[center][h1][color=plum]Niara Rootwick[/color][/h1]
[h3]~ Rehabilitating Hamlet ~[/h3]
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A missive came forward, from the back of her mind. Some audio had been decoded. Someone had mentioned cooking food nearby, recently. The root elf bundled her bundle back up, carefully so, with the steady motions of a confident hand. She turned her attention to the old man, Victor, and Yingmei, as she got to her feet,[color=plum] “it’d be great if we could find ourselves with a rooster, too. I wonder if the chicks are very distinguished, as well?”[/color] She was certain they were going to be cuter still than this bird, but they’d need that rooster to even have a chance of finding out.

At any rate, Niara carefully slid her sack of goodies over her shoulder again and went to go track down the voice that had mentioned cooking. Aah.. there! He’d just been handed some rabbits. Niara approached, calling as she did,[color=plum] “hail, there, good sir. You’ll be cooking, will you? Maybe you’d like to have a look at these. We’ve got tea and a, uh, grain that’s very closely related to rice.”[/color] Yes, that was a fine summary.[color=plum] “I’ve never actually used it before, it might be a bit tougher or dryer than rice. I’m not sure.”[/color] She hadn’t had time to do anything other than make the changes necessary to help the plant grow and produce a healthy crop in the conditions provided. Given that she hadn’t known everything about the best growing conditions, her changes may not have been exactly what was needed, either. The fields were supposed to be drained of water, after a point.. she’d have to ask Yingmei for more information, if they couldn’t get proper paddies going anywhere, which might not happen for a while.

[color=plum] “I also don’t usually do grains.”[/color] She knelt and unbundled the fresh harvest once more, looking up at who would apparently be their cook, [color=plum]”I might garden fruits or veggies, but grain? Not I. Or tea, for that matter.”[/color] No doubt, the grain had to be separated from the stalk and all that, but she wasn’t sure about all that. Really, she was just familiar with growing things.