villainy commenced [[1x1 w/ the-nug-king & hexspecs!]]

[grey matter]

Lucas did not know where to begin with this place, because Swordbucks was lingering in his head and this was... getting a little obsessive despite only being in his head for a few moments.
Due to copyright laws of his homeworld seeping into Inamonth, Swordbucks had to change it's name to the much less punny, (The?) Blade and Bean. It was still the same cafe... But... oh, he had the feeling he himself just renamed it and it already existed. This was... interesting. He wondered if this ever happened to Lazarus.

[the-nug-king]

"I shall be visiting her trophy room," said Aurion. "Minion, you should come with me to carry things for me."

"I thought Lucas may want to look at the gardens," said Three. "I'm sure he can help you carry things once we're ready to leave."

[grey matter]

"...I do want to look at the gardens. I apologize. But... I can offer this." After taking a few things out of his pockets, he removed his lab coat and held it out to Aurion. "The pockets are mostly infinite and there's ten of them. They should be able to carry things for you... please don't dig around in them without reason, though." It felt awfully cold without his lab coat. This is what he got for wearing it almost constantly. He hoped Aurion wasn't too upset about this, but he'd probably at least be bothered by it... The plants were just so tempting... much more than the concept of the sword cafe, which was now drowned out by plant curiosities and being slightly worried about having his life essence taken or something. Or Aurion snooping in his pockets. That wouldn't be fun. "Or we could try to sort out in what order we're doing this in." That would mean he could put back on his lab coat and not be cold, and that would be optimal.

[[Lucas: would be cold for a singular Slightly Different carrot within the ground, probably, depending on the difference between the carrot and a Normal(?) carror. Poison carrot? Universe breaking carrot? Blue carrot? Weirdly shaped carrot? All of the above? Maybe it's not entirely a carrot...]]

[the-nug-king]

((so we can have Lucas explore the grounds by himself, Three go with him before disappearing to talk about Bureaucracy with some of maedryn's staff while Lucas does something by himself or helps Aurion loot things, or Aurion and Lucas do the gardens and trophy room together. Depends which you'd rather do? After that Three and Aurion want to check out the lab, Lucas doesn't have to be there for that if you don't want, but an Event will take place there))

[grey matter]

[[I like the first one (Three going with him then once he's done in the gardens he'll help Aurion) so we can split up some Lucas interaction, amd I'll have Lucas go with Three and Aurion to the lab. I do like Events.

Lucas is starting to give me "It's an avocado! Thaaaaanks," vibes for whatever reason and I don't know what to think of that, either I was just remembering the Vine, or like, someone needs to up and give Lucas an avocado so I can figure out how he'd react... I guess it depends on how much the avocado has potential, why anyone gave him this avocado to begin with, and... there's probably some other factor. I've to figure out if Lucas would quote a Vine without being challenged or even know what a Vine is other than "The plant?"

GVKX I COULD IMAGINE LAZARUS SAYING THE OOVOO JAVER VINE- AND FOR THAT MATTER DEVDEMN. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT AN UBER IS, REALLY. So, HC, Vox, Rom, Dev, and Laz(?). He was the first one I thought of it for but it's plausible Inamonth has transport such as it, maybe just not Ubers. To Lazarus, it's probably more likely that Oovoo Javer is a location than an Uber driver...]]

[the-nug-king]

Aurion handed the coat back. "One of the perks of having a minion is showing off that you have someone to carry your belongings for you. There's really not much point if you just store them in your coat. But I shall content myself with visiting the throne room first, if I must." So saying, he swept away.

"Would you like me to show you the gardens?" Three asked Lucas. "I don't know a lot of botany, but I might be able to tell you what I remember about Maedryn's work."

((Goood

Also feel free to make up weird plants and stuff they find in the gardens if you want))

[grey matter]

"Sure, that would be nice. Oh, and... I suppose I didn't tell you directly yet, but I'm a minion now." Lucas started putting on his lab coat once more.

[[mmm LUCAS FINDING SOMETHING HIGHLY REMINISCENT OF AN INAMONTHIAN PLANT MIGHT BE FUN but then again ehhhhhh idk]]

[the-nug-king]

"I gathered," said Three, setting off towards the grounds. "How are you finding it?"

[grey matter]

"It wasn't what I originally intended to do when I spoke to Aurion, but I'm taking that part in stride and focusing on actually being a minion. It seems to have its advantages and the menial tasks aren't an issue at all - in fact some of them are relaxing in comparison to what I usually do with my free time... Oh, and I'm being loaned at least a cursed sword? I think? Because I'm... going to learn to swordfight. I'm actually planning on asking Lazarus to be my nemesis soon."

[[Oooh I had a good Plant Idea - stay tuned for Venomous Metal Plant Thing...]]

[the-nug-king]

"I'm glad you're enjoying it. I find being given menial tasks can be relaxing too. I'm glad you agree. And I wish you luck with Lazarus."