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]

"Sure. That, uh, maybe lines up a little," Magnus says.

[temnota]

"So you were fighting the fire giant, you died and your valkyrie took you to Valhalla," Aleksander said, trying to understand the sequence of events. "And then what happened?"

[summerdude]

"And then I was dead. And could grow things." Sorry, Aleksander. Magnus has put together two and two and figured out that you're the person Nina mentioned in vaguest terms a few months ago, and since he hasn't gotten any updates one way or another, he's proceeding with wariness.

[temnota]

Something clicked into place for Aleksander. "Was that what you were doing when I came in? Growing tomatoes?"

[summerdude]

"Um, yeah?"

[temnota]

"I did not realize at first," Aleksander said. "I had thought you were... calling the sun."

[summerdude]

"No, summer," Magnus corrects.

[temnota]

There were more questions Aleksander wanted to ask Magnus - what exactly did summer entail, what Valhalla was for asides from a place for the dead, the sword that he and the fire giant had been fighting over - but he thought if he stayed any longer, his head would split from all of the light.

"Now I understand," he said, trying not to sound as pained as he felt. "And I will leave you to it. I wish you luck."

[summerdude]

"Sure thing," Magnus shrugs. "Hey, want a tomato to take with you?"

[temnota]

Aleksander blinked. "Why not? In these times, I would not say no to a fresh tomato. It will be a pleasant change from the beans."

[summerdude]

"Here." Magnus picks one and tosses it to him.

[temnota]

"Thank you," Aleksander said as he caught the tomato gracefully. He bowed his head then turned to leave.