Ariamis
Danyel
FunnierPrez
Mixtape Ghost N
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Having received the Grief Seed from Penny, Rose and Iris brought it back for Janet to look over later. Much like others who had encountered it, the intense negative emotion was disconcerting to say the least so they wasted no time getting it to its destination. Dropping it off like a hot potato in a magical box, the seals shield the two from the sense of foreboding that once filled the magic lab. It lacked many of the accommodations that Beacon had provided in the past, but the Guardian had some of her own tools and now a surplus of magic at her disposal.
One more to add to the collection as the seed was now stored away safely with the other serving as a control. Despite having two from Connie and Mia, Janet had not been able to completely unravel the mysteries of the seeds. These coming from another universe left the past and future of their magic outside her purview, even with a connection to the Nexus. That was not to say she hadn’t made any progress. The grief that the exterior exuded was seemingly a result of its arcane cultivation. Based on what she was told, it apparently served as a coin of some sort.
Even though the outside was unpleasant, the Guardian could tell that the magic contained was quite powerful and held potential. Getting to see deeper was more complicated than just breaking it open, at least not without accepting whatever it was that it contained outright. The alternative was to get it to sprout. Would offer a better glimpse and maybe even the opportunity to grow more. There were a lot of unknowns to that last part. For all she knew it could take millennia before baring seed if it could survive at all.
Seeing as sprouting was the goal, the three had been doing their best to coax a seed to open. Finding that it responded to some prodding with magic, Janet created another magically sealed box and had placed one of the seeds inside. On two of the sides were some magic circles that they could use to feed in magic from the outside. Being a foreign plant it would likely need to be acclimated to the magic of this world before anything else. So thanks to Rose and Iris’ Mana Channel it was relatively easy to feed the seed magic and observe any changes. Janet knew their efforts wouldn’t be completely fruitless, though she wasn’t completely assured how at would play out.
Now, sitting quietly, eyes closed, and legs crossed in meditation, Janet was preparing herself for the days ahead. And though the author had protected her from being overwhelmed by the expanded magical awareness, it was still a lot to adjust to. It also was to recenter herself around her pledge. Her convictions may be strong, but she couldn’t get complacent with her responsibility.
With experimentation left to Rose and Iris, the Guardian eventually reported her initial findings to the Queen of Penrose. By and large the remade magical girl hadn’t revealed herself to the community at large. Though try as she might, it was unlikely that the astute would have missed something happening that involved the Nexus or Kayli going missing. They might not know exactly what it was, but spies and others were probably slinking around trying to find out.
Speaking of, she’d been informed that there was going to be a meeting with Mariette and some Vassals from Wonderland. Apparently they were bringing in some of the more disenfranchised groups and try and persuade them to side against the current regime in Wonderland. While there were some reasons not to reveal herself, it made sense to help Mariette by showing that she had strong allies by her side. People were meeting at the park which was a little too public for her taste, so she arranged to meet up with Penny and Mariette afterward to speak with the Vassals from Wonderland.
Melisa has taken a step back from much of the goings-on in Penrose. Fighting wasn’t really her thing and with the looming conflict her patron didn’t really want her getting involved. Short-sighted perhaps, but that was the circumstance. It wasn’t like the girl was entirely aware of how she was being manipulated behind the scenes.
Accompanying Magical Dream Princess to the meeting at the park, the magical fairy girl fluttered on over to the trio with a big smile. ”Yeah! The more the merrier.” She would hover over to Mia and Connie. ”It’s been a while. How have you been?” Melisa would wave to Ashley when she appeared. MDP had already spoken about the imaginary girl, so seeing her wasn’t entirely a surprise.
While Janet was away, the twins were tasked with monitoring the status of the seed they’ve been attempting to grow. While initially skeptical of success, their ally seemed to have change of opinion on the matter. So far the pair still didn’t know what the object was for other than it could be activated by crushing it. That of course was risky, or at least riskier than what Janet had presented anyway.
Opening up the chamber day after day was something of a dread because of the despair it emanate. They would look for a few seconds before shutting the box again and taking some notes before taking another look to be sure they didn’t miss anything. True to predictions, the seed was starting to look a little brighter and plump.
Together they would prep an arcane growing room. It was more of a small space no bigger than the size of a shower with sigils protecting it. Presumably the work would be tougher once it was a proper plant. There was a pretty high chance they might just kill the thing since they didn’t have any data on what it feeds on, the type of soil it would need, climate preference, etc... Magic was one thing, but that seemed more like watering than proper tending. One thing they noticed was the healthier the seed got the more often they had to infuse more magic. It was getting to be a little more than they could handle so they had to cut back.
As with the last several days, Rose and Iris entered the lab and went over to the container holding the seed. Through the viewing window they could see that the seed had split open and that small roots had crept out. The entire thing had darkened and looked dried out.
”Oh. That’s doesn’t look good.” Rolling the box so the seed would shift. The roots snapped off like dried pasta. ”Well. Should I go get one of the others?”
Picking up their clipboard. Iris began writing down the postmortem. ”Yeah. Janet left some notes on some alternative things to try. Probably will have to find a better source of magic.”
Knowing that Janet would want to examine what remains of their little experiment, Rose picked up an additional box to store it. They had to reuse the other since it had the magic circles. Grabbing another seed she would turn back around and pause. Iris wasn’t in the room and she had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She glanced at the door which was still closed. She would creep her where she was last standing. Popping her head around the counter hoping to see a prank being played on her, she just found the clipboard on the floor. ”Sis? Where’d you go?”
”Rose.”
Whirling around, Rose would look in the direction of the arcane container. The door was open. The split in the seed that had been dark before was glowing a pale blue. Gasping she rushed forward. ”Iris!” She would drop what she had and reached out to pick the dry seed up. Coming close she felt a resonance with the seed and a pull. Lifted off her feet there was a spiral of magic that drew her in to join her sister.
The room fell silent for a moment. Shortly though the seed began to thrum, slowly at first. As the pace increased the seed opened and vines began spilling out. The whole of the two magical girls fueling the accelerated growth of the life form. In minutes the room was overrun with vegetation. Vines, branches and leaves covered nearly every surface and likely would have worked their way out of the room where it not magically protected. A mass of flora ballooned into a bulb near the center of the room that began gurgling and growling. All the vegetation that had spread out wilted slightly as the magic began to retreat back to the this singular point. Quivering and shreaking, two buds emerged from the top of the bulb. The horrifying sounds died down as two figured could be seen through the leaves from the magical glow as the rules of this reality kicked in.
”M-must grow.”
”Must… blossom.”
As the outer layers of the bulb curled away, the two buds opened up to reveal enormous blue and red flowers. Stirring and pushing back the dying leaves, two monster girls took their first breath.
Taking a long moment to scan over the room, the two looked quite bewildered. Reaching out the blue girl poked a finger into her twin’s face. She seemed startled by her own hand though. ”Ah!” She covered her mouth before bringing her hands down and seeing her own form. ”W-what’s happened to our beautiful stems?”
Finding herself in the same position the red girl began to move toward their host seed, her many roots crawling over the haggard vegetation sprawled over the floor. Pulling back some vines she could see the husk. ”I'm not sure.” Spotting the clipboard she scooped it up and casually flipped through the notes. Not all of it made sense to her, but there were details that sparked a memory. ”Rose and Iris.”
Blue would stare intently at the room around them. ”This doesn’t feel like the forest.” Her attention went to what her sister is holding. ”Hm?” Reading further they realized that the two were tending to a seed, their seed that was locked in the now open box. It still didn’t quite answer everything. The last note was a clue for them.
Reviewing the documents, her eyes widened. ”Wait, I remember that.” She put a hand to her head and tried to make sense of it. Her mind conjured up visions from this world and that before getting a glimpse of this one.
Getting a similar sense, red would nod slowly. ”I remember something vaguely like that now that you mention it.” She paused and looked over some of the older notes. ”This isn’t good. They… we messed with the seed and became plant food. We have to talk to our sister.”
Iris’ face lit up. Yes, Gaia. Plants were her domain.
Having received the Grief Seed from Penny, Rose and Iris brought it back for Janet to look over later. Much like others who had encountered it, the intense negative emotion was disconcerting to say the least so they wasted no time getting it to its destination. Dropping it off like a hot potato in a magical box, the seals shield the two from the sense of foreboding that once filled the magic lab. It lacked many of the accommodations that Beacon had provided in the past, but the Guardian had some of her own tools and now a surplus of magic at her disposal.
One more to add to the collection as the seed was now stored away safely with the other serving as a control. Despite having two from Connie and Mia, Janet had not been able to completely unravel the mysteries of the seeds. These coming from another universe left the past and future of their magic outside her purview, even with a connection to the Nexus. That was not to say she hadn’t made any progress. The grief that the exterior exuded was seemingly a result of its arcane cultivation. Based on what she was told, it apparently served as a coin of some sort.
Even though the outside was unpleasant, the Guardian could tell that the magic contained was quite powerful and held potential. Getting to see deeper was more complicated than just breaking it open, at least not without accepting whatever it was that it contained outright. The alternative was to get it to sprout. Would offer a better glimpse and maybe even the opportunity to grow more. There were a lot of unknowns to that last part. For all she knew it could take millennia before baring seed if it could survive at all.
Seeing as sprouting was the goal, the three had been doing their best to coax a seed to open. Finding that it responded to some prodding with magic, Janet created another magically sealed box and had placed one of the seeds inside. On two of the sides were some magic circles that they could use to feed in magic from the outside. Being a foreign plant it would likely need to be acclimated to the magic of this world before anything else. So thanks to Rose and Iris’ Mana Channel it was relatively easy to feed the seed magic and observe any changes. Janet knew their efforts wouldn’t be completely fruitless, though she wasn’t completely assured how at would play out.
Now, sitting quietly, eyes closed, and legs crossed in meditation, Janet was preparing herself for the days ahead. And though the author had protected her from being overwhelmed by the expanded magical awareness, it was still a lot to adjust to. It also was to recenter herself around her pledge. Her convictions may be strong, but she couldn’t get complacent with her responsibility.
With experimentation left to Rose and Iris, the Guardian eventually reported her initial findings to the Queen of Penrose. By and large the remade magical girl hadn’t revealed herself to the community at large. Though try as she might, it was unlikely that the astute would have missed something happening that involved the Nexus or Kayli going missing. They might not know exactly what it was, but spies and others were probably slinking around trying to find out.
Speaking of, she’d been informed that there was going to be a meeting with Mariette and some Vassals from Wonderland. Apparently they were bringing in some of the more disenfranchised groups and try and persuade them to side against the current regime in Wonderland. While there were some reasons not to reveal herself, it made sense to help Mariette by showing that she had strong allies by her side. People were meeting at the park which was a little too public for her taste, so she arranged to meet up with Penny and Mariette afterward to speak with the Vassals from Wonderland.
Melisa has taken a step back from much of the goings-on in Penrose. Fighting wasn’t really her thing and with the looming conflict her patron didn’t really want her getting involved. Short-sighted perhaps, but that was the circumstance. It wasn’t like the girl was entirely aware of how she was being manipulated behind the scenes.
Accompanying Magical Dream Princess to the meeting at the park, the magical fairy girl fluttered on over to the trio with a big smile. ”Yeah! The more the merrier.” She would hover over to Mia and Connie. ”It’s been a while. How have you been?” Melisa would wave to Ashley when she appeared. MDP had already spoken about the imaginary girl, so seeing her wasn’t entirely a surprise.
While Janet was away, the twins were tasked with monitoring the status of the seed they’ve been attempting to grow. While initially skeptical of success, their ally seemed to have change of opinion on the matter. So far the pair still didn’t know what the object was for other than it could be activated by crushing it. That of course was risky, or at least riskier than what Janet had presented anyway.
Opening up the chamber day after day was something of a dread because of the despair it emanate. They would look for a few seconds before shutting the box again and taking some notes before taking another look to be sure they didn’t miss anything. True to predictions, the seed was starting to look a little brighter and plump.
Together they would prep an arcane growing room. It was more of a small space no bigger than the size of a shower with sigils protecting it. Presumably the work would be tougher once it was a proper plant. There was a pretty high chance they might just kill the thing since they didn’t have any data on what it feeds on, the type of soil it would need, climate preference, etc... Magic was one thing, but that seemed more like watering than proper tending. One thing they noticed was the healthier the seed got the more often they had to infuse more magic. It was getting to be a little more than they could handle so they had to cut back.
As with the last several days, Rose and Iris entered the lab and went over to the container holding the seed. Through the viewing window they could see that the seed had split open and that small roots had crept out. The entire thing had darkened and looked dried out.
”Oh. That’s doesn’t look good.” Rolling the box so the seed would shift. The roots snapped off like dried pasta. ”Well. Should I go get one of the others?”
Picking up their clipboard. Iris began writing down the postmortem. ”Yeah. Janet left some notes on some alternative things to try. Probably will have to find a better source of magic.”
Knowing that Janet would want to examine what remains of their little experiment, Rose picked up an additional box to store it. They had to reuse the other since it had the magic circles. Grabbing another seed she would turn back around and pause. Iris wasn’t in the room and she had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. She glanced at the door which was still closed. She would creep her where she was last standing. Popping her head around the counter hoping to see a prank being played on her, she just found the clipboard on the floor. ”Sis? Where’d you go?”
”Rose.”
Whirling around, Rose would look in the direction of the arcane container. The door was open. The split in the seed that had been dark before was glowing a pale blue. Gasping she rushed forward. ”Iris!” She would drop what she had and reached out to pick the dry seed up. Coming close she felt a resonance with the seed and a pull. Lifted off her feet there was a spiral of magic that drew her in to join her sister.
The room fell silent for a moment. Shortly though the seed began to thrum, slowly at first. As the pace increased the seed opened and vines began spilling out. The whole of the two magical girls fueling the accelerated growth of the life form. In minutes the room was overrun with vegetation. Vines, branches and leaves covered nearly every surface and likely would have worked their way out of the room where it not magically protected. A mass of flora ballooned into a bulb near the center of the room that began gurgling and growling. All the vegetation that had spread out wilted slightly as the magic began to retreat back to the this singular point. Quivering and shreaking, two buds emerged from the top of the bulb. The horrifying sounds died down as two figured could be seen through the leaves from the magical glow as the rules of this reality kicked in.
”M-must grow.”
”Must… blossom.”
As the outer layers of the bulb curled away, the two buds opened up to reveal enormous blue and red flowers. Stirring and pushing back the dying leaves, two monster girls took their first breath.
Taking a long moment to scan over the room, the two looked quite bewildered. Reaching out the blue girl poked a finger into her twin’s face. She seemed startled by her own hand though. ”Ah!” She covered her mouth before bringing her hands down and seeing her own form. ”W-what’s happened to our beautiful stems?”
Finding herself in the same position the red girl began to move toward their host seed, her many roots crawling over the haggard vegetation sprawled over the floor. Pulling back some vines she could see the husk. ”I'm not sure.” Spotting the clipboard she scooped it up and casually flipped through the notes. Not all of it made sense to her, but there were details that sparked a memory. ”Rose and Iris.”
Blue would stare intently at the room around them. ”This doesn’t feel like the forest.” Her attention went to what her sister is holding. ”Hm?” Reading further they realized that the two were tending to a seed, their seed that was locked in the now open box. It still didn’t quite answer everything. The last note was a clue for them.
The feeling of despair has gone from the target with its expiration. Transferring magic to the has resulted in an odd effect. I can sense an echo of Rose and myself’s spirits within, alongside some other unknown presence. Going to prep for another round of tests.
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Drawing near elicits a pulling sensation. I speculate that our magic has altered the makeup of the seed. Going to obser… There’s a long mark across the page like the pen has just swiped across and that was the end of the notes.
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Drawing near elicits a pulling sensation. I speculate that our magic has altered the makeup of the seed. Going to obser… There’s a long mark across the page like the pen has just swiped across and that was the end of the notes.
Reviewing the documents, her eyes widened. ”Wait, I remember that.” She put a hand to her head and tried to make sense of it. Her mind conjured up visions from this world and that before getting a glimpse of this one.
Getting a similar sense, red would nod slowly. ”I remember something vaguely like that now that you mention it.” She paused and looked over some of the older notes. ”This isn’t good. They… we messed with the seed and became plant food. We have to talk to our sister.”
Iris’ face lit up. Yes, Gaia. Plants were her domain.
