The ground of these forests, formed from the remains of trees falling, in successive generations, for centuries, is most eccentric: sometimes raising itself in the shape of a mountain, to descend suddenly into a muddy swamp, peopled by hideous alligators wallowing in the green slime, and by millions of mosquitoes swarming amidst the fetid vapours exhaled, sometimes extending itself endlessly in plains of a monotony and regularity truly depressing. But the young Lord could not get it out of his mind. The High Lord words and therefore he decided to make something out of it, he decided to make it his mission in order to find such plants the High Lord was mentioning and make something out of them.
His carried a similar discussion with Mother not long ago and she never once mentioned his interest as bizarre, more so, she seemed proud in the young Lord passion. Perhaps this was the first time he felt passioned about anything that was not his family or the one friend he had made. Mother was kind enough to offer a few names and descriptions but he was supposed to do all the hard work. Of course he would not let him go anywhere without at least someone to supervise him in such a dangerous mission therefore Alphonse, Mother's servant, was watching him from somewhere in the shadows.
Bi colored lenses was searching for the prestigious plant. He knew that it had umbrella-shaped groups of small white flowers, leaves with deep creases, and stems with white hairs and purple splotches. It grew as tall as 15 feet. What else was it? What else... Ah! It's sap could make ones skin more sensitive to ultraviolet light, which could blister, burn, or scar it, sometimes permanently. It could even damage ones vision. That did not seemed so bad so why not start with that? What was ultraviolet light anyway.
He nosed the air, sniffled the ground as teacups paws were slowly placed one in front of the other, all the while his elogngated tail curled on top of his small, slender spine; he had to carry its weight. Finally! he chirped in his usual boyish voice, containing that child innocence they all adored, the kind of innocence that made you think and remember your own childhood days. Giant Hogweed. he mused softly, releasing a breath he did not know he was holding.
It sure was huge, the name seemed to fit. The size of the plant was astonishing, the small Lord had to lean his regalia backwards just to be able to see the top. It sure helped if Mother was there for him but then again, they still did not know where they went. How could someone harvest this plant? Of course, someone bigger than his could reach the top flowers. But his size will not stop him today! There were some umbrella-shaped small flowers near the bottom, they were still young but due to the arival of spring they were still in bloom. Such was his luck. He knew he must not touch any however if he could he would use his tiny pearls as a scissor in order to cut the umbrella-shapes flowers without damaging the plant much. Mother said that was crucial, never damage the plant. But this plant could easily damage them, did not seem fair. Nevertheless, the white flowers could be smushed together in a mixture and could be used to attack someone vision, blur it or take it away all together. His eyes lit aflame once again with the same sentiment he started to feel , a joy, a delight as he imagined himself as the culprit that splashed other unsuspecting victims with such flowers, crushed together with water for easier use. He made a mental note of all of this, registering his decision to hold such experiment on one of his toads next time.
His tiny paws moved away from it, sniffling at the air for his next target, the Wild Parsnip. Now this one was more to his liking. For one thing, it was shorter and the second, it is said to cause massive rashes on someone skin. Coarse, saw-toothed leaves grew on hairy, grooved stems that were 2 to 5 feet tall. The yellow flowers grew in an umbrella pattern like the Giant did. When juice from crushed leaves, stalks, or flowers touches your skin, sunlight could cause a skin rash within a day or two, or so Mother said, he still had to conduct such experiment to see for himself.
Wasn't this his lucky day? he did not even had to walk far that his dual gaze already locked itself on the distinctive yellow flower in fields. They were much smaller than the giants but much more troublesome, he noted. Why was it that all dangerous animals or plants, in nature were so beautiful colored? He rotated his regalia in order to take a glance at his own pigmentation; he wore the colors of the sunset to well, he had distinctive marks of both his parents, however his coloration was more..vivid. He resembled one of these poisonous frogs he saw once. Was he...natures killer? Such thought made the young Lord heart beat ten times faster and he could not help for his tial to lash slowly behind him in delight at such thought. Alas, it was time to get back to work. Harvesting would be as easy as the Giant, all one needs are the fangs that nature bestowed them to cut off the yellow flower. One could use them after they have been crushed for the juices inside ae the real deal, the juice inside is that one can use to make another person life truly, utterly miserable.
One more and then home. the boy mused to Mother's caracal as he was hid between the shadows of the trees. It was starting to get late and he did not want to be late for supper, that was certain.
He had to walk a little bit further this time however he did manage to find his third target next to the trees bark and lo and behold it was even more beautiful and more colorful than the last two. This only conclude his theory, that nature killers were always the most vivid and beautiful, the ones that attracted innocent victims, charming them away with their beauty. Poinsettia was no different. Such decorative plant was one of many in the group of plants he wanted to investigate. Bi colored gaze locke donto it, registering each color and shape within his mind. It had a milky sap that could irritate one skin from what the young Lord could tell. Like Wild Parsnip and Giant Hogweed, sunlight triggers the skin rash. He inspected the majestic, red flowers closely, sniffling and them and he could only theorize that, since all three flowers were from the same family, then this one too would be only good for it's flowers therefore same method of harvesting applied. The flowers seemed to be crucial to all three of the plants that he found however since this one was the most colorful and vivid one, due to his prior conclusion, this one must be the most dangerous one from all three of them. This one could as well be crushed for it's juices however this one hold something special. Mother often said that some plants are dangerous if ingested or that some wher enot edible at all; this must be one of them. He could bet that if ingested it can give you an itchy mouth or even nausea! Yikes.
The caracal appeard behind him which spooked the young pup, made him jump in realit and far for his murder fantasy. It was time for them to go, the exploration was over and supper was being serve in their den by Eulogy. Ugh, scraps and bones again! How distasteful. He followed nonetheless, he knew better than misbehave, and therefore the two of them cut the tree line and headed home for the day.
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