Hello, everyone. WaterDragonMaverick here with the third chapter of "Palisman Café". Last time, Luz was eager to start working at the café, but ended up making a few mistakes that she wasn't happy about, even if it wasn't anything major to Eda. After some time to think and getting along with a regular, Luz managed to return to her normal self and is ready for her summer to continue.
I'm excited to show this chapter off because we get Luz interacting with her future friends and it will help lead into future chapters for this fic. I have plans for Willow, Gus, and even Amity after this chapter, so get ready to see what they'll be like during this chapter and in future ones.
The Owl House is owned by Disney and was created by Dana Terrace
After another few days of working for Eda, Luz was enjoying herself after the mistakes of her first official day. When she was finished taking out the garbage with Eda that morning, Luz found herself on the nearby beach with the café owner. "Why are we here, Eda," the teenager asked as she looked at the water.
"You'd be amazed what kind of garbage washes up on the beach this early," Eda remarked as she carried a shovel and a metal detector. "I'm keeping the café closed for the morning so we can get digging for treasure!"
Luz was hesitant at the idea of digging around in the sand all morning. "Honestly, I'd rather be in summer school than just looking for people's garbage or dropped change in the sand," she told Eda.
"Ugh, school was the worst," Eda groaned. "I never finished school, but I've actually got a café that does well. Who wouldn't envy where I am today!? Honestly, Hexside shouldn't have that summer school program," she stated.
"Summer school," Luz questioned. "Is that why I haven't seen that many teens around the café?"
"That and the rumors about me," Eda answered before she saw Luz looking off with a lonely expression. Sighing as she turned to look at the girl, Eda spoke again. "If you want to make friends in your grade, the school is actually close to the café. I'm sure around this time you'll find a student or two on their way to that children's prison."
Perking up when she heard Eda explain things, Luz started heading back to the Palisman Café to start searching for the path to 'Hexside'. "Thanks, Eda! I'll be back later to help with the afternoon shift," she said to the woman. "Love you, King. You little beach peach," Luz said to King as she scratched his belly, making the dog happy and his translator collar let him giggle.
"More for me, then," Eda called out as she started to search through the shore, quickly shoveling sand away when she found something with her detector. "There we go." When she started digging, King was soon buried up to his collar from sand falling on top of him.
"AH! I am not a bone," King exclaimed as he tried to free himself from the small dune.
Luz was soon walking through the forest near the café as she left the beach. "If I was on the beach for the summer, I'd rather go swimming," Luz said to herself. "Now, let's see if I can find this school."
"You can do it! You can," said a girl's voice that sounded about Luz's age, surprising her.
"Mysterious voice of encouragement," Luz questioned before walking toward where she heard the voice, peeking through some of the foliage to find a stocky Korean girl with glasses wearing a school uniform that reminded her of a witch's cowl. "She must go to Hexside," Luz said to herself as she watched and listened to the girl, taking note of her magenta sleeves and leggings. Luz also saw a cart with a bunch of scrap metal on it, as if the girl pieced it together into something.
"You can do it! Even if you get a bad grade, it's not a reflection of you as a student. And my parents are right. There are better opportunities in my track," she said as she gave herself a pep talk. "Now get to school," she declared as she struck a determined pose, but accidentally crushed a flower when she stomped her foot. "Oh no! Oh, little friend! I'm sorry," she exclaimed as she saw the flower under her foot. Kneeling down to check on the plant, the girl sighed in relief as it wasn't destroyed completely and grabbed a small metal rod along with some tape. Putting the rod in the ground and using the tape to stick the flower to it, Luz was pleasantly surprised to see the girl put the flower back upright for it to heal naturally.
As the girl was satisfied with what she did, she soon heard the sound of wheels moving toward her. Looking at where it was coming from, she and Luz saw a green-haired girl with brown roots in a similar outfit walk toward the former with a wagon carrying a large metal box. Looking away from the book she was reading, the girl spoke. "Willow. Wow, you're so unnoticeable, I almost walked into you," the girl said.
"Hi, Amity," Willow greeted the girl in a slightly resentful tone after the flower she looked after symbolically fell back to the ground.
"Shouldn't you get to class early to prep your-," Amity questioned before the heap of metal that was in Willow's cart fell over and make random beeps before sparking erratically and dying down a moment later. "Oh, Willow. You don't have anything to show, do you," Amity remarked with some compassion that Luz could pick up, but could see that 'Amity' viewed herself as Willow's superior, which made her words come off as condescending.
"Teen drama," Luz whispered to herself as Willow tried to hide under her uniform's hood with an embarrassed blush.
Amity sighed as she walked up to Willow. "This is why everyone's been calling you 'Halfwit Willow' since attending Hexside," she stated before she looked at the box she had. "I think someone wants to see you," she remarks. "Automaton, rise," Amity ordered with a snap of her fingers and the box she had unfolded into a robot with three eyes.
Luz watched as the machine looked at Willow, then lifted a hand to the girl's forehead to draw a star on her with a pen in the finger. "YOU'RE A STAR," the robot said mechanically.
"Aw, It's like mine," Amity said as she adjusted a star-shaped badge on her uniform that read 'Top Student'. "Only smaller and meaningless," she added in the same condescending compassion. "But as Top Student, it's my duty to tell you to keep at it. Even you can get a passing grade someday," she told the girl before pointing at her robot in the wagon. "Automaton, cower," she ordered and the machine returned to the compact form it was in. "See you in class, superstar," Amity said before walking away with her project.
As Amity left, Willow took off her hood and Luz stuck out her tongue at the green-haired girl's back for her attitude. When Willow thought she was alone again, she started talking to herself. "Oh, see you in class, superstar. I hate when she does that," Willow said as she parroted the last words Amity told her and angrily wiped the wet ink off her face. Luz watched as she could tell Willow's anger was building just as the wind started picking up and blowing loose leaves around. "I hate making robots! I hate getting bad grades! Ugh, I can't stand this anymore," Willow exclaimed with a growl before she turned to her broken robot and started to kick it multiple times.
Luz watched as Willow started venting her anger using Taekwondo techniques on her failure of an automaton while shouting in Korean, which ended up causing a piece of metal to fly toward Luz in the bushes. "Agh! Mierda! Watch where you're kicking things," Luz called out, catching Willow's attention.
"Oh no no no no. I'm so sorry," Willow apologized as she saw Luz. "I didn't think anybody was here beside me."
"It's okay, the robot part didn't hurt me. Some thorns in the bushes only broke a few layers of skin," Luz said before Willow got a closer look at her.
"You're not from town, are you," Willow questioned.
"I'm here because I'm working at a café instead of going to summer camp," Luz explained. "It hasn't even been a week yet."
"Really? Which one," Willow asked before hearing a bell ringing. "Uh-uh, I'm sorry. I can't stay. I have to go disappoint my teacher," she told Luz before walking away. "It was nice meeting you."
Luz looked at the Korean girl as she started gathering her things, but Luz ran toward her. "Wait! I'm Luz. And I heard that Amity girl say you were 'Willow', right? What you did with that flower and the kicking was... Wow."
"Um, thanks. But I'm not in any classes involving plants. My parents put me in the Automaton Track in school. And the Taekwondo is to help me with self-defense and discipline," Willow told Luz sadly.
"You make robots for summer school," Luz asked excitedly. "I'm so jealous! Summer school back home was mainly remedial stuff. Not these cool projects. My mentor at the café says that her time in school was bad, but I wish I could see Hexside for myself. Even if just a day."
"I wish I would get a passing grade for once," Willow remarked. "Then, everyone would stop calling me 'Halfwit Willow'. Too bad I'd need a robot that can actually move," she added as she kicked a rock nearby her pile of scrap metal that used to be her robot.
Looking down at the pieces, Luz picked one up and held it up to her arm. "Wait, I know how we can both get what we want," Luz said as she grabbed as many pieces she could and created a pair of armored leggings. "I'll wear the parts of your robot just like armor. Then, you can pass me off as your project and show me the school," she elaborated.
"What!?"
"I saw that girl's thing. It's just metal that talks weird," Luz stated. "I wear armor like a Kamen Rider and talk like a robot, then we get away with a fiendishly clever scheme."
"That's true," Willow remarks before extending her hand. "Okay, it's a deal, Luz!"
"This is a great plan," Luz said as she shook Willow's hand and started to gather more scrap when they let go. Unfortunately, the Latina tripped over her own metal feet. "Yup. Great plan," she moaned out in discomfort, but still excited for her idea and made Willow smile.
"Uh, before we get the pieces on, I have to ask. What's a Kamen Rider," Willow said, prompting Luz to grab her shoulders and look the girl dead in the eye when she got up.
"I have so much to show you later," Luz stated in a serious voice.
After putting the metal on her and applying some face paint to make her seem more like a robot, Willow pushed her cart with Luz inside to a large castle-like building. "Welcome to Hexside School of Arts and Science," Willow said to Luz as she looked at several other students in similar uniforms to Willow's, but with a variety of colors for the sleeves and leggings. From what she could see, Luz counted nine different colors total as Willow brought Luz into the school. "Make sure to stay as still and quiet as you can," Willow reminded her as she walked inside.
As she was doing so, a dark-skinned boy in a uniform with light blue sleeves that was a few years younger than her and Luz bumped into her since he was busy reading a magazine. Looking up a bit after he bumped into the girl, he spoke. "Willow, you won't believe some of the crazy stuff in this world. Did you know that there have been sightings of 'monsters' in Gravity Falls, Oregon," the boy said as he showed the page of his magazine, pointing at a shadowy image of what seemed to be a dinosaur in the middle of a lake.
"I've been there before," Luz whispered. "It's just a quiet town where this place called 'The Mystery Shack' likes to scam tourists." Unfortunately, the boy was able to hear her and looked at Willow's project suspiciously.
"Okay, Augustus. I'm going to tell you something, but you have to be cool," Willow told the boy as she placed her book in the cart next to Luz. The boy stumbled on his words, but agreed. "Okay. Automaton, rise," Willow said with a gesture of her hand, prompting Luz to start moving.
Standing up and striking an action pose with one hand by her waist and another held diagonally in front of her chest, Luz then spoke. "Mecha-Luz, ready for orders," the girl said in an attempt at a robot voice.
"Luz, the voice is good enough, but I'm not sure about the posing," Willow told the girl while Augustus gawked at the disguised girl.
"You smuggled somebody into school," Gus asked, trying to stay calm.
"She's new in town and wanted to see the place for herself," Willow told the boy. "Augustus Porter here is the head of the school's Unidentified Mysterious Animal Society. UMAS for short. He loves finding out about cryptids and all sorts of stuff unexplained by science."
"Oh, I know a show you'd love, then," Luz told the boy. "And I know an Augustus back home. We call him Gus."
"Gus? Nickname? Wow! Nobody's ever called me a nickname before! This is the best day of my life," Gus said excitedly. Soon, a bell rang and he held out a pen. "I've got to get to spelling class. See you guys at lunch," he told the girls before heading off.
"We should make the tour after class quick," Luz said. "I have to get to the café for the afternoon shift."
"I'll try, but you have to power down," Willow told her with mock authority, which Luz responded to by making whirring sounds before going into the fetal position.
Heading into the classroom, Willow sat behind Amity with her cart next to the window. As several other students in 'Automatons 101' shared their work to their diminutive teacher, he criticized them harshly. "Too many hands in unexpected places. Failure," he told a girl with a horned hairband. "The biggest heaps of junk are all of you," he declared in frustration. "If the next Automaton is a failure, everyone gets extra homework for the month," he stated, making the students complain as he cleared his throat. "Alright, the next student to come up is..."
"Excuse me, sir," said Amity as she stood up with her hand raised. "But I'm ready to present my Automaton," she told the teacher, catching Luz's attention. "Rise," she told the machine, making it slowly twirl like a ballerina as it activated.
"Well, seems like she's not as bad as I thought if she's trying to make sure the others aren't miserable," Luz thought to herself as she heard Amity.
The teacher only chuckled in amusement as he spoke. "I always save the best for last, Amity. You'll have to wait your turn," he stated. "How about... Willow Park," he declared.
Hearing her name being called and the other students calling her 'Halfwit', Willow shyly covered up with her hood again before Luz whispered to her. "Don't listen to them, Willow. We can do this," Luz told her with a thumbs-up, cheering up Willow a little as she walked toward the class with her cart.
When she got to the front of the room, Willow nervously gave Luz her signal. "Uh, A-Automaton, rise," she said with her voice cracking out of fear.
Suddenly, Luz opened her eyes and jumped up before striking another pose. This time, she stood like a game character with a hand raised in the air with another on her hip. "Awaiting command," Luz robotically said, surprising everyone when they saw Willow's 'project' was very dynamic.
"Automaton, bow," Willow instructed and Luz bowed mechanically.
"Very impressive," the teacher said. "But can it speak without a command?"
Luz thought for a second before improvising. "I may be an Automaton, but you're my A-Mom-aton," she said, winning over most of the class as she hugged Willow after the wordplay. The only one that was unaffected by the cute display of platonic affection was Amity, who remembered the previous state of Willow's robot.
The teacher laughed jovially. "A-Mom-aton! Splendid wordplay," he said as he took a washable marker and wrote on Luz's forehead. "A+! Excellent job, Willow," the teacher congratulated. As everyone else cheered, Amity became rightfully suspicious of the girl and her new project. After class ended, Willow began to wheel Luz out just as the teacher stepped out into view. "Willow, I believe that your work has made you our new Top Student," he declared just as Amity stepped out of the classroom, dropping her book as she heard his declaration.
"What!?" Taking the badge off of Amity's uniform and giving it to Willow, the teacher simply smiled when Willow thanked him. As he left, Willow was ready to take Luz someplace empty to talk when Amity suddenly appeared in front of her. Willow was confused by how Amity seemed to teleport from the doorway to right behind her while she was talking to the teacher. "I saw your robot earlier. It was a pile of scrap on the ground. How could you have fixed it that fast," Amity confronted the girl with a glare on her face.
"I, uh, took your pep talk to heart, Amity," Willow said as fixed her hair.
"I bet you did," Amity said, knowing that Willow wasn't telling the truth. "I've got my eyes on you, Halfwit. That badge is mine," she told her as she walked backward and kept glaring.
When Amity backed out behind a corner, Willow felt worried. "Uh-oh. I think Amity is onto us," she said to Luz, who was still curled in a ball.
"Well then, let's get that tour done fast so I can leave for the Owl House," Luz voiced. "Besides, I'm getting a leg cramp."
"That your café," Willow asked as she started heading to another classroom.
"It's called the Palisman Café, but Eda has a lot of owls and cats there. It's like an animal café met a witch's house and they had a baby out of wedlock," Luz explained with a joke, making Willow laugh.
As Willow gave Luz a quick tour of the school, the Latina gave Eda a text message about what she was doing and explained that she might be late. Eventually, they made it to lunch and met with Gus. "Hey, Luz. Do you like PB&J," the boy asked as he offered half of his sandwich to her.
"Oh my gosh, I haven't anything to eat all day. Please give me some," Luz answered as she accepted.
While Luz quickly ate, Willow was worried. "I don't think that was such a good idea," she voiced to her friends. "What if Amity saw that?"
Immediately after she said that, Amity jumped onto their table with a crazed look in her eyes. "I SAW THAT! Robots don't eat," she exclaimed as she got in Willow's face, then grabbed Luz by her hoodie while she played dead. "I know you can hear me! What are you? Who are you? I WANT ANSWERS," Amity shouted in Luz's face as she shook her around, catching the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. Unfortunately, this also meant the teacher from Automatons 101.
"Amity Blight!"
"Uh-oh. I didn't mean for her to get in trouble," Luz thought to herself as she heard the teacher's tone and saw Amity's worried expression, along with the girl's hair slightly frazzled from her outburst.
"I expected a twinge of jealousy, but this... this is just sad," the teacher said as he looked at Amity, who was becoming desperate to prove Willow was lying and cheating. "Report to Principal Bump's office immediately," the teacher told Amity. The green-haired girl was angry and hesitant, but complied and went to the principal while Luz and Willow looked at each other with concern for her.
When lunch ended, Willow brought Luz and Gus to the empty Automaton classroom. "Maybe we should get you out of here and to the café," Willow voiced. "Amity's never been sent to the principal's office before, so I feel like she might be out for blood."
"I didn't mean to get her in trouble," Luz admitted as she got out of the cart and stretched her body. "I just wanted to check this place out and help you, Willow."
"I'll get the window," Gus said as he walked behind a group of automatons and opened the window nearby, which ended up letting an owl inside and startled Gus.
Seeing the bird, Luz gasped as she recognized it from the café. "Owlbert? What are you doing here," Luz questioned just before the door slammed open, making everyone look at Amity and an elderly man behind her.
"Good afternoon, students," the robed man greeted as he looked at Gus and Willow.
"Principal Bump," Willow said as she addressed the man while Luz faked being lifeless.
The principal walked over to Luz and inspected her, noticing the metal pieces coming loose and Owlbert on her head. "Automaton, rise," he ordered and Luz stood up, making Owlbert fly back to the window. "Automaton, lie."
Panicking, Luz began to tell lies to the principal without an attempt at a robot voice. "Viral fame is a worthy pursuit. Your cat will never eat you if it got the chance. Climate change is a-"
Principal Bump only chuckled and Luz realized he probably knew the truth. "Oh no, Automaton. How strange for it to get the command wrong. I meant, lie down," he said as he pointed to one of the desks. Listening to him, Luz went to the desk and lied on her back. "So lifelike, Miss Park. When Miss Blight told me about your project, I had to come by," Principal Bump told Willow.
"Um, thank you," Willow responded with her voice cracking.
"I'm hoping for a closer look," he said as he pulled a tool from his sleeve and a small circular saw started buzzing as he flipped a switch, terrifying Luz as she thought he would cut through more than just metal with it.
"No! Don't," Willow exclaimed as she got between a fearful Luz and the principal. "I admit it! I cheated to get a passing grade! Luz, you can stop the act."
Hearing her friend's hurt tone, Luz immediately started removing her makeshift armor and wiped off her face. "Hehehe... Hi there," Luz nervously greeted as Bump turned off the tool and set it aside.
"I knew that wasn't a robot," Amity said in vindication as she pointed at Willow, who removed the badge she was wearing and stood next to Gus in shame.
"Yes, I'm human. I met Willow this morning and saw everything between you and her," Luz said to Amity. "She's miserable in this class and you weren't helping her confidence. Not with that fake compassionate pep talk you gave her," Luz stated, causing Amity to look away with her expression hidden from view.
"It's been like this since I enrolled," Willow said as she felt her anger building. "I can't build robots. I keep failing. You and your friends keep mocking me," she listed before screaming and started kicking at some of the robots nearby. As she did, she shouted in Korean while turning the robots into scrap metal, startling everyone in the room.
"I swear, she would do well in a martial arts competition," Luz remarked as she caught the severed head of an automaton.
"Miss Park, I understand that you haven't been doing well in this class. Your grades have been quite an issue," Principal Bump voiced as Willow stopped her violent outburst. When she did, everyone saw that she tore apart her uniform's leggings after kicking the machines. "However, that is school property and you must be punished. The three of you follow me to my office and we'll discuss everything," he told Luz, Amity, and Willow. "Augustus, you return to your final class of the day."
"Yes, sir," Willow said in a defeated tone as the girls followed him and Gus only nodded.
As they made their way through the halls, Luz heard the clicking footsteps of high heels coming toward them. "Luz! There you are. I got your message earlier," Eda said as she appeared, then saw the situation. "Hey, Bumpy."
"Edalyn," Principal Bump responded as he remembered teaching Eda years ago. "Why are you here?"
"I'm looking after Luz for the summer at my café, so I have to play babysitter," Eda remarked, sounding annoyed at being a parental figure. "So, what's going on?"
"We're deciding Willow's punishment for passing 'Luz' off as an automaton this morning," Bump explained.
"It was my idea," Luz explained. "I wanted to see Hexside and Willow wanted to actually pass her class."
"If you wanted to take a tour of the school, all you needed to do was ask and I would have had Miss Blight escort you around," Bump stated to the Dominican girl as all five entered the office. "Now then, what shall Miss Park's punishment be?"
"If it's anything like when I kept stealing wallets or picking fights with bullies, you'll probably just lock her a room with a torturous video playing on a loop for an hour," Eda voiced, remembering her days in detention.
Thinking about what to do, Luz soon saw a plant on Principal Bump's desk. "That thing doesn't look healthy," Luz commented.
"You're overwatering it," Willow said as she noticed the plant, catching the principal's attention. "Plants like this only need water every few days. Not every single day. It also looks like it needs some better nutrients."
Bump and Amity listened to Willow, realizing she knew more about plants than she did robotics. "Hmm... I believe I have the solution to both Miss Park's issues in class and her punishment," Bump stated with a smile and he folded his hands together. "She will be tasked with watering all the plants in the school's greenhouse for a week as detention, then she'll be transferred to the Plant Track."
"What," the teenagers all said with different expressions. Luz's was of excitement, Willow's was surprise, and Amity's was disbelief.
"Of course, it all depends on how she does," Bump explained. "As for you, Miss Blight, you were only sent here before due to your actions in your little 'investigation'. I think that losing your Top Student badge until you earn it again is punishment enough."
"Yes, sir," Amity replied, then looked at Luz and Willow with a small glare in her eyes. "And what about her," she questioned as she pointed at the Latina.
"You leave her alone," Eda spoke up. "She's not even a student here."
"And as such, she won't be punished," Bump stated. "I'll just have to work things out with campus security to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. Until then, I'll allow Luz to stop by whenever she has time. She was only curious about the school because of our summer programs, after all."
"Thank you," Luz said with a smile.
"But not for a while," Eda told her. "You still have work at Palisman to do," she added just as Owlbert flew onto her shoulder.
"Okay," Luz said slightly dejected.
Willow saw her new friend's face and immediately spoke up. "I can stop by with Gus after classes today," she said. "I'm still curious about the café and that series you said."
"I have a lot more than that to show you if you're interested," Luz said excitedly as she made a real friend. Eda only smiled at Luz's happiness while Amity looked away, but had a slight frown on her face.
Returning to the Owl House, Luz gave a customer some coffee just as Hooty sounded out with the door opening. "Welcome to the Palisman Café," Luz greeted as she turned to the door. "Willow! Gus! You made it," she exclaimed as she saw her friends arrive. "Is that your new uniform," Luz asked Willow.
"Yup. I was given it because of my leggings getting ruined earlier," Willow said as she now wore green sleeves and leggings with her Hexside uniform. "I like it a lot better than the magenta color of the Automaton Track."
"Yeah, green looks cuter on you," Luz agreed.
"Luz, if you're going to talk with them, at least make sure they pay for something," Eda called out as she called out from the kitchen.
Luz smiled and shook her head as she immediately knew what to do. "You guys wanna play with the animals," she asked, getting excited nods from Gus and Willow. After they paid for some time in the café's animal area, Luz guided her friends to the room where they saw the cats and owls. While they played with the animals and talked about the shows that Luz wanted to watch with them, Luz's phone sounded off and saw it was her mother wanting to make a video call. "Hola, Mami," Luz greeted as she saw her mother on her phone's screen.
"Mija, I'm so glad I could call. I haven't had the time until now to contact you," Camilia said. "How's work?"
"It's pretty fun, actually. A lot different than what I expected from a café," Luz explained as Owlbert flew onto her shoulder.
"Is that an owl," Camilia questioned.
Luz only nodded before answering as Willow and Gus saw her call. "Turns out Eda runs an animal café like in some of my stories I read," Luz explained as a cat started climbing onto her hoodie. "I was showing my new friends."
Hearing that last word surprised Camilia greatly. "¿Puedes decir eso de nuevo? You actually made friends," she asked.
"Yeah, I just met them today," Luz explained. "Guys, I want you to meet my mom," she told Gus and Willow, prompting them to get in view.
"Hi there," Willow and Gus greeted with smiles.
"I want you to meet Willow Park and Gus Porter. Guys, this is my mom, Camilia Noceda," Luz said as she made introductions.
Seeing Luz actually make friends with other kids filled Camilia with pride. "Cariño, I'm so happy to see you enjoying yourself this summer," she told the girl. "How did you meet each other?"
As Luz began telling her mom about her day with Gus and Willow getting a few words in, Eda was able to listen in on the conversation from the other side of the door. "Heh. I'm actually proud of the kid myself," she remarked as she poured herself a cup of coffee while King snacked on a scone.
And with this chapter done, I've given a few tweaks to the introduction of Hexside. I thought that with the lack of magic, it would make more sense for a focus on advanced science. Turn the Abominations into Automatons (AKA robots). The other Tracks in Hexside will be given explanations for what they are, so don't worry about what they could be. As for Amity, I wanted to show a little more of her characterization earlier on. Especially with the encounter with Principal Bump and how I wrote Willow.
Speaking of her, I hope you like how I made her Korean for this story and how I changed her skillset. I just thought it would work with this non-magical AU. If you still want her to be able to control plants like in canon, don't worry. I'll have some stuff happen for her to show her talent with them in Hexside as well as hobbies/games that Luz introduces her too.
Next time, we'll see how Luz can help out in the café when a rainy day means a lack of customers. We'll also learn a few things about Eda. And eventually after that, we'll change things up a little in Chapter 5 because of the situation for it.
WaterDragonMaverick, signing out.