I Lived, Grinch! [open post]

[summerdude]

The first thing Magnus does -- with Alex's help -- after fully healing is board up the hole in the side of the greenhouse where the cheetah ran through. The second thing, once he learns the full scope of Dark (it's different at camp; he'd already taken out a ton of camp-appropriate food for when Galahad and Laertes couldn't make it out there, and so he and Alex have been fine on the eating front) is go to the greenhouse again to figure out what plants in there yield edible produce. (Also, he tries to scrub his blood off the table. It... partially works?)

Partly it's that he's still feeling weird after the whole affair. The season doesn't help, but he does feel closer to his own mortality than pretty much any point since he died for real the first time. Being around growing plants helps that. Mostly, though, it's because he doesn't want anyone to get, like, scurvy living on bushels of rice alone.

He doesn't want to overtax any of the plants, but some can be cajoled into fruiting. Right now, he's got his hand on a kumquat tree, and he's trying to convince it that it can speed up the growth process by a few weeks. Drosera is with him, 'helping:' she's found a dead leaf, and she's chasing it down the pathway between some plants. If anyone shows up -- either because they've heard of his near-death experience and want to check in on him, or just to hang out, or even because they're drawn by the way it looks like sunlight is coming from the greenhouse itself -- he'll be glad for the company.

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[summerdude]

"Sounds like Camelot is just as weird as Valhalla."

[sagramore]

"It's absolutely somewhat weird," Sagramore says, in what is probably the understatement of the century.

[summerdude]

"Another strongly controversial opinion from Sagramore?"

[sagramore]

"That's right, a principled stand."

[summerdude]

"If you say so, dude," voice dripping with doubt.

[sagramore]

"Do I hear less than absolute confidence from you?"

[summerdude]

"Never," Magnus laughs.

[sagramore]

"That's what I though. Thou art stalwart."

[summerdude]

"That's me," Magnus says. "Stalwart Dude. Stalwartly noting that it's okay that you've been, like, downplaying your opinions or whatever."

[sagramore]

"I'm glad to have your permission, it does give me ease."

[summerdude]

Despite Stalwart Dude's stalwart words, he gives Sagramore the stink-eye. He wants the forbidden secret strong opinions!!

[sagramore]

"Sorry," cheerfully. "We've got to be blood brothers first."

[summerdude]

"What exactly does that involve?"

[sagramore]

"Obviously blood."

[summerdude]

"Yeah. There's a lot of mine all over the place in here. You know how hard that stuff is to clean up?" Magnus shakes his head, despairing. "What next?"

[sagramore]

Sagramore makes a face at him. "Actually, I have another idea. Lancelot and I are brothers in arms." As he is with Galahad, but ehhh. "We just need to get royalty to knight you."

[summerdude]

"I'm one of Odin's eternal army of valiant brave warriors who died gloriously in battle saving someone else, does that count?" Magnus wonders. "The All-Father of the gods sounds kinda like a king."

[sagramore]

"No, gods and kings are different. You'll have to find someone around here."

[summerdude]

"I fucked with King Arthur when he was here, does that count?" Magnus supposes the other option is Janet.

[sagramore]

"I'm thrilled to hear that, but no. All young people who want to be knights start out with a plain white shield. You have to do a deed in order to earn your device and be given your colors. I'm assigning you this as your quest. Find someone who's of royal blood and can knight you."

[summerdude]

"What are we counting as 'royal blood,' since we're not counting three successful quests to save the world?"

[sagramore]

"I'm egalitarian. I'll count a king, queen, prince or princess."

[summerdude]

Magnus runs through his list of options. "So Claudius or Janet, then? Easy."

[sagramore]

"Perhaps so."

[summerdude]

"And when I finish calling your bluff, then you'll tell me?"