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"I usually don't get too far away from Broadway and rest of the Theater district between Middling and Uppers, usually just branching out a few blocks either way to draw attention to plays we're going to be doing at our small theater." Keeya put her hands into her coats pouch, smiling softly, "I think I went to Micro-Zimbabwe back when I was little and my hair looked mostly like corn rows for some sort of festival. My Aunt used to live there."

She frowned softly, "We used to go to so many cultural events, but when the trunk of the tree got too big and became too painful for my Uncle to trim down and hide as hair, I dont get to go out as much as I used to. Only the theater district, where I can wander without being seen as anything more then an actress with really good makeup rather then... What I am."

"I'm not really ashamed of it -- and at the moment its covered more because of the cold then anything, but my family has heard of those with 'oddities' such as us vanishing, and of people trying to hunt them down -- one thing about the theater district, everyone's a gossip." The lanky girl gave him a toothy smile, "Mostly its a case of trying to keep me safe and away from the likes of you and those blacksuits."

She cocked her head slightly in thought, "Well, too much drought is dangerous, but a lot of the trees at least are made to survive them. However, tree's, in general, are such a rareity these days, its best to give them as much help as possible."

She looked over the lot feeling a little down hearted -- there were only a few trees, which she could feel were not doing well, and the rest of the plants might as well have not been there with how useful she'd be for them, Damn, why, WHY did she have to be just a tree goddess? And limited to African trees?!

"I... I can try. You're powers will likely be more useful to the rest of the group but I can help the tree's at least. A little shade would help the water from evaporating as quickly from the shrubs and grasses..." She moved over and pointed at a tree that was being kept behind a fense, keeping people away from it, and she pointed it out to Fish "Just keep a good distance from that Candelabra tree over there when your watering it -- they have needles and poisonous latex and the fumes are dangerous. They used to be used as fences.." She moved closer to it, "Well, at least dont touch it. You could likely get close to it anyway.."

- Keeya -

The girl blinked at the quiet voice in her head, then grinned, holding her hands to the fense, "Could we have some water over here? I can almost hear Edinkira and it wont do much good making it healthier if it can't drink."

Keeya smiled, though her right eye twitched once nervously as she braced herself and held her hands out, eyes closing slowly as she focused, searching for that connection she felt with the tree that looked like a hybrid between a cactus, a tree, and a scrub brush.

Slowly leaves and flowers budded at the tips, the water sucking quickly into the earth, "Try giving a bit more water, then we can move to that Umbrella Thorn Acacia -- the "African looking" tree. All of these suckers usually get Monsoon like rains in the winter, so dont be too worried about drowning them." She smiled slightly as the tree slowly began to reach higher, and pulled away -- no point making it grow, just make it healthy.

She stepped back, nodding to Fish to continue watering as she went to inspect the acacia, "Its kinda funny how many of these tree's have thorns and spines... And some, like the candlabra, poisonus latex's.. Pretty 'violent' for tree's.."

"I little.. There's only so much one can do with bonzai's after all before they stop being bonzai's.. And its easier adjusting those that already exist then making new ones from scratch." Keeya flashed a smile back at Fish, her feet smacking on the wet soil, before her eyes closed once more to tend to the acacia. After the dead looking tree regained its leaves before moving to the last "Tree" in the area -- a Jackalberry Tree.

It didnt take too long for that one to be perked up, and she stepped back, looking around and inspecting her handywork, "You know.. I actually feel a little stronger after that, rather then tired. Do you think I should try to add a tree to the park? Might be too much for it to support though if the irregation system has been down for long enough to cause this sort of drought damage."

"Well.." Keeya looked around before pointing and moving over to a nice clear spot near a bench that was out in the middle and away from any shade, "It won't be that big -- I usually just get them started and make them grow and treat them as bonzai's -- with my 'hair' I need all the practice I can get working with miniature trees, but I can try to get it to a full sized sapling...."

she wiggled her toes in her shoes, trying to tap back into the power she had discovered earlier that year. She had been so frustrated about having no powers that she had spent much of the spring sitting there looking at dirt filled pots and giving herselves headaches trying to get something, anything to grow, trying different methods to force her sleepy power out into the open. She had spent hours every day, and was to the point of nearly screaming in frustration, sobbing "Grow" at the pots and banging her desk with the flat of her palm when she tried one last method before giving up, trying more to ease it out then force it.

Thankfully, once she finally was able to tap into her powers, it got a lot easier to call it up. She lowered her hand to hover over the spot she wanted, and closed her eyes, letting the tingling warmth fill her, picturing fluttering birds, chattering monkeys, the low growl of a leopard. She could almost hear the distant drums as she imagined a large Baobab, holding them all.

The young girl opened her eyes, staring through the spot as a sprout formed under her fingers, and she slowly unfolded herself focusing it to grow, taller, fuller, roots squirming against the ground, braking up the earth undernieth it and causing the dry land to swell, rises and crack. Finally, she stopped, panting as a young baobab, branches filled with leaves and fruit, stood before them only about ten feet tall and still young, but thick barreled and strong, "It's going to need a TON of water now..."

-you did well, Keeya..-


Keeya laughed softly, grinning, "It's not bad for the first time I've grown something more then a foot tall... It should get easier with practice, but.. There's not many places to practice growing trees.."

"uuuh.... Well, I could try and see if I'm immune to the Candlabra latex sap, but I'm not looking forward to blisters if I'm not." She tapped her foot, rubbing her chin in thought. She then went over to the acacia tree, "Stay over there, I want to try something..."

She got closer and focused on a spot, her back turned to the plant. Focusing, Keeya pointed to the spot, tapping into the plant.

Nothing happened and she pointed again, trying to raise the energy up. The branches rustled and the tree groaned, and yet nothing happened.

"Hmmn..." She moved suddenly, "HYA!"

-swipthump- "OW!" A thorn from the acacia stuck itself through her hoody and into the trunk of her head tree.

-swipthump- -swipthump-

Her eyes went buggy as slowly the tree began to randomly shoot thorns, "aw crappit..." She cut the power off between her and the tree, and ran, shielding her head and neck as it rained thorns for a few brief moments, and hissed as she neared Fish, pulling her now blood stained arms down and pulling a thorn out of her and the cloth of her jacket, "well, that was a failed attempt... HSSH!"

The Tree Godling pulled another out of her arm, and reached up to touch a few pinning her hood to her 'hair', "Oh gods this isn't gonna be a pleasant experience getting all of these out." She sniffled, eyes tearing up and her voice a low keen -- she had at least twenty of them sticking out of her body in random spots, but mostly on her head, shoulders, and arms.