10-31-2019, 01:23 PM
Wormwood honestly had to wonder how many times he would end up being saved by V. Not literally saved, like from death or injury, but saved nonetheless. The female had been invaluable in helping him have some sort of therapy amidst Roy's kidnapping, inviting him to tea at her house and offering him a place to vent and just be himself for a little while. He hadn't realized that he had needed somewhere where he didn't need to be constantly running himself ragged or devoting himself to something at every waking moment, but evidently Viera had, and he was eternally grateful to her for that. And now, here she was, offering him advice about the little guarden that he had pulled forth from the earth with his elementals – granted, he wasn't sure how much help she could really offer, considering that he had a bit of a blind spot in this area. Glancing towards the merriad of flowers that he had grown, the guardsman hesitated for a moment before speaking, one of his paws stretching out to support the petals of one of the colorful blooms, "I'm... not entirely sure what kind I've grown. I've only used those elementals a couple of times before, and I didn't really have any sort of plant in mind when I grew these. I just sort of... focused, and here they were." It felt silly to say, but it was the truth. Just as he never really had to envision his flames when he was using his fire elementals, he just sort of focused on the feeling of fiery anger inside, and then flames engulfed him in their warm embrace. Inside, however, he silently wished that he had focused on growing just one particular kind of plant, since he doubled that he could keep up with all the needs of every individual one – not to mention the fact that they were all wound up in one another, so what was good for one could be bad for another.
A soft sigh left the lion as he realized what a mistake he had made, but then he noticed V had continued on, her voice still calm and motherly, but with a bit of a teasing lilt. He was surprised by how much of a cub he felt like when he was around V, and he felt as though perhaps this was the sort of thing his mother would've helped him out with back then, if it weren't for the fact that his mother had taken no interest – and no love – in helping him. Shaking off the thought, however, he chuckled softly and nodded as his face burned in embarrassment, his skin no doubt red beneath his thick golden pelt as he mumbled, "You'd be right to guess that... perhaps I should've read up on taking care of plants before I did this. I was just so enthusiastic about planting a garden to try and brighten things up around here, especially with that plant that infected Selby's..." He idly wondered for a moment if perhaps he should also be worried about that nasty plant infecting his new garden, but then decided against it. After all, that plant had been condemned to Selby's garden ever since it appeared, and Worm wasn't sure that it was even able to spread seeds or anything like that. He then rumbled, pulling his paw back and resting it against the ground, "Hopefully you're right about elemental plants being a bit more durable, though. Pretty much all I've got to my name is the sunlight and a watering can... perhaps I could ask around and see if anybody has some mulch. Feza might have some, she seems to behave everything in that store of hers..."
A soft sigh left the lion as he realized what a mistake he had made, but then he noticed V had continued on, her voice still calm and motherly, but with a bit of a teasing lilt. He was surprised by how much of a cub he felt like when he was around V, and he felt as though perhaps this was the sort of thing his mother would've helped him out with back then, if it weren't for the fact that his mother had taken no interest – and no love – in helping him. Shaking off the thought, however, he chuckled softly and nodded as his face burned in embarrassment, his skin no doubt red beneath his thick golden pelt as he mumbled, "You'd be right to guess that... perhaps I should've read up on taking care of plants before I did this. I was just so enthusiastic about planting a garden to try and brighten things up around here, especially with that plant that infected Selby's..." He idly wondered for a moment if perhaps he should also be worried about that nasty plant infecting his new garden, but then decided against it. After all, that plant had been condemned to Selby's garden ever since it appeared, and Worm wasn't sure that it was even able to spread seeds or anything like that. He then rumbled, pulling his paw back and resting it against the ground, "Hopefully you're right about elemental plants being a bit more durable, though. Pretty much all I've got to my name is the sunlight and a watering can... perhaps I could ask around and see if anybody has some mulch. Feza might have some, she seems to behave everything in that store of hers..."
[glow=black,2,300]THE FREEDOM OF FALLING[/glow]
— Reggan