Putting it all Together
So the trio got to setting the field for what would become the Orchard Walk. A pathway of trees and shaded bowers where trees, bushes, flowers, and plants would grow up and down the way. Kisaik was a bit of an eye in the sky for much of this process. He'd learned a great deal about leadership with Vega and Winston over the past few cycles, between Vega's aiding Hopetoun with the construction of the Beacon, to the founding of Sweetsong, and the defense thereof against the formidable Pirate Lords that had attacked it. He'd learned much from his friends, and put it all to use, leading them in their efforts to bring some more green to Sweetwine, and the vale where they'd chosen to build their community.
Kisaik was very hands on, as he had to be for much of the splicing of plants. To ensure that every plant that didn't grow on the canopy wouldn't suffer for lack of sunlight, he spliced the trait of the Sweetwine Vine into each and every instance of ground vegetation. Vega pitched in with the heavier lifting and logistics of it all, also helping to lead the other villagers in their supportive efforts. Just all around bringing much needed muscle to their efforts.
Winston was the morale-boosting gale of discord, singing poorly for them all. Yet even though his voice was a little hard on the ears, the rhythm was good enough that everyone found their own way forward through his chorus. Kisaik joined in with some mis-matched harmonies of his own, not being a great singer himself, but he enjoyed it as much as most. He even helped with a bit of air-flute and ocarina to accompany their efforts in between his work splicing the necessary plants.
The traps were set in unobtrusive places, where people wouldn't stumble into them blindly, but setting the stage for clear boundaries to be established when they would be needed. He held off on anything overtly offensive.
The trees themselves were spliced with Sweetwine Vine Tomatoes, as Kisaik had the sole progenitor in its pot nearby, taking leaves and buds and placing them all along the trees flowering branches. He took his time, speaking and humming to the plants as he went about the business, not too brusquely.
Eventually, the grove would bear fruits of the Sweetwine Vine Tomato, when the trees would grow. The Sweetstone Tree would encourage the growth throughout the seasons, and they'd have fully fruited by the next growing season, he was confident, so long as the Sweetstone Tree stood.
Finally having planted most of the lines of tree seeds along the path, he joined the rest of the villagers near the Sweetstone tree where he bid them arrive shortly after their work concluded at the end of the day.
He smiled at them all, as he stood upon a low-hanging branch from the shining tree, it's boughs filled with jade and other such jewels.
"My friends, you've all done marvelously. Now it's time for the Sweetstone Tree to do its part I believe, if it sees merit in our works?" He patted the branch below his feet, and so bid the spiritual energies imbedded in the tree, and its powerful concept of growth to spread through to the end of the Orchard's walk. Sure enough, the seedlings broke their shells from the ground, quickening there to small saplings one after the other.
"There we have it!"
