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Finally Time To Build A Greenhouse!

Who; Lauri-Ell and EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO!
What; Time to build a plant house
Where; Residence Square, roof of blue building, various flower and gardening shops
When; August 20 - 23
Warnings;

1. All These Supplies Have To Go Up | Residence Square
It was here. It was HERE! Lauri-Ell smiled as she looked at the large cart with layered padded out panes of carefully and custom made glass. And with it, a whole selection of the metal bars and poles and things she had made with Gili's help that were finally ready.

Lauri-Ell looked at her deliveries and looked so INSANELY gleeful, grinning massively at all she saw. She was excited, definitely excited. But...

"Now I have to get it all upstairs," she sighed. And assembled. Which she could do. But man, there was so much she had to do. "I should have arranged a day where I knew I had help."

Or someone with telekinesis, but that didn't seem likely.

2. And So The Building Begins | Blue Building Roof
Finally. It had taken her all of the day before to carefully move all of the supplies up to the roof, even with help, and the fatigue after had been too much to start the building process. So she had taken the day off, put out feelers to friends and neighbors to see if anyone wanted to help, and got up early to start in the markets. A basket of fresh turnovers and sausage rolls later, and after the making of two large pitchers of 'lemon-aid' Lauri-Ell made her way to the roof with the copies of all of the notes and designs she had made for the work.

It was time. Lauri-Ell clapped her hands together and smiled.

"Alright. Frame first I think!"

3. Things To Go In Glass Houses | Flower and Gardening Shops
Alright, now she had a lovely little greenhouse prepared, one that she could even get into. So now there was the rest that needed to be done. Which was why she had taken her cart around to a number of stores. Already she had acquired a few large bags of soil and some pots and trays for planting. But now?

Now Lauri-Ell was looking at small seedlings, not to mention bags of things proclaiming to be seeds. She looked... worried.

"But how do such very small things become such big and good plants?"

And what should she get? Food and healing things, that was what she and Yuki had agreed to.

"I don't know what to do," she mumbled unhappily.

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"Nature, is it not beuatiful?" she asked, smiling warmly at him.

But then he asked after her plant and her eyes shone with delight.

"Very well, I promise I have been taking care of it. I got a book to teach me and everything."

“It is… Can be quite breathtaking, whether it be in a well-tended garden or growing wild…” The detective agreed with a smile, always more at ease outside already and usually preoccupied with some bit of foliage or petal that he happened across.

Her response earned a pleased expression, tilting his head slightly as he gestured. “I certainly would not doubt that you’ve been taking excellent care of it. I’m uh- glad that it’s still doing well.” He smiled a little, “And reading up on them is always a good idea! That’s one of the things I do when I’m trying to learn about something. Spent a lot of time in the last world in the library trying to understand things from other worlds and times…” Sometimes it didn’t feel like enough. There were still a lot of things he felt he didn’t quite understand well enough.

Lauri handed over her coins when the price was offered to her for everything, and then turned to Llewellyn.

"It is interesting to learn things from reading books. It is an experience I never had before this place."

Once Lauri had paid, Llewellyn gathered up a few of the things to carry for her. There had been quite a bit, and strong or not, she still only had two hands. His attention was more than a little captured by what she said next, though.

“Really? Mm… If you’d ever like recommendations on something, I’d be happy to share.” He offered with a thoughtful expression. He was glad that she got to experience them now, at least… But he knew what it was like to not have such easy access to them. It had been trickier to get his hands on them when he was a child.

"I have read books on flowers and on plants and on smithing now," she said, smiling widely. That there could be books read only for the pleasure of it would be something shocking to her.

"Perhaps you have found other books on those I can try?"

“I can’t say I’ve read anything on smithing, but if I do come across something, I’ll certainly send it your way. I can, of course, give you some recommendations on books about flowers, I’ve got a nice one on how to group them in garden spaces if you like.” He responded after taking a moment or two to think on the matter, trying to remember which books he had at the apartment and which he’d have to go and collect at the historium.

Humming a little, he continued a moment later. “And if you ever want recommendations on novels, I can probably give you some ideas as well. Well- Depending on what kinds of things you think you’d enjoy reading about.”

"That sounds lovely," she agreed with a smile. Not that she had a proper garden to work with. But the theory was nice.

Though now she has a good question.

"What is a novel?"

Llewellyn would definitely get the book out to lend to her the next time he saw her. If he hadn’t started to realize just how new everything was for the woman, he might have been more than a little startled by the idea that she didn’t know what a novel was.

Instead, he rubbed the back of his neck lightly and tried to explain, “A novel is a work of fiction, something to be read for enjoyment over education. They uh- are varied by genre. There are adventures, science fiction, mysteries… Fantasy and romance as well, there are quite a few things to choose from depending on what someone would find entertaining.”

"I do not know what I would find entertaining," Lauri answered, frowning a little. There was much she could say, but not much she could do to offer opinions.

This was all so distressingly new.

"I do not know if my people had literature."

Llewellyn hummed a little, noting the frown on his friend’s face and shaking his head a little. He could understand a little of how she felt, in a different way. Someone had tried to show him modern moving pictures in the last world… But he hadn’t really liked the one they’d shown him, and when asked he hadn’t been able to figure out how to explain what he might enjoy given he didn’t know what to expect from them.

Which at the time had left one option, even if there had never been time for it, and he had a feeling that it might help to apply here instead. “Then uh- I expect the best thing to do, if you’re interested, is to try a little of everything, hm? See what you enjoy and then build from there.”

"Sampling many things is probably not bad," she thought. She had learned about food in such a manner. "I shall trust if you wish to help me sample."

“Then I’ll be sure to put a few options together for you.” He responded with a pleased nod. A little assortment of everything would be easy enough to put together. Llewellyn had his preferences, but he really did tend to read whatever caught his attention and had covered a lot in his time.

Rubbing his cheek lightly, he gestured with the other hand. “I’ll uh- have a small pile of things for you to take the night you stop by for lessons, if that sounds alright?”

"That will be lovely!" she agreed. "If I see more written human words, maybe I will be better at writing them too. I understand them of course, but they are weird shapes to make with my own hand."

“Oh, that is definitely an excellent idea.” He responded with a thoughtful tone, thinking back on the times he’d been learning new languages that also meant learning new alphabets. “At least I’ve always found it helps when learning other languages and writing systems. It’s mm… easier to recall and connect them in your head the more used to seeing them you are.”

He did pause thoughtfully. “And admittedly, writing implements can be tricky. I always smeared ink from the well across things.” Still did sometimes, if he was in a rush or not paying attention. Pencils, the nice self-inking pen that George had bought, and the more modern things in the last world had been preferred.

"What is an ink well?" she asked. All of her work had been in pencil so far, and mostly numerical notation.

"My training was sadly lacking on writing when it was not something more like typing."

“It’s an uh- A bottle full of ink that you can dip your pen into in order to write with... Not as common in the future, from what I understand. The last world I was in had excellent self-inking pens that were already full. Quite an improvement, really. We have some pens that have ink in them already... but they’re a little pricier.”

He smiled a little. “And typing may be easier in the future. We have typewriters, and those good at typing find them quite useful. So I uh- could see it being less common to write by hand.” Probably neater than some handwriting, less room for mis-reading something. “Though the last time someone gave me one of those computer things in the last world I was in, I dropped it.”

"I do not know what a self-inking pen is, or a typwriter," Lauri admits. "A computer makes more sense. My people use them very regularly."

How did he drop on? That seems unwise.

“There’s a typewriter at the office I could show you…” But then he remembered she didn’t like the office, so he awkwardly waved a hand and moved on. “It’s a kind of device for typing letters on paper, like with a computer you push the keys to write words… But instead of it uh- having a screen, it just stamps the words on paper for you.”

How did he drop it? Well, Llewellyn was clumsy and scattered… His friend had at the Sphere had been understandably cross with him for it, but she had grumbled and fixed it often enough.

The office made her sad, so yes, she would prefer not to go there.

"I do not know a computer that has 'keys'. Are they biometically locked?"

Sorry Llewellyn, she's used to touch screens.

“Uhh…” He squinted a little. The fact they were from two very opposing kinds of worlds with very different technology had always been apparent to him… But this was certainly a stark reminder of that. But at least it also nudged a vague memory though. Sometimes the things he’d learned at the Sphere at least helped him come up with possible ideas for what she meant. “The last world had biometric locks on our drawers that used fingerprints, if that’s what you mean.” And if it was, he shook his head a little. “Typewriters definitely aren’t locked like that. There are some new electric ones, though. I’m uh- afraid most of the things I might refer to in conversation are a lot more primitive to what you’d be used to.”

He rubbed his cheek lightly, contemplating if it would be possible to borrow the one from the office for an afternoon. “So it might be easier to show you?”

"Finger prints are indeed a lot tech version. My hammer, for instance, scans my DNA," she provided with a smile.

"I would like to see. And I will happily show you what you are not familiar with."

“And I’d be happy to learn a little more about some of the things I’m not familiar with.” He responded with a smile, even if it might go over his head a little… He was always glad for a chance to listen and learn. It was why he pestered Murdoch as much as he had back in his own world. Well… That and it had been fun. The point stood, though, and he would look forward to it.

And he was sure no one would mind if the typewriter went missing for a day… He could borrow it from the office and have it set up when Lauri-ell came by to start her lessons. The others usually used pencils or pens so, it was usually a paper weight unless he wanted to use it. “I’ll be sure to have one set up when you visit, along with the other things we’ll need.” Pens, paper… Some examples for her to look at, perhaps.

"Lovely!" Lauri smiled. "Then we should do it soon. I wish to see this technology."

After all, the Kree had NEVER had anything like it. They had gone from effectively 'cave man' days to a highly advanced species with little space in between.

“I’ll get everything set up and get in touch as soon as our schedules allow.” He still wasn’t sure if it would impress, considering the wide gap between his technology and hers. But it would be nice for them both to learn, and he was always glad to hear more about other worlds.

Well that earned a nod. She would be happy to match their schedules.

"I will be happy to make time in the evenings for this."

Sure <3

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wrap this too?

Sure <3