crystal.

[tadpoled]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER:Tav
RECIPIENT: All! With a private note for Stephen Strange and Cosima
NOTES: None atm!

[Tav takes a deep breath before beginning. His nervousness is palpable, even before he speaks.]

I am pleased to say that, thanks to our research department— specifically Strange and Cosima—, I have been cured of my…. malady. I have passed a month since my curing with no issue.

I can only hope for a second chance to make a better first inpression.

For those that do not know me, I am Tav, a druid and cleric, who splits his time between the infirmary and rebuilding our garden. And, speaking of our garden, if anyone needs any particular seeds collected or grown, feel free to let me know.

[Private to Strange and Cosima]

I believe I owe both of you a drink.

Comments

[extortionate]

I want a barometz.

[tadpoled]

A barometz? I’m not familiar.

[extortionate]

Honey goat? Uh — vegetable lamb?

[ that how you say it in trade? ]

[tadpoled]

… Are you alright?

[cozen]

I am glad to hear you are doing better. How did you manage it?

[tadpoled]

Cosima and Strange found a way for me to go into the Fade and fight that part of myself.

[cozen]

Oh, right, of course,

[ with some amusement. like why not. why not that. weirder shit has happened. ]

[grindset]

You fought your affliction?

group filter.

[portalling]

My favourite cocktail’s a lemon drop martini; I doubt any bar here will know how to make one, but you could work on your mixology skills.

Re: group filter.

[tadpoled]

A lemon drop? That doesn't involve dropping a lemon into your drink does it?

Regardless, if you tell me the ingredients, I should be able to find a way to acquire it.

perma-filter ∞

[portalling]

Not literally —

Vodka, orange liqueur, lemon juice, simple syrup, and a bit of sugar around the rim of the glass. Bit of a luxury now, all the trade shortages considered; but Antiva and Nevarra aren’t bad for lemons, so we might be able to reproduce it.

[brennvin]

[ Contemplative: ]

D’you think you could get a hold of cloudberry seeds to grow ’em?

[tadpoled]

I'll read up on them.

No reason why I can't travel now.

[brennvin]

I could make you a jam with ’em. And they’re… wotsit called, the top dies in winter but the roots stay alive so it’ll grow back in spring? It can survive most things.

[sprent]

So glad to hear it!

May I request for the garden something that is good for insects? Bees, specifically. We ought to keep some.

[tadpoled]

I am adding it to the list. Would gladly welcome some bees to the garden.

[sprent]

First, bees. And then something for butterflies and another for ladybugs — is there a plant that beetles like?

crystal.

[reparo]

What does a druid and a cleric do?

Re: crystal.

[tadpoled]

A druid uses the magic of nature to heal and grow while a cleric is largely focused on battlefield healing, in my experience.

crystal.

[reparo]

Oh, a healer! [ The plight of all clerics to be called the team healer, sorry Tav. ] That explains the offer for the garden. If you need help with brewing the healing potions and the like, I'd be happy to lend a hand.

[ Are you skipping steps there, girlie? ]

Oh - right. I'm Hermione.

[favoriteanalyst]

Sorry to hear you were feeling poorly, Serah Tav. [Sounds like it was serious, whatever it was???]

Druid's an interesting word to use. Don't see many who call themselves that around. You follow some other god, or commune with the woods?

[tadpoled]

Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm doing much better now.

A combination. My primary duty is to care for nature, but I also worship Corellon Larethian, the creator and protector of elves in my realm.

[favoriteanalyst]

Ah, so you're from elsewhere. Explains a few things. Is the druid thing an elf thing in your realm too, or is that a you thing?

[allthatgleamsisgold]

Druidic magics would be a welcome boon for maintaining supplies. To what extent can you...

[A pause. Though it's not his domain of magic, he knows all too well the druidic arts are not about control.]

...commune with nature?

[tadpoled]

I can make things grow, attack enemies, entangle them, that sort of thing.