Twenty-seventh plum: the year of the carrot, the month of the onion

[peach_kabobs]

[It's the first time since the destruction of the city that Hinamori's gotten a really good look at her garden. Her poor, abused garden that was slumbering away the winter quite peacefully... until the fire came. Came and smashed everything like a giant vandal. All that's left of her nice little garden is piled-up, smoldering earth and a few

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[tearsmythroat]

[Having been displaced, Renji has been wandering around the city, lending a hand wherever he can, but when he sees this post, he knows exactly where he's needed next. He shows up about ten minutes later.

Renji is looking worse for wear, some red strands of hair falling loose over his bandanna around his face, and his hands resting in the slits of his hakama. He's tired, too, but he's still standing, and that's all that matters.]

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[peach_kabobs]

[She's wiping off her face with her sleeve when she senses his reiatsu showing up, along with the rest of him. She blinks up at him from where she sat down to have a really good cry, her hair mussed and eyes red and nose still sniffly.]

Abarai-kun!

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[tearsmythroat]

Yo.

[There's not much life in the greeting, but he tries to make up for it with a small smile. Then he sits next to her, surveying the damage for himself.]

Garden?

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[peach_kabobs]

[She sighs heavily.]

Not much of one anymore...

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[iceandivory]

[When she comes back inside, there will be one lonely little tomato plant in a bowl of dirt on top of the kitchen table.]

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[peach_kabobs]

[Yep, tearing up again. Happy tears this time, because askldja her boys, they do these things...]

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[iceandivory]

[Consider it an apology.]

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[peach_kabobs]

[Making her cry is an apology now?]

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[sauceytomato]

Ironic thing is... it's kinda good for it. [Sup Hina.]

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[peach_kabobs]

Is it? It all looks sort of terrible...

[Yeah Hinamori doesn't know all that much about gardens except what she's learned here.]

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[sauceytomato]

Well, in some cases, it helps furtilize the soil. We can only wait for Spring to see if it hurt or helped.

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[peach_kabobs]

It does?

[She stares at the ground like she expects little shoots to start popping out of it any moment now... but no such luck.] Hmm, I suppose we'll see... still, it can't hurt to find all the seeds I can in the meantime.