RP = The Gardens of the Empire

Channel Name: Gottin's Lamp - Library

The library is a large rectangular room with high ceilings with a large central dome. The walls are covered with white fabric hangings folded into a geometric squares across the walls also providing a noise dampening effect across the room. The room overall has low level clear white lightingIn both the rear corners are a group of couches arranged in a small circle with a low table in the middle. A small pool of higher intensity lighting covers these areas. A number of data chip readers sit on each table.The center of the room is occupied by a large 3 level stack containing a variety of data chips, and printed books, some of great age, and a number of artifacts and other items. At the front and rear of the stack is a large table capable of holoprojection with both playback and 3d modeling capabilities. Adjustable lighting fittings are over each of the tables. Each also has datachip copying and 3d printing capability.

[ 2015.06.07 14:44:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters, glancing to see if Lyn is in.
[ 2015.06.07 14:46:12 ] Lyn Farel > /emote is indeed slouched on a bench, probably reading something through augmented reality.
[ 2015.06.07 14:46:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly so as not to startle Lyn, but perhaps not loud enough "Hello Lyn"
[ 2015.06.07 14:48:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says a little more firmly, with a look of mild amusement "Hello Lyn!"
[ 2015.06.07 14:49:30 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote lets out a slight sigh and makes her way over to the bench and gently rests her hand on Lyn's shoulder "Hello Lyn"
[ 2015.06.07 14:49:33 ] Lyn Farel > /emote blinks and looks up, noticing Luna. She stands up and straightens, bowing formally.
[ 2015.06.07 14:50:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Hello Lyn, mind if I have a moment of your time?" She smiles, waving Lyn back down to her seating place.
[ 2015.06.07 14:51:43 ] Lyn Farel > Uh... sure!
[ 2015.06.07 14:52:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote takes a seat close to where Lyn is, on whatever is available. "So what is this New Eden's Fair you are running?"
[ 2015.06.07 14:54:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote rests her hands in her laps and looks attentively at Lyn.
[ 2015.06.07 14:55:13 ] Lyn Farel > Ah uh.... Well... It is a fair where sponsors will gather to showcase a project or theirs to the cluster at large... It is mean to put forward cultural traits of their homeworlds, empire, or that kind of things.
[ 2015.06.07 14:55:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I see. Do you have an example of what you are thinking about?"
[ 2015.06.07 15:01:14 ] Lyn Farel > Ah well, it can be pretty free... I mean, it can be pure art, like specific dancing, painting, photography, etc... Or a presentation of specific traditions and customs, be it food or lore, or just traditionnal craft work.
[ 2015.06.07 15:01:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote frowns slightly. "Well I'd love to contribute, but I don't know if what I do would interest anyone."
[ 2015.06.07 15:02:12 ] Lyn Farel > W.. why not ?
[ 2015.06.07 15:02:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well it's not dancing, painting or arts and crafts..."
[ 2015.06.07 15:02:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Umm.. come walk wih me, I'll show you?
[ 2015.06.07 15:03:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gets up and glances at Lyn.
[ 2015.06.07 15:04:22 ] Lyn Farel > /emote nods.
[ 2015.06.07 15:04:24 ] Lyn Farel > Sure...
[ 2015.06.07 15:04:37 ] Lyn Farel > /emote gets up as well and follows Luna meekly.
[ 2015.06.07 15:07:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote leads Lyn through the bar, to the entry way, to Lunarisse's Sanctum

Channel Name: Lunarisse's Sanctum

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[ 2015.06.07 15:03:29 ] EVE System > Channel MOTD: A small but lush space. A White Arbor stands at the entrance with a rambling climbing Blush Pink Colored Rose Bush entwined along its arch. At the base of the arbor are the Yellow blooms of the Forsythia bush. Should you enter under the arch, you entered into an small enclosed garden surrounded by walls on four sides. A path of Grey Stepping Stones leads through economy sized beds of Vegetables and Tubers and culinary herbs that ring the walls. At the end of the beds are small trelleses to allow for Grape Vines to wind and grow. The center of the garden is a bed of brightly colored flowers for cuttings surrounding a Statute of Empress Jamyl I. Someone has been weaving a crown of roses that has been placed on the statue. At two difference places in the garden are marble benches for rest, contemplation and quiet talks. At the end of the garden is a cottage with Lunarisse's private library of antique books and a bedroom,

[ 2015.06.07 15:08:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters, open the door, and inhaling deeply with a slight smile.
[ 2015.06.07 15:09:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly "I like to garden..." She adds hastily with a nervous glance at Lyn "there's a lot culture and design that goes into them."
[ 2015.06.07 15:09:44 ] Lyn Farel > /emote steps in with an air of curiosity.
[ 2015.06.07 15:10:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "When I lived in Sarum Prime, I had more of a cottage garden. But the gardens in Dam Torsad are very formal and ornate."
[ 2015.06.07 15:10:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The True Amarr and Khanid also have different types of formalism that reflects their own subcultures within the Empire.
[ 2015.06.07 15:11:07 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote walks over to a marble bench.
[ 2015.06.07 15:11:19 ] Lyn Farel > /emote nods, glancing around with interest.
[ 2015.06.07 15:11:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > When I lived a few years in Mishi they even had gardens, centered around water which is sacred to them, even now."
[ 2015.06.07 15:12:06 ] Lyn Farel > Oh... you lived in Mishi ?
[ 2015.06.07 15:12:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote adds hastily "just for a few years." She continues briskly "And in Nahyeen which is more of a colony world, they are very practical/"
[ 2015.06.07 15:13:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "You can tell a lot about a community by its gardens"
[ 2015.06.07 15:14:10 ] Lyn Farel > /emote nods.
[ 2015.06.07 15:14:51 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > I.. could use one of the ne luxury yachts. They have biodones..
[ 2015.06.07 15:15:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > to show some examples of gardens and Empire cultures.
[ 2015.06.07 15:15:06 ] Lyn Farel > "Well, gardens stem from cultural constructs, and so lean on the specific culture subsets of their builders."
[ 2015.06.07 15:15:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods.
[ 2015.06.07 15:15:40 ] Lyn Farel > "That would be great."
[ 2015.06.07 15:16:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly "I am sure you will like it!"
[ 2015.06.07 15:16:33 ] Lyn Farel > "I do not think it would be a problem to park it in orbit and use it as a venue for that... garden exhibition."
[ 2015.06.07 15:16:56 ] Lyn Farel > "... Yes... I really enjoy gardens. Even if I am uh... not a gardener."
[ 2015.06.07 15:17:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > This will be in a few months right? the end of august or so?
[ 2015.06.07 15:18:03 ] Lyn Farel > Actually... End of June, as initially planned. The people that answered confirmed they wanted to keep that date.
[ 2015.06.07 15:25:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Alright. ' She frowns "Plants.. don't always grow that fast, but I can buy some already started I suppose"
[ 2015.06.07 15:25:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I;ll try to have some explanatory leaflets or signs..."
[ 2015.06.07 15:25:24 ] Lyn Farel > Of course... If people ask for the event to be postponned because of a lack of time, it can be arranged...
[ 2015.06.07 15:26:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Let me see first"
[ 2015.06.07 15:26:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smoles.
[ 2015.06.07 15:27:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I need to run Lyn but you are welcome to look around before going." she glances at the cottage and row of book shelves https://imgur.com/wy6nTQk "But no borrowing without talking to me first"
[ 2015.06.07 15:27:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote giggles slightly.
[ 2015.06.07 15:29:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I am glad to help. You should talk to Lord Anderson too about his art"
[ 2015.06.07 15:29:44 ] Lyn Farel > /emote 's eyes go wide at the suggestion, and nods.
[ 2015.06.07 15:29:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > and Perhaps Lord Raholan about his wines.
[ 2015.06.07 15:30:05 ] Lyn Farel > I... see.... I will do so then.
[ 2015.06.07 15:30:11 ] Lyn Farel > Thank you for your help.
[ 2015.06.07 15:30:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "A pleasure. I am happy to see you doing a project"
[ 2015.06.07 15:31:06 ] Lyn Farel > Well I suppose it... will help me... move on...
[ 2015.06.07 15:32:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods slightly. She says softly "I will pray it does." My pardon, i am running late for an appointment
[ 2015.06.07 15:34:56 ] Lyn Farel > /emote bows.
[ 2015.06.07 15:35:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote exits.

Private Comms Channel

[ 2015.07.19 02:11:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Ave, Milord. I was curious if you had time to visit Nahyeen and show me.. your seeds?
[ 2015.07.19 02:11:38 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Ah, yes, I can do that. Any specific requests, miss?
[ 2015.07.19 02:12:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I'd like a mix of varieties for the project I am doing for the New Eden Faire. From Mishi IV and Amarr primarily. We can talk more when you arrive"
[ 2015.07.19 02:13:26 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Sounds good. I will be there momentarily. I need to get something passable on. Be there soon.
[ 2015.07.19 02:13:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Nayheen - Zoar and Sons Station is where our offices are.
[ 2015.07.19 02:13:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "No rush"



Lunarisse's Sanctum

A small but lush space. A White Arbor stands at the entrance with a rambling climbing Blush Pink Colored Rose Bush entwined along its arch. At the base of the arbor are the Yellow blooms of the Forsythia bush. Should you enter under the arch, you entered into an small enclosed garden surrounded by walls on four sides. A path of Grey Stepping Stones leads through economy sized beds of Vegetables and Tubers and culinary herbs that ring the walls. At the end of the beds are small trelleses to allow for Grape Vines to wind and grow. The center of the garden is a bed of brightly colored flowers for cuttings surrounding a Statute of Empress Jamyl I. Someone has been weaving a crown of roses that has been placed on the statue. At two difference places in the garden are marble benches for rest, contemplation and quiet talks. At the end of the garden is a cottage with Lunarisse's private library of antique books and a bedroom

[ 2015.07.19 03:05:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters into the surprisingly large space. Being CEO has its perk.
[ 2015.07.19 03:05:28 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote continues his speaking from earlier as he follows Luna. "I may be able to join the effort. Once I am done interfacing my brain here, I will be able to pursue the high-technology frigates of the Empire."
[ 2015.07.19 03:06:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "That would be good. i think they need all ships. I am not sure how long i can stay there, but we're bringing enough for a few days I hope".
[ 2015.07.19 03:07:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote walks through the arbor and follows the path to a marble bench.
[ 2015.07.19 03:07:51 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote looks over the greenery with wide eyes and a childlike expression. "It's gorgeous in here."
[ 2015.07.19 03:09:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly "My quiet place." She perches on the edge of the bench. "I am going to add a greenhouse to grow the plans for New Eden Fair. " She adds "that's where I hope you come in"
[ 2015.07.19 03:10:55 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote takes a seat next to her, nodding. "I would love to." He unclips the small leather bag, opening it. It contains lots of little baggies of seeds, with small film-like containers filled with potential greenery. "I've brought, eh..."
[ 2015.07.19 03:11:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote tilts her head slightly, her eyes wide and alert, glancing at Zeke as he opens his bag.
[ 2015.07.19 03:13:45 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote rummages. "Across my time here in New Eden, I have managed to collect a small variety of strange and difficult flowers..." He takes out a tube, barely bigger than his pointer. The seeds are large and round, only four fitting inside. "Like these."
[ 2015.07.19 03:14:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances. While Zeke goes through his plants she adds conversationally "I hope to do at least four gardens for Ms. Farel"
[ 2015.07.19 03:16:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The water gardens of Mishi IV, I remember them well and they are very different from those on wetter worlds"
[ 2015.07.19 03:16:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods. "That would be wise." He stares at the tube a moment before realizing he has no way to illustrate the fully grown flowers. He struggles to withdraw a micro-sized datapad from the bag, more a plant scanner than anything else.
[ 2015.07.19 03:16:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "the formal ornamental gardens of Dam-Torsad, as well as the meditative gardens of the Khanid"
[ 2015.07.19 03:16:46 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote quickly runs it over the tube. "Oh, I must go see them."
[ 2015.07.19 03:17:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I'd also like to do a cottage garden.. like the commoners in Sarum Prime III used to grow before the Battle of Mehkios. I had such a lovely garden there too."
[ 2015.07.19 03:17:37 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shows her the screen with a mild tilt. A series of layered, yellow flowers are displayed. "These are from Raa. They don't have any formal name yet, though."
[ 2015.07.19 03:17:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote quiets and glances at the screen.
[ 2015.07.19 03:18:17 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Raa's fourth planet is small. The gravity is less dense, and the stalks on these tend to be very fragile.
[ 2015.07.19 03:18:29 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I've been trying to decide on a name, but I've never been too clever. I like them.
[ 2015.07.19 03:18:32 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "How wonderfully exotic."
[ 2015.07.19 03:18:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "it also looks like a silly bird" She giggles slightly. "But that would not lend it justice"
[ 2015.07.19 03:19:51 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Oh, it is a silly plant. I don't think it would mind.
[ 2015.07.19 03:20:07 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote wiggles the small tube back and forth, the seeds lightly clattering amongst themselves. "Would you?" He asks it.
[ 2015.07.19 03:21:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote // Predictably, the tube does not respond.
[ 2015.07.19 03:22:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote shakes her head amused.
[ 2015.07.19 03:23:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Call it a Bird of Fancy, maybe. it'd be wonderful for a formal garden. But wouldn't it need low grav?"
[ 2015.07.19 03:25:32 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shakes his head, beaming. "I have bred out the weakness. It took way too long."
[ 2015.07.19 03:25:38 ] Zekiel Iyhr > But these should - hehe - hold up.
[ 2015.07.19 03:25:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles prettily "wonderful."
[ 2015.07.19 03:26:16 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Oh, speaking of breeding.
[ 2015.07.19 03:26:38 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote does not recognize that as an odd starter to a conversation, putting the tube back. He withdraws a small baggie, vaccuum sealed with only one seed inside. "This."
[ 2015.07.19 03:27:41 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances curously at the small bag.
[ 2015.07.19 03:29:31 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote // It's a tiny little thing, barely smaller than a pea. "This thing barely grows. It takes far too much effort. However, it smells amazing." He drags the scanner over it briefly. It shows a wildly vivid little thing.
[ 2015.07.19 03:30:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly, her eyes widening "Oh wow". She pauses "I'd like to smell that after it grows".
[ 2015.07.19 03:32:05 ] Zekiel Iyhr > It is ... also a mild hallucinogen that the locals had used to perform surgeries, or so I have been told. It's best not to smell it too much.
[ 2015.07.19 03:32:28 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote smiles awkwardly.
[ 2015.07.19 03:33:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh sheesh." She pauses and chuckles "Well that could be awkward"
[ 2015.07.19 03:34:52 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I imagine.
[ 2015.07.19 03:35:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well.. it's not on any import prohibitions I guess?"
[ 2015.07.19 03:36:59 ] Zekiel Iyhr > No, it's too ineffectual.
[ 2015.07.19 03:39:09 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote stuffs the flower's seeds away. He digs around a bit more. "What kind of, uhm." Dig dig dig. "Types of flowers are you interested in? I have some of my more exotic breeds, but I have, uhhh..."
[ 2015.07.19 03:39:12 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Filler ones as well.
[ 2015.07.19 03:41:12 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well, Roses are always needed for the formal garderns, and foxgloves, bellflowers, columbine, coral bells, and daisies for the cottage garden."
[ 2015.07.19 03:41:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I do so miss my cottage garden," she says absently.
[ 2015.07.19 03:42:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > The Khanid gardens usually use small ornamental trees and grasses.
[ 2015.07.19 03:44:14 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods. He tucks the seeds away, tapping at the bag a bit. Awkward 50 year old man.
[ 2015.07.19 03:44:50 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I miss my garden back home. The auxillery greenhouses I have started nursing are nice, but they are not the same.
[ 2015.07.19 03:45:30 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The water gardens are unique to Mishi IV. The planet is so dry, the water is the centerpiece and a show of wealth and God's Blessings for the owner"
[ 2015.07.19 03:45:43 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "
[ 2015.07.19 03:46:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > I.. am not sure of filler there, except for dates and other desert plants.
[ 2015.07.19 03:46:15 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Hm.
[ 2015.07.19 03:46:40 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Desert roses and cactus flowers?
[ 2015.07.19 03:49:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes, those would be nice. For an exhbition, people want to see color"
[ 2015.07.19 03:50:08 ] Zekiel Iyhr > And I believe it would be nice - a testament of survival and beauty - to see something so colorful and vibrant in a place where life is harsh and frightening.
[ 2015.07.19 03:50:12 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods to himself.
[ 2015.07.19 03:51:56 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote stretches and frowns as her datapad beeps "Oh gosh. the time has slipped." She looks at Zeke "Do you think you can supply with me starter seeds.. plus those lovely plants you just showed me, in time for the Faire?"
[ 2015.07.19 03:52:57 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nod nod nod! "Oh, yes, of course. I can get the rest of what you request - please, just send me a mail with details, and I will get things ready!"
[ 2015.07.19 03:54:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gives Zekiel a bright, winsome smile "Wonderful!" She stands up. "Do you need anything else before you go?"
[ 2015.07.19 03:56:28 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shakes his head, rubbing at the back of his neck. After that, he picks up his bag. Drink in one hand, bag in the other. Dual wielding! "No, but I wanted to thank you for your hospitality."
[ 2015.07.19 03:57:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote blushes "it's nothing Zeke. You are quite welcome to visit again."
[ 2015.07.19 03:57:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote smiles sheepishly. "Thank you, Luna."
[ 2015.07.19 03:57:49 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Should we, ah. Make our way out?
[ 2015.07.19 03:58:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods slighly "I have shjps to move and not enough time". She guides him to the edge of the garden where the station resumes.
[ 2015.07.19 03:58:29 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote skedadles!

Channel Name: The Borealis

Connecting...Established connection to instance Borealis running Borealis VR Master branch...Negotiating quantum lattice...Preparing neutral interface...Connected... Welcome, pilot.A void is before your eyes, but it quickly fills in, starting with your form. Your body materializes out of data as it swirls around you. You find yourself in a calm, open field looking out into stars in all directions. Nearby is a set of clean, comfortable seating of simple wood and pillows. A soft breeze tousles your hair as you hear the soft songs of birds.In your field of vision a simple HUD materializes, offering you statistics and information about the environment, as well as showing you any permissions you may have been granted to moderate or alter the reality.
[ 2015.08.09 04:05:18 ] Aurora Arashi > /emote waves at Lunarisee from some distance away, standing with the others near a table with tea and cups as we introduce and talk.
[ 2015.08.09 04:06:41 ] HavvieG > /emote stands off to one side, looking and feeling vaguely awkward.
[ 2015.08.09 04:06:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote waves. She is wearing a shimmering almost translucent (but not, she is Amarr after all) dress with sparkling stars and constellations, that is floor length and spills out like a puddle of molten silver around her feet. -c-
[ 2015.08.09 04:07:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote 's hair is platinum white and braided and held together by a series of small claspes that look like planets.
[ 2015.08.09 04:08:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote giggles "I do like this sort of thing." She makes her way over to Aurora "Thank you for inviting me"
[ 2015.08.09 04:08:34 ] Aurora Arashi > Lunarisse, have you met Veronica? This is Ben, he is one of my corporate partners.
[ 2015.08.09 04:08:53 ] HavvieG > /emote waves by way of hello.
[ 2015.08.09 04:09:02 ] HavvieG > Ben Raltere, at your service.
[ 2015.08.09 04:09:04 ] Veronica Isagar > hello Lunarisse.
[ 2015.08.09 04:09:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Hello, I can't say that I havem but a pleasure. *she smiles politely*
[ 2015.08.09 04:09:44 ] Aurora Arashi > As I was saying! This is a tunneled link we're on, using the Galnet, it's a bit slower and slightly less realistic, you also may have noticed you need to be in-pod.
[ 2015.08.09 04:10:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods and listens.
[ 2015.08.09 04:10:21 ] Aurora Arashi > If you wish, I can have delivered via interbus a small, inexpensive implant that provides the same link anywhere within converage, which is most of the cluster, and a few wormholes.
[ 2015.08.09 04:11:22 ] Aurora Arashi > Please, have some tea! We have Empress Grey, Hek Chai, and simple Chamomil. If you wish, you can change your chair to your liking to get used to your evelated privilages in this space.
[ 2015.08.09 04:12:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Oh lovely, I will have some Empress Gray.
[ 2015.08.09 04:13:41 ] Aurora Arashi > /emote turns, lifting a finger that distorts the space around it, and the tea pot animates, pouring a few cups as they smoothly traverse the distance. "It might be hot. Careful."
[ 2015.08.09 04:14:09 ] Veronica Isagar > Hot tea is good for the soul
[ 2015.08.09 04:15:00 ] Aurora Arashi > You can interact with the teapot and change it's contents, please, don't worry about spilling.
[ 2015.08.09 04:15:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote takes a sip and smiles. "So what do you plan to do with this space? Play games, watch stories, use it as a chat room?"
[ 2015.08.09 04:15:37 ] Veronica Isagar > /emote looks at the Teapot and asks for some orange pekoe (spelling)
[ 2015.08.09 04:16:16 ] Aurora Arashi > Consider this public office for Borealis Research & Consulting.
[ 2015.08.09 04:18:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Oh, your corporation?" She tilts her head curiously.
[ 2015.08.09 04:19:19 ] Aurora Arashi > Yes, I run a small private research corporation. Ben and I have been doing a considerable amount of exploratory research lately.
[ 2015.08.09 04:20:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "In what? if it is not too proprietary to share?"
[ 2015.08.09 04:21:42 ] Veronica Isagar > exploring is good.
[ 2015.08.09 04:21:49 ] HavvieG > /emote looks to Aurora with his one natural eye, unsure of what to say.
[ 2015.08.09 04:22:26 ] Aurora Arashi > I employ approximately 350 researchers and 50 auxiliary staff, they have full autonomy over their projects. My own team, consiting of 7, works mostly on my probes.
[ 2015.08.09 04:24:12 ] Veronica Isagar > your probes?
[ 2015.08.09 04:25:32 ] Aurora Arashi > We spent over two years off grid deploying several hundred deep space probes loaded with supercomputers, advanced sensors, and fluid routers. Many of the other teams use it for data.
[ 2015.08.09 04:26:20 ] Aurora Arashi > You may notice my employment with the ministry of war for 4 years while I worked on this project.
[ 2015.08.09 04:27:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote listens. To herself she notes that Aurora still hasn't explained what the project is, but bides her time and counsel.
[ 2015.08.09 04:29:12 ] Aurora Arashi > /emote giggles, sipping her tea, leaving the cup to float in the air as she puts her hands behind her back, looking around. "Trees are fascinating."
[ 2015.08.09 04:31:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote chuckles "they can be. In low grab they can seem like castles when they spire so far into the sky"
[ 2015.08.09 04:32:02 ] Aurora Arashi > I once saw one grow atop a rock.
[ 2015.08.09 04:32:16 ] Aurora Arashi > I didn't understand how such a thing would come to being.
[ 2015.08.09 04:32:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Sometimes they have roots in the air, it's quite odd.
[ 2015.08.09 04:33:17 ] Veronica Isagar > life flourishes in the stranges places.
[ 2015.08.09 04:34:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods slightly. "I work with a Lord Zekiel Iyhr who has promised to procure some rare plants for me"
[ 2015.08.09 04:34:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I like to garden" she adds offhandedly.
[ 2015.08.09 04:35:23 ] Aurora Arashi > I've never tried that! One of the scientists was training an ex-slave we hired how to do air farming. Would that be similar?
[ 2015.08.09 04:35:42 ] Aurora Arashi > Or do you mean like dirt-in-planet gardening?
[ 2015.08.09 04:36:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The latter"
[ 2015.08.09 04:37:12 ] Aurora Arashi > Ah, very interesting. Do you not just clone the planets you're seeking?
[ 2015.08.09 04:37:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles lightly "I am helping Lyn Farel with her New Eden's Faire by doing a display with gardens"
[ 2015.08.09 04:37:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well you still need the base dna/seeds to start"
[ 2015.08.09 04:37:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "So he is collecting them for me"
[ 2015.08.09 04:38:14 ] Aurora Arashi > Ah, perfect. We have some good microcloning bays over in Goram if you need to make some batches.
[ 2015.08.09 04:42:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh? I will keep that in mind. It would expedite matters"
[ 2015.08.09 04:46:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I appreciate your taking the time to introduce me to you. I will keep you in mind" She smiles warmly.
[ 2015.08.09 04:47:33 ] Aurora Arashi > Of course. If you need an instance of this VR for your own just let me know, I offer hosting at reasonable rates.
[ 2015.08.09 04:50:25 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh? I shall certainly remember that>"
[ 2015.08.09 04:50:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "have a good night both of you"
[ 2015.08.09 04:50:53 ] Aurora Arashi > Take care!
[ 2015.08.09 04:50:56 ] Aurora Arashi > /emote waves.
[ 2015.08.09 04:51:00 ] HavvieG > /emote nods towards Luna, "Have a nice night."
[ 2015.08.09 04:51:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles and shimmers out.

Dear Zeke,

Have you had any success finding interesting seeds? the date is fast approaching.

As for me. I have come up with the following specific types that I need procured:

Formal Garden (Dam Torsad):
Flowers:
Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
Daffodil (Narcissus)
Shrub:
Box Hedge
Rose x 'Apricot Princess' a.k.a "The Holder's Daughter" (Rosa)
Jamy's Rose ((Source: http://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/eve-online-news/new-breed-of-rose-named-in-honour-of-the-empress/?_ga=1.130893130.494868212.1439562935 ))

Cottage Garden (Sarum Prime III):
Flowers:
Foxglove (Digitalis)
Daisy (Leucanthemum)
Columbine (Aquilegia)
Bellflower (Campanula percisifolia)
Delphinium
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Shrub:
Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

A Farmer's Garden (Nahyeen)
Flowers/Herbs:
Lavender (Lavandula)
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Oregeno (Origanum vulgare)
Saint Junip's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Amarr Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)
Spearmint (Mentha spicata)
Star Flower (Helianthus annuus)
Shrub:
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

I have met an interesting person who has offered to "clone' any seeds to help accelerate the growth, planting and multiplication process.

Perhaps we can discuss all of this over dinner? The Trillion Aqua Hotel might be a pleasant- and quiet - place if you don't mind the fish!

- Lunarisse

I also have finally figured out what I am looking for with respect to my last two gardens. As always I welcome suggestions!


Formal Garden (Khanid Meditation Garden):
Flowers:
Water Lily
Miniature trees/Shrubs
Golden Fir (Abies)
Khanid Maple (Acer palmatum)
Tea Tree (Carmona microphylla)
Oris Cedar (Cedrus)
Juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
Sweetgum (Liquidambar)
Emperor's Tree (Metasequoia)

Water Garden (Mishi IV):
Flowers:
Oasis of Heaven Water Lily
Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia palmeri)
Fern of the Desert (Lysiloma thornberi)
Desert Honey Suckle (Anisacanthus thurberi)
Shrub:
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)
Sweet Almond Bush (Aloysia virgata)
Blue-leaf Wattle (Acacia saligna)
Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
Desert King Fig Tree (Ficus carica )


- Lunarisse

cc Lyn farel.

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Re: Dinner
From: Zekiel Iyhr
Sent: 2015.09.04 03:23
To: Lunarisse Aspenstar,

Tragedy strikes deep. I am becoming more and more scatterbrained as the days progress, and I worry that my Capsuleer interactions are fraying the threads of my thoughts. As such, I searched for a nice place for fine dining in the odd space of Hisoufad. There are many planets of uninhabitable repute, though on the oceanic ones, there are some establishments under the water. I can reserve the entirety of the restaurant in advance, if you are interested.

Keep in touch,
Zeke

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Dinner
From: Lunarisse Aspenstar
Sent: 2015.08.27 01:39
To: Zekiel Iyhr,

I think with the Empress's death I totally lost track of the calendar when I suggested a time and place. I had a blonde moment and thought Tuesday was Monday and so meant to suggest Wednesday not Thursday if that all makes sense! Unfortunately, I am planetside Thursday.

We'll find a time to finish this project.. and have a nice and pleasant dinner I hope.

My apologies,

Lunarisse

Channel Name: Hisoufad "AQUA"

Hisoufad’s planets are a study in inhability. Gas, barren, and oceanic-classified planets stretch across the meager system, minor Holders and corporate land having their roots in each orb. Fisheries, desalinization plants, and tourism are the primary sources of income for the more watery places.This is especially true for Hisoufad XI, its natural gravity low enough to warrant local gravity wells simply so visitors and platforms alike aren’t thrown into the raging, unpredictable seas. Asteroids orbit in close velocity of the planet, each massive rock attributing a firm tug on the surface of the endless sea, low-gravity waves and tides warranting many to flock to the planet for a sense of otherworldliness. Whenever Luna arrives around the general time Zeke suggested, the ever distant sun lies absent on the horizon, its warm glow erratic against the silhouettes of crashing waves. The air is thin and, if she’s used to rich oxygen, hard to breathe in.The massive rig of a platform she arrives on is a sprawling structure, eccentric but true to Amarr design philosophies. After a well-tailored pair of slaves escorts her inside, she is directed to a central elevator. It takes her down, down, down… windows illuminated by light buoys chained to some anchor that stretches an endless length below. The elevator stops on the indicated floor.The restaurant is indicated only by a double doorway, hardwood paneling, and a plaque above it that reads, “AQUA,” in some fancy font. Through said doors is an arching half-tube of glass, sea life swarming above and around the establishment. Hard wood, the same as the doorway, lines the floor in exactly cut planks, polished and firm. Similar tables line the far walls of either side of the entry room. No one sits in this room. Zeke did mention he would be further in, regardless.The second room is… well… expensive, to say the least. Styled after a lounge, it is clear it was designed for some form of high-class family or corporate outing. Zeke – in his influence, wealth, or both – managed to reserve it. All, actually. He sits in one of the chairs, eyes staring out into the swirling blue of the planet’s depths. He doesn’t notice her when she enters.

[ 2015.09.09 01:46:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. Her hair is Braided and she is dressed in an elegent full length lace black dress , having checked on the venue's ratings before coming. Nothing prepared for her for the sight however, and her eyes widen as she takes it in.
[ 2015.09.09 01:48:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote surveys the room, her eyes lingering on the colorful fish, then she sees Zekiel and smiles brighly "Hello Sir!" she calls out quietly as she makes her way over.
[ 2015.09.09 01:52:30 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote turns in his seat, perking up. His face is fatigued, eyes a bit baggy, and though his face carries weight, he smiles. It's a small thing, genuine yet reserved. "Hello, Luna," he begins, standing from his seat. "Pleased to finally meet once more."
[ 2015.09.09 01:53:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The pleasure is mine." Slung on her shoulder is a small purse which she removes.
[ 2015.09.09 01:55:16 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote is unaccustomed to court greetings, defaulting to whatever feels natural. With a slight bend at the waist, he bows at her, one arm lightly swooping under him. Following that, he quickly withdraws the only other chair next to him.
[ 2015.09.09 01:55:40 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote forgot to mention he has his usual doctor-style bag sitting on the tabletop, to his right. It's not the side Luna would be sitting, should she choose to sit next to him.
[ 2015.09.09 01:56:44 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote slips into the offered chair with a murmered "thank you". She places her purse on the other side of her. She tilts her head at Zekiel with a faint smile hovering on her lips "I admit I assumed a place like this would be more crowded?"
[ 2015.09.09 01:58:05 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote only sits when she does, smile broadening. "Yes, well, when a Holder owes your House a debt for providing said Holder with some of the finest samples of cephalopods, one finds it easy to ... well, reserve the whole place."
[ 2015.09.09 01:59:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote giggles softly in response and visibly relaxes, knowing that she does not have to worry about the entire restaurant eavesdropping. "Well I am flattered you called that debt in for this little discussion and meal".
[ 2015.09.09 02:02:39 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote goes back to observing the odd wildlife, erratic and lively. His eyes flicker to her whenever he speaks. "He and I are friends, in a sense. Business partners in another. It's likely he would let me do this again, especially for someone as, ah..."
[ 2015.09.09 02:02:46 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Prestegious as you, I suppose.
[ 2015.09.09 02:04:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote blushes "You are a flatterer. I am just a commoner as you well know. I could never match up with a Lord" But her smile betrays she is pleased by the compliment.
[ 2015.09.09 02:05:48 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote pretends to not notice. He's bad at pretend, though. "You have done well to the Empire, and your efforts haven't gone unnoticed. I am sure He is pleased with you as much as others are."
[ 2015.09.09 02:06:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Bah, but listen to me. I am but an old man running my mouth when there's business at hand.
[ 2015.09.09 02:08:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote mildly admonishes in response and passes over the compliment (which she well noticed) "You very handsome as you should well know." After a pause "But first before we go to business can you recommend anything from the menu?"
[ 2015.09.09 02:11:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gazes at Zekiel, briefly brushing back a stray hair out of her face absently.
[ 2015.09.09 02:26:21 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I suggest the, what's it called... it's a grilled fish, very flaky and light, glazed in peach and pepper salsa. Starts with an H. The waiter would recognize it.
[ 2015.09.09 02:29:25 ] Zekiel Iyhr > We can signal them whenever we need.
[ 2015.09.09 02:30:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Alright." She glances at the menu "I think I will also get the scallops (or planetary equivalent) with bacon as an appetizer. Would you like to share?"
[ 2015.09.09 02:32:59 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods. "That would be delightful."
[ 2015.09.09 02:33:09 ] Zekiel Iyhr > A good snack, in a sense.
[ 2015.09.09 02:34:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well do go ahead and signal them. I think settling our stomachs would help us focus."
[ 2015.09.09 02:35:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Do they have wine or any cocktails you'd suggest?"
[ 2015.09.09 02:38:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote hums, raising his hand gently. He speaks up with a few words, and a suited waitstaff appears from a doorway hidden from around a corner. He puts in their order and signals him to wait, turning back to Luna. "None to my knowledge."
[ 2015.09.09 02:38:56 ] Zekiel Iyhr > But that is because I have poor taste in alcohol. Want a wine menu?
[ 2015.09.09 02:40:52 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances at the coral reef and the colorful fish "I think a beach cocktail would be nice"
[ 2015.09.09 02:44:36 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote // The waiter nods, heading off.
[ 2015.09.09 02:45:50 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote huffs, relaxing. He's not too comfortable around strangers, it would seem. That being said, he relaxes around Luna. "Bah, anyway."
[ 2015.09.09 02:47:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles cheerily and pulls out her datapad.
[ 2015.09.09 02:48:02 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Did you get my ideas and wish lists?" She tilts her head expectantly.
[ 2015.09.09 02:50:04 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Yes, I did. It's rather well put together, and I'm very much in enjoyment over it. It's been so long since I've been able to contribute anything to anyone in such a way.
[ 2015.09.09 02:52:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Wonderful" She smiles. "It's such a variety I truly felt overwhelmed"
[ 2015.09.09 02:56:32 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Tell me about the whole fair festival event, whatnot.
[ 2015.09.09 02:58:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Ms. Lyn Farel of the Society is trying to conduct a series of Expositions to highlight different aspects of new Eden. This is to help perhaps help people to understand other cultures. I view it as a chance to show parts of the Empire to those who -c
[ 2015.09.09 02:58:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > might be too closed minded or lack the opportunity to see beyond a lurid Gallente holo reel"
[ 2015.09.09 03:01:32 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote purses her lips slightly. "Lady D'hanguest is doing a Khanid puppet show"
[ 2015.09.09 03:01:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I am of course trying to show the gardens. There are others."
[ 2015.09.09 03:03:33 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Mmhm. I see.
[ 2015.09.09 03:03:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I have never been a fan of misinformation.
[ 2015.09.09 03:03:52 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I'd be glad to help and, of course, to show off.
[ 2015.09.09 03:04:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Wonderful. Have you ever been to those types of gardens? Like the water gardens on Mishi IV?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:05:47 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I have not, actually. I don't believe I've seen images of it, either.
[ 2015.09.09 03:06:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "As a girl, I always loved it when my .. umm well Mr. Beaumonte took me to one to get the cool of the day. I like to climb the fig trees, imagine that" She giggles.
[ 2015.09.09 03:08:07 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I called them oasises, but of course to the Ni-Kunni there was a lot of symbolism. They consider water to be Holy."
[ 2015.09.09 03:09:31 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Ah, I feel as if I should definitely acquaint myself with the symbolism lest I accidentally offend someone. Or Him, as well.
[ 2015.09.09 03:09:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote muses absently "Gosh it rained at Dr. Sarain's funeral. He was Ni-Kunni too. They would have been considered to be a sign of a blessing on one such as he."
[ 2015.09.09 03:10:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh! Well that's what I am trying to do. I will be doing a write up for each garden"
[ 2015.09.09 03:10:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "To try to explain the symbolism to people, where there is any."
[ 2015.09.09 03:12:32 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "For example, one of the gardens, The Farmer's garden is just practical. They have to be. When I moved to Nahyeen, we didn't have any time for frills."
[ 2015.09.09 03:13:43 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "it's the more settled worlds that has the formal or even the cottage gardens which are rich in folk symbolism." She raises her chin slightly "Us commoners have a lot of traditions to pass on the faith and heritage of the Empire"
[ 2015.09.09 03:13:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote tilts his head, watching her speak.
[ 2015.09.09 03:15:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Some of them even have statues of a cherished saint or prophet. We'd take the spring flowers and weave a bouquet and leave it at their feet. I used to do that for Saint Junip"
[ 2015.09.09 03:16:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly "I admit I'd take roses at the Amarr Legio Basilica gardens and weave a crown for a statue of the.. " she strains over the next word "late.... Empress".
[ 2015.09.09 03:17:31 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote absently fingers a medallion on her neck and exhales a little unhappily. After a moment she says "Of course I'd like to have Jamy;'s Rose there, if you can get me some cuttings."
[ 2015.09.09 03:21:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote takes her cocktail and sips it. She serves the appetizers equally between the two, and slides the plate to Zekiel "Eat. A strong man like you needs every little bit." A twinkle slowly returns to her eyes.
[ 2015.09.09 03:21:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Think you can get me some cuttings?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:23:52 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods, face somber. "Yes, most likely. It would be a good way to honor her, I think." He takes a fingerful of the appetizer, munching on it. "I do a lot of swimming. It is quite good for the physique."
[ 2015.09.09 03:25:33 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote munch munch munch. "I haven't had this in a while."
[ 2015.09.09 03:25:46 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Wonderful. That's the only specific plant I truly care about. I am flexibly on other varieties for the others."
[ 2015.09.09 03:27:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote takes another sip of her drink. "Do you have any questions about the two lists I sent?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:28:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly at the waitress as she delivers the main courses.
[ 2015.09.09 03:30:25 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shakes his head, making room for the two dishes. He doesn't mention it, but his face gives away his delight at the meal. "No questions, really. I believe I have many of those either growing, in reserves, or in storage."
[ 2015.09.09 03:32:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Wonderful. Do you have sufficient stocks or do we need to introduce you to the Caldari woman who said she would quickly clone any plants if necessary for me?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:32:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote takes a tentative bite and smiles. She murmers, mouth closed of course, "Oh this is good"
[ 2015.09.09 03:33:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote adds "Aurora Arashi was her name."
[ 2015.09.09 03:34:49 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shakes his head, making heed to not overdo the motion. "I don't think I will need the seeds to be cloned. Some are very finnicky with hasty cloning as well, and can have strange, erm... effects, I suppose."
[ 2015.09.09 03:35:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I once had a batch I was experimenting with. Some designer-brand Tomato. After rapidly cloning them, they grew rather well.
[ 2015.09.09 03:35:54 ] Zekiel Iyhr > And then, all on the same day, they wilted and died within hours of one another.
[ 2015.09.09 03:36:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh gosh." She nods. "Well we wouldnt want that." She eats some more savoring each bite.
[ 2015.09.09 03:37:53 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote definitely forgot to mention he's in nearly his portrait attire, with an additional thin-cloth cloak tacked around his neck. It's nothing too fancy. ]]
[ 2015.09.09 03:38:13 ] Zekiel Iyhr > No, though it would be interesting to see what happens to which. Not for the event, surely.
[ 2015.09.09 03:40:41 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote shakes her head amused "But then I guess you'd enjoy science, doing the experiments you do."
[ 2015.09.09 03:43:59 ] Zekiel Iyhr > They're not quite experiments as a, ah... what is it... running observation of the natural order He set for us all? I like to see the things I am able to do thanks to it.
[ 2015.09.09 03:44:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods slightly.
[ 2015.09.09 03:47:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well I am delighted you can help. Do I owe you anything for your time?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:47:46 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote finishes her plate. She sips some more of the cocktail.
[ 2015.09.09 03:49:04 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote sips at his grape juice, humming. "I don't think you owe me anything. Company is always a treat. We must meet again, however, so I can actually give you the seeds, of course."
[ 2015.09.09 03:49:47 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Though delivering them would be the wiser option, I enjoy personally cultivating my plants, whether it be through maintenance or by giving them another place to florish.
[ 2015.09.09 03:50:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles prettily "Thank you then. I will certainly remember. And I think the personal touch is important" She nods.
[ 2015.09.09 03:52:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I'd welcome the chance to see you again.." she adds quickly "I am sure you'll enjoy sowing the seeds in the gardens."
[ 2015.09.09 03:53:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods! "You mentioned the Trillion Aqua Hotel, as well? Or was that to be what is happening tonight, technically?"
[ 2015.09.09 03:54:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote giggles. "That was my suggestion for a venue, but I so adore this place."
[ 2015.09.09 03:55:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "However the New Eden Faire is in Gallente Space. I'll need to get the coordinates."
[ 2015.09.09 03:55:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I think it best to grow the seeds in the same gravity that will be displayed in?" She gives Zeke a questioning look,/
[ 2015.09.09 03:57:15 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods. "For the more delicate plants. I will run the logistics for that, I am sure."
[ 2015.09.09 03:58:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. She glances at her empty plate and says softly "Thank you for such an unexpectantly pleasant evening. Not that you aren't pleasant." She blushes slightly as she realizes how that sounded! "But this place is wonderful."
[ 2015.09.09 03:59:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote looks at Zeke "You should make sure you relax more." remembering how tired he look at the outset.
[ 2015.09.09 04:00:08 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote blinks a few times, thoughts running to form a proper response. "Yes, I should. There has been great tragedy as of late, and it makes sleeping hard, but I do try."
[ 2015.09.09 04:00:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Regardless.
[ 2015.09.09 04:00:43 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote stands, offering a hand to help her out of her chair. "It was good to see you once more."
[ 2015.09.09 04:01:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote accepts the hand as she rises "Likewise." She smiles wamrly.
[ 2015.09.09 04:03:15 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote gives her hand a gentle squeeze before lowering it, then letting go. "We will meet once more soon, yes? I have a schedule I must attend to, but I am quite capable of making room for important things."
[ 2015.09.09 04:03:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote curtseys after the hand is released "Thank you. And yes, we shall."
[ 2015.09.09 04:04:12 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote scoots his chair in and hers as well. "Right, well, uh." He snags his bag, holding it near his chest. He is not too socialized. "I will lead you out, then?"
[ 2015.09.09 04:04:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Sure." She slips her arm into his without asking. He did offer to lead her yes?
[ 2015.09.09 04:05:36 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote did! He walks her out like a politely awkward gentleman should.

Channel Name:    New Eden Fair - Gardens of the Empire

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"Location: Caille, Luminaire VI.   An Exhibition Space in the New Eden's Fair - Aiguillon Spire Hub.

A small but lush space.  A White Arbor stands at the entrance with a rambling climbing Blush Pink Colored Rose Bush entwined along its arch. At the base of the arbor are the Yellow blooms of the Forsythia bush.  Should you enter under the arch, you entered into an small enclosed garden space in a hexagonal room with five portals, in addition to the entrance.There is an informational table along with marble benches for visitors.A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in the center of the space, and explains:Gardens can be a window into a culture.  This can be reflected by the lay-out, the purpose and use, and the plants themselves.  Traditions also can arise and be reflected by gardens.  These traditions are often informed by 'popular' piety in additional to more formal prescriptions.  It is the hope of this Exhibitor that the Gardens of the Empire may provide an insight into the soul of the Empire.  For example, in this small room itself, there is the Forsythia, commonly known as the "Golden Bower", or more whimsically, the "Golden Fleet", beloved for its clusters of massed golden flowers.  Gold, of course, is color associated with the Empire and commoners often show their pride in selecting this rambling bush for their gardens which greets each spring with its blooms.  The blush pink rose is known as Jamyl's Rose and was specially bred in honor of her coronation as Empress, using rose varieties from across the Empire to represent unity.Today, the Exhibit is pleased to present five garden archetypes:
A Formal Garden of Dam Torsad
A Khanid Meditation Garden
A Commoner's Cottage Garden
A Colonist's Garden
A Ni-Kunni Water Garden from Mishi IV

[ 2015.09.26 02:04:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gives a strained smile as she sees Zeke, "Oh thank Empress you are here.  I need to get these gardens set up'
[ 2015.09.26 02:06:09 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote finishes rushing in, most likely. "Yes, of course! How can I help?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:06:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote is dressed in mud-stained jeans and a cotton shirt.  "Do you have your plants?"  She glances "As you can see I got started here.  We moved the plants from my garden in Nahyeen"
[ 2015.09.26 02:09:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote looks uncharacteristically fretful "Ms. Farel is adamant this must start this weekend"  she exhales.
[ 2015.09.26 02:10:33 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote came in proper attire for gardening nonsense. Heavy denim, among things, and thick cotton. "I do! They're right outside. And yes, I have been reading up on the dates once more."
[ 2015.09.26 02:11:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > It's quite the rush. Do you think others will have their booths up in time?
[ 2015.09.26 02:12:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes, but their's aren't nearly as complicated."  She giggles nervously "I do tend to bite off more than i can chew at times"
[ 2015.09.26 02:16:00 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote grins, shifting his hands to his hips. "It's the sign of a good and dedicated worker. A positive trait, yes?" He turns and signals to someone that was lingering in the doorway, signaling the transport of the plants into the room.
[ 2015.09.26 02:17:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote absently brushes some mud off her cheek.  She smiles slightly with a relieved look as she watches.
[ 2015.09.26 02:18:47 ] Zekiel Iyhr > My apologies for, once more, being generally absent. There was a tragedy, though it would seem there are plenty of those for all recently. How have you been?
[ 2015.09.26 02:19:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote leans against the table. "Blessed to have this project to take my mind off other things."
[ 2015.09.26 02:20:30 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote // A few muscular men of varying race begin to carry in containers holding the requested plants for the room. "Oh, yes."
[ 2015.09.26 02:20:33 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Very much agreed.
[ 2015.09.26 02:20:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gives a happy smile as she glances at the forsythia "I was lucky to be able to force their bloom for this weekend."
[ 2015.09.26 02:22:07 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well I do have staff.  Can we borrow your men to help us finish?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:22:23 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Oh, yes, they are compliant and skilled.
[ 2015.09.26 02:23:02 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "good. With their help, i think i can finish this!"
[ 2015.09.26 02:23:15 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote smiles to the others, who nod in acknowledgement. "It's truly a blessing, then, that you'll be able to showcase the Empire in such a pleasant way."
[ 2015.09.26 02:23:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Can I show you the plans?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:23:49 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I have been frustrated with many others who-- oh, yes, please.
[ 2015.09.26 02:24:41 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances at Zeke "at others who?" she asks quizzically as she straightens up and rolls open a visual electronic display screen on the table.
[ 2015.09.26 02:25:19 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Who have stereotypes of the Empire -- falsehoods -- that they trounce and imply are fact. There was one in the Good Word, spouting off strange words. It was frustrating.
[ 2015.09.26 02:25:23 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote watches her.
[ 2015.09.26 02:25:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote wrinkles her nose at the comment of the 'the one in the Good Word'.  She hits a button and a display appears.
[ 2015.09.26 02:31:30 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote finishes reading and watching over whatever he needs to, nodding with genuine approval. "It seems so gorgeous. You must have toiled quite hard to accomplish this."
[ 2015.09.26 02:31:47 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Showcasing the Rose will be an excellent touch.
[ 2015.09.26 02:32:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "I... had to do that.  She is not to be forgotten."  She unconciously fingers her medallion on her neck.
[ 2015.09.26 02:33:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote twitches slightly and swipes her hand across the screen.
[ 2015.09.26 02:34:53 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Ah, I assume this room will be quite the attraction considering recent events and the trials.
[ 2015.09.26 02:35:26 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I have always had an odd affection for the Khanid aesthetic.
[ 2015.09.26 02:35:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote chuckles dryly "Who have thought they'd let that old bastard in."  She purses her lips as she realizes she was a bit uncircumspect there.
[ 2015.09.26 02:36:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "But yes, we've had some cyberknights in the Society and I was always amazed at their focus and discipline...."
[ 2015.09.26 02:39:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote swipes her hand across the screen and the plans change.
[ 2015.09.26 02:39:21 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote doesn't seem to disagree with her outburst. "They have always been a peculiar sect of people, yes."
[ 2015.09.26 02:39:32 ] Zekiel Iyhr > I find it difficult to relate, even when I remember my own service.
[ 2015.09.26 02:39:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh? What do you mean?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:42:29 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote blinks a few times, glancing off to the plans. "Ah, forgive me. Simple ramblings. I will explain later, if you'd be interested in listening." After forcing a subject drop, he glances over the plans.
[ 2015.09.26 02:44:49 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote smiles as he finishes his examination. "I have always been quite fond of such ... strange, uncultivated flora and fauna. The differing organisms throughout the cluster are so unique."
[ 2015.09.26 02:44:53 ] Zekiel Iyhr > You present them well.
[ 2015.09.26 02:48:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "It always amazes me the sights I see when I set up a new PI on a new world"
[ 2015.09.26 02:48:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "What's the strangest thing you've ever seen?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:51:09 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote pauses, thinking back. His lips tighten, and his hand scratches at the back of his neck. "I once saw a very strange flower."
[ 2015.09.26 02:51:13 ] Zekiel Iyhr > A very horrifying thing.
[ 2015.09.26 02:51:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "How.... so?"
[ 2015.09.26 02:51:55 ] Zekiel Iyhr > They were... considered to be on the food chain for mammals. As in, they were above them. Their seeds blossomed and spread within organisms that inhaled them, flowers and vines sprouting from flesh and bone.
[ 2015.09.26 02:52:18 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Nature's pest control.
[ 2015.09.26 02:54:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote shudders "How awfully grotesque"
[ 2015.09.26 02:55:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods. He rubs his chin, tone dripping with an odd enthusiasm. "Such a strange display of God's work. I still have samples - seeds - in storage. I couldn't say no to the opportunity."
[ 2015.09.26 02:56:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote twitches slightly "I'm not always sure what i find is God's work in this cluster.  Like those awful Drifters.  They aren't God's work"
[ 2015.09.26 02:57:56 ] Zekiel Iyhr > And as such, they shall not receive God's mercy. I long for the day.
[ 2015.09.26 02:59:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I'd have liked to have set up a truly alien garden.. but I guess that's for next time."  She smiles slightly.
[ 2015.09.26 02:59:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote swipes her hand and shows the last set of plans currently available.
[ 2015.09.26 03:00:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly "I am not sure if this or the cottage garden is my favorite"
[ 2015.09.26 03:01:14 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Oh, goodness.
[ 2015.09.26 03:02:03 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Many think deserts to be barren, inhospitable, desolate things. Devoid of life, devoid of love, devoid of the pulse that keeps things going. When they see this, though, I am sure they'll be conviced of the truth.
[ 2015.09.26 03:02:31 ] Zekiel Iyhr > Desert foliage has always been so very interesting to me.
[ 2015.09.26 03:03:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "There are always secret nooks and crannies in even the most desolate desert.  Life tends to find a way"
[ 2015.09.26 03:04:44 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote nods.
[ 2015.09.26 03:06:00 ] Zekiel Iyhr > You've done great work here.
[ 2015.09.26 03:06:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "I liked to sneak out to one of those..."  she pauses and blushes. "Thanks.  And I really needed your help to get all these plants here."  She glances at the work men "I couldn't do it without your help."
[ 2015.09.26 03:08:52 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "You should come and see when it's all done!  There will even be ice cream I am told."  She gives Zeke an amused look.
[ 2015.09.26 03:08:52 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote shifts his worn hands to his hips, looking about the room. "I am glad to be of use, for once. Purpose is soothing for the soul."
[ 2015.09.26 03:09:27 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote blinky blinks. "Ice cream? I have always liked the stuff. I think, on opening day, I will gladly come."
[ 2015.09.26 03:09:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles "Good. I hope to see you then."  She glances at the workmen and sighs "I think I need to get back to work!"
[ 2015.09.26 03:11:08 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote sheepishly smiles. "I shan't keep you then, my lady. Do you need anything else before I go?"
[ 2015.09.26 03:11:32 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote shakes her head. "Unless you want to give me a hand?"
[ 2015.09.26 03:11:44 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gives an impish grin "or do you just collect seeds?"
[ 2015.09.26 03:12:30 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote gestures to his attire. "I know my way around a garden. It was my hobby for the longest time. It still is!"
[ 2015.09.26 03:13:46 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly and grabs a trowel from the table and tosses it to Zeke "Then help silly"
[ 2015.09.26 03:15:02 ] Zekiel Iyhr > /emote catches it with deft hands, moving to assist the woman in her fair preparations.
***END OF LOG***

Location: TES Empress's Bounty, Luxury Yacht

A small but lush space. A White Arbor stands at the entrance with a rambling climbing Blush Pink Colored Rose Bush entwined along its arch. At the base of the arbor are the Yellow blooms of the Forsythia bush. Should you enter under the arch, you entered into an small enclosed garden space in a hexagonal room with four portals, in addition to the entrance.

There is an informational table along with marble benches for visitors.

A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in the center of the space, and explains:Gardens can be a window into a culture. This can be reflected by the lay-out, the purpose and use, and the plants themselves. Traditions also can arise and be reflected by gardens. These traditions are often informed by 'popular' piety in additional to more formal prescriptions. It is the hope of this Exhibitor that the Gardens of the Empire may provide an insight into the soul of the Empire. For example, in this small room itself, there is the Forsythia, commonly known as the "Golden Bower", or more whimsically, the "Golden Fleet", beloved for its clusters of massed golden flowers. Gold, of course, is color associated with the Empire and commoners often show their pride in selecting this rambling bush for their gardens which greets each spring with its blooms. The blush pink rose is known as Jamyl's Rose and was specially bred in honor of her coronation as Empress, using rose varieties from across the Empire to represent unity.Today, the Exhibit is pleased to present four garden archetypes:
A Formal Garden of Dam Torsad
A Khanid Meditation Garden
A Colonist's Garden
A Ni-Kunni Water Garden from Mishi IV

[ 2015.10.03 05:00:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote would have met you at the shuttle bay and guided you to this room engaging in small talk.
[ 2015.10.03 05:02:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles warmly "Thank you for coming. I decided to keep this exhibit up because.. well it's a lovely space to keep for me to relax. I understand Kador is a brother in arms to Templar Vadam?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:03:07 ] Satja Askariin > /emote gasps breathlessly, unsure f what to say as she and the tall Amarrian man at her shoulder pass beneath an arch, a rose bush cast in a pink hue entwined around it's majestic curvature.
[ 2015.10.03 05:04:59 ] True Adamance > /emote beside her the Templar recovers himself more quickly and returns his attentions to Lunarisse. " I was his senior Classiarii before he himself attained the rank last year. I could ask for..."
[ 2015.10.03 05:05:09 ] True Adamance > "...none finer."
[ 2015.10.03 05:05:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods with approval.
[ 2015.10.03 05:05:41 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances at the pair "Being from the Empire i suspect you won't learn much of our culture that is new to you here, but I do hope you enjoy your visit." She pauses "before we begin the tour do you have any questions?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:07:51 ] Satja Askariin > /emote excitably looks around marvelling at the other examples of flora, she leans over to inspect a placard denoting the name of the tree. "Amazing Ka..... I've never seen one of these.... White Arbour.... before. Beautiful....." She blushes awkwardly.
[ 2015.10.03 05:08:30 ] Satja Askariin > "No..... no questions here. I'll just.... uh let you give us the tour."
[ 2015.10.03 05:09:39 ] True Adamance > /emote shakes his head. "It's been some time since I've been home to Marthia.... long still since I've been to any of the throne world besides Marthia. I suspect I'll find much that is new to me."
[ 2015.10.03 05:10:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Where would you like to go first?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:11:29 ] True Adamance > /emote inspect the signs denoting the four garden archetypes musing over which he would perhaps like to see first. "The Colonist's Garden sounds interesting.... what is it?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:11:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly "Follow me and you can see."
[ 2015.10.03 05:11:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote exits through the portal.
[ 2015.10.03 05:12:24 ] True Adamance > /emote slips Satja's hand into his own and follows their host.

A Colonist's Garden

A metal fence marks a square plot adjacent to a utilitarian habitat structure. Thanks to holographic tech, beyond the garden appear straight roads and adjacent habitats, warehouses and industrial structures leading off in all directions until ending at a dome. Outside the dome can be seen the purple and red clouds of a Storm Planet. The tiered clouds extend up to an obscured sky. Jagged bolts of chain lightning flicker back and forth. A shuttle, buffeted by winds, struggles to make its way to a landing facility outside. Strange alien creatures, almost like airborne Jelly Fish dart between the clouds.

The square plot is plowed in neat rows. Rows of corn are spaced wide enough to allow a person to walk through. Next to the habitat's entrance are two small beds containing kitchen herbs, such as Lavender, Parsley, Sweet Basil, Oregeno, Saint Junip's Wort, Amarr Chamomile, Rosemary and Spearmint.

A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in and explains:
The Amarr have a long History of colonization, in addition to Reclamation. There is no room for frivolities in a colonial garden. Space is at a premium and the crops are necessary to sustain the isolated colony. Besides providing for nutritional needs, such gardens help to filter and re-oxygenate air and provide biomass, some of which is composted into fertilizer for the next round of crops. Here, the staple crop is 'corn' but each crop is selected based on the colony's needs. Often, a household will also keep an herb garden to add flavor to their foods, the beauty of the plants being a beneficial but unnecessary side-effect. Many of the crops and herbs date back to the dawn of the Empire. Intrigingly, they can also be found in other civilizations in the cluster, lending support to the common origin theory of the races of humanity. This type of garden is also typical of those maintained by slaves in their private quarters, where space permits, to supplement their diet and perhaps to give them a small space of their own.

[ 2015.10.03 05:13:11 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters and steps back to let the pair take in the sights before she comments.
[ 2015.10.03 05:15:05 ] True Adamance > /emote seems more curious about the holographic displays depicting the Storm Planet beyond the habitat's dome. He momentarily feels let down unable to scent the holographic storm not feel the...
[ 2015.10.03 05:16:10 ] True Adamance > charged atmopshere he'd once been exposed to. He returns his attetion to the small garden with interest noting that most of what was planeted there was agricultural produce, not a typical garden.
[ 2015.10.03 05:17:37 ] Satja Askariin > /emote looks over the rows of corn. "This isn't quite what I expected."
[ 2015.10.03 05:17:45 ] Satja Askariin > "Where is this?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:18:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "this is an archetype typical of what you might find on a colony world that is just developing. Unlike the more formal gardens of settled worlds, they need to be focused on practicalities. It is on a storm planet in the -c-
[ 2015.10.03 05:18:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > low security space in the Kor Azor regions.
[ 2015.10.03 05:19:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Typically space is at a premium in a domed planetary industrial facility, so every inch counts.
[ 2015.10.03 05:20:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "And is needed to support and benefit the colony in a variety of ways. Both oxygen and rejuventating the air, food, and even biomass after the plants bear their crops."
[ 2015.10.03 05:21:20 ] Satja Askariin > /emote smiles intrugued. "It almost reminds me of the herb garden my parents would tend at the Estate in Thebaka though the way they do it here looks more like a necessity than a luxury. Almost like Arzanni II doesn't it Kador."
[ 2015.10.03 05:22:30 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I have always been astounded at the variety of native life one can discover in very different environments than our terraformed worlds." She glances as a representation of a alien creature floats overhead the dome.
[ 2015.10.03 05:22:41 ] True Adamance > /emote nods in agreement. Turns back to Lunarisse. "How many people would something like this support?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:23:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > The size of this one would support the family in question as well as others in a small group that each contributes to the group. Usually about 5-10 families a group.
[ 2015.10.03 05:23:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Because of the domed environment, the crops can provide yields year round.
[ 2015.10.03 05:24:22 ] True Adamance > "These communes are scattered across the surface? Or interconnected into a greater whole?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:24:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > The main fluctations in quantity and quality would be the amount of solar energies from the local sun, of course, depending on the orbit.
[ 2015.10.03 05:25:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes, they can be. Typically there can be be a series of operations tied together with a domed area for any colonists needed for non-automated tasks. Inthe Empire, there is far less automation than in the Federation for example'
[ 2015.10.03 05:27:47 ] Satja Askariin > /emote looks thoughtful for a moment. "You mentioned the fluctuations in quality and quanitity. Surely some communes couldn't soley rely on stable levels of produce. What do they do? Rely on agricultural imports from other more successful communes -c-"
[ 2015.10.03 05:28:14 ] Satja Askariin > "Or source from withing or perhaps outside the system?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:29:06 ] True Adamance > /emote blinks, suprised that she seemed so interested in colonial agriculture.
[ 2015.10.03 05:29:07 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "To a degree while the colony gets self-sustaining, they will need outside support, The goal is tobe able to either become entirely self-sustaining or - if the economic returns are otherwise worth it from the PI - to have sufficient supplies --c
[ 2015.10.03 05:29:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > to sustain through interruptions and delays. Remote worlds often have months before a trader will visit.
[ 2015.10.03 05:30:18 ] Satja Askariin > /emote nods understanding the concept.
[ 2015.10.03 05:30:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "However, due to supply chains, there are colony worlds that can support each other as materials are shuttled from one world to another in a production chain"
[ 2015.10.03 05:32:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "I assure you the other gardens may be more what you had in mind" She chuckles.
[ 2015.10.03 05:32:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Would you like to continue the tour?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:34:56 ] Satja Askariin > /emote smiles apologetically then points at the strange floating creatures. 'Sorry.... just one more question. Those there.... they're beautiful. What are they called."
[ 2015.10.03 05:36:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I don't know the scientific name, but the colonists call them the 'Veil of Heaven'".
[ 2015.10.03 05:37:45 ] Satja Askariin > "They glow? Sort...of"
[ 2015.10.03 05:37:56 ] True Adamance > "It's called bioluminescence, a form of internal chemiluminesence produced by the production of a light emitting pigment luciferin... or enzyme luciferase."
[ 2015.10.03 05:38:41 ] True Adamance > /emote he shrugged. "I'm not sure if that's what they are acutally doing perhaps its just the storm front through their bodies."
[ 2015.10.03 05:40:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "These planets have a tremendous amount of natural energies. Perhaps they feed on them."
[ 2015.10.03 05:41:43 ] True Adamance > "We saw creatures not too unlike these on Arzanni. It's another Storm Planet in the Khanid Kingdom, the creatures there were primarily crustaceous and possessed a unique lumniescence."
[ 2015.10.03 05:43:00 ] Satja Askariin > emote seems lost. 'They can feed on the storm? How strange. Perhaps we should look at some other exhibits."
[ 2015.10.03 05:44:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says l"Where would you like to go next? Perhaps the Khanid Garden?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:45:40 ] Satja Askariin > "That sound interesting, yes please."
[ 2015.10.03 05:45:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote exits through the portal.

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A Khanid Meditation Garden

Formal stone walls enclose an austere space. A stepping stone path winds through the space. On each side the garden beds are filled with rounded, smooth pebbles and stones. Carefully tended and sculpted bushes and trees with highly stylistic forms grow in the beds. These include the Emperor's Tree, Khanid Maple, Athra Cedar, and Golden Fir. At times, jagged rocks are laid down. The path passes a small pond filled with Water Lilies and ends at a bare corner square bed that is filled with fine powdery white sand. Resting against one wall of the sand bed is a rake. At both the pond and the sand bed are stone benches.Beyond the walls, due to holographic tech, appears a series of cliffs and rounded hills with a path leading up to an ornate Keep that lies far away from the crowded, polluted, Dark Khanid cities of the Kingdom.A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in, and explains:That Khanid people are known for both their martial discipline, as evidenced by their Cyber Knights, and their zealotry for the faith, as evidenced by their Zealots. Austere and formal gardens such as these serve as spaces where the Khanid military and religious orders, such as the Khanid Mashtori an elite sect of bounty hunters, can readily meditate and focus without distraction from more ephemeral sights and sensations of their crowded cities. The sands in the bed can be raked into simple patterns which, along with the pond and the stylized trees, are meant to serve as aids to meditation. Even the rocks and stones serve this purpose and are rarely placed in straight lines or in symmetrical patterns.

[ 2015.10.03 05:47:31 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. Again she steps aside to quietly let the pair take in the scene.
[ 2015.10.03 05:49:27 ] True Adamance > /emote enters the serene space of the mediatation garden and nods approvingly. It was ordered, peaceful, and in the distance a holographic keep sat vigilant.
[ 2015.10.03 05:51:16 ] True Adamance > "I remember places like this. I served some time in the Royal Uhlans. They were a special mechanized mercenary group who often were employed by Khanid and Tash Murkonite Holders."
[ 2015.10.03 05:51:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods "I got the idea for this garden from the cyberknights who have served with the Society on the years. They each often had a space like this."
[ 2015.10.03 05:51:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > *over the years
[ 2015.10.03 05:52:46 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Dame Freya Terona and Alexi Tzestu, for examp;e. They explained it being a cyberknight involved just combat prowess but mental discipline.
[ 2015.10.03 05:52:56 ] Satja Askariin > /emote looks around the garden with interest crouching down before the water lilies dotting the surface of the small pond gently pushing one of the buds about with the tip of her finger.
[ 2015.10.03 05:55:32 ] True Adamance > /emote instinctively fall into a parade stance, hands clasped behind his back. "A great many recruits to the Uhlans came as veteran Cyberknights. Who are these Mashtori?"
[ 2015.10.03 05:56:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "They are a sect of bounty hunters. You may find that your datapad will connect to a link with further information as to them in this exhibit"
[ 2015.10.03 05:58:54 ] True Adamance > /emote wanders over to a bench, and sits down admiring the surrounding maple and fir. "Do you mind if I take a moment? If Satja wishes to see another exibit I will catch up."
[ 2015.10.03 06:00:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Sure." She smiles and then glances at Satja.
[ 2015.10.03 06:02:42 ] Satja Askariin > /emote looks up curiously at the mention of her name. She frowns for a moment then nods. She quickly saves the link on the Mashtori assuming Kador would want to view it later, then looks at the remaining two archetypes. "Perhaps the Formal Garden?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:03:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods and leads the way.
[ 2015.10.03 06:16:58 ] Satja Askariin > /emote sits in quiet contemplation for a few minutes enjoying the peace and tranquility of the small enclosure. It gives him time to order this thoughts, after a short period of time he rises from the bench. Following signs to the Formal Garden.
[ 2015.10.03 06:23:07 ] True Adamance > /emote wanders into the Formal Gardens slowly. Admiring the neat rows of flowers, familiar roses he'd seen elsewhere dedicated to the Empress, he however is more taken by the view of the cityscape.

A Formal Garden of Dam Torsad
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High, well trimmed Box Hedges frame a manicured lawn and garden beds framed by lower hedges. The Box Hedges are laid down in patterns rich in the Empire's symbology.Beyond the hedges, due to holographic tech, appears the sprawling metropolis of Dam Torsad, Its golden towers shine high above. The noises of the city filter through the hedges: prayer drones, bells, and the hustle of traffic.The formal garden beds are intricate in their designs and highly structured and stylized without a single flower out of place. The beds include: Lady's Mantle, Iris a.k.a "Sceptri" coupled with the Daffodil a.k.a "Coronaeque".At the center is a formal rose garden surrounding a Statue of Empress Jamyl I. The roses include Jamyl's Rose and a rose variety known as "The Holder's Daughter." At different places are benches for contemplation and quiet talks.
A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in, and explains:
The Formal Gardens of Dam Torsad are reflective of the nobility and the Emperor Family. The designs of the gardens go back centuries, even millenia. Box hedges are popular because they are easily shaped to impose order and structure on the gardens or pruned into the symbols that the Amarr Faith and Empire are so rich in.The Septri and Coronaeque are a traditional pairing. They are meant to symbolize the Ametat and Avetat, also known as the Sceptre and the Crown in common parlance. They are associated with the Sefrim and the First Emperor Amash-Akura,The Formal Gardens are also known for their statuary which honor the Military Heroes, Holders, and the vast pantheon of Saints, Prophets, Emperors through the ages. Popular piety often arises around such statuary. For example, some commoners will weave a crown of roses for the Empress Jamyl as way of gratitude for the Divine Miracle and her dispatch of the Elder Fleet.

[ 2015.10.03 06:04:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. She smiles brightly and leads the way to the center.
[ 2015.10.03 06:04:58 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "this garden is very similar to the one at the Amarr Legio Basilica in Oris, besides those in Dam Torsad."
[ 2015.10.03 06:06:42 ] Satja Askariin > /emote before the holographic recording of Lunarisse even finishes speaking Satja is amongt the flower beds and passing by the quiet benches amazed bu the intricacies of the display as well as the beauty of the Sceptri and Coronaeque.
[ 2015.10.03 06:07:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote absently mindedly picks some roses as she lets Satja walk and behins to braid them.
[ 2015.10.03 06:09:29 ] Satja Askariin > /emote kneels by a bed of the paired flows bending down to take their scent though careful not to touch any of them. A few momments later she calls out to Lunarisse. "Um Lady Aspenstar? I understand the symbology and that but.... arent the Ametat -c-"
[ 2015.10.03 06:10:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote pauses in her braiding and refocuses on her guest She tilts her head slightly.
[ 2015.10.03 06:10:38 ] Satja Askariin > "...and Avetat considered more infamous nowadays. The scriptures consider them real physical representations of the Emperor's authority but no one has ever found them or am I wrong?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:13:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "I would not consider them infamous. They are represented in the the name of the my corporation, Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque" -c-
[ 2015.10.03 06:13:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Precisely because they are considered sacred objects in the Faith. They are, of course, unfortunarely missing." -c-
[ 2015.10.03 06:14:13 ] Satja Askariin > /emote blushes furiously. "I didn't mean to imply that..... your corporation was..... I'm sorry."
[ 2015.10.03 06:14:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "One of the members of the Society, Brother Reinheart Novan, has made it his life's work to try to locate them." She pauses 'Luckily for him, he is a capsuleer"
[ 2015.10.03 06:15:11 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "no offense is taken.." After a moment and a very faint smile "Your datapad should be able to acccess some informative links in this exhibit related to them"
[ 2015.10.03 06:18:16 ] Satja Askariin > /emote peruses the links breifly. She casts a quickl look towards the holographic city. "Is that what it's really like?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:19:30 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Parts of it. Dam Torsad is a collection of city states. Each of whom have grown together into a whole but can be quite different in character"
[ 2015.10.03 06:19:30 ] Satja Askariin > "The city I mean."
[ 2015.10.03 06:19:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The particular neighborhood this garden is in, is more modern"
[ 2015.10.03 06:20:46 ] Satja Askariin > "We've never been..." She murmurs trailing off.
[ 2015.10.03 06:21:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "my favorite district is known as the 'cauldron'
[ 2015.10.03 06:21:43 ] Satja Askariin > /emote laughs softly. "Must be quite the place."
[ 2015.10.03 06:21:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "It is.. perhaps not as wealthy but there is are vendors from throughout the cluster. If you want to try a food you've never had before, you will probably find it there"
[ 2015.10.03 06:22:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "As well as many wonders in its markets"
[ 2015.10.03 06:24:11 ] Satja Askariin > True Adamance > /emote wanders into the Formal Gardens slowly. Admiring the neat rows of flowers, familiar roses he'd seen elsewhere dedicated to the Empress, he however is more taken by the view of the cityscape.
[ 2015.10.03 06:24:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles. "You really should visit someday. Everyone who is a citizen of the Empire should at least once in her life"
[ 2015.10.03 06:25:54 ] True Adamance > "Absolutely...." He says breathlessly returning back to the Garden's. They appeared as though they would be a wonderful place for an evening walk.
[ 2015.10.03 06:27:23 ] Satja Askariin > /emote frowns uncharacteristically at the mention of citizenship. " Perhaps some day."
[ 2015.10.03 06:31:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "Would you like to visit the last garden? It's my personal favorite"
[ 2015.10.03 06:32:46 ] Satja Askariin > "Absolutely.... I was saving this one for last. Ka went to Mishi IV once.... it's where they supposedly the discovered the first of the implants the Templar's used."
[ 2015.10.03 06:33:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles "then follow me" She exits through the portal.

A Ni-Kunni Water Garden from Mishi
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: There is the quiet sound of water falling, and trickling. The garden resembles an oasis nestled into a niche surrounded by canyon walls on three sides and, thanks to holographic tech, opening to what seems to be endless desert sands. It is well lit from a full moon which hangs on the sky of Mishi IV. Stars sparkle like jewels in the night,From a spring fed high up in the canyon, descends a waterfall which cascades into a clear blue pool.

Surrounding the pool are frail, but verdant Water Baron Fig and Emperor's Date Palm trees. Small bushes grow in clusters of Desert Rose, Fern of the Desert, and Wattle around a winding path. Steppe Skink and Al-Dehr Beetles scuttle through the undergrowth.

The scents of the Desert Honeysuckle, known as the Angel's Trumpet, and the Bird of Paradise flower, which bears spicy fruits, fill the air. Oasis of Heaven Water Lilies bob quietly in the pond.

A fire burns in a Brazier of smoked wood. In the background is the sound of traditional ni-kunni Wind Dancing music.

A holographic recording by Lunarisse Aspenstar flickers in, and explains:
The Ni-Kunni originated on the desert world of Mishi IV. Water is scarce on this harsh planet. Pre-Reclamation, water barons controlled large swaths of people and resources by virtue of their control of that precious resource, water, which is so common elsewhere. Water is a sign of wealth and power.While now Reclaimed, water continues to hold deep spiritual meaning for them. The ancient peoples worshiped a number of gods until enlighted as to the one true God. Paramount among them were the life-giving water god worshipped by the nomadic desert peoples and a rain god worshipped by city dwellers. Common to each is the belief in angels who supplied water to a thirsty people. Oasises, such as the one represented here, were cherished as holy places. Even today, the Ni-Kinni give thanks to the one true God for the gifts of water. The presence of rain, or a spring, is seen as a Blessing. Being associated with wealth, prosperous Holders, artisans and merchants often craft private walled water gardens for meditation and prayer. Water is used in Prayer and Blessings by clergy.

[ 2015.10.03 06:36:35 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters and steps to the side.
[ 2015.10.03 06:39:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "of course this isn't a formal garden per se. But this type of special locale is an inspiration to them" She tilts her head at the holographic recording.
[ 2015.10.03 06:39:26 ] Satja Askariin > /emote as both she and Kador step into the most exotic and beautiful of the rooms nothing can be heard from them but a simultaneous sharp intake of breath.
[ 2015.10.03 06:42:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote makes her way along the path to the pond. "When I was a teenage girl, I used to sneak away to a place like this for peace and quiet away from my brothers."
[ 2015.10.03 06:43:19 ] Satja Askariin > /emote steps forwards pulling Kador with her so that they stand right in the middle of the exhibit between the Angel's Trumpet, towering Emperor Date Palms, and in close enough to the spring fed water fall to feel the misty spray against her skin.
[ 2015.10.03 06:43:30 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "My adopted parent never approved of course." She glances at the fig tree and plucks a fig.
[ 2015.10.03 06:43:48 ] Satja Askariin > "I...... can see why. It's beautiful. Is it where you grew up?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:45:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly and slowly "I grew up on a colony world until it was raided by Blooders. But I was given a home on Mishi IV with a man who was trusted by my parents to see my raising if anything happened from them."
[ 2015.10.03 06:46:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote twitches slightly, having not intended to get quite this personal with this exhibit. She smiles "the world was so dry. A place like this seemed a slice of heaven to one such as me"
[ 2015.10.03 06:47:05 ] True Adamance > "I'm truly sorry to hear that..... nonetheless I can see in doing so the landscape has left it's mark on you. It is exactly that.... a slice of heaven."
[ 2015.10.03 06:48:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Why did the two of you have occasion to visit Mishi IV? You mentioned implants?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:49:08 ] True Adamance > /emote glances around paying special attention to the nearby water lilies, thinking of how this kind of climate had left it's mark upon him, his deeply sunbronzed skin. "These climates hold a..."
[ 2015.10.03 06:49:20 ] True Adamance > "...special appeal for me."
[ 2015.10.03 06:50:03 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods.
[ 2015.10.03 06:51:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "the two of you are welcome to remain and visi for a while if you like. I need to retire."
[ 2015.10.03 06:51:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "if you have any other qustions, however?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:51:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles warmly/
[ 2015.10.03 06:52:55 ] True Adamance > /emote smiles and nods. "Perhaps if you would be so kind.... may I take one of the Oasis of Heaven Lilies? Perhaps another time we can continue this conversation."
[ 2015.10.03 06:54:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "of course, you may". She smiles. "Perhaps by then the last room will be installed in this yacht"
[ 2015.10.03 06:54:59 ] Satja Askariin > /emote is still lost in the scenery of the small oasis. She nods absently at the offer. "If you are attending the Dinner tomorrow perhaps we can talk then."
[ 2015.10.03 06:55:50 ] True Adamance > /emote raises a curious eyebrow. "Another garden?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:56:26 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "The cottage garden of sarum III. Or a commoner's garden."
[ 2015.10.03 06:57:18 ] True Adamance > "Oh and before I keep you any longer.... these lillies.... are they sensitive to climate? Would they expire quickly if removed from the arid desert air?"
[ 2015.10.03 06:58:31 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "You will wantto keep them in water and in warm temperatures. The microclimates caused by the canyons trap humidity so it is not akin to the arid desert air, even if dryer than in most temperate worlds"
[ 2015.10.03 06:58:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "they should do fine in ship or stationside as a result."
[ 2015.10.03 07:00:51 ] True Adamance > /emote nods his thanks. "I'd like to thank you for taking the time to show us these wonderful gardens. It is kind of you to allow us to see them after we rather shamelessly had to retire from the..."
[ 2015.10.03 07:01:08 ] True Adamance > "...Fair last weekend."
[ 2015.10.03 07:01:51 ] Satja Askariin > "They really are beautiful Lady Aspenstar.... I don't think we've quite seen anything like them."
[ 2015.10.03 07:03:02 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Thank you. I was sorry I missed the fair myself but i had a hunch that might happen."
[ 2015.10.03 07:03:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "So I installed the holograms. You can turn them off if you wish to wander quietly"
[ 2015.10.03 07:04:53 ] True Adamance > "We will stay if you don't mind.... not over long. Just a few more minutes.... half an hour at most."
[ 2015.10.03 07:05:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Have a blessed Night" She smiles and curtseys.
[ 2015.10.03 07:05:30 ] Satja Askariin > "And to you. Rest well."
[ 2015.10.03 07:05:48 ] True Adamance > "It has been our pleasure. Good night."

[Entrance to the Gardens in the Luxury Yacht TES Empress' Bounty]

[ 2015.10.08 00:41:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote is seated at a bench near the entrance. One of her crew would have escorted Zavier here.
[ 2015.10.08 00:43:25 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote steps into the space on black boots, wearing a steel grey-blue suit. His eyes take in the space slowly as he clasps his hands behind his back with a relaxed bearing.
[ 2015.10.08 00:45:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote rises, she curtseys formally to the as yet unknown Gallente. "I am pleased you could make it. I made these gardens especially for people outside the Empire to see."
[ 2015.10.08 00:45:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Was the trip pleasant Mr. Dessaultnier?"
[ 2015.10.08 00:49:26 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote bows politely to Lunarisse, smiling, "All trips are pleasant when they are in the pursuit of knowledge Madam." He straightens, "Apologies in advance for any offense I may cause in not addressing you according to your station... Madam."
[ 2015.10.08 00:50:05 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "It appears an informal visit lacks formal introduction."
[ 2015.10.08 00:50:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "For purposes of this exhibition" she pauses and glances at Zavier "Miss Aspenstar is fine."
[ 2015.10.08 00:50:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly. "Yes, but let's not stop us from enjoying it."
[ 2015.10.08 00:50:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "So I can... understand where you are coming from and what you may know. Have you been to the Empire before?"
[ 2015.10.08 00:54:30 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods, "Indeed I have Miss Aspenstar. I spent some years among the Holdings of Kador. Hence, perhaps my appreciation for this exhibit, the Empire is a culture that never ceases to interest me."
[ 2015.10.08 00:56:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote looks pleasantly surprised "Lovely." She begins to walk and indicates Zavier should folow "I have an interactive holo in each garden, including this one, but do feel free to ask questions as they arise"
[ 2015.10.08 00:58:52 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles as he follows in step next to Luna, "My thanks. Did you cultivate this garden yourself? If so, your skill and care is admirable."
[ 2015.10.08 01:01:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Well, i can't take credit for all of the cultivation. Due to the size of this garden, I used a supplier named Zekiel Iyhr. to ensure I had sufficient plants quickly. He was quite useful in finding some of the more difficult varieties to locate.'
[ 2015.10.08 01:02:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote blushes "But I do love to garden. In some respects some of the gardens are similar to those I've had over the years."
[ 2015.10.08 01:04:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances about this initial garden "I always have forsythia. Besides its symbolism it provides a nice place for children to hide as it grows ina bower which is almost like a secret room"
[ 2015.10.08 01:05:51 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says cheerily "I used to have tea parties in one such bower as a girl"
[ 2015.10.08 01:06:18 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods, "To cultivate the soil is to cultivate the soul, the garden of paradise awaits your salvation..." He smiles and chuckles, "Oh?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:08:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote blushes "Gardens have many purposes. To elighten and cultivate the soul, to show exemplars, to provide a living space for the family, to serve as a function room, to be a play area, or to provide basic resources"
[ 2015.10.08 01:10:46 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles "is there a garden you'd like to see first?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:10:51 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods slowly, "Yes, I think one can see and value the work of God's creation in the natural world. A beauty to be valued and appreciated, even as one tends to it in their labouts."
[ 2015.10.08 01:11:43 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "I defer to your no doubt estimable judgement Miss Aspenstar. I am but the layman in your company."
[ 2015.10.08 01:12:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "It serves as a reminder despite all of the technology around us of our place in creation and God's place." She pauses. "Well let's visit the formal garden first,. it is probably what most visitors expect to see"
[ 2015.10.08 01:13:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote makes her way to the portal leading to the Formal garden and enters.

[A Formal Garden of Dam Torsad]

[ 2015.10.08 01:13:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters, glancing to be sure Zavier Dessaultnier follows. She steps slightly to the side to let him take it in and perhaps listen to the holo.
[ 2015.10.08 01:15:32 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote maintains a polite smile as he follows Lunarisse and remains silent as he listens to the holo before remarking, "A remarkable splendour you have created, Miss Aspenstar."
[ 2015.10.08 01:17:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "thank you. However, it's not really my creation in that this is fairly emblematic of this sort of garden in Dam Torsad or other Imperial places. It is much like the garden in the Amarr Legio Basilica often frequented by capsuleers.
[ 2015.10.08 01:18:29 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "It is splendid, regardless."
[ 2015.10.08 01:18:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I have loved the Jamyl's Rose since it was progenated. there are roses in her honor across the Empire."
[ 2015.10.08 01:20:37 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote quietly walks towards the statue and the rose bed. "I assume they had similar gardens in Kador?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:23:33 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles, "I feel it is a tribute worthy of the Empress Jamyl, and her contribution to the Empire and God." He nods, "Yes, often as part of the Estate boulevardes."
[ 2015.10.08 01:26:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > How about in Luminaire. Do any of the old imperial gardens still exist?
[ 2015.10.08 01:26:41 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote looks curiously at Zavier.
[ 2015.10.08 01:26:56 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote raises a brow, "The Old Garoun I take it?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:30:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. Knight Saissore of the Ebon Rose wouild tell me about that era"
[ 2015.10.08 01:31:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > In some ways, it seemed almost.... Amarr. With overtones of Honor and Empire."
[ 2015.10.08 01:32:54 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote shrugs slightly, "Perhaps... I really would not know Miss Aspenstar. There could be, yes. Equally so they could exist on a member-state that developed with influence held by the Garouni ancien regime."
[ 2015.10.08 01:34:14 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "I was raised in Lirsautton so my knowledge is likely more specific to Jin-Mei ecology and style."
[ 2015.10.08 01:34:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gives an interested nod.
[ 2015.10.08 01:35:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Do you have any other questions of this exhibit?" she asks as she idly picks some roses and begins to braid them.
[ 2015.10.08 01:36:47 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "Well aside from the rose... I do wonder, are there specific flowers associated with the Heir Houses?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:40:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "to the extent that they may be reflected on their seals or had been passed down over the generations and grown at their public buildings, yes. Although the symbolism can be as prosiac as the Sarum Redwood, meant to symbolize constancy and strength"
[ 2015.10.08 01:42:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "let's move on to the colonist's garden." As she says it, she stretches on her tippy toes, her lithe figure framed as she stretches to place a braided crown of roses on the statue of the late Empress.
[ 2015.10.08 01:43:55 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles and nods, "Fascinating." He steals a glance at Lunarisse's figure from behind with a surreptitious ease, "Yes, please, I follow in your lead Madam."
[ 2015.10.08 01:44:11 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote makes her way to the Colonist's garden.
[ 2015.10.08 01:44:37 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote continues politely by Luna's side

[A Colonist's Garden]

[ 2015.10.08 01:45:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters, glancing to be sure Zavier Dessaultnier follows. She steps slightly to the side to let him take it in and perhaps listen to the holo and take in the sights. She involuntary flinches as a lightning bolt streaks across the sky -c
[ 2015.10.08 01:45:24 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > forgetting for a moment, that it is not real.
[ 2015.10.08 01:46:48 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote maintains his ease, glancing to the side at Luna when she flinches, "I hope you are okay?" He smiles.
[ 2015.10.08 01:47:56 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote blushes. "I forget myself." She glances at strange jellyfish "They call that creature the Seprim's Veil" on this world.
[ 2015.10.08 01:49:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "My parent's garden was a lot like this. But mother had a forsythia bush. it was her one frill."
[ 2015.10.08 01:50:11 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > She would pick the flowers and hang them on the front door to brighten the structure. it really wasn't much of a home.
[ 2015.10.08 01:50:50 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods, "And I remember nothing of it except my esteem for you, my host," He smiles before he listens to Luna with an interested silence in her words.
[ 2015.10.08 01:51:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "These gardens by nature need to be practical. Thankfully due to the dome, temperature can be controlled and crops grown all year."
[ 2015.10.08 01:51:56 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Usually 5-10 families will coordinate their cropsto provide variety and trade each other."
[ 2015.10.08 01:52:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "While they are of course supplied by the Empire or are interconnected with other colonies, it can be weeks before a supply ship arrives."
[ 2015.10.08 01:52:31 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "Quite similar I must say to the agricultural arcologies of the Jing-Ko."
[ 2015.10.08 01:52:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "So the colony usually isn't totally self-dependent but this helps provide a buffer between disaster and survival." She tilts her head.
[ 2015.10.08 01:52:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "The Jing-Ko?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:55:53 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods, "Yes. In Jin-Mei society the Jing-Ko are... perhaps the most direct parallel would be akin to Imperial commoners." He coughs and frowns, "Although some more radical in the Federation would compare them to slaves."
[ 2015.10.08 01:56:20 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote shrugs and chuckles, "But really what care to the opinions of the liberals, hmm?"
[ 2015.10.08 01:57:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote inclines her head slightly. "Do you have any questions about this garden?
[ 2015.10.08 01:58:51 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "Are the jellyfish edible?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:00:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote chuckles. "I have no idea."
[ 2015.10.08 02:00:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "They absorb radiation and the energies of the planet, so probably not"
[ 2015.10.08 02:01:48 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods and laughs softly, "My apologies. Where I grew up was very much on the water, and I have always had a taste for the products of the oceans."
[ 2015.10.08 02:02:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Lovely. Well i do love seafood. Sarum Prime III is known for its oceans and beaches"
[ 2015.10.08 02:02:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Sadly I ranout of time before finishing that garden for this" She looks a but discomfited.
[ 2015.10.08 02:05:35 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles, "Well, this does not have to be the sole and only time I might embark on a tour of discovery in your company Miss Aspenstar. Unless of course, you so wish it to be."
[ 2015.10.08 02:06:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances with interest "Well I do enjoy playing host to visitors to the Empire." She smiles.
[ 2015.10.08 02:06:19 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Shall we move on the Khanid meditation garden?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:06:53 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "By all means, lead the way Miss Aspenstar."
[ 2015.10.08 02:07:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote exits to the next garden.

[A Khanid Meditation Garden]

[ 2015.10.08 02:08:43 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters, looking visibly calmed as she surveys the garden.
[ 2015.10.08 02:12:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "What dou think Mr. Dessaultnier?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:14:12 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles, "It reminds me very much of the places I meditate to reflect on the teachings of Adakul. In the empty spaces do you find what you seek."
[ 2015.10.08 02:16:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "The Society was Blessed to have two cyberknights in our ranks. Meditation and focus was important to both of them"
[ 2015.10.08 02:17:35 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Is Adukul a monastic order?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:20:36 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "It can be." He remains silent, "There are some Adakul monastaries in the Empire and the Kingdom. I would say it is more... a way of life. For me, it is to try to live without judgement. To accept..."
[ 2015.10.08 02:21:31 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "That you are born knowing nothing, and the path you walk is there exists no perfect knowledge only varying degrees of imperfection."
[ 2015.10.08 02:22:46 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles, "Perhaps in a sense one might even say, it is only God that is perfect and it is we who struggle with our imperfections towards an understanding of it."
[ 2015.10.08 02:23:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote hums thoughtfully. She nods. "Quite different in some ways from us, who believe He is revealed through the Scriptures and we are guided by clergy towards an understanding. But even the most high clergyperson will concede God is often unfathomab
[ 2015.10.08 02:27:26 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote smiles and nods, "Yes, and if I offended with my words it was not my intent. It is just that for me, there exists what we know or what we think you know. And then are is the inelecutable we do not."
[ 2015.10.08 02:27:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods and says almost impishly "Well i am happy to help with what you do not with these gardens. Do you have any questions of this one?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:29:00 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "In understanding that, then... it would be foolish of me to pass judgement on other people or societies or faiths. For it would be nothing more than an act of ignorance."
[ 2015.10.08 02:29:38 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote he chuckles, "Ah, I am getting carried away. No, I am afraid not Miss Aspenstar."
[ 2015.10.08 02:30:07 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says lightly "Then we will move onto the last garden. Although i must confess this is more an inspiration than the garden itself..."
[ 2015.10.08 02:30:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote departs to the Ni-Kunni water garden

[A Ni Kunni Water Garden]

[ 2015.10.08 02:31:32 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. She feels the coolness of the air as droplets of water from the watefall drift across her face.
[ 2015.10.08 02:34:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly "in some ways this is my favorite of the four on display."
[ 2015.10.08 02:34:03 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote looks about in curiosity, "Fascinating. It's hard for me to imagine a land without water."
[ 2015.10.08 02:35:42 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. Mishi IV is very harsh. Spaces like these are few and far and between. Wars have been started over the,."
[ 2015.10.08 02:35:59 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "But today under the Empire, they are protected natural spaces. "
[ 2015.10.08 02:37:04 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote makes her way along the path to the pond. "When I was a teenage girl, I used to sneak away to a place like this for peace and quiet away from my brothers."
[ 2015.10.08 02:37:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "My adopted parent never approved of course." She glances at the fig tree and plucks a fig.
[ 2015.10.08 02:37:57 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote raises a brow, as he follows Lunarisse, "Seeking solace in solitude Miss Aspenstar?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:38:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Sometimes one needs it. At the time I certainly did." She does not elaborate.
[ 2015.10.08 02:39:05 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "I agree." He chuckles with a wry amusement, "Although it seems for me, my solace was to be away from my sisters."
[ 2015.10.08 02:39:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote chuckles at Zavier's remark "The wealthy and those with means on Mishi IV seek to replicate this environment. it is a symbol of status but i am sure they also cherish the solace."
[ 2015.10.08 02:40:29 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "It is very peaceful, I admit."
[ 2015.10.08 02:42:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote leans against one of the trees. "Do you have any questions of this one?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:43:58 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote remains silent for a moment as he watches Luna leaning against the tree, "Not at the moment, but perhaps I might think of one while I appreciate the view." He smiles.
[ 2015.10.08 02:47:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles slightly, not quite catching the subtext. She glances up at the Moon, her hair falling back as she does. "Yes, I've always loved the view here."
[ 2015.10.08 02:47:36 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "Was your parent's disapproval due to the nature of the garden such as this?"
[ 2015.10.08 02:48:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "He felt that a young girl should not be alone. Especially after what happened to my parents."
[ 2015.10.08 02:49:24 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods, "Ah... my apologies. I did not mean to pry, I just thought there might have been a cultural subtext at play."
[ 2015.10.08 02:50:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Family is very important to each of the Amarr cultures, as are nboodlines."
[ 2015.10.08 02:50:16 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > *bloodlines
[ 2015.10.08 02:51:08 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > the Matriarch of a True Amarr family is very protective of her family's bloodline and station. The Ni-Kunni tend to be more patriarchal, they used to have multiple wives for one husband, but the same considerations are present.
[ 2015.10.08 02:51:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > To leave a young girl alone is thought to invite disaster.
[ 2015.10.08 02:53:34 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote nods slowly and then smiles, "I understand."
[ 2015.10.08 02:56:03 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gazes at Zavier "I hope you enjoyed this insight into the Empire's cultures."
[ 2015.10.08 02:56:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "It is always pleasant to have a cultured guest to discuss things with." She smiles.
[ 2015.10.08 02:57:29 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote chuckles and grins slightly, "And it is always pleasant to have a cultured host who does not find my curiosity onerous."
[ 2015.10.08 02:58:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I am always happy to discuss the Empire with the curious." She pauses "If you'd like to meet again, I would find that pleasant"
[ 2015.10.08 03:01:53 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > "I would find that a pleasure I cannot refuse, Miss Aspenstar."
[ 2015.10.08 03:03:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "It would be a pleasure." She smiles and shows Zavier out.
[ 2015.10.08 03:04:25 ] Zavier Dessaultnier > /emote returns the smile and once last appreciative glance at Luna before he leaves, with a formal bow.

Channel Name: The Good Word (Chat)

[ 2015.10.13 11:39:19 ] Caroline Grace > Hello Lady Luna!
[ 2015.10.13 11:40:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > *warmly* Hello!
[ 2015.10.13 11:40:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > How have you been Ms. Grace?
[ 2015.10.13 11:41:10 ] Caroline Grace > All is good Lady-friend! Are you good, too?
[ 2015.10.13 11:41:31 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > mMm. Could be better but matters should be in hand soon.
[ 2015.10.13 11:42:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Oh if you are free some weekend, I'd be delighted to show you my Gardens.
[ 2015.10.13 11:43:07 ] Caroline Grace > I read about it! But I'm too shy!
[ 2015.10.13 11:43:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Weii I could give a private tour"
[ 2015.10.13 11:43:34 ] Caroline Grace > That's exactly what I'm shy about *giggles*
[ 2015.10.13 11:48:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smirks.
[ 2015.10.13 11:48:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Fine. I can let you know when I have a tour group?" (she smiles brightly)
[ 2015.10.13 11:48:25 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote giggles.
[ 2015.10.13 11:48:46 ] Caroline Grace > I'm shy in groups, too! I need a friend with me! But I have no friends! *she looks sad for a second*
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > I am sure that's not true Ms. Grace!
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Why, I see you and Captain Kim banter all the time. Maybe I could invite you both.
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:19 ] Caroline Grace > Everybody thinks I'm a potato!
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Oh gosh. I don't think you are a potato!
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:36 ] Caroline Grace > Ooo, you like Ms. Kim?
[ 2015.10.13 11:49:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > She has always been respectful and polite to me.
[ 2015.10.13 11:50:06 ] Caroline Grace > That is rare to hear!
[ 2015.10.13 11:50:15 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote simple shrugs.
[ 2015.10.13 11:50:32 ] Caroline Grace > /emote claps in excitement
[ 2015.10.13 11:51:32 ] Caroline Grace > But, that garden is on your Yacht, right?
[ 2015.10.13 11:51:47 ] Caroline Grace > I must not take a spaceship to visit it? Or where do I leave my spaceship?
[ 2015.10.13 11:52:11 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. I am usually docked in nahyeen at Zoar & Sons."
[ 2015.10.13 11:52:22 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "But I am quite willing to move it."
[ 2015.10.13 11:52:40 ] Caroline Grace > Is it good for the flowers?
[ 2015.10.13 11:53:43 ] Caroline Grace > Every system has a different star color!
[ 2015.10.13 11:53:53 ] Caroline Grace > Which means... flower problems!
[ 2015.10.13 11:54:12 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "True, but I have carefully controlled systems in the Yacjt"
[ 2015.10.13 11:54:58 ] Caroline Grace > Oh?
[ 2015.10.13 11:55:13 ] Caroline Grace > mmmm
[ 2015.10.13 11:55:41 ] Caroline Grace > How many flowers and trees do you have there?
[ 2015.10.13 11:56:40 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I have four different gardens. They are somewhat smaller than I'd have planet side but I use holos to make them seem larger.
[ 2015.10.13 11:57:24 ] Caroline Grace > Interesting!
[ 2015.10.13 11:57:35 ] Caroline Grace > Do you have any flowers that eat a person?
[ 2015.10.13 11:57:52 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Oh gosh no. These are all examples of cultivated gardens in the Empire."
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:03 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Although that sounds interesting for a future idea"
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:06 ] Caroline Grace > Oooooh!
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:12 ] Caroline Grace > And what about some animals?
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:16 ] Caroline Grace > Birds?
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:18 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote adds "but we do have alien floating jelliyfish in one."
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:29 ] Caroline Grace > Yay!
[ 2015.10.13 11:58:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "No birds or butterflies yet. Although that's a wonderful idea!"
[ 2015.10.13 11:59:02 ] Caroline Grace > How about you will add some holo Jovesaurs?
[ 2015.10.13 11:59:08 ] Caroline Grace > And make it a Jove Park!
[ 2015.10.13 11:59:45 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Oh goodness. But that sounds like the beginning of a gallente horrir flick.
[ 2015.10.13 11:59:58 ] Caroline Grace > and you will make tours there with flying cars, mmm!
[ 2015.10.13 12:00:12 ] Caroline Grace > Of course you'd have to build a very big walls...
[ 2015.10.13 12:01:04 ] Caroline Grace > and and and... how about genetically upgrading Jovenosaurus Rekks?
[ 2015.10.13 12:01:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Very. I think my yacht's Holodome is a bit small for those.
[ 2015.10.13 12:01:22 ] Caroline Grace > Hehe
[ 2015.10.13 12:01:59 ] Caroline Grace > Are you charging?
[ 2015.10.13 12:02:09 ] Caroline Grace > Like... the entry is free or tickets based?
[ 2015.10.13 12:03:34 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Invitation. it's free"
[ 2015.10.13 12:04:23 ] Caroline Grace > If you're good at something, never do it for free!...
[ 2015.10.13 12:04:31 ] Caroline Grace > /emote grins
[ 2015.10.13 12:10:40 ] Caroline Grace > Please excuse me, I'm going to play some videogames!

**ENTRANCE TO THE GARDENS IN THE YACHT**

Location: TES Empress's Bounty, Luxury Yacht

[ 2015.10.19 00:57:10 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote is standing in the garden's entrance in the biodome of her yacht which is in mehatoor. Crew would have escorted Aldrith and Mitari here when they choose to arrive.
[ 2015.10.19 00:58:20 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote leads Mitara on his arm, dressed in a white and silver-trimmed semi-formal Ni-Kunni style short robe.
[ 2015.10.19 01:00:48 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles brightly. She is dressed in a simple semi-formal White Dress. "Ave Sir And Admiral" she says warmly. "I am glad you were able to take a brief respite from your busy schedule to visit."
[ 2015.10.19 01:02:09 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote follows Aldriths lead, a small smile creeping onto her face at the sight of the gardens. She is wearing a simple abaya((http://www.sheinfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Beautiful-Dubai-Abayas.jpg))
[ 2015.10.19 01:03:37 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote curtsies to Luna, "Salve, Praefecta, thank you for inviting us."
[ 2015.10.19 01:04:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "My pleasure. I find that everyone needs a break and Maria tells me the Praetoria isbusy both in the warzone and with the trials."
[ 2015.10.19 01:04:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances at the pair.
[ 2015.10.19 01:05:04 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Huola is falling as we speak and practice for the tournament is ongoing. But yes, a break is needed every now and then.
[ 2015.10.19 01:05:32 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote seems more serious than he normally is. Probably having trouble getting out of work mode.
[ 2015.10.19 01:06:12 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. it would be good to walk the fields of Huola VII again. Although" *she frowns* "One problem may substitute for the other. Have you seen signs of Blood Raiders?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:06:34 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote tilts her head, "Not I?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:07:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Good." She frowns. "But here I go.. talking of military matters."
[ 2015.10.19 01:07:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Which garden would you like to visit first?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:08:29 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote adds after a moment, "Well... besides King Khanid's captain I suppose."
[ 2015.10.19 01:09:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote stiffens slightly and she says softly "Hopefully once the authorities know of his nature, he will be asked to withdraw"
[ 2015.10.19 01:09:08 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Once Huola is taken hopefully the Saracens will be able to provide space support against the Raders. Should help Cerra Manor considerably.
[ 2015.10.19 01:09:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods.
[ 2015.10.19 01:10:30 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote glances at Aldrith briefly than looks off at the garden.
[ 2015.10.19 01:11:00 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote frowns slightly as he remembers there is still a war to fight. "Anyway... how about the formal garden. We can finish with the Ni-Kunni one."
[ 2015.10.19 01:11:36 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote nods in agreement.
[ 2015.10.19 01:11:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. She leads the way to the formal garden: New Eden Fair - A Formal Garden of Dam Torsad

***FORMAL GARDEN OF DAM TORSAD***

[ 2015.10.19 01:12:33 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. She makes her way down the path towards the statue and steps to the side next to some roses to let Aldrith and Mitara take it in.
[ 2015.10.19 01:14:01 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote looks about with passing interest as he leads Mitara, still seeming distracted.
[ 2015.10.19 01:15:42 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote takes a keen interest in the flora as they walk, taking a moment to bow her head deeply at Jamyl's statue.
[ 2015.10.19 01:16:25 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote is idly picking some roses and braiding them. She smiles at Mitara "Of course, I needed to keep her statue here, Bless her Name"
[ 2015.10.19 01:16:53 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote doesn't even notice the statue until Mitara does. He simply stares at it as Mitara pays her respects.
[ 2015.10.19 01:17:11 ] Mitara Newelle > "This is a work of art, Praefecta." * she motions out to all the box hedges.
[ 2015.10.19 01:17:22 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Indeed.
[ 2015.10.19 01:17:23 ] Mitara Newelle > Did you do the designing?
[ 2015.10.19 01:17:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. Although i admit I based this garden on the one at the Amarr Legio Basilica. Still the themes and styles tend to remain the same through the more formal Empire."
[ 2015.10.19 01:18:46 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote looks over the layout another time, nodding in some recognition this time.
[ 2015.10.19 01:18:51 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote continues to braid the roses. "Lord Zerkiel Ikhr helped me to propagate and supply plants on early notice as the garden was installed whole, rather than develop through the growing season."
[ 2015.10.19 01:19:59 ] Aldrith Shutaq > It is a shame we could not come for the Fair, but at least you have preserved them aboard your ship.
[ 2015.10.19 01:20:27 ] Mitara Newelle > Aye. I did hear it was very successful though, congratulations.
[ 2015.10.19 01:20:51 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes." She blushes " I confess I was so pleased with them, I wanted to keep them to enjoy. Tending the plants has always been a stress-reliever for me"
[ 2015.10.19 01:23:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote continues to braid the roses. "The plants of course may differ. Different Houses may have their own flowers they wish to have incorporated, such as the thistle, or the Sarum Redwood"
[ 2015.10.19 01:23:55 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Depending on the significance to the Holders." She glances "I selected the daffodil and the iris because they are also symbols of the Society, the Sceptre and the Crown"
[ 2015.10.19 01:25:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > the Lady's Mantle is reflective of the veil that noble ladies and those of the Faith wear in religious sanctuaries, such as a basilica or a chapel.
[ 2015.10.19 01:26:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > And of course, the Empress has always been close to my heart since my days on Mehkios. How could I not include her rose?
[ 2015.10.19 01:26:10 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote nods a bit, listening intently.
[ 2015.10.19 01:26:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote finishes braiding the roses in her hand and stands up on her tippy toes, placing a crown of roses on the statue.
[ 2015.10.19 01:27:21 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote slips out of Mitara's grasp and wanders a bit to the side, sitting upon a stone bench for now.
[ 2015.10.19 01:27:39 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "One garden I especially like, but room did not permit here, uses box hedges to make a labrynith out of the symbols of the Empire."
[ 2015.10.19 01:27:45 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote smiles sadly at Luna and that statue, "She was taken from us too soon."
[ 2015.10.19 01:28:02 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says softly "Yes, she was." She glances at the statue.
[ 2015.10.19 01:28:44 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote hand furtively touches the neural jack at the base of his neck, though he is careful to make sure the ladies do not see.
[ 2015.10.19 01:28:48 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote glances curiously at Aldrith then looks at Luna, "Well, what you do have here is magnificent."
[ 2015.10.19 01:29:36 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Do you have any questions? You can also get information from the .. er.. holographic Luna."
[ 2015.10.19 01:29:47 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I was afraid I'd be busy so as a failsafe, I installed her."
[ 2015.10.19 01:29:56 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "For the Fair."
[ 2015.10.19 01:29:59 ] Mitara Newelle > Where is the one you were speaking of? That was a maze? Where is it located?
[ 2015.10.19 01:30:17 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "That one is in Kador. They are very traditional there and have many formal gardens."
[ 2015.10.19 01:31:14 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote nods and adds, "It was a welcome touch.. your other you.. I listened to the presentation on the way in." * Mitara chuckles lightly.
[ 2015.10.19 01:32:06 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote turns to Aldrith, "Didn't you think so, Husband?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:33:23 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote has already stood up again, his gaze fixated upon a bed of white irises. "Yes, quite," he says half conciously.
[ 2015.10.19 01:34:13 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says "Would you like to see the Khanid or the Colonial Garden next?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:35:12 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote looks to Aldrith with a polite smile.
[ 2015.10.19 01:36:58 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote offers, "I think the Colonial, Praefecta...."
[ 2015.10.19 01:37:26 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote finally smiles at that, glancing at Mitara. "I think we've all had enough Khanid for now."
[ 2015.10.19 01:38:00 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "A pity. It..is good for taking one's focus off one's troubles and mediation. But" She grimaces "I suppose recent events have put a damper on that."
[ 2015.10.19 01:38:31 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote mutters "God forbid that man actually wins" as she leads the way to the Colonial Garden.
[ 2015.10.19 01:39:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote deliberately was not clear as to King or Edeity!
[ 2015.10.19 01:40:20 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Aldrith Shutaq > /emote finally smiles at that, glancing at Mitara. "I think we've all had enough Khanid for now."
[ 2015.10.19 01:40:27 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > Lunarisse Aspenstar > "A pity. It..is good for taking one's focus off one's troubles and mediation. But" She grimaces "I suppose recent events have put a damper on that."
[ 2015.10.19 01:40:52 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote chuckles as he follows Luna, though it is tinged with a bit of bitterness.
[ 2015.10.19 01:41:13 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote follows the other two, taking one last look at Jamyl's statue.

*** A COLONIST'S GARDEN***

[ 2015.10.19 01:41:49 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote enters. She involutarily startles as a bolt of lightning streaks across the sky with a loud rumble of thunder, forgetting for a moment that the exterior is a hologram.
[ 2015.10.19 01:42:50 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote gets a sheepish look, and steps to the side to let Aldrith and Mitara enter.
[ 2015.10.19 01:42:54 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote glances upwards at the 'sky', catching sight of one of the jellyfish. He watches it as they walk.
[ 2015.10.19 01:44:53 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote involuntarily jerks at the thunder as well, then lets out a laugh.
[ 2015.10.19 01:45:29 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote perks a brow and flashes Mitara a wry smile as though to say, 'really'?
[ 2015.10.19 01:46:15 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote follows Aldrith's gaze, peering at the creatures curiously, "What are those creatures?" * she pokes Aldrith in the ribs behind the cover of her abaya.
[ 2015.10.19 01:46:21 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote notices Aldrith's glance. She chuckles "the colonist's call that the 'Veil of Heaven'"
[ 2015.10.19 01:46:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "it survives on the energies of the planet. The atmosphere is quite dynamic"
[ 2015.10.19 01:47:14 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says that with an unintentional dryness.
[ 2015.10.19 01:47:38 ] Mitara Newelle > Facinating how they move...
[ 2015.10.19 01:48:03 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Not many lifeforms can survive on storm worlds.
[ 2015.10.19 01:48:21 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Nature certainly is a wonderous thing.
[ 2015.10.19 01:49:06 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote nods. "Nor can people without these domes. Each group of 5-10 families has their garden that they share and mix crops. it's not generally self-sustaining but a way to supplement diet or sustain them in between shipments. Many of these colonies
[ 2015.10.19 01:49:09 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > are quite remote."
[ 2015.10.19 01:49:21 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote nods looking more at the habitat and corn now
[ 2015.10.19 01:50:01 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "I grew up on one like this, Harvest day came a few times a year because the dome does control temperature and moisture is irrigated. the only constraint is the energy of the colony's star"
[ 2015.10.19 01:50:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote glances at the holo 'habitat'. My mother used to have a forsythia bush by the door. it was her one 'frill'"
[ 2015.10.19 01:51:28 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote listens to Luna while she walks up to the rows of corn, "These grow quite tall, no?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:51:38 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes. They can grow above a person's head."
[ 2015.10.19 01:51:39 ] Aldrith Shutaq > How about it, Mitara? If one of us becomes the Emperor's champion, we could retire to a farm like this.
[ 2015.10.19 01:51:53 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Some famers will grow beans along with the corn.. to grow on the stalks"
[ 2015.10.19 01:52:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles as she hears Aldrith.
[ 2015.10.19 01:52:47 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote smirks and looks at the lightning, "Well... I would miss my ocean, and I don't know if that would be too relaxing."
[ 2015.10.19 01:53:56 ] Mitara Newelle > Theo and Tryphena would enjoy hiding out in this I would think.
[ 2015.10.19 01:54:21 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Perhaps one on a barren planet then. I can see the lightning getting annoying as well.
[ 2015.10.19 01:54:44 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Yes, children do. I didn't have a chance to finish my cottage garden, but Maria and her brothers used to hide among my sunflowers and hollyhocks"
[ 2015.10.19 01:54:53 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Sounds too much like artillery shells against a hull.
[ 2015.10.19 01:55:11 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote strolls down one of the rows, "What do you think, Praefecta, do you see Captain Shutaq out in the field, farming?"
[ 2015.10.19 01:55:23 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "He has the muscles for it. I think the sun would do wonders for him'
[ 2015.10.19 01:55:26 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Hey... I garden.
[ 2015.10.19 01:55:33 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote smirks.
[ 2015.10.19 01:55:51 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote raises a brow torwards Aldrith and smiles.
[ 2015.10.19 01:56:51 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote tilts her head sloghtly "You do
[ 2015.10.19 01:56:54 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > ?
[ 2015.10.19 01:57:06 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Yes, though not much lately.
[ 2015.10.19 01:57:21 ] Aldrith Shutaq > I used to help tend the gardens at the Basilica when I was the steward.
[ 2015.10.19 01:57:52 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Picked up the habit, then started doing it at home when I didn't have the time to visit anymore.
[ 2015.10.19 01:58:04 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote kneels, careful not to get her clothes dirty, and takes up a handful of soil and smells it.
[ 2015.10.19 01:58:35 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "oh! I didn't know. No wonder they were always in fine condition. I always helped as part of my chores when on retreat there"
[ 2015.10.19 01:59:28 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote smiles at Aldrith.
[ 2015.10.19 01:59:29 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote lets the soil fall out of hand then quickly brushes the off before standing once again.
[ 2015.10.19 01:59:46 ] Mitara Newelle > them off8
[ 2015.10.19 01:59:48 ] Mitara Newelle > *
[ 2015.10.19 02:02:22 ] Aldrith Shutaq > /emote smiles briefly back. "I wish I had time to do more. I was thinking of planting a vegetable garden at the estate but..."
[ 2015.10.19 02:02:34 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote walks back to Luna and Aldrith, "If we were to do something like this, we'd have to add livestock, and well... "
[ 2015.10.19 02:02:38 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote wrinkles her nose.
[ 2015.10.19 02:03:57 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote chuckles. "Well.. in a colony they would usually have a seperate space for livestock. A planetary farm, however, usually would have some"
[ 2015.10.19 02:05:01 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Hm, no... We haven't much space on the island, and they would smell.
[ 2015.10.19 02:05:45 ] Aldrith Shutaq > Besides, could you imagine Theo or Phena crying when we picked one of their friends to slaughter?
[ 2015.10.19 02:06:04 ] Mitara Newelle > /emote rubs her nose, shaking her head.
[ 2015.10.19 02:06:05 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > /emote says brightly "you can raise chickens for the eggs. No need to slaughter them"
[ 2015.10.19 02:06:29 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "And they don't need to much space and if free range will.. henpeck any bugs off the crops"
[ 2015.10.19 02:06:44 ] Lunarisse Aspenstar > "Maria used to like to chase the hens around the yard."

***to be continued?***

[PLACE HOLDER FOR ALDRITH/MITTY IF CONTINUED TO LAST GARDEN]