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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.
theprezident: (→22)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-04-23 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ When she doesn't respond, he raises an eyebrow, watching in confusion as she looks at his sleeve. Is there a spot? Would Chizuru even care about a spot? ]

What?

[ He looks down, and-- ]

Oh, for--!

[ Without giving it much thought, he yanks the flower off. ]

How does that even make sense?!
tealeafs: (into the heavens)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-04-23 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It really isn't fair. How are they supposed to avoid the flowers when they're growing everywhere - even out of nowhere on clothes? Chizuru tries to move back a little to try and avoid its effects, but she's not sure if it isn't already too late. ]

Q--Quick, throw it away! I'm not sure what it could do..!

[ Of course she feels stupid for freaking out over a flower of all things. She'll be rightfully ashamed if these flowers just turn out to be pretty decorations and nothing else. But while she's not sure yet if she can trust them at all, she really wants to be careful. ]
theprezident: (→06)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-04-25 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It is too late. He doesn't notice at first, as he does what she's told, but then she keeps talking, and as her worried and rushed tone reaches his ears, the world briefly explodes in a red-ish purple hue. He's surprised enough to stumble back a few steps, like it's something he could walk away from, but as soon as she silences the colour shifts to something more subdued, an almost white blue as the wind rustles the leaves in the trees. ]

What the hell?
tealeafs: (shedding your petals graciously)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-04-26 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
What's wrong?!

[ She instantly sounds worried. Because well, at least she was right about the potential danger of these flowers.. but at the same time she kind of wishes she hadn't been, since seeing Rhys act so strangely out of nowhere is not exactly the kind of thing she likes to see.

Especially since she doesn't know what's wrong with him. Chizuru has no idea about the individual effects of the flowers, after all. ]


A.. Are you okay..?
theprezident: (→52)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-04-28 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
I-- I'm fine. I think. I don't ...

[ He squints, because he can't for the life of him figure out what all the colours are supposed to be about. ]

I think it did something with my vision.
tealeafs: (i will watch over our encounter)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-04-28 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His vision? Chizuru frowns, and then - only slightly, since she doesn't want to be rude - waves a hand in front of his face. With all the squinting he's doing, she's assuming more something along the lines of 'blind' than 'seeing weird colours'. ]

Can you see my hand like this..? [ Might as well start by establishing how bad it is. She sounds pretty worried about him. ]
theprezident: (→47)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-04-29 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... Well, he can understand why that would be her assumption. So after a moment's pause, he shakes his head. ]

No, I can see fine. Mostly. Err-- I mean, yeah, I can see your hand. It's ... There's a lot of colours for no reason?
tealeafs: (as you bloom again)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-04-30 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Colours?

[ She looks around them, as if she might somehow see what colours he's talking about. Sure, the city has plenty of colour, especially with those flowers growing everywhere, but surely he must mean something more odd than that to have had such a reaction. ]

I can't see anything special, so the flower must have done something to your vision.. Although it's strange that it only made you see colours. Um-- N-Not that that's a bad thing though, I'd rather have that than see something really bad happening to you..!
theprezident: (→31)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-05-01 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, it's--

[ He blinks a few times, and shakes his head. If only he could figure out why. It's insistent, but he can't figure out the pattern. ]

It's very distracting and a little disturbing.
tealeafs: (shedding your petals graciously)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-05-02 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chizuru bites her lower lip for a few moments, seeming to think. After glancing around, she seems to have made up her mind, and she gently takes his hand into her own, giving it a light tug. She knows it's not like he's blind, but maybe he can use some help walking anyway if what he's seeing is so odd. ]

Here, you should sit down for a moment. There's a spot over there.. Maybe it'll go away if you calmly sit down?
theprezident: (→47)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-05-04 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ His eyes flicker down to her hand in his, a little surprised at her being so forward. Not that he hasn't gotten the impression that she's stubborn, just ... Well.

It's a little surprising.

He'll follow along anyway. ]


Yeah, maybe.
tealeafs: (as you bloom again)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-05-04 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She leads him over to the spot, making sure to wait there until he sits down. She remains standing though, since she isn't seeing anything weird.. Yet? Maybe the flower got out of the way quickly enough for it to not have any effect on her. (At least she lets go of his hand after a moment, visibly blushing.)

But it means she has even more capacity to fuss over him instead. Welcome to the world of the full on extent of Chizuru's fussing capabilities, Rhys.. ]


Is it a little better now..?
theprezident: (→29)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-05-07 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The frequency of genuine kindness in Asgard is only more confusing now that he's spent so long on Pandora trying to survive on his own. Chizuru is on a different level even here, though. At this point, he can't do anything but think it's all genuine, and it's just. Baffling.

He keeps seeing purple when she speaks, though it seems softer now, somehow. Is he ... seeing her voice in colour? What? ]


Not really. I'm guessing it's here to stay for a while.

[ Maybe he can get used to it. Hopefully. Or, even better, it doesn't stay all that long at all. Maybe a few minutes? Please? ]
tealeafs: (shedding your petals graciously)

[personal profile] tealeafs 2020-05-08 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's that long, then we'll have to find a doctor. [ Or another healer of some sort, but that's the term Chizuru is most familiar with, so she'll go with it, despite the whole magical healers thing.

And yes, he might be able to detect some stubbornness into that tone. It's not as much a suggestion as acknowledgement of the fact Chizuru will drag him off to one just to make sure he's okay. ]


But maybe it'll just be a short while, and I don't want to bother them..

[ There's that meekness creeping right back in. But the first part still stands!

She sits down next to him. ]
Do you see different colours now? Or is it all the same the whole time?
theprezident: (→38)

[personal profile] theprezident 2020-05-12 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I, I don't think we'll need a doctor. These things tend to just sort themselves out.

[ He shakes his head with a slight smile. A bit wry, but also kind of touched. She's just ... sweet. ]

It's different colours. They're a little less annoying right now.

[ No one is shouting and the wind calmed down a little, but he doesn't know that's the reason. ]