Bantha Gettin' Down on the Farm....

[thefinaljedi]

Who: Luke Skywalker, Giovanni, Applejack, House 44 & 46, and anyone else who is interested in Luke's farm project.
What: Lets play Harvest Moon: Luceti Edition
When: August 21st
Where: Farmland outside the village
Summary: Luke Skywalker has decided that the farmland should be put to use. Rather than let the land go fallow, and despite the lateness in the season, he's asked people for help putting together a small farm project. The aim is to plant a lot of crops so the soil doesn't go wild from disuse.
Rating: BP for Bantha Poodoo.


Anyone who's interested in this, feel free to just jump in. Luke's been asking around, and doing quite a bit of work to get things set up. Barrels of water, some seeds, gathering tools. If you want to help out, please go for it. Just...don't kill the Bantha, ok?

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[redjacketthief]

[Beware, Helios:

You're going to get squirted with water.

Now.]

[folklorist]

[ Helios is totally not expecting it when it happens and he actually jumps when he gets hit with that water. He has a bit of trouble keeping back that yelp but he manages all the same. It's not until he realizes who it is that squirted him that his face pales a little. ] L-Lupin...

[ Oh dear. He is very awkward now, so very awkward. ]

[redjacketthief]

[Though his dominant hand was immobilized because of the injuries that Apep inflicted and the pain required moderate grade medications to dull, Lupin's expression was a careful mask of distant nonchalance. He understood that it wasn't Helios that cause his injuries, but he was wary.

The wariness would linger for a while, but any attempt to breach that invisible barrier was worth a chance.

Lupin leveled the water pistol--one with a battery operated pump at the cost of storage capacity-- straight at Helios' chest.]

I'm the Activity Coordinator here, and you're not planting anything.

[folklorist]

[ Helios will wince and move away slightly. He gnaws gently on his lip as he looks between the gun and Lupin. ] O-Oh. S-Sorry. I-I was j-just waiting. On-on what to d-do...

[ He is also incredibly awkward if it wasn't obvious enough yet. Helios will just wring his hands slightly as he looks over at everyone in the fields planting and enjoying themselves. ]

[redjacketthief]

[Lupin watched remorselessly for a second before briskly turning away with an exaggerated sigh. He slipped the water pistol in his waistband and motioned for Helios to follow.]

Follow me. I have a table set up--didn't you see it?

[folklorist]

[ Helios blinks and watches with a tilt of his head. ] N-No I, um, h-haven't.

[ He pauses for a moment before forcing himself to move forward and follow the other man. ]

[redjacketthief]

Huh. Not sure how that happened.

[Lupin had thought it was highly noticeable between the chairs, the umbrellas, the coolers, and his base. It was a bit of info that he filed away for later--put up signs next time, because people with their heads in the clouds might get lost.

The table wasn't far. Lupin beckoned for Helios to take a seat before he started to dig through his piles.]

Have a seat and have some tea. [He nodded to the adjacent cooler.] Just let me check who we have doing what. --Do you have any experience doing this kind of thing?

[folklorist]

[ Head roiling with paranoia and uncertainty and uncomfortableness is more like it. Helios doesn't take a seat, not at first. He also doesn't take any tea either. ] I-I'm fine. I-I'll just, ah, s-stand.

[ He is just going to awkwardly shift in his position. ] Um. Y-yes. With-with the memory garden. If-if that counts.

[redjacketthief]

Just sit.

[Yes, that was an order. Lupin found his chart and pulled out a pencil to mark details off with.]

The memory garden works, though flowers are ultimately different from crops. Hmm...[Tap. Tap. There were a few possibilities, but he was thinking about Helios' mental well being in addition to the actual planting.]

[folklorist]

[ A slight flinch at the spoken order. Helios frowns not moving still as he looks down at the ground, rather then at Lupin. And then slowly, as if arguing with himself, he sits down in the offered seat as asked. ] I-I, um, also h-have Faeren. She's v-very helpful when it c-comes to planting and g-growing crops.

[ Not to mention his own earth magic too. ]

[redjacketthief]

Oh do you now? [A hurried little note in katakana--it was easier to write with his off hand: 'Helios--works with Faeren.'] That could be very useful if the weather gives out on us. That will be bad with crops this young...

[He set his papers aside and handed a small bag over to Helios.]

Hope you like pumpkins, because we need a few more hands on those. You might not want to eat them, though come fall we can salt and roast a bunch of them to snack on this winter.

[folklorist]

Ah y-yes I d-do. [ He shifts a little in his seat nodding at the other's words. ] I-I'll try my b-best to-to do that then. I can s-stop by every once in awhile to check on them.

[ Helios will...tentatively take it with a slightly shaky hand. And then smile slightly. ] That's f-fine. I'll, um, get on that right away. [ A pause as he looks down at the bad of seeds in his hands. ] Th-thank you. And...I'm. I'm so terribly sorry f-for everything. I-I should have...apologized s-sooner.

[ There wasn't really any excuse for it but, well, he's saying it near and now. That...counts for something now, right? He's just going to get up hurriedly now and turn away. ]

[redjacketthief]

[That. There. Now Lupin didn't have to start it. His eyes flicked downward at his injured arm for a second before staring Helios down.

He's not going to leave so quickly.]

That wasn't you. Not really. [There's a long, heavy beat as Lupin sipped at his own tea to distract himself.] Your words are nice, but they don't make it better.

...I'll accept it, your apology.

[Though accepted, it didn't really fix things...]

[folklorist]

[ Helios cringes and winces as his eye goes to the other man's injured arm. Biting his lip he nods silently. ] It d-doesn't. I-I know that. I'm just...I'm t-trying to...to make it b-better.

[ But he really doesn't expect it get that way easily. He just doesn't know what to do. He didn't want to come here for this reason. It was hard not to give back those seeds and just...leave, there and then. But, no, he shouldn't do that. ] S-Sorry.

[redjacketthief]

Stop apologizing.

[It was automatic--then, gentler:] I know you're trying, and I appreciate that, and I know that everyone was smacked by this mess.

It will take time, but we have nothing but time here. Let's just play it step by step and see how it goes.

[folklorist]

[ A flinch. All they have is time, true, and that's all he can hope to accomplish. But he doesn't want to leave it like this and he'll try to make things better. ] O-Of course.

[ He looks away and then sighs. ] I-I'll just...g-go now.

[ Leave to plant these seeds and possibly head back to the village. He knew this wasn't a good idea. He'll apologize to Luke and Adele when he can. But he knew he shouldn't have came. ]

[redjacketthief]

Hey, Helios. [He's not letting the mage go that easily.] Stick around the fields for a while, at least through the afternoon.

I'm considering a project that you might like, but it needs some refining. If you stick around you'll be able to hear about it.

[folklorist]

[ Another pause as he listens, but his back is still turned towards the other. ] Alright. Th-thank you for-for in-informing me.

[ Perhaps he will stay, perhaps not. It depends on how he feels later in the day. ]