Let it grow, let it grow

[heal_theworld]

Who: Martel and you!
What: Planting flowers in the garden.
When: Today!
Where: Outside in the garden
Rating: ...T, just to be safe?


Martel was out in the garden on her down time, and for once she wasn't playing her panpipes. No, she had decided the garden needed some more flowers. And not just any flowers. The fandalia flowers she had gotten from home for Christmas had flourished in her room, and were growing out of their large pot. So Martel had taken it upon her to take a good portion of them out to the courtyard and into the garden. She intended to plant them by the truffula tree, and hopefully they would grow around it into a field of white fandalia flowers. She had also brought her Oddish out, who was currently pretending to be a plant in the corner. Every so often it moved and made a noise, but otherwise it stood silent, soaking up the rays of the sun.

She had just dug a small hole, and was placing a few of the flowers into the hole, covering it up with dirt. Then she stood up, looking around and spoke mostly to herself:

"I suppose I can spread them out a bit, to make sure they do grow."

[ooc: Open to prose or actionspam!]

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[whichwayyoulean]

The Once-ler was still bound to the lower floors, something he found easier to live with by the day. He'd be soon healed enough to go back to his own room, to hide way in the darkness and try to cut himself off from the world again. But a small part of him...enjoyed being able to spend time with people.

He knew it was wrong, of course. He kept away from people to stop himself from harming them. To stop himself from being a poisonous influence on anyone else. But, true to form, he'll indulge in what he shouldn't, for the time being.

He's been watering the truffula daily, often staying behind to just watch it. To hope that it will fix things back home, too. To prove that all was not lost. He smiles as he sees Martel, hobbling over on his crutches, a watering can dangling from his belt.

"Hey you."

He recognises the flowers, and feels the slight pang in his heart that the child named after them hadn't shown up this year. He knows it was for the best, especially with his own mother still at large, who would probably do something to ruin his magical alternate universe daughter.

"Prettying up the place, huh?"

[heal_theworld]

"Yes. I figured that the space around the tree had seemed rather empty." She had did it partly for that reason, though she wouldn't admit it. To be honest, she hoped that Fandalia was in a better place with Martel's and Once-Ler's alternate self, or whomever her parents actually were.

She refused to even think otherwise.

"Here to water the tree?"

[whichwayyoulean]

"Sure am," he pats the watering can, before making his way closer, trying not to stab his crutches into the flowers.

"They do look nice out here."

[heal_theworld]

"They were growing so fast in my room I had to do something with them. I had more than I knew what to with."

She moves over to a new plot to plant a few more and watches him. "How's your leg doing?"

[not_mafia]

Tsuna was coming out after having gone to see Giotto, stretching out in the fresh air. Summer here was amazing, definitely not a sweltering heat and a much-needed improvement upon winter. He wondered if he ought to go to the beach again, and invite some of his friends along, because as much as he enjoyed spending time with his grandfather, the days were starting to get a little monotonous.

When he sees Martel, he perks up and gives a smile. Seeing Martel always brought a smile to his face; maybe because she was so rarely without one herself. It's been a bit since he last seen her, so he figures there's little harm in going over to her.

With a smile, he walks over to her.

"Good afternoon, Martel."

[heal_theworld]

"Hello, Tsuna!" She turns and smiles at him. She hadn't seen him for a while, so it was a nice surprise to see him coming to her. "Going back to your house, or coming to the castle?"

[not_mafia]

"Going back home in a bit. But I have time. --eh?"

He notices the flowers at Martel's feet, and her dirtied hands.

"Are you planting?"

[heal_theworld]

"Yes, I am. They're called Fandalia flowers. They're found on Aselia. I got a vase of them for Christmas, and they seem to have grown out of control in my room, so I'm planting some outside."

[pint_sized_carnivore]

Chie was outside for some fresh air again.

"Yo, Martel-san!"

[heal_theworld]

"Hello, Chie!" Martel smiles and waves back. "What have you been doing lately?"

[pint_sized_carnivore]

"I've been focusing on my training, mostly... And I've been doing some studying. I'm supposed to be back to school in my world now"

[heal_theworld]

"Oh, that's right. Earth has school for all children." She forgets that from time to time. "What have you been studying?"

[hometutor]

Reborn has actually taken to avoiding people he knows recently, mostly because he's lacking his usual fedora and people tend to notice these things. However he knows he can't avoid them all until he finally harasses his student for his stuff back which is why he has a new fedora on, in some vain hope they'll ignore his lack of Leon.

Yeah.

Which is why he's not afraid to walk over to Martel, dipping his hat to her as he tries to avoid trampling the newly planted flowers. "Ciaosu, Martel!"

[heal_theworld]

Martel actually hadn't heard from Reborn in a while, which was far too long for her tastes. She always had a feeling he was going to do something stupid and injure himself. So when she heard him walk up and say hello, she turned, ready to say hello back.

...Until she saw that hat. The hat with the thing on it. The thing that looked like it was going to jump off the fabric of the hat and attack her.

"What in Origin's name are you wearing!?"

[hometutor]

Really he's not that bad, it's not as if there's been a world change recently or anything that would make her worry too much, right?

...And hey don't diss the hat! The hat is cool. He reaches up and tugs on it some at that, giving her what passes for an annoyed look when he's an infant.

"My new hat, since Tsuna still has my old one."

[heal_theworld]

It's still quite possible to get in trouble here.

And she's not focusing on him giving Tsuna his hat yet, since his new hat is offending her monster-killing sensibilities.

"The thing on it looks like a demon from Niflheim that crawled out of the Ginunngagap to eat someone's face."

[theabjectauthor]

On his part, Lemony was out for his daily stroll, a book in hand as he made his way around the grounds. Somehow, he had an uncanny ability to read and navigate around obstacles without lifting his eyes from the page - but at the sound of a familiar voice, he looked up and smiled.

"Oh - good afternoon, Miss Yggdrasill."

[heal_theworld]

"Good afternoon, Lemony." She greets him with a smile. "Out reading a book, I see. Be careful not to step on my flowers while walking around reading!" She was mostly teasing him, as she had yet to see him run into anything.

[theabjectauthor]

"I am, yes. I always find the works of Annie Dillard fine summer reading." He marked his place for the time being, however, and moved to stand nearby.

"Your flowers are quite lovely - may I ask what they are? I've never seen their like before."

[heal_theworld]

"Hm? Annie Dillard? What has she written?" Martel is a bit light on Earth books and culture, though she's carefully gaining bits and pieces of it.

"They're Fandalia flowers. They grow on my world. I got some from the castle for Christmas, and they have overgrown their pot."

[whistles_the_blues]

Did Blues overhear that while he was walking by? I think he did.

"May not be bad idea. No sense in bunching them all together if they wont grow."

[heal_theworld]

"Hello to you too, Break." She's not that disturbed by him being abrupt. Anyway, she heard him before he spoke. "And it's more that I want them to spread out and make a field of flowers..."

super late but still tagging because Martel... D;

[therealrisette]

Rise just happened to feel like getting some fresh air today, so the gardens seemed like a good place to be! She hadn't really expected to see anyone planting flowers - especially a kind of flower she had never seen on her own world! But... the woman does look sort of familiar... it's hard to forget the distinctive hair color, even if they had only met briefly once a couple of months ago.

"Martel-san...?"

Rise hoped she remembered her name right. Before she could get any sort of response, though, she suddenly started to gush about the flowers.

"Ooh, those are pretty! Are they from your world?"

She assumed she would have seen them already if they were native to Paradisa...

Tis fine!

[heal_theworld]

Martel turned when she heard the person approach. She vaguely recognized her from when they first met, and she smiled. "...Rise, right? And they are from my world. They're called fandalia flowers."

[therealrisette]

Rise smiles and nods upon hearing her name... it's nice that she remembered!

Then, turning her attention back to the flowers, she starts to give them a curious look.

"How did you get them here? Can you wish for flowers?"

It's not something she would have thought to try, honestly. Not that she can think of any particular flowers she'd like to see that aren't already here...