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Hector ([personal profile] petcromancer) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-07-07 02:43 pm

What Has Botany Done Now?

Who:Open (plant-shenanigans brought to you by Hector)
When: The month of July/Juril
Where: Around the city of Aefenglom.
What: Hector can no longer make Night Creatures/horrific monsters, so he's turned to sinning against Plant God instead. Plant Chimera? In your garden? It's more likely than you think!
Warnings: Potential for NSFW options (please add CWs appropriately!)



What's Going On?

The wildlife of Aefenglom and the surrounding Wildes has always been...interesting. But in the last month, an abnormally high number of new plant species have been cropping up around the city. Mirrorbound may be asked by locals to investigate weird occurrences, or they may find some of these plants in their very own gardens. There may even be some new teas at DiplomaTea. Whether they choose to leave them be, destroy them, or even cultivate them is entirely up to them!

How Did It Happen?

These plants are the result of Hector's experiments with combining various plants via grafting, cross-pollination, faun magic, and just pure trial and error. A few have been bred purposefully --like Dognip-- but most seem to be the result of pure chance and bizarre magic.

If your character would like to track down Hector as the source of these new botanical oddities, feel free. Hector has also been researching the moss from the ruins and the Underground, and is willing to share his research with interested parties.

(OOC, my responses may be slow- I just got a new puppy and life's going to be a little on hold until she can sleep through the night.)

Mirrorbound can also encounter these plants and deal with them on their own, so feel free to have fun with these without Hector present.

So, About These Plants...(and their by-products)

Bondageweed- Grasping vines that tend to seek out and wrap themselves around limbs. They seem to be attracted to body heat...or at least that’s the working theory on why it behaves the way it does. They don’t grasp tightly enough to harm, but they may end up holding you in a position that makes you blush!

Dognip- A fragrant herb with a scent that attracts dogs (or, less intentionally, it may also lure Turnskins). If consumed, it makes the dog either loopy or zoomie until it wears off.

Frankenteas- A few new blends of tea leaves. EnerTea has a little bit of energizing moss blended in. AphroTeasiac is said to increase stamina and pleasure. ConBrewsion is great for calming someone down, as it literally makes you forget your troubles and cares...and everything else until you’ve had a long nap.

Glow Aloe- Luminescent aloe that soothes burns, but leaves glowing marks as it heals

Lieberries- A variant on the iunerberry plant, except the scent of the leaves causes those inhaling it to speak primarily in lies. It can still have an added effect of drunkenness in some test subjects.

Moonfire Bells- A cross-pollination of Firelight Flowers and Moonbells. This attempt to make the firelights more Cwyld-resistant and less explosive seems to be a success...during the daytime. However, the flowers still tend to heat up and spark under the light of the moon, and can be a fire-hazard if not properly monitored. They are very lovely, though, with a pleasing fragrance and a vibrant glow that could make them the centerpiece of any flowerbed.

Remember-me-nots- A flower that, when brewed into tea, induces short term memory loss

Rose Incense-An incense made of sleep-inducing Rose Petals. Getting a good whiff of it and you’ll have to fight to stay awake.

Wereradishes- Perfectly normal radishes that double in size and grow a layer of fuzzy roots all around them during the full moon.

Witchflowers- A variety of wildflowers that now glow when spells are being cast in close proximity. Hope you weren't trying to cast a spell on the sly with these around...

Venus Echo Trap- A flytrap plant that echoes back the voices it hears. If the sap enters your bloodstream, it renders you temporarily mute.

The list of plants can also be found here.


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