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

[zelda_hylia]

[These two are... adorably ridiculous. It reminds her of Sola, which hurts just a little right now but also makes her smile.]

Usually gardening is not quite so noisy. But I would love to join you. I cared for some flowers in the courtyard back home, I rather enjoy gardening.

[rainbowarch]

Did you have a lot of flowers? With lots of colors?

[He's asking these questions as he's sorting out the seeds.]

[bufudine]

[Serph doesn't have anything to say, but he does stand aside so Zelda can come over and look at the seeds they have.]

[zelda_hylia]

There are many flowers, yes. The walkways are lined with them, and we have rosebushes as well.

[She looks over the selection of seeds.]

What all will you be growing here?

[rainbowarch]

[So many flowers...]

All of these.

[bufudine]

[WOW SO SPECIFIC, CIELO gosh I guess it's up to leader to explain.]

These are grass, herb, and tulip seeds.

[There are beans in their little collection, too!]

They will be grown in the mugs.

[Start small, y'know! Nevermind that they want to grow trees, too. But that's a different collection of seeds.]

[zelda_hylia]

It's the right time of year to plant tulips at least, but I'm not familiar with the other plants... not that it matters terribly since Vatheon is climate controlled for the most part, I suppose.

[One would think the princess would leave her gloves on to garden, but no. She takes them off. These are silk gloves you know, they aren't cheap!]

[rainbowarch]

[Right, right. You had to plant things at certain times. Cielo gets a bag of soil and some of the mugs that fell over. Luckily, none of them seemed to be broken. He opens the bag of soil with a knife and starts filling the mugs.

Nice to see they've found a use for these things.]

[bufudine]

[Serph has been reading up on the other plants!! He passes some of the seed packets over to Zelda. They're all labelled and everything!]

Herbs are used in cooking and medicine.

[...Apparently, anyway. He's never cooked before. He doesn't know if Zelda cooks but...]

You can have some when they've grown.

[zelda_hylia]

I am not terribly good at cooking, but thank you! Maybe I will have learned by the time they grow.

[She turns over the seed packets to read about them, then goes over to the dirt and makes sure it's aerated.]

Be sure to not pack it in too tightly. It makes it difficult for new roots to take hold.

[rainbowarch]

[Cielo hasn't tried cooking either. Maybe that's what they should do next? It would be nice to be able to make something for people to enjoy, and he knows that a lot of people enjoyed cooking.

He's watching and nodding as Zelda explains the importance of not packing the soil too tightly.]

How do you know how much to pack it?

[He doesn't want to make things tough for the plants. :c]

[bufudine]

[Good question. This also means he doesn't have to ask it, too.

Serph's listening for the response as he collects more of the mugs and brings them over.]

[zelda_hylia]

I haven't ever really cared for a potted planet before. Perhaps if you just be sure to break up any large clumps in the dirt and pour it in without patting it down it will be loose enough?

[This is cheering her up more than she thought it would, or maybe her own Song of Healing has more of an effect than previously observed?]

[rainbowarch]

[So there's really no way to measure, just use your best judgment.]

Ah, okay.

[He starts filling more mugs, careful not to make them too packed.]

[bufudine]

[It works because she's not Sheik!!1!1!!!

Wait if she never had to take care of potted plants, does this mean all the flowers she planted were directly in the ground?]

How did you break the ground for your roses?

[She seemed surprised at what they were doing initially.]

[zelda_hylia]

We just used a small hand till to stir up the ground. It's a tool with multiple prongs. It loosens the earth enough that you can plant seeds. Of course, if you wish to plant something larger you must dig a hole.

[A wry look at their holes.]

Or explode one.

[rainbowarch]

What did you use to dig?

[Hopefully not those little brightly colored plastic shovels for building sandcastles!]

[bufudine]

[Hey, the ground's concrete! They don't have Argilla or Heat here to break it for them :T

Crouching down and taking one of the mugs Cielo's filled. He prods at the soil, digging a small hole with his finger before passing it to Zelda to stick a seed in it.]

[zelda_hylia]

A spade, of course. Though I was not allowed to handle it myself.

[Zelda was always relegated to the less labor-intensive tasks back when she lived in the palace. She was certainly never allowed near objects that she could possibly lose control of and smack herself in the head with! She puts in the seed and covers it carefully, then sings the Song of Storms. Without the harp, it only calls a tiny bit of mist over the plant, but it still causes it to sprout up just the tiniest bit.]

[rainbowarch]

[Cielo was about to ask why Zelda wasn't allowed to use a spade, but then she starts singing and...oh, she has a very pretty voice. What a pretty melody!

...and yeah, don't mind him, he's just going to be amazed. Amazed at Zelda's singing, at the mist, and at the sprout.]

[bufudine]

[Serph had meant to take another filled mug from Cielo but...

Like Cielo, he's enchanted by the song and stills, quietly listening to it. He watches the mist, noting how the seed sprouts, but dares not interrupt the song.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda had seen Link use the song in this way when she watched over him as Sheik. She's aware it's a little strange, but she didn't expect them to both just stop what they were doing. She looks over to them, embarrassed.]

I, ah, did not mean it to be a distraction... it just helps the plant get a good start.

[rainbowarch]

[It's quite all right, Zelda; they're just very affected by beautiful singing, that's all. Cielo blinks when she stops.]

Oh, it's no problem at all, ja? I liked it a lot.

[He got to hear lovely singing and saw a plant sprout today!]

[bufudine]

[Ah...]

We've only heard one song before arriving here.

[Songs remind him of Sera and the calm her singing gives them. Perhaps it is a little masochistic to keep the Song of Healing playing from his SFC, when it reminds him of the people who aren't here.

Serph leans over to have a closer look at the sprout. It's one thing to see it in a book, entirely another to see it for himself.]

[zelda_hylia]

I'm glad you liked it. It seems sad that you've heard so little music, though. Hyrule has many songs. I would be happy to teach them to you.

[She holds out the mug to Serph so he can look at the tiny sprout. It's just the beginnings of a proper plant, its first tiny little leaf isn't even unfurled yet.]