109 - PUBLIC, but kinda aimed at Sam

[buywithme]

Comrades why is the Greenhouse locked? I require admittance so that I can fulfill my--

[PAUSE]

Job. Of Gardening.

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[bythe_books]

Prefect, there's been a, uh. [SAM JUST SIGHS, BECAUSE THIS IS HIS LIFE. No more trying to put it delicately:] Y'know, a murder there. The garden's gonna be off limits for a while.

If you want, I can take you to the CES during work hours. [You could garden there, OR GET EATEN BY BEARS.]

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

All my plants will die! Why don't you just go get the keys and let me in?

[SEE HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT WHOEVER'S DIED?]

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[bythe_books]

Come on. Are they really gonna die after a week?

[SAM ISN'T BEING FACETIOUS, REALLY. HE JUST KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT PLANTS.]

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be locked out of the garden for an entire week?

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[bythe_books]

Unless Armand suddenly gets his second wind, I'm gonna have to say yeah, probably.

Look, I'll... I'll talk to the others and see if I can get a hold of the second key, all right?

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I would appreciate that, Comrade.

[PAUUUUUSE]

Actually, if you can acquire a second key to the garden then... could I... possibly... start setting my own hours? It's been fairly frustrating being forced to work within the parameters of Armand's social life. [aka. NINE TO FIVE IS NOT ENOUGH.]

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[bythe_books]

Not without another warden there to supervise. [Sam would offer, himself, but he doesn't want to work in the garden lol hypocrite.] What hours are you thinking?

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Why do I need a warden? Comrade, you know that I'm not irresponsible.

I would like to work earlier mornings. Starting before dawn.

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[bythe_books]

Look, the garden's locked for a reason. Nobody should be going in there unsupervised.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Why? Is there something dangerous in there that you never told me about?

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[bythe_books]

What? No, of course-- Prefect. It's the Barge. Even if you're not gonna cause any trouble, it doesn't mean somebody else won't. I can't let you have unsupervised garden time.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I would lock the door behind me. Besides if recent events are anything to go by, the presence of Armand is not a great deterrent to troublemakers.

You used to let me take inventory by myself.

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[bythe_books]

It doesn't have to be Armand. I'll put in a request to the others and see where the key is, alright?

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Why don't you do it yourself?

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[bythe_books]

[BUT I DON'T WANNA.]

If it's me, then I set the hours.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

What hours would you set and how negotiable would they be?

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[bythe_books]

I'm not going earlier than five in the morning, for starters.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Counteroffer: Three in the morning.

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[bythe_books]

...you should be sleeping at three.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

I'm an early riser, Comrade.

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[bythe_books]

What time do you turn in?

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

[HMMMM WHAT WOULD SOUND REASONABLE] Usually around half past nine in the evening.

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[bythe_books]

[SLIGHTLY REASONABLE.]

Well, I don't call it a night 'til a good few hours after that, so. Five. Or we find a warden who's awake at three.

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[buywithme.livejournal.com]

Counteroffer 2: Instead of having the entire garden locked, how about the system is altered, so that dangerous tools are locked away, but the garden on the whole is accessible. So, I could get up at three am and do things that don't require an inordinate amount of work, such as watering and weeding, and then at five you could come and unlock potentially dangerous tools and I could commence the more taxing portion of the gardening.

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[bythe_books]

Right, and what about dangerous plants?