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Mr. Sorrow,
I'm the one who was inquiring about additional plants for your orchard for the purposes of alchemy. I am sending you some notes and illustrations that will hopefully convey what these plants are supposed to look like.
[And if some of the specifics are wrong, well... alchemical mishaps are a thing he's prepared for.
Attached is plants.jpg, which includes several scientific-style figures for fanged ivy, glassweed, frostlace, bloodwort, paw plants, and coiler. Each illustration has a cutaway detailing the inside textures and colors of the leaves, bark, roots, and even the fruits a few of them bear, as well as the approximate taste of most of them. There's even a few uses listed for each one. Did you know the leaves of frostlace can be used to chill a drink? Carlisle knew. Probably helps that he was quite the accomplished gardener back home.
But not alchemist, unfortunately.]
I hope that is sufficient. It has been some time since I've been home, but I kept quite a busy garden.
- Carlisle Longinmouth
I'm the one who was inquiring about additional plants for your orchard for the purposes of alchemy. I am sending you some notes and illustrations that will hopefully convey what these plants are supposed to look like.
[And if some of the specifics are wrong, well... alchemical mishaps are a thing he's prepared for.
Attached is plants.jpg, which includes several scientific-style figures for fanged ivy, glassweed, frostlace, bloodwort, paw plants, and coiler. Each illustration has a cutaway detailing the inside textures and colors of the leaves, bark, roots, and even the fruits a few of them bear, as well as the approximate taste of most of them. There's even a few uses listed for each one. Did you know the leaves of frostlace can be used to chill a drink? Carlisle knew. Probably helps that he was quite the accomplished gardener back home.
But not alchemist, unfortunately.]
I hope that is sufficient. It has been some time since I've been home, but I kept quite a busy garden.
- Carlisle Longinmouth
Edited 2016-07-19 07:02 (UTC)
I understand what you want.
Here is my price: destroy something precious and I will give you two saplings of each plant. I don't care how you do it or what is destroyed, but its loss must be felt.
Is that agreeable?
Here is my price: destroy something precious and I will give you two saplings of each plant. I don't care how you do it or what is destroyed, but its loss must be felt.
Is that agreeable?
Edited 2016-07-25 23:25 (UTC)
What if the plants aren't quite right and there need to be alterations? Am I going to have to destroy something else?
If I make a mistake I will fix it.
If you made a mistake then I'll ask for a smaller form of payment to alter what I've already created.
If you made a mistake then I'll ask for a smaller form of payment to alter what I've already created.
[It's a few days before he responds again. He's been deciding what to destroy, and if it's really worth it for a few saplings that might not even live. He is a competent gardener, but what if this Sorrow fellow isn't a competent conjurer?
But he finally does decide to go along with it. When Carlisle finally does answer, he sends back two pictures. The first is of an elaborate ink pen, one made of silver and bone. Etched into the body is intricate filigree, and the initials K. L. are inscribed in a silver band on the cap.
The second picture is that same pen, so dented and broken that it's nearly unrecognizable. The bone inlaid in it is shattered, the body fragmented, the silver band completely missing. That picture comes along with a text:]
It's done. That better be enough.
But he finally does decide to go along with it. When Carlisle finally does answer, he sends back two pictures. The first is of an elaborate ink pen, one made of silver and bone. Etched into the body is intricate filigree, and the initials K. L. are inscribed in a silver band on the cap.
The second picture is that same pen, so dented and broken that it's nearly unrecognizable. The bone inlaid in it is shattered, the body fragmented, the silver band completely missing. That picture comes along with a text:]
It's done. That better be enough.
Edited 2016-07-31 08:34 (UTC)
Yes.
Your plants are potted in my temple. You may transplant them where you like.
Your plants are potted in my temple. You may transplant them where you like.
You have my gratitude.
[And he's going to take those plants and keep them where he can watch them, because like hell is he letting anyone mess up his plants.]
[And he's going to take those plants and keep them where he can watch them, because like hell is he letting anyone mess up his plants.]
[ It's taken her a lot to make the call, a lot of internal debate about how she feels about the gods and the likelihood that any individual interaction with them will come back to bite her in the ass. All the same, Cecily does what she hopes is leave a message for Sorrow, one in which her voice is tempered by barely-contained suspicion. ]
Can you bring a specific plant to the orchard? It isn't a fruit, exactly, and... frankly, it'd be better in a garden, but I think it'll help us a lot.
[ Not that he would care about that, so she adds: ] It may stop Hope having to bring back as many dead people.
[ Nailed it. ]
Can you bring a specific plant to the orchard? It isn't a fruit, exactly, and... frankly, it'd be better in a garden, but I think it'll help us a lot.
[ Not that he would care about that, so she adds: ] It may stop Hope having to bring back as many dead people.
[ Nailed it. ]
Edited 2016-08-02 18:54 (UTC)
I likely could.
[There's a slight pause as he considers it.]
But you would have to detail it perfectly, as I'd be creating it from nothing. And I would require payment.
[There's a slight pause as he considers it.]
But you would have to detail it perfectly, as I'd be creating it from nothing. And I would require payment.
An entire thriving plant or just a nipped off flower?
There are some others from Thedas, we could manage it.
[ She isn't an artist, but between herself, Cullen, Leliana, and Cole, maybe--
Ah, fuck. Of course there's a price (there's always a price). ]
What would the payment be? [ Comes the incredibly wary question. ]
[ She isn't an artist, but between herself, Cullen, Leliana, and Cole, maybe--
Ah, fuck. Of course there's a price (there's always a price). ]
What would the payment be? [ Comes the incredibly wary question. ]
Firstly, it would take painstaking detail on your part. You are asking me to use my energy to create an item that I have never seen, known about, or interacted with. I can only create based off of the knowledge that you give me, and so it is likely that it will be imperfect.
Secondly, depending on the energy it will take me, I'll require something from you. It will likely be an act, memory, or confession that will cause sorrow in you or someone else, but I won't know what I'll need before I know exactly what it is that I'm making.
Secondly, depending on the energy it will take me, I'll require something from you. It will likely be an act, memory, or confession that will cause sorrow in you or someone else, but I won't know what I'll need before I know exactly what it is that I'm making.
[It should be expected at this point. Sorrow is the least likely of the gods to do something for nothing in return.]
It depends on the plant. If you are looking for multiple copies of it to breed with, then I will require something a little more significant. [A thoughtful pause, and then-]
-I want tears born of sadness to fall on my altar. It doesn't matter whose they are.
It depends on the plant. If you are looking for multiple copies of it to breed with, then I will require something a little more significant. [A thoughtful pause, and then-]
-I want tears born of sadness to fall on my altar. It doesn't matter whose they are.
[The pictures are a little more helpful than the dialogue, but Sorrow is kind of getting the idea.]
Do you know its cellular makeup? Or anything about it genetically? Is it harmful when consumed, does it react any certain ways to anything? When does it typically bloom and how long is its lifespan?
Any additional information is fine. I can make up any gaps in your knowledge, but if you want something close to what you know then more information will be helpful than less.
Do you know its cellular makeup? Or anything about it genetically? Is it harmful when consumed, does it react any certain ways to anything? When does it typically bloom and how long is its lifespan?
Any additional information is fine. I can make up any gaps in your knowledge, but if you want something close to what you know then more information will be helpful than less.
[There's a long pause before Sorrow's response.]
I can do that. In exchange, I want you to tell me about the last time you cried.
I can do that. In exchange, I want you to tell me about the last time you cried.
No exact number.
[He wouldn't want you to find a loophole, you know.]
Good. I'll expect it.
[He wouldn't want you to find a loophole, you know.]
Good. I'll expect it.
I'd be disappointed in you.
Those are my terms.
Those are my terms.
[There's a pause between Shadow's text and Sorrow's response, but he can't not pull at the thread.]
How did she die?
How did she die?
How did the two of you become friends?
[The longer Shadow thinks about this, the more entrenched he gets, the better. Sorrow is only extending the conversation a little.]
[The longer Shadow thinks about this, the more entrenched he gets, the better. Sorrow is only extending the conversation a little.]
And then she died.
[And then, a short time later-]
Very well. Get me the information on your flower and I will create a replica in the orchard.
[And then, a short time later-]
Very well. Get me the information on your flower and I will create a replica in the orchard.
heya. you seem to be the go-to guy for plants around here.
i got the botanical description of a flower from home that i think might interest ya. called an "echo flower," and it does exactly what it sounds like it does. think you might be interested in reproducin' it on a small or large scale?
[As for payment...well, Sans doesn't have a big enough ego to assume his numerous perceived betrayals would be enough to generate whatever emotional capital he needs as leverage. But he doubts it'll require a lot of effort on his part to fulfill that requirement.]
i got the botanical description of a flower from home that i think might interest ya. called an "echo flower," and it does exactly what it sounds like it does. think you might be interested in reproducin' it on a small or large scale?
[As for payment...well, Sans doesn't have a big enough ego to assume his numerous perceived betrayals would be enough to generate whatever emotional capital he needs as leverage. But he doubts it'll require a lot of effort on his part to fulfill that requirement.]
I could, but you would have to provide me with a very detailed explanation, since I would be making it from nothing.
Also, I would require you to never make a pointless joke to me again. On top of the usual payment.
Also, I would require you to never make a pointless joke to me again. On top of the usual payment.
I cannot. You're annoying and I'd like for that to stop.
And no, they don't.
And no, they don't.
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