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Time for Tending Plants [Open]

WHO: Shiro and You!
WHERE: Temba
WHAT: Dealing with Plants
WHEN: Throughout Event
WARNINGS: Nothing yet, will update.

Oh What Insanity Is This
It was nice to be able to step off the ship and finally be back in Temba. While it wasn't actually home, it was nice to actually return to the place that had become sort of become home.

That's what he really would have liked to think. As he stepped out of the hangar and was able to survey Temba again, he was completely dumbstruck by everything that had happened. He just... stood there as he stared at it. The plants... there was just so much of it. It was everywhere...

"What the hell happened here? How long were we gone?"

Brave Explorer
Even though the urge to just stand and stare at the mess was really very tempting, it wouldn't do anything to make things better so finally, he went to find something that he could use to start cutting plants down. Dark that his new arm didn't have the same abilities as his old one and he couldn't just use THAT.

However, the metal arm did come in handy (ha) because he could use it to help push plants to the side with less worry about it actually hurting him. No feeling and very hard to damage helped like that.

But after working for a while, it didn't feel like they had really gotten anywhere. He grumbled before looking at the person next to him.

"How long have we been at this?"

Save the Glownie!
Shiro hadn't been planning on being out so late. He'd kind of lost track of time. One would say it was stupid for him to have been so careless as to forget about this part...

Shiro would call it a blessing though since as he was trying to find his way back, he stumbled upon a faint glowing light among the trees. Moving closer, he spotted one of the glownies that had wandered away from the its home in this mess. Maybe it smelled mint somewhere.

But that wasn't all he spotted. There was Thorntooth that was attempting to sneak up on it, ready for an easy target.

Shiro, of course, couldn't let that happen, charging to get to the Glownie first, having only a dinky weapon to try and delay it in his attempt to flee with the Glownie.

Bishop
Sorry, crew of the Bishop or anyone else who would be there, there is temporarily a Glownie wandering around on the ship one night...

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Luckily, Shiro didn't seem to encounter anymore as he ran and made it back to the hangar. His ship wasn't too far away and he opened the door, his floating mechanical arm actually helping in that he could maneuver the door and the Glownie in a way that might not have been feasible with an attached arm.

"Inside, inside," he said to the Glownie, ushering the small horse inside. It was more than happy at least to have feet on the ground again and hurried inside.

And with that, Shiro stood by the door, watching for Cal in case he was being trailed and needed to get inside quickly.

True to his word, Cal was not long in following. He was running full speed, his lightsaber deactivated but still gripped in hand should it turn out he still need it. He charged through the hangar entrance, not even taking a moment to look as he could sense where the other had gone, BD-1 confirming over his shoulder with a directive beep.

The young Jedi ran for the Bishop, boots pounding up the ramp as he caught Shiro's eye.

Shiro didn't have to wait long, seeing Cal coming charging towards the ship. He was fairly certain there would be something behind him, but he was less paying attention to that at the moment as to watching where Cal was. As soon as he was close, Shiro opened the door wide, moving out of the way so that he could run straight in before slamming the door behind them and locking it.

He stood with his back to the door as though that would help if something was trying to break in, catching his breath from adrenaline. Once he had caught his breath, he said, "Thanks again for the help. You alright?"

The Glownie was wandering in the hallway, curious as to where it was now.

Cal only allowed himself to relax once he heard the ship's door close behind him. His droid hopped down off his back, peering anxiously towards it as they both listened for anything that might've tried following them in.

"...glad to be of service," Cal replied breathlessly, his hands on his knees as he glanced over at Shiro. "Just...need to catch my breath. You?"

Shiro glanced down at the droid, watching as it looked towards the door which he was still leaning against. He could hear some faint sounds from the other side, but it was difficult to tell if it was the plant monsters. At least - so far - they hadn't rushed the door to the ship.

"Yeah, I'm fine. That little guy seems to be as well."

The Glownie was stopped as it spotted a reflection, standing in a slight crouch as it tried to assess what it was seeing.

"I'm Shiro."

Looking over towards the glownie, Cal managed a weak smile. Slowly he straightened up, rolling back his shoulders before turning to Shiro with a nod.

"Cal. And this is BeeDee-One," he said, nodding at the little droid. BD-1 hopped around and gave Shiro a beep in greeting before borbling talkatively. "He says his scans aren't picking up anything right outside, so hopefully they've given up on us. Not that we're too keen on heading out there again."

"It's nice to meet both of you," Shiro said, finally stepping away from the door, glancing down at the talkative robot. Boy, Pidge would have really loved him.

"That's good. I hope so as well. I'll probably keep the Glownie here for the night and take him home tomorrow. So it doesn't cause anymore issues."

Cal nodded. "Could be under better circumstances, but hey," he said, flashing a brief grin.

"But I'd have to agree. Don't think any of us will be going anywhere right now anyway. You don't mind, do you?" He doubted Shiro would kick them out, but he hardly wanted to assume.

"Yeah, but that seems to be about par for the course around here. Could be meeting under better circumstances."

He felt like this had been said to way too many people here.

"I don't mind. There's space here. I'm not going to kick you out."

The Glownie was wandering off down the hall now that it had seemingly confirmed the reflection was not a danger.

"Appreciate it," Cal said, lips quirking. He ran a hand through his hair, turning to watch as the glownie began to move along.

"Might want to make sure this ship's glownie-proof, although I doubt there's any real damage it can do." And there weren't any glitter dispensers on this ship, thankfully. "You don't have anything that explodes lying around, do you?" he said jokingly.

"No problem. I'm not the kind of person who'd throw someone out when there is the possibility of them being attacked." That was just mean.

"Yeah, might want to do that. I don't think he's going to get too crazy. More... curious since as far as I know, they have never been on ship." He laughed at that part. "Me? No. Haven't seen anyone else with them either thankfully."

"I didn't think so," Cal said reassuringly. He watched as his little droid buddy went following after the glownie, more out of curiosity than to make sure it stayed out of trouble.

"Heh, that's good. Thinking about heading to the galley to grab some water and sit- how about you?"

Shiro watched the droid following the glowing horse. It was kind of cute. He couldn't tell if the droid was curious or trying to keep an eye on it, but it was keeping an eye on it either way.

"Sounds good to me. Let's head that way. Running from plant monsters is not exactly the pleasant thing to be doing."

Cal nodded, leading the way then. "Yeah, tell me about it."

He looked around as they made their way down the corridor. "It's been a while. This was the first ship I was assigned to," he said, reaching out to run a hand along the familiar walls. "Pretty sure plant monsters can't do much against a ship but then again you never know what kind of surprises this place has... Wish we had the chance to install weapons on these ships. At least they've got shields."

"Really? Then this must be kind of nostalgic. This wasn't my first one either, but it is mine now."

He nodded as they headed for the kitchen, the Glownie unintentionally leading the way as it happened to turn to head that way. Maybe it smelled something minty...

"They didn't seem like they would be strong enough to do that, but then again, hard to tell. The shields at least would help. Unfortunately, doesn't seem like there is enough supplies to try and outfit them with weapons."

"Yeah, we missed our chance on that," Cal admitted, stooping down briefly to let BD-1 clamber aboard as the little droid realized they were all going in the same direction.

"They didn't even have shields at first, not to mention the speed was subpar for what you'd expect of a star-traveling ship. We had the opportunity to upgrade them when we were called out to help the Agrii and ended up on their homeship. But we were unfortunately pressed for time and could only do so many things, so we figured shields and speed were the things to update while we could."

"Yeah, we did. Probably one of those things where we thought that we could do it later, but there really wasn't a later."

He smiled, watching as the droid climbed back onto him. Pidge probably would have been really interested in that droid. She liked all robots after all.

"I see. That makes sense... unfortunately. So you have been here for a while then."

"Exactly," Cal sighed. "At last our trips out haven't involved us getting caught in a space battle but it's still not the most ideal thing, being defenseless out there."

He stepped into the kitchen, smiling crookedly as he watched the glownie poke around before he walked over to grab a couple of glasses to get some water. BD-1 hopped down onto the counter by the dispensers, pausing just short of tapping at a button when he caught Cal's look in his direction.

"Yeah, we have. Wouldn't be surprised if it's been over a couple years at least," the Jedi said, shaking his head. It was always strange to think about.

"Yeah, space battles aren't good. Especially when you aren't prepared for them. Defenses are at least something, but having no ability to attack is not good either."

Shiro chuckled, watching as the Glownie began exploring the kitchen. It had likely never been in a kitchen before. This had to be rather exciting for it. New stuff to look at. When the droid hopped down and began moving around, the Glownie followed after it.

"I see. It has been a while for me... but I don't think it has been years."

"Wonder if the Agrii would respond if I requested parts for shuttle improvements..." Cal mused aloud before shrugging. Something to think about, and at least it couldn't hurt to try.

BD-1 looked over as he found himself being the leader now. Experimentally he began to wander about the edge of the counter, glancing back every now and then at the glownie.

Cal stepped over to get the water dispensed once both were clear of it, turning to walk back over to Shiro, offering one of the glasses he held. "Probably better that way. Gets kind of depressing sometimes, remembering you've been here for so long and things...don't seem to have changed much. At least so far as getting to the bottom of the Agrii's problems, anyway."

"Hmm. It might be worth a shot. The worst that happens that we don't get them and we are back to where we started."

Shiro chuckled as the droid ended up the leader of the parade. The Glownie began to follow the droid as it walked along the counter. What was this little thing looking for?

"Thanks," Shiro said, taking one of the glasses of water. "Yeah. It's rough being here for any length of time I think. Of course, even more so when you have been here longer, especially when you have things to do at home."

"Which would basically be where we are now," Cal laughed. He took a swallow of water, walking over to sit down.

Meanwhile the droid had gone back and forth along the counter at least twice, looking back at the Glownie as he probably wondered the same. Box-like head tilting, BD-1 borbled inquiringly before hopping over to the water dispenser to push the button, sending a stream of water out.

Cal couldn't help but wince as BD-1 hit the button. "...at least that's not glitter," he muttered, recalling his buddy's exploits in the ship they'd been reassigned to. He turned back to Shiro, nodding. "But yeah... exactly. I think the only thing keeping me from worrying about that is that apparently whoever gets sent back from here is popped right back to the point they left off on. Which is...both a relief and weird, really. Complicated."

"Yeah, that is exactly where we are. We have everything to gain from asking and they likely wouldn't penalize for it."

The Glownie was following the droid as it paced on the counter, clearly watching it. It was no mistake that it was going the same way. Oh look, water! The Glownie would lean up to try and drink the water from the dispenser as the droid pushed the button.

Shiro just shook his head as he watched. "Yeah, this place doesn't make much sense when we compare it to home. Everything happens here, but nothing has changed there."

"But I can't say that I'm wasting my time here. There's been interesting opportunities. That's the part that makes it difficult when thinking about how it might just be like nothing happened, if we go back."

See, BD-1 was totally helping! The droid beeped and continued to depress the button for the water to let the Glownie drink its fill. Cal sighed, but he still smiled fondly at the droid.

"That's going to be a mess. Sorry about that. I'll clean it up later," he said.

"Yeah, that is weird. I have met such good people in this place. I don't want to suddenly leave them all and not remember any of them."

Shiro just chuckled, amused by the droid helping the Glownie get some water.

"It's fine. It's being helpful."

Finally the Glownie was done and moved away from the water, looking around the room.

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