Fantrolls and Shit

im partially ‘oh no this is rly cute’ but also ‘bye kis have fun catching cooties’

{I gOt lOts Of critters, uhm. All sOrts. SOmetimes it’s….uh, a lil hard tO keep ‘em frOm tryin tO kill each Other thOugh. I can try ta let the cluckers Out near the cOrn mOre, yeah!}

{Jeez, farmin’ is always sO cOmplicated when I hash it Out with Other peOple. Uhm, I thOught it was gOnna be….simple. Or sOmething. Yeah. AlsO, nO, nO ice tray thingies. They uh, lOOk like lamps? And little glass pipe thingies. Weird. But mineral….Oil? Uhm. I can try tO….uh, find sOme arOund here. I guess.}

It is a l*t *f w*rk, m*re than m*st tr*lls think. If I tell s*meb*dy I garden, they think *f it as s*mething s*ft and b*ring where y*u can shut *ff y*ur brain. It can be like that, s*metimes, and it’s certainly a welc*me break fr*m everything else, but there is a l*t *f planning inv*lved. Y*u’ll get the hang *f it, th*ugh. I’ve been feeding myself *ff n*thing but my garden and eggs fr*m my cluckbeasts f*r well *ver a sweep n*w.

{…What?}

{Um. NO, uh, I can…write that stuff dOwn sOmewhere. The screen is just….uh, hard tO lOOk at fOr tOO lOng.}

{I shOuld….uh….mOve my tOmaters, then? I think yOu said that…And I need tO….find “herbs.” O…re…ga..nO….OOps, I shOuld be writin’ this On sOmethin Other than TrOllian, right?}

{Okay, I, uhm, gOt it. Are yOu sure this will, uh, wOrk? I dOn’t want my, uh, little friends tO starve. }

... what s*rt *f access*ries c*uld they p*ssibly be t*uting? Th*se stupid ice cube trays meant f*r herbs and *live *il? Better t* get that stuff fresh. Whatever, it d*esn’t matter. Be careful with which *nes y*u get, th*ugh. Like I said, *regan* might be g**d f*r y*u, I’d m*ve y*ur t*mat*es and plant maybe s*me basil near them, dill might als* help. If y*u’re l**king f*r *ther vegetables that might help, try radishes *r b*rage.

It sh*uld w*rk, but if it d*esn’t y*u c*uld always dr*p mineral *il on y*ur c*rn, up where the silk is. It’s supp*sed t* suff*cate the bugs. 

{Uhm. What AM I grOwing near the cOrn….GOOd questiOn.}

{Oh! Right! I was uh….grOwing tOmaters right next tO them. Peanuts a little ways Over…sOme science guy tOld me tO dO that every Once in a while.}

Well that is pr*bably m*st *f y*ur pr*blem right there. D*n’t ever plant c*rn and t*mat*es with*ut a g**d am*unt *f distance between them. I’d hazard a guess that y*u’ll find th*se w*rms *n y*ur t*mat*es, t**. S*unds like earw*rms, they l*ve c*rn and t*mat*es.

Y*u might als* want t* l**k int* gr*wing s*me herbs, they tend t* be g**d f*r keeping pests away. *regan* is a g**d general-purp*se *ne, basil might help y*ur t*mat*es, n*t that we’re necessarily talking ab*ut t*mat*es. 

{SO what dO, um…SO uh….Wait hOld On…}

{I was tryin tO make sure my cOrn was grOwin gOOd last night and….um….there were a lOt Of little creepy critters On ‘em.}