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Poinsettia?

Oh, okay then. I'd bring some stuff to start but maybe it'll be better to have an idea of how big a space we're working with and all.

[Not everyone invests in gigantic rooms roughly ten times their size, after all.]

Where's your room at anyway?

[Poinsetta's jaw drops at the question.]

Oh.

[Oh shit.]

[Now, that was a very good question. Personally, ever since they've moved into Silver Justice's dorm room, Shaymin had less to worry about . . . some of which included the location of the dorm and how big it was supposed to be. Poinsettia began to ponder over those questions, before scrawling out a room layout and sending it over to Donnie.]

Here is the layout of the room that Silver Justice and I live in. If I can recall correctly, I think it's smaller than your room since . . . Justice is smaller than the bigger robots:

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And the room is . . .

[Poinsettia swiftly runs out of the dorm room and upon bursting out of said room, they turned to face the doorway . . . only to see nothing.]

A-Actually . . . is it possible to send you something like coordinates so you can find me? I'm right in front of my dorm, Donnie!

Hmmm...

[That's still going to be a lot more guesswork than he'd like to base anything off of, but it's something to work with.]

Hang on, I can grab that from you- just stay where you aaaaaaaaaare-okay got it.

[As it turns out, Poinsettia didn’t need to give the coordinates out. Instead, Donnie was able to simply grab them from their communication device despite the distance! Understandably, Poinsettia couldn’t help but be fascinated by Donnie’s cool technology!]

[If their memory serves them correctly, Poinsettia remembered the evolution of technology from way back at home. Be it through learning about a certain gym leader from Kalos to learning about how the Rotoms were used to power up the Pokédexes, Poinsettia was always interested in what the world could come up with at every turning point.]

[From that point, Poinsettia waited patiently for the familiar-looking turtle to approach them at the entrance. It could possibly take a while or so for Donnie to arrive given their lack of expertise in figuring out their own dorm room measurements and maybe a number, but Poinsettia was used to waiting. After all, the R2 sure is a big place to traverse through!

[Traveling through the immense halls alone usually accounts for most of the travel time. Discounting Leo's portals however, Donnie is otherwise confident he's one of the fastest organics when it comes to getting around, thanks to his flight shell!

Poinsettia would see him coming eventually, and small as he is, it's hard to miss that vibrant magenta glow from the jets built into his battle shell.]

[Luckily, Poinsettia does recognize that familiar magenta glow, as they started hopping around and cheering at the sight of Donnie in the hallways. Even better, they were able to take the piece of paper they’ve drawn the room layout on with them so they could give it to Donnie in person!]

[Upon seeing Donnie come closer to them, Poinsettia unrolled the drawing and handed it over to him.]

Hi, Donnie! Here is the layout for you!

I’ve did my best to make it as accurate as possible, but if there are any changes needed on the garden, I can totally take it! I’m not super experienced with buildings and such, and I deeply appreciate you helping me out, Donnie!

[Donnie drops down with the practiced air of someone who's used to landing from great heights. He takes the drawing with a faint smile, nodding.]

Well, let's see how it looks in person first. Visuals are good, but numbers are better.

[Oh, if only if Poinsettia was able to figure out on how to measure out their own dorm room! But hey, at least they have a super cool and smart turtle boy on their side!]

R-Right! [Poinsettia then walked inside the room to lead Donnie in.] Right this way, Donnie!

[Upon walking inside the room, Poinsettia turned around to face the turtle boy.]

H-Here is the room! It’s a little new, but feel free to look around the room if you wish!

New is better, since that means less things to move around. Okay then...

[He walks in to have a look, glancing at the drawing he'd been given.]

Are you seriously sleeping in a drawer?

[That is good to hear. As Poinsettia remembered from way back, Silver Justice was the only "Leaguer" inside this particular dorm, so it wouldn't be as "moved in" compared to if he had another dorm-mate inside.]

[Poinsettia blinks in surprise, staring at Donnie with wide eyes.]

Oh. [Poinsettia is almost left speechless, the gears in their tiny head turning. Then —] Oh!! Oh, I don't think I drew it correctly, but I actually sleep on top of the drawer, not inside it!

Here, lemme — [Poinsettia attempts to climb up the drawer with great effort, but eventually makes it over to where the small box containing their bedroom accessories lay.] — my bed is right here! And to think of it . . . it's good that I asked you for help, Donnie!

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Oh, oh, so like two different- got it.

...that's gotta be a pain to get to.

[He looks up at the thing, considerably taller than him even if the other occupant of the room isn't nearly as tall as some Cybertronians.]

Right, so you probably need like...stairs or something.

And then that would be your roommate's recharge slab, a.k.a. the bed- and judging by your depiction, the garden would be roughly the same size, so I'll just use those measurements.

[Poinsettia peeked down at Donnie with a rather sheepish look, since it really was a pain to get up to their own bed.]

I-I mean — I guess you're right. I usually have Justice pick me up and down whenever I want to go anywhere, but with him being more busier than the usual I ended up having to do make do with what I had at the time.

[Poinsettia then turned to face Silver Justice's recharge slab, and then shifted their gaze at Donnie.]

I think that would be great, Donnie! I did my best to figure out how much space I would need as I considered moving my bedroom inside it. And it has been a while since I've been outside, to be frank . . .

It's easy to miss being outside where there's actual air... Maybe we can find a planet to drop by, some time.

[He measures out the sides of the slab with a measuring tape, jotting down numbers before he flies over to the empty area where the garden's been designated.]

Maybe it'd help if I draw an outline so it'll be easier for you to visualize. And I suppose it'd be better to have it contained so dirt doesn't get tracked everywhere... But it's a pretty fair space to work with. We'll have to put a waterproof layer down as the base, and then we'll have to get a truckload or two of dirt...

[Admittedly so, Poinsettia couldn't help but agree with Donnie. Upon their first arrival, Poinsettia took a while to adjust to the amount of air conditioning that was used within the R2. It wasn't bad air, but it definitely wasn't the same thing as actual fresh air. Hearing about dropping by a planet to chill out and take in the fresh air and sun piqued Poinsettia's interest.]

I think an outline would be great, Donnie! And do have the dirt inside a box or something like that, since Justice mentioned dealing with a pest problem from way back or so. It was why I chose to call him just to be sure that he was OK with it as long as nothing leaks out . . .

[Poinsettia liked hearing the sound of Donnie's voice. It sounded relaxing and rather intriguing as they tuned into his rambling about how the new garden should be set up.]

[The turtle's already produced a piece of chalk and has started to mark out points. He considers before simply mystic-tech'ing up a frame that fit within the points he'd marked out so he could trace along the outer edges.]

Well, technically pests shouldn't be a problem provided nothing's lurking in the dirt or anything you might transplant. But there are simple enough remedies for those problems. But yes, containing the dirt will be easy enough, and if you have grass then it'll keep any loose earth from spreading around. We could put in a pathway or something too. Actually, what all did you have in mind for putting in this garden?

[He waves a hand at Poinsettia for them to go ahead with answering while he goes over to start getting measurements for the drawers.]

[With their attention now grabbed, Poinsettia approached the edge of the drawer to see Donnie waving them over. In response, Poinsettia waved back at him.]

Oh! I've been wanting to put in the Gracidea flowers so I can access them whenever I need to fly!

[They then began to ponder a bit more before coming up with another answer.]

A-Actually, since there is no rain inside the R2, [Quite obvious.] do you think it would be possible to add in a way to water the plants without them withering away? Or maybe a way to mimic the sun so they can grow big and tall? I think what you are doing so far is really good! Especially with the grass!

Oh, pff. Easy. We can install a sprinkler system. And light arrays that have the proper spectrum best suited for plants to grow.

But Gracidea flowers won't be a problem. How about any trees?

Oh, I can totally take a tree, Donnie!

[Poinsettia then began to ponder over their own words.]

But what kind of tree though . . . I haven't kept up with my trees, so I wouldn't exactly know which trees would best work with those Gracidea flowers. I do know that I like the ones that smell like Christmas, but how tall will the trees be so they don't accidentally break something inside the dorm room?

We can probably figure something out. A tree might be tricky, but I don't think space would be the problem here so much as adequate nutrients. And we can always trim it back if it does look like it's getting out of hand.

[Poinsettia blinked in surprise.]

[Huh. Didn't expect the nutrients to be the real problem, but given Donnie's expertise in plants . . . he could be absolutely right on the money about it.]

I . . . I never considered nutrients to be a part of the problem. [Poinsettia then looked around their surroundings.] How does one give a tree nutrients in a place like this?

Mainly from soil, water and light. And since the soil here is going to be contained and in a consistent environment, it'll need some help in replenishing nutrients. Natural plant cycles help with that a little, when plants die and such, but we can also add like, fertilizer and that sort of thing.

Hm... That might start to get complicated though. Well, we'll workshop it.

Ohhh, that's why. That honestly makes so much sense, now that you've brought up why the soil here might need some help.

And I think the f-fertilizer might help too! I've seen some of the Professors and their assistants do that with their own plants, so that could also be super helpful . . .

[Poinsettia then dipped their head, now discovering how wacky crazy gardening can get when it came to working around man-made settlements such as the R2(?).]

Oh definitely; I think workshopping it can also work . . . but aren't you going to get super exhausted, even with me and Justice [Possibly, though with a rather interesting schedule in mind.] helping you out on the garden?

I've had a lot of experience since any gardening I did back home was mostly in the sewers.

[He says this quite frankly, thinking nothing unusual of it, apparently.]

The most exhausting part will be setting it up. Maintaining it once things start to grow won't be too much, and so long as you do your part to water and take care of things, I won't need to do a whole lot once it's done.

[He waves a hand.]

Anyway, it'll be a welcome change from other projects I've been doing.

[Does this boy ever rest.]

T-The sewers? [Poinsettia couldn't even believe what they've just heard with their own ears.] As in the sewers?

[Poinsettia was practically stunned at this point. But they have other things to look into other than the fact that Donnie apparently used to live in the sewers for all his life until arriving at the R2.]

Oh, Justice can totally help out with the set up! He's a big boy, so it'll be less exhausting with him on our side! [Hopefully, it'll let Donnie rest in a well-deserved break. He probably needs it like right now or so depending on how busy he is.] And I'll be sure that the plants and trees are well taken care of! I'll have to get used to watering them since there is no rain inside the ship. [Unless Poinsettia counts the sprinkler system as rain, but is it really if it's turtle-made?]

Yeah? Back home, that's where my family lives.

-oh! You don't have to worry about going too far for water at least. There should be some pipes I can tap into and install some connections from. We can install a basin aside from sprinklers. I suspect it'd do you some good to have access to water as well, anyway.

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whoops. the problem with having one too many donnie journals

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