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With a small mattock in hand, she carefully dug around the vine's roots and slowly, bit by bit, pulled it out of the ground. The soil and dirt stuck between the root was all mushy, so she gently wrapped a piece of clothing around and stored it in her basket along with the rest of the samples. She finally stood up and gazed upon her dirty hands with dirt firmly stuck under her nails. She took a few steps to a stream that was running nearby. The pristine water was joyfully running between the boulders and stones. She finally dipped her hands into it and waited a moment for it to calm down. A dark silhouette finally appeared in this watery mirror, revealing her weary face. A hint of a smile was enough to bring light back to her eyes, with a satisfying feeling of relief and accomplishment. She pulled herself up, washed her hands in the apron, and returned to her basket. An assortment of various seeds, plant specimens and vials with strange particulates were somewhat orderly collected in labelled. She closed the lid and bonded the basket with a rope.
The Northern reaches of the Province a colder climate compared to the lush south. The vegetation here is plain and sturdy and seemingly more resilient, which was beneficial to the task at hand. Ever since a small group of Westerners found themselves in the Province all those months ago and set up home, The Glade, in next to the southern marshes, the forests that enclose the clearing have provided the necessary protection. But with the newly constructed roads and an influx of people to the area, a safer solution had to be found. In the past few months, a collection of various plants and vines has been gathered with one purpose: to thicken the vegetation around The Glade that would act as a natural barrier to protect its inhabitants.
Ashi tied her sickle firmly under the wrap on her back, picked up her satchel and a basket with the samples and finally started moving back South, back home.
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If you have a character, interested in agriculture or horticulture (or one that is just generally helpful), you are more than welcome to drop me a DM on Discord (Cons) so we meet IG and see where this takes us. Looking forward to introduce more people to the Glade.