witchoftheflesh: Colin O'Donoghue (Shirtless - Smirky)
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It had taken awhile to get everything ready, especially with the break in the middle to go to Quebec, but Adrian and Boston had been working like mad to finish getting the stones ready. He wanted to make sure everything was done by the time the ground froze - which, sure, might not be as much or as soon as he was used to in Massachusetts, but neither witch nor familiar were keen on taking chances and the rocks still had to settle into their new locations. It had been several days of intense labor, hoisting rocks and digging ditches, moving in patterns that left beautiful markings on the ground wherever they went. Or, at least, he thought they were beautiful and that was what mattered. Some of the stones had been put flat into the earth, creating large stone spirals like the one in front of his house. Others were standing stones, dotted around his grove. There were a few more rocks to place, these ones nearly Adrian's own height, and a large hunk of natural quartz he'd found, but these were the last, getting placed not far from his garden.

"Proper circle or elliptical?" he asked Boston, using the bottom hem of his shirt to wipe the sweat and grime from his face before peeling it off entirely. There was a definite chill in the air, but he'd be working too hard to notice it soon enough.

Boston hopped down from the tree he'd been perched on, and wandered around the planned location, then began drawing a spiral pattern in the dirt with a claw. "Circle," he declared. "Make the radius bigger than the last one, though. Between the garden, greenhouse, and your heart tree, this will end up handling a lot of magic and the less we need to diffuse through the spiral--"

"--The better off we'll be in the long run," Adrian finished. "At least we got good rocks. I was worried we'd be working with shale."

"So you've said," Boston noted. "You've got the markers, right?" Adrian held up a fistful of long, wooden stakes. "Excellent. Let's mark out the proper places and then you can start digging."

"And then hauling. And then more digging," Adrian said, though he sounded happy about it, rather than complaining. "Let's get this done then, huh? After lunch, there's vegetables to harvest in the garden and the tomatoes should be done simmering by the time I'm done with that, and that'll leave us the evening to bottle more potions..."

"Less talking about things on your to-do list, more actually doing them," Boston said. "Get to work."

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Date: 2024-10-30 10:58 am (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: woods)
From: [personal profile] joan_of_bark
"You really weren't kidding about the rocks."

Pam had known where Adrian's grove was for some time. It was hard not to notice: the beating heart in the soil, the whispers of the tree among themselves.

Still, she'd let him be for a handful of days.

Until, finally, curiosity got the better of her. And now there she was, lamia freshly removed from her skin for the time being so she wouldn't risk bringing it into contact with the trees of this grove.

Date: 2024-10-30 04:16 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: pleased)
From: [personal profile] joan_of_bark
"Sure, there's a terrible commercial emergency," Pam said dryly, her gaze running across the area. Taking in the grove. "Of course it's fine, Adrian. I'm even happy to help, if you'd like."

Date: 2024-10-30 04:37 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (face: smug)
From: [personal profile] joan_of_bark
There was a certain level of amusement involved in that, "I have hands," but Pam was in a good mood, and it came with nothing heavier than an arch of her brow.

She strode a little further into the grove as she spoke. "But I'll survive sitting."

Date: 2024-10-30 04:59 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (face: flowers)
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"Ground and water is fine."

Adrian seemed a touch off balance. A funny piece of insight, Pam reflected, as she looked for a good place to sit.

Date: 2024-10-30 05:41 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: uh huhh)
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By then, Pam had made herself at home on one of the rocks. Her feet extended to touch the soil, even if said feet were currently wrapped in shoes - the contact was always a comfort.

"You didn't need to go all-out," she said, halfway between amused and, perhaps, a little touched. "I'm just passing by. I wanted to see what you've been working on."

Date: 2024-10-30 05:52 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: aloof background)
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"Well, I am full of fungal spores," Pam said wryly. "It's probably right to be wary."

(And other things; she could hear the trees speaking, and underneath all that, unconsciously, her being still reached out to the Green.)

She picked up a glass and filled it with water. She took a sip. "I would like a tour, though. If it doesn't interrupt your plans too much."

Date: 2024-10-30 05:59 pm (UTC)
joan_of_bark: (pam: sprawl)
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"I found ways to keep myself occupied," Pam said easily. (She'd already roped - intentionally or not - two people into this. She'd like to keep Adrian out of it for the time being.) "The island is beautiful when it's quiet."

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Date: 2024-10-30 12:26 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (Awkward)
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It had been a while since Yelena had visited the grove. Partially because she watched man bury a beating heart in the ground which was one of the weirder experiences that she had experienced in her life.

And she's from the MCU. That says something.

Still as she approached the grove, she was not in her usual mode of snark and attitude. She carefully approached trying to get a sense of Adrian's mood.

"You've been busy," she said looking around at the house and grounds.

Date: 2024-10-30 04:32 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (Neutral - Color Coat)
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"Good morning, Boston," Yelena said, flashing the cat a smile. "Good to see you in better spirits."

Hey at least he wasn't crying in emotional pain at the moment.

And then she turned to Adrian and nodded in approval of his garden.

"Well for someone who is behind, I'd hate to see this place if you were on schedule. Pretty sure it would put the rest of gardeners and farmers to shame."

She paused a second before adding in a half-joking fashion: "Have you recovered from having the world's worst roommate, yet?"

Date: 2024-10-30 04:50 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (Smirk)
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That comment earned Adrian one of Yelena's smirks. "Well, I believe you only need kidney to survive," she noted, dryly. "And you seem to have done well here with your shoulder in the agony you claim to have."

No, he wasn't making that claim but he's not the only one who can sass. She made her way over to Boston to see if he might be in the mood for a ear scritch.

"I did come by to apologize. I know I was a shitty roommate and gave you more than your fair share of crap last week."

Date: 2024-10-30 05:02 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (WTF - Huh?)
From: [personal profile] the_best_sister
There was a slow sideye towards Adrian when he uttered that statement.

And then a couple of blinks.

"Oh? And what is that?" she asked, curiously.

Date: 2024-10-30 05:36 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (Hmph)
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Yelena eyed, Adrian trying to wrap her mind around the concept. "Right. I'm sure that's it," Yelena replied, briskly. "And obviously you bore the brunt of it being stuck in the room with me."

We'll just go with that. Yes. Made total sense.

"I would like to make it up to you," Yelena replied. "Obviously I cannot have you as a client and have any kind of ill will between us."

Date: 2024-10-30 05:48 pm (UTC)
the_best_sister: (WTF - Looking Up)
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"I'm not mad," Yeleana replied shaking her head. "I just-"

She paused.

"I'm sorry, does the broom need to go on a walk or something?"

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