CaleneRagami

So it was with this desktop greenhouse.

I took it home and after taking an appropriate time to “season” my idea in my mind (read: a month or two) I set to make my vision of a mini botanical garden a reality.

I started by removing the heavy glass panels and building a raised floor above the latch. I wanted to use the base as a foundation on the building.

I wrapped the foundation in plastic stone textured flooring (meant for Christmas villages) and built a pond at one end of the same. I then gave it a more realistic paint job and designed a rough layout for my plants and displays.

I also knew I wanted to make the ironwork significantly more intricate, but I wasn’t sure how just yet…

Up next - PLANTS! I went wild making all kinds of plants. Some were specific species and some were more conceptual.

I made several trees with polymer clay and moss, cacti out of beads and flocking, cattails out of raffia, hot glue and coffee grounds, and giant monstera leaves out of paper and wire.

This part should have taken me a long time, but it really came together fast. I loved finding ways to replicate natural shapes and patterns using bits of this and that.

I did make adjustments to my plans as I went like eliminating benches in favor of a simpler overall design.

Then I needed to fill my pond with water. For this I used resin. Lily pads were added to the top layer, and I wired in simple LED fairy lights. The batteries are kept in the box under the foundation.

In a weekend frenzy I added more plants, metal (paper) steps, new (plexi)glass windows, a roof, wrought-iron vines (paper again), doors that open, and a hose reel disguising the latch. Suddenly, a project I thought would take months was finished…

I love my desktop botanical garden. Right now it sits on a simple lazy Susan in my office. But I’d love to get it a proper display box to protect from dust.

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Okay so, regarding the memory thing as chekhovs gun.

We know it deletes memories all the time (or tries to):

But it had that really bad reaction to editing its memory where it relates to hiding a potential set of deaths, that it would change it as a person (similar to ganaka pit, I imagine):

(However we now know it CAN edit its memories to forget something or remember it incorrectly.)

Earlier it told Farai than Mensah wasn't here:

And later Farai accuses it of lying - except that SecUnit doesn't quite remember how the conversation went:

Also throughout the entire story, not once does it think of returning to the shuttle as returning to Mensah or ART. Although it is concerned about it coming under suspicion.

It is simply "the shuttle" - even when it explicitly thinks about missing Mensah despite only being apart from her for less than a day.

And also we know SecUnit is VERY concerned about keeping Mensah, a very highly important and wanted person, from having B-E know about her presence:

So my assumption/theory is that when it exited the shuttle to start the mission, SecUnit (and presumably Three) edited their memories to forget ART and Mensah were on the shuttle so that if it all got fucked up - ART and Mensah, two highly important people - were not known to be in the area by B-E.

Although I do wonder how it knows the difference between a real memory, an edited memory to deceive itself and a false memory:

Iris: Honey we are in a wormhole. It couldnt have just gotten out. You can't find it?