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A momentary light shined on us

Who; Nida

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What; Gardening & tattoos
Where; Their house
When; Early March
Warnings; None, will change if needed

Ignis was outside in his back yard. The winds hadn't that bad today and it had gotten a little warmer outside so he took advantage of the warmth and had gone to visit some gardeners on the back of his chocobo. Now he was back and had plenty of coffee at the ready along with his diagrams, and the green notebook that Llewellyn had gifted him with full of notes.

As for his mount, the chocobo was grazing nearby with plenty of fresh greens and water. The bird was always rewarded well for carrying the royal advisor wherever he needed to go. Some would even go so far as to say it was spoiled and Ignis would never tell.

He himself was dressed in black pants and boots, and was wearing a black satin button down shirt with black laces threaded through the sleeves. In preparation to this task, he had rolled them up past his elbows. Various plants sat on the ground in ceramic pots, arranged as he planned to plant them. Taking another sip of coffee, he then put his black gloves on and had his gardening tools ready.

"I daresay this is going to take quite a bit of work today and I need to make dinner tonight, so I'd best get started."

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"And your front," Nida answered with a grin. He could have as many sides of his husband as the guy wanted him to have. Which was a lot.

"When we're done," Nida agreed. Which they had barely even begun to do. "OKay, I think this hole is deep enough. I hope?"

Ignis found himself blushing slightly even though he shouldn't. Some days he still couldn't believe anyone would flirt with him, let alone someone as handsome as Nida. Yes he was aware they were very married, and even then sometimes he pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming all of this up.

"Yes of course."

But he looked up long enough to see what his husband was referring to and nodded. His mind was going other places with the hole and deep question, but he kept it to himself. So he reached up and handed a small potted plant of parsley to him." "Yes."

And then he went back to his dirty mind and digging.

Nida would flirt with him shamelessly when given the chance. He truly did love his husband and wanted the man to feel that love. TO understand how amazing he was.

"This smells good," Nida said, taking the clump of soil that was the root ball from the pot. "I think we use this to cook. This is... parsley, right?"

He's learning. Slowly but surely he'd been learning, and coming to love this.

He looked up and nodded with a smile and no small amount of pride in the man he'd married. "That's precisely what it is. Hopefully we don't encounter anything that might eat it when it grows up a little."

Ignis wasn't sure what wild life might be found around here, but he figured with a garden around, they were going to find out.

"I've a few more plants of that along with some Oregano and Parsley. I thought we might as well have fresh herbs to cook with." And he was looking forward to being able to harvest the little plants too.

"If you're worried about it, perhaps we could make light mesh nets to cover them? For safety?"

Yes, he was trying to think about how to protect Ignis's precious plants.

"It's a good plan, actually. What do we do if we don't use them fast enough?"

"That sounds like a splendid idea." Ignis replied, looking over at his husband with a smile. That was something he hadn't quite thought of, yet it would solve some pressing worries.

He had to laugh slightly at Nida's question. "Then I suppose we can simply pawn some of them off on Llewellyn and his husband."

Or he could start taking them to the Lodge. They'd be used up pretty quickly there. But then again maybe it wasn't a bad idea to try and plant a garden there as well.

Of course there might be more than a few fluffy bunnies to deal with there.

"Sounds like a plan to me," Nida said with the biggest smile he could manage for his sleepy state. Which was still rather large.

"The Lodge might benefit too I think. You should consider it."

"I will do just that." Ignis replied. He managed to get a few more holes dug and then started to get the spaces prepared for planting. "This will be quite the project both with the planting and the harvesting. But I'm rather glad we have our own space now."

"I can help harvest," Nida offered. HIs love spent plenty of hours at the Lodge which made a lot of sense. He wanted to pull his weight around more here.

Their own space is a wonder. And Nida had never expected it. He pauses for a moment and looks up at the house.

"I haven't lived in a proper house, that felt like mine, since I was a child. There are all these new memories to make. And it makes my heart swell."

Then he looked to Ignis with a smile.

"Think we could maybe do a berry bush in the corner?"

Green eyes looked up at Nida and Ignis smiled briefly. "Well I fully expect you'll want to do some of that when the time comes." He turned to look back at his current planting project and listened as his husband spoke about a proper house and new memories to make.

"We'll give you plenty of those here." And of course he couldn't help but smile back at the one he was getting. The new idea had him pause a moment and he looked over at it briefly. "Indeed. What kind of berries are you thinking of?"

"I don't know," Nida admitted, even as he started a new hole. "I don't remember actually."

He knows they were there when he was a kid.

"Berries in the forest. I remember going into the forest to gather them. I don't remember much more."

"Hmm..that is a puzzle then." Ignis replied. "I know strawberries are right out, but blueberries perhaps or blackberries? I seem to recall seeing those at the market. But I am not quite sure as to when blackberries are in season other than in..."

His voice trailed off as he tried to recall what month it had been as he finished covering his one transplanted herb. "I do believe it was somewhere around August. But then again we'll have to see how fast whatever berries we purchase can grow. Still, we can get more than one if you'd like."

"Blueberries aren't right," he answered, trying to think about it. And now he needs to think. "I remember there were thorns. Little scratches. I... I think my brother made me blackberry foods, so that seems likely."

More than one seems good though. He does love berries.

"They are basically my favorite sort of fruit, berries are."

Ignis continued working while Nida tried to think of what he needed to. He wasn't going to even think about interrupting and so he kept to himself. But he was amused to hear the other mention the blackberries.

So he looked up when Nida worked through his thoughts and came to his conclusion. "Well then, we'll go find some blackberry starter plants very soon." By that he meant within the next day or two because the sooner he saw his husband smiling at them the better. And he couldn't help but smile at that thought as he looked at Nida.

"Then we'll make sure to have plenty of berries for you."

Well that was kind. Nida smiled at that. He just liked that Ignis would do this for him.

"This whole thing, it half makes me think I'm going to find pieces of my past again, by mistake. Memories of my childhood that Siren hasn't taken."

And speaking of...

"Siren would like us to plant some ornamental grass. She likes the sound of the wind in it."

Ignis shook his head lightly at Nida's talk of the past. But he continued working until he heard the part about Siren.

Ah yes.

"Ornamental grass." he mused. "I've never heard of it, but should we be able to procure some, I will certainly see to it that it is indeed planted with her in mind." And with that, Ignis fixed his green eyes on his husband. "Does she have anywhere in particular that she would like it planted?"

"Thanks," Nida said. Keeping the women in the family happy too was an important part of life. In fact...

"Maybe I should stop being a go between. You wanna take her for a little bit?"

IT had been something they'd been talking about, Ignis sometimes carrying her now that he'd learned how to draw her. It really only happened when Nida wasn't working and knew he'd have a chance to see Ignis before his next shift. Ultimately, though, it meant there was less of a mental drain on him. It helped. A lot.

He looked up at Nida and nodded. "I can." It was always an interesting experience and no matter what, he was never truly alone when Siren was with him. He wondered too if Noct had such an experience when he would call the Astrals, but it wasn't a conversation he could've had back home.

Now would be a different story and he did supply Siren with stories and tales of Noct and the other lads as well as a full description of the Astrals from back home. She was quite sharp and certainly kept him on his toes.

"Let me know when you're ready."

Nida hadn't asked yet, if she had a nickname for Ignis now that he held her at times. He'd gotten used to her bird-adjacent names, and always took pride in being her hawk. But he figured his love would be something majestic. So that's fine.

His hand settled down on Ignis's face, turning Ignis's gaze until their eyes locked. With that he let his defenses down as much as he could, hoping to make it very simple for Ignis to take her, even as his mind stirred her to wakefulness.

"I'm ready."

Guard him well my dear.

He was met with laughter as he felt her slip away.

The intensity behind the gaze and harnessing Siren was always close to overwhelming. She slipped into his mind easily and he always had the impression she was exploring every avenue that she could get away with. And then he always pictured her making a nest somewhere there so to speak.

Ignis never asked.

Siren always seemed to start off with questions as to how he was, how work was going and all of that. It almost seemed pleasantly formal until she starting the nesting thing.

He leaned forward to give his husband a kiss and smiled. "I do believe it's break time."

"Break time?" Nida said, shocked. He was tired, but the plants... "We need to let these little ones in don't we?"

He was liking this, the time with his husband in a little bit of extra nature.

"We'll get to them darling." Ignis replied reassuringly before standing up and dusting some of the dirt off of his slacks. "However, I am requiring a bit of coffee at the moment."

Siren was going on in his head about different things, this time about the garden and how placements were important and energy and basically giving him a lot of instructions. Coffee input was needed to be able to keep up with her.

Well, if he's standing, Nida's rising with him, dusting off his own knees. Coffee would be good. Very good.

"You've got the look that says she's chattering at you. I'll never get why she's got hte energy for that with you, and she goes all sleepy with me. Maybe she acts like she thinks we need."

Ignis smiled. "She's definitely chattering about plans for the garden." He walked over to where the coffee was and started getting that ready. "She's suggesting plenty of things to get and where to put them."

"Or maybe all that coffee you drink wakes her up," Nida teased, grinning. "Maybe she's more suited to you than she is to me."

Or maybe she's trying to impress Ignis.

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should we assume/handwave that Nida has been teaching Ignis to carry Siren? They were thinking of it

Yes

Alright then, hopefully this tag is cool too then.

Your tags are always great, never worry

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