Kink had come back from the Pocket Dimension, the Garden space was primarily where he kept things he didn't want to fall into the public eye. He was just a mortal but when it came to security, nothing was ever quite good enough.
Lisetya was like a bloodhound, she immediately smelled the scent of another woman on his clothes.
"Where have you been?" Kink was looking for Lisetya on his way into the Garden but he was unable to locate her.
"Who's the new girl?" Jealousy translated into her words very fast and then she glooped toward Kink and blocked his way. Lisetya's question was pointed but she was determined to get an answer and held out her arms to block the hallway.
"She's no one." Kink tried to laugh it off but that wasn't helping her expression. "I was helping Honey with a problem of hers, it's all been taking care of.. I think." Touching his chin, he thought about it some more.
A devious face appeared over his face, "In fact, I think that's a great idea!" His mode of conversation had switched so quickly that it took a second for Lisetya to catch up. Kink took off his mask and kissed her lightly, "You can go check for yourself but you have to be nice and no wrecking the dimensional space."
Lisetya bubbled. She jumped on her tendrils lightly and kept jumping in excitement.
'Wow, that's a lot of energy.' Kink wasn't sure why Lisetya was so happy to hear that she could go check things out but he had already given her the permissions. Virtually everything was replaceable but some of the plants within the garden space were entirely unique. He shook his head, "No. Really, No destroying anything."
Lisetya seemed to calm down, unamused.
"I mean it, no disintegration." Kink could hardly believe that he had said the line but he was serious. 'These girls are going to be the death of me.'
He flipped the Dimension Key Card over in his hands and sent her into the pocket space. Once she was gone, he called Titan and had him send Vella in to watch over the trio. It was impossible to tell what would happen given Canna's new outlook on life.
One of them was bound to cause problems.
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Honey was out picking more herbs from their receptacles.
The Dimensional Trees had a habit of pruning, adjusting and even picking ripe herbs, then storing them away like pack rats. It was an instinctual behavior but nevertheless it was a game breaking revelation when they were put into employment by accident years before. Kink had planted them on a whim but their usefulness as a workforce far outweighed their own material generation.
Going from one zone to another wasn't too much work, it was more or less a courier role. Kink had considered installing a type of transport formation to have everything deposited in a singular repository but the requirements were just too great and he preferred to have profit rather than loss. Infrastructure was nice but the cost was just too great.
Honey scooped up what was set into the hiding spots of each Tree within each zone one at a time. When she slipped in the area containing Frozen plants, she barreled into a bush and landed on top of some spirit deer that were sleeping.
They were instantly startled into a frenzied run, the Herd skipped quickly and trampled a lot of vegetation on their way.
'Ch-Ch-Cheh' Honey fell off the doe after the first jump, she landed on her ass and rubbed it. "No..." She covered her mouth and saw the path that was drawn through the crops. She started to grab what was salvageable but most of the plants were juvenile and except for the leaves on some of the herbs, not much was useful.
It was a terrible loss and she was sad. Honey started to cry while she picked up the debris, it wasn't the first time things like that had happened and only just a while ago, she had done it again in the Cannabis Fields, 'Titan's going to be so angry at me..'
Just as she was finishing up, Honey heard a gurgling nearby.
"So this is what you've been up to.." Lisetya's voice was still somewhat modulated but she had gotten better at speaking.
"Ugh.. I fell and scared some Spirit Deer." Honey dusted herself off and fixed the rows a bit while Lisetya stretched herself up into the air for a better idea of the damage.
The herd was spooked and had run through the patch of vegetation but once they had a clear line of sight, they worked themselves around what was in their path.
"It's nothing that wouldn't have happened if something else had spooked them instead." Lisetya came down and calmed Honey down. She had taken care of the Dimensional space for much longer and she was more aware of the habits of the wildlife.
Honey was still discovering new things everyday that she was working, it was no surprise that she could lose her balance or even fall.
"Un. Oh.. Did you hear? Is that why you're here too?" Honey jumped up a little and her tits bounced.
"Oh? You felt my presence already?" Vella came down from the air and the three of them smiled at one another.
"Of course, Sister Vella is easy to find." Giggling, Honey performed a clean spell and the dust listed from her body and scattered.
Refreshed, she hunched down and called the other two over like she was sharing a secret. She started talking about Canna and gossip about how Kink was acting in front of her.
"Nuh-Uh, No way!" Vella pounded her fists together. Lisetya and Vella had originally fought a few times after meeting just to measure who was stronger, as such, they had formed a bond and Lisetya had laid claim to Kink in every way.
"I'm sure it's not like that." Honey stopped her with a custard thrust into her hands. "Canna was scary! She got mad, sad and Kink even had a hard time calming her down."
"Wow. So he called her Empress and things worked out?" Lisetya cocked her head like it was a strange way to fix things.
Knowing that it was, Honey rubbed her head. "Well, as long as we have sweets I think she's going to be okay. She's out right now looking through the dimension, she's probably with one of the other colonies but who knows what will happen when she unites them all."
"Uniting the Colonies?" Vella was confused but she loved a fight. "Do you think she's fighting the Queens?"
"I don't think they would be a challenge, she's really really strong." Honey shook her head. "We should probably go check on her, I got most of what I came to do today done. Besides, how often are we all here?"
Honey's words were sweet enough to give cavities, Vella sometimes hated her personality but there was nothing to hate other than her bubbliness.
Vella threw out a rope and held it in the middle like a ladder for Honey and Lisetya to hang onto and then she flew higher for a good view. "I can feel her, she's this way."
In less than ten minutes they had reached her position.
Honey let go of the rope and drifted down into the formation, Canna was sitting there with her legs tucked under her. She didn't look like she was having a good time but she didn't look like she was in pain or distress either.
"Empress Canna, how are you doing?" Honey tried Kink's approach.
"Empress?" Canna looked up and saw the trio, she stood up and looked ready to fight. Her aura started to surge.
Honey took out the last custard and waved it at her.
Canna dove into the dish like a dog rushing water. Custard splashed as she devoured it.
The three of them stood with blank expressions, Honey sighed and pulled out a table and chairs. She sat down and started making some tea. She put a little bit of the Honey she had collected into Canna's and poured some hot spirit water into the cup. As the aroma of settled around the cup, poured for the rest of the group.
Canna's eyes perked up, it was her first Tea Party. She sipped at the hot brew and flinched, unexpectedly she drank more until the cup was finished and then put her hands out or more.
'Oh boy, here we go again.' Honey smiled and poured, it was better than watching the former Queen turned Empress going on another rampage.
Lisetya and Vella held their cups tightly when Canna slammed her cup down and rocked the table.
"More please." Canna held out the cup a third time.
None of them were surprised but they all had their own ideas of Canna, her attitude was like a beast but she had her own set of rules. It would take some time for her to grow into her new stature and it was up to them all to help her with it.
"Us girls gotta stick together." Vella took another sip and then laughed.