video/action ❆ day 129

[wolfofmidgard]

[Poking around with Anita, and on her own, has yielded the discovery of a lab with decent skylights. As a result, it's less foreboding than the other labs. But only just. What helps further is a series of neat little raised beds — Meja found them in poor condition, much like the rest of the facility, but she's dedicated her morning to rejuvenating the soil and cleaning things off. There are now little carved runes on the side of the beds that should negate them needing to be watered — most of the time, at least.

And now that they look a little less like brown death, she's investigating in the cupboards. No matter how much that little voice says that maybe she shouldn't. And it isn't without a point: she finds a spider in one of the cupboards that's bigger than her own hand. For now, she'll leave it alone, but if it's poisonous she's not sure what to do with it. Someone else could get hurt.

What she's finding is definitely interesting. Unmarked containers of seeds, for another. The equipment she finds is completely foreign to her, for the most part. There are basic things she can guess about, but the technology is... well, it's beyond her. After gathering a small amount on an empty table that she cleaned earlier, she switches on her phone's video function.

Roland the white rat can be seen grooming himself on top of a raised bed. It seems that he's going to stick with Meja, at least for now, since she's feeding him regularly. He's steering clear of the spider; it looks like they know one another.]

I don't suppose anyone's feeling adventurous? Or knows what these devices are for? It seems some of our scientists were into plants... in their own way.

[For anyone wandering in the area, the door's open. When she isn't pondering the technology or rooting around in a cupboard, she's contemplating her notebook for ways to improve potential plant growth — sitting on the floor with her long legs splayed to the side. (Yet again. Maybe this garden will last longer.) ]

Comments

[happytobleed]

I've noticed some unrecognizable flora here.

[ He expects her to understand that him not recognizing plants is significant. ]

I'm unsure of its function or source.

[wolfofmidgard]

[Not from Earth, then, or the broad version of it that's best represented here. Meja nods, trusting that if Castiel is saying something along those lines that he pays attention. You can be immortal and not know a damn thing about anything.]

Inside, or outside? It makes sense that the scientists would have flora from other worlds. In a technical sense, we're fauna from other worlds.

[She smiles slightly, to show that it's a joke. But it's true, too.]

[happytobleed]

[ She makes a good point. Nothing in this place should really surprise them. ]

Inside. I found a lab with some strange plant life behind glass. It didn't seem prudent to touch it. There was something... off about it.

[wolfofmidgard]

Perhaps you can show me which lab, sometime? I... have a connection to some plant life.

[A very limited selection, but still. Meja is reasonably familiar with the flora of nine realms. There's a slight, slight chance she may recognize it.]

Did it emit energy?

[Speaking of the flora of the nine realms...]

[happytobleed]

If I can find it again, I will.

[ He's been unable to find rooms that he's wanted to find again, but maybe that's the game and it will show up when he's not looking. ]

There was something almost conscious about it.

[wolfofmidgard]

I suppose sentient plants wouldn't be too surprising, when one considers the rest of this place...

[Does that mean they have other things imprisoned, somewhere in here?]

[happytobleed]

They wouldn't be, but they could be a threat and not everyone is as well-versed in the non-human aspects of the world. If I can find it again, perhaps you and I should do some sort of risk assessment.

[ He would ask his siblings, but he's not entirely sure that he trusts them to understand where to draw the line on what is and isn't a risk. ]

[wolfofmidgard]

That's a good point. We can't trust everything brought in to be friendly.

[Case in point, the angry maybe-spider.

Meja's smile is just a shade grim. It's sort of what she'd do back home, too. The more things change, the more they stay the same.]

You can count on me, when you do find it again.

[happytobleed]

If you find it first, let me know. I don't think it will help anyone if one of us goes in alone and we don't come back.

[ Mostly, he's concerned about it happening to her. He won't be responsible for any more deaths. ]

[wolfofmidgard]

Locate it and wait for backup? Just like home.

[Meja chuckles. Although she only calls for backup about half the time. Normally, a Lightforged Valkyrie has very little to fear. Here, though, nearly everything is unknown. Better to be safe than sorry.]

[happytobleed]

[ Castiel has a knack for not waiting for backup himself, not that he sees a problem there. ]

I think it will be best that way, yes. I'll be in touch.

[wolfofmidgard]

Ja. Stay safe.