[She gets to work immediately, trying to unhook the tiny dried-up branches from each other without damaging them. The keyword is "trying". After about five minutes, she's succeeded in adding both of the sprigs she originally took out into the mess, which is starting to resemble something from a topologist's nightmare.]
Just hold on one second... I'm nearly there...
[Another minute or so of industrious rustling, she drops the entire tangle on the floor. It bounces once, trailing disintegrating fragments of delicate leaves, and rolls out of sight.]
Aah! Where did it -
[Osaka kneels down, then changes her mind and lies flat on the floor to squint at the gap between the base of the counter and the floor. There, the knotted-up plants sit peacefully just out of her reach, resigned to their place in the universe.]
no subject
[She gets to work immediately, trying to unhook the tiny dried-up branches from each other without damaging them. The keyword is "trying". After about five minutes, she's succeeded in adding both of the sprigs she originally took out into the mess, which is starting to resemble something from a topologist's nightmare.]
Just hold on one second... I'm nearly there...
[Another minute or so of industrious rustling, she drops the entire tangle on the floor. It bounces once, trailing disintegrating fragments of delicate leaves, and rolls out of sight.]
Aah! Where did it -
[Osaka kneels down, then changes her mind and lies flat on the floor to squint at the gap between the base of the counter and the floor. There, the knotted-up plants sit peacefully just out of her reach, resigned to their place in the universe.]
...Oh.