Defender of the innocent one shots

Hobbies(Isabel- 60)

I- gardening
"Why do I have to do this Rowan?" Isabel whined "I'm fine! I don't need to relax." Rowan sighed, they've had this conversation 4 other times since he showed Isabel the hobby's he had picked for her to try. Gardening, a journal, a scrapbook and a sketchbook.
"Isabel, when was the last time you did anything for fun?" Rowan asked, already knowing the answer. "And no, spending time with Axe or I doesn't count." He added, knowing she'd try to say that.
Isabel was silent for a few seconds before replying, "I took Elyon and Ashryn to the shop." Rowan sighed, he should have been more specific.
"You took them because Elyon was out of potion ingredients. And besides, that wasn't fun for you." Rowan raised an eyebrow, Isabel would keep this argument going as long as she could, which Rowan knew.
"Give them a try, if you don't like any of them I'll let you pick some to try. You need some way to relax." Rowan handed her the hobbies then went to his room to work.
"Just give them a try." Isabel mocked, going outside, she might as well do something productive, like designing Crystal some armor. She had outgrown her last set about 3 months ago.
She had been sitting cross-legged in the grass for about an hour before zeke showed up, he had been watching her for a few minutes before he spoke.
"What're you drawing?" Isabel put down her pencil and finally looked at him. It was still weird to see someone who wasn't technically an elf, being over four-thousand years old he'd be closer to the wysteria than anything, though he still had mostly elven features his magic was elemental.
"Designing armor for crystal, I've been meaning to for a few months, since she outgrew her old set." Isabel replied, going back to drawing. "Why do you ask?" She questioned after a few minutes of silence.
"Rowan told me you were supposed to be finding hobbies. I thought I'd see which one you were working on and offer you help. Aren't you supposed to be working on not work?" Zeke questioned, sitting on the ground near isabel.
She shrugged before replying "this isn't technically work." Zeke sat quiet for a minute, while Isabel
continued drawing, currently working on detailing the chest plate. Crystal had requested small snowflakes littering the design.
"If you have to say technically, would Rowan say it isn't work?" Isabel stopped drawing when zeke said that. No, he would not think this counts as not working , this definitely is working in his eyes.
"He wouldn't, but I can't take a break." Isabel continued to doodle individual looking snowflakes, making sure that no two are the same.
"I can help you both do a hobby, and make it to where you aren't taking a break." Isabel stopped drawing and looked up, wondering just how zeke could pull that off.
"I know a few ways gardening can help your precision with magic, but you have to be patient." Zeke raised an eyebrow, silently asking if she could be patient enough for this.
"Ok... I will try to be patient enough for what you have planned." Zeke smiled, asking her to grab her gardening kit when she put the sketchbook up. Isabel got up to do as he asked and put her sketchbook in her room(quickly sketching the landscape so if Rowan asked to see it she didn't have to reveal she was working) before. Returning to zeke.
"Good! Now, a way I learned how to make my magic more precise is gardening!" Isabel groaned, she should've expected it to be normal gardening, but she didn't.
"Gardening is relaxing, besides, you can plant the rarer and more magical plants elyon needs, grow your own food, or grow medical herbs used in some healing potions." Zeke made good points, zeke usually made good points, he was wise. But Isabel still didn't think gardening would help her with precision.
"Ok, those are all good points, but why and how would gardening help with my precision? I've never heard that before, and I've read a lot of books on magic and how it works."
"Unlike most magical elves, you have magic connected to your emotions as well as the more common type. So if you can regulate your emotions, and not always be so stressed, you'll actually be able to have a much better grip on that magic. Which means you can make it do what you want it to." Zeke replied, sitting down near the flower beds in front of their house.
Isabel sighed but followed his lead, sitting on the other side of the small basket that held the kit.
"Do you know anything about gardening?" Zeke asked, pulling the needed items from the basket.
"Iris, Axe's mom, has a rose garden that Rowan used to take care of, but not really." Isabel shrugged, she really didn't, Rowan definitely did, probably why he chose gardening for her to try.
"That's fine! The kit comes with beginner friendly seeds.." Zeke continued to explain about the plants, what they need to survive, how often to water them, and how long they'd take to grow.
Isabel followed along as he showed her how to plant them, some of the plants didn't take long, and others. The fire rose being one example, which takes almost a year to grow fully, but is used to make fire resistant potions.
"If you ever need my help you can visit the tree house, I think Ratatoskr has missed you." Isabel smiled at the thought of the giant squirrel missing her.
"Of course, you should come around more often, I think Rowan would enjoy being able to talk to someone mature that isn't me or Axe." isabe laughed, she wouldn't mind talking about what Eclipse was like when he was younger either.
"Of course. I also believe I haven't properly met Elyon or Ashryn yet, maybe i could come over every Saturday?" Isabel nodded, Saturday was usually a calmer day. Consisting mostly of checking in on the kids or training melody, kaida, and Lizzie.
Zeke made his leave after a few more minutes of talking, making sure to say bye to Rowan and the others before he did.