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WHO: Azdaja, Apothecary, and Fantasia
WHERE: To the woods and (hopefully) back
WHEN: Bright and early, Day 30

[The clinic's limbus stores are dwindling so it's time to do a grocery run.]

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[Azdaja has asked everyone to meet at Rose barn in the morning so they can get themselves geared up. When Fantasia and Maomao arrive, she lets them in to Rose's main room, which is fairly bare except for a fancy chaise and big plastic hamster tubes weaving in and out of the walls.]

[There's a tidy pile of gear laid out on the floor where everyone can see it. The pile contains the following:

• A machete in a leather sheath
• Four large jars filled with fresh water from the kitchen
• A little metal trowel that looks suspiciously handmade
• A pair of saddle bags
• Two 2-gallon stainless steel jugs that fit in the saddle bags
• Azdaja's personal leather satchel (can be worn as backpack or messenger bag]
• A whole mess of simple drawstring gym bags
• A bundle of homemade rope of various lengths and thicknesses]

Thank you both for coming — especially you, Fantasia. While our main objective of this expedition is to refresh the limbus supplies, I wouldn't mind taking our time and gathering anything else of use along the way. Since we may be out a while, I've prepared some fresh water for us to drink, and hopefully there will be edible forage for you two along the way.

[Looking to Maomao] The trowel and machete are for you to use, as is the satchel, if you'd like to borrow it. I'll carry the rest of this myself, if you two can do the actual harvesting of any materials we find. And Fantasia has volunteered to help us with defense should we run into any trouble.

You really did go all out...

[ but she's very pleased, going for the trowel first. if it's sized for Azdaja then surely Maomao can also use it, but also she's more interested in the idea of maybe trying to uproot and bring the limbus home ]

[yeah it's just a normal-sized trowel for normal human hands]

Do you need a knife or anything for collecting plant samples, or will the machete work?

[ kaveh arrives with his partners in crime, tempo and vibrato. tempo has his chainsaw with him, because he's totally ready to hack & slash. vibrato... he's trying to drag a shovel along to the best of his tiny ability. ]

Don't mention it, Azdaja. I'm happy to help and I could always use more limbus goo. [ he has a sunflower with him, attached to his belt, as well as a satchel of his own that has a number of empty jars in it. ]

Azdaja clearly spared no expense. We'll be more than prepared with all of this.

...

Who's your friend?

[Pointing to vibrato]

Some of this was loaned to me. Please don't break the jars, I have to give them back.

Another mechanical friend of mine. His name is Vibrato. He's more of a drone than anything... but he insisted on trying to help. [ thus the shovel. ] But he can fly up and keep tabs on the space around us, so we'll know if something's about to happen... hopefully a little sooner than it does.

Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

That sounds really useful, actually.

Shovel and chainsaw and everything... What kind of plants are you planning to collect?

Anything and everything we come across. I don't think we'll find any Wolfsbane, especially if we're simply retreading former forest ground, but I do wonder if the mist has spurred any new flora growth.

All that aside, I do wonder if the limbus plant can be uprooted and replanted.

I'd definitely like to try. If we can get some of it established in the pasture, it'll mean not having to walk a minimum of two hours through a dangerous area every time someone needs needs a new arm. And with the mist encroaching how it has been, I think it's more important than ever to try to get our resources consolidated.

Agreed. That's part of the reason I have the shovel. We need to be mindful of its roots. If we just rip it out of the ground, then we might accidentally kill it. We need to take the entire plant back, but archons only know how deep it goes. [ he's ready though! ] But, yes, exactly that. This would help everybody in the long run.

The knife should be fine, unless there's any particularly tough vines... but I'll use both if necessary.

Maybe we'll actually be able to properly transplant that thing...

I made a trowel for this purpose, but I'm starting to get the impression I misjudged the size of this thing.

Hah! that's what I'm hoping too.

Do you have your own knife?

Have you ever seen it? But nevertheless, I think that having both is good. One for getting the majority of dirt out of the way and the other for taking care of the finer digging. [ aka the let's not damage it digging. ]

This is my first time. I'm looking forward to it.

Are you guys all ready to go? Have everything you need?

It's certainly an interesting plant, but oh! that reminds me. Right before it is a patch of honeysuckles that sap a person's inherent power. Do be mindful of them. [ he's not sure what kind of power she has, but it's good to know upfront that there's a power sucking plant out there. ] But, yes, I'm ready to go!

I've heard about the honeysuckle plants but I don't think it's going to be a problem. I don't use any magic.

Right! Well, if we're all ready to go, I'm going to get changed.

[Casually taking off her jacket.]

Don't freak out.

Oh! Fantastic. I didn't want you going in without knowing about them, but that makes this much easier. I have a Vision that grants me some power, but me, myself, and I... nothing special. I'm afraid I'll have to carry my friends through though, as they're nothing but magic and ancient tech.

[ . . . ??? ]

I won't. [ debatable. ]

What's a "Vision", in this context?

[Strips her shirt off! Now she's naked from the waist up. She tosses the shirt onto the chaise and starts unbuckling her belt.]

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