nearlychosen | Fifth Seed; [Voice]

Um. Hullo.

Since the weather's started to change, I find it necessary to ask about what's normally done to care for the plantlife here in colder seasons? I've noticed a handful of gardens around the village -- is there a spell to seal the temperature around them? I've been growing a few things that I'd rather not lose...

If not, then this place could probably use a greenhouse before the ground gets too cold to sustain anything.

And, um. I guess that's all. Thanks.

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From:

hisdarkmark

I suppose I should be surprised that you care more about plants than most other things, but I'm not.

Edited Date: 2010-09-21 03:32 pm (UTC)

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

Plants need more care than other things. Someone's got to give it. [He's biting back the insults for now. For Harry's sake, he's playing nice.]

From:

hisdarkmark

[Very impressive, Longbottom. For now, Draco's going to be semi-decent.] Well if they were to die, couldn't you just regrow them?

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

[It's appreciated.] If you got yourself kidnapped in December, growing new supplies in March wouldn't be very helpful for you. [Which is his way of letting Draco know that he totally noticed back when Draco's return coincided with a missing patch of dittany.]

From:

hisdarkmark

[There's a pause at that though, because yeah, kind of totally got that reference.] ...right. I suppose there's some truth in that. But it's not as though plants grow fast here anyway.

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

All the more reason to look into hanging on to what we have.

From:

hisdarkmark

It's a lot of manual work though, isn't it?

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

Don't tell me you're afraid of getting your hands dirty, Malfoy.

From:

hisdarkmark

I just don't see why I should have to when there are people like you who plan to do it anyway. Why waste energy on something like that when I could be doing something else?

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

Because there's not all that much to do here in the first place? [It's around here that Neville notices that he's essentially inviting Malfoy to garden with him. It feels a little slimy.]

From:

hisdarkmark

...so you're saying you're bored. [what is this civilized conversation]

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

I'm saying I'd rather be helpful than lazy. [It might be a long-overdue "thanks for helping us not die three months ago".]

From:

hisdarkmark

I don't know about being helpful, but being lazy gets tiresome after enough time here. [Probably. It's appreciated, and he knows he's awesome. And maybe he's attempting to make nice because of Harry, but it's really, really challenging.] You're one of the last of us to get stuck here. Just watch how it turns out.

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

What does coming last have to do with anything? [The sentiment is reciprocated.]

From:

hisdarkmark

It means that you haven't worn out your welcome yet as far as they're concerned.

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

They're my friends. You don't stop welcoming your friends, not matter how things work in that House of yours.

From:

hisdarkmark

What? ...not them, you idiot. The Malnosso.

From:

nearlychosen.livejournal.com

[Oh.] --Well in that case, I can take whatever else happens. The last experiment passed without incident. [He doesn't remember very much of it, but he's distinctly aware he was at least 70% more awesome during that period.]

From:

hisdarkmark

[A pause, because while his memory's fuzzy on it, he does remember that Longbottom was being an arsehole and that he really actually didn't approve.] Perhaps you'll get past the next one as well. Not entirely likely, but perhaps.