The Magic Box, Thursday

[livingartifact]

Jenkins had a large number of winter gourds at the shop today, set up on a table near the back where he could experiment on them with different substances while still keep an eye out for any potential test subjects paying customers.

Peridot's new pet had inspired a little extra "mad" in Jenkins' usual scientific curiosity. It wasn't that he desired to actually bring animate life to the no-longer-living, it was just that he wanted to know if he could.

"Well, that won't work at all," he said, looking over the previous literature he could find on the subject. "Not only are the skies nearly entirely clear, introducing that much electricity is far more likely to simply cook the things." He gave the butternut squash a measured look. ". . . Though that might solve the problem of what to have for lunch. . . ."

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Covent Garden Flowers, Thursday

[okteiviakom]

Yes, there were a lot of new plants in the store this week that all seemed to be about yet another holiday Octavia was completely unfamiliar with. But, those weren't the ones she was fascinated with today. That honor went to a small plant that had just come in today. It was kind of mushroom-shaped, and it was emitting a faint blue glow. And when Octavia went to touch it, it seemed to get smaller, like it was shrinking away from the touch - and then the air around it got colder. Or really, not just colder, but freezing.

Octavia pulled her hand back, and tilted her head. She was going to have to look into this.

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