[open]

[silentends]

Who: younger Nier and you!
Which: Open log + network
Where: the gardens !!
What: working on a small garden project and corgi trees!! + one closed prompt
Warnings: mentions of death are recurring 

Network

Nice to meet you. My name's Nier. Just thought I should mention there's someone else here with the same name. He's much older than I am and that might be a little confusing. We're different people so I need to make that clear.

Anyway, there's a question that's been on my mind for some time now.

Do you think it's ever okay to tell a lie? I'd like to hear some thoughts because I sometimes wonder if the nightmares here are lies and illusions. They seem so real but sometimes they just aren't.

Back in my world there's something called the Deathdream and I don't know if anyone else has heard of that term before either.



Action Open 

[Outside Nier can be found with a tool in hand. There's a toolbox nearby along with several logs of wood just lying around. He's busy trying to build a fence for the gardens. What he really wants to do is help the Corgis in what way he can. He spent most of his life growing up in a smaller village so it was necessary for him to learn various tools of the trade. 

Beside him there's also a small patch of flowers growing by the soil bed. If you don't look too busy Nier might look over to your direction and start talking more.]

Do you have a moment? I could use some help watering the plants. 

closed to Susato Mikotoba 

Good to see you again, Susato!! There's a lot of work for us to do today. I hope you've been well.

[Nier is trying to walk carefully around the area because there are a bunch of snare traps just lying around. It could be dangerous.]

So someone really did just left a bunch of traps outside. We need to do something about that. I'm going to do my best and see what we can accomplish today.

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Comments

[starshower]

Oh.

[Tifa's a little surprised to hear it, and all of that guilt and the doubts come rushing back, slamming over her like a violent wave of memories. There were a lot of people who had lost their lives because of that fight—their fight, and she hasn't forgotten that to this day. Sure, they fight for what they believe is good, but there's always a cost.

She shakes the thought off with a shaky laugh and gets back to work on the fence.]

It's nothing, really.

[And now for a swift change in subject.]

It's just really nice to be able to grow things here finally. There's nothing quite like using fresh tomatoes to make tomato soup, you know?

[silentends]

You've got that right. Back in my home the land wasn't anything like here. We had these monsters running around all the time and that made it hard to do anything. [ Growing food was difficult too. Nier recalls how much work he needed to do. ]

I spent a long time just growing food to make sure we had enough to eat. So I can really appreciate fresh grown vegetables.

Hate to ask you a question out of the blue but do you know Kainé? We're from the same world.[ almost, anyway. Their memories are drastically different. ]

[starshower]

[It is a little out of the blue, and Tifa's eyes widen with surprise—only for a brief moment before they soften.]

I do. I guess she knew me from another world before this one, but yeah. She's a friend.

[And she remembers that conversation she had a while back with her about there being an older Nier as well as this one, and how that still hurts her brain a little.]

Why do you ask?

[silentends]

I'm friends with Kainé too! I just wanted to thank you properly for helping both of us.

[ Kainé could use more friends like Tifa so Nier is really appreciative of it. He only shows some gestures of kindness and gratitude. ]

Do you accept gifts? Because I want you to take this flower seed. I have a feeling it'll grow well in your care.

[ He just hands Tifa a small bag of flower seeds. ]

[starshower]

[She isn't very good at accepting gifts, and her face turns a shade pinker when he hands her the bag of seeds, but Tifa has no choice but to take it in the palms of her hands, holding it as if it were the most delicate thing in the world.]

You don't have to thank me for anything.

[She tips her head, her brow twitching ever so slightly. The gesture is sweet, but it does make her wonder what kind of place their home was if this is how he would show his gratitude for helping them—something that should just be a normal thing to have.]

I'll take them on one condition. [She lifts a finger with a smile.] That you help me grow these when the weather gets nicer.

[silentends]

Of course! When the weather is nice I hear it's supposed to be an enjoyable experience. I've never experienced proper seasons up until coming to this world.

[He lived in a still world where time didn't have much meaning or purpose. It was a concept that was lost to the ages. ]

Did you have normal seasons in your world, Tifa?

[starshower]

[Her brow wrinkles at that. The idea of not having that kind of experience is a bit strange to her, even if the answer to his question is about the same, and it's his voice that wrenches her from that brief train of thought.]

Outside the city, yeah. Midgar was too concentrated with energy, but the town I grew up in did. We were by the mountains, so we'd have really nice summers and then really cold winters.

[But she's much more curious about him.]

So you've never... had seasons? Not even rainy or warm season? Never mind snow...