Cherry picking [Open]

[zouichi]

As Zouichi had mentioned earlier, the cherry trees behind the Inn had begun, as of the past few days, to bear fruit. Whatever oddity of the 'seasons' here had encouraged them to bloom before, apparently it had convinced them that now was prime cherry season.

He reached up into the branches of one of the trees, plucking the ripened fruit and leaving the rest for later. He'd promised some to Alendian, of course, but truth be told, he was setting aside the sweetest, choicest fruits for someone else. A larger proportion of fruit to pit, not too soft or too firm, with the most attractive colors...

It was normally a fairly mindless task, but he was engrossed enough in picking and sorting today that he might be caught unawares.

[The thread with Alendian and Ildraniath is closed, otherwise the post is open]

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[zouichi]

Zouichi smiled. "Well, there's something nice about waiting to watch a tree grow up, too. and besides, I expect that now that we've been menaced by robots, we're due for another change. Maybe it'll be shark-men next, or eyeball aliens."

[soulinherfists]

"I hope it's eyeball aliens," Allenby said. "They'd be easy to take care of--just a few good jabs and they're down."

She swung herself up into the cherry tree's branches. "I guess it'd be nice to watch it happen naturally, though. Baby plants are kinda cute."

[zouichi]

Zouichi snorted. "Yeah, and their biggest weak point is pretty obvious, too."

His smile broadened slightly. "They are, aren't they? Some of the watermelon seeds we saved back during the Geartopia shore leave have sprouted. Maybe one day soon we'll have some more watermelon, as well."

Until then, he'd just have to keep Emergency Rations from chewing up the leaves.

[soulinherfists]

"Hey, that's awesome!" Allenby grinned down at Zouichi. "I'm pretty sure they're gonna have to get a little bigger before the watermelons start poppin' up though..."

Now that she thought about it, she'd never had watermelon, had she? She'd had those weird hard candies that were always a little sticky, but never the real deal. "I keep doin' new stuff here. That's weird, isn't it? Earth's gone and we just keep goin'."

[zouichi]

"Yeah, most likely. They're still pretty young yet. But once they start producing, we might have to give a few away." Well, if everyone didn't eat them first.

Zouichi's expression sobered a little. "Yeah. To be honest, I wouldn't have been able to experience half of what I've done so far if we hadn't been brought here."

[soulinherfists]

"Yeah. It's weird how somethin' this awful can have good things in it, too." Allenby sighed. "I definitely don't regret meeting you or the rest of my friends here, but I want to stop the Ohm already and fix Earth. We could do whatever we wanted without worryin' so much."

[zouichi]

Zouichi smiled. "I don't, either. ...But it is probably best if we put a stop to the Ohm sooner rather than later."

Even if it meant he might never see any of the others again. "What will you do if your world is ever restored?"