USER: #E00707 - can we even have green thumbs if there isn't any green

[parodeity]

[ USER: #E00707 in this lovely color ]

A brief announcement, as we’ve all seemed to embrace the trend of sharing important information on this forum: we have successfully begun cultivating a garden.

apparently when he says brief he means brief but anyway
flavo is now plus one flavor station
you could say its flavotown with guy fielderi
or not that you could also say not that
but yeah we just took over a random ass field and planted things
and then used a magical fertilizer known as time shit and also me
but mostly time shit which smells less bad than like bullshit but apparently has the same results
and anyway we used that to make stuff grow faster
you know for fun and profit
and also french fries
and now we are inviting you to help the fuck out because gardening is actually really boring
and also we could use a bigger variety of things to garden
i guess
right
hey how do we garden salt

Salt can be distilled out of salt water, with a bit of time and effort. Or was that intended to be a rhetorical question?

none of my questions are ever rhetorical i always want an answer
unless the answer is something dumb i guess but in that case i can always just make up that someone told me something not dumb
or i can just pretend i never asked
anyway that aside
were willing to probably reward anyone who wants to put in gardening time
like with weeds or things
or like actually giving us neat seeds or whatever
with food that actually tastes like stuff since thats most of what were growing
or just like food which is an important resource if you dont wanna die i guess
but also more importantly than any of that
french fries
because guess what tel made me french fries and theyre the bomb and i can now die a happy man the end
I didnt realize until this moment just how much i missed salt and that kind of warm greasy french fry smell and feeling
its chicken soup for the soul only way more satisfying and also probably less healthy which is what makes it more satisfying
you know you want in on this

That does seem a sufficient bribe, yes. Join the gardening effort; receive french fries. I’m willing to call that my contribution to the cause.

[ despite the fact this is all in dave's lovely red text, he is probably not larping talking with someone else. in fact, the other person is ignis scientia who will also probably respond to things. and as promised they have in fact set up a garden plot in flavo! thanks to dave's dumb time powers things they're growing there are on a month-week scale. for example, potatoes take 2 months but with dave applying some time shit they're taking 2 weeks. the garden currently offers: tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, onions, and wheat. these things all have flavor because they were made from things ignis had already from home! give them more stuff, obviously. maybe earn yourself some delicious french fries! ]

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#DC143C

[lonered]

Wow.

Is this a new split personality, or is there someone with you?

Also. Salt can be mined. If there's a salt mine. That's all I've got. I'm not great at cooking... food... gardening. Things.

I am good at doing things people tell me, so I'll help with the whole. Planting. And uh... hoeing. You hoe gardens, right?

Anyway. I miss French fries.

[unfatalist]

When you talk to yourself, you're always guaranteed a riveting conversation with a brilliant and good-looking conversational partner.

Do we have a hoe?

[lonered]

Depends on your self esteem. Suppose if you're having a bad day, you only get to talk with some boring jerk no one likes.

No clue. It seems like the sort of thing you should be able to find around here, right? I haven't looked for one. I could look for one.

[unfatalist]

That seems a noble enough contribution to the cause. If you can find a hoe to donate to the community garden, you can have french fries.

[lonered]

Right. A hoe. I'm on it.

Anything else that'd be useful? If I'm going to be out looking may as well make the most efficient use of my time.

[unfatalist]

Shovels or trowels, stakes and twine, something to letter a sign with so that we can tell the crops apart at a glance...

Additionally, we're very much in the market for any new crops we might add to the endeavor, if you happen to stumble across something we don't yet have.

[lonered]

What's a trowel?

And I have a pen I borrowed from Yusuke.

Sure. What've you go? I'll see if I come across anything else.


[...which he actually will because he's got a woodsy outing that is likely to end in veggies.]

[unfatalist]

It'll look something like this.

At present we've got potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and wheat planted. I believe we're attempting to expand our operations into fruits next.

[lonered]

Okay. Got it. That's pretty good, you know.

Fruits would be good. I'll see what I can find.

I'm not going to lie, I haven't eaten actual normal food in, like, a year. It's a little exciting.

[unfatalist]

...In a YEAR?

What have you been eating, if not "normal" food?

[lonered]

About that. It's honestly sort of hard to keep track of time in space.

Uh... "food goo" of various sorts. Sort of an alien nutritional... paste. Stuff. It's not terrible. It's got everything you need to keep you alive and healthy.

[unfatalist]

..."Goo".

Very well. Go find those implements and bring them to the garden this instant. A legitimate supper will be waiting upon your arrival.

[lonered]

It really sounds worse than it is.

I mean, the green stuff is probably better than the purple stuff. Alteans cared more about taste than the Galra.

But yessir. On it.

[parodeity]

please if i were going to have a split personality theyd be like
way more artistic maybe

[lonered]

You've got artistic covered anyway.

But glad you aren't losing your mind at least. That's reassuring.

[parodeity]

are you saying you wouldnt be my brow if i werent sane keith
wheres the love
wheres the bromance

[lonered]

I mean, of course I'd still be your bro.
But I wouldn't want to be a third wheel between you and your imaginary pals. That's some sort of faux pas I'm sure.

[parodeity]

obviously the imaginary pals would be the third wheel b/c our love is that strong????
please

[lonered]

You’re gonna make your imaginary friends jealous. Which I’m fine with.

I mean I’m just saying, I’d fight them if I had to, anyway.

[Keith will fight for this bromance!! At least against imaginary friends apparently. That’s bravery right there.]

[parodeity]

im pretty sure you could take any imaginary friends i thought up
after all you do have a pretty stellar sword

[lonered]

It is pretty great, as swords go.

Has its own travel-size version and everything.

So you're a gardener now?

[parodeity]

i mean i guess so
by necessity
because like
i dont think anyone else can fuck with the timelines of vegetables to make them happen faster
maybe

[lonered]

Farmer Dave.

But yeah. That's a pretty useful trick. Really useful. I think we're lucky you've got that skill, or we'd be waiting a lot longer for harvests.

[parodeity]

i want a new nickname

[lonered]

Old MacDave?