IN FULL BLOOM( APRIL 6TH )
april 6 ↴ MINI EVENT: IN FULL BLOOM It's unlikely you see the catalyst of this event, or at least understand it. The entirety of Asgard can be, and frequently is tied to the Gods that protect it and what they have dominion over. The latent curses that Wanderers have sprung upon them are intangible proof, but when it comes to a God like Sigyn...her ties to the world are much more visible, apparent.
She's holed herself up in her district, tending to the earth with her hands and tools, like a human would. It distracts her, makes it easier to force her mind to feel things it isn't otherwise. Most Gods would know this comes with side effects; if snapped out of the state, she would as well. Right now, it's not so pressing a matter.
Her emotional unsteadiness doesn't come out as ugly or marred as one might imagine -- no, if you're standing outside when the magic takes effect, you'll be surprised to see large clumps of flowers curling up from the earth and blooming blossoms larger than they should be almost immediately after coming into complete existence. Some locations for these plants make no sense, taking root anywhere they please. Maybe in a patch of soil, or maybe on the side of a wall. Your roof, your bathtub, the very sleeve of your shirt.
Their sudden appearance may cause you alarm, enough to stay away on instinct. It's likely for naught, with just how plentiful they are. Smelling their aroma or coming into contact with their pollen is basically an inevitability. And when you do...something strange will happen.
- ASPHODEL → This flower will cause the feeling of soul-crushing regret and guilt. What's the one thing that you regret the most? The one thing you would change if you could turn back time? It's time to have that thrown back in your face for the next twelve hours, assuming you're not exposed to this pollen again. In the case that there is no big thing that you regret or feel guilty about, it'll be some small minor thing that has been exacerbated in your mind by the pollen to the point that it is now a big deal as well.
- CARNATION → After coming into contact with this flower, you feel a pull of absolutely clinginess that draws you towards someone you have some degree of fondness for, be it romantic or platonic in nature. There's this niggling feeling that won't stop pestering you, that you simply have to be in close proximity to this person. Hovering, observing, touching. Once you are? The feeling goes away. This magic tether lasts throughout the day, despite how your target may feel about it. If for some reason you can't be near this person, like they force you away by some magical means, your desperation strengthens as the proximity remains broken.
- EDELWEISS → This one will cause you to become extremely reckless. It goes beyond developing or exacerbating a hero complex. It's like experiencing l'appel du vide for twelve hours and actually listening to it. You won't be very susceptible to reason without some magic to put a stop to you, and your sense of consequence? Completely out the window.
- POPPY → Upon close contact with these flowers, you experience mild to severe synesthesia for anywhere from ten minutes to a couple of hours. Your senses mingle. You smell colours, see sounds. It often comes with a very mild sense of euphoria, but some find it disorienting instead.
- GENTANIA → When's the last time you had a good night's sleep? A few days? Weeks? Prior to ever showing up here? Here, let's help with that. The pollen from Gentania andrewsii, commonly known as a closed or bottle gentian, will instantly put anyone who comes in contact with it to sleep. It doesn't matter if they're sitting, standing, driving or swimming. They will fall into a deep sleep, varying anywhere from six to twelve hours. For the duration of that time, they will experience vivid nightmares, and will only awaken after experiencing sleep paralysis.
- IRIS → Apparently you're allergic to this flower. Don't worry, everyone else is too. Contact with this pollen causes a painful burning sensation. Don't scratch or rub at it, because that'll only cause it to spread. Washing the afflicted area or applying any sort of ointment or balm won't help. Tough it out. It'll only last a couple of hours.
The flowers definitely overstay their welcome, as does their magic. The blooms themselves will fall off and uproot themselves from their unnatural settings after about a week. The magic? It sticks with the plants for a whole day. The curse you're hit with might not last as long, but this means being careful: there's always the chance of being afflicted again. Maybe with two curses at once!
How will you know the curse is over? Maybe if you can put two and two together, you'll wake up in the morning and notice stepping outside doesn't...smell the way it usually does. The grass, any stray flowers, trees. None of them have any whiff of a scent. MOD NOTES This is the April mini-event before our bigger event later in the month! Note that you can stack flower curse effects except for the Gentania curse that puts someone to sleep. |
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He looks back at the field of poppies and then at Shen/Ye. "Are we high?" he asks. That's honestly the first explanation the springs to mind. Malcolm have never taken any hallucinogenic drugs before, but he has a feeling that this is what it would be like if he did.
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"High," he repeats, sounding a little scandalized. Never in his long life has he been high, but pretending this moment doesn't exist won't make it go away. "We are drugged at the very least," he concedes, visions of doleful blue blooming behind his eyes. "I don't usually see emotion."
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Malcolm's technically never been high either, unless you count the benzos that he takes to just get through a day. "I don't usually taste the sky," Malcolm responds matter-of-factly. He feels relief over the fact that Shen Wei is not his brother, and for some reason, that manifests in a cloud of yellow.
"Hey," he says suddenly, blue eyes going wide. "Is this... synesthesia?"
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"If it means that my feelings invoke a color that blooms behind my eyes, then yes."
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Malcolm looks back at the poppies. "You think they're the cause? Did you walk through them like I did?"
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Malcolm is so much more knowledgeable than him on this subject, and Shen Wei stares at him. "Does the condition have a cure?" Or are they to wait on the flowers to release them?
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He realizes that he kind of sounds like a textbook, but... that's pretty much par for the course with Malcolm, especially if the topic is something he's knowledgeable about.
"There isn't any cure for it, at least not the kind I'm familiar with. We might just have to wait this out."
And taste colors in the meantime. Shen Wei's version seems worse though. Malcolm already feels enough emotions. He'd hate to have to see them as well.
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Of course, a part of Shen Wei that's extra wary of all of this may simply not enjoy the added evidence of his own emotions, too bright behind his eyes to ignore.
He opens his mouth, for a moment at a loss. Then. "Would you like to join me for tea, then? I find it calms me."
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"Sure," he says, checking his watch. "My shift's about up. I don't think I ever asked who your god patron is." He assumes they're drinking tea at his place. There aren't a lot of cafes and restaurants here.
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"Heimdall," he answers. "Regrettably, I can't offer privacy, for my room is shared, but if my roommate is home he won't bother us." He'll surely want to - Sora is a brave and energetic youth, but Shen Wei's dour face is often enough to compel even the most exuberant away.
"You are of Odinhaus?" he ventures. "I believe I've seen you when visiting my brother."
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Much more narcissistic and bloodthirsty. That makes him an interesting character to someone like Malcolm.
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To put it extremely mildly. Shen Wei and Ye Zun are a true duality - one twin who absorbs, and one who consumes, a force seeking stability and a force seeking total control no matter the cost. At least, these are the men they've been for so centuries. Shen Wei doesn't know who they are anymore.
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Malcolm had told Ye Zun about the twins who were silent until one died so that the other could live and Ye Zun had talked about absorbing Shen Wei, which was pretty wild. Overall, he could tell that they had a minorly unhealthy preoccupation with each other. He guessed he couldn't blame them. Malcolm was pretty protective of his little sister.
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He chooses to speak on something else. "You study people." It's obvious in the way Malcolm speaks of them.
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They come upon a copse of trees and when the green of it all hits Malcolm' he throws his arm up. "Ah! Those trees are way too loud." It sounds like a thousand insects are buzzing in his head. Is this what it's really like for synesthetes?