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[markofthebrave]

[Today, Katara is on a mission. There are people she has to thank for giving her presents, and to that purpose she has prepared small pressed impressions of dried goldenrods in glass (thank you, Usopp and the item shop) or pressed into paper with the words 'Thank You' written on it, depending on what she thinks you'll like more. Yes, this has taken her all week.

She will either be dropping them off at your house, or meeting with you personally to touch base with you. There are a few other people she's on the look out for in particular, and several side missions she also hopes to accomplish. Feel free to bump into her at any point as she goes about her business, whether or not there is a dried flower for you!]

[Courtesy 15 percent filter to the people addressed, so as to not spam your journals if you don't want to see it.]

Ginko, where are you today?

Allen - are you busy today? I'd like to stop by.

Brook... [there is some hesitation here] can I ask you a question?

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[And sometime after the conversation with Sanji, you'd better believe that she's hunting her brother down. Where will she find him? Will she have to hold his dinner hostage?]

Comments

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

Ohh? That sounds like a very good idea.

My medical knowledge is pretty outdated in some places [and too ADVANCED for his own hypothetical era that doesn't actually even exist but, details details]-- but if you ever have questions about plants and herbs [smirk] it seems those tend to stay the same from decade to decade.

[markofthebrave]

[Hey, he actually let it drop! She smiles at him.]

I'd like that! We don't have that many plants in the South Pole [...at all] but for while we're here, I think that would be really great to learn!

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[aaaand back on track, with a warm smile] Well, then anytime you want to go walking-- I can show you what I know.

[glances around] Bet you could even grow some things near your house, if you aren't already.

[markofthebrave]

Grow things? Me? [She laughs a little.] No, I've never grown anything.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[grin] Me neither. [no metaphorical OR literal putting down roots, here] But I don't imagine it could be that difficult, here.

[markofthebrave]

[Katara is unused to conversational metaphors, so she just shrugs and smiles.]

I guess not. There's plenty of dirt. Which... isn't exactly something we have a lot of in the South Pole.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

The spirits are pretty helpful, too. Did you see how fast the trees grew back after that ... incident?

It was remarkable.

[markofthebrave]

You think the spirits did that? [She smiles and shakes her head.] Because that really was amazing.

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

Spirits... and this place itself seems to grow things faster.

I watched a sapling for a week-- and it's nearly waist thick, now. Twice as tall as me.

[markofthebrave]

Wow. [And then she shrugs.] Even the houses rebuild themselves here, so I guess it makes sense that they can grow so fast... it's still amazing, though.

[And wrong. Very, very wrong. But this is a kind of wrong it's not so hard to accept, and her gaze softens a little when she looks at him because it's just like...

coming back from the dead.]

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

[he doesn't mind the fast growing, so much. And so misses the parallel, looking at the forest thoughtfully. Before coming back to the present with an apologetic smile-] Ehh. But I didn't mean to keep you.

[markofthebrave]

[Shrug.] From what? You were my last delivery, unless you count Longshot... and I'm not going to go looking through the forest for him. [Stupid. Eferin.]

Although I guess I should make Allen one... he gave me windchimes!