[TartoonHand94]

Overlooking an vacant plateau in the Mushroom Ruins, not too far outside the Life Sphere itself, Daisy stood waiting beneath her parasol, tapping her foot impatiently.
She was standing beside several tall stacks of glass panels. Just one of several stack, piles and bundles of building materials surrounding her. Support beams, wireframes, extrusions, cross fittings, you name it. The supplies were assembled from scavenging trips across Li.

“They should’ve already been here by now.” She complained, checking the time. “This arboretum’s not gonna build itself.” She pouted, taking a longing look at her blueprint. She had been working on this blueprint and this idea for a long time now. Today was finally the day this dream took its next big step to coming true.

Her patience had finally paid off as the sillouette of a giant bird descended from the sky.
It was Groose on his Loftwing. Groose, conspicuously wearing a trench coat today, climbed off his lofting and approached the princess.

“Uh, Sorry to keep you waiting, your Highness.” Groose apologized with a formal bow, as suave as he could make it.
“Phew finally! There you are!” Daisy rushed to greet him. “It’s fine it’s fine, I wasn’t going anywhere.” She dismissed with a shrug, more interested in getting started than being late. “You got the tools?”
“I got your tools right here.~” Groose smirked as he abruptly and brashly spread his trench coat open.

Much to her surprise, the insides of his trench coat were lined with a retail assortment of construction tools. Everything from hammers to drills, from wrenches to rulers. He brought the tools alright, as painful as it must've been to carry them like that.

“…Nice.” Daisy nodded, again more interested in the assortment than how he showed them to her. “What about the lifting equipment?” She asked, lifting her head to look behind him.
“Well... I couldn't get the crane you asked for, so I brought a Loftwing instead.” Groose sheepishly gestured to his Loftwing, who showed off the extra tools strapped to its saddle.
“...Was...Was that a pun?” Daisy asked with a squint both suspicious and confused. “Anyway, good. Great. Splendid!”
“We’ve got the pieces, we’ve got the tools,” Daisy counted contently. “Now all we need we need are the people to put them together! So where’s your crew?”

“Wait they’re not already here yet?-I mean uh, Don’t worry! They'll be here very, Very soon!” Groose nervously reassured her.
“Trust me your Highness, you've got the most tremendous construction crew on Li at your service! After all, it Is led by The one and only Groose, carpenting genius behind the Groosenator.^TM~” Groose bragged, flexing his arm like a catapult for emphasis.
“I just hope you do as good a job at this as you did building that ego.” Daisy sighed.

[Coolshaymin]

A lone girl looked up as a large bird flew past her over head. She continued looking for a few moments catiously as her Portal Gun held her Companion Cube up. She was probably running a bit late but she wanted to pack a few resources for the task they had. Can't say she was familiar with construction but she has been practicing building and tech and whatnot from stuff she scavenged from Aperature and otherwise. "Hey, the Princess and your employer are probably waiting! Don't want to make a bad first impression do you?"

Chell merely rolled her eyes in response to the sentient blue and orange hoodie she was wearing... Underneath an orange jacket. You would think she would be hot wearing multiple layers like this but it did not seem to bother her. She made it to Groose and Daisy after a moment and looked at the Princess for a moment. She did not say anything other than nod for confirmation she was here for the job. She did not seem much of a speaker as she sat her Companion Cube down to wait for the third member of the Construction Crew.

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Hood Sickle made his way out to to the listed construction site carrying behind him a new tool of his own.  The giant, dual-bladed, death scythe carved its mark into the ground, leaving a thin trail in the earth as it sliced the ground beneath it in two.  It was truly something to fear.  Not that fearing the reaper himself was any problem.

The slow thuds of his boots against the ground, like the tolling of a bell, made his approach far from the friendliest. Dragging behind him, his war scythe, one he had been gifted after a bit of work. The underworld community had heard word of his recent achievement. As minuscule as it may have been, he had been following his line of work long after separation, bringing a resident back home. Word has spread from devil tongue to another, rising from the cracks and up to the surface, floating on the lively air.  It continued to be whispered about and tossed around until one fateful night, the grim reaper had found himself face to face with someone he would have never imagined encountering.

He wasn't too enthused on the idea of building, although his muscle would make for good use, and was more looking forward to seeing what this massacre machine could do.  Aside from swinging it around as if it were a small child, he really wanted to carve something nice into a fresh soul.  The thought of such pushed him towards the site sooner, where he made his way over to the group.  He didn't even need to look at them.  Mortals, go figure.  Putting aside his distaste for the fleshy beings, he slammed his war scythe down against the ground, letting to stand tall and proud.  It towered over him a good foot or two.  The one he presumed to be Groose carried a strong figure but lacked in other things.  The princess, Daisy, didn't really interest him much.  Her royal self could buzz off so he could unleash a new plague upon this land.  The last one looked familiar.  Perhaps he had seen her from the alleyways of the Sphere.  She carried some sort of block with a heart stamped onto it.

"My scythe is at your service."  He stated, before catching the eye of the amount of material behind them.  This was going to be a while.

[TartoonHand94]

Luckily for Groose, Daisy spied Chell coming up behind him.
“Oh Hey! Is that one of them now?” Daisy asked, excitedly waving at Chell.
“Uhh...” Groose turned around to check. Before he could give his answer, Daisy was already rushing past him to meet her. “Hi I’m Daisy, Princess of Sarassaland. and the pleasure is all mine.” Daisy elegantly introduced herself, offering her hand for a shake. “And you are?”

This friendly introduction was interrupted by the slow thuds of boots against the ground, like the tolling of a bell and the screeching drag of a dual-bladed scythe across the ground.
Daisy looked up behind Chell and screamed, but Groose screamed louder.

“A-at our service?” Daisy finally worked up the nerve to ask after a good long stunned silence. “I-is He part of the crew too?” She then glared at Groose almost panicking.
“Uh…duh... Y-yeah! Of course he is!” Groose spoke up, caught between his fear of Hood Sickle and his fear of Daisy.
“We only hire the best here at Great Groose Inc. and look at at this guy!” Groose feigned a proud march over to Hood Sickle to show him off to Daisy.

“He’s Big and Strong,” Groose showed off Hood’s height and muscle mass. “He’s great with tools, ” He gestured to Hood’s dual-bladed scythe, too scared to touch it.
“And he’s Fierce! Check out that mug!” Groose flashed an intimidating face next to Hood’s hood.
“He’s here to guard our construction site. Ain't Nobody gonna mess with him, or any of us thanks to him!” He chuckled proudly, putting a hand of comradely over Hood Sickle’s shoulder.
“I told you princess, we’re going to do the best job Hylia ever created, remember that.”

“…Well okay, i-if you put it that way…” Daisy nodded convinced, if not still a bit intimidated.
“In that case, let’s get down to business!” she punched her fist and pulled out a paper.

“Lady and gentlemen, gather around, I’m going to show you why we’re here.” Daisy invited the rest in to huddle around her.
“I’m sure you’ve all heard by now about the growing food shortage on Li.” Daisy began her pitch by asking. “It's getting so bad, rumor has it people are getting desperate enough to even eat each other!” she stated with raised eyebrows. “...More so than usual, anyway.” She shrugged off.
“An important part of saving the world from Starvia is making sure we don't die of Starvation sooner.” She explained her stance. “And I've been struck by the Pow Block of inspiration!”

“We’re going to build… a greenhouse!” Daisy unfolded the paper, revealing to the crew, a blueprint. It seemed to be just a simple humble greenhouse.
“But not just any dinky little pot hut...” She unfolded the blue print, revealing that what they saw was just a corner of a wider greenhouse design. “This is gonna need to be big enough to feed the Life Sphere!” she unfolded it again revealing a second story to the greenhouse “It’s going to need to be fortified to be protect-able from even the Starvia threat itself.” She unfolded it some more and what were these? Towers? Entire trees could probably fit in those. The blue print revealed a building much larger than an average green house.

“...It’s not just going to be a Green House, it’ll be a Green Mansion!”
She revealed, eyes glowing with inspiration and determination.

[Coolshaymin]

"...." Chell looked down at Daisy's hand for a moment. She seemed hesitant to put so much trust into someone she just met... Not after last time... Chell looked at Daisy's face for a moment with a blank, stoic look on her face. After a good moment, she relented and reached with her free hand to shake it with quite a firm grip. "... Chell..." the silent woman put very simply, not seeming to care about a proper introduction like Daisy.

She then looked back at the footsteps that were approaching the group. Heavy... Kind of familiar... Great, it was him... She thought she left him and that other girl for good back at the labs. She was not eager to work with him in the slightest. She did not openly she her disdain outside a little narrowing of her eyes before looking back to Daisy as she began explaining what they were doing.

It definitely seemed like a big and fancy facility for growing stuff. Chell could not help be a little sceptical at the purpose of this building but she simply gave a nod of understanding. Not much of the rest of the conversation peaked interest to her. It was all stuff she has heard before. She was just going to need to keep a close eye on the project.

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Ah, the sweet sounds of screaming.  It was music to the his ears.  He let loose a haunting laugh, displaying his pleased satisfaction.

"I've still got it." he thought.

He gave Groose a curious gaze as he approached, gesturing to him as if he wasn't the being he was. 

“He’s great with tools, ”

He couldn't help but laugh at that comment.  Not out of spite but more so in a sense of morbid agreement.  They had no clue.

It was fun watching the cowardly man try to paint in good light.  Both of them gave off scared vibes which only fueled the reaper.  "I can assure you, nothing will make it past me."  He responded, making sure to hold true to his word. 

He stepped around them, using his sycthe as a temporary walking stick, as he looked down over the blueprints.  The food shortage was noticeable.  He would see others fighting in the streets like rats fighting over a scrap while he lurked around in the shadows.  Eating each other... well, that's an extreme take.  He gave a joking huff, finding the idea amusing.  Once the blueprints were rolled out, however, it seemed she had this whole issue mapped out.  It was much more than what he had in mind.  Glancing back at the materials once more, he was unsure of how long this would take.  At least he would have appropriate time to test his new tool out.  Bringing his eyes back to the sheet, the idea of feeding the entire Sphere was a bold claim.  Sure, building the thing would be the start but there would have to be seeds to plant, people to take care of the greenhouse, and most likely others to guard it.  He hadn't come into any of the infected yet but he would imagine that a bright gleaming building would be sure to pierce the darkest of minds.  The idea of such a bright place left him with a bad taste.  Hood Sickle crossed his arms, listening to the rest of the princess' speech.

[TartoonHand94]

“I carefully designed this castle to have multiple rooms on different stories, each custom arranged to replicate a unique agricultural climate.” Daisy explained, pointing across the different rooms on the blueprint.
“When it’s done, we’ll have the potential to not just grow a couple kinds of plants, but grow Every kind of plant!” She announced.
“Every kind of fruit tree, berry bush, nut, spice, grain and root!”
“Walnuts, peanuts, pineapple smells, grapes, melons, oranges and coconut shells!” Daisy listed with growing in excitement. “You name it, we’ll be able to grow it here!”
“And not only food, we can also grow medicinal herbs for the pharmacy, and Flowers!” She continued, getting lost in her own ambitious fantasy.
“Fire Flowers, Ice Flowers, Boomerang Flowers, Bomb Flowers!..” She swooned as her list went on. Heart berries were spinning around her head by the time she woke up out of it and returned to the people in front of her.

“...Whoops. Excuse me. Got a little carried away again.~” Daisy blushed sheepishly. “It’s just…I’ve Always wanted to do this.” She explained the source of her passion.
“I mean sure, I used to have a little something like this back home but…” She reminisced nostalgically. “…I never had the time to try anything on This scale because, well… Sarassaland didn’t run Itself, y’know?” She shrugged bitter-sweetly. “Anyway, where were we?...” She coughed, returning to the blueprint.

“It’s gonna be built in the ‘curtain wall’ style just like a sky scraper: body frame made of reinforced materials like steel, with walls made of reinforced glass so the sun can naturally shine in.” Daisy clarified
“All the pieces made of materials that were recycled from ruins all over Li. They’re all right over there, waiting to be put together.” She pointed over her shoulder with her thumb at the stacks and of building materials behind her.
“So this’ll actually be way easier to build than a typical Koopa’s fortress!” She concluded beaming with pride.

“Any questions?”

“Actually… yeah I got one, your princessness.” Groose raised his hand, scratching his head with his other.
“Yes Groose?” Daisy opened the floor for his question.
“With all due respect, once we build this…I mean, that design might work for a stone fortress or an ivory tower, but this things gonna be made of Glass.” He reminded her with a heaping helping of skepticism. “What’s stopping the stray crow from breaking in and stealing everything?” 
Groose did have a point, there was a glaring hole in the logic of building such a structure in an open place like this. Daisy, much to Groose’s surprise, was not fazed by the question at all.

“Oh I’m so glad you asked Groose.” Daisy answered with a clever smile. “Not only is the building designed with a skyscraper's fortitude, it’ll also be heavily guarded.” She stopped short of explaining by who in hopes that he would ask. An unsatisfying pause later, Daisy continued.
“It’ll be guarded by a security team consisting my private army of plants.” She revealed. “And they’ll be here soon.”
“Plants?” Groose finally asked with an overdue sense of apprehensive disbelieve.
“Yes. Plants.” Daisy asserted. “Fire breathing Piranha Plants, Anti-Zombie plants, even some grass type Pokémon if I can secure a breeder.” She listed confidently.
“Trust me guys, I have this All figured out. Trust me.”