[ Text - Come get some free melons ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Hello, this is Shinji.

I've been growing watermelons, and I've ended up with more than my house could possibly go through. If anyone would like to come and pick one or two of them up, please let me know either here or by contacting me privately. Whatever time works best for anyone, my schedule is flexible, so I can be around to let people through whenever is convenient.

Alternatively, if you don't want to come pick them up yourself, there's a very good delivery service available that can take some out to recipients.

That is all, thank you.

Comments

[iustaegis]

I’ll take ten!

[ Which she can’t possibly carry all by herself so oh no how terrible, she’ll have to employ the really efficient delivery service…! ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[He can't quite tell right away if this is hyperbole, or if she maybe just really likes watermelon? Or has a few mouths she wants to feed? Sincerity is probably the best assumption to go with, at any rate.]

I'll set them aside for you.

They aren't enormous, or anything, but with that many you'd probably want some help getting them to your house, right?

[iustaegis]

That's exactly right! Guess you better tell Kaito that I'll be needing his services, too.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Of course. It might be a bit of a large order for him to handle on his own, so please don't be too surprised if he shows up with some extra help.

[iustaegis]

Of course!

Shinji, I must ask, did you grow these watermelons all on your own?

[pinkxeno]

watermelons?????
they can grow here?????

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[He probably should have included photographic proof, huh! He can at least do that now, and at the start of his reply is a picture of the melon patch in question from his backyard.]

I don't know that there are many places focused on growing food since we can just get it from the replicators, but yes, they can grow here. I have some tomato plants, too.

[pinkxeno]

[ oh wow!! how fancy!! ]

woaaaah i wanna learn how to do that too!
can u teach me how to grow stuff??

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Oh! Uh. Huh. He wasn't expecting that kind of response at all.]

I don't know how good of a teacher I would actually be.
But I can show you some stuff, if you'd like. There's also a book in that offworlder owned store, Petals & Pages, that has some really good information about gardening.

[whenyouneedme]

Wow what a handy service

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Very handy, everyone should know about it.

[whenyouneedme]

You could come along for some too, if you wanted. Pull a Hummy on folks.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

I would not be able to pull off that same kind of cute surprise.

But if there are any big orders, you can put me to work helping loading and unloading them.

[Like, perhaps, one order an enthusiastic customer upthread might have.]

[awooligan]

so YOU’RE watermelon guy’s guy.

I’ll take one as long as it’s leg free

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Watermelon guy's guy...?]

Are you... talking about Kaito? [He's not sure who else might have been talking to people about this particular project of his.]

No legs! I've been keeping an eye on them this whole time and not a single one has tried to get up and walk away.

[awooligan]

that's him

very reassuring. hey where'd you get the seeds anyway? are you going to plant more stuff you think?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Sure, I guess he can be watermelon guy.

The first round of them were like... a divine gift, of sorts? Just got them in a delivery from Rawna's temple one day last year, stuff like that will happen sometimes.
These ones came from the seeds of last year's harvest. I've got some tomato plants and kabocha growing too.

[unpocoloco]

Ah! I've heard of this delivery.

A weird question, but, humor me. These watermelons are completely normal, right? No chance of enchantment or weird things inside or effects?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Have you? That's good, there have been some new people since he last posted about it, so I wanted to make sure the information was out there.

I grew them with seeds from melons I planted last year, which were perfectly normal. The ones I've harvested so far this year have been likewise unmagical, unenchanted, and filled only with fruit and seeds. Absolutely safe.

[unpocoloco]

That might just be the best thing I've heard all week. I'll take two. Or maybe deliver. I don't actually remember how heavy those things are.

Great idea planting the seeds, by the way.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

I'll set two aside, no problem. I can let Kaito know where to take them, if you'd like me to relay that information, or just let him know that you should have a couple reserved when you make an order.

Ah, I just did what most people would do if they found themselves with that option. Nothing special.

[thefatedpath]

If you've any extra, I would like one.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Certainly. Would you want someone to bring it out to you, or would you like directions here so you can pick out one for yourself?

[thefatedpath]

Directions, preferably.

I'm new to this place and I'd prefer the opportunity to learn my way 'round.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Of course.

[He leaves the actual address here, before elaborating,] If you head north from the central plaza, toward Rawna's temple, you'll start to come across blocks of larger houses. Ours is one of those, with an attached garage as well as a bunch of flowers growing up front.