text; UN: Dovahkiin

[fusrodaaaah]

ps the plants are not edible

do not eat

or cook

it is bad

and it is worse for men and elves because it is bad for me

[tl;dr: Melius tried to taste test the weird plants. It did not go well.]

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text | un: graham crackers

[possessum]

( Peter trusts Melius's discernment without question. )

Can we smoke them?

text | un: sds

[fogsong]

Dude.

[possessum]

Hey, you never know
Could be one good thing to come out of this place

[fogsong]

Not edible! If they're not edible, I would think that means they're also not smokable. Jello lungs, Peter. You could wind up with jello lungs. Or itchy lungs!

We got weed. We got shrooms. I think we're pretty much set.

[possessum]

oh shit is jello lungs a legit thing?? I thought that was just made up to scare people

But maybe Melius and the other science dudes could figure out if it's safer to inhale than ingest
if they could like
study the properties

( .....He has no idea what "study the properties" really involves but it sounds like what scientists and/or alchemists do, and he saw Melius mention learning "the properties" by tasting them... so he knows there's properties involved here )

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[strongroots]

""study the properties""

[ tbh this is funny shit, gotta admit. ]

[possessum]

( You know, Robby, how them scientists are always over here just, studying the properties! )

now that I think about it... what's a property to begin with??
does that mean like an element?

[strongroots]

i think it means "figure out if it wants to kill you and how"
"what is this doing to my tongue right now"
"what is it trying to do to my nervous system"

melius is good at his job
but im ok not studying the properties

[fusrodaaaah]

it is trying to kill my tongue and also my nerves

[strongroots]

it still doing that?
do you need anything

[possessum]

damn this is crazy......
science is deadly
almost as deadly as math

[strongroots]

dude
when was ur last hit

dont worry man i dont think maths can eat you here

[fogsong]

My true form in this world is a fucking squid. Jello lungs feel like a very real and probable threat in this place.

But... Okay, so I definitely don't want to find out if toxic plants are safer for us to inhale but there's that saying that everything is poisonous in the wrong dosage, right? These plants might have good properties somewhere deep in their evil, leafy veins.

[possessum]

Okay very fair point
Actually I'm surprised more of us don't have jello lungs at this point

Wait... you might be onto something
Maybe it just has to be a really small dose
Also do you know what a property actually is because I'm still not sure
Is it like... an element
I took Chemistry back at Deerington but I didn't really go to class

[fogsong]

Fingers crossed that typing that out hasn't somehow cursed us.

It's been like a year since I was in a chem class but I'm pretty sure the properties of a plant have to do with like the nutrition it could provide and whether or not it's anti-bacterial or microbial or blah blah blah smart people shit.

[possessum]

( ....Oh no. Like, you really never know in this place. It could happen. )

Shit
We might be screwed
Though I guess jello lungs are better than something like... jelly bones

( Peter why are you thinking about things like that )

Mannnn I was so bad at stuff like that. I feel like plants should be colour-coded or something. Keep it simple, red means bad
Too many tricks in this life

[fogsong]

You just spoke jelly bones into existence, Peter. We're fucked now.

This is why we leave it to the professionals. We'll just smoke what they tell us is okay.

[fusrodaaaah]

why would you smoke them

they are not tobacco

[possessum]

Oh man, there's lots of other stuff you can smoke besides tobacco
At least in my world
Maybe these weird plants could be turned into something good??

[fusrodaaaah]

no

they are poison
every property is bad

please dont smoke them like tobacco

[possessum]

So you really did study the properties?

( Peter still doesn't know what that means but it seems that tasting is involved... )

Are you sure you're okay?? I know you're hardier than some of us but that sounds terrifying

[fusrodaaaah]

yes
properties are what the ingredient will do in a potion
like heal or help resist the cold

or poison

it is not good
i think a human would be almost dead
but poison does not hurt me that much

[possessum]

oh man... is there anything good about these plants?
or helpful?
or is this just an outbreak of pure poisonous terror

( That would be on-brand for Trench, honestly. Here's some mean plants and they can't do anything helpful at all. Enjoy!

But even if Melius is okay (maybe??), Peter's definitely Worried, because Peter always Worries. )

you sure you don't need something?
milk??
that helps me if I eat something like too hot

[fusrodaaaah]

it is just poison
hurts your body and your strength
so it makes you sick and tired

nothing is good

no they are not hot
i did not cook them

[possessum]

oh wait! Dude... what if we tried cooking the plants?
Do you think that might make them safe?
Like we could fry em

( Peter, please don't try to be helpful and don't.... get involved with Science.... )