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[redwinekindofgirl]

So, uh, hey everyone. Julie here. [Wave!]

It looks like, um... Serah's gone, if you knew her, so that's something. But-- [She takes a breath, seemingly steeling herself against the news she just gave out. Serah was - is - her friend, and she'll miss her.]

But before she went, we were talking to Tranquility about planting some trees outside his temple. Looks like that's not the only place that could use it though, right? [The smile that comes to her face is small and crooked, a little awkward. She hadn't been to the other islands in a while, but when she did... People have been busy.]

I did some farming back home, but I don't think I can plant a whole forest by myself. Soooo... anyone want to start a project? Bet there's people here who can make seeds sprout by magic, right?

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[hasitsthorns]

Yeah, the orchard... It's seen better days.

[ That's putting it mildly. While she made sure her roses and the marijuana were safely kept, she couldn't rightfully stop people using the trees for piers and boats. It was important but, y'know, so was food. Most people can get by but... In cases of emergencies like the city split? Yeah, the orchard was a nice thing to have in a pinch. ]

My kind kind of have a way with nature. Not, like, magic you're describing but I can hopefully help with the growth in small ways.

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[redwinekindofgirl]

[Seen better days? No kidding. The orchard has been a favourite place of Julie's - it reminds her of home - but between people cutting the trees down and that bitch Caedra burning parts of it for the fun of it, it's looking sorry for itself.]

Pft, sounds like magic to me. Don't have anything like that where I'm from, except... fertiliser, I guess. But that's something we make, not something we do.

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[hasitsthorns]

[ It's a favorite place of many, Rose knows. Herself included, of course. ]

I guess... it kind of is. Maybe a little? It's hard to explain.

Either way, keep tabs on all the people responding here and maybe we can try to organize things.

[redwinekindofgirl]

As long as it works, I guess I don't need to know how.

[She flashes a quick, slightly dim smile.]

I am. Kinda wish some of them would stop talking to me like I'm twelve, though.

[hasitsthorns]

I don't think people mean it, really. They just want to help and make sure that this gets taken care of, maybe, which isn't a bad thing...

Still. I bet it must get old, being treated like you don't know anything.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah, really old. [She knows she's young by the standards of most here, and her bird-boned frame only serves to make her look younger, but being taken seriously would be nice.]

I know I don't speak up much here, and the last time I did I kinda made an ass of myself, but I'm not a kid.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Considering Rose is in her three hundreds, a lot of mortals are young in comparison. ]

I don't think you are, for what it's worth.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[She flashes a small, crooked smile.]

Thanks. [In Julie's mind, age is governed by experience, and god... she's experienced way too much.] Hey, uh... you want to help me with this? I mean, I've never done something this big on my own.

[hasitsthorns]

Uh. Yeah. Yeah, sure, I'd be down.

It'd probably be good, give me something to do. Been feeling a little restless lately.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah... I know what you mean. Feels like it's easy for that to happen here.

[Between the times when there's so much going on, there's so much of nothing going on. It's enough to send a person stir-crazy.]

Need to keep busy somehow.

[hasitsthorns]

Well, hopefully, this will be something we can work on for a while.

[ Stir-crazy isn't even the half of it, honestly. ]

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah... yeah, I hope so.

[Not even the half of it, and the small islands only make it worse. At least in the desert she could entertain the idea of being able to walk out if she wanted to.

She still regrets a little that she never did.]

So, I guess we'll need a map or something, and to figure out where the best places would be to plant? At least we don't have to worry about crop rotation.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Hindsight does tend to be 20/20. ]

Yeah, I can help map the area. Or find someone that can.

Also, I think I know a guy that can help me figure out the best places to plant. Or at least where the soil is good.

[redwinekindofgirl]

A guy?

[She's already had to shoo one guy off from getting more involved in this than she'd want him to be (trust is such a fragile thing, isn't it?) but they're not in a position to be turning away good ideas.]

Which guy?

[hasitsthorns]

I'll let you know when and if he's up for it. Not sure he'll even want to but I'm gonna ask anyway.

[ He actually beats her to it but hey, at least he's recruited after all. ]

[redwinekindofgirl]

Sure, no problem.

[But then she switches to private, and sighs.]

I get you can't tell me who this is or whatever, but just-- It's not Curufin, right? I won't trust that guy far as I could throw him.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Oh. She isn't expecting the switch. ]

Nah, not that guy. Don't worry. He's newer and just wants to keep his powers kind of on the down low, I think.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Great. Okay.

[No offence, Curufin, but...

Yeah. Maybe a little offence.]

I guess we should start making arrangements, right?

[hasitsthorns]

Guess we should.