[VIDEO]

[demonicbeauty]

[As always, Ariadne doesn't appear on screen. But her excitement is utterly palpable, both in the way she speaks and the way that image shakes as she moves.

She's in the medicinal garden that she's been working with Cadfael. All around is a dusting of snow, but for some reason, the plants all look vivid and bright.]

I don't believe it! I mean, I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't seeing it with my own eyes.

Look!

[Somehow, after some fumbling, she manages to aim the camera at a beautiful strawberry bush. In the dead of winter, it has vivid streaks of red. There are strawberries there. Bright as bells.]

They're really real too. I even tasted one. I'm sure this must be the gods' doing.

[She maybe pans the scene a little too fast.]

All of the plants are still alive. I mean, awake. I've never seen anything like it! And after a blizzard too.

You all need to see this with your own eyes. It's wonderful!

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[darksoulwithlight]

Those strawberries... they any good at all?

[demonicbeauty]

Yes.

Surprisingly. I wasn't sure the soil would be right for them.

[darksoulwithlight]

And how many are in the crop, would you say? Enough to make a decent sundae out of them?

[demonicbeauty]

I...suppose that would depend.

On what a sundae is.

Voice

[beefaroni]

What... are... those?

[He gets that it's food, but otherwise, ???]

[demonicbeauty]

Oh!

[How rude of her to assume!]

They're called "strawberries." They're wonderful to eat.

[beefaroni]

Straw... berries.

[He repeats slowly, making sure he got it right.]

Berries are... sweet. Yes?

[demonicbeauty]

Oh, yes. And juicy, too.

If you'd like some, you're more than welcome to come try them, sir.

*voice post*

[brother_cadfael]

[Of course, he's getting ready to go as soon as he gets the message. He of all people would only need to be told twice.]

I will be there shortly. What of the other plants?

[demonicbeauty]

They're all still alive! It's incredible!

[She whirls around, creating a blur of green and white as the plants and snow seem to clash.]

[brother_cadfael]

You're lucky I've spent time at sea. Such motion with the camera would make a person sick indeed.

>[He's on his way there already, a heaver sack over his shoulder.]

[ACTION]

[demonicbeauty]

What?

[She looks down at her wrist. And then offers him a chagrined smile as he appears.]

Oh. Whoops.

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[folkscallmewander]

Where are you! [He shouts the question more like a knee-jerk reaction to those delicious berries. Magic. Of course it's magic.]

[demonicbeauty]

[It's not a voice she recognizes, but that's never bothered Airy much.]

Oh, the medicinal garden on Sigyn's land. Brother Cadfael and I started it a few months ago.

I never expected it to survive the blizzard. Let alone flower.

[folkscallmewander]

Oh, Sigyn's the lady who helped with the storm, isn't she? She can also keep the plants from freezin', too?

[He presses his face closer to the screen, not that it would help him get a better look at the garden.]

[demonicbeauty]

She's the goddess of the harvest, so I guess so.

[The concept of goddesses is so second-nature to Ariadne that she barely shows much reverence.

It just is.]

Our entire garden survived the storm.

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[captainmaterial]

I take it they're a food, what do they taste like? [bc lol space food???] But is it that unusual for plants to be awake in the winter?

[demonicbeauty]

You've never had strawberries before?!

[She's genuinely shocked.]

[captainmaterial]

Ummm...no? [Slightly confused look.] I've had a lot of strange food but uh...no strawberries.

[demonicbeauty]

All right.

[Ariadne doesn't exactly reek of authority, but she tries.]

Then you have to come down here right now and try one.

[vagabone]

[Weird, but then he expects weirdness. There's a lot of that to go around.]

Huh! You say you already ate one? Maybe they'll make you frostproof.

[demonicbeauty]

[She giggles.]

I hadn't thought of that.

I don't think so, though. It's pretty cool out here.

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[dataset]

Is this the medicinal garden that you referenced having?

[VOICE]

[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne doesn't exactly understand texting. Like, at all. So she replies by voice, only a trifle befuddled.]

Um...yes. I mean, I talk about it a lot, so I'm assuming.

[ Voice ]

[dataset]

[ He continues in voice, then. Hear the curiosity in his voice. ]

It's improbable that it would be blooming in winter...