briseadh [m, c]

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Fox

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Twenty-seven

February 14

Fuchsia City, Kanto

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briseadh [m, c]

POSTED ON Jul 29, 2023 15:06:37 GMT

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John Sullivan (sparkling spawning/amigo spinoff)

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It had started, as most things did for Fox, innocently. A genial conversation on the nature of local flora and their affectationous regrowth following the strange false-winter Kyurem’s touch damned them to.
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But it was also, Fox realized, as he lead John Sullivan through a small, densely packed grove of cornus kousa, their blossoms a soft gradient from white to pink, very late. Dinner had stretched very long, indeed. Whether his new friend was genuinely interested or just humoring him was rather up in the air, and, Fox found, he was so excited he didn't much care, in the way one's heart gets squeezy when you're passionate about a thing.
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He wanted to show John these flowers, damn it.
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At the center of this petal-strewn maze, there was a cluster of wild rosebushes Fox had discovered and slowly been recording; not tending to, of course, because that went against the very nature of nature. But he’d been sketching and monitoring their growth for some time now.
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“They were pink, as most wild strands of rosa are,” Fox explained as he crouched at the outskirts of the bundled-together plants, mindful of their thorns. “But when the winter hit and froze them out…” he pulled back a swarm of tendrils to reveal a night-black bloom, with golden stamens. He brushed one finger over the petals, disturbing a smattering of… sparkly dust?

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John Sullivan

briseadh [m, c]

POSTED ON Aug 1, 2023 16:24:40 GMT

briseadh

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A bit of column A, a bit of column B.

Prior to Galar, John had been something of a gardener, learning how to care for Crystal Blooms under the brief tutelage of Elisabeth Fiorelli. After Galar, 20 years working closely with an apothecary only made him appreciate the value of herbs and certain plants even more.

But— It would be a bold faced lie if he claimed to be willing to spend several hours chatting about plants under normal circumstances.

Fox was a very charming conversationalist.

"Oh?" He mumbled as his new friend unveiled his discovery, cocking his head ever so slightly as he beheld a... black and gold rose? "Hoh... That's so pretty.~"

He crouched besides Fox, holding a gloved hand under the falling dust, letting the glittering particles collect in his palm. "But... Are these still alive?"

He stared at the dust in his palm.

"Are they dangerous?" He wondered, tone implying he was about to do something ill-advised.

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Fox

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POSTED ON Aug 2, 2023 18:53:48 GMT

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Fox wasn’t really listening, focused in on the strange layer of sparkles that he’d disturbed off the night-black petals. He rubbed it on his gloved fingertips, following tendril after tendril of thorny vine up and up and realizing it wasn’t just the blooms-- the entire grove was covered in shiny dust.
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“How peculiar.” John’s movement next to him snapped him back into his body, back to the present. “Oh, yes, they’re still alive. I’ve been monitoring their growth and bloom output. These shoots down here--,” he dragged one finger along a stem, down closer to the base of the plant, bringing him to his knees next to John, “--these are new within the last week. They should be flowers, soon.”
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John’s tone had Fox looking at him with a questioning tilt of his head.
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“No, they’re not. Well, not any more so than the thorns. My theory is they had to adapt to the harsh cold and low light, so they began to shift the pigment in their leaves to absorb more light. The pigmentation change spread to the flowers, turning them black.”
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Something moved in the branches overhead, and a scattering of sparkles fell down into John’s hair. Fox reached up to brush it away with an errant flick of his fingers.
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Two Ledyba broke through the trees and spiraled into the night.

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John Sullivan

briseadh [m, c]

POSTED ON Aug 3, 2023 20:53:28 GMT

briseadh

Ft. faelan foxgrove

It seemed like he wasn't the only one curious about the dust.

The longer he stared at it, the more he rolled it on his glove... the more familiar it seemed!

Where Fox rubbed it with his glove— John gave it a sniff.

Since Fox said the flower, the presumed source, wasn't dangerous and all.

"What about the gold bits?" He asked as he turned his gaze back to Fox— stopping to stare at the other man briefly, before glancing back at his palm, eyes slightly wider than before.

"This... Woah." Despite being crouching, he briefly seemed to struggle for balance. "... I know this... I think."

As Fox suddenly flicked at his hair, John gave him a look of askance, ebfore dragging his hand over his hair.

On return, he found his gloved hand covered in more of the dust.

"Eh?" He uttered, before realizing that more and more glittering dust was raining down upon them. "Eeeh?!"

Finally, his gaze snapped up just in time for two Ledyba to swoop out of the canopy, dancing through the night sky— followed by several others of their peers.

"Hoooh... It's that time of year, huh?" He said with a smile... which quickly disappeared as he looked between the Ledyba's in the sky and his palm. "... Oh. Oooh. Right."

An extremely knowledgeable bugcatcher some 20 years ago, Doug knew for a fact that the sparkly dust left by Ledyba... was something of a weak hallucinogen, if consumed by humans.

"So! Quick suggestion— Don't be like me." Doug said sheepishly. "You can get high off these if you sniff enough. Erm— So I've heard."

He gave the other man an innocent look.