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?]

Comments

[rainbowarch]

[Looking up, Cielo instantly recognizes Tiir: it's very hard to forget someone like him.]

It's working pretty well, ja?

[Look at that hole, it's the perfect size.]

[bufudine]

[...Why would you stand on a tree like that...

Nevertheless, it's good to see Tiir.]

Would you like to join us?

[contemptibility]

[Because Tiir is weird.

With a leap, he lands quietly on the ground.]

If you wouldn't mind. I'm afraid I don't have much experience with gardening, however.

[rainbowarch]

[Yep. Really weird.]

Neither do we.

[In fact, they have exactly zero experience!]

[bufudine]

[Serph makes a mental note of that quiet landing; he would have expected a heavier one from that height.

He holds out some seed packets for Tiir. They're ones for tulips! See the pretty picture on the front?]

It's a good time to learn.

[contemptibility]

[Yes, yes he does. Taking them!]

Well, we all have to start somewhere, even if I imagine that most don't start with explosions.

[rainbowarch]

[He smiles]

Most probably don't have to break through concrete first, ja?

[bufudine]

[If Vatheon's town planning had been better, MAYBE they wouldn't have had to blow part of it up!!

While you two talk, Serph's bringing over some mugs for the tulip seeds Tiir has.]

Those seeds can be grown in these.

[There's an opened bag of dirt here so knock yourselves out.]

[contemptibility]

I won't argue with that.

[... Pffff.]

Understood. You two certainly are good at making use of all your resources.

[rainbowarch]

You have any idea how many of these we have? I'll tell you - a lot.

[A single "share" a person got if the bubble deemed it was excessive. Both of them got a collection of mugs, and they didn't want to just throw them out.

He moves the bag of soil so everyone can reach it easily.]

We're going to start by putting dirt in them.

[bufudine]

[Serph's already filling a mug with soil.]

These are only a fraction of the mugs from the ground floor.

[There are lots of places to put mugs in a three storey building.]

[contemptibility]

... I'm afraid to picture the mess.

[A laugh, before he goes to fill up a mug with soil as well.]

[rainbowarch]

[The rest of the mugs are stored in some of the unused rooms in the base because nobody wants to be tripping over mugs.]

And then we're going to put seeds on them.

[He tilts his head over in the direction of the seed bag.]

[bufudine]

[And Serph will demonstrate how to! These mugs aren't all that large for planting, so he just uses his fingers to make a small hollow in the soil for a seed before covering it up.]

[contemptibility]

[Following suit!]

How many of these do you intend to have?

[rainbowarch]

[...good question. Cielo pauses for a second then looks over to Serph. LEADER, YOU TAKE THIS ONE.]

[bufudine]

[UH.

AS MANY AS WE CAN--]

We have enough to line the perimeter of the building.

[Actually they have more than enough, but it's not a good idea to plant everything at once, when they're not yet familiar with gardening.]

We'll save the rest for another day.

[contemptibility]

Well, you two don't hold back. It seems you're going to have quite a bit of work.

[rainbowarch]

It's fun work though, so I don't mind.

[Getting some seeds for them to put in!]

[bufudine]

[All the gardening is happening here! All of it!]

We have time.

[It's a little weird, being in Vatheon where they actually have time for something like a 'hobby'. Come to think of it...]

What do you do with your time here?

[Avoid humans??]

[contemptibility]

[A laugh]

Time is certainly something in abundance in this place.

[... Kind of. Sometimes.]

I spend time with my friend. Otherwise, I go to the library occasionally, as you've seen, or stay in the forest. There isn't much to do here, I'm afraid.

[rainbowarch]

[Cielo feels like there's a lot to do here! But he does realize that Vatheon can be boring to other people.]

Maybe you should start a garden of your own, ja?

[bufudine]

[Serph, too, feels like there is much to do in Vatheon, in an entirely different way to the business of the Junkyard. And he knows Tiir has things to attend to in his own world, so he doesn't blame him for feeling the way he does.]

Your friend may enjoy it.

[contemptibility]

Ah, there's an idea. I'll make sure to ask her.

[A pause, as he thinks.]

Though I suppose that would require staying in one place...

[rainbowarch]

[Wait...so that means...Tiir and his friend don't have a home?]

You're not living anywhere?