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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Jan 24, 2024 23:45:15 GMT -5
From atop his mount, Leandros trots through the Moonveil Forest looking around. He had heard word of so many strange flowers poking up around Charon. Just when he thought world changing events were over, this happens. At least it is just flowers. There couldn't be some sort of giant flower monster born from the core of the earth that is sick of humanity right?
Gods above he hoped not.
He gently pulls back on the reins to slow Byrr down as they come into the Giant Mushroom Field. They really weren't lying when they came up with the name. The knight reaches a hand out to touch one of the mushrooms, pulling it back to look at his hands. Looks like they aren't oozing anything weird, but what could be causing the concern around here?
Up ahead he notices the giant mushroom that towers above the rest, bright flowers form a circle that extends just beyond where the cap would be. This is what really catches the knight off guard as he hops down from his mount to look a little closer.
"Interesting flowers....the color isn't like anything I've seen before. The brightness is incredible..." Even with his knowledge of floriography, something seems off about these mystery flowers.
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Feb 4, 2024 13:00:02 GMT -5
Calliope smiled as she followed one of the village Druids who had been asked to look into the situation some. She had practically begged to come along and luckily was allowed to. She had practically jumped all around at being told so and skipped along happily as she went.Her eyes were wide in amazement at the gigantic mushrooms as she ran forward poking one a few times curiously before signing to the Druid how amazing this was and how she wanted to look around more after they looked into the case at hand. This was amazing! How were they so big?!It reminded her of the classic kids tale by the Elvish man lewins craol, “Mavis in Underland.” Maybe these giant mushrooms had inspired a part of the book!
Calliope then focused as she saw the giant mushroom and strange knight ahead, signaling to her companion before running ahead to look at the flowers. They looked so peculiar and pretty! She debated plucking one to press and keep but knew they should probably investigate first before doing anything like that. She then quickly pulled out her paper and wrote down on it quickly before showing the man next to her “hello! I like your horse! Are you a knight mister? I’m calliope! Maiveand I are here to see these flowers!” She had written, her tail swaying excitedly behind her
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Feb 5, 2024 18:40:03 GMT -5
Leandros was so enraptured by the strange flowers growing that he did not notice the newcomer at first. He was crouched down to get a closer look, a gauntleted finger tracing over a petal. They seemed real...no illusions, no magic....but it was still strange. Even more strange was this giant mushroom just in the middle of the field.
As he stands, he finally catches sight of Calliope. He takes a moment to watch her write something down and then another moment to read everything that's been written down.
"Oh, yes this is Byrr and I am Leandros...I am a knight, which may seem odd for checking out flowers." He laughs softly with a wide and sheepish smile.
"I am far from being any sort of alchemist or botanist, but I do know something off flowers, so I thought I might see if I could find anything out. I would be more than happy for the help if you're here for the same reason."
He motions towards the flowers to let Calliope take a look at them. Leandros was truly lost for what was going on here. It could be druid magic, but in such a random location? And it seems like its abandoned, no one else is around at least not that Leandros can see.
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Mar 1, 2024 10:19:06 GMT -5
Calliope’s tail swayed excitedly as she read the others lips before turning the notebook and writing again “hello byr and sir Leandros! I want to be a knight just like you one day! Maive and I were called here to look at this situation as well!” She wrote before turning it back, puffing out her chest proudly. She was a determined little thing for sure. The Druid maive gave a nod of greeting as she stood behind calliope with a small smile. Technically only maive had been called to look into the matter but calliope had begged to come along wanting to go on an adventure and help people once again. It was certainly hard to dissuade the young tiefling.
Calliope nodded enthusiastically at the offer of helping and ran to his side before looking at the flowers and such curiously.she crouched by him and looked at the flowers curiously with maive close by. Both knew it wasn’t Druid work since one was a druid and the other grew up in a village of Druids. So if it wasn’t Druidic in nature what was it? Calliope looked to mauve and signed confused. Maive signed back also perplexed by this
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Mar 2, 2024 12:42:00 GMT -5
Leandros brims with a smile at Calliope's ethusiasm. It was hard not to feel that infectious energy spill over. He gives a soft laugh at her declaration.
"Being a knight is a fine goal to set. Solving something like this is exactly what a knight would do." He steps back to give the fellblood a moment to look over the area.
Leandros watches Calliope and the druid investigate a moment before his eyes drifted to the surroundings. There didn't seem to be any other animals in the area. Was this giant mushroom scaring them away? No tracks....animal or human that he could see.
The flower surrounding the space seem brighter as well. From what he knew about druids and any nature magic, it could only recreate plants. It didn't invent them out of whole cloth. These flowers weren't in any book he could remember.
"Do you think these flowers are somehow from some other place? The colors here seem....strange? I am not quite sure how to put it." He puts his hands on his hips as he stops to think. Leandros kneels down again to get a closer look, a hand gently tracing along the petals. What was going on here?
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Mar 18, 2024 13:59:06 GMT -5
Calliope hopped with excitement as she hugged her notebook close after seeing what he had said. She was excited to do real knight work and looked towards the area in an investigative manner crouching by the flowers curiously.she leaned close to one of the glowing flowers though was careful not to touch it as she tilted her head. It was quite strange and the giant mushroom in the center was stranger. She sniffed the air surprised by how sickly sweet the area smelled.she turned to see Leandro’s reading his lips before shaking her head and writing “I’ve never seen plants like these around or created in the Druid village. These smell really really sweet. I’ve never smelled flowers like this before” she wrote and showed to him.
She signed to the Druid with her asking if she had ever seen such flowers only for the other to sign back that she hadn’t and to be careful near such things. Calliope gave a nod and looked back to the flowers and the knight beside her watching as he touched the flower petal her eyes widening a bit in surprise. Was it safe she wondered? It was time to find out
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Mar 18, 2024 21:49:15 GMT -5
"I never thought of trying to identifying them by smell." Leandros smiles at the idea. Everything seemed to be just a little bit more amusing in the presence of these flowers.
While Calliope looks into the flowers, the knight does decide to look into the mushroom just a bit more closely. What could've caused this to grow so big? He runs a gauntleted hand down the flesh of the stalk just to see how it reacts.
A sigh of relief escapes as it doesn't spring to life or throw spores everywhere. There is a strange purple film on his gloves though. Rubbing his fingers together, it is weirdly sticky and viscous. Maybe it traps insects against it and that's how it gets nutrients. It would explain the poison, but not the flowers around it. Maybe this was all part of the same fungus? The bright colors would attract bugs.
"Careful when touching that. It could be connected to the mushroom." Perhaps that was the connection after all. Whatever these flowers gave off seemed to make everyone here feel a bit more euphoric.
If the plants were doing that to them, imagine what it would do to a bug. It was a solid theory, though Leandros was no where near smart enough to figure out how to test that. Do they just wait and see if bugs arrive? Hopefully nothing too big arrives.
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Mar 25, 2024 13:15:59 GMT -5
Calliope nodded and gently poked the flower out of curiosity as the druid examined another one. She giggled a little finding the situation amusing. This little neon flowers seemed rather amusing and funny to her. They were so strange and colorful. She began writing again and held it up for the other to see “these bright flowers are super funny and bright and pretty!” She giggled more and found her dramatic writing errors on sentence forming to be even more amusing. She hardly ever made errors such as this yet she just had. She then poked the flowers again happily. She felt rather happy and relaxed. Things were just so nice and simple. Her bright eyes then turned to the Druid happily who seemed to softly laugh as she examined a flower or two finding them rather strange herself. Callie’s tail began to sway behind her as she looked around. She wished she could pick some of the flowers and take them home. Maybe that would be nice to show the village. Something new and so beautiful. Surely they would like something like this right? She then looked to the knight Leandros again and decided to wait until they finished first
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Mar 25, 2024 23:13:50 GMT -5
Leandros can't help but breathe a sigh of relief that nothing too bad is happening. The flowers seeme to have a distinct effect on people, but it's not bad.....at least not yet. Maybe prolonged exposure is bad?
"We should collect a few of these. I imagine more than a few botanists and alchemists who might have interest in it....and the good news is there seems to be enough to keep a couple for yourself if you like."
He smiles and starts to pick a few of the flowers. Byrr seems to have grown bored with the standing around and starts to lean down to eat some of the grass and flowers. Leandros looks back over his shoulder and raises an eyebrow.
A horse? When did that get here? It wore armor bearing his house's sigil, but he had no memory of it. That's strange. He stands and walks over to the horse, putting a hand on its neck. It is real. ' "Has this horse always been here?" He blinks his eyes hard a moment, his head feeling a little fuzzy as he looks back to the others. "It's strange, I don't recall it."
The horse looks up and flutters its ears then stamps its foot in warning. Whoever this knight is in front of him, he doesn't recognize him.
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Apr 5, 2024 13:44:34 GMT -5
Calliope tilted her head holding a few flowers now and looked over “not mine…” she replied in her notebook and glanced to the druid curiously “whats your name?” She added showing it to the two. Her ears twitched a little and her tail flicked confused yet curious. She then focused on the flowers again and picked a few more happily not seeming to mind her lack of memory of her company or how she got there.
The Druid paused blinking as she looked at the two seemingly confused as well though a bit more cautious than others may be. She still smiled but something irked her especially looking at the child. She was sure she had never seen her before yet that didn’t seem right. A part of her felt quite connected to the young one but why? What was happening? “Sir do you know how we got here? I feel there was a reason but cannot place it. It doesn’t seem a normal space to congregate however. Was there a reason for this?” She questioned tilting her head some as she looked around some. Her gaze then paused on the flowers “curious… I’m never seen flora of this nature before”
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Apr 5, 2024 21:55:40 GMT -5
Leandros turns his attention back to the two picking flowers. He raises an eyebrow at the seeming disconnect between the two. Were they not friends when they arrived? Had he missed a disagreement while dealing with this strange horse? It was hard to tell.
He scratches his head a moment, "I believe we were to collect or document some of these flowers for researchers with the Crown."
The knight rubs his eyes and tries to focus. Leandros takes the flowers he had collected and scattered them on the ground. He tries to shake his head with a little groan.
"I think these flowers are having a strange effect. It's likely the pollen, drop what you have and get some distance." Leandros covers his mouth and nose as he tries to exit the vicinity of the flowers. He keeps the other two in eyesight, but he needed to get free of the flowers.
Byrr takes off, unsure about why this knight is getting closer. Leandros only focuses on getting clear of the flowers and clearing his mind. His natural immunity to poisons didn't seem to be working which meant this was likely something magical. His mind felt fuzzy and numbed as he tried to pull together his thoughts and figure out what is happening.
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Apr 10, 2024 13:33:24 GMT -5
Calliope frowned at the idea of leaving the flowers behind but stood and followed with the strange lady. She did feel a little weird she guessed. She had dropped the flowers behind her as she moved and backed away until she was out of the pollens reach, giving a little sneeze realizing just how much pollen there had been around her
The Druid paused looking at the flowers as they left before having followed the young girl out “it seems you may be right… maybe it is a self defense mechanism but what is the result of the flowers ability? It seems to have a giddy effect but I can’t think of what else” she frowned as she thought over the situation a bit glancing to the others here and there
Calliope read the woman’s lips and thought before writing on her board “the knight was by the horse when we first got here yet they don’t seem to know each other… did it change things somehow?” She asked feeling like she was still missing something but was unsure what it could possibly be. Her tail flicked as she tried to focus and think as her head began to clear up some finally
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Apr 10, 2024 13:57:52 GMT -5
Seeing the cloud that erupts off of Calliope, Leandros inspects his own armor. With a little blow a dust cloud comes off of his armor, shedding more as he starts to brush it off. He sighs softly as he starts to try and clear himself of this pollen, but it wasn't going to be something he could just dust off.
"It's a little strange for a defense from the flower....I remember you two well, those memories are sharp, but the horse...it's fuzzy. Some of those memories are clearing as I stay away from the flowers, but it is hard."
He couldn't cover his face as all of it was covered in the pollen. It was annoying to have something so seemingly harmless have such an impact. It was just pollen after all. To have it change his memories so impactfully, it was a terrifying thought.
"What creature could have created this? I doubt its natural, but I've never heard of something that makes mind altering flowers like this. Are you two all right?"
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Post by Calliope Singrid on Apr 14, 2024 14:30:25 GMT -5
Calliope watched his lips to see what he was saying before giving a small nod and writing "Yes I am fine. I don't remember hearing anything about these kind of things though... It's strange..." she frowned "I vaguely remember the nice lady with me but not like I believe I should." she turned the paper to show the other what she had written.
The druid read it and nodded "I have also never heard of such an effect in any plant or creature on this plane... It is otherworldly in its tactics. Whatever we do next we need to get this pollen off I believe..." she remarked with a frown
Calliope looked at the two and thought. She couldn't really control wind. she did her best to get it off of herself though there was still quite a bit on her. She then dug into her bag and pulled out a colorful flower crown very carefully. She then put it on. She had been told it could help her in a time of need. After a moment longer she put on the glowing flower crown and her eyes widened as her mind cleared. She then quickly wrote "Wait! I remember now! That horse is yours! and the woman with me is one of the druids from my village!" _______________________________________________________________________________________________ flower crown-A delicate crown of flora laced with an arcane glow; this flower crown has been lovingly crafted— whether by you, a friend, or an arcane weaver. This beautiful crown of blooming flowers and twisting ivy will dis-spell mind-altering effects and wards when worn; it can deflect or dis-spell one mind-altering effect per thread.
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Post by Leandros Aurthurian on Apr 15, 2024 18:42:55 GMT -5
"That would make sense...the armor did bear my house's sigil." He makes another concerned face as he pulls a handkerchief from his pouch to place over his face.
"If you have something to seal a few flowers in we should take those back as soon as we can....I would not want to send anyone else out here."
He glances to where Byrr took off a moment. If that was his horse, then he could collect him later. Give them both a time to clear of this pollen and figure out what other effects there may be. It was going to be a long night trying to wrangle him back in though.
Oh well, at least they had an answer. That was more than they could have asked for honestly.
"Do you two need assistance getting back? I thank you both for showing up, had you not, then I likely never would have figured this out. You've both been indespensible in solving this mystery."
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