Open Log: Gardening Class

[effortless]

Characters: Nanami Yasuri and YOU.
Format: Any
This log is: open
Location: The Fortitude grounds, near the forest.
Summary: Ever wondered which vegetables grow best in the shade? No? Too bad, this class is compulsory.
Warnings: Nanami being a creeper, probably.

[ The sky is clear, the air dry and surprisingly cool even in the morning sunlight. In the shadows of the trees, it's positively chilly, and will be until noon. As the class assembles, Nanami is shivering slightly in her uniform, but nevertheless she seems as composed as always.

The class itself should go quietly, if no one decides to make a fuss. She'll answer non-Gardening questions if she can be bothered, of course. Today she'll be teaching you all about shaded vegetables - leafy plants like pak choi, lettuce and spinach, and root vegetables like carrots. For example. Having grown up on a small wooded island, she's very knowledgeable about growing food in suboptimal conditions, but explains it in a rather vague, terse way.

After class she genially allows each student to collect a basket of vegetables from the patches already cultivated. ]

Comments

[fracturedsoul]

[ Bor

iiiiing.

Dirk spends the class period dicking around with his PDA. ]

[effortless]

[ Nanami spends the class period noticing him dicking around with his PDA. After class, she wanders over. ]

Is something the matter?

[fracturedsoul]

Aside from the compulsory schooling and subjects I've got absolutely no interest in? No offense, of course.

[effortless]

You should be glad for an education. Not that I care, myself, but we are teaching you in our own time, as well.

[fracturedsoul]

Raised myself up to high school age without having one. I see no reason to start now.

[ A shrug. ]

You guys clearly don't want to be teaching any more than any of us want to be learning. And these classes don't get us any closer to beating Exaclan and getting out of here. So what's the point?

[sobsprite]

[Everything is fascinating when you've never been going to school before.]
Woof!

Nanami, how long do these take to grow? [Poking at the green parts of some carrots.]

[effortless]

[ Ah, it's one of her Jades. Nanami favours them, and Jadesprite's enthusiasm is at least endearing her to the teacher. ] For carrots, four months is the usual.

[after class]

[mamarosa]

[Dolorosa is looking through the fully grown vegetables]

We should give some of these to the kitchens.

[effortless]

I suppose...

[mamarosa]

You don't wish for your hard work to be enjoyed among the students?

[effortless]

Hard work? [ she kneels down again to resume collecting spinach. ] It is simply something I do to pass the time.

[mamarosa]

But you put time and effort into it, why put that to waste?