four dead houseplants

[buttonless]

[Dictated]

Is there a garden or something here anywhere? Or maybe a place I could start one? Trying to grow things in my window isn't really working out so well after all.

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dictated;

[mrbigshotarrow]

What kind of garden? Food growing or flower growing?

[buttonless]

Both, I guess. It doesn't really matter.

[mrbigshotarrow]

I love gardening. I didn't have a lot of time for it, but you can't ever go wrong with nature, right?

[buttonless]

My parents act like they don't have time for it, either, but really they just hate dirt.

[... Okay, talking about her parents was a bad idea, just when she'd kind of almost maybe accepted her loss.]

There's a huge garden at our new house, but everything in it's dead.

[mrbigshotarrow]

A lot of people don't like dirt. Or bugs. Hell, some people don't like candy, or chocolate.

[Hm.] Did you try giving it some fertilizer?

[buttonless]

Not yet. We had only been living there for a couple of days, before-

[Pause.]

Anyway, I haven't gotten the chance to work on it. But it's gonna be great.

[mrbigshotarrow]

Before you ended up here. [He gets it. He really does.]

So, want help with this new garden? I saw some land out behind the... North wall? I think it was the North wall.

[starhipped]

I believe there is a space for a garden in town, by the church! The two men there are very nice and I'm sure they'd probably help you...

[buttonless]

Is there? I haven't been down there very much, but that sounds nice.

[starhipped]

Yes. It's really quite safe, if you do go. I wouldn't be worried about going down to the town, everyone is very nice .. so far.

[buttonless]

Do normal people live down there? I mean, people who aren't from other places?

[starhipped]

Oh! That's a good question .. I'm not entirely sure! Then again, I'm not sure how many people here are from other places, either, so I'm probably not the best person to ask.

[buttonless]

Almost everyone in the castle's from a different world. It gets confusing.

[starhipped]

I found that asking people .. brought up bad memories. So I don't tend to ask, now.

dictated;

[amiable]

There's one just outside the castle.

[buttonless]

Huh! Does it belong to anyone?

[amiable]

I don't think so! I think anyone can use it.

[buttonless]

Thanks, then. I'll look for it.

[amiable]

No problem!

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

There's one in the grounds that's pretty much open to anyone who wants to mess about in it.

[buttonless]

"Mess about"? So no one really keeps it up?

[onlyanapple]

Oh yes, Ino tends to it quite a bit, if I remember rightly. But it's a big garden.

[buttonless]

How big?

[onlyanapple]

Big enough to grow whatever you like in there.

[fly_little_bird]

Yeah, there's one outside. But I can help you if you want. I know a lot about growing things.

[buttonless]

Really? You'd like to help?

[fly_little_bird]

Yeah! I like planting things. And making new friends, too. My name's Rue, what's yours?

[buttonless]

Coraline. It's nice to meet you.

[fly_little_bird]

It's nice to meet you, too. When would you like to work on your garden?

[buttonless]

Anytime, I guess, if this weather keeps up. Is it always this sunny here?

[fly_little_bird]

No. When I got here there was snow on the ground... It changes with the seasons.

[buttonless]

Does it ever rain?

[fly_little_bird]

Yeah. It rained so much once that the whole castle flooded! We all had to get on a boat and go somewhere else.

[buttonless]

Somewhere else? [She hasn't heard much about this world outside of the castle yet.]

[fly_little_bird]

Uh-huh. Somewhere with these animals called pokemon! It was really neat