3 Transmission // Orb Post // 8th of Rebirth's Height

[for_that_i_run]

[The first live feed of the field of thorns pans slowly from one side of the front to the other. The twisted brambles extended as far back as one could see. ]

So this is what everyone has been talking about. The soldiers here asked me not to get too close but…

[Eagle glances around, making sure those soldiers are out of sight, before walking carefully over to the wall of thorns in front of him. At this closer distance it was possible to see just how thick the vines were. It was very dark between the twists of plant and there was nothing much that could be seen in the dense tangle besides more vines and more thorns. ]

These plants don’t seem openly hostile.

[As if proving the point Eagle places a hand on one of the plants, between the stickers so as to not get jabbed by the thorns and the plant doesn’t react at all. ]

But, I have been told that if they are attacked they will retaliate.

[So, he might as well give that a try as well? He did want to see what would happen if the vines were cut with a sword. At first the hacking resulted only in the plant in front of him being damaged but, just as the soldiers had warned, it did eventually lash out to try and end the assault with a speed uncommon in most plants. If Eagle hadn’t been ready to leap out of the way he might very well have lost that sword of his to the thorns. ]

It is actually pretty fast!

[Just as quickly as it was damaged the thorns grew back to fill in the gap Eagle had just made until it looked like nothing had happened there at all. ]

No wonder they are making so little progress against it.

[Eagle smiles at the orb. ]

There you have it. If anyone was curious about the thorns that is all I have been able to discover about them so far.

Comments

[sorcerous]

Do birds fly above it?

[for_that_i_run]

[Birds? Eagles looks up at the sky but it is just clear and blue. There weren't even any clouds to speak of. ]

I haven't really seen any birds since I have been here.

[sorcerous]

It will be a risk, then... do you see any creatures in the earth? Insects, mice, squirrels?

[for_that_i_run]

The animals I have seen appear to be keeping their distance from these thorns.
It kind of reminds me of how the horses stayed away from the village.

[Of course it is just as likely the animals don't want to be near a strange human they have never seen before. ]

[flightless_faerie]

[Rani gasped when she saw how fast the thorns returned]

Oh do be careful!

[They were so massive.. a fairy could easily get skewered on them]

If only there were some garden-talents here.

[for_that_i_run]

Garden-talents? I'm not sure I know what you mean?

[flightless_faerie]

Fairies. [Rani beamed] Rosetta, and Lily would know just what to do to clear up those voracious weeds!

[for_that_i_run]

[Oh fairies! Well, those are normal! ]

Are you from Cephiro? Lantis mentioned Cephiro had a large population of fairies.

[l33t_magician]

[Brietta was familiar with being told not to do things.... and then doing them anyway. She smiled lightly as she thought about the others and how many times they'd disregarded the rules together]

Your philosophy is that rules are meant to be broken?

[She gently teased the stranger. Still she watched curiously as he proceeded, and the smile faded.]

They don't.. look that unusual either...save for that regenerating like nothing happened thing.

[for_that_i_run]

I don't know that it was a rule so much as it was a strongly worded suggestion.

[So yes basically. If something good can be gained from breaking the rules then there is no point in following them to the extreme letter of the law. Rules are flexible like that, right? ]

Do they look normal? We really don't have plants like this on Autozam.

[Maybe they do on Cephiro... ]

Do you know very much about plants, Ms.?

[l33t_magician]

[Sure they are. Perfectly flexible like that]

Well.. they look like vines with thorns. A bit bigger than usual perhaps.. but they aren't that different than some varieties you can find on Earth.

Oh me? [I've been living in a tree for the past for months but....] A little bit. Nothing to phenomenal I'm afraid.

[for_that_i_run]

You would think that if they are having trouble with vines they might want to bring some one here who knew anything about plants.

[Ascribing logic to a magic spell that obviously doesn't use logic. ]

With so much farmland around, I wonder if that is why they are heading towards the castle.

[shiromadoushi]

That really is worrying... It must have some sort of will to it if it can recognize what's attacking it to lash out like that.

[for_that_i_run]

I do wonder if it knows I am here or it if just reacts to things. Do you think magic could make it do that or is it actively trying to take everything over of its own free will?

[shiromadoushi]

I don't know... It might just be a pawn to something else, or something that just doesn't understand what it's doing, maybe.

[for_that_i_run]

It is still not much to go on, but at least I have finally seen these thorns for myself.

[shorterinperson]

Magic, like I thought. It certainly bears more investigation.

[for_that_i_run]

So you believe these vines are indeed being controlled by magic?

[It looked that way to Eagle too but he wanted to hear what she had to say about it. ]

[shorterinperson]

Unless you know of some natural reason for plants to behave that way. Gods all know I've never heard of such a thing.

[tatra]

Oh my... It's rather cute! [ No it isn't Tatra what are you talking about ]

[for_that_i_run]

Cute?
If you say so. I'm afraid I can only see it as an obstacle.

[tatra]

Do you have any idea what's behind all that?

[magicalflowers]

You shouldn't have done that to that plant, of course it would want to fight back.

[for_that_i_run]

I did want to see how it would react to something like that.

Even a magical plant has to have a weakness.

[magicalflowers]

All things have a weakness, but if it isn't bothering people right now, you shouldn't provoke it.