[ Action, Accidental Video, Voice ] .054

[markofthebrave]

[Today, after the typical Saturday late morning house-cleaning and laundry doing, Katara heads into town. She's got grocery shopping to do, true, but she has another more specific destination in mind: The Flower Shop. You guys carry seeds for trees, right?

Thus armed, she will head back home, steal borrow one of Sokka's canoes, and head up to

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[wise_maiden]

[Raine happens to be puttering around the flower shop, making sure all the plants are healthy, and culling the ones that aren't. The out-of-season ones are starting to dwindle out a bit, but that really can't be helped.

Other than that, she's a little distracted due to some internal thoughts, so she doesn't immediately notice Katara's arrival.]

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[markofthebrave]

[Entering the flower shop, Katara glances around before spotting Raine and calling out a bright greeting.] Hello, Raine.

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[wise_maiden]

[She glances up at the sound of her name being called, and smiles when she sees Katara nearby.]

Hello, Katara. What brings you by here today?

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[markofthebrave]

I'm looking for tree seeds. Do you guys have any?

[...]

And maybe a small bag of mulch too.

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[willfindigneel]

[Natsu was wandering around town, still trying to adjust to everything. He's still kinda down about being away from all his friends, especially when they all had so much to catch up on. But, he was stuck here, and decided to try to make the best of it. He was attracted to the scent of flowers, and walked over. He stood outside, admiring them from the window.]

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[markofthebrave]

[Katara exits the store, carrying her small sapling(s?) and calling back a cheerful 'Thank you,' to Raine. She pauses when she sees the unfamiliar face, and, mindful of New Feather Season, greets him.

...after shifting the saplings to one hand in order to be in a more defensible stance if necessary and doing a double-take at the color of his hair, of course.]

Hello!

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[willfindigneel]

[He looks back to her and gives a smile in return.]

Hey! [He looks at her plants.] I don't think I've seen trees like that before.

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[markofthebrave]

Oh, they're oak saplings. Did you come from a place with a really cold or warm climate? They're pretty common around here, but not in places like that.

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[titango]

[Yeah.. Actually he kind of was. Katara, what is all this Caring you're doing? Caring's supposed to be a home-exclusive comfort.]

Katara! It's a surprise. [And he's kind of flustered because really, nobody but Jubilee ever really calls him out on the journals like this.] Whenever's fine, I guess.

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[markofthebrave]

[She blinks at the book for a moment. Why would it be a surprise? She follows through on her word.]

Oh. [But you have been identified, Robin, as someone who may not be handling Luceti well. So she isn't going to just let this go without getting a date.] Well, you could come over today, if you like. Or tomorrow?

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[titango]

[It's a surprise because prison dimensions aren't normally filled with the most helpful and selfless sort of people. Also, he's handling Luceti just fine, thanks.]

Have you run this past your roommates at all? I think your brother probably has enough weapons around to keep out unwanted visitors.

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[markofthebrave]

[...seriously?]

I can invite whoever I want to over to dinner. I make it, after all. So can everyone else, they just need to let me know. Sokka will be fine. [...] Have you even met Sokka?

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[mikangirl]

[ Welp. Nami's circling over the lake at the point Katara decides to jump in. The bonus of having an overly friendly flying thunder duck who missed you that month you were gone; she's spending some quality time with him.

...crazy girl 8|a Not that she wasn't thinking of doing much the same down at the beach before the winter really hits. She'll land a fair distance away while Katara is freezing her ass off, though Biri's cacophony of kaa!ing are probably going to give away her presence.]

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[markofthebrave]

[Cold, cold, cold, COLD!

But she is not giving up quite yet, Katara dives in from her current position and splashes to warm up and--

--yeah, OK, that's a lot of noise. She pauses and glances up, her teeth chattering with the cessation of motion.]

Hey, Nami!

[...c-cold.]

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[mikangirl]

Hey. How's the water?

[Said with this total cheerful grin that says she knows damn well how cold you are right now.]

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[markofthebrave]

Freezing! [She chirps back and then ducks back into the water. It's so cold ;;]

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[its_troublesome]

[He was wondering why he couldn't find her in town today. He probably just missed her. Even so, he still catches that accidental feed over the journals and just... shakes his head.]

Having fun?

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[markofthebrave]

[It will be some time before she gets back to her journal. Like. Five minutes. Has she mentioned that water is cold? Hearing the voice come from the journal as she's in the process of putting on her pants - thankfully away from the viewer. She slips her tunic on before going over and...]

Oh! I didn't know this was on.

[Shiver. And she rubs her free hand down her opposite arm.] Sorry!

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[its_troublesome]

[It's something he'd suspect, given it'd been snowing lately. You guys are all nuts, liking this weather.]

Don't sweat it. ...heh. Glad to see you aren't a popsicle.

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[markofthebrave]

Not yet! [Sweat, popsicle, you think you're so funny, don't you Nara Shikamaru. 8|

There's a sound of kaa!ing in the background - she's got company, clearly.]

I'll talk to you in a little bit, okay Shikamaru?

[Priority: Those who are here!]