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Most are! You can actually grow a lot of fresh ones in your kitchen and be fine with just using a bit at a time.

( she suspects nothing! no imp banishing or cult activities here! if they were part of the group believing that she's been bullied, she doesn't recognize them either... she's just happy to be having a bit of a.... relatively normal day at school. relatively. )

They grow really fast, too!! I like chamomile for that sort of thing.

[ A little bit at a time... That'd be perfect for daily business, but when you got a lot of murderous imps to banish all at one time? It's going to be tough. ]

What about basil? Does basil grow fast?

[ They glance down at the pot Nene's tending to ]

Is this chamomile...?

[ All they know about chamomile is sleepytime tea. Maybe sleepytime imps will make them easier to round up. They're willing to try anything at this point. ]

Basil... It takes about a month, I think. But the, uh, water here seems to encourage strong growth?

( nene shakes her head though. )

No, that's in one of the planters in the gardening clubroom. This is... coneflower, I think? It's an American flower. They look kind of like purple daisies!

[ They lean in a little further, squinting at the plant and trying to see it from all angles but that doesn't change the fact that it looks like a generic Plant to them. ]

Coneflower...? I've never heard of it.

[ It doesn't look like a cone? Who named these flowers?? they should be fired and Lucifer-senpai should take their place. ]

That's incredible, Yashiro-san. I bet nobody else would be able to tell the difference between this and a weed! I couldn't!

( nene just giggles, shaking her head. )

When it's fully grown, the pistil- the center part the petals grow around- is going to be larger and kind of like a dome? and the petals will wort of sloop downward, like a cone. It's still getting there, though- it was only planted a bit ago.

( also hey fun fact did you know purple coneflowers have been used for centuries as treatment for colds and cold symptoms? i just thought that was very interesting. )

I'm really excited to see how it grows!

[ All they know is that flowers are pretty and smell nice, any practical use is beyond them, let alone just how much variety there is in flowers. ]

Huh... Me too! I can't really envision it, so I wanna see it when it's all grown up! Will you let me know?

Of course!! ( she's so excited? plants!!! flowers!!! ) Oh- right, you were interested in herbs, right? Most of them are super easy to grow, they're really good beginner plants... but if you want, I just need the supplies, and I can handle it.

Yeah, I am! But, um...

[ Mm, they fidget a little, leaning away like they're trying to decide. ]

It's no good if I let you handle all of it— I'm not gonna learn that way, and I want to help too! It wouldn't be fair, otherwise.

( she nods solemnly. )

I understand. ... So... I'll teach you about raising plants! And if you ever have questions, you can swing by the gardening club! If I'm not there, I'm sure one of the other members who have experience can definitely help.

( not that she wouldn't be there or anything... no where to go. no one to be kidnapped by. it's fine. she sure as hell ain't dying after all! )

If you get a starter plant at any store, you're going to want to repot it into a bigger pot with fresh soil as soon as possible, okay?

A starter plant... Like a peach tree?

[ Is that a starter plant? Like one of those already grown trees that's five feet tall and you stick in the ground outside and pray for fruit—- but no, as much as they like peaches, that's not what they need. It's herbs. Boring herbs that all look the same, like leaves, that smell nice but it's hard to tell one from the other by name if they're put on the spot. ]

...plants are so complicated...

( NO SHE'S GIGGLING they're so cute, who allowed this. )

No, no, like... you know how some stores will let you buy some herbs and stuff in plastic green pots? Those are starter plants!!! But a lot of people leave them in that pot, and it's actually not good for long-term stuff... some shopkeepers are hoping you won't know that though so when they die prematurely from no space and bad soil, you'll come back to try again.

... I would like to work with a fruit tree though someday. ( a little wistful sigh........... ) My house just doesn't have the room.

[ They look up at the ceiling like they can absolutely imagine themselves doing that exact thing, picking up a pot of mint from the store and picking off the leaves and then tossing the rest of the plant in the backyard when it's been stripped clean, never thinking it could be planted outside. ]

Mine doesn't either... It's an apartment complex anyways, so there's no space to do anything, not like here.

[ ... ]

Do you think there's enough room in the courtyard for a peach tree? Like, once it's planted and everything, they can't just pull it out, right? That'd be mean.

[ What if... contraband peach tree... It has to be peach, though. ]

( ......... illegal peaches..................... the crime makes it tastier. nene's path to delinquency continues... )

Well, they do get kind of big... unless they're dwarf trees or semi-dwarves? But I think it could fit... I just don't know if we'd be able to protect it from the teachers and stuff. Hmm.....

( maybe... with the power of her big doe eyes and hikaru's general cuteness, they could team up and make it happen anyways! or they could smuggle a potted dwarf tree in somehow its fine they're fine. )

[ Here is the face of somebody who doesn't know dwarf trees are a thing. ]

Do you mean like bonsai? Are bonsai peach trees a thing??

............ I. Thiiiiink so? But that doesn't mean they'll actually grow anything... dwarf trees are basically trees that have normal fruit, but they're just... smaller, because space won't allow for them to get bigger. A dwarf tree is generally like, eight feet? And then semi-dwarves and regular trees are each bigger than the former!

Wha— How big are peach trees?!

[ EIGHT FEET FOR A DWARF and here they were thinking a normal sized tree might only be that tall. ]

How are we supposed to reach the peaches if they're so tall??

The branches start wayyyy closer to us, so we'll get the low hanging stuff easily. And then we just need stools and stuff. ... Or a really tall person... ( hey dad- i mean, lucifer, can you help them get crime peaches? ) It sounds big but it's really not that hard!!

Actually, most trees in the city and stuff are dwarf trees I think, 'cause it keep them at a more manageable size. But they won't grow any bigger than they can, so...

[ Dad- I mean Lucifer- I mean Senpai, please help us get crime peaches ]

I've never been to the city before... What about the wisteria tree in the school? Does it look like a dwarf, or do you think it'll keep getting bigger and bigger?

The wisteria...? ( oh hmmmm, let her look down out the window... ) Oh... I'm not sure, actually, but I think it's the size it's supposed to be. ... Watch it get bigger suddenly, cause I said that.

( mary, mary, quite contrary, how do soul trees grow? )

[ Following suit, they also look out the window. Does the tree look any bigger... it's hard to tell, with how large and full it is already. ]

Hm... I don't think I would mind it. It's super pretty, and having all that live right in the middle of school makes me really happy to see! I can't help but feel drawn to it, you know?

( SOUL TREE... )

... Yeah. It's really pretty. ( just smile like the ditz everyone thinks you are, don't be suspicious! ) I think it'd be really nice to have a small variety though- so if we can get that peach tree....

( CRIME PEACHES!!! )

[ Juicy crime peaches would be the peak summer experience ]

Yeah... Until then, I'd be happy to learn how to grow herbs and stuff. Fresh has gotta be better than the dried stuff, and it'd be nice to have a supply of that stuff!

[ Like sometimes Komaeda bleeds on your bay leaves and instead of desummoning imps they go insane ]

Oh yes!! It's a way better experience in cooking I think!

( or other things, since other forms of magic were real here. )

If you can't come to the gardening club meetings, that's okay! I tend to stay a bit late most days, so I'll be happy to help any time. There's extra room in one of the planters, so it should be fine.

( they just... need to be the one to get the seeds. did she say that already? heck. )

[ ? ?? gardening club president takes care of the supplies, Hikaru doesn't even think about needing to ask about it, versus assuming they can just arrive the next day and there's already a little box with dirt and something green sprouting in it and all they have to do is water it every day, easy peasy. ]

My friends and I hang out after school, so I don't think I can make it to meetings... But I can definitely swing by for a couple minutes before I meet up with them! I definitely won't dump all the work on you!

[ That's enough time, right? Takes two seconds to sprinkle some water. ]

That should be fine! ( providing that nothing went wrong... but this is a new friend and also, p l a n t e. she will defend them... ) If something comes up with them, I'll let you know though, and if we have time I can show you how to deal with it. But I think that everything will be okay!

~~( and if anyone tries to tamper with the plants she's got gardening tools and a hanako-kun. )~~

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nene talking about flowers and stuff... Pure...

bangs desk, let nene talk about plants

hikaru.... theyre so cute.......

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nene................. has REALLY wanted to Fruit Tree can u tell oh my god girl

me thinking about all the fruit trees my roommate planted last month, when will we get fruit

send me some fruit ori

picks the baby strawberries and ships them to you

STRABEPPIES

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ORI YOU KEEP LEADING HER TO DELINQUENCY IM CRYING komaeda couldnt corrupt her but you? you can.

sdafljkh me corrupting nene with cute things, help

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