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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[ And it was a good mood indeed. ]
Mm! I suppose if they're the kind that have mouths, they're probably also the kind that dance.
[ It seemed reasonable enough they'd go hand in hand. ]
Maybe we can leave the door open for them, just to be nice.
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Now that seems unlikely. But I guess they'd be trouble if they were...! It'd be hard to catch something that small.
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[ Shaking her head to clear it, ]
But-- I'm sure we'd have heard about it by now if there were a problem like that with the lemons. What are the chances that it would start happening right when we decided to make lemonade?
[ Clearly, statistics were on their side. ]
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This town's all about playing the odds.
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[ Naminé felt reasonably confident about that assessment, regardless of the flower's influence. Mouth curling slightly, she agreed, ]
Well, sometimes the odds play you. Still - I think we have a good plan.
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[She snickered hard.]
Yeah, let's do this. To the lemonade stand!
[She was an idiot. She knew it, but she was fine being an idiot.]
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[ Other than, you know, the fact it might give offense. In any case, all the idiocy seemed to go over just fine with Naminé, who laughed briefly with her, ]
Well, if you want to go now, that's fine - but we do have to get down first.
[ Since they were in a tree, and all. ]
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[And it did get offensive at times, but she was a tiny bit better about that.]
Mmm, you have a point... this tree's kind of nice right now isn't it? I mean, it's not like the lemons are going anywhere, if they're not the type that we're supposed to let go.
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[ It was always just The Right Thing To Do. Actually, for Naminé, helping people usually involved a lot of stress and grief and general unhappiness, so perhaps her expectations were somewhat skewed. ]
That's true, [ she agreed to all of the points put forth. ] And there's no one around to warn them, anyway - not unless the tree can tell on us.
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[She was a bit more capable of doing things just because they were the right thing to do now, but she still had to have fun! Get her laughs in.]
Hmmm, hey tree. If you're gonna tell us the secret of the lemons, bark twice! Hahahaha, get it? Bark! [...she slays herself sometimes.]
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I get it, [ she responded, less dryly than she could have; that was terrible and even she knew it, but she'd let Terezi get away with it. Lifting her head, Naminé regarded the tree's trunk expectantly, unable to keep the smile entirely off of her face. After waiting a beat, ]
Well, I don't hear anything...!
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Got you to laugh, hehehe. I'm going to call that a personal victory today.
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Is it really that hard to make me laugh? [ she asked genuinely, calming - and really she should have known better, because she did to be all sad eyes and not a lot of actual, out-loud laughter. ]
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For me to make you laugh? No, I think it's a lot easier than all that, but I have the secret to do it. I'm in under your epidermal layers already after all.
Betcha some folks would have a lot more trouble. You're sweet, but you don't smile enough.
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Oh, [ she said, looking bemused. (The compliment caused her a brief moment's delay in responding further.) ]
I could... try to do it more? Maybe if I just...
[ … Okay, no, the face she was making right then was not a convincing smile. Yeesh. It was so bad, in fact, that it must have been humorously intended. Hopefully. Through gritted teeth, ]
Is that better?
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[She was laughing and grinning at her friend, winking at her and shaking her head. Sorry, not convincing at all, but it was really cute to see her of all people having awkward half-smiles.]
We'll just have to make sure you're happier more is all. Your natural smiles are great.
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[ She couldn't feign disappointment for long; in the face of Terezi's laugher, Naminé was unable to hold down her own. That fake smile loosened into a real one, which of course caused her to automatically try to hide it behind a hand. ]
I feel pretty happy now. I-- have been for a while.
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... like that. [She grinned back.]
But I've kind of noticed. You've been doing better for a few lunar cycles. This place has been good to you.
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[ The bit about smiles being generally better when unplanned, that was. She's learned that much a long time ago. As for the other comment, Naminé expression grew a little shyer, but pleasantly so. ]
It has been. And-- so have you. You and the others are most of why I like it here so much...!
[ There was also the comparative peace and freedom relative to her old life, but it'd be a lot less appealing if she were all alone again. ]
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[ With the mood she was in, it didn't come out quite as soberly as it usually would have - as perhaps it should have. Neither did, ]
I mean... I knew what I was missing out on. But before I came here, I thought I'd never get the chance to see what it was like for myself.
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I'm not sure it's that simple. But I... I'd like that, too. I won't have any problem remembering you, either.
[ Not unless the memories were pried from her, but that didn't bear saying. ]
It'd be pretty silly if I did. You're one of the first people to ever be so kind to me...!
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