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 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:59 pm
It all started with a routine planting.
Jan had planted a few simple things, more strawberries, some cucumber and potatoes. A step from the ordinary was some ginger root. Then came the catalyst.
She'd been at the mansion a day past, in the jungle room, examining the plants like usual, when she saw a sickly little sprout. Naturally, her powers told her it needed.... Nutrients... And she decided to pot it and transplant it when it got larger. She took it home.
One moment changed Jan's experience with plants. Entirely. She just didn't realize it at the time.
The tall girl was packing earth around the plant when the palm of her hand caught on a thorn-like obtrusion on one of it's leaves, drawing blood. A sharp in take of breath and Jan finished what she was doing, setting the plant down on the floor of her room before exiting to the kitchen to clean it. It was pretty deep.
It also looked kind of weird. She had no idea what kind of plant that was... The blonde had never seen it before. What if it had toxins? Was poisonous? Bandaging it quickly, she remembered the only expert on poison she knew.
Maelon.
A few minutes later she was out of the house and on her cell phone, heading to a nearby cafe.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:31 pm
Coffeeeee. It was so gooood. There was nothing like a rush of caffeine to get your day started. Too bad it was already lunch time. Oh well. The dark chocolate Sin'aeis had to wake up for real at some point.
Maelon sipped contentedly on the large vanilla late, sleepily rubbing one eye. Urg staying up late and then getting up for worked sucked. He really shouldn't have been playing World of Warcraft last night but he had to level cap. It was like... destiny or something. Luckily nobody came into the shop during his morning shift, and JJ kicked him out on his lunch break. Maelon had tried to be sneaky about his lack of sleep, really he had, but when he was trying to figure out why the frozen mice weren't moving, JJ had nailed him. And then booted him out to get a coffee.
So he here he was, seated in the bar near the window, eyes half shut and drinking his coffee. Mmmm coffee.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:39 pm
The phone simply rang and rang, and Jan gave up, sliding her phone into jeans pocket as she entered the cafe and quickly spotted... Maelon. What a coincidence. The blonde placed an order and after she got her iced chai joined Mae, raising her brows as she took a swallow of her drink.
"'Ey, Maelon. Fancy meetin' ya 'ere, I was jes' tryin' ta call ya." Jan ran a hand through her hair and grinned without shame. "Got snagged by summin' else this time, a plant.... Unknown plant." E.G. She didn't know if it was dangerous to her. Of course, upon close examination by an expert like Mae, it would turn out to look more like a BITE than a scratch or cut.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:47 pm
Maelon hardly bothered to look up when someone sat next to him, hoping that if he showed no interest the person would go away. He was tired but dorkishly gleeful about his leveling and he didn't want anyone to ruin his good mood. Not to mention he had his coffee now, girly as it may have seemed. It was caffeine, and that was all the dark chocolate Sin'aeis needed to know. He would have gone for a biscotti too but they were all out of his favourite kind.
The teen was absently playing with his lip rings with his tongue when his name suddenly registered in his brain. He turned sleepy purple eyes to Jan, blinking several times when he realized who it was. Oh. Jan. So that was who had sat next to him. Huh. "Call me?" He repeated, before shrugging his shoulders. "No cell and Pry's not home." When she mentioned that she had gotten snagged by a mysterious plant, Maelon took a larger swig of his coffee and sat up a little straighter. "I'm not reeeallly good with plants, but I'll do my best. Can I see? Providing," he added hastily, "It's somewhere obvious and not currently hidden by clothing."
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:55 pm
Jan removed the bandage slowly, revealing the bite. It was actually still bleeding quite a bit, and she grabbed a few napkins off the table to wipe at it, exposing the wound. It didn't hurt, really. It was as if the plant had some sort of agent in it that made it hard for the blood to clot, and made it less painful. Like a bat, really.
She pointed that out. "Et doesn' 'urt, 'n et's not clottin' really." Squeamish? Hah. Not Jan.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:06 pm
Maelon seemed a lot more awake when Jan removed the bandage. Unlike his guardian, the dark chocolate Sin'aeis did not get queasy at the sight of blood, despite being a wimp, an emo, and a general whiner. He definitely didn't want to see it gushing out of a wound or out of an arm socket or anything, but a little blood didn't bother him. He had to be good with that sort of thing. After all, he did work with reptiles that bit and could take nice little chunks out of your arm if you weren't looking.
"Nasty piece of work..." The dark chocolate Sin muttered under his breath, moving his hand carefully towards Jan's arm. He touch was unsure at first, as he ran his fingers around the wound. "Looks like a bite." Maelon squinted, as though looking for something that couldn't be seen. There was something funny going on here. "It's weird... there's something in here, but I can't seem to detox is... Can I see this plant thing?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:14 pm
Jan raised her brows. She'd had no idea that Maelon could actually detox things. That was pretty cool. He was turning out to be a rather useful sort of fellow. Nodding, she slapped the bandage back on and got a to-go lid for her drink, along with a straw. Jerking a thumb in the direction she'd come from she shrugged.
"Sure thin', I live 'bout two blocks away. S'in my room." With that, they were off and heading for the laundromat she lived above [in the attached apartment]. Once they got there, she led him around back, past a rather large garden full of food, flowers, herbs, and the like, and up a long staircase.
She unlocked the door and let him in, flicking on a light as she did so, and gesturing down the hall. "Firs' door on yer righ'. I'm gonna redo th' bandage on this'un." A quick wave with the injured hand.
The second Maelon opened that bedroom door and walked inside, the plant [which was now 5'9"] would attack him. With big ol' teethlike thorn things. And viney bits. Scary.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:25 pm
Mae was really only useful if someone was trying to poison you. Other than that, you might as well have brought along your kid sister. It was true that the dark chocolate Sin could handle many things that most would find icky, and he was generally could be bullied into doing anything. But in all honestly, he was not exactly your Swiss army knife type guy.
The dark chocolate Sin'aeis shambled easily after Jan, ending up having to change his hunched walk to a brisk jog in order to keep up with her. Stupid long legs. Why was she so tall anyways? When the got inside he hesitated, before kicking off his shoes and heading in the direction Jan had pointed him in. First door on the right- OH MY GOD! ATTACK PLANT! ATTACK PLANT!
"HOLY s**t! JAAAN!"
Yes, Maelon did scream like a girl. We blame it on the pants.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:37 pm
Jan was in the middle of rinsing her hands when she heard Maelon shout for her, then scream. The blonde's brows shot up and she turned off the water, drying her hands on a rag even as she turned. Jan grabbed a large knife out of the dish drain rack and a frying pan before jogging quickly to her own room where... The plant had turned killer?!
The potato sin'aeis had good instincts. She didn't hesitate as she walked in the door and found one of the vines wrapped around Mae's thigh. She sliced it and luckily didn't cut through to the boy's leg. The plant made a high pitched sort of noise and lunged at her. Brow knit, Jan smacked it on the large bull with the pan in her right hand, and shoved Mae backwards into the hallway with her back.
The plant had long since broke it's planter pot and was a bit unstable. The hit knocked it down, but it was still moving.... Jan threw the knife into the bulb, watching it bury to the hilt and stepped back. She shut her bedroom door, and turned to look at Mae.
"Woah." Some plant, huh? She laughed a little bit, dropping the pan in the hallway. "Y'alrigh'?" Her expression was thoughtful.
They needed to find a way to kill that thing.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:05 pm
Maelon was glad that Jan had good instincts, since he definitely did not. The moment the plant had grabbed around the leg he'd frozen, still deciding if he should fight or flee. The fight or flight reaction was a bit delayed for the dark chocolate Sin'aeis. Being attacked by a giant plant tended to do that to you. This looked like something out of the Little Shop of Horrors. Nobody had told him there was a man-eating plant in Jan's bedroom! At least with Akilah he only had to worry about her fists. Jeesh.
The teen nearly toppled over when he was suddenly released, eyes wide as he watched Jan deal with the plant. Frying pan to the face. Nice touch. He stumbled backwards when pushed, glad that Jan had at least taken the initiative in that. Maelon didn't think his legs could move. With the bedroom door shut and Jan on the outside, the dark chocolate Sin practically collapsed against the nearest wall, scowling.
"Nice of you to warn me you had a man-eating plant it your bedroom," Maelon grumbled, shrugging off the comment about him being alright. He was alive. That was all that was important. "I thought you said you dealt in herbs!"
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:32 pm
Jan raised an arched brow, smiling slightly. She was the laid-back, amused sort and since they were both relatively alright, it was fine to grin.
"I apol'gize, Maelon. Ef I'da known, I woulda tol'ja." A loud thump on the door reminded her of said plant and she reached into her pocket to remove her cellphone. Who else had dealt with a killer plant before? Lyrus. Well, Anisia, really, but Jan didn't have her number.
A short conversation later and she shut her phone, putting it away and giving Maelon a wry look.
"We're gonna torch et." Yes, she had said 'we'.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:42 pm
Maelon simply rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. I know." Well of course she would have told. He knew that. But he had to be allowed to complain, even if it was just a little bit. Besides, the plant had bit her! That should have been the first sign that there was something funky going on. Jeesh. It figured that she would send him in first. At least she had come to his rescue, though. He had to be thankful for some things.
The teen shoved his hands in his pocket and waited while Jan called whoever the heck was calling. He had just began to wonder if she had called some sort of plant removal, when she turned to address him. "Torch it?" He repeated, eyebrows shooting up. "We," he pointed to himself then Jan just to be clear, "Are going to burn it? Are you crazy? Who did you call?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:49 pm
Jan flashed him a full force grin now, proving that she was, in fact, crazy, as she nodded, scratching her head. "Called Lyrus. He 'ad a spat with a plant 'while back now, 'n suggested et. Sounds good t'me. Got a better idea?" Strolling back down the hallway into the kitchen she rinsed her hands again, finally applying a new bandage, and then turned to look at Maelon.
"Y'got any 'airspray, boy?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:53 pm
... Ooookay, she definitely was crazy. He was so doomed. This house was going to go up in flames or explode or something else totally horrible. How did he get into this? Why did he ask to see the plant? Stupid stupid stupid! "So Lyrus suggested this? He must be crazy too. You can't torch something inside a house. You might as well pour gasoline on it and toss in a match. No, don't take that seriously." You never knew. She might have thought it was a good idea.
"Airspray? What?" And since when was he a boy? Bah.
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:58 pm
Jan sighed, shaking her head slowly. Hairspray, she was saying HAIRSPRAY. She figured Mae was the type to keep it around. Oh, well. "Nevamin' tha."
Boy was better than kid, right? Maelon definitely wasn't a "man" yet. Who knew how far his house was. They had to handle this before the plant got any bigger and broke out of the bedroom.
They'd just buy some from the corner store. "C'mon, Maelon." Jan slid her feet back into her flipflops, and headed out the door. Poor chocolate boy. He was unwillingly becoming a sidekick.
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