Afternoon Thievery (closed)

The nurse made a small face at the student's words about advising him on not eating the plants, especially at the last bit he had heard. Who on earth would even...even pee on the plants?! He coughed a little before he glanced at the tomatoes in his hand. "Well, if I get sick I'll know why then." He mentioned, shrugging a little as he lifted his other hand to reach down his shirt and pull up the amulet he wore. "Lucky me I've got this to help me out if I get sick." He told him with a small wink, all the while tossing the tomatoes into the pot beside him. Yeah, maybe he had lost his appetite for those tomatoes just now.

He slid his amulet back under his shirt and placed his hands on the table he was leaning against as he scanned his eyes over the student before him. "What sort of plants do you take care of here?" He asked him, offering him a friendly smile as he let his eyes wander the greenhouse as he awaited an answer patiently. A small chuckle escaped him as he turned his attention to the student and tilted his head a little. "Now, just where did you hear that someone peed on the plants?" He asked him, lifting a brow slightly as he just relaxed where he was. Honestly, he really hoped it was just a harmless rumor about the peeing on the plants. Hopefully.

He chuckled again and pushed himself away from the table to stop leaning against it. "Why don't you show me all the plants you take care of, and we can see which of them I can use readily at a moment's notice." He suggested, gesturing for the boy to lead the way. It wasn't often that he came across someone in here that actually did like to take care of the plants, and he figured he could get to know whichever students he met better anyway. It would probably, maybe, help with future visits to his own office anyway.

Upon hearing the rumor, William closed his eyes momentarily as he lifted a hand to cover his mouth. Now, he was doing his very best to not laugh, because that seemed rather serious enough especially if he was going to eat some of the plants in here. Though after a moment he cleared his throat and lowered his hand, smiling a little, not that he could help it, and nodded his head. "I see, well I'll keep that in mind then." He mentioned to him, pausing as a question from the student was asked of him.

A chuckle escaped William and he couldn't help but grin a little. "Ah, you got me. Just don't tell the cooks, yeah?" He responded, placing the palms of his hands together as he tilted his head to the side slightly in what appeared to be a pleading notion. "I usually go out into the town with some of the other staff after the school day is done, but I figured I'd come up here instead to steal some of those delicious tomatoes." He admitted to him, shrugging a little as he lowered his hands to his sides.

"Hm, though going back to what you said about being able to take care of the plants... I think that is a very nice thing. It is just a shame you can't have a goldfish to take care of as well." He mentioned, moving over to take a look at the boy's plants. "You're an excellent caretaker for these plants, it's impressive." He added, looking over towards him with a friendly smile. "Hm, maybe I'll see about livening up my office with a small tank of fish. Might need some help taking care of them..." He spoke, trailing off with a suggestive smile. All in prospect of the boy being able to take care of something else if he so liked.

"Though I'm sure I'd have to get permission from our lovely headmistress first about it, but I have a feeling she might just agree to it."

A small smile came across his face as he listened to the boy speak, tilting his head to the side slightly. "Well, it's nice to grab a tasty treat every now and then. Those who grow them certainly work hard to make them wonderful." He responded, shrugging a little. It wasn't like he actively took many of the crop like a locust, but he would only take a few that wouldn't be missed. After all, free food was the best food.

At his next words, a sympathetic smile crossed his face then. The nurse reached a hand out and placed it gently on the boy's head, ruffling his hair a little. "Don't worry, it takes time for everyone who attends here. I had a bit of a rough start when I first came here, but...things slowly fell into place." He told him, ruffling his hair once more before he withdrew his hand from the boy's head. "I'll see to it that we can get a fish tank in my office. You'll have to help me pick out what critters will live in there though, hm?" He added, pausing as he tapped a finger along his own jaw in thought. Would he even be allowed to take the student off campus to pick out fish? Ah, well he'd have to see when he spoke with the Peace headmaster about it.

The nurse chuckled at the boy's words, another smile crossing his face. He shook his head a little at his last words and waved a hand in the air slightly. "Nonsense, we'll be able to afford either one. How about we head back to my office and we start planning on what to get for our future companions, hm?" He spoke up, gesturing for him to follow as well as he began to head out of the greenhouse.

"I think we might be able to get away with a twenty-five gallon tank, so we can plan around that size. We can also plan for both freshwater and saltwater as well, then decide which one will be..." He trailed off, trying to find the right word. "Well, I suppose all I can say is until we decide which one we like the best." More so it would have been which one the boy liked the most but he wasn't going to say that if he was going to have him helping out. He supposed he could send the headmistress an email if he didn't run into her but...at the same time...perhaps it would be better to bring it up face to face.

Upon reaching his office, he opened the door and gestured for the boy to enter as well as he walked over to his desk. He sat down, pulling up his rolling stool up to it for his current companion, and logged into his account on the computer there. "Alright, there should be a pad of paper in the drawer closest to you, pens are in the cup on the desk as well." He spoke up, pulling up the search engine to look up the island's own pet store for starters. "Okay, what should we look for first, hm?"

William listened to the boy speak, nodding his head in acknowledgement to his words. "Those are definitely things to keep in mind. Research into anything one might get is also of great importance." He spoke up, deciding to jot down a few notes on the aquarium and the possibility of the tropical fish. "Let me look up what kind of tropical fish we can get that are non-aggressive for starters. Once we find a list of fish we can look into how to care for them and how well they'd interact with one another." He suggested, swiveling his chair to face his computer better as his fingers flew over the keyboard to look for such fish. It took a few moments for the page to load and he used a hand to angle the monitor towards the boy with him.

"Alright, let's see what we've got then. Let me know which ones catch your attention, okay?" He spoke up, glancing towards him before he clicked on a link so they could scroll through what fish were there. "Well, would you look at that! We could get a clown fish! I honestly thought those were only in actual aquariums..." He piped up, blinking as he looked at the fish on the screen that was available to be owned.

The nurse smiled as he listened to the suggestions the boy spewed out, happily jotting down those suggestions on the notepad. "I think that's a wonderful idea. It'll make the aquarium look more vibrant too, in my opinion." He responded, chuckling as he did enjoy the boy's enthusiasm about this potential project of theirs. All of those suggestions would look nice inside the aquarium for the office, and it would also give the boy something to do as well. Not to mention it would make his office look nicer as well. Though, at his comment on letting the headmistress know first about the fish and the aquarium to be added to his office. Right, there was also that.

He chuckled a little and leaned back in his chair, swiveling it a little to face the boy a bit more. "I'll let her know, not to worry. I won't do anything further without her knowing nor her permission, we can plan and research for now but otherwise we'll do nothing further." He paused to glance at the computer before he stood up, gesturing for the boy to take his place in the swivel chair. "You can continue looking for anything else to help with the aquarium while I go see if I can locate our lovely headmistress, hm? Just stay on the web browser and nothing else. Oh, and if it locks or whatever you'll just have to wait for me to come back to unlock it." He walked around his desk and towards his office door, pausing to snap his fingers once before he turned around to look towards the boy again.

"Can I get you anything for when I come back? Snack, drink?" He asked him, tilting his head to the side slightly. Honestly he just wanted the boy to be comfortable and enjoy himself a bit, especially if it was over something he could help take care of.