Thread: The Greenhouse (Retsu)

Rather than going out in the town as she had planned, one research assistant had found herself covering for her supervisor at a large facility home to numerous greenhouses. Luckily for Elisa, she hadn't been asked to do anything too difficult, though it would be quite tedious having to tend to a whole greenhouse of plants. Those rooms tended to get so hot, especially in the middle of the afternoon when the sun was hanging right above the facility. Oddly enough, this is exactly when Elisa had been called in. She was hoping to finish up and report back in time to still keep her plans with friends, as they were to head out tonight. Elisa hadn't done too much garden work before, but it couldn't have been that hard to give water and replace some soil for some of the plants, right? She sure was glad that the facility had special coats for working in there, as she hadn't even changed out of her clothes she wanted to wear for later. They probably wouldn't get all that wrinkled under the coats, and she was sure that once she got into a rhythm, she'd be out of these in no time. However, she did get special instructions about one section of the greenhouse that not too many people entered often. She had been told to leave some plant food on the other side of the door, lock up right away, and then get out. It seemed simple enough, but she couldn't help but wonder why that particular section needed such special instructions. She had caught a little glimpse from afar, but it didn't look like a storage area to her. She'd find out for sure later on. Underneath the pure white lab coat she had managed to borrow, Elisa had certainly prepared for a night on the town. Now in her early 20s, she still had quite an athletic figure with C-cup breasts and toned arms and legs. She had short blonde hair resting at her shoulders, as well as beautiful hazel eyes. For now, she had her blood red tanktop with a short black skirt under the coat, along with a pair of black stockings that gripped her shapely legs well. She had a coat in her car for when it would get colder. She was also currently wearing some gloves for the workers to keep her hands clean for the most part. She had only finished up her nails before she had gotten the call to come in, and she didn't want to ruin them after the work she put into them. She had one hand starting with red at the thumb while slowly becoming a lighter hue towards the pinky. The same had been done on her other hand but with purple, and both were accompanied with a few different designs in pink. She figured she'd finish with the special assignment last, slowly going by all the other plants with water and finding the ones that needed to have the soil changed. She took a few good breaks in between just to make sure she wasn't getting too sweaty. Luckily, there was a place to wash her face with cool water if she needed to. After about an hour and a half, she took the bag of special plant food over to the far corner of the greenhouse, her hand reaching around in her pocket for the key. She quickly unlocked it and pushed the door open, dragging the bag behind her. The room was a bit bigger than she expected, but she could see why, as near the center was one odd looking plant that she hadn't seen before. It even looked bigger than she was. She set the bag at the other side of the door, and while she could have gone out right away as she was told, she saw no reason why she couldn't take another good look at this. She slipped the gloves off her hands, setting those aside as well, and as she got closer, she gently ran her hand along the many leaves and the stem. It seemed pretty sturdy too, and it had to be considering how big it was. Hmm...I don't see why it needs to be set by itself... Maybe it was one of those plants that would suck up a bunch of water an nutrients from the soil, preventing other plants from growing, so then that could explain why it was set aside.