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There’s a garden space behind the Alchemy Guild that I’m opening up to anyone who wants to use a plot to grow some supplies. There are six beds and it’s first come, first served so don’t just show up then get mad at me when there’s no room left.

[Poison, blunt as always, looks sort of tired as she broadcasts this from one of the upstairs rooms in the guild building. There are still a few coloured streaks on the walls from a potions mishap thanks to mischievous wisps a few weeks previously.]

JJ helped me to put it all together before he--

[Left.]

… I-I know he’d be happy to have people using it. Just… you know, don’t be a jerk to other people who are using it too. If any green mages want to come down and help out, you’re welcome to.

[A beat. She sighs.]

And if anyone knows how I can get this stuff of the walls..?

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I can definitely come over to help occasionally with green magic. I have my own garden, but I wouldn't mind using my magic to help yours.

[Poison knows how she can come across - sharp tongued and blunt with her words - and she has never really cared about it, but she does look just a little relieved when someone answers her.]

That would be... kind of you. I can show you around if you want to get an idea of what to expect.

Sure, that would be great. I can come visit any day after 2 PM.

Any day is fine, uhm... I'm pretty much always here in the afternoons, so just call out when you come in.

[She basically lives in the place since she moved out of the inn when the Celliwig refugees showed up.]

Um, hello!

[Poison has a sort of intimidating vibe, but what she's actually saying is nice enough.]

My name is Rinea. I've always wanted to visit the Guild-- perhaps now is the time! I do have some herbs I use often in potionmaking that may do well there... If-- If there is still yet room, I mean.

[She's aware of how she comes across, but...]

You'd be welcome.

[Poison does try to be more friendly. Several years of pain and loss on top of her experiences back home have made her bitter, and she knows it.]

There's still room. Uhm, you can come and take a look, whenever you'd like. I'm always here.

Truly? Thank you! [Rinea beams.] I will gladly take you up on your invitation, then. I shall stop by within the week!

[True to her word, Rinea will seek out the little guild building on a warm afternoon. She seems to have brought seeds and starts with her, basket clasped in both hands.]

Greetings! Is now a good time to visit?

[People move in and out of the building fairly regularly and Poison is used to seeing the same faces, so when a new one walks in she looks up from where she's fiddling with an alembic on a table in the wide entrance hall and simply look at Rinea for a moment.

Then recognition dawns and her lips twitch in a small, reserved smile.]

Oh, you're Rinea. [The alembic - which appears to be broken - is abandoned in favour of greeting her.] Mm, it's a good time. You look like you're prepared.

It doesn't make me look too presumptuous, I hope. I didn't want to waste your time with a second visit if you were busy. [It's nice to be smiled at, though. Despite her anxious platitude, she doesn't look too worried.]

What a lovely place this is, too! [Rinea looks around admiringly. The messy potion walls are uh... proof of the guild's heavy use?]

Mmn, no. I don't have too many seeds or things like that here yet.

[It's not the right time of year to find them, so people showing up with their own supplies are welcome and it looks like Rinea is more than ready to get some planting done.

She looks around as Rinea does and notices how her gaze lingers on the walls. Poison grimaces.]

I'm... That's going to come off, it isn't supposed to look like this.

[Rinea stifles a giggle.]

Truthfully, I have worked very little with potions out of fear of that very occurrence. What concoction were you trying to craft?

I wasn't.

[The mess is one of those kinds of things that shows more of itself the more you look for it. The bright colours paint the walls, yes, but there are also smudges along tables, on the ceiling, in the light fixtures...

It's not an entirely ugly mess, but it isn't one that Poison really wants here at all.]

Those wisps got in here, and I didn't want anything to do with them. They took offence to being ignored, and this happened. [The young woman purses her lips.]

I didn't introduce myself, did I? I'm Poison.

O-oh, yes! I remember, now. I went right away at their insistence, so... I knew they were mischievous, but... [A ha ha, oh dear.]

I'm most pleased to make your acquaintance, miss Poison. [Rinea gives the briefest of curtsies with her free hand.] I am sure we shall be seeing much more of each other henceforth!

[She doesn't believe that they actually meant to make such a mess, but when one of them knocked over an alembic and a rack of experiments, this had been the very colourful result.

Poison's language had been colourful too.

But then Poison smiles, nodding her head slightly in response to the curtsey. Sometimes she forgets how nice it is to just have a conversation.]

I think I'd forgive them if they came back to help me clean up, but no chance of that. [Aha...] Um, I'll show you through the back, it's this way. Just try not to touch the walls, it took me days to get it out of my clothes.

I shall take your hard-earned advice, then. [Rinea titters again, making a show of drawing in her skirts.] Please lead the way!

[She'll follow behind, trying not to look too obviously curious about the place. How big are the plots? How many people already use them? What kind of plants are they growing? She's kind of excited!]

Ah, through here.

[The space out behind the building is deceptively small, built up on two levels. The plots are generously sized for any plants that might need more space than others and only a couple of them are already in use.]

I know a lot of people like to forage outside New Camelot for ingredients... including me. But we can grow a lot of them here. I'd just like to keep anything really invasive out of the plots. [She's sure that's entirely understandable.]

What do you think?

How lovely! [Rinea approaches one of the smaller, unused plots, admiring the soil.] I am so excited to use it... Thank you for letting me do so.

[Poison's comment makes her think, though, and she chances asking:]

Do the members of the Guild ever go on foraging outings together, as a group? That sounds like fun...

I never really thought about it... but something like that could be fun.

[Usually she just leaves whoever wants to use the building to their own devices, but now Rinea has raised the idea it does strike her as something worth considering.]

I'm sure we all have our preferred spots where we know where to find the best plants and other supplies. [Poison curls her forefinger against her lower lip, her violet eyes thoughtful.] It sounds like a good idea.

Thank you, I would love to use a plot if there is any space left. And I would be happy to practice my magic on helping any plants grow.

As for what is on the walls...I could try?

And it is very kind of you to give this space.

Thank you.

[She's trying to be less... off-putting? Poison isn't always the most welcoming of people, owing to a lifetime of not really being welcome herself, but she's trying.]

And I think it would be silly to try and keep it all for myself. There aren't that many alchemists here but I know that people make potions. [She gives the walls a glance.]

If you could help with this... I'd be grateful.

Uh, I don't really garden [Ichiro, you work at a flower shop.] but the stuff on the walls. What is it exactly? I might be able to help there.

[Three boys living together means he is a master of getting out stains.]

I... am not exactly sure, either.

[She looks over her shoulder and pulls a face at the stains on the walls.]

When those wisps were around they got into the alchemy ingredients, but they made such a mess in here I couldn't tell you which ones they mixed together. It took me days to get it off my clothes and I don't know how to begin getting it off the walls.

Hmm. I can still try; I've learned a lot from the grannies in my neighborhood so I got a couple tricks up my sleeve. [He looks confident enough.]

Send me directions? I can be right over.

Sure. [She smiles a little, the expression softening the otherwise sharp angles of her face, and then sends him the directions to the guild building.

It's a little tucked away off the main street but fairly easy to find, and the door is always unlocked during the day.]

I'll let you know what I've tried already when you get here, but I'm no kind of cleaning expert.

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