Digital Domestic Saga

[bufudine]

Who: Serph, Cielo and YOU!
When: Late morning
Where: Outside the Embryon Base, near the forest
Style: Starting in action, but anything goes!
Status: OPEN!

[If you happen to be near the the forest quadrant, then you might feel the ground shake a little. Pretty strange, huh? But nothing to worry about, right?

The localised miniature quake can be traced back to a rather plain looking three storey building that has a grey flag with a bright orange stripe hanging from a pole sticking out of a window. A short distance away from the building, there's two people standing around a hole in the ground that certainly hadn't been there just moments before. A wheelbarrow containing a rosebush with orange flowers sits not far from them, and all along the ground are unopened sacks of dirt and a plethora of those mugs, some of which have fallen onto their sides. There's a bag containing seed packets and beans on the ground, too, and a recording of Sheik's Song of Healing can be heard playing on loop from a SFC nearby.

Serph eyes the hole for a little while longer before nodding to Cielo, giving him the signal to use another Magni Bomb. Which he does. Enthusiastically.

...That sure is another miniature quake happening. But the hole looks big enough for the rose bush, now.

Yep, this is what they've been saving their Starfish Tokens for. Approach?]

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[oursomalink]

[Okay, it's really hard to ignore the earthquakes, you realize. Shing finds himself wandering over towards the source of said earthquakes, staring at the two of them in confusion before clearing his throat.]

Uh... what are you both doing...?

[rainbowarch]

We're starting a garden.

[There's nothing unusual about that, right!?]

[bufudine]

[Nope nothing weird!! Serph holds up a packet of seeds to show the newcomer.]

Would you like to join us?

[oursomalink]

Sure! Though... is it okay to plant everything here?

[He's pretty sure that you're not supposed to be making holes in the concrete here... Meanwhile, the engineer in this mun is sobbing. Good job you two.]

[rainbowarch]

Of course it's okay.

[It's their territory to do as they please. Also, just as planned.]

[bufudine]

[Serph turns to look at the grey flag with the orange stripe. Tee hee :3]

This is our territory.

[See? They even marked it out and everything!]

[oursomalink]

Oh, okay! Just checking...

[Shing wanders over to the garden area, examining some of the seeds and other things.]

There's so many of them... yeah, you'll need help.

[rainbowarch]

We would have done it all ourselves, but it's nice to have help, ja?

[Passing Shing some Vatheon mugs and soil]

We're planting a lot of it in these.

[bufudine]

[Sorry, they have no trowels so you're going to have to get your hands dirty, Shing!

While he takes some of the mugs for himself, Serph adds the reason for why they chose to use the mugs rather than, you know, actual pots.]

We have far too many.

[oursomalink]

Ah... yeah, this city gave us too many, didn't they...?

[IT'S OKAY. He doesn't really seem to mind as he takes a couple mugs himself.]

Still, it's a nice way to distract yourself from things. Plus, I'll bet that this garden will be very pretty once everything's had some time to grow.

[rainbowarch]

[Too many times two. Vatheon gave each of them a share of mugs. Cielo opens a bag of soil with a knife.]

It will be!

[If they had enough time and resources, they'd make the most awesome garden ever. For now, though: holes in concrete and mugs.]

[bufudine]

[Time... Something they may have much of. He doesn't know whether he wishes to return to their world or not; they left behind comrades, but there's still the question of whether the Junkyard exists when they return. It seems folly to return to such a situation, but... he can't quite shake off this feeling...

Doop doop putting soil in mugs. Oh right if this guy is going to be helping them...]

Your name?

[It's only polite to ask.]

[oursomalink]

Shing. Shing Meteoryte. And your names?

[He seems to be having some fun with this, leafing through the seeds to see which ones he should plant.]

[rainbowarch]

I'm Cielo and he's Serph.

[Cielo picks out a pack of tulip seeds for himself.]

[bufudine]

[Shing Shing Meteoryte sure is a weird name but okay. Most of the seeds are grasses, herbs and tulips, but there might be something especially odd in there, too.

Passing a soil filled mug to their new friend. He'll let Shing and Cielo decide on the direction conversation, if any while they plant, should take.]

[oursomalink]

Cielo and Serph... nice to meet you both!

[He peers a glance at the various seeds -- there's a lot of them here, whoa.]

... will you be able to plant all of these?

[rainbowarch]

Nice to meet you too.

[It's a ridiculous amount of seeds and even with the two of them (plus occasional help from people who they rope into it volunteer) it would still take a long time.

Cielo is completely undeterred by the amount of work.]

Sure. It might take a while, but we'll do it.

[bufudine]

[Just quietly planting stuff, yep.]

We have time.

[oursomalink]

True... plus it's not like there's much else to do here other than enduring curses, anyway...

[A pause as he glances over the seeds again. He really wants to plant something for Kohaku, too...]

[rainbowarch]

[Vatheon is filled to the brim with things to do if you asked Cielo, but that's due to his ignorance making him much more easily amazed and entertained.]

You can plant any of those; they're all going to go in the mugs.

[bufudine]

[Yeah man, if Shing were as enamoured with everything as these two are, he'd never get bored.]

You can check on your plants' progress in the future.

[Because yay visitors!]

[oursomalink]

Really? Awesome!

[SO EXCITE. In any case he wanders over to collect more seeds, though...]

... just out of curiosity, do you know which flowers girls tend to like more?

[rainbowarch]

Nope.

[He says it just like that while filling another mug. He wasn't even aware that there were flowers that girls liked better than others. Maybe if Argilla or Sera were here, they could tell him.]

[bufudine]

[NOPE do they look like girls, Shing??

However, Serph actually has an idea of the motive behind Shing's sudden line of questioning and has some sage advice for him. Is Shing ready to hear it? Is he??]

It depends on the girl.

[La la la casually dumping more soil in mugs. He probably shouldn't ask, but nevertheless...]

Are you looking to impress one?

[oursomalink]

Aah... y-yeah. I was thinking of planting a flower for her as a gift... to show her I was thinking of her.

[Oh, Shing. You cute derpy sweet thing, you...]