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]

"Oh! Yeah. I've been growing a lot of it," Magnus says, and shows him the mixing bowl full of the stuff.

[lightbearinglord]

Lan Wangji examines this with silent amazement. Magnus is truly a wonder. "I was unaware you could do this."

[summerdude]

"Another perk of being the son of Frey, I guess," Magnus says. He reaches for the okra plant he's been working with and concentrates. He is, yeah, showing off a little bit as he focuses, pulling it through a few weeks of growth. Buds form and flower and then seed pods emerge. He snaps them off with glowing fingers before they can get too tough.

[lightbearinglord]

Any showing-off currently occurring is entirely effective. Lan Wangji is quiet, thinking of how close all of this warmth and light and growth came to extinguishment. He picks up the bowl of okra and holds it for Magnus so that he can add to his collection.

[summerdude]

"You can have whatever you want, obviously," Magnus adds, looking up. "I don't know how to cook 'em."

[lightbearinglord]

"There are several ways." Lan Wangji glances down into the bowl of okra, already planning which of those several ways he might employ. "Thank you."

[summerdude]

"Yeah, no problem! I'll be here all week," Magnus jokes. Well, sort of jokes. He likes being Agriculture Guy.

[lightbearinglord]

Lan Wangji shoots him a sidelong look. "You had best be," he says, in the very serious manner of someone who is making a joke out of his pseudo-disciple's almost-murder despite how fantastically unfunny he finds it.

[summerdude]

Magnus laughs, because it's obviously a joke, but he also feels a little shiver of warmth. It's nice, to have adults who care about him. He hugs Hanguang-jun again, impulsively.

[lightbearinglord]

It comes as a surprise -- a good one. Lan Wangji immediately sets the bowl aside again so that he can return the hug with all the enthusiasm and warmth Magnus is due.