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[There’s a clicking noise, then a burst of static, before a moment of silence. A male voice speaks first, recognizable as Greg’s.] Did it work?

[A female speaks up.] Is it a plant? No. How should I know if it works? Mine got eaten by the Hungry Vine.

[A third voice speaks up, a new male.] He was asking in general, not you, Abbot. And yeah, I think it’s going. But not video. You’re the codemonkey, fix it.

[Greg snorts.] Fixing, fixing, bug boy. You go play with your beetles, I’ll get this… there.

[The video flickers on, showing Greg, Caroline Abbot, and another young man who resembles Greg slightly. ]

[Greg nods happily.] Guess what? We have blankets! [He holds up stiffer-looking greenish-white blankets.] We’re going to share! Abbot can explain!

[Caroline sighs.] They’re plant fiber. I modified the Hungry Vine to have stronger limbs, and—

[The other guy shakes his head.] She’ll talk for hours. Look. Plants became blankets. It’s not good weather for them, but you’ll have them. Anyone wants to pick them up, we already dropped off a load at [x,y]. Outreach and shit, since our PR department is fuc—

Matthew! [Greg’s voice is sharp.] There’s a lady present.

[Caroline blinks, staring at Greg.]

[Matthew snorts.] Fine. Since our PR department is sleeping around instead of making sweet, sweet love to all of y—

[Greg reaches over and shuts the sound of the PCD off. He and Matthew talk for a moment, while Caroline looks very awkward. She plays with a vine that’s crawling up her arm, smiling at it. The boys stop talking, and Greg rolls his eyes and turns the sound back on.]

[Matthew sighs.] The PR department isn’t doing its job. So we’re doing what we can. Better?

[Greg nods, then looks off to the side.] We’ve got to stop transmitting for now. Guard cycles. But we’ll answer questions in a few minutes. It should be safe.

[He smiles, and with a quick wave, he shuts off the PCD.]

[[ooc: There are twenty-five plant-fiber blankets at the location listed.]]

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[Caroline gets into view, working on keeping a smile on her face.]

They're just warm. And biodegradeable.

[Anko gives her a smile, masking anything she might think otherwise.]

Very useful then, thank you.

[There's relief on Caroline's face at that being the only reaction.]

You're welcome. What else could blankets do?

[Well, she could keep this grin up all day.]

Dunno. Amazing, the things people have found to put into a piece of cloth. heat trapping, micro-weave, indestructible--all sorts of things. Ah, science.

[Caroline's smile starts to get a little happy.]

Blankets really aren't my area. I just realized I could do something so I tried it. Can any of those things be done with plants?

[Okay, she's...kind of adorable. Anko's still smiling, though she wonders how poor Caroline has lasted so long. The nice ones usually die first.]

Ahh, a plant specialist, hm? Well, plenty of things that could be done with those. Ones that never wear out, but keep on growing; that change color in the fall; poisonous ones--all sorts of possibilities with plants, though that's not my area of expertise.

[She's a botanist that keeps her head down.]

You'd need a constant supply of nutrients for them to keep going, and a way to deliver them. I've tried suspended hydroponics, and it works for a time, but if you forget even once to return it to the case, it will die.

Change color in the fall? That would require it to still be alive, too. And poisonous ones would defeat the keeping-warm bit.

[Smart lady. Also probably not nefarious, judging by her reactions. Though Anko, of course, will always be Miss Suspicious Britches]

Ah, well, future technology maybe, hm?

Sorry, 'bout that. That's my own...job focus leaking through there. I'm sure they'll be just fine, especially once fall and winter hit.

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