#edtstarter

Mia had been longing for a beach day, and after taking the appropriate measures, she was now sprawled out on the sand, soaking up the sun. She had tied a plastic bag around her leg, taping just below the knee so there was no chance of any sand getting in her boot, dressed herself in a bikini and slathered her skin in sunscreen. With her headphones in her ears, she was set for the day. After about half an hour of relaxing solitude, she felt a shadow cross her body. Perching on her elbows, she lifted her sunglasses from her face and squinted, looking up to see who was imposing her space.

It was a good day for Christian so far. His back wasn’t bothering him as much as usual, and he’d had a rather fruitful day of cleaning up the shop. Ethel’s had a beautiful organized chaos to it- the walls were lined with plants in varying spots and locations. Two walls were comprised of windows with everything from succulents to hanging plants, to terrariums and larger tropical leaves. Towards the back was the walk-in cooler with the actual arrangements, with some bouquets artfully placed in vintage barrels and on lovely woven straw benches in front of the register. The door was open to let in the spring air, and he was going from inside to outside quite a bit, moving plants that needed extra sun to the front patio that was teeming with flowering pots, veggie garden starters, and more bouquets of roses, tulips, carnations, and more. Christian had walked out, his cane in one hand and a big bag of mulch in the other arm, slowly easing it towards the patio, when he saw someone nearby. “Howdy!” He called, trying to give a wave, but the mulch bag dropped from his grip like a sack of potatoes. A cloud of dirt exploded from it and the bag fell to one side, pouring dirt and fertilizer out of a split side. “.... yup, shit. Okay. Hold on,” He looked down at his dirty shirt, patting it out as best he could. “...So how’re you?” He finally said, defeated. 

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If one thing was certain, it was that he really hated being back in Edens. Alright, it was better than the alternative, but he hated the looks he kept getting. Technically he was still guilty, and this was the only place he was aloud to go, but that didn’t make it any easier to be here. Everything was based on technicalities now, and there was nothing he could do to change it. Still he could try and do the right thing, and when he someone drop something in front of him, he sighed picking it up, “hey, you dropped... whatever this is”.

Location: Jasper forest, along the river. 

Nicholas had slept on his boat last night accidentally after sitting on the deck to read a research paper, he was glad it hadn’t rained or he would have had a very rude awakening, though with the sun rising the light woke him up quite early, and the only thing he could think of doing to jump start his day was throw on some work out gear and go for a run, the streets were familiar and yet slightly different in some cases, shops had changed houses repainted after a while he found himself in Jasper forest, somewhere he had requested as a kid growing up as a bit of an escape. Stopping he took a breather and some time to look around not much had changed which was haunting and welcoming at the same time. He saw someone approaching and smiled “Morning” he said warmly. 

Athena sighed, glad for the hot coffee in front of her. There was many things she loved about life, but the coldness was not one of them. It gave her too many memories, ones she was doing her best to forget. But how did you forget a decade of your life? Especially one as traumatic as that had been. Lose a year, or remember a nightmare? She hadn’t realised how packed The Grind had got until there was someone standing in front of her table. “I-I’m sorry, did you want the table. I can go?” 

Noah woke up early, fed the horses and brushed their hair. After saddling the horses he was off to the lake area. It wasn’t too often that he taught anyone horseback riding, but they had insisted on learning so how could he say no. “There you are...” He smiled with a wave and a nod. “They were getting tired, you know.” Noah didn’t say it with a grumpy tone as he usually did, it was more amusing and he knew them to be fashionably late. “Have you ever hopped on a horse before or are we going to be clearing the basics also?”