<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d9/HenryJones.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Character:</strong>LT Commander Henry Jones (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Henry_Jones)<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>walking through the arboretum<br/><br/><strong>Time:</strong>Stardate 41056, early evening<br/><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Ashley and Alanah<br/><hr/><br/><br/>Fiddles and fools, how was he suppose to functionally cook without his thyme! The answer to that was somewhat obvious he'd do without or find a better way to grow it. But the current condition of his personal plant of it he kept in the kitchen was somewhat distressing. Mainly because he had kept it so well on the other ship her served and he practically had bushes of it on earth. Still though, what was it? The lighting, the air? He had a green thumb of course, he was good at growing things, especially edible things. But usually enough on a larger scale than a ship allowed. Though, of course they did grow things to eat here. The arboretum took up nearly a entire deck, plenty of room to grow a few fruits and vegetables at least. If not as much as one might like.<br/><br/>Actually, he had just finished checking some of the fruit trees. They seemed in good shape and the apple trees would soon be producing fruit. That would be nice when they did. Having a agriculturist on a ship had limited uses, unfortunately. Which was partly why he also cooked. Of course, he did have his uses in his professional field beyond maintaining the few 'crops' - if you could call them that. He was a expert not only in earth crops but in crops of other cultures too, and in the traditions and methods used to grow them, as well as knowledgeable in how to fix and maintain equipment used in agriculture - such as irrigation. Which might just be enough to allow his oddball behavior to be bypassed. Not that he was really all that odd.<br/><br/>He was totally absorbed into his tablet going over various things as he walked through the arboretum. So much so that he might've walked into the two women there had he not heard their voices and looked up just a few feet away. "Ah. Commander Rei, and Lieutenant Ashley. Good evening to you both." He greeted them warmly. It felt odd calling the engineer 'Ashley' instead by a surname. He had to keep reminding himself that she was a hologram, not a human. Yet she was so real and lifelike and even held rank and command on the ship. It was hard somehow for him to put together those distinctions. Then the Commander he of course had the best respect for. Not only did she run the arboretum, but her rumored genius with botany was quite impressive.<br/><br/>"Actually, it may be a stroke of luck that you're both here. I have questions." Hebsaid then turned towards Rei first.  "Commander, I was wondering if you might have any tips for keeping thyme alive here? I'm having a terrible time of it with mine, though my other herbs seem fine." With that he shifted focus towards Ashley to give her other side. "Couple of things with you. One, what sort of lighting is used in the kitchen? Also, one of the replicators in the mess hall was being problematic early. The food it made looked right but tasted all wrong. Well, more wrong than usual anyway." He wasn't especially fond of replicator food. "I had a look at it since I know a bit about them. Seemed to be a loose circuit. But you should probably send a engineer down to look it over."