The Preserve, Friday Evening

[the_merriest]

Rikku stood at the edge of the preserve. "Okay, are we ready for this?"

She looked around at the others, wondering why she was nervous. It was a lichen. A plant. This was totally doable. Probably.

They had spray bottles of some mixture of holy water and weed killer - Hermione had said it was Fred's idea, and whoever this Fred was, he was a genius. And they had their own wits and strength and luck. Plenty enough to take on an insane plant and save her roommate. This lichenthrope was going down.

She wasn't nervous. Mostly.



[OOC: D'OH! Come in to lichenchat on AIM for planning purposes! My bad!]

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn had seen the procession heading out to the preserve and decided to investigate. Yes, she was that bored. "What's going on?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku waved at the other girl. "We're going after a lichen." She made a face, realizing how that sounded. "It's evil and attacked Hermione and we need to zap it before she turns into one, too."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Like, a plant lichen?" Dawn asked, grabbing a spray bottle, "Shouldn't it be really easy to kill, since it's, y'know, a plant?"

[the_merriest]

"You'd think. But since it attacked Hermione and she's turning green and leafy and that means it might be an evil undead plant thing, we can't be too careful." She shook her bottle slightly. "We've got holy water and weed killer, just in case."

She didn't mention that she'd encountered vicious three-foot plant-fiends before. Probably best not to.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Okay, so where're we going?" Dawn had no experience fighting plant fiends.

[the_merriest]

"In there!" Rikku gestured, hoping she sounded confident. "Somewhere in the woods, we have to find, uh. A lichen that isn't ... like other lichens." She scratched her head. "Maybe we zap them all?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I'm good with that," she nodded.

[the_merriest]

Rikku nodded back, reassuringly. "Great. Let's do this."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred put the closed sign out and left the shop, locking the door as he went. He wasn't sure what kind of protective gear to wear when hunting a were-fungus, so he decided he'd be prepared and got ahold of muggle and wizard gear alike: Fred was dressed in full head-to-toe camo, including a helmet and combat boots. In his right hand, he had his wand and in his left, a cheese grater. Because you just never know. Behold the power of cheese.

He took off in the direction of the preserve, and coming near, he saw that there were already a few people congregated there.

"Greetings!" he called to them as he approached. "I assume we are all here to hunt down the were-fungus?"

[the_merriest]

Rikku giggled at the cheese grater. "You bet! That plant is getting a butt-kicking."

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred grinned and stuck out his hand.

"Weasley's the name. Fred Weasley. And I look forward to assisting you ladies in thwarting the evil that is this crazy were-fungus. Although I must say, it would be funny to watch Hermione turn all green and leafy, but without the dangerous side effects, of course."

[the_merriest]

Rikku shook his hand, grinning. "Rikku, and I don't have a second name. I guess you guys have different tribes here." She shuddered. "It's kinda scary. Her arms are getting all ... weird." She didn't want to say creepy, as it was her roommate and that was ... probably not very nice.

[fredoftheburrow.livejournal.com]

Fred nodded, trying to suppress the laugh. He knew it wasn't really funny--he could remember the painful side effects that he and George had endured while testing their Skiving Snackboxes, but those had been self-induced. Hermione didn't have a choice in this.

"Well, we've got all night, and tomorrow too, if that's what it takes. We don't have to worry about anything until tomorrow night. Of course, it would be nice if we could get this done tonight while we've still got some degree of time on our side. That's why I brought these," he said, gesturing to his wand and the cheese grater. "You can never be too careful," Fred said seriously.

[the_merriest]

"We'll zap every plant in the woods if we have to," Rikku insisted. "You know, if the plant goo is dangerous, maybe the grater's not such a good idea?"