Even more memories, flowing in [Botany Labs, Yontaya/Open]

[de_forest]

After Jim left, De found himself alone in the relative silence and calm of the botany labs. Alone apart from the small black cat still nuzzled on his shoulder. True to Jim's words, he had spoken the the small number of staff who were bustling around the labs, and De was able to stand there, looking at the roses, enjoying the heady floral scent that

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[vulcans_purr]

{do not know gar-den}

{it is name of your den?}

{home-den!}

{do not have home-den}

{...away from your home-den, too?}

{walkwalk, nuzzle}

{mine}

{like this}

{scritchscritch in dirt}

{flex claws}

[de_forest]

De smiled as Yontaya pawed around the dirt at the base of the rose bushes. "You like that? Gardens are full of soil like that. And grass too. You'd like grass, I think."

With one hand, he reached for a nearby rose bud and pulled it gently down to nose level, drawing in the scent as he breathed. Memories, everything, Greenleaf...Carolyn, all in that single sweet smell. His other hand reached for Yontaya, stroking absentmindedly as he remembered.

[vulcans_purr]

{allowing petting for now}

{pets good}

{like this, feels good under claws}

{flop, roll over}

{dangling thing!}

{batbat}

[de_forest]

"Hey!" De exclaimed, moving the rose flower out of Yontaya's reach, "don't play with that, silly kitty. Wait a sec, I'll find something better. Don't want you hurting the roses, they're precious things, see." His eyes skirted the floor and base of the rose bushes quickly, looking for something more suitable for Yontaya to bat around, and his eyes lighted on a stick. Well. It was better than nothing. Hopefully, if Yontaya was like any cat he had known before, she would enjoy batting this thing just as much.

He dangled the stick just out of reach of Yontaya's upturned paws, and wiggled it enticingly.

Playing with animals, surrounded by the floral scents, the smell of green, the freshness...

Home.

Happiness. De was smiling again, as he looked down at Yontaya.

[4leaf_redshirt]

(OOC:This is open to anyone?)

[canadianbill]

[ooc - De may not be the best person to try and edge in on, bb! He's having some trauma at the minute, and there are Plans for this post, leading into something hella fuck-off complicated, planning-wise, so maybe not here?]

[4leaf_redshirt]

(ooc: Ack, sorry! Thanks for letting me know. I really don't want to mess up any plans. I'll just back quietly away.)

[canadianbill]

[[OOC - no worries at all! Nice to meet you. You might want to pop by the Enterprise's latest post?]]