“Hold the reef a moment…aren’t I the team leader, since we’re celebrating me?” Light ventured.

“Do you know what we’re doing?” Ruk asked simply, hitting perfect contrapposto from the opposite side of a large raised patch of soil.

“...No…” QV weren’t very facially expressive beings, owing to their evolution in near total darkness. But Light pushed the boundaries of what it meant for a fish to pout. His colours were simpatico.

“Ok, shall i show you the ropes on this one?”

“...Yes…”

“Alright then. Listen up everybody, please.” The Tekeri gestured to the three metre square of ground they had gathered around.

“Here is our patch - we can’t plant anything outside of this square. Round one requires us to grow four plants at once so we’re gonna need you to tend one of them, Senny. Since Jess is our master builder this time, I’d recommend you pick a nice, sociable Human plant.”

“How can we grow plants with no spores?” Light asked.

“Ahh, now here is where it gets expensive. Those vending machines sell seeds for most every type of flora in the known galaxy.” She pointed to a holo pad mounted on a thick base with a little door and container underneath about thirty metres away. “They sell gardening accessories, growing media, the works too.”

“It seems quite unfair for those patches to be so close to it.” Light regarded the robed horticulturalists on the patches next to it.

“They’re probably members. Figures. We should go check it out; make our choices.”