Taking a Crack at Cultivation

The cor woke up with a startle as they heard the sound of animals at their window and blinked away the sleep that tugged at their eye. Their body silently pleaded for them to sleep and their head drooped back down only to shoot back up realizing what day it was. Cassius checked their funds and quickly scampered out of their home and quickly swallowed down the food they had and headed off into town. They saw other cors off traveling around, heading into shops. They were also in the market to get their hands on some goods themselves. They hummed with a pep in their step as they went off to scavenge and go on and forage for some potential seeds they’d use for their plots back at home. Cassius was thrilled when their scavenging proved fruitful and found rainbow annoa seeds and ecarien fruit seeds. They chuckled ecstatically at their findings and quickly ran off to do research. They studied away at books, even heading off to the shop to buy more to ensure they had a bounty they’d be proud of. They buried their face in the pages, rereading each step, making notes of other people’s findings that benefitted or advice they were sure to steer clear of. You were sure to find them drinking tea with their face still buried in the cultivation guide and rereading the packets. More seeds started to be bought, a small notebook kept at their side to make note of the various plants needs and where one plant liked a certain set up, they knew different plots would need to have a whole new structure. Cassius eventually took a deep breath and went outside to their plots.

Cassius gently paws at the ground beneath their feet. They took a deep breath to steady themselves. It wasn’t a difficult task, granted, but they were nervous all the same. No matter how much research you put in, you never know if your results will match perfectly of if you’ll run into some sort of obstacle. Cassius used their trowel to gently till the dirt, following the procedures they notated and planted the seeds, gently burying them. Cassius lowered their head and looked at the small mound of freshly moved dirt and stared in silence, quite literally watching the grass grow. They sighed and slumped down beside the plant and read the packet of seeds to make sure they planted them correctly. They followed each instruction, there’s no way they could have misread the steps. It was more so their impatience and anxiety driving them to watch the mound to see if any progress was made. Their fellow cors had all seen fruitful endeavors and had benefitted from the cultivating process but here they were, biting their own leg hoping something would sprout. They take a deep breath and raise their head back up. 

Their well put drive to start a plot was a well founded one but they couldn’t keep this up forever, they had their life to get back to. They gently stood up and wiped off the dirt that clinger to their fur. They gently pressed in the sign labeling the soon-to-be fruit and set off to get some air. They headed off to the pet shop only to find their eyes brighten seeing the possible animals they could potentially get. All were adorable within their own right but something drew them right to gaïshon. They counted away the funds they had and looked at the pet…. Surely they could raise the beast while they tended to their plants. They giggle with great anticipation and rushed off, their joy for cultivating and overall joy beginning to drive them to try their paws at anything they came across.