Hello readers! Lighting Tornado here once more with a new and exciting series! In this one, we'll be discussing various hazards found around Happyshine. This stuff doesn't really fit the mold of a bestiary, so I decided to give them their own series. This will usually include various flora and anomalies. The stuff we'll talk about in this series will range from inconvenient to outright deadly.
Mary Sumac
Danger Level: Varies
Type of Hazard: Flora
Where to find them: Around other kinds of plants
How to recognize them: Mary Sumac is known to grow among various other kinds of plants. It's easily distinguishable for being bigger, more vibrant, and growing faster than any of the plants around it.
Description: Mary Sumac is a type of semi-dangerous plant that is relatively common around Happyshine. It's considered poisonous, but rather than having any physical effects it causes a great deal of swelling of one's sense of importance. This is temporary, but it can lead to the victim doing some pretty stupid stuff until it works its way out of their system. That being said, the plant itself is not considered very dangerous, but it can be the cause of the victim putting themselves in dangerous situation.
How to deal with them: Avoid, do not handle without protection. Can also be removed by someone skilled in Combat Composition.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Allergic reactions to Mary Sumac have been known to extend the effects for unknown periods of time.
Not even the council is immune to this possibility, as witnessed by our very own Elder Mary. It's a good thing our very own Elder Mary is the best at being immune to things in addition to being the prettiest and wisest Elder at the Tower!
Edited by Elder Mary on 1XXX at 5:03 PM
Boom Flowers
Danger Level: High
Type of Hazard: Flora
Where to find them: Usually anywhere you don't want to find them
How to Recognize them: Boom flowers are large and round and brightly colored in reds and oranges.
Description: Ho boy, where to begin with these things. Boom Flowers are an invasive species from...somewhere. We're not really sure where, but we're pretty sure that it qualifies as a war crime. These flowers produce and store a highly explosive and volatile nectar. This would be bad enough on its own, but they also have a nasty habit of turning bees into boom bees. Bees are awesome. I love bees. Know what I don't love? Explosive bees.
How to deal with them: Avoid, and contact authorities in Happyshine as soon as possible. Boom Flowers are one of the very few species of flora or fauna that we make an active and concerted effort to kill off whenever and as much as possible.
Plot Holes
Danger Level: Wildly varies
Type of Hazard: anomaly
Where to find them: Around the novice Combat Composition classrooms, sometimes out in the wild.
How to Recognize them: This is a bit tricky, as they're difficult to distinguish from regular holes.
Description: Plot holes are one of the more confusing hazards to deal with. They tend to show up around untrained users of Combat Composition, but they occur naturally in the wild through unknown means. You really don't want to fall into one of these things, as they can cause all sorts of weirdness to happen. You could fall into one and then suddenly you're married and have a child, and the spouse and child are both yourself.
How to deal with them: A safe bet is to not jump into holes you find. We've found that this is also good advice for regular holes, so it's win-win. If they show up in an area where holes are probably not supposed to be and/or are inconvenient to be, it might be in your best interest to find someone skilled in Combat Composition to deal with them. Make sure the person knows what they're doing, however, because this can sometimes make the holes worse.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: I probably shouldn't really be talking about this, but rumors say that the Tower's West Wing [TEXT REMOVED]
