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[serpentinthegarden]

Hey people.

[The man in the dark shades waved coolly at the screen as he sat on the edge of a small stone fence. It was freezing cold outside but in spite of the clouds that appeared whenever he spoke Crowley didn't seem to notice.]

We've all been brought here, had our powers taken and dolled out to us again in much smaller pieces... it's inconvenient, like being trapped in a baby walker... or trying to save the universe with your hands tied behind your back.

Point is, I need some volunteers who are skilled with Light magic, Healing magic, Animal magic, Kinetic magic and maybe another Elemental magic user who thinks they would be up to controlling sand. Think of it as training.

Also Angel, meet me on the Inn roof before midnight. Not sure it would work with an angel and a demon but if it does we could use some good luck for the new year.

[He doesn't know about the fireworks. Those are going to be a nice surprise.]

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[serpentinthegarden]

[ There was a plan behind the odd request. Crowley was just surprised to see it work and so easily. Some of the sand did tumble from the structure to form little sand castles, as sand was wont to do, but the majority of it stayed where the Potter kid had moved it. ]

Just hold it there for a minute.

[ The rest was on him as he dramatically gestured at the sand covered structure causing flames to lick up from the ground as hot as anything one might find in Hell itself. The sand grew warm in the flames, turning red and glowing, until each particle melted into a thick goo which flowed and hardened over the framework as the flames died down again. The molten sand gradually hardened into crystal clear glass and a greenhouse was born where there had been nothing before. ]

Now I think we can call your training done!

[phoenixwiz]

(Oh Merlin, how is he able to make all that glass so quickly, he is stunned, though not too upset. Just shocked that he partially helped in making a greenhouse. Not that he was tricked into doing something naughty.)

Wow, so this is... what the training is about: getting to make a greenhouse of all things? That is the most interesting task/request someone has asked me to do in ever.

[serpentinthegarden]

[ He has seen Romans make glass and so long as he avoided letting it cool too quickly it didn't seem that difficult. He wouldn't have wanted to try to make a bottle out of it though, glass blowing was a skill! ]

Mm? You're... actually happy about this?

[ That was a strange reaction but hey, he would run with that. ]

Yea, greenhouse. Just having powers isn't enough, you ought to know how to give them a practical use.

[phoenixwiz]

More confused than anything, but this has been fun though.

(He is going to play it cool and downplay the whole shock that he has.)

Okay, I see now. That probably makes sense to make good use for them in everyday tasks.

[serpentinthegarden]

Didn't some one say that once? Confusion is the beginning of wisdom.

[ It might actually have been him in some centuries old quip to Aziraphale... or Confucius, difficult to remember which. ]

[phoenixwiz]

You definitely have a point. I assume that you might be planning to start a plant nursery in the near future.

(Probably the wrong answer, but at least he knows what a greenhouse is for, since he still has Professor Sprout’s Herbology lessons still simmering in his head, although Neville clearly is better than him in the subject matter.)

[serpentinthegarden]

Close. I was thinking more vineyard.

[ Mostly as that was what the former owner had been planning to do and he had already bought the plants for it. ]

I can give those pathetic saplings inside the house a jump start on spring with this greenhouse.

[phoenixwiz]

So do you want me to help you carrying those saplings to the greenhouse then?

(Well, he has a lot of time to kill right now, unless Crowley doesn’t want him to. After all, he did mention trying to give those saplings he had found to a good start for spring soon, maybe he could use some help.)

[serpentinthegarden]

[ More free labor? Why would he ever turn that down! ]

Yeah, they are just inside the cottage over there.

[ A vague gesture towards the backdoor of a quaint looking little farmhouse. ]

[phoenixwiz]

Okay then.

(Harry gets inside the farmhouse, picking up as many saplings as he could find and bringing them into the greenhouse. Then he finds a couple of pots in the area as well, he also brought them in with kinetic magic.)

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Kinetic magic made short work of moving all the plants. Crowley hadn't even known those pots were hidden there amongst all the sprouts until they arrived in the greenhouse with them. ]

You must have been practicing your magic since you arrived to be able to do all this without getting tired?

[phoenixwiz]

Yeah, I have been doing that since I got there. It did took a lot of time but I kept on going in getting better at it.

(It does certainly help that he does use kinetic magic at work with barista tasks all the time: after all, it can get super busy at times.)

[serpentinthegarden]

So I've noticed. You don't even seem tired.

[ Maybe it was a kid thing, all that unbottled energy. ]

You ever worked with plants before?

[phoenixwiz]

Just with a school subject back home, not so much with gardening or vineyard work and more on magical plants and herbs. But I could at least try though.

(He is pretty sure that he has no way to plant and care for grape saplings before this, but hey, it could be a great lesson on gardening that Aunt Petunia wouldn’t even dare to teach him at all.)

[serpentinthegarden]

[ Oh he was in for a treat then as Crowley crossed the room, grabbed a spade, and handed it over to Harry. ]

You dig a hole and you drop a plant into it.