[God Quest] you can beat the heat

flora

"Fuck I'm so proud of us." Flora mumbles to Hadama as they stroll—and gods but if that isn't convenient—toward Rae's shrine.

Knowing better to show up empty-handed to any god, Flora has brought seedlings that her brother has assured her will grow in winter. They won't grow in such rocky soil as the rainbow road, but as she kneels by the shrine, Flora promises to use the water from nearby to water them.

"Hey Rae. We did all the things." Flora Taliesin, child of several demigods, had never really learned the sort of difference that was more or less expected at shrines. But with literally all of her parents on channelling speed-dial, what did she have to fear? "We know you aren't a fan of barriers and honestly, same, but we do really appreciate this."

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RQ turn-in given in a fighting chance

1. A thread of at least 3 torchers (including 1 mer) gathering stones from the Rainbow Road {PQ} {RQ} The Rainbow Connection
--Andromeda, Hadama, Isla
2. A PQ placing those stones all around the borders of the city. Must have 8 rounds. {PQ} {rq} you're gonna go far
--Flora, Jack, Jude
3. A thread with at least 1 torcher, capturing a void Flora or Fauna from every major region (SB, TL, H, HG, GW, KE), kept alive and brought at the time of turn-in.
SB: Ronin, Everest dukes on main abyssal mata mata
TL: Kaiden, Hadama {RQ} My day is ruined molten pineapple
Halo: Noah, Hadama {RQ} This was una-void-able ethereal frostbloom
HG: Zefira, Edmund {RQ} Somehow it always comes back to spiders voidweaver spider
GW: Jude, Remi {RQ} Petalworks echo ferns
KE: Flora, Melita {RQ} {SE} send me out like a shooting star void daisies

i scream for whatever it's worth
"i love you" ain't that the worst thing you've ever heard?

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!

"Indeed," Hadama rumbled in satisfied agreement, just as pleased with them - all of them, everyone whohad  helped - as his co-ruler. "We have done exceptionally well." He walked beside Flora, his steps slower but longer so it evened out in the end, and he pulled the small cart holding the terrariums of their various quest requirements behind them. The plants were not so bad, quiet as they were, but the Abyssal Mata Mata and the Voidweaver Spider hissed and lunged at the heavy, tempered glass (yes, there were holes in the top) of their containers, ignoring the bits of vegetation and rocks that had been placed with them for comfort.

Luckily the cart could be carried with a little assistance over the more rugged aspects of the Rainbow Road, and they reached the shrine all in good order.

Hadama had brought an offering of his own for Rae: a notebook with careful sketches of all of the Void flora and fauna that he had encountered so far, and the characteristics he had observed about them. He set the notebook down beside the flowers and then knelt reverently and without concern in the ankle-deep water as Flora made her prayer.

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Hadama brings the Void Flora and Fauna!

rae

The twins appear almost immediately, standing hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder. Turning identical gazes upon king and queen only briefly, they turn toward the creatures collected. Releasing them from cages and bowls and pots, a stasis falls over the flora and fauna rendering them motionless. Silently Rae seems to consider the specimens set before them.

"Haulani is protected from flora and fauna infected with the void." They declare, before disappearing with all of the collected specimens.

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Rae's Barrier | A faintly visible pearlescent barrier covers all of Haulani and its boards. Void flora and fauna cannot enter the area.

~FIN

Table base by Sky!