fellowship season two - eltelia Fellowship of the Thing - Eltelia Research Team

[Channelknight Fadran]

"No, the chemical just changed along with evolution. The plants themselves don't use this chemical at all."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"No, the chemical just changed along with evolution. The plants themselves don't use this chemical at all."

"Huh. So which branch of the metaphorical tree does the cool stuff?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"All of them, really. Most multicellular plant forms are interesting to an extent. Up through mosses it’s really just plain energy, but past there it gets much more unique in the forms of things like ferns and other relatively primitive plants like that.” Kris traced a phylogenetic tree with his finger into the table, though it was a little hard to follow and didn’t help much. “This is where the Vangatic Elements come into play. I’m sure many of you are aware of various philosophical ‘essences’ that compose the universe. Most commonly fire, earth, water, and air; or perhaps wind, water, metal, wood, and fire.

“Here it’s a… touch more complicated than that. There are three primary elements - stone, water, and wind - but they kind of… multiply against each other down the evolutionary line. Three becomes nine, nine becomes eighty-one… and now there are so many kinds of plants from so many kinds of lines that there are probably millions of ‘elements’ at this point. Over ten thousand have been documented, with several tens of thousands more just waiting for the scholars to get to them.”

[xinoehp512 he/him]

7 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"All of them, really. Most multicellular plant forms are interesting to an extent. Up through mosses it’s really just plain energy, but past there it gets much more unique in the forms of things like ferns and other relatively primitive plants like that.” Kris traced a phylogenetic tree with his finger into the table, though it was a little hard to follow and didn’t help much. “This is where the Vangatic Elements come into play. I’m sure many of you are aware of various philosophical ‘essences’ that compose the universe. Most commonly fire, earth, water, and air; or perhaps wind, water, metal, wood, and fire.

“Here it’s a… touch more complicated than that. There are three primary elements - stone, water, and wind - but they kind of… multiply against each other down the evolutionary line. Three becomes nine, nine becomes eighty-one… and now there are so many kinds of plants from so many kinds of lines that there are probably millions of ‘elements’ at this point. Over ten thousand have been documented, with several tens of thousands more just waiting for the scholars to get to them.”

"So each combination and ordering does a different thing?"

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

3 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"All of them, really. Most multicellular plant forms are interesting to an extent. Up through mosses it’s really just plain energy, but past there it gets much more unique in the forms of things like ferns and other relatively primitive plants like that.” Kris traced a phylogenetic tree with his finger into the table, though it was a little hard to follow and didn’t help much. “This is where the Vangatic Elements come into play. I’m sure many of you are aware of various philosophical ‘essences’ that compose the universe. Most commonly fire, earth, water, and air; or perhaps wind, water, metal, wood, and fire.

“Here it’s a… touch more complicated than that. There are three primary elements - stone, water, and wind - but they kind of… multiply against each other down the evolutionary line. Three becomes nine, nine becomes eighty-one… and now there are so many kinds of plants from so many kinds of lines that there are probably millions of ‘elements’ at this point. Over ten thousand have been documented, with several tens of thousands more just waiting for the scholars to get to them.”

"So, there are theoretically a bunch of abilities that have never been discovered?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

“Correct and correct. Like the plants themselves, our understanding and applications for this system are constantly evolving.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“Correct and correct. Like the plants themselves, our understanding and applications for this system are constantly evolving.”

"So... how does this tie back to the one specific plant we're looking for?"

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I'm sorry, did I say I was sleeping? Roleplaying is happening, so never mind, who needs sleep anyway?

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

5 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“Correct and correct. Like the plants themselves, our understanding and applications for this system are constantly evolving.”

Silver frowned. "Wait. How does stone, air, and water make explosion?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

“Somehow. It’s… quite the line.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

"I still don't see what this has to do with the cactus we're looking for."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"I... I'm pretty sure it said on the poster why we're looking for it. Someone discovered it has an unexpected property and now everyone's clamouring to get a look at it."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

"Okay. The lecture just seemed a bit excessive to me. So who's doing what for this quest thing?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

“I… sorry.” Kris scratched the back of his head, looking sheepish. “I get quite… carried away with all this. Learning about magic in all these different universes… it just fascinates me.

“But anyways.” He pulled his hand away. “For the intents of this mission. The flower we’re looking for is known as the Moonsuckle. It’s a buttercup subspecies that grows best in thin atmospheres, meaning the higher you go, the better it is. Vangari use it in spell circles to peer into the past and find forgotten details from old memories: a very unique and controlled ability. In order for it to be remotely useful it needs to be completely matured though, so chances are a single flower will only have a single use out of it, and you’d need more than one to peer back even as far as a couple years. Quite the sought-after resource, with expeditions up the mountain being quite controlled for conservation efforts and safety reasons. However…”

Kris reached into his pocket and procured a slip of pink-hued paper, stamped with black ink in the shape of a flower. “I managed to get my hands on a pass.”

[xinoehp512 he/him]

6 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“I… sorry.” Kris scratched the back of his head, looking sheepish. “I get quite… carried away with all this. Learning about magic in all these different universes… it just fascinates me.

“But anyways.” He pulled his hand away. “For the intents of this mission. The flower we’re looking for is known as the Moonsuckle. It’s a buttercup subspecies that grows best in thin atmospheres, meaning the higher you go, the better it is. Vangari use it in spell circles to peer into the past and find forgotten details from old memories: a very unique and controlled ability. In order for it to be remotely useful it needs to be completely matured though, so chances are a single flower will only have a single use out of it, and you’d need more than one to peer back even as far as a couple years. Quite the sought-after resource, with expeditions up the mountain being quite controlled for conservation efforts and safety reasons. However…”

Kris reached into his pocket and procured a slip of pink-hued paper, stamped with black ink in the shape of a flower. “I managed to get my hands on a pass.”

Silver looked at the flower, intrigued. "Are we allowed to harvest seeds?"

[PyroPhile]

10 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

“I get quite… carried away with all this. Learning about magic in all these different universes… it just fascinates me.

Pyro raised his face from the floor and said, “I’m fine with that. It fascinates me too.”

[Channelknight Fadran]

4 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Silver looked at the flower, intrigued. "Are we allowed to harvest seeds?"

"Well of course. But nothing we grow will be anywhere near as potent as the natural kind."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

9 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Well of course. But nothing we grow will be anywhere near as potent as the natural kind."

"Do you think we could figure out the difference between natural and self-grown plants to make that up?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"In the case of this flower - like I said - it's just the altitude that it grows at that gives it its potency."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

"Oh, right. Could a place be set up at a high altitude to grow them, then?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"...Yes. It's called the top of the mountain."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

"So if it's that easy, why are you saying anything we could grow wouldn't be as potent?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Because... I..." Kris blinked. "Do you think we'd just get to wait on top of the mountain for our flowers to grow?"

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

"We could set it up and go back to it later."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"That's literally what the top of the mountain is for. This..." Kris began growing more and more impatient. "This is a single-use pass. It doesn't give us infinite... it..."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"That's literally what the top of the mountain is for. This..." Kris began growing more and more impatient. "This is a single-use pass. It doesn't give us infinite... it..."

"Okay, okay. I'm not very experienced with this type of things. Don't give yourself an aneurysm."