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

[bufudine]

[Now you've got Serph looking as well. Nope, nothing to worry about here. He intends to just let the blood well up and scab over; it's not worth using medical supplies or a Diarama on them.

So he tilts his head, questioning, too.]

[radiantwingedone]

.... [ A slight head tilt. Duke isn't particularly comfortable around blood but... He's not really attached to Serph either.

So he doesn't offer healing. ]

Best to clean bleeding injuries when dealing with soil; many forms of fertilizer is animal dung. [ That said, he's going to study the rest of the area and their planting supplies. ]

Wish for more aid?

[rainbowarch]

[Oh, right. Wounds needed to be cleaned. It's just that Cielo is used to injuries far more serious than thorn pricks.

Well, Serph can take care of that on his own.]

Do we need anything else?

[bufudine]

[Oh. One of Serph's hands is already halfway to his mouth so he can lick the cuts by the time Cielo addresses him. Yes he's looking very dignified right now, really!

While they don't really need anything else since they intended on just spending their day puttering around their makeshift garden...

He addresses Duke.]

Only if you wish to.

[He won't say no to having Duke's presence around for longer.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke tends to lick his mild cuts before healing them too, it's all good.

.... He can take a break form research. ]

Breaks in bookwork are occasionally needed; where next?

[rainbowarch]

[Over to the seed bag he goes!]

We have a bunch of these smaller plants. We're going to plant them in these.

[He gestures to some of the mugs on the ground.]

[bufudine]

[Serph nods in acknowledgement. He's glad Duke will be hanging around with them for a while longer.

The cuts on his hands are already scabbing over, so he walks off to gather some of the mugs and bring them over. He and Cielo have little use for so many mugs, and it'd be a shame to waste them.]

[radiantwingedone]

... Depending on what you plan to plant... [ Duke's going to inspect one of the mugs. ]

The reason so many pots for planting have holes in the bottom is for draining - without one, the soil can not be rid of excess water, and one tends to start growing moss more than original plant. May not be hard to find a good balance; more accustomed to planting in the ground than in pots and maintaining them.

[rainbowarch]

[Reaching into the seed bag, Cielo pulls out packets of tulip, grass, and herb seeds along with some beans.]

These.

[If too much water is a problem, they'll just have to be careful to not add to much.]

[bufudine]

[But perhaps it's best to actually ask the expert!]

If we don't water excessively, will that be fine?

[Otherwise, they'll just have to find a way to make holes that won't shatter the mugs]

[radiantwingedone]

Should. Do not let the soil become powdery and... [ Studying the bean plants. Pole climbers or bushes? ]

These may be more suited for the ground than a pot...

[rainbowarch]

[Okay, be careful with the watering. Cielo wonders if he and Serph should work out a watering schedule to avoid that.]

The beans? We could find a spot for them.

[More bombs? More bombs.]

[bufudine]

[These beans are mostly mung beans, though there are some pole variety of lima beans, too. They're going to need a lot more bombs, if they need to make space for all these beans, too...

Serph's looking out at the land within their territory. If they make too many holes, there won't be decent ground to walk on.]

Would a garden bed be sufficient instead?

[radiantwingedone]

Garden bed would be best for the pole variety, at the very least. Tends to work well, a patch longer than wide, rows for plants, spaced at a comfortable footpath width for easier tending. [ He's studying the area, then back to Serph and Ceilo. ]

If you can cut a segment free, I have a formula that may be able to lift a section out of the way.

[rainbowarch]

[A garden bed sounds perfect for their needs then.]

...can we do that, Serph?

[Bombs are probably not the right tool for this kind of thing.]

[bufudine]

[Serph considers that for a moment. Cutting a segment could be problematic. While their biological weapons as their Atma are quite powerful, he's... never tried to use his blades against concrete.

He addresses Duke.]

Do you have a method for cutting concrete? Otherwise I can try something.

[...Because there's the danger of Cielo smacking his face in the concrete if he attempted cutting with Dyaus.]

[radiantwingedone]

.... Debatable. Have something likely sharp enough, however.... [ An odd motion, like he was reversing a grip on a blade - oh, and there it was. ]

Not intended for such use however....

[rainbowarch]

[Cielo is less worried bout slamming his head into the concrete and more worried about getting his head stuck in it.]

You don't have to if you don't want to.

[bufudine]

[Where did Duke pull that blade from...? Don't weapons like that get blunt? Serph would feel bad if they wrecked Duke's blade; at least if he wrecked his blade, it'd magically grow back the next time he transformed or something DDS YOU'RE NOT VERY CONSISTENT WITH THESE THINGS.

Serph nods in agreement with Cielo's words.]

Let me try first.

[He doesn't wait for affirmation before the tattoo on his face glows blue and he transforms, the blade of his right arm out.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke's blade is special; it's sharp for him, not as sharp for others.

Oh.

That's somewhat fascinating. If a bit painful looking.

This is curious staring - most definitely not a transformation similar to those he's used to.

He steps aside, looking about. Wherever you plan this. ]

[rainbowarch]

[Ah, Duke, he'd show you his demon, but the blade on him is not quite as conductive to cutting things as it is for pecking eyes out.

Cielo just stands and watches, go Serph, go!]

[bufudine]

[Serph doesn't exactly make a regular habit of stabbing thr ground, so it takes him a moment to consider how best to do it. His blades cut through flesh and bone like butter -- whatever butter is -- but concrete is another matter.

... Aw hell let's just stab it, okay?

The blade sinks into the concrete a fair way, but trying to actually cut the concrete doesn't work out so well. Maybe he should have used the force from the flicking mechanism in his arm instead? ...Either way, one of the backward pointing spikes in his blade is hooked in the concrete and preventing him from just pulling the blade out. Serph wiggles it a bit, but nope, looks like his arm's stuck.

This seems awkward.]

/all the late

[radiantwingedone]

[ Somewhat very awkward. Something was caught... ]

... what is the angle of entry - [ Or maybe he'll just edge over, completely ignoring that Serph looks really weird and dangerous at the moment to peer at the concrete. ]

.... Possible to angle a cut so that the surrounding concrete is cut free, freeing you... your? from... [ Don't mind him, he's just being a bit technical about this. ]

... Likely can aid, how far into the concrete do you judge that the end is?

[rainbowarch]

[Yep, this was exactly what Cielo was afraid of. Leader, he loves you very much, but right now he's glad that it's you stuck in the concrete rather than him.]

Should be about this much, ja?

[He indicates with his hands an approximate length. He's seen those arm blades enough times to know how long they are.]

[bufudine]

[...You know there's an easy solution to this problem, right?

Serph reverts back to his human form. And since he doesn't usually have arm blades as a human, the blade that's stuck sort of... disappears from the ground. NOTHING WRONG, NOW.

Turning to address Duke as if he hadn't just gotten himself embarrassingly stuck.]

Your weapon might have more success, if it's sharp enough.

[Because Serph doesn't see anything on it that'll get caught in the concrete like his blade had.]