☼ strawberry fields & greenhouses

@✦ bang chan I get that. I mean, nobody is going to have everyone like them, right? There’s got to be at least a few people- and those’ll be the people who matter.
/also shrugging, nodding his head.
You can do this! And I’ll always be around to speak to too - one of the joys of being a full timer, I guess.

@✦ lee felix I don't really have much issue speaking with people so much as getting along with them
I can rub people the wrong way sometimes
/shrugs and smiles/
We'll see, if I meet other people great, if I don't I'm okay with that too honestly
It's nice talking to you

@✦ bang chan You can do it! The first step is just getting out there I think to speak with people, and you didn’t see to have trouble with it when we met, so I think you’ll be just fine. I’m an optimist, so I’ll do my best to fuel those expectations for you on my side.

@✦ lee felix Maybe, hopefully, you're the first person I met here and you certainly seem nice. So I'll take your word for it that there are more good people here
It can't be too bad or you wouldn't still be here
Maybe I'm just a natural pessimist and I always expect the worst

@✦ bang chan New places are scary a lot of the time. But I think the camp just gives everyone a bit of a chance to relax a little in a way that the world outside doesn’t really let us? I’m not sure. But a bunch of people here are lovely, I think you’ll be able to make a lot of friends before you know it.

@✦ lee felix For some reason I thought being here wouldn't be an different, but I'm glad I was wrong
it seems there are better people here than I expected. I was worried they would all be too much like me and everyone would be fighting, and not in the friendly way

@✦ bang chan Yeah. I mean, it wouldn’t do you any good to open up to no one. I think it’s always nice to have someone close like that.
/nodding, looking warily at the sky at the prospect of speaking poorly of the gods.

@✦ lee felix It wasn't so bad, it could have been worse you know?
/smiles, tipping his head back up to look at the clouds again/
I was. It helped give me focus and an outlet for my energy. I got to lean into what I'm good at.
and I learned never to fall for a God, but maybe a demi-god wouldn't be so bad, at least I know they would understand me.

@✦ bang chan That… sounds really rough, I’m sorry.
/murmuring with a light shake of his head, casting his gaze to the ground in front of them.
I can imagine it’s really tough, to fall for someone and have them leave so quickly. But I’m glad you got to get out of the house, it sounds like you were able to apply yourself to something that helps you now.

@✦ lee felix I get it, sort of. I always knew, it wasn't something my mom kept from me.
She liked to remind me that I look like him, especially when she was drunk. She didn't take his leaving very well...
/sighing he drew one knee up, resting his arm over it/
I started taking lessons for anything and everything as soon as I was old enough because it kept me out of the house.

@✦ bang chan /taking his gaze across to Chris when he feels the eyes on him, offering a light smile.
My dad told me when it was appropriate. I think I was fifteen, sixteen? We weren’t in trouble- I was just curious. I wanted to know who my mum was, why she couldn’t have stayed with us, you know?

@✦ lee felix I guess that's true, but it seems almost depressing when you say it like that
/looks back at you, searching your face/
Did you always know you were a demi-god? Or did you find out later?

@✦ bang chan It’s what I always tell myself, most of us are in the same boat here, so being here makes it just a little easier to find your group of people.
/nodding, watching the shapes.

@✦ lee felix Find your family huh? I like the sound of that
/he smiles as he keeps looking up at the clouds/
A round horse, it does kind of look like a round horse
Oh, that one looks like a fish!

@✦ bang chan You don’t need them.
/he shrugs, following the other’s gaze up to the sky with a grin.
Sometimes you just find your family in other places. Oh- you’re right! The elephant is kind of changing into a horse though- a round horse?

@✦ lee felix Maybe, my parents don't though
/heaving a sigh he tips his head up to look at the clouds/
That one looks like an elephant
/points up to it, tracing along what looked like a trunk/

@✦ bang chan Of course, of course.
/laughing as they spend a moment taking in the world around them, his fingers absently finding blades of grass to run along.
You seem like you’ll do a lot of great things. I think more people than you realise would remember you.

@✦ lee felix Oh well thank you, I appreciate that you would appoint me to such a high position
/his smile is playful as he relaxes, enjoying the sun and the light breeze/
You know, one of my biggest fears is dying without being remembered. And I don't mean by thousands of people, I mean by anyone. Even just one person.

@✦ bang chan Yeah? That sounds like a plan, I can live the good life and retire.
/laughing at the thought of celebrations in his name and similarly leaning back against the wood with his legs tucked close.
You can be the head priest, of course, because you taught me my crazy skills with weapons.

@✦ lee felix I’m sure this place thrives on chaos
/settles down in the spot beside you, leaning back against the fence/
You’ll definitely get your own holiday, it will be a global day of celebration
I’ll even be one of your priests, spreading your teachings all over the world

@✦ bang chan No chance they’d let me go off by myself anyway. Can you imagine the chaos?
/laughing faintly, he finds a spot beside one of the fences to sit down, patting the spot beside him.
Thanks, they can read them out at the big celebrations and holidays they have for me too.

@✦ lee felix Maybe find a questing buddy before you go off into the unknown
/shakes his head with a smile/
I will personally make sure someone writes a song about you, and a few poems
Mm, you’re right, it’s been a lovely walk

@✦ bang chan Right. I’ll get there before we know it, then I’ll go off on quests out into the unknown.
/joking with another grin.
Songs, too, I want songs sung around the campfire for me. I’m really glad, see, a walk like this is lovely.

@✦ lee felix You can’t swing weapons around yet
You’ll be the stereotypical hero in no time with my help
/grins and winks playfully/
They will write books in your honor
I’m glad I could make your day you certainly made mine

@✦ bang chan I- they haven’t really, no.
/laughing at the compliment and standing up again from the plant.
I’m glad. I might not be able to swing weapons around and look all heroic and badass or whatever, but if I can tell people a little about the things that interest me, it always makes my day.

@✦ lee felix Strawberries are delicious, one of my favorite snacks
/smiles, overly fond of hearing you talk about something you like so much/
Has anyone told you that you’re cute?
I never wanted to learn about plants before, but hearing you talk about them… I want to hear more

@✦ bang chan There are! These ones have that white-red to them, but you get all kinds of colours on them, lots of purples and reds, they’re really pretty even though these are technically weeds too.
/waving his hand over at the fields with a nod.
I love strawberries. They’re really resilient, plus they taste great. The greenhouses have all sorts in them though.

@✦ lee felix Is it? Then I’m sure I will love my siblings so much
/chuckles at the idea, not so sure it will be friendly clashing/
White clover? Are there other colors of clover?
/standing back up he looks around curiously/
These are all strawberries?
Do you like strawberries?

@✦ bang chan I’m sure they’ll like you just fine, I mean, clashing is supposed to be a sign of love between siblings?
/also dropping down to see the flower before smiling faintly, pausing a moment.
It’s white clover. They’re really common, they grow in huge patches in the woods particularly. They don’t compete too much with the strawberries, so we can leave this one here.

@✦ lee felix You can have some of my siblings
I haven’t even met them yet, but they would probably like you better
/stops when he notices a flower, crouching down to see it better/
What kind of flower is this? I don’t really know anything about flowers but I did hear they have meanings