revivalproject | [Open] Keeper Of The Flock

WHO: Lark, Open
WHERE: The Livestock Nursery
WHAT: Caring for the Glownies
WHEN: March 7th
WARNINGS: N/A

She had seen the news this morning, when she had gone into her communicator to send a message to invite a friend to join her at a picnic and to plan when to shear the sheep. A name, and the friend is represented, gone.

It had been a sad thing, but there would be time to be sad later. Instead Lark knew there were things to be done, and so she had summoned her strength, put on the new green robe she had recently finished, and moved to gather up her things. Time had been taken to go to the greenhouse and gather bundles of fresh mint, trimmed both from the sort she liked for tea, and also the sort the glownies liked.

Then she had gone to the structure where the animals were kept. A brief time was spent gathering tools to help care for the glownies, to gather their bundles of dried food, to get bags to fill with loose wool that might seek her out.

Only then did she step into the fields, whistling to send Little Bear out. They'd been working on this, and the wolf-hound did as he was supposed to, racing off to try and get behind the glownies to herd them to her. He wasn't great at it yet, but with time...

"Hello my sweet ones. It seems I am no responsible for you until we can find another who would love to care for you."

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Noctis had gone fishing earlier in the day and once he'd cleaned up, he thought he might just see what he could find. But soon enough he heard Little Bear and went moving in that direction.

There he saw Lark in her green robe and thought it was kinda pretty and Spring-ish. It was a colour he himself wouldn't wear but it looked nice on her. He stood for a few moments watching Lark work with whatever she was doing until he made enough noise as to not startle her.

"Hey, need a hand?"

Ah, the sound of someone there. Lark turned her attention to the voice and she offered a fond smile.

"Yes, Noctis, I would appreciate that. I fear these sweet ones will be more my responsibility now than they had been."

He knelt down to see if the wolf would come over to him, but he looked up at Lark half concerned. "So why do they need more tending? Did something happen?"

Of course Little Bear would come over. He's just such a sweet dog, even if being a wolf hound made him look big and intimidating.

"Shiro is gone. He did must of their care before."

Noctis smiled at the wolf and scratched him lightly. "Hey boy." But Lark's voice made him stop for a moment and he nodded before resuming. "So you're not too busy for it or anything?"

The hound's tongue lolled out as he panted, clearly delighted from the attention.

"I'm quite busy, but there is nothing to be done for it. Someone must care for them.'

Noctis continued to pet the dog and smiled at the fluff ball. But at the mage he had to ask. "Every animal herd here needs a keeper?"

And as he asked that, he didn't know if he and Gladio would have time with hunting and fishing, but he was considering it.

"These ones do," she says, as they needed fed and watered, and this place does not provide it on its own. Perhaps if there were drones to mind them it would work, but she doubted it would come.

Noctis sighed. "How often do they need fed or looked after?" He was genuinely curious and trying to see if he and Gladio could help out.

"Fed? Daily of course. To supplement the grazing."

She doesn't know as much about tending to animals as others might, but she knows that much. "The water needs looked to twice a day in the winter."

"Right." Noctis replied, nodding his head.

He continued to dote on the hound with pets, but had to ask. "So..do you want some help with that?"

Gladio might kill him.

"Yes," Lark answered easily. "From those who might enjoy to do so. They are sweet creatures after all, and like attention."

And glow a pleasant shade. Is that a plus?

Noctis nodded. "Well that in that case I'll sign up. I'm not sure how you want to work it, but if they need fed, then I can do that."

He wasn't sure whether Gladio would want to sign up so he left that out.

Well, that's some help. She smiles and nods to him.

"Come then, let me show you where we keep their supplies."

With a last pet to the hound, Noct completely stood and followed Lark. This couldn't be too hard, considering he'd grown vegetables before, and that was a huge pain in the ass.

"Alright."

Ah but how much effort did he put into the vegetables? She heads for the shed, and of course the herd follows. They know where the the food is kept.

"The first thing to know is that you must do all you can to keep them out of the food barn. They will glut themselves and reduce our stores quickly."

Noctis couldn't help but smile at the animals following them. It reminded him of himself and the guys whenever Ignis started cooking.

After listening to Lark's instructions, there was a small laugh. "Bunch little kids sounds like."

"Oh yes, but stubborn and willing to use their weight to their advantage. That's why the door opens out. So they can't lean against it to get in."

She smiles and whistles for Little Bear, who rushes around to them and interposes himself between the glownies and the food barn. She opens the door and slips in, gesturing for Noctis to join her quickly.

The king was impressed by the hound being able to move as fast as he could and he laughed as they all got in. "That's going to be a trick I'm going to have to learn.

He was definitely going to need Gladio's help.

"I'm happy to teach it," she says with a smile. ANd lend the dog. He needed to get out more.

Once in the barn she's moving through with a large basket to start gathering feed.

"We don't give tons of mint, they would fail to eat the proper things too."

Noctis trailed behind Lark and looked around as she led them to where they needed to go. He pet the hound whenever it came near him and he stopped when she started loading the basket.

"So mint is a treat, got it."

The king nodded, committing that one to memory.

"Should I get a basket too?"

"It would make this faster. It usually takes two loads to get these little sweets fed," she answered with a smile. Which wasn't so unreasonable to believe she thought.

"There's also some salt that needs put out for them."

"Talked me into it." Noctis replied lightheartedly. So he went and got a basket, and followed her lead.

The last part had him stop a moment. "You give them salt?"

Of course she does. That's a question? She looks at him in confusion.

"The plants here don't seem to have enough of it. Many herd beasts require salt and seek it out."

He shrugged. "We don't have..things like these guys back home."

And for a minute he was glad because he was more than sure they would be eaten pretty quickly where he was from. But he wasn't going to share that thought out loud.

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