Parker - Pecari
October 25, 2017 6:36 AM
Calling of the Garden Explorers! (tag Cleo by Parker - Pecari
After dinner Parker had told Cleo he had to get something from his room really quick and that he'd meet her in the Garden. As Parker raced back to the Pecari common room he thought about what it was he was going to get.When she had mentioned the wishing well, Parker thought that instead of money maybe the wishing well needed something more personal to work. Though he had clothes and a few other things, he hadn't brought a whole lot with him to Sonora that he hadn't bought specifically for school. He didn't really have a whole lot of personal stuff yet that he'd gathered either. The only thing he considered kind of his was the broom that Ingrid had let him use, so it wasn't his to throw down a well even if he had wanted to.
Parker ran into his room and began opening books and drawers trying to think of what might work with the wishing well. He knew well enough what he wanted to wish for. He wanted to feel comfortable with this magic stuff. Flying broom, changing things from one thing to another, making actual potions. Defense against the Dark Arts class gave him willies in part because he didn't like the idea that this world where he still didn't fully understand it, had other things he didn't understand that might actually hurt him. He felt that if he were more comfortable with magic in general he might be able to get his head around many of his classes or at least Quidditch.
He sat down on his bed and thought about what he could throw in the well. Sitting on his bed side table was the sprig of Juniper that he had in his hand what seemed like years ago when he found out he used magic. He would hold on to it sometimes to remind him that this was all real, and all right. That he belonged here.
That would be perfect!
Parker didn't want to get rid of all of it though. He knew he'd need some of it going forward, and as he had yet to see any Juniper trees in the gardens he decided to rip the sprig in half. He put part of it in his pocket leaving the other on the beside table.
Walking through the Garden as the sun set looking for Cleo, he put his hand in his pocket feeling the sprig and new it was the right choice. Now they had to find the wishing well. It sounded like maybe Cleo had found it before, but maybe not. Either way, he was now prepared if they came to the wishing well.
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Cleo James
November 01, 2017 4:46 AM
Answering the call (belatedly) by Cleo James
Cleo wandered slowly into the garden, not wanting to get too far so that Parker could easily find her. She found herself strangely excited for the walk in gardens. In some ways it was just a walk, just a walk to a place she already knew… But Parker had deemed it exploring! And then there was Parker himself. She finally had a friend her own age (well, almost) and daddy would be happy about that. For all that he’d encouraged her love of gardening, he didn’t seem to think she should spend all her time with Professor Xavier. Cleo supposed she saw his point… It was nice to have friends. She just hadn’t really minded not having so many of them last year and spending her time in the greenhouse instead…Her thoughts were interrupted by Parker rejoining her.
“What were you getting?” she asked him curiously, not noticing him burdened down by any additional objects. “Coins for the fountain?” she guessed, as presumably whatever he’d gone for was small enough to fit into his pocket.
“It’s this way,” she added, as they reached a fork in the path that they needed to take. The fountain wasn’t far off, but it was down a small path that looked relatively dull and uninviting otherwise, skirting as it did around the edge, rather than plunging into the middle of the labyrinth.
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Parker Fitzgerald
November 06, 2017 5:03 AM
As long as there's voicemail we're fine by Parker Fitzgerald
Parker reached into his pocket to touch the bit of juniper he'd gotten when Cleo asked what he'd gone to get."Not a coin, but it is worth something to me," he said with a smile. He wasn't sure how he could explain why the part of a non magical plant would be what he chose as his offering for the well.
As they walked, he realized that's what he imagined it as, an offering. A token to the labyrinth and the well that if they deemed him worthy, he might get his wish.
Parker was excited and bounced a little as Cleo walked them down the garden path. Though they weren't breaking any rules, nor going anywhere dangerous, the evening light gave Parker a bit of a thrill as they walked in it. Added to that, the path they took didn't go into the center of the labyrinth, so Parker had ignored it on his pre-class walks. It was someplace new.
"Have you explored a lot of the Labyrinth? " Parker asked, imagining all the other small places he might habe ignored or missed. Maybe Cleo had an internal map of the Labyrinth or maybe there already was one. One that showed secret entrances to places, like the Pecaris room, or the wishing well.
"Or maybe you know of a map that shows where all the paths go?" was how he worded it when he asked outloud.
Thinking about the posters and books he'd already seen, Parker imagined a map that could have the things he thought of, but might also show where people were in the labyrinth or what the weather was or if any plant was growing or flowering. Parker grew excited by this idea the more he thought of it.
"If not, maybe we should make one!" Parker said bouncing up and down a bit more, "and we could show where certain plants grow already, it'd be good for the Gardening Club. We could also use it to figure out where to put things around the Labyrinth that we grow in the club first!"
Now Parker was really into the idea, even though he had no idea how to make maps that move or were connected to places. But one could learn and they did have a big library at their disposal, if he could figure out how the system worked.
Also, he liked the idea of combining it with the Gardening Club. He wanted Cleo to know that he was interested in it, and wanted to support her in it as well. After all, Parker thought, that's what friends do, support each other right?
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