Surprise, surprise!

It was just another usual day for the gardener. The campus was looking rather clean and great lately, so he had ore time to watch over the plants that were sitting in the conservatory. He was pretty thankful that the students decided to stay away from this area more, and he was sure that was due to the wonderful man-eating plant that was in here for the egg hunt. He was proud of that plant and when it died, it saddened him a little, but Brendan was glad to see it gone. It was hard to feed a giant living plant that ate giant pieces of meat on a regular basis. It cost him a ton of money. Today, though, it was nice and quiet as he trimmed up the roses and the orchids that were growing delightfully along the glass walls while the light sprinklers overhead were misting the beautiful green foliage underneath them in the rest of the building. As he looked around, a rainbow of colors greeted him from every direction which made him and his heart just smile from happiness.

"This is nice," he said as he looked at his handiwork before the sound of the door opening caught his attention.

Ah, the egg hunt. The practical death sentence to the students, oh how Keirsta remembered it well. The distant thought of the monster in the Spring dorm hallways still sent shivers down her spine. She hated that thing... It gave her so many damn nightmares. Even to this day. But luckily, she had ended up winning the hunt altogether.

But today was the hunt. It had been long ago, and the tall Autumn student had decided to enjoy herself a bit in the conservatory, watering the flowers and just all around admiring them. In one hand was a watering can, and the other was nothing. Well, not exactly. It clasped onto the side-bag she had slung around her shoulder, which inside held her laptop and numerous books on plants. What could she say? They were rather fascinating, and she wanted to know how to use her gift with them to any extent possible.

Releasing her tight grip on the satchel, she pulled the door open to the Conservatory, only to smell the heavy scent of mud and water. Oh, don't tell me I was too late to get here before Mr. Cassidie watered all the plants... She had sort of wanted to surprise him, just be nice in general. After all, who ever thought of the landscaper? Not many. Hell, barely anyone knew he actually existed.

Laying down the watering can and her bag by the door, she turned to look at the staff member. Giving a soft smile, she started walking over towards him. "Hello, Mr. Cassidie! Is there anything I can help you with?"

Well this was quite a surprise. Looking at the girl a little confused, he put the trimmers that he was holding down on the table next to him and quickly tugged at his shirt sleeves and brushed off the dirt and dust that had settled on his clothes. Obviously, he wasn't exactly dressed to impress nor did he want to impress, but he was a huge mess and the last thing he wanted to do was look like a hobo in front of any of the students. "Oh, hello there!" he replied with a slightly awkward smile. He wasn't exactly the most noticed staff member at the school so the fact that this girl knew his name was very surprising and kind of caught him off guard. He certainly didn't know who she was.

Shifting his weight a bit from one foot to the other, he brushed his messy hair out of his face before looking back at the girl who had walked in. There really wasn't a whole lot to do. Some of the rose bushes were still a huge tangle but that was simply because he hadn't been able to get to the yet with his trimmers. But when he thought about it, he wasn't exactly sure if he was going to let a strange student try to do that yet. Maybe if he got to know her better... "I don't really have much at the moment..." he muttered before his eye spotted a group of tulips nearby that had been pushed out of the way from the big battle with the oversized venus fly trap. The poor things weren't really looking so hot after being neglected and pushed so far against the wall that they weren't getting the water they needed from the small sprinklers around. "Actually, I do! I'm pretty busy trimming this bushes at the moment, but if you look over there, there are some tulips that haven't gotten any water yet. Do you mind getting them?" he asked.