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Guardian_Iris
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:20 pm


A bumble bee lazily wobbles about the different flowers and foliage and lands on a tiny white bloom on the purple sapling. Upon getting covered in the pollen, the bee seems to buzz about with a bit more pep and focus, maybe a little more energy to boot. He leaves a glittery trail behind him as he continues on his task of pollination.

There is something very magical and very mysterious about the purple saplings. Something perhaps worth continued study.

Takeko was correct in her assumption that transplanting the sapling would be a bad idea. The sapling requires the potent magic of the Fae Clearing in order to continue growing.

Transplanting the Mandrake and Hazia is the best course of action due to the dangerous mix of the two roots upon exposure. The instructions on how to separate the two have been written on the ancient map, so Takeko can try to decipher the pictographs or seek out someone who may know how to read the language.

Upon returning to her home, Takeko will find a very big parcel waiting on her door step. The parcel is a very large wicker basket covered with a wool cloth. Inside, she will find various tools such as a green marble mortar and matching pestle, a large ceramic and a large wooden bowl nested together, inside the large bowls is a glass pot. Inside the glass pot is a bundle wrapped in another wool cloth. Inside the bundle are various sewing supplies such as ceramic needles, thimbles, cotton thread, scissors, pins and a few small balls of various colored wool yarn. In the glass pot is also three beeswax candles secured together with a piece of wool yarn.

There is also a note attached to the top of the basket that reads:


Quote:
Takeko,

I have heard you will be needing these items. Don't take them for granted, as they cannot be replaced. Green marble, ceramic and wool are very, very rare on this island. Beeswax can be harvested from wild bee hives, but be careful where on the island you collect it. There are very few sheep on this island because the denizens care not to raise them, so the Dragnid beasties tend to eat them faster than they can reproduce in the wild.

These items are blessed and cleansed and ready for use. Remember to never use metal in potion-making, and only ever use your knife to cut the herbs.

If you need assistance, I'm available.

~Kalandandra, Potions Master
 
PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:25 pm


As she placed the last of the transplanted mandrakes into the basket, Takeko felt the building tension slip from her shoulders with a sigh of relief. Okay, yes, that had gone much better than her first attempt. Exhaustion weighing heavily on her small frame, she could think of nothing she wanted to do more at this point than just get home and crawl into bed. Maybe sleep for a day or two. She carefully rolled the little knife back in the parchments, then tucked them safely into the corner of the basket furthest from the mandrakes. The rest of her tools were laid carefully on top of the soil, out of the way.

With a sigh, she stood and took the now much-heavier basket in hand. Even if she hadn't been exhausted, and the basket so much heavier loaded down with soil and roots, it was getting dark. There'd be no flying home now. Gathering what strength remained in her reserves, she set out on the long walk back home from the Clearing.

~~~


A groan of dismay escaped the angel's lips when she finally arrived home near midnight. If this was going to happen every time she left her home, she was going to stop leaving. She wasn't ready for another one...couldn't she at least sleep a little first? She stood there, staring at the basket on her front step for a good while, wrestling with the temptation to pretend she hadn't seen it tonight and just go to bed...she could look at it in the morning. Or maybe in a couple of mornings from now.

Finally, she sighed in resignation and pushed the door open to her home. She left her tools and the parchments in the kitchen before heading back outside. She did NOT want to leave these things in her home. She set the basket containing the transplanted mandrakes in her gardening area out back, amongst the tools and compost, then headed back to the front door to retrieve the new basket and bring it in.

Might as well see what this one was about. Maybe she could at least put it off until morning before heading out again on more life-threatening missions from mysterious sources. She set the basket on her kitchen table and prepared to unpack the contents, though her eyelids felt heavy and even her wings drooped slackly at this late hour. Her curiosity helped perk her up a bit, however, as she eyed the wool cloth covering and began scanning over the lines of the note.

The contents were intriguing enough, but her eyes widened at the signature. Kalandandra? The Potions Master?!? She reached out a hand to steady herself before sinking onto a nearby stool. The Potions Master of the Isle...was leaving her gifts? And offering her personal assistance? She'd never expected...

Almost in a daze, she started to unpack the basket, letting her fingers graze over each of the precious objects. Never had she imagined having such fine things. And instruction from the Potions Master herself? Oh my...

She sat back, still somewhat in awe. Well, at least she wasn't being asked to do anything else tonight, she thought in relief. The thought made her giggle childishly, also causing her to realize she needed sleep more than she'd thought. Taking a last look over the precious gifts, she murmured a silent 'thank you', and made a mental note to write a proper 'thank you' in the morning. Her Mellon would be able to deliver it fastest, so she'd keep it brief, but heartfelt. For now, her bed was calling her name. She'd leave the gift on her table to remind her in the morning, and for now, she stumbled off in the direction of her bedroom for some much needed rest.

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