castleinthemist | 02-- Things might yet turn around.

So he's taken to spending quite a bit at time in the common area of the residential chamber. Usually? Chilling out at the table or finding a nice little niche to settle in. Right then? He'd found a stone bench near a window that looked out onto the courtyard. On the opposite bench, a green-gray crate with numbers on it and a packing label. Someone got a package today. How? Probably a good question.

He'd gotten it the night before at the fountain while he was still restlessly awake. Didn't really take him long to figure out what had happen once he decided to throw a coin in and make a wish but he didn't think for a second that it would work. About two hours later? He asked again. Past midnight.

Now. It was late afternoon and he'd held off from indulging long enough. He settled onto the window seat, propped a leg up on the opposite stone ledge and plucked an apple from the crate of perfectly ripe fruit. Strawberries, mangoes, apricots, grapes, apples and pears. Perfect. He took a bite out of the apple, sighing contently.

So he'd lost his nerve for a spell. So those damn Shadows sapped a bit of his courage away. Didn't bother him so much right now. He'd just have this and enjoy his little birthday eating, drinking and being merry. Like you're supposed to do.

"Bottoms up." He said, drinking the last out of his flask before looking to the bottle to fill it back up.

[OOC: A window seat are common structures in castles. They look like this. Feel free to join Duo and have a drink, eat some good food, he's happy to share and plenty to go around. Also I may prefer prose but you can also respond in comment spam. I really don't care either way.]

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"If the fountain stops working for some reason? Then what? You're better off starting a garden. I'll tend to em time to time if you like, but I got other work to do." Duo reached over for an Apricot and took a bite out of it.

"You sure your green thumb will actually be able to do the job though? Weather is still a big factor. I just hope you know what you're doing. But let me know when we got a strawberry patch. Maybe next time we'll just have to get a raspberry bush going."

"You're right, the fountain could stop working. I didn't think of it."

She pondered. She was used to magic and to thinking it'd just keep on working but...maybe this wasn't true here. Duo was entirely correct. She hadn't thought of that.

"As for the 'green thump' as you called it, it'll do fine and be much quicker than you think, don't worry. As long as the soils work and the seeds are plenty, I'll manage. I might take a few tries to get them right though."

She sighed. "And I guess you are right, there's also the castle itself to take care of...

Damn right he was right about that. He watched her think, those wheels in her mind turning. Heh.

"Well... I think I just don't know what you're saying. How are you going to manage? How exactly are you gonna make this work?"

"Oh, uhm, it's a kind of magic. It makes plants grow without additional sustenance, at a really fast pace. It just needs a few precautions, but nothing that should be of concern."

It was the one aspect of her...power... that she didn't mind people knowing.

"You should get on that. Make it your own project. It'll get people to rely on you a little and in a situation like this, that isn't a bad thing." Duo pointed out, looking out to the window.

"What if the magic fails? Best take the sun and water into consideration either way."

"That is a fair point." Cordelia admitted. He was right. She simply had not considered that possibility. This place had already weakened abilities earlier, it could do so again.

"I suppose a part of a courtyard is really the best idea, then. Water would probably have to be supplied, since I haven't found any running water. It is a castle, after all..."

He had given her ideas, at least!

Duo nodded, taking another swig of the contents of his flask. This girl would have to show him this magic thing, cause some how he just didn't quite believe the whole 'magic' thing she was claiming yet.

Oh, he knew it was possible, but could it really be done? That was the question.

"Sounds good. Plus the close proximity to where we've been living won't hurt much.

"As long as I can work undisturbed for a bit. I'm not that fond of people watching, I admit."

She sounded almost a little shy, although the reasons were somewhat different.

He almost snorted a laugh.

"You can't do it if people are watching?" Like the little kid with stage fright.

"It doesn't matter, does it? Just long as we have food, I'm happy. Why? What happens if people watches?"

"No, that's not what I meant!" She waved her hands in a defensive gesture. She noticed she was being mocked somewhat, she just couldn't help 'defending' herself. "I just don't like it, I...could still do it. But it's better not to because I can concentrate myself better that way, you know?"

Have another chuckle. You amuse him, princess.

"So what's the problem though? Just concentration?" He really had no idea. Then again magic wasn't exactly a straight and narrow sorta thing, was it?

Poor Cordelia! That so wasn't the job she signed up for!

"It's really just that, but it's really nothing that special altogether. I'm just not that experienced..." Cordelia slumped slightly.

She wondered if having mentioned magic in general had been a bad idea. It really hadn't occurred to her before that that people here might even consider magic itself unusual. The worlds the other people were from looked to be very different from her own, and the more she talked with others, the more alien the other worlds seemed to be.

And also better, in some regards.

"Then the next step is to get as much practice as you can." Simple, right? Or at least he thought so. He just relaxed in his seat, not really giving that much credence to the problem that he didn't really see as that dire in need of his attention.

"That is a good point, I suppose..." She smiled ruefully, idly brushing some hair out of her face. "Do you often have to tell people something like that?"

"Only when necessary." When people call themselves useless? Yeah. Then he's all too happy to say how much of a fool they're being.

"I really made a fool out of myself, didn't I? Thanks for setting me straight, so to speak." She smiled, he was right, after all.

"No you didn't." Duo raised a brow at her.

"S'just regular stuff. Stuff to think about. I don't even know if I'm right."

02-- Things might yet turn around.

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