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the rays of the afternoon sun dance through the large windows of the tree nursery, enveloping the rows of potted plants and blooming flowers in a soft, golden glow. today, rosemary had made up her mind to conquer the towering stack of old boxes tucked away in the back room - a treasure trove brimming with neglected tools, outdated supplies, and a handful of curious trinkets she had been meaning to sift through for what seemed like an eternity.[break][break]

gently, she sweeps a stray lock of petal pink hair behind her ear, the weight of the task ahead already weighing heavily on her confidence. summoning all her courage, she lifts a heavy box, awkwardly cradling it in her arms as she navigates through the nursery’s cramped hallways and aisles.[break][break]

as she approaches the front of the nursery, the box begins to slip from her grasp. "no, no, no—" she mutters, trying to adjust her hold, but it is too late. the box tumbles from her hands, and she winces as she hears the unmistakable sound of glass shattering.[break][break]

rosemary humbly descends to the ground, her heart heavy with sorrow as she gazes upon the fragments of a once magnificent terrarium scattered along the floor. her fingers quiver as she begins the daunting task of picking up the shattered pieces, cursing herself for her recklessness. as she is engrossed in her penitent duties, a gentle chime resonates throughout the room, announcing the arrival of an unexpected visitor.[break][break]

she looks up, cheeks flushed with embarrassment, ready to explain the mess. "i’m so sorry," she calls out, "i’ll be with you in just a moment…"[break][break]

her finger slips too close to a shard, and pain blossoms in her palm as the glass cuts her. “ow!” she chirps as blood drips to the floor.

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Ameena had few hobbies. This was the nature of a woman who spent all of her time researching or contributing to some type of Rocket project. Even her rest wasn't restful, as it fed back into her dream research. [break][break]

This also meant her skillset was built taller than it was wide. In other words, the plants in her house kept dying. [break][break]

She had claimed countless victims, but she still wanted a small blooming Rowap. The colors were pleasant, and the berries were delicious. Hers always died shortly after sprouting from a seed, so she had taken to buying them further along in growth. Of course, those also died, and so she was on her monthly pilgrimage to replace it. [break][break]

Ameena was content enough to wait for the shopkeeper given the gorgeous array of plants she had lined the room with, but the shattering of glass interrupted her serenity. "Lou can help with that," Ameena offered without lifting a finger. Her companion, the perfect posture Lucario, stalked over and offered, first, a healing pulse for her cut. Then, tentatively, he moved to grab shards.[break][break]

"Dangerous times we live in," she commented with a faux grim tone. The coming war hung over them like a guillotine, but the macabre was a source of amusement for some veterans like herself.

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rosemary is lucky that she's made a fool of herself in front of somebody kind enough to offer a hand instead of a fist. the shopkeep watches with rapt attention as the once torn skin of her fingertip is knit together by divine touch, wrought upon her by the customer's lucario. a tall woman with a worn face and eyes with such intensity that rosemary's stomach ends up doing a front flip inside of her. she averts her eyes and swallows thickly.[break][break]

"thank you for the help," she manages, directed both towards the lucario, who is now assisting in cleanup, and the unknown customer. rosemary quickly busies herself with a broom and a dustpan in search of ridding herself of her failure's evidence, and the glass makes soft sounds against the store's linoleum floor tiles as she sweeps it all into the dustpan.[break][break]

rosemary moves to dispose the remains of the terrarium into the trash, but ameena's observation gives her pause.[break][break]

she runs her bottom lip beneath her teeth, an unconscious habit brought to life by mention of the war. it is her whole reason for being in hoenn. unrest breeds business. people come and go. their love raises castles, like sootopolis, and it razes cities to the ground, like petalburg. for everu war, there are hawkers on the sidelines. shame blooms like a wretched flower in rosemary's chest as she dumps the glass shards in her dustpan into a trash bin. she had thought the nursery could help her escape thoughts of such conflict, and yet it still finds her.[break][break]

"i guess so," rosemary murmurs as she turns back to ameena, forcing a smile to her face kicking and screaming. "i am glad people still care about shops like these in such times."[break][break]

rosemary's head tilts, her idle fingertips play with the hem of her apron. "were you looking for something specific?"

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The other woman takes things in stride, all things considered. Ameena finds her interesting, but Hoenn's filled with interesting characters. "I need a Rowap," she finally says, looking at the various offerings of the shop rather than at the woman herself. "One that is a bit along in its life cycle; seeds tend to disagree with me." [break][break]

A sapling, an adolescent. She liked their early stages, but she might have to start settling for grown ones if she couldn't find them early. Her uncanny ability to kill sprouting seeds disrupted the vision she held for the plants. [break][break]

"But I must ask," she adds, offering the woman her undivided attention, "if you recommend terrariums. I have negative space to fill." Her house didn't look lived-in. It largely wasn't. She'd brought a secretary there and gotten the feedback that it looked too sterile, too clinical. It would damage her civilian ID if it looked like it was actively on the housing market rather than the lavish home of a CEO. [break][break]

"I have not seen the appeal of self-contained ecosystems, but the glasswork is pretty." The geometric shapes were easy on the eyes. The store had a decent inventory for the logistical problems surrounding the region. She wondered if it could survive a period of purse-clutching and penny-counting, should the war drain the resources of the public drastically.

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as the conversation returns to the topic of plants, rosemary's smile brightens considerably, finally back on solid ground. seeds may not agree with ameena, but nowadays, rosemary often finds them to be her only true companions.[break][break]

"a rowap is no problem. we've got a few that should be just right," she says, gesturing towards a section of the nursery where the plants in question were thriving. just as she's about to move to go pick a suitable one for the woman, the next question gives rosemary considerable pause, if only to quell the sudden excitement that lurches up through her throat like a monster.[break][break]

"terrariums are really great if you love the look plants bring to a space but don't feel confident with taking care of them," rosemary chirps, turning fully back to ameena. "once you seal it, you never have to open it up again, not even to water it. the terrarium creates a little micro-climate that allows them to water themselves once you introduce some water when building it."[break][break]

she tilts her head slightly, her eyes drifting to the now-empty space where the terrarium had been. "if you're interested, i could help you put one together. something simple but elegant, maybe with a mix of succulents or ferns? they’re quite forgiving."

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The longer Ameena chewed on the thought of a terrarium, the more it seemed the perfect solution to her problem. She liked the idea of not having to manage it at all. "Scratch the Rowap. Show me the terrarium set-ups." She couldn't get lower maintenance than 'leave it alone,' which sounded pretty damn good to her. [break][break]

"Do you have any purple succulents? Dark green works fine, too. The accent tones are jewel, so deeper colors will fit right in." A little color coordination and playing with texture for room decor was in her wheelhouse, but she was a helpless plant killer. She spared a glance at Lucario, who seemed to be eyeballing some hanging plant leaves but hadn't yet decided to be disobedient and eat them. [break][break]

She needed her hand held through the creation part for sure. "And you know how much water to give it before sealing it for an eternity?" Her playful amusement covered some of her concern.

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rosemary nods in response, and she sweeps quickly over to the selection of succulents that ameena might like. she plucks a few that fit the bill: a vibrant echeveria with leaves like lavender petals, a sleek aeonium with leaves of a deep, dark emerald, and a string of pearls, which doesn’t match the colour scheme but its whimsical nature proves too irresistible. rosemary places them all delicately on the counter and holds each one up in turn as she explains their care instructions to ameena.[break][break]

"we can put together a little dish with these three," she explains, gesturing to the plants with her free hand as she holds a medium-sized glass bowl in the crook of her arm. "it'll only need about a fourth of a cup of water before we close it up. they do well in bright, indirect light, but they'll thrive anywhere you put them. then, once we seal it, it never has to be touched again."[break][break]

with the grace of somebody who has done this a thousand times, rosemary layers smooth river pebbles, charcoal, and soil into the bowl, creating the foundation of the terrarium. she pours the water in, creating a thin layer of moisture. she then starts the process of nestling each plant into the soil. as she works, her shoulders relax and her breathing evens out, content in this tiny world she's creating.[break][break]

"i used to make these all the time when i was younger," she says, almost wistfully. "they're like little worlds all of their own." she gives the bowl a gentle tap when she's finished, wiping away the stray soil on her fingers with a towel.[break][break]

stepping back, rosemary observes her work. the plants crowd together in a small, spherical glass piece with a funnel at the top for a seal—the purple echeveria adds a delicious contrast to the deep color of the aeonium, and the more muted green of the string of pearls pulls together the ensemble. rosemary glances up to ameena, seeking approval. "does this setup look nice?"

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The botanist is transfixed in the project, and Ameena realizes that the creation of terrariums can be very meditative. She approves of the choices, and she likes the look of the river pebbles. [break][break]

"They're like little worlds all of their own." Ameena gets it. More than before, that is. Her fascination with dreams started at such a young age, wondering if her day dreams were little worlds that she was accessing. As she grew, and as she studied, she found that it was totally possible that these were alternate realities accessed by the subconscious - a belief supported by some of the odd interactions between human minds and psychic pokemon. Something furthered by tera crystals and their ability to make one's imagination manifest in reality, though only temporarily. [break][break]

Crafting little worlds and visiting them stemmed from the same fascination. For some, it may feed or initiate a god complex, but for Ameena, and she suspected for Rosemary too, this was more of a pure satisfaction about creation. [break][break]

"It looks lovely." She knows exactly where to put it. More than that, she finds she wants more. "My company's got an open floor plan and a high ceiling and... well, little to look at besides the painful minimalistic all-white aesthetic that suits tech companies like my own. If you had the time, and the commission up front, could you make a terrarium that's, say, twenty feet tall?"

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the request makes rosemary's heart stutter in her chest. a project of such magnitude and scale is the likes of something she had only ever dreamed of—the chance to make something so beautiful, to cultivate so much life in the center of a company, where it can be properly adored, is a temptation that sets her fingertips buzzing with excitement.[break][break]

she knows she shouldn't. the reminder lurks in the back of her skull, sharp and cold like an icicle. after all, her father's deadlines are fast approaching, her inheritance hangs on a knife's edge, and getting involved in such an undertaking would surely draw his ire if he ever found out.[break][break]

but the expression on ameena's face is so earnest, and a denial would sting too much on her tongue. this is her calling—the duty of her heart—to surround herself with soil and green and snaking roots. rosemary’s hands grip tight to the counter as she steadies herself, but her eyes are alight with hope.[break][break]

"i would be honored to make a terrarium of that size," she answers finally, her voice trembling only slightly. "it would be a big project, of course, and would take time to gather all of the supplies and map out a design, but i can't think of anything i'd rather work on more."[break][break]

rosemary doesn't mention payment, as money holds no value to her. she had agreed before ever hearing a price, drawn to the project on a level deeper than coins and cash. for rosemary, this is a chance to heal. to create. to pursue that which makes her heart truly sing.[break][break]

"are you looking for anything in particular?" she continues, already buzzing with ideas. "something colorful or more muted? a lush jungle, or maybe a recreation of a familiar landscape? a twenty foot tall terrarium is essentially a miniature world— the possibilities are endless!" her laughter is small and skittish, self-conscious about her enthusiasm but excited nonetheless.

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She's pleased the request is so readily accepted. [break][break]

"I have many things, but an artist's eye is not one of them. I trust your judgement, but with the overwhelming white glare of the room, I think it will look perfect so long as it does not also reflect that boring palette." She couldn't say how well a muted color scheme would work versus a vibrant one, or if monochrome would be more dazzling than complementary colors, but she could see the passion in Rosemary and trusted her to use it well. [break][break]

She made a habit of working with folks who operated in passion, anyways. The apathetic were the least trust-worthy companions in all areas - military support, research, and even artistic endeavors. "If I can make any request... I would be pleased to see crystals featured inside." The tera crystal-laden caves of Hoenn were her favorite to visit. Galar had none. [break][break]

She pulled out a card for her secretary and offered it to her. "Please call him to set the invoice and organize logistics. I trust whatever you dream of will suit us just fine at AbCon."

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"i can assure you, a boring palette is the last thing that will come to your company," she nods reassuringly, eagerly committing this first stipulation to memory. she taps her finger against her lip thoughtfully as she envisions the space in her head, the terrarium a bloom of color in the center of an achromatic room.[break][break]

"and crystals—yes, i think i know exactly the ones you mean," she adds, eyes sparkling with possibilities. the landscape already takes shape in her mind's eye: the tera crystals in shades of rose and pink, sprouting from the earth, a beautiful mimicry of their wild counterparts. this project, this piece, will be more special than any she's made before..[break][break]

rosemary pockets the card carefully. it feels like a promise, or perhaps an invitation, a chance to bring something new and vibrant to life. she glances down to her hands and realizes she's still clutching the terrarium they made together like a talisman. she gently transfers it into ameena's waiting hands and finishes the transaction swiftly.[break][break]

"i'll be in touch soon," she says, and her smile feels genuine, excited, something even rosemary can't deny himself. this work, this creation, feels like home. "thank you so much, miss...?"[break][break]

she trails off, realizing belatedly that she's gone the entire conversation without ever asking ameena's name. the warmth in her cheeks spreads down her neck, but she maintains eye contact, not bothering to hide her sheepish smile. "i can't believe i didn't get your name. i'm rosemary, by the way."

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The artist's excitement is contagious. Ameena can already tell she'll find herself on the first floor of her company far more often to look at the large centerpiece that will be there. [break][break]

"Ameena Abadi," she says with an extended hand. She imagines the two of them will not meet in conversation about her dream research, so there's no reason to introduce her status as a doctor. "It is a pleasure, Rosemary. My secretary's desk is filled with plants, so I imagine he will be ecstatic to help with the organization of this project." He was a chatterbox, but she didn't warn Rosemary. "Thank you for your assistance today."

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