Yuma The little aye-aye stopped for just a brief second as the flower replied to him in his head. Flowers didn't usually talk. Flowers usually didn't transform either though. Would it still look like a flower when he got there? he would have to hurry if he wanted to catch his prey whatever the case might be. "We'll see who laughs over the other's corpse." he replied simply before his mind went almost blank, his task set and his focus drawn. Small bits of giddiness tickled the back of his mind and small noises escaped his throat as he clutched the one piece of the flower he had captured and ran out of the room to claim the rest. A mind almost devoid of normal reaction, but filled to the brim with intention. Kill.

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Oliver listened, frowning as best a dog-crow could in deep concentration. He clutched the flower-pearl in his clawed forelimb, and focused.

"Uhh. The shore? But you're in my hand?" he said, aloud. He wasn't the smartest being, but he was realizing now that something wasn't what it seemed. "...And--blinded? I didn't--do anything blinding? You aren't the flower at all, are you? I'm--I'm Oliver, I'm--a dog-bird, and I'm in--... Where am I? There's bones here. Lots of bones," he said helpfully, unaware that this might come across somewhat... ominous.

"Who--are you?"


{Table code credit to Madison, altered a bit!}

@Septiezal

Asimona looked up with surprise when she heard a voice coming from nearby. The voice was calming, soothing, and resonated with some strange new feeling within her that existed next to her own calm confusion. But there was nobody nearby that could have spoken so close like that. She looked at the pearl - was that what had spoken?

Perhaps it was a gemling. But the voice hadn't come from the ground, but from everywhere. Strange. She closed her eyes and tried to retreat into where she had felt the strange mix of sensations before and found herself feeling the mist of the waterfall room once again. Somehow, she was linked to someone standing in the room. She didn't know who they were, or how it was happening, but perhaps the flower had something to do with it.

She came to the conclusion that they were the one speaking. She wondered if they would be able to hear her back. "Hello, I'm Asimona. Some gems call me Asi. Are you in the waterfall room right now? And do you know what's going on?" She shivered, wondering if the other dragon was somehow tied up with this. He had also come with strange phenomena, of others not being able to see him. She wondered if this would be the same thing. She cast a weary eye around, making sure that he was nowhere nearby.

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags: @Rinaotei
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Asimona nodded. "Yeah, this certainly looks like a bone room." She wasn't a huge fan and deeply desired to be back in the waterfall room, Pisces, as apparently it was called. However, the memory of the red dragon still lingered heavy in her mind and she felt another jolt in her belly as if he had just brushed past her. But he was nowhere in sight and his presence was nonexistant in this place. Was he still in the waterfall room? Was he where Rina was?

Then she suddenly remembered that they were connected and she could probably feel every emotion that washed over her. She tried to pull herself back into where she was, wondering if there was any way to block her away from that particular side of her. But she so far had no ideas. "Oh, no, I'm fine, but thanks for asking."

She looked around, suddenly wanting to leave the place. It was so open and murky and just disgusting. Maybe go to Pisces? Perhaps if he was there, and he attacked, she and Rina could fight together! From her brief time in her body, she had seemed like a strong bodied creature. But also, she wanted to join with her so that they didn't have this weird distance conversation. She'd rather talk to her face to face.

"Hey, why don't we meet somewhere? So we can talk this out? The pearls the flowers left behind have to mean something, but it probably won't do us any good alone, even if we do have the mental connection."

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags: @Rinaotei
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Asimona looked back at the entrance to the cave where she had entered. "If Pisces connects to the room of stars, then we could meet in there. I think its the only room that connects to this one." She tried to think back to what she had seen of the room. It had only been a fleeting look as she flew by, but she remembered seeing a tower somewhere near one of the tunnels. "Maybe at the base of the tower?"

Yes, that was a good idea. A specific place to meet the other end of this strange connection. The looked down at the pearl with wonder. Such a small thing had created such an incredible power. She carefully reached forward and picked it off the ground, wondering how she was going to carry it. Not in her claws, she didn't think she had the stamina to fly all the way through the cave. Not in her jaws, she would certainly crush it.

Then she had a strange idea. Without really thinking, she dipped the pearl in the puddle of water left behind by the flower before pressing it against her forehead. She projected her magic, more focused then it had before, and felt the water freeze against her skin, barely a cold nip to her insulated hide. The pearl stuck fast, perfectly frozen onto her.

Happy and proud of her success, she wiggled her shoulder around and the pearl didn't move. With a wide smile, she opened her wings and took off in the direction of the tunnel.

*exit

"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags: @Rinaotei
notes: notes here

What's this? It would seem that a new flower has appeared, in a lonely hollow in the cavern wall.

It would seem at a glance to be an ordinary flower, but its scent is heady, floral, and alluring. It's still unclear how it came to grow here, though, from what otherwise appears to be solid stone. Its distinct and unusual scent calls to @Felina .

Felina was taking a break from her duties for the Marrowbound Kingdom. She was just about to refresh herself with some prey and then a long, cool drink. She picked up a flowery scent. It was irresistible.

She finally found the source: a lovely pink flower with a bright green stem and leaves to match. Then she saw it was growing in a stone. How could that be? She was pretty certain a flower needed at least soil to grow in. Not cold, hard stone.

Was it even a real flower? Only one way to find out. She very lightly touched a paw to the petals, stem and leaves respectively. Her claws were retracted. She didn't want to risk damaging it.

Of course, she couldn't possibly know what might happen next...

@gamemasterMoonlitDream

What's this? it appears that the link between characters is beginning to fade, and soon, it will be gone. The flower's cores are losing their power, and soon the chance of reuniting them will die, leaving behind a useless pearl, lovely but sad. The flowers that have not been found begin to wilt, their petals dropping one by one. The wonderful scent, fades.

If the cores are not reunited by the 16th of April, their magic will fade for good, and the remaining flowers will wither! (Note: reunion threads started before the cut-off date will have until the 1st of May to finish them)

If you've reunited the cores and are waiting for a response, please use the Request GM button to let us know!

@astaroth @Asimona @Oliver @Carni @Yuma @Poppy

As Felina gently nudged the flower, it wilted. Delicate petals curled in on themselves and the stem shrivelled and shrank before finally crumbling into dust. The small pearl-like object that had been the flower’s core tinkled as it dropped lightly to the ground.

And in that moment, a new feeling would wash over the bobcat, feelings that were not her own. Perhaps Felina would see a sight through the eyes of another; a strange, crystalline flower growing in the maw of mosses. Perhaps she’d feel a sense of calm curiosity, washing in over the mental link.

@Felina is now bonded to @Rift , and the two may now speak to one another, and share thoughts and feelings between these threads, or any!!

The flowers have left their cores behind! If they are not reunited within two cycles, then the cores will crumble, the connection severed and the flowers never to be reunited again, in this life or the next...

Astaroth snored slightly while he slumbered, having hibernated for a short time to allow himself to recuperate from past fights. He snorted though when a light started to pierce through his heavy eyelids. "What in the caves..." he groaned as he shook off his coat, eyes squinted towards the glowing flower growing in his den. he yawned loudly as he sat up on his haunches. moving to his feet and pacing towards the flower. I don't like the light... but it is rather pretty. he thought as he moved forward, sniffing the bright petals.
"Speaking."
Thoughts.
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notes: Sorry for being so late to reply!