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MINI EVENT: IN FULL BLOOM

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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[personal profile] trafficreport 2020-04-16 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"...so did I."

That's a first. Almost everyone else he spoke to had voiced their disapproval for that option, had refused to even consider it. If it were his own life on the line, sure, but the reasoning that the other man ventures is more or less identical to Jet's own. Giving up on people, especially the already downtrodden, isn't in his nature.

It was disconcerting to learn it was in the nature of so many others.
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[personal profile] yiling_laozu 2020-04-17 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Wei Wuxian's smile returns. It's rare to meet someone who holds as fiercely to hope in people as he does. "When people are helpless, we are all the more obligated to save them," he says. "I'm sorry for what happened to you, and for the other souls in the cave who weren't allowed to return. Was it very strange waking up?" he asks. "Are you memories all intact?"
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[personal profile] trafficreport 2020-04-18 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Died before." The first time he died, he woke up in Asgard. It was faster, but more painful in a sense - not literally, but rather because he knew the people dying around him the first time. The second time, it was more the gradual helplessness that strangled him alive as he withered away. Arguably easier.

"...yes." His memories seem pretty intact anyway. He studies Wei Wuxian further, suspicion evident solely in the angle of his head. "Why?"
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[personal profile] yiling_laozu 2020-04-19 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I forgot many things when I was resurrected," says Wei Wuxian with a shrug. "Though I was dead for sixteen years before someone was sacrificed to bring me back. I didn't ask for that, nor did I want it," he's quick to add, forever wondering about the man whose body he now inhabits. Poor Mo Xuanyu must have been so miserable to resort to resurrecting the dread Yiling laozu to enact his final revenge.

"Perhaps the difference in time is why."
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[personal profile] trafficreport 2020-04-19 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Sixteen years. Damn. Jet can't imagine that - it felt like no time had passed at all between death and waking up in Asgard, and even back in the cave, he spent more time dying than he did...being dead.

"Didn't take that long," he says. "Died. Woke up here."

In and out. He has a very clear picture of what the afterlife is like where he's from, and he never got to experience. It was as simple as blinking.
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[personal profile] yiling_laozu 2020-04-22 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is a strange place to awake," says Wei Wuxian, a faint smile on his lips. "I'm used to battle and monsters both, but the ones here are new every time, it's hard to feel you know what to expect next. But I suppose it's much better than death."

He tilts his head. "How did it happen the first time?"
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[personal profile] trafficreport 2020-04-23 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Got shot." Jet isn't exactly the most loquacious person, even when it comes to the nature of his own death. He's like this by nature, but there's something to be said for not really being keen on getting into it.

He was the last one to die. Remembering that day is - difficult.

"Ended up here."
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[personal profile] yiling_laozu 2020-04-25 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Shot?"

Wei Wuxian's eyes narrow. It's true that a single, well-placed arrow can kill a man, particularly if the wound is left to fester, but such marksmen are rare. Curiosity gets the better of him, talking past the reluctant look on the other man's face. "Was it a very large arrow?"
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[personal profile] trafficreport 2020-04-25 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Laser." He forms a fingergun with one hand, plants the barrel of it against his chest, and mimes a shot going off. Presumably this guy has no idea what a laser gun is, but given the tech around here, Jet's got no clue how to explain it.

A frown, briefly, creases his features - a frustration that wouldn't be evident if he weren't under the influence of the edelweiss.

"Like a gun."