enchanted forest . mingle

[misconceived]

WHO Forest planet occupants!
BROADCAST N/A
ACTION Enchanted Forest / Spa Time
WHEN Upon reaching the system (Jan. 4) to leaving it (Jan. 31)

[ It's another day, another planet for the Drift Fleet to explore. Whether it be relaxing in the landing field, checking out the spa (and subsequently getting urged to enter the woods), or taking on the Enchanted Forest's game, there's enough to do for stir-crazy Fleet members.

Just remember one thing: make it look good. ]

Comments

[aberrant_type]

[She shrugs, and sets off towards the ships... gesturing towards him to follow, if he likes.]

I'm not hoping for either, really. It sure would be interesting if it still could mess with our heads! I'm not sure what that would mean, though. But if you think about it, a forest like that has enough connection points to be comparable to a brain in a way, right?

[wilder]

[Well, he's got nothing better to do and he's not about to traverse the forest alone- so he follows.]

How do you mean? Healing magic doesn't really work with brains, so... [He never bothered to learn much about them]

[aberrant_type]

Healing magic? [A brief, blank look - that seems like a non-sequitur to her.] I wouldn't know about that. What I'm speaking off... [And she takes another moment to furrow her brow. This comes more from the augment's knowledge then from her own.]

The brain is full of connective tissue. There are many points of connection. It's extremely complex! A forest is the same way. If you think of each tree like a cell, that interacts and connects with the things around it, taken as a whole it makes up a very complex system with a lot of interaction with things around it.

It's a wild theory, but I wonder if it has something to do with the illusions we're seeing here.

[wilder]

Oh, I thought I mentioned it before- [Guess not. He rubs his head] I'm a healer- I use healing magic. Lot of people assume that means the same thing as a doctor.

[He shrugs and listens to what she's saying- trying to imagine it. Weird.]

So...you're saying that maybe there's not so much a singular source of the illusions, but just a side effect of the different things in that forest interacting with one another?

[aberrant_type]

It's just a theory! It might be doing it deliberately, it might be an automatic defensive mechanism. It might be possible for even one tree to produce it, it might be necessary to have the entire forest working together. [She waves her hands enthusiastically as she speaks.] And that's to say nothing of the fact that the music seems to have come from this planet in the first place. You heard the music, yes?

[wilder]

[So enthusiastic...it's like talking to the Professor all over again]

Yeah, I heard it. Though seeing how this looks like some abandoned tourist resort, I wouldn't be surprised if that's some old magitechnology that was made to attract people to stop here.

[aberrant_type]

Another interesting theory! Is there any way you'd be able to find a source for that?

[wilder]

[He shakes his head]

Not unless there's someone here adept enough to sense magical signatures well enough to tell one apart from the forest's- which, I'm afraid that's not me.

[aberrant_type]

That's a shame. Then perhaps cultivating the trees will reveal what's going on here... if we start hearing the music again on a ship full of plants from here, then we'll know, won't we?

[wilder]

Yeah, that'd be an indicator.

[....Which. Man. Flora's so plant crazy she might get a ship full of plants]

...I should probably give my captain a heads up about that.

[aberrant_type]

Haha, is she a gardener type?

[wilder]

Yeah, some sort of nature fairy...something.

Wouldn't be surprised if she tried to fill the ship with flowers and plants. Which will suck if they start making illusions or singing.

[aberrant_type]

Well, they can always be got rid of! In my opinion, it'd bring up morale to have more greenery around. We're not meant to be crammed in metal cans like this.

[Oh, they're nearing the ships now.]

Coffee, Kaneis?

[wilder]

Coffee? [He blinks before seeing the ship. He hadn't noticed] Oh- sure. I could go for a cup.

[As for her prior statement]

Yeah, you're right. [he rubs his neck] Enchanted or not, it has been nice seeing green again.

[aberrant_type]

[In a minute more, they'll reach the door. Hange keys it open and leads the way. She also leaves the door open behind them.]

Mm. Besides, if we can figure out which plants have helpful properties or edible parts, then we'll be carrying more resources with us. Micro-farms like that might be a pain, but cultivating meat on board would be even more difficult.

[wilder]

[He follows her lead]

How would we figure out something like that? Eat them and hope we don't die?

[aberrant_type]

[She'll lead him to the kitchen, then. Time to make some coffee.

It's pretty shitty coffee - pretty much what they were given by Atroma - but hey, it's free.]

A work-up in the lab might pinpoint problems before it came up. Or we could ask some of the people with plant affinity here for information on what was safe to eat, and what wasn't. Didn't you say your Flora has that affinity?

[wilder]

[He will take shitty coffee, because hey, it's still coffee. He's kind of learned to lower his standards between Exsilium and the Fleet]

[So he just moves to sit down, listening]

Hmmm, I wonder if she could. She's mentioned stuff about that, but...I never really asked her what her powers entail.

Would it be hard to do it in a lab too?

[aberrant_type]

Oh, it might be a bit sticky. These are alien plants, after all. But it'd be worth the time, especially if we can take both approaches.

And there might be some people here who can consume poisons and not suffer from it overmuch. We could use them as testers. [In fact, Hange knows it for a fact that there are some people like that, but she won't throw names around.

In a minute or so there's water bubbling, hot enough to make... an all-right brew. She goes on preparing it, and pours them each a cup.]

[wilder]

Aha...right. I'll pass on that. I still get nightmares from the last time I was a tester.

[Raine's cooking....never forget...]

[aberrant_type]

Are you telling me you're an immortal of some kind?

[The swing in her attention is sudden and sharp. She passes him the coffee with a grin.]

I wouldn't want to do that kind of work with a normal person, after all.

[wilder]

[He frowns, but...there's no reason to hide this much]

Immortal's a bit strong of a word. I got healing magic, and I'm more resilient than normal.

[he sighs] But mostly I think they had me eat her cooking because they wanted to see if I'd turn green.

[aberrant_type]

Well... in that case, if you're volunteering to help me test samples, I'll be glad for your help.

Otherwise, haha, don't worry about it!