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[aberrant_type]

Who: Zoe Hange
Broadcast: Yes, fleetwide video
Action: If you're on the Red Fish
When: 2/16 early afternoon

[Tap-tap-tappity goes Hange's finger on the mic, and the speakers pop-pop-pop in response. There's a moment's pause, and then Hange flicks the setting from audio to video and grins at the camera.]

Good afternoon, everyone! New arrivals and parties being planned, I see everyone's keeping busy. Good, good! The fastest way to get bored is to give yourself nothing to do!

Speaking of that - I've been working on a little something I'd like to rope the whole fleet into, if ships are willing! It'd be to the benefit of all of us, hopefully, and I think it would boost morale around here too. We aren't meant to be crammed in these cans with no sky and no trees around. So!

[Up pop some drawings, in front of the screen. It looks like a vertical setup of... troughs? Deep troughs with some other stuff thrown in there. Hange's voice continues cheerfully from behind her papers.]

What I'd like to do is get us microfarming! I took as many samples as I could from that forest, so we have some stock to start with. I'm looking especially at producing edible plants and those with medicinal purposes! Vertical arrangement would be more space-efficient then horizontal. I'm hoping to start things off on the Red Fish, and if we see success, build similar setups in the ships of those who are interested! One of our young engineers seems confident he can set us up with growlights, so that'd mitigate the lack of sunlight we see on these ships. And I know we have some people around who are excellent at working with plants!

[She drops the papers, grins sunnily at the camera again.]

Of course, they'd require tending to. That's why I'm broaching the idea to everyone!

[Kaneis]

Say! Introduce me to your botanically-inclined crewmate!

[Hiro]

You're still on board for this, right?

Comments

[onlyanapple]

Sure, why not. I'm pretty good at getting plants to grow. It's a gift.

[aberrant_type]

Such hidden depths! I had no idea.

[onlyanapple]

Oh the things I could tell you.

Anyway, had a lot of houseplants, back home. I imagine it's not that much different, other than you can eat these ones.

[aberrant_type]

Well, I suppose it's not! I'll get started on these frames and see how they really hold up. Then, if you like, we could see about getting them into your ship.

Hange

[wilder]

[Kaneis seems very surprised. Because man, he's been spending the past hour hiding from Flora after her newest augment malfunction]

What? Now??

Kaneis

[aberrant_type]

Soon, at the very least!

Why? What's the matter? You sound like I gave you a scare.

Hange

[wilder]

Well....how do I put this-

I'm kind of hiding out in a shuttle from her at the moment.

Kaneis forever

[aberrant_type]

... Is she a very frightening person or...?

[detectivewonder]

What kinds of medicinal plants?

[aberrant_type]

Oh any kind! For staunching or increasing the flow of blood, emetics, diuretics... I suppose the labs make those kinds of things redundant, but I think it would be fascinating to study the compounds that induced those affects!

[detectivewonder]

I'll consult my crew, but if we can find room, I'm definitely interested.

video; TOTALLY NOT LATE ...

[ino]

I'd be happy to help with the plants. I've helped run a flower shop ever since I was a kid, so I should be able to work with a greenhouse type of set-up.

never late

[aberrant_type]

Excellent! I'm planning to keep it to the Red Fish at first; we can see how things actually work out, and if there's problems that come up in the test run it's easier to fix one setup than many. Do you actually have plant-growing powers or simply plant experience?

<3

[ino]

Makes sense. Eventually it'd be great if we could get similar setups on all the ships, though ... !

Experience, more like. And knowledge of what types of plants work for medicines, which could also be handy aside from edible plants.

Voice

[birdsbirdsbirds]

That's a pretty good idea... I don't know if anyone on this ship's got a gardener's touch, but I suppose there's no better time to ask.

[aberrant_type]

Well, you can always rope in help from the outside. I know of at least two people who work well with plants, at this point.

Well, one of them I haven't seen in action, but we'll see how she does?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Ah, I know someone as well. [that would be perfect for her...] Though I'm almost more interested in the growlights, myself. My hometown doesn't get a lot of sunlight, so I often find myself thinking about the negative effects of extended space travel under artificial lighting...

action;

[mortalcoil]

[Coil must have heard the broadcast, because he shows up in the lab with a folded piece of paper in hand.

he's got ideas.]

Re: action;

[aberrant_type]

[she waves! Mellow with his as she usually is.]

Whatcha got there, kiddo?

[mortalcoil]

[he holds out the paper to her--a list of plant species, along with their preferred soil pH, and any mineral or chemicals they especially require.

nightshade, yew, wild yam, witch hazel, henbane...]

audio only; locked to hange

[everydayhero]

Absolutely. Already been gathering soil samples from the moons.

locked forever!

[aberrant_type]

Don't fret about getting plant samples. I have enough of those to start us off, I'd say. I picked them up from a forest planet we passed by recently.

[hopefullyyours]

I would be interested in helping in any way I can! It would be nice to have some plants to liven up the ships, after all.

[aberrant_type]

Aw, hey there, kiddo! Good to hear from you again! I'll keep that in mind. I'm planning to start with my own ship first, it'll be easier to fix errors that crop up if we only have to do it for the one setup at first. But you'll get a chance to chip in, don't fret!

[hopefullyyours]

Uh- [Komaeda is completely taken aback by such an earnestly friendly response to his presence. He blinks for a few beats, but then smiles sort of halfway, as if he's expecting a kick that's winding up.] It's... good to see you too, Hange.

Will you keep some kind of updated site so we can see how the progress is going?