First Flower ✿ video | action

[buttpunch]

[The feed comes on to one of the sectioned-off areas of the temporary housing area, more specifically to a cot carefully made and covered with a plastic sheet. Atop the sheer is a collection of plants in various containers, mostly stereotypical pots made of plastic plastic or unglazed ceramic, though there's at least two or three deep cereal bowls for smaller plants and a paint bucket barely in frame. These are very clearly mostly tomato plants, from the small red shapes spotting them here and there.

Finally, a slight redhead enters the frame, fidgeting with her coat nervously.]

Um, hello! My name is Tsubomi Hanasaki--I'm new. It's nice to meet you all! I'm here to talk about plants!

[She lifts the closest pot with any reddening tomatoes, leaning closer to properly show it to the feed.] I've been growing some vegetables. Mostly tomatoes, and I'm waiting on some carrots. Anyway, after some trial and error, I think I've figured out how to grow tomatoes indoors, if anyone wants a plant! There are... a lot here... [She gestures to the pots on the cot.] They need a couple of lamps and some water, and all I ask in return is letting me look at it sometimes! You can keep all the tomatoes, and everything. So if you want to come to the Hold and pick one up, ask around for me! Or I can come to you! I have about twenty, but I'm planting new ones every day, and as soon as they've taken root I'd be happy to give them away. [The power of magic, to get these plants started!]

[She looks uncertain for a moment, and then takes a deep, visible breath.]

Thank you for your time!

[She bows, and goes to turn the video off, only for it to go tumbling from whatever she had it perched on with a rough clatter. Tsubomi's concerned expression fills the feed just before it turns off.]

[Action is open to other people in temp housing or anyone who wants to come by and pick up a plant!]

Comments

[buttpunch]

Thank you!

[She blinks, a few times, and then shrugs.]

I guess. I just like plants, so I've learned about them, though... Can I help you with something?

[lazyinlove]

Uh. Yeah.

[Stan bends down a bit, examining the tomatoes.]

I've been growing some stuff too, but it's not looking this good. Got any tips?

[buttpunch]

[Oh, that kind of customer! She brightens, and turns to pull one of the lamps she'd gathered from around town. It's not big, about the length of her forearm, perhaps, and it's black, with a snaking head.]

I, um, I enchanted my hands--that makes them grow faster. But a lamp like this will definitely perk it up some more! The sun here is so minimal, you have to make do.

[lazyinlove]

Enchanted? With magic? Huh.

[Wow. That still sounds totally absurd. He's been here for a month already, but he's still not used to things like people who can grow their puff magically. Or...tomatoes or whatever. He casually picks one of the plants up. Might as well help the girl give them homes and get on her good side. He's in a bit over his head with his little garden.]

So...do these need pollinated? Like, how do you usually do that?

[buttpunch]

It's a lot more useful here than at home...

[She's glad for the chance to pick up a skill that works less offensively than the rest of her magic.]

Tomatoes are self pollinating! You should shake them--gently--every now and then, unless it's sitting in a room with air movement. Don't put it right under an air conditioner--it'll dry it out.

[lazyinlove]

Better than bee-sicles.

[Whatever he means by that isn't clear, but he does hold the tomato plant up to examine it more closely. Self pollinating? Now that's useful.]

[buttpunch]

Bee...sicles?

[She blinks repeatedly.]

What is... a bee-sicle?

[She has to know. She is, however, keeping an eagle eye on his handling of her plants.]

[lazyinlove]

[Don't worry, he's not planning to hurt it. He even sets it back down when he eventually notices her concern.]

You never did that experiment? It's creepy anyway. But say you don't want a plant to pollinate, what do you do about that?