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forensics_grrl (forensics_grrl) wrote in chaos_cube,
@ 2008-04-01 22:42:00

Current location:	The Greenhouse of Here
Current music:	'The Best of Pink Floyd' on her iPod
Entry tags:	abby sciuto, elaine le blanke, greenhouse, wyatt halliwell

Channelling the Green Mother - OTA
Who: Abby Sciuto and - all together, now - anyone who would like to poke her gently with a stick...
Where: The Greenhouse.
When: After the change of the seasons.
Rating: I'll say PG-13, because...
Summary: Abby decides it's time to get her hands dirty...

"'Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?'
'With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids, all in a row.'"

~ Traditional English Nursery Rhyme

She's wearing black, which isn't unusual, but is very casual today: t-shirt, pants and boots. The t-shirt does have the skull-and-crossbones on it, but that's okay.

She doesn't think the plants will mind.

Abby walks the distance to the greenhouse, which is tucked neatly between the residence and the stables, and opens the door. The smell of earth and natural fertilizer and green, growing things wraps around her sense.

Ahh...

She opened the cupboards, checking for seeds and pots and soil and respecting the other plantings. Gathering what she needs - including the seeds she'd hoped for - she makes sure her pigtails are secure and starts to work.

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-05 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Elaine was tending her small garden, paying special attention to the roses, when she saw the other girl come in. Despite her strange and gloomy attire, she seemed quite cheerful. "Good day," she called. "Are you finding everything you need?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-07 11:06 pm UTC (link)

Abby turned at the voice and smiled at the young woman, who looked very lady-like, somehow.

"Good day," she replied in kind, as it seemed appropriate and all. "I think so. Had this urge to grow some baby tomatoes." She held up the packet she'd found. "And I've got seeds, soil..."

She bit her bottom lip at a a thought. I'm not intruding, am I?"

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-08 01:05 am UTC (link)
	She does look rather ladylike in her long skirts and the long blonde plaits extending to her waist. "Oh, not at all. It is always good to see someone else enjoying the greenhouse." Elaine has a rather lush garden already going, with many flowers and herbs. "I'm pleased to meet you. I am Elaine." She smiles brightly at the other girl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forensics_grrl 2008-04-10 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Pleased to met you,too," Abby says, and holds out a hand. When she realizes she already has dirt on her fingers, she pulls it back again and manages a small curtsy. "So," she continues when she straightens. "Is all that yours?" She nods her head to a thriving section of the greenhouse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-11 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Elaine smiles. "Yes. I went a little crazy, I am afraid. But I do so love to grow things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-13 08:40 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, there is absolutely nothing wrong with going crazy," Abby assures her. "Uh, except if you go on a killing rampage or something. That's not a good kind of crazy, you know? But you so don't look like a killer..."

She grins. "Sorry, rambling, I do that, and I can tell! Your garden looks awesome. I'm not quite so ambitious, but I wanted to get dirty, you know?"

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-15 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Elaine laughs. "Well, you are perfectly entitled to ramble." She nods. "Oh, I well understand the feeling. I was so longing to grow things and when this place appeared, I think I was happier than I have ever been anywhere, when I began to garden." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-17 11:02 am UTC (link)

"Oh, good," she said. "Because I do. It's my thing. Too much caffeine, some say. I think it's just me, you know? And it might be amplified by the caffeine..." She shook her head, as if trying to disperse a persistent fly.

"Anyway, the greenhouse is an awesome idea. I don't know who to thank, other than the management, but my need to grow things will be fed." She held up the seed package. "Baby tomatoes. Have I... mentioned what I was going to grow already?"

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-17 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Elaine can't help but smile. She is a very charming woman. "I have never had a tomato...and they have baby ones?" They were not so plentiful in Dark Ages Britain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-22 03:43 pm UTC (link)

Well, at least she's smiling and not running away...

"You've never had a tomato? Oh, they are awesome! I make this really neat couscous salad, with chickpeas and cucumber and tomatoes and herbs. Tomatoes go with everything."

Abby holds up one of the seeds. "These will grow little tomatoes, about this big." She makes a small circle between thumb and forefinger. "You can try some, if you like, assuming they don't die."

She starts planting and asks, "So, did you have a garden where you're from?"

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-23 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"I think I shall have to," she said. "Oh, yes. Mostly herbs and flowers in my own garden, but I also learned to grow all sorts of vegetables. My nurse made sure I could do everything one of the servant girls in the castle could do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-27 02:39 pm UTC (link)

"Well, like I said, if they don't die on me, I'll make sure you get some. What herbs to do you grow?"

Abby puttered with soil and seeds, planting two per pot and having six pots to go. She didn't miss a beat at the reference to 'servant girls' or 'castle'. She'd been in this freaky place long enough to know there were all sorts from everywhere and everywhen Here.

"And your nurse sounds like a smart cookie. Always good to have as many skills as you can, 'cause you never know, you know?"

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	lilymaid_sweet 2008-04-27 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, and that is what Mab said. 'Ye never know what a girl's life might be, and fortunes change with the whim of the wind, and I'll not have ye unprepared for tha,'" Elaine said, in a passable imitation that gave her a pang of loss. Sometimes she really did miss Mab. "You never know where life will take you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forensics_grrl 2008-05-01 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	Abby laughs. "That was good! I mean, I've never met Mab, but I can just picture her. So, yeah, where life takes you, like strange universes with even stranger people." She sighs. "You seem to be doing okay, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilymaid_sweet 2008-05-01 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Elaine smiles. "Well, I have found love here so it makes things easier. We shall be married soon. When I first came here, I was very frightened, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forensics_grrl 2008-05-10 09:20 am UTC (link)
	Abby gapes. "You're getting married? OhmyGod! That'll be two weddings in, like less than a month!" She bounces and hugs Elaine. She's like that. "Congratulations! OhmyGod!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilymaid_sweet 2008-05-10 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	The enthusiasm with which her statement was taken catches Elaine a little off-guard, as does the other woman's hug, but Elaine just laughs and hugs back. "I thank you for your well-wishes," she says, laughing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-05-11 12:45 am UTC (link)

Elaine hugs back and Abby is relieved. She knows that she can sometimes be overwhelming.

"You're most welcome, of course! That's so awesome!" She releases Elaine and smiles. "So, did he come Here with you or did you meet him Here, the way Lucas and Layla met one another? Oh! And what's he like?"

She doesn't mean to pry. She's just genuinely excited for the young woman.

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ex_halfwitch337
2008-04-07 03:46 pm UTC (link)

Wyatt hasn't been seen around, mostly because he has been in deep meditation again. Since speaking with his brother he has become even more determined to try and get as many people home as possible.

Now he knows it's time to search out the puzzle pieces again and so he is currently searching in the greenhouse.

When he notices the other person around he smiles and greets her, "Hello Abby."

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forensics_grrl
2008-04-07 11:10 pm UTC (link)

Abby turns at the sound of a familiar voice. A big smile crosses her face.

"Wyatt!" She takes a few steps, her fingers slightly dirty from the soil she's just selected, and does what Abby usually does with people she hasn't seen in a while: she gives him a tight hug. The young man had been very kind to her when she was at the skating pond, and she hadn't seen him in ages.

"Where've you been?"

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	ex_halfwitch337 2008-04-07 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	He returns the hug, he smiles as it reminds him of home. "I've been meditating." When they have seperated, "How have you been?" [OOC: np, I'm sorry for being afk for so long] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-10 12:46 pm UTC (link)

"Meditation? I do that, too, but... with you having magic and all, yours is probably way different from mine."

She turns back to the pots and soil and replies, "I've been okay. You know, trying to keep busy, though that isn't easy around Here. Not that I mind being bored, not after the place going 'boom' and all that, but having something constructive to do, well, that's a challenge."

Abby takes a breath. "Then the weather changed and I thought about Spring and growing things and got my ass in gear." She grins. "I'm going to grow tomatoes, just little ones."

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	ex_halfwitch337 2008-04-10 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Sometimes I float but otherwise it's the same for me as anyone else. Clearing the mind to try to gain a greater understanding of the universe." He smells the budding flora and fauna, "Keeping busy can be difficult in this place, but that seems to be the point in this place." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forensics_grrl 2008-04-13 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Abby nods and presses her lips together. "Floating, yeeeee-ah. I... don't do the floating thing. Keeping busy keeps you sane, sort of? Is that what you mean?" She turns back to her pots. "So, how goes your understanding of the universe? Any progress?" Her question isn't flippant. She's taking him seriously. He hasn't given her any reason not to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_halfwitch337 2008-04-14 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	"That's exactly what I mean." He gives her an honest answer as whitelighters take this sort of thing very , "A little, but then its gotten alot bigger as in this place there are many universes." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forensics_grrl 2008-04-17 11:04 am UTC (link)
	"It is?" She blinks. "It has? Oh, do you mean because there are so many different people Here, from different universes and stuff? Do you pick up on those universes, too?" Abby opened the seed packet and started to count them out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_halfwitch337
2008-04-17 04:13 pm UTC (link)

He nods, "Sort of. In part I am trying to connect with all the universes. You see the Doctor and I are working to gather the puzzle pieces. We are going to try and take as many people as possible to his world and from there we can try to take any who are from his world to there correct times and places while I try to open portals to everyone elses world and being connected to them would help."

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	forensics_grrl 2008-04-22 03:45 pm UTC (link)
	Abby nods. She's glad she used to watch a lot of the Space Channel back home, or most of what Wyatt has just said would have been completely incomprehensible. The terms are familiar, though, and she's very smart, so she nods wisely and asks, "Doesn't that give you a doozy of a headache?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_halfwitch337 2008-04-22 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm used to it. When dealing with Magic not everything makes sense." He looks at the plants, "What are you doing here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-04-27 02:43 pm UTC (link)

Magic doesn't make sense to Abby most of the time, but that's okay. She just goes with the flow, nods and smiles, and wonders if she'll ever be able to duplicate any of it using science.

"I am growing baby tomatoes," she says, excited by the prospect. "Six pots, two plants in each. I'm not being greedy by taking six pots, am I? There seem to be lots around..."

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	ex_halfwitch337 2008-04-30 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't think so." he smiles at her, "After all many of us aren't using any." he looks at the pots, "And it's good to see life growing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-05-01 04:26 pm UTC (link)

Abby nods. "More people should get outside and grow things, you know? Be in touch with Mother Nature and all that jazz, especially in a place like this. I mean, how whacked out is being randomly abducted into a pocket universe? I so wanna go home, 'cause I miss everyone a whole lot, but this place is just freaky."

She pauses, reaches for her coffee, and has a deep gulp.

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	ex_halfwitch337 2008-05-01 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Well the Doctor and I are working on that. We have a plan we just need puzzle pieces." he lokos around, "Even for me this place is strange." he agrees. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forensics_grrl
2008-05-10 09:23 am UTC (link)

Abby nods.

"The Doctor? Sure, I don't know everybody, but hey, if you can make it work, that'd be awesome." She looks around when he does, wondering if she's supposed to be seeing something. Nobody else is in the greenhouse right now. She gives an inward sigh.

Sometimes Wyatt just freaks her out a little.

"You growing anything here?" she asks, setting her cup down and retuning to the task of planting.

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