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EXPLORE: PREHISTORY.
A LIVING FOSSIL;
a damn big one
FROM BASE
By now, you're probably aware that if you look into the aether from inside BASE, you begin to get the sense that something is staring back at you. But, weirdly, there's no creepy feeling if you look into it while outside.
Because, yes, this time you can trek outside of BASE. And, yes, it looks just as piecemeal from the outside as within. Maybe even more so in the circumstances.
You see, BASE has kind of...crashed.
Into a primordial coelacanth.
The Coelacanth
This coelacanth is an ancient being from the dawn of time, who circles the aether eternally and surveys all of uncreation. Characters may walk out to the head of the coelacanth and ask it a single question on the nature of life, the universe, and everything. It's a hard trek on foot, as the terrain is unforgiving and the air grows thin, but with the right equipment and some determination, it's doable. The hoverbikes help.
Aside from that, well, BASE has managed to get embedded in the coelacanth's rocky skin. The coelacanth doesn't seem to mind, but it's not exactly great for BASE or COST's resources to be stuck there. Excavation is slow, largely because the coelacanth isn't helping. When asked why it won't help release BASE from its gravitonic field, it replied that BASE had stolen something from it and was getting what it deserved. Since it only speaks once to a given person ever, in their entire life, that's all Chiron and Grothia have been able to get out of it.
That said, they strongly suspect it's related to BASE's remaining shapers escaping and leaping happily into the coelacanth's mouth. Yes, the last of the shapers have officially gone, readily abandoning BASE in favor of returning to their homes and colony.
The crows, meanwhile, have largely disappeared into the forests.
Because, yes, there are forests. There's breathable air and Earth-typical gravity, which means that as long as you stay on the coelacanth and don't try to jump off into the void between all of space-time, there's tons of weird stuff from countless millennia for you to find.
picture this, but more colorful and also more coelacanth
The coelacanth's back is roughly the size of Tennessee. Away from its sides where the treeline dissolves and drops into the sheer cliffs, you wouldn't even know you're standing on a living, intelligent being; there are weather patterns, plants, animals (including annoying insectoid creatures), and peculiar geographical formations. And it exists only on this specific coelacanth. Everything found here is precious and could potentially benefit COST, and recruits are asked to collect samples and record new alien life.
The general biome of the coelacanth is boreal, with high frozen peaks and pleasantly chilly valleys. The midlands are temperate, averaging 15°C or 60°F. And, as there isn't any sunlight in the aether, there are a lot of bioluminescent lifeforms. Sometimes, it's bright enough to pass for daytime and the ground itself seems to glow. It's colorful and very pretty.
So take a month to kick back, explore, and obtain resources to keep BASE going (between helping with the excavation, of course). It's advised characters travel in pairs, to better protect themselves in primordial fishland, but otherwise they're left to their own devices and trusted not to do anything rash, like piss off the fish by damaging its ecosystem (but if you do, check in here). It's very protective, you understand, and the crows won't tolerate it, either.
Have fun camping, kids.
EXPLORATION AND YOU
So you've noticed there's a proverbial undiscovered country outside your door.
This month's plot is meant to be light and mostly revolve around interacting with the setting, which means the worldbuilding is going to be driven by you, our players!
How is that going to work? Well.
Everyone has the chance to submit things they'd like to see in the coelacanth's terrain, from flora to fauna to things that aren't quite either (strange weather phenomena, oddities in terrain, buried treasure; whatever your heart's desire, go for it).
Each player can submit three items, one flora, one fauna, and one additional feature of your choice (though if it isn't permanent or recurring and/or won't interfere with other players' fun, you don't need to worry about getting it approved). Submissions are open until March 15th, 11:59 PM CST, when we compile and possibly tweak a selection of them. These will be posted on March 16th and you can find everything listed in their respective locations.
We're not going to be micromanaging this plot, so don't worry about keeping everything within strict parameters; this mission is meant to be laidback. Likewise, don't worry about keeping track of who is camping with who, or how they crossed from one terrain to another so quickly; that's what the hoverbikes are for.
Once exploration begins, the BCEs will automatically update a database with found items. This data is provided by the character who discovers them first, so submissions should be IC and reflect how your character would name and describe the weird monster they found in a tree (within reason; the BCE will scan the creature and supplement data—which is delivered in metric, so brush up on your conversion skills—to help avoid an IC submission that's exclusively "idk it's big and red"). After discoveries are made, scanned, and submitted to the IC database, they are uploaded automatically and free for all to see. Granted, this information is only helpful if your character checks the database regularly...
Please keep submissions to things that fit within a boreal environment. And avoid anything that is only fun for one character or one canon, qualifies as intelligent life, or can only be used for sexual scenarios (no sex pollen, please). Other than that, we encourage creativity with submissions; we're looking for things that are interesting and fun to interact with and lifeforms that appeal to the huge science nerd on our mod team (and, obviously, the game at large).
If you're confused about anything, please ask!
CAMPING EQUIPMENT
Every individual camping will be provided with the following:
- one (1) collapsible tent, which can hook onto trees and into rock faces. Proper setup can be annoying and tedious, especially solo, so it's advised to have another person help. The interior can comfortably hold two average-sized humans and their supplies, and it folds into a small disk a little larger than a frisbee when not in use.
- one (1) sleeping bag. It does not unzip; you need to slide yourself in and it really only comfortably fits one person. The heated regulation fabric only works if you're inside it; they make terrible blankets. Nicknamed "carrot coffins" by recruits.
- one (1) of these flashlights. Roughly 1000 lumens, but adjustable; also has SOS and strobe settings. There is no "Dewalt" logo; instead, it looks more like this.
- one (1) Derringer, solar(ish) powered. It's advised to carry it where it can get light. It has three settings: kill, stun, and vibrate. It will not fire on a fellow COST operative in any scenario; if pointed toward someone with a BCE, the trigger will lock.
- one (1) monolighter. A tiny lighter (seriously, like the size of a cuff-link to conserve lighter fluid), with a warning to extinguish fires before leaving a campsite. It also has a note to boil water before you drink it, so you should probably do that, guys.
- one (1) collection kit, which includes various bags, tins, petri dishes, other containers, etc. It's specified recruits not collect any of the fauna, however. At least not while alive.
HOVERBIKES
One more thing: hoverbikes. BASE has dusted off a dozen hoverbikes, large enough to fit two people...if the two people deign to share a seat. Each bike has a small cart latched to the back, where characters can store supplies and, if they really want, try to cram in one or two additional people for the ride. The bikes aren't particularly fast—they'll make sad putting noises and refuse to go faster if you try to push them over 55 kmh (35 mph)—but they will let characters travel from the fish's head to the tip of its tail in around twelve hours. A ride from one side to the other takes about three.
Riderless bikes fly out every few days, to carry supplies and ferret recruits from one location to another. This means camping groups constantly flux, so there's no reason to plan extensively on who is with who, or worry about timelines or anything like that.
As they can go riderless, yes, the bikes have an autopilot setting, but you can drive them the normal way. They also have Futhark enabled, so you can blast your jams from them. Just try not to disturb the wildlife too much; it isn't very nice, after all. And who knows what might come crawling out of the woods.
RETURN TO BASE.
FLORA SUBMISSIONS.
Name: Self-explanatory.
Image: Link me, man, with the raw link only. Should be at least 300px wide.
Description: Describe what we're looking at here. Dimensions, weight, coloring, variation within the species, etc.
Habitat: Where can you find this plant? Please include general requirements (e.g., some plants thrive in high humidity or colder climates).
Behavior: Does it have defense mechanisms? Smell different when threatened? Produce flowers or fruit? The list goes on.
Uses: What kind of properties does it have? Can it be eaten? Used for fuel? Something else?
Discovered by: Who found this shit.
EXAMPLE.
Name: "Light Tree" Lux Arbor.
Image: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4c/c7/e8/4cc7e8787c0ff18be1d973a28d8eee22.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/7e/f7/0d/7ef70d6e2a72cd1375d509c0e305267b.jpg
Description: A tree that produces a purple, shimmering leaf and white bunched flower. From the leaves comes a powder, similar to moths, but in this case it glitters. It grows to roughly ten meters tall, with low hanging branches. The flowers emit a faint light, though the powder does not.
Habitat: Primarily, they grow in caves or, given their shorter height, in thick undergrowth near the mouth or where there is some light. Mixed shade is their preference. Require a fair amount of water, so it is not uncommon to find them near a stream or other body of water. As such, they can be used to mark out where the mouth of a cave or water source might be.
Behavior: An evergreen tree, only losing their flowers in the cooler months, but otherwise have leaves all year around.
Uses: The tree doesn't seem to do much besides produce a dim light in the dark, until someone stands underneath it or sits in its branches for a period of time. Then two things begin to happen: at first, a sense of deep calm will fall over the person and they will begin to hear a sound, almost a song if a little too disjointed, from far away. However, leaving the tree will diminish these effects except for the calm, which will last the same amount of time they spent with the tree. As such, it's possible to find quite a few animals in or around the tree that are remarkably friendly.
Crushing the leaves and pressing them against the skin will allow for this effect if away from the tree, though the song cannot be heard once the leaves have been removed. The shimmering powder, which rains from the tree as well, requires excessive scrubbing to remove from the skin and stains it faintly to shimmer, even after the purple or pure white hue from the flowers is removed.
Discovered by: Commander Grothia when scouting for base sights.
EXAMPLE.
Name: orange spectral cap
Image: http://lowglo.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/0/1/23012566/12291154-1090149367684166-1088381649424736670-o_orig.jpg
Description: glowing orange mushrooms, reaching up to 30 cm tall and 30 cm wide, with caps that hang about halfway down the stem. very pretty. Supplemental data: They have an earthy odor.
Habitat: they crop up most often around still pools, typically marshy. the species mostly grows from 1 to 6 m off the ground; i have no idea why. some areas are thick enough with them that the walls glow almost nothing but orange. Supplemental data: Their roots are suited to loose bark and they fare best when the weather is cool but not cold.
Behavior: they're mushrooms. they decompose the dead and taste good. Supplemental data: They glow the brightest when it rains.
Uses: edible for humans and probably most other omnivorous species. the taste reminds me of garlic shrimp, but less fishy. may have some odd side effects on a human, though, so treat with caution. Supplemental data: Consuming the stalk of the mushroom, raw or cooked, may cause vivid audio hallucinations, where the affected individual believes they can hear the voices of people around them, despite those people not speaking. The affected may interpret this as being psychic, despite it being nothing of the sort.
Discovered by: young
no subject
Name: Ribbon Moss.
Image: https://i.imgur.com/6ZfHBzt.jpg, close up: https://i.imgur.com/srerKPx.jpg
Description: Walked right into its area of effect, at least 30m of camouflaged moss that took on the colour properties of the terrain around it. Looks like a pile of silken ribbons, at least 15cm deep to the ankle when you step in it. Immediate absorption of all sound in its radius, quiet deafening. Couldn't even hear myself breathe. Eerie, uncomfortable. Very soft to the touch. Texture is something indescribable, closest approximation being fleece. Supplemental data: can grow to a breadth of 70m.
Habitat: Found away from water in a cooler area of the coelacanth, its back I think. Supplemental data: thrives in dry, room temperature environments. Adjacent species live in cooler climates. Strong aversion to the warm and damp.
Behavior: Harmless. Cutting it (also silent), segments curled away from my blade but did nothing in retaliation. Grows in vast quantities and covers entire areas in a dense blanket. Seems to dislike heat, shrank when I used monolighter in its vicinity. Could be flammable. Did not eat. Supplemental data: no smell, no taste. Edible but its texture and consistency is similar to 'eating a shirt'. No nutritional value. Side effects present. Ingestion causes temporary deafness.
Uses: Sound dampening, absolutely. Insulation. Stealth implications. Taking as much as I can carry back to camp.
Discovered by: Hei.
no subject
Name: The Ball-Buster
Image: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/62/b6/33/62b6334e5fdfa06821a83b6b321e78bf.jpg
Description: [The loud sound of Midnighter laughing.] Scans indicate: An elongated fungal nub that grows smaller fruit on its tip in bulbous and hairy shapes.
Habitat: Scans indicate: Found commonly at the base of larger, older trees.
Behavior: "It's a fucking-" [More laughter.] Scans indicate: This plant seems to form a vaguely symbiotic relationship with the trees whose roots it should otherwise strangle. Rather than sucking nutrients from it, the plant seems to take common poisons and diseases and purify them, acting essentially as the tree's liver.
Uses: "This scanner says you gotta eat it." Scans indicate: The bulbous fruit at the tip, when ripe, can be consumed to further health and recovery. The plant enables a unique purification process, and creates a fruit that, while distasteful to consume, aids in regeneration from injury, headaches, muscle pain, and insomnia.
Discovered by: Midnighter was laughing too hard to remember to sign his name at the end, but. It's Midnighter. Voice recognition software probably picks him up.
no subject
Name: Glowing Plant
Image: https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/007/130/886/large/heri-irawan-glowing-plants-01.jpg?1503918936
Description: A strange plant that grows tall, tipped with bio-luminescent bulbs. The body/stem is speckled with multicolored growths of some sort, like buds but not quite. I thought they'd be delicate at first but they're quite difficult to cut into.
Habitat: I found them in a dark cave-like area. They're quite numerous.
Behavior: I cut one off to see if it glowed in the light, but it soon faded by the time I cut the bulb off. Guess I'll never know.
Uses: Nothing as far as I know. It just shines a little and provides a soft nightlight. Not going to consume any seeing as I know fuck all about it.
Discovered by: Henry
no subject
Name: The Ex
Image: https://i.imgur.com/b4vTi8X.jpg
Description: It's a tunnel of flowers that you walk through, and when you get a little bit in, the flowers start to lean toward you and touch you. At first I was like... dude, this is kinda cool, like I was gettin' kissed by flowers. You can talk to 'em too, they understand you. I told them they were pretty and they bloomed even wider. RIP my allergies though
Habitat: Seemed pretty temperate where I was. They looked kinda tough for flowers, so I guess they could grow anywhere.
Behavior: Yeah the problem is they don't wanna let you go. When you try to leave the flowers start creatin' smaller tunnels that wrap around you and it's like they're watchin' you or some shit. If you struggle too much, they start to wrap vines around your wrists and ankles until you can't move. It ain't anything too serious, it's pretty easy to cut down and get outta, but you feel kinda bad that you had to do it in the first place. Maybe they're just lonely.
Uses: I got out and figured out how to use the scanner. It said it makes a really good tea if you dry the petals and steep them in hot water, but the flavor can be kinda bitter to get over. I grabbed a handful though, let's see how it goes!
Discovered by: Ryuji Sakamoto
no subject
Name: Lily 2.0
Image: https://i.gyazo.com/a59fb7f8664c25a6b9f215ead673aedd.jpg
Description: it's a giant flower. like... colossal. purple in color, looks like a lot of different plant life has grown with it, and there's way more stamen than on your typical lily. wouldn't know if they're used to make more of these things. getting closer to it for more info is going to take another day.
Supplemental info: 150 meters tall. Growth of roots are out of radar.
Habitat: seated in one of the dips on this giant turtle (?) back. it's surrounded by trees and other plants i haven't identified yet, given i'm still on the cliff. it looks like a lot of animals have made this place their home though, given all the life and water around it.
Supplemental info: Air has increased in 50% humidity.
Behavior: the ground has shook a couple of times, nothing too bad, and the animals don't seem to care. maybe it's feeding itself.
Supplemental info: Shaking caused by the growth of roots.
Uses: given the surrounding area, it's probably rich in nutrients. i'll take the hike and bring some parts of it back, from the root and petals. could be used for energy.
(Supplemental info: The root of the plant may be used in elixirs for extra boosts in strength and stamina. Possible side effect of moodswings. Petals are useless.
Discovered by: akira.
no subject
Name: Red Corvette.
Image: https://78.media.tumblr.com/33be4752a309b2b845b7c9886ae14dbf/tumblr_nxu4jegTaP1r5b59so1_1280.jpg
Description: It’s probably a type of fungus. It’s always red in color, with black patches along its “arms.” It has an outer membrane that it blooms from. It looks wet. Supplemental data: The agent that is useful in this plant is a liquid, which warms and diffuses over time.
Habitat: Damp, loamy areas. They’re hard to get to. Supplemental data: They grow in the shade only and “wince” away from sunlight. They prefer a thick canopy.
Behavior: It takes three to four days for them to “bloom.” Once they do, animals in the immediate area become relaxed and uninterested in their surroundings. Predators and prey no longer chase one another. The fungi themselves are still and keep for another four days or so. The smell’s familiar. Supplemental data: They smell pretty heady. Anyway, nearby animals will sometimes revisit the area if they know they grow there, so it is a good lure. The plants themselves feed off the animal’s body heat, which makes the air a bit cooler. It isn’t enough to really notice and doesn’t cause any visible harm. It seems more compelled to bloom early if you play some choice music near it.
Uses: I’m not eating it, but I can taste it just by being near it. It tastes a bit like black coffee. It’s relaxing, even if I feel like… Supplemental data: Leaning into Dune, this plant causes a temporary boost of perception and tastes like whatever the person near it likes best. And yes, you get a buzz off it. Too much exposure makes you sleepy, which puts you at risk for consumption via animals, I guess. However, it can also be used in cooking to add a little kick to your dish once it is dried. Don’t do this plant, kids.
Discovered by: (Note: We’ll assume his name was placed in, okay.)
no subject
Name: Siren Nettle
Image: https://i.imgur.com/jHpqO9K.png
Description: It floats freely, as if caught on the wind. There are multiple delicate hooks that attach firmly to cloth, and likely to skin. Would not recommend skin-to-hook contact, as I witnessed some unwitting creature stumble into the thing and it began swelling and blistering and screaming immediately. Likely produces a neurotoxin that induces extreme pain. Pastel colors of violet and teal, fading to crimson near the hooks. It's no larger than the palm of my hand.
Habitat: A boneyard. I'm observing from afar, and there are bones everywhere. The flora is untouched, though. Mid-forest, as I can still see the light, though the plant sticks to the shadows. It's temperate here, warm during the day, cold at night.
Behavior: Carnivorous, opportunistic. It has the aggressive reaction time of a venus fly trap, digging into prey whenever it comes into range. Most active during the night, and seems to wane in energy levels during the daylight.
Uses: Defenses and traps. Torture. I've caught at least two in my tent to bring back to BASE.
Discovered by: Cheris.
no subject
Name: Comet-flower
Image:
http://en.protothema.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/flower-820x418.jpg
Description: A white flower in the shape of a star a little more than half-a-hand wide with many small, curling bits on the edges of the petals. It grows on a climbing vine that never seems to get more than four feet off the ground, and it put me in mind of a comet.
Habitat: Grasslands, bushes, the edges of the forest.
Behavior: A very pretty thing with a pleasant scent, but the scent turns rotten like a refuse-heap about six hours after the flower is cut or picked.
Uses: Don't know of any, but the screamers seem to like to eat them until the scent changes.
Discovered by: Jon Snow 🐺
no subject
Name: Heaven Blossom
Image: https://matcha-jp.com/en/3983
Description: A small tree with otherwise bare branches, save for a collection of deep red flowers and berries. Both the berries and flowers are small compared to other plants. The berries are only the length of a fingernail and the flowers reach only the width of a thumb. Their scent is sweet, similar to citrus fruit and very strong. It's not unusual to smell the plant before seeing it, as its dwarfed by other flora in the region.
Habitat: Found in more arid and cooler climates, they also tend to grow near still pools and rocky terrains (for example at a mountain's side.)
Behavior: The flowers tend to bloom during the night and berries are often produced when its extremely cold, closed to winter temperatures.
Uses: The flowers produce a juice that can be used to combat allergic reactions, treat rashes and ease fevers. The juice can also be made into a nice tea that eases stress and headaches. The berries, if consumed, will heighten a person's senses for a few hours, making everything appear brighter and sharper. Smells and sounds are strengthened as well. For some, it will create hallucinations and make them see shadows where there are none. Take with extreme caution.
Discovered by: Jeyne while scouting for herbs that can be used medicinally.
no subject
Name: "Pacifier plant"
Image: https://i2.wp.com/www.kat-tharsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/green-Oregon-Lichen-Kat-tharsis.jpg?resize=960%2C550
Description: "Seems like a normal lichen, smells like a normal lichen, feels like a normal lichen. It moves, though, so that ain't what a normal lichen can do."
SCAN: Lichenized fungus-like species. Colors range from bright yellow to bright green and / or chartreuse. It is shrubby and densely branched, with dimensions ranging from 2 to 7 cm in diameter.
Habitat: "Branches, mostly of older trees - barks that aren't as sturdy anymore. Tend to dangle sometimes out of them."
SCAN: Typically found in drier areas. Abundant on exposed branches, especially near clearings. Tend to grow between the air pockets of barks that start dying. Found at relatively low elevations.
Behavior: "Thought someone was tailing me, but guess they were reacting to me instead. They remind me of some plants I found in Japan, except those reacted to touch. These react to sound, curl inwards and flat out.
It's as if you're scaring a lowlife against a wall, hehehe."
SCAN: Highly tolerant of freezing and low temperatures. Able to reactivate its metabolism after hours of cold storage and resume photosynthesis within minutes of thawing. This species has a very high sound pollution sensitivity, retreating into its thallus as a result.
Uses: "Guess it could be used as a makeshift alarm system if you're attentive enough to watch them react."
Discovered by: Mamoru Hijikata
no subject
Name: Drifting Nettle
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Aurelia_aurita_1.jpg
Description: At a glance it looks like marine life, but my readings indicate it's some kind of plant. They're translucent and I don't see much by way of internal structure, and they drift through the air. So far I haven't seen them do very much. They give off a pretty good amount of light in the dark.
Supplemental Data: Carnivorous plant life that feeds on flying insects. They lack the enzymes to break down larger prey and are occasionally weighed down by plant matter or flying animals that get caught in their bodies, which act as a natural net. Unfortunately this usually results in damage. Sizes very widely.
Habitat: For the most part they seem to be concentrated in wooded areas, and places with lots of water. I guess they absorb moisture from the air. I don't see them in dry areas.
Behavior: As far as I can tell they just drift around and don't respond to much of anything. If they get caught on a branch they're stuck there, and it looks to me like they're damaged pretty easily.
Supplemental Data: The species responds only to prey getting caught in its limbs or bell-like body, beginning the digestive process unless unable to do so. It is extremely toxic and consuming one will cause nausea and sharp, radiating pain for roughly one week, and anything they eat will taste like soap.
Uses: Its natural toxins may be converted to a numbing agent with the right technical skill. And you could probably use one as a night-light, or something like that.
Discovered by: 9S
no subject
Name: Kasta Supplemental data: High Valyrian for 'blue' and/or 'green.'
Image: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/james-camerons-avatar/images/6/61/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA._%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C.png/revision/latest?cb=20170919043023&path-prefix=ru
Description: I'm unsure if it's a tree. It seems flimsier than one, but so tall. As tall as I recall Drogon when he'd saved me from the Second Sons. Some are smaller, likely not matured yet. The colors on those are paler, not as vivid and rich as the ones as tall as my fiercest. I stepped too near one, and disturbing its leaves reminded me of tinkling glass. The leaves were not soft like the plants elsewhere, but hard like obsidian. The patterns of the leaves seem more like a shield.
Habitat: https://img00.deviantart.net/20b3/i/2016/056/e/3/red_lotus_by_kevin_glint-d9t1mtv.jpg They're near that strangely large Lily 2.0 Akira founded. I've included an image. If I remember correctly, Prompto calls them photographs.
Behavior: Stationary. I've noted that disturbing it will create that strange sound. The leaves also seem to stiffen. There are fruit-like objects closer to the plant's base. The ground looks disturbed near the fruit.
Scans indicate: the Kasta plant offers shelter to those fleeing from enemies. Stepping within its space will stiffen the leaves. Blunt damage will likely cause more harm to the attacker versus the plant, for the leaves are sharpened and cut into flesh easily. Pick the fruit from it and the leaves will create a cage, trapping its prey. The leaves will then scrape inwards, and a mouth much like a Venus Flytrap will emerge from beneath the ground, swallowing its victims whole. The more bodies the plant consumes, the larger it grows and the brighter its flowers and leaves become.
Uses: I imagine the leaves would make for good decoration. They are sturdy and strong, musical almost. They offer little protection from the elements.
Scans indicate: Weaponry. If one can grind the leaves and add the right ingredients, its pigmentation may be used for dyeing fabrics and other objects. The fruits by the base of the tree are supple and sweet, juicy and fragrant like an orange.
Discovered by: Daenerys
[update]
http://i.imgur.com/8zw7B8S.jpg
[ ooc: It's not as big as a Marlboro, but its mouth is definitely the same shape! ]
no subject
Name: Bolotnik
Image: http://valiantknife.org/dwidth/latrodectus/agoge/bolotnik.png
Description: Small plant, largest specimens approximately 1m tall. Sawtooth, triangular, waxy leaves. Irregular, twisting trunk. Hollow thorns, 1-2cm long. Stationary, with delicate roots.
Habitat: Bolotnik lives in damp areas and swamps, usually under the shade of larger trees. Its presence indicates moisture in the soil.
Behavior: Scans indicate its leaves do not turn with the seasons. If touched, thorns lodge very readily into unguarded skin.
Uses: Bolotnik's thorns contain neurotoxin that induces excruciating pain. Nonlethal, effects wear off in 2 to 3 hours. Loses potency within a day after removed from plant, but perhaps with chemical treatment this could be extended.
Discovered by: Natasha Romanov
no subject
Name: forget-a-lots, like the opposite of forget-me-nots!
Image: https://78.media.tumblr.com/a4d6c3a88c45c38e7d72465e5651ac50/tumblr_oon4hw7KCU1ue76xlo1_r1_1280.png
Description: they're like mini explosions of color, around the size of your hand. the petals are really soft and peel off from this dark colored fruit at the middle. it looks like the sky at night, it's really pretty. aaand they smell like pizza. i'm not kidding, like a warm pizza right from the oven! but don't eat them
SCAN: A ground-dwelling flower that bears fruit at its center. Color varies wildly from plant to plant, while the fruit is a consistent dark black with lighter flecks. The fruit is very sweet, with a crisp texture. The smell comes from its petals.
Habitat: there are ENTIRE FIELDS of these things, you can find them all over the place at the foot of mountains
SCAN: They thrive in cool, dry areas, and hardily weather frosts. Their root systems are well-suited to mountain bases and rocky terrain; tugging one out by the roots will often bring four or five of its nearest fellows with it.
Behavior: they look cool! but i'm serious, don't eat them
SCAN: They blossom year round, with different color varieties dominating different seasons. They are a very important food source, but often leave anything that eats them milling about for about thirty minutes, in good spirits but confused.
Uses: ok if you DO eat one, it makes your whole face go numb. and maybe gives you amnesia. haha
SCAN: Has powerful chemical properties that could be used in antidepressants and painkillers, but with the unfortunate side effect of temporary memory loss. Memory loss ranges from an hour to the entirety of one's past, but only lasts for thirty minutes or so.
Discovered by: prompto
no subject
Name: Blink
Image: https://i.imgur.com/hwIJf2C.jpg
Description: Basically as pictured, they bloom quite regularly and do not hold a season.
Habitat: Tends to grow near wetter land (particularly around bodies of water) but can be found sparsely where there is green grass. Does no grow in dry areas or in clumps. They do not grow straight in mud and need nutrients from surrounding plants to survive. They die when plucked or dug from the earth and cannot be replanted.
Behavior: It's a flower that does flower things. When in bulb form, it will chime when wind blows against it. When in full bloom, this goes away. Notes differ from flower to flower.
Uses: If plucked as a bulb, you can shake it around like a bell
and annoy people. Bulbs do not wither and can be kept. Blossoms will wither within a few hours. They can be boiled and consumed for a naturally sweet flavor similar to ripe blueberries, but they're flowers so they don't really fill you up or anything.Discovered by: James Buchanan Barnes