always has dangers by her side.

"Anyway, look at this," finally, Flos presents the dog tag to the 2 young men, "This is what shone earlier,"

The cause of a tragedy to Flos's purse. Thinking about it like that makes Flos dislikes this dog tag immensely.

"What's on it?" Rhythm takes the dog tag from Flos for a look then transfer the dog tag to the escort Knight, muttering the result of his investigation, "There is nothing at all,"