[Catch-All] Moving Forward

[inemeraldfaith]

🧙 WHO: Aerith Gainsborough, You
⚔️️ WHAT: Catch-All for August / September
🕒 WHEN: August / September
🗺️ WHERE: Aerith's flower shop, Camelot, and wherever else we need to be.
⚠️ WARNINGS: TBD

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► [01. Flowers, Flowers Everywhere]

[Aerith's flower shop has seen a lot more activity than she's expected. When she initially opened it, she'd assumed it would be a relatively calm pastime. She's not prepared herself for just how many visitors she'd get.

The upstairs loft painting has finally been completed, though it looks a... little like a child did it in some places. (That's Aerith's masterful painting at work there, along with some help from Nanaki—but the latter's was better.) She's made it less cluttered in most places, creating a nice comfortable little way off to the side where there's some in-house teas available at no additional charge. The patio outside now has a few smaller tables and chairs for those who want to sit in the sun and enjoy the sights. The other portion of the store holds a curtain of hanging ivy and other blooms that pave way for a plant paradise right within, though it can get a little warm and humid in there.

In short, Aerith has been busy.

Today, she's in the midst of writing some instructional cards for some of the newer plants that she's presenting in the front window. She tucks them in all nice and neat and catching the eye of the next passerby, she lifts a hand and offers a welcoming wave and a bright smile.]

► [02. A Real Place]

[Aerith... has never gone house shopping before and realises that as she's begun to look at new residences, she has no idea what she's actually gotten herself into. She's been using her phone to get around to the best of her ability, but with no real idea as to where she should be heading next or what seems to be the most logical course of action in terms of distance, she really spends most of her time wandering from one district to the other, stopping occasionally to examine some of the houses.

In the midst of still peering at her phone on the way to her next misadventure, she lifts a hand to grab onto the person nearest her, tugging on the arm.]

Hi, excuse me. Can you help me find this place here?

[And then she lifts up her phone. It's a nice, small, very modest looking place. Can't be more than two bedrooms at the most, if even that. Definitely bigger than the apartment she's currently stationed in, however.]

► [03. Lending a Hand - Don't Treep, Man]

[It's another moment where she's almost a little envious that she doesn't have green magic. It'd certainly make her growing anything significantly easier. But maybe that's a little too easy. There's something to be said about the achievement of hard work and earned success.

Not part of the green mage collective, Aerith helps around the farmland by doing a little bit of everything that she can get her hands on. Her favourite thing to do, however, is the watering. It's easy to find her going down a line of very small sprouts that have only just begun to pop right up out of the ground, modestly watering them.

And talking to them. Because that's a necessity, you know.]

Oh, look at you! [She croons happily.] You're looking so good! You're gonna grow up nice and strong, right? [In fact, Aerith is probably a little too excited about something as trivial as watering plants. But seriously—talking to them is good for them.]

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Comments

[inemeraldfaith]

That's basically the idea, yeah. You're getting it just fine.

[Aerith smiles fondly. It means she was able to explain it somewhat properly and that's a plus.]

Easier said than done. Plants are smart, but I don't think they're as smart as people. For instance, it's probably not likely that you could make someone think there were somewhere they weren't. Maybe if it's a child, not not someone like you or me. So far, I seem to be successful, though. The real test will come during the colder seasons. I really want to see if I can take a plant that's used to the cold, crossbreed it with a plant used to warmer weather, and try to create a new plant that has the traits of the warm one, but the ability to withstand the cold.

[Complications upon complications.]

[dragongrrl]

[That's a lot to follow, but it does seem to make sense... like when hunters breed the best of their dogs together, or breed the ones who are better at protecting than tracking to make guards. Only, with plants. It'd be easier to manage those than pups anyway.]

Ambitious. [...] Would mean on Avalon for long time.

[inemeraldfaith]

That's true. It's probably a really long undertaking.

[It's false if Aerith claims she hasn't thought about this, but...]

None of us know how long we'll be here. From my understanding, we're here until we find a way to help the locals with things in Camelot. And the neighbouring kingdoms. I think I've heard that from some of the others here, but I don't know how true that is. I know about as much as you probably do. Frozen home worlds and all. But if I can do something that might help the others here, I don't see why I shouldn't. Besides, it's a great use of my time. Not sure what I'd be doing otherwise.

[Besides running errands for the locals, which is something she's already doing. Aerith is such a busybody that it seems like she intentionally doesn't leave time for herself. It's bound to catch up with her eventually.]

[dragongrrl]

Barbara see Calamity, from edge of island. Strange. [Deeply, deeply disturbing--to see the shockwave, giving every indication of motion into the universe except motion itself.

And she feels a similar feeling. It's frustrating that she can't just go out and fight it, which is her preferred solution to most problems, but she's not going to sit idle on Avalon either.] Barbara not know if trust kings, wizards. But still do things, like Aerith. Always busy.

[inemeraldfaith]

Did... you just say Calamity?

[Aerith's eyebrows knit together curiously.] Do you mean like... back home? Or are you talking about here in this world? [Because as she's cycling through the various things she's learned about Camelot and the surrounding area, she can't readily recall anything about a 'Calamity.'

That's not a word lacking in weight either. To describe something as calamitous might as well be in the same vein as an 'atrocity.' She's left pondering what exactly she might be referring to, interrupted by the thought of kings and wizards.]

Mmm... I'm not sure what I think about that Merlin guy, but I think King Arthur is probably okay. I might be biased on that, though. It's not as if I know either of them. Most of us probably don't, actually.