Second Seed; [Action]

[nearlychosen]

[If anyone's traveling in the vicinity of House 26, they might take notice of the little garden that's steadily been popping up outside over the past few weeks. Even if it's just another garden at first glance, today one of the residents is kneeling outside in the dirt attempting to change that. In the midst of a patch of what looks like mundane

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[esper_flight]

[If Neville suddenly gets the feeling of being watched, it's because Terra's off to the side. She was out for a stroll when his wand-work was noticed, and got her curious. At the moment, she's trying to decide whether or not to speak up, or leave him be. Social awkwardness at its finest.]

[nearlychosen]

[Neville's eyes remained fixed on his work for a while longer, but a general unease has him peeking out into the the distance every so often. He spots Terra after she'd been watching him for a bit, hand clenching a bit more tightly around his wand.]

Um. Hullo.

[esper_flight]

[Terra takes an instant step back, looking sheepish.]

Hello.

...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.

[She glances down to the flowers.]

What were you doing?

[nearlychosen]

It's all right. I was just trying to work a few charms, nothing very important. [Even though she'd apparently thought it was important enough to stop and watch for a while.] Are you familiar with the magic?

[pinkribbons]

[...There's a boy talking to himself and poking flowers with a stick.

That looks just weird enough in a place like this that Yuzu stops to try and figure out what he's doing.]

[nearlychosen]

[There's nothing weird about it! Silly Muggle. Though it might be more impressive if the things he's trying were showing any visible signs of having worked.

She's picked a bad place to stop, though. She's found the sunlight, and the sudden shadow she's cast has Neville jumping, then feeling silly about having done so. He stands, offering a feeble smile.] Good morning, Miss.

[pinkribbons]

[whoops. She smiles back.] Sorry, didn't mean to surprise you.

[...but since she's still nosy] What're you doing?

[nearlychosen]

It's all right. [It's only okay because she's not furiously pointing a wand at his back like he'd been expecting.]

There's only Muggle plants here. I'm trying to fix that. [Isn't it obvious?]

[not_takatomon]

[Takato pauses at the odd sight and watches for a moment.]

Um, do you need some help with something?

[nearlychosen]

[Neville looks up from his work, smiling pleasantly at the boy. Probably a first-year by the size of him. Aww.] If you wanted to help, I don't see why not. How have you been getting on with practicing your charms?

[not_takatomon]

[The boy blinks and looks confused.]

Charms? What are those?

[nearlychosen]

[Have a blink in return. If you watch carefully, you might see the moment the lightbulb in his head turns on.] Oh, I'm sorry! You're a Muggle, aren't you?

[Action]

[floralprophecy]

[passes by and squats down nearby to look at the daisies then at Neville, wondering what the boy is doing. Perhaps the daisies will tell him?]

[Action]

[nearlychosen]

[Neville's trying to create some Dittany and has been trying to work a good mixture of charms to give the daisies similar properties. Though Neville's never literally heard flowers talk, so he's not sure what the daisies would have to say about that. He smiles politely at the stranger.] Well hello there.

[Action]

[floralprophecy]

[Well, the daisies seems to say something about how Neville's been poking them with that strange stick and mumbling strange things to them.]

Hello. What are you doing to the daisies? [Coz you'd better not have been hurting any kind of plant life]

[Action]

[nearlychosen]

I'm getting them ready for breeding. Unless you know of a place here where one could get a bit of dittany pollen?

[martelandmany]

[Walking, walking, walking... Wait. She'll slow to a near-stop, watching the boy poke at the dirt. After a moment, she turns to step once toward him.] Would you like some help?

[nearlychosen]

[So many new faces today! Neville's not entirely sure how to handle it all, but is completely determined to squash the instinct to blush and try hiding. Instead, he stands to greet her at her level.] I don't think it would hurt! Are you good with casting charms?

[martelandmany]

Charms? [Ah, that's a wand she spies. He must be a friend of that girl Hermione's, she explained everything when they met up not long ago.] I'm afraid not, but if you think magic would help, I've got a couple of things I might be able to try?

[nearlychosen]

[It's good that Hrmione's made so many friends in her time here, since it saves Neville the trouble of having to be social on his own. Sort of.] What sort of magic were you thinking about?