[audio] @silver; Backdated to the fifth [open]

[shadowsran]

[Someone had been around the docks when...all of that happened, broken an arm, and spent the following days snugly shut up tight in her house. Not a weakness she wants on display, of course, but she's angry, and having been in no useful condition for supply-regathering isn't much of a boon to her pride. But a handful of days shut up are little better.]

Couple things, just, quick.

Couldn't stick around the ferry and people's chief concern seems to have been food, which is fine, but I'm wondering if anyone got gardening supplies, and if those made it? I've mentioned it in passing to a handful, but especially given the exact worry I had was just proven right, no excuse to not be proactive anymore. We have good gardening types here, and it's better for the town as a whole if we can set a couple plots up...immediately? Fast as possible. A couple of small greenhouses are kind of a must at this point too. I'm not really up to building and clearing condition right now, so anybody brave enough to turn soil and move rocks and handle basic construction, drop me a line. People I talked to before, uh, the same I guess? We can divvy up who goes where, five people per square foot's a bad spread of resources.

Second thing - I'm getting the impression nobody's liking those flowers very much. [She's...largely unperturbed. Distressingly accustomed, at this point. Were the month not getting off on such a broken foot she'd be amused.] If it's crippling and you're desperate for something, stop by and I can give you a little cone to breathe through. Plague doctor-style, but tiny. Cute. [Deadpan:] You'll look like little birds, and it'll smell like pine.

Comments

@daylit.

[sunborne]

I can help with gardening!

[ daylight practically hollers that out because !!! other garden buddies!!

but, okay, alright, cool- daylight tries to dial back his enthusiasm as he continues, ] I can garden. I, um, kind of specialise in flowers and herbs but I can help out with vegetation. And I actually asked Rastus for some gardening supplies and everything! I managed to get them out of the waters, more or less safe.

[ ... though some seed packets ended up drowning. rip, flowers... ]

[shadowsran]

[Let her vicariously have enthusiasm through you, strange robot man, yes, good.]

I won't ask you to give up any tools you asked for, but I'd like to get seeds pooled and divided soon - and if you wouldn't want anybody borrowing your stuff, could probably stick a little plot by....

Well, are you one of the ones holed up in the Invincible?

[sunborne]

Oh no! Not anymore. I'm living over at the village these days. I'm sharing a house with my best friend, Coraline.

And I don't mind sharing some of the seeds I have, but they're all flowers and gardening plants. I think the supplies will be more useful so consider them open to sharing for this! [ he debates on talking about the memorial but decides against it. worrying about a steady and safe source of food supply should be their main priority. ] I think Rastus can provide seeds for us since that's where I got them.

[shadowsran]

Ahhh. For the record, I'd think eventually flower-plots would be just as useful - nice to tend, nice to look at, add however much color could be added to a place like this, but they'll have to be an afterthought for now.

I appreciate the tools, I'll mark it down and shuttle anybody willing your way for borrowing? [Tragedy here being that she can't immediately go do as much of this herself as she possibly can.] Any interest in helping tend, when things start growing?

[sunborne]

[ daylight hums his approval at her suggestion of what to do with the tools, happy to help.

and then he gets happier when she extends the offer to help with the garden. poor misty barely gets the words out before daylight lets out a very enthusiastic, ] Sure!! I would love to help you and the others out with the garden.

I don't to, um, brag or anything but I'm really good at it. My family taught me how to grow and nurture plants since they came from a former farming sector. I'm definitely your guy for this! [ he also helped with the biomes found on the starship! he's not sure how to smoothly transition that bit so, for once in his life, he'll show restraint. ] When do you think we can start on this project?

[shadowsran]

[Points for liveliness, large robot man!!! Her reserves are small at the moment, so she appreciates the difference being made up by anyone able and willing. Her tone is distinctly warm.]

Good! Perfect, the more and the more experienced, the better. It's sounding like Riku, Jason, Grizz, and maybe Elliot are the people to see about construction - starting immediately, we've all already wasted too much time. Any days they can get in the ground before a frost are worth the rush.

[sunborne]

[ riku is getting involved! yes!

if only one could see his winglets wriggling like crazy right now. ]

I can definitely help with that! Just let me know the time and place and I'll help you guys out. [ hmmm. in fact, he does think of something concrete enough to offer: ] I'll also see if I can make some things to protect the crops from snowfall and the frost. Like you pointed out, that's our biggest worry to rush by.

It's been a while since I've done this sort of gardening but I still remember my mom's tips from her books and writings.