LET'S. GET. GARDENIIIING.

[blessedbyfarore]

Who: Everyone!
What: Gardening!
When: Sunday 14th August, all day
Where: Outside the Welcome Centre
Summary: Finally, the time has come to get Luceti's memory garden on the road.
Rating: ...I sincerely hope this won't go above a PG rating.

Early on Sunday morning, Link can be found outside the Welcome Centre - gathering seedlings and seed packets, setting aside a willow sapling, laying out gardening tools. When it's still fairly early by the standards of most people, especially for a Sunday morning in summer, the following message will go out over the journals:

"Hi, everyone! D'you remember the garden I talked about earlier? Well, all the beds have been dug and I've got lots of plants, so come over to the Welcome Centre today and plant something for your friends that have gone home!"

If anyone heads on over, they'll find Link sitting back and relaxing, keeping an eye on the piles of gardening implements, small pots of seedlings and packets of seeds and a collection of bulbs, and a large sheet of paper and bundle of pencils. Across the top of the paper, the words, 'Leave a message for friends!' is written, and Link has already written the first message - 'Hi Vivi, I hope you like the gardens! Love Link'.

There will be snack runs over the course of the day. And if he can convince certain people, live music. Remembering friends, being outside on a sunny day (refreshing after yesterday's storm!), nice food, and music - what could be better?


((OOC: Forward-dated to Sunday. Open to everyone, mingle away! If anyone has questions or needs help or wants to know WTF is going on, Link will be on hand for the whole day to keep an eye on things.))

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[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

Frederic decided to go by the garden today and plant something for Polka along with Poland. He'd brought one of the Heaven's Mirror flowers he kept for Polka and the other he found in the packets of seeds, a red corn poppy. Gently planting both into the ground, he simply stared at the two spots for a few minutes before sighing then getting up to only stare at them for a short while longer.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, what a happy surprise! Frederic's here, and he brought more Heaven's Mirror flowers for the garden. They look so beautiful in her own garden that she's sure that everyone will love them here.

She walks up to his side, and, smiling, says, "Hello, Frederic. It's very nice of you to share your flowers with everyone like this."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

Frederic lifts himself out of his daze and turns to look at Grune, a small smile covering his expression as he speaks to her. "Oh hello Miss Grune, how are you?" He then answers the rest of what she says. "Yes, I...thought it was only right of me to make a memorial for a dear friend from home with this flower."

[lostinmyway]

At his smile, hers grows.

"Oh, is it their favourite?"

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

He nods with a gentle smile.

"Yes, they were her favorite. She showed them to me first before I even knew they existed."

[lostinmyway]

"Then that's a very good flower to plant for her."

Her gaze rests on the flower for a moment longer, and then she looks back to Frederic. "I'm very glad she showed them to you so you could share them with everyone. They're so beautiful."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"There are times when I miss Polka, though I know she is better off back home than trapped in this place."

He frowns slightly then looks up at the sky.

[lostinmyway]

"Oh, is Polka her name?"

That's a very nice name. It seems as though she's very important to Frederic. She hopes she can meet her someday soon.

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"Yes, she was a dear friend of mine."

And that is all he says to Grune, as if talking about Polka is rather painful for him.

[lostinmyway]

She reaches out to take his hand, if he'll let her. "Then I hope you can see her again soon."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

He blushes slightly, yet lets Grune take his hand. Then he turns to look at the soil where he planted the other flower. "The other flower I planted...I hope it grows into a beautiful red corn poppy."

[lostinmyway]

Grune threads their fingers together. "Oh, those are so nice and cheerful. I'm glad you planted some."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

Frederic still looks at the spot where he planted the poppy. "It's the flower of my homeland and for people to remember Feliks by."

[consultmybooks]

"I'm glad you came."

It's as much of a greeting as Giles can offer before he takes a seat next to Frederic, following his gaze to the spots on the ground.

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"I felt it was the right thing to do, for both Feliks and Polka. They both deserve to be remembered." That's all he says to Giles as he looks sadly at the spot where he planted the red corn poppy then at the Heaven's Mirror, but he also sighs.

[consultmybooks]

"Yes, they do. That's why I'm here, after all. Especially for Willow, Xander, and Andrew. There should be some record that they were here, after all."

He indicates the Heaven's Mirror. "I don't think I've ever seen a flower like that before."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"That is because they're from my dream world, so you will never see them anywhere else in the world."

He strokes the bub of the closed flower and sighs more.

[consultmybooks]

"It's very kind of you to contribute it, then."

Giles refrains from touching the flower, although he does agree that it is quite pretty. After a few seconds, however, he looks over at Frederic.

"...how are you feeling?"

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"A little under the weather and the same as when we previously spoke."

Frederic looks at Giles now while turning away from Heaven's Mirror, only to look towards the red corn poppy.

[consultmybooks]

"...I'm sorry to hear that."

Giles continues to follow Frederic's gaze to the red corn poppy. He has no idea which plants is for who, but he can guess that one is probably meant for Felicks. "Do you think this will help?"

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"I don't want to give up hope that he'll return one day, Giles. Even when before I thought he was gone forever and my heart would never find happiness again, I've realized that there is a possibility he'll return and we can be happy together once again."

Frederic's expression is serious yet also a little sorrowful when he looks at the ground where the poppy lays.

[consultmybooks]

"Then don't. He might return - we're proof enough that it's possible to happen."

It's not an entirely good development, especially considering that Poland might not even remember Frederic upon his return. But...well, it's a way to keep Frederic going that isn't wiping his memory entirely, and that's a start.

He'll take it.

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"He may even remember his time here just as you did during your return, that's why I can't give up on the hope."

Frederic's face show some light in it from happiness, but it is very faint. Nevertheless, it shows that he's trying to make progress towards happiness.

[consultmybooks]

"You should write something for him in the guest book. A message, if he gets back. That way he'll know that you're still looking for him."

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

"I am not so certain he'd go straight to the welcome center, he's rather shy around strangers." He says this with a sigh following.