RP: So I Went to the Ark for Plants...

[tt_cecilia]

Date: 18. February, 2002
Characters: Cecilia Proudfoot and Charlie Weasley
Setting: The Ark, late morning
Content: Very Mature
Status: Open: Private, Complete


Striding up to the counter in the main building by the Ark entrance, Cecilia held up her identification card to the man there. “Cecilia Proudfoot,” she introduced herself. “I have a 9 o’clock arrangement for a guide to help me retrieve plant samples.”

“Proudfoot…” the man muttered, checking over a list before he nodded and looked back up at her. “Yes, yeah, that’s still on. If you’ll just stick around, I’ll send them your way, yeah?”

Cecilia sent him a smile and nodded. “Is it alright if I wait outside?” The man nodded and again she nodded that she had understood, and went outside to take a seat on the steps leading down to the open place in front of the building.

With her backpack between her feet she started rummaging through it, checking to make sure that she had everything she needed. Clippers and bags for samples, her water bottle – which she moved to the outer pocket for easier access – and protective gloves, just in case. Looking down at the bottle, she rethought that decision. Yes, it was an unreasonably warm day and she would need the water, but it would keep cooler inside the backpack. Rather than make it less accessible, she cast a cooling Charm on it, and tightened the band that would keep it in place.

As she sat there on the steps, watching the people that milled by, she couldn’t help but notice their clothes. Maybe she wasn’t exactly dressed to be around animals, but she had found it too warm to wear anything but her boots, shorts and tank top. Oh well, she would have to Transfigure what she had if need be.

Pulling out the bottle of water, she took a long drink and let the delightful calm settle in her.

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[tt_charlie]

Sending Viktor off for the day, Charlie finished tending on the Horntail's injured front paw, speaking soothingly as he applied a glop of the medicine and then wrapped it with a light gauze. There was a light sedative in the medicine, enough to calm the touchy Horntail and keep her from flying too far from the sanctuary for a few days.

A reminder beep had him cleaning up the goop from his hands and storing the containers in a small shed just outside her enclosure. Charlie retrieved his t-shirt from on top of the shed and tossed it over one shoulder absently as he picked up one of the water bottles sent over from the desalinization plant that morning. It was the Command Center's new effort to make sure everyone stayed hydrated as the temperature's rose with the upcoming Spring weather.

He carried it with him as he hiked back to HQ to meet the herbologist surveyor. Charlie had been expecting a man but it was clear from her gear that the woman on the steps was his assignment. Charlie approached with a smile, holding out his hand. "Heya, Charlie Weasley. I'll be taking you out to the site today. Is there anything you need before we get started?" he asked.