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CHAPTEREIGHT
Zelle
long-hair-dont-careposted:
Ahhhhhh....
My headaches aren't gone yet, but they are definitely on their way out. Mother brought me some herbs and while I didn't have enough leftover to propagate any of my own to keep, I had enough to make plenty of tincture for a good long while, so I'm not complaining at all!
I cannot tell you how much this perisage has helped me, though. You guys. I was finally able to sit down and do some real work out here in the greenhouse today.
My Rapunzel seedlings have been transplanted into their permanent homes and couldn't be happier if they tried.
They've got plenty of room to spread out to their heart's content. And I know, I know… plants don't have hearts, Zelle.
But listen, alternatively, they do? And these are happy as clams.
Happy as seedlings with enough room to move!
Anyway, I have a LOT of work to do yet and not a lot of time to do it. It feels like there's a storm brewing and if I want to get any kind of energy from that storm, I'm going to have to finish up all the rest of my chores.
~~friday morning~~
The thunder rolled in the distance, and my heart thumped madly in my chest. I loved a good storm. There was no better time than now to try out video-chatting. I was giddy with excitement at the prospect of seeing and hearing Sorrel for the first time.
I'd chewed my nails to nubs during the day, I was so nervous and excited.
I checked the knots in my herb bundle, making sure it wasn't going to fall out all over the rug the second I lit it. That would totally be my luck. Burn down the Tower trying to video chat with a hot half-elf.
I'd kept some of the dried herbs to make into a tincture like I'd told Mother I would.
I'd give her some of it to take back home the next time she visited. I didn'thaveto do that necessarily, but I didn't want her thinking I was ungrateful for her help. The only thing she liked more than being told how wonderful and selfless she was, was a gift.
And I definitely wasn't ungrateful. To the contrary, I wasverygrateful for her help.
Because my plan? It totally worked.
I had it all figured out. All the kinks and potential problems all smoothed out.
The day before yesterday, I had taken a few pictures of my plants to see if Mother noticed that I'd used the camera and would say something about it in her nightly email.
The bait was successful. Shedidask me if I'd taken any pictures lately (her words), so I promptly sent her the reel of pics I'd taken of my plants, acting as if I'd meant to show them to her.
She'd obviously already seen them, because she'd gotten access to my saved photos in the tablet and told me so. She also told me to stop taking pictures and do something worthwhile.
I was definitely taking her advice, alright.
And then last night, I'd burned the incense bundle, smudging all over the sunroom where I was performing the test, as well as my tablet. I did some chants, asking Earth for her support in my endeavor and to please hide me from sight while I did my online things.
And then I took more pictures. This time of Basil.
It worked.
Because mother didn't mention anything about my camera in her nightly email. She just asked me what I needed her to bring up with her when she visited next. So, I told her. Cat food, tea, and sugar cubes.
And then, she'd said good night and sent a bunch of kisses and told me to work on my fire spells or something and that was that.
So I was ready, it seemed.
