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The Lilypads (16) : You can find them in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and waterways throughout Destiny City. Giant lilypads--some large enough to support the weight of a person--appear overnight. You can try, if you want. It's become a local trend, and pictures are all over social media--of people looking for the largest lilypads, or the smallest ones they can stand on. You'd think the unnatural bubbling around the lilypads would be enough of a sign not to mess with them, but sometimes people need to learn the hard way. Beneath the lilypads lurk strange frog-like creatures that regard nearly everything as prey. The largest of them are roughly the size and shape of a bean bag chair, but they can be as small as a fist. Their broad heads are crowned with lilypads that serve as natural camouflage, allowing them to hide among the floating vegetation until they strike. They move with startling speed and can launch themselves impressive distances with powerful kicks. Long, whip-like tongues lash out to snatch prey, while thick mucus-like saliva can cling to skin, clothing, and even immobilize unfortunate victims. Their skin carries a toxic coating that can cause irritation on contact. The creatures announce themselves with a deep croak that sounds uncannily like a large bell being rung just by your ears. Unfortunately, for anyone that was respecting nature, these strange creatures are aggressive and will also attack without provocation, often attempting to drive even innocent bystanders away from the water's edge. However, if sufficiently threatened, they may retreat into the water. Once submerged, they become impossible to track.
Note: If you choose to encounter one of these frog-like creatures, your character will recognize they are not youma. It is impossible to tell if it is a single entity or if there are many. The creature does not seem to understand or care to listen to human words. All toxic and mucus can be washed away, but effects may persist for a few hours after this encounter. The creature cannot be killed and will always evade lethal blows. While it is rare to find multiple large creatures in the same vicinity, smaller creatures often cluster together, or may be found with a larger one. This RP can be used as a battle requirement as long as there are two powered characters involved; you must be interacting with another player’s powered character. This does not count as the one youma battle per stage for growth. This can only be used as a battle requirement once per character, but there is no limitation for how many times a player can use this prompt.
Note: If you choose to encounter one of these frog-like creatures, your character will recognize they are not youma. It is impossible to tell if it is a single entity or if there are many. The creature does not seem to understand or care to listen to human words. All toxic and mucus can be washed away, but effects may persist for a few hours after this encounter. The creature cannot be killed and will always evade lethal blows. While it is rare to find multiple large creatures in the same vicinity, smaller creatures often cluster together, or may be found with a larger one. This RP can be used as a battle requirement as long as there are two powered characters involved; you must be interacting with another player’s powered character. This does not count as the one youma battle per stage for growth. This can only be used as a battle requirement once per character, but there is no limitation for how many times a player can use this prompt.
Madriu really needed to learn not to poke at things he didn't know or understand. Frankly, he supposed he was probably getting a little overly confident, since he seemed to manage to get himself into every kind of trouble available to him.
This time,. it had started by pausing to admire a pond full of vibrant, flourishing lilypads. He had honestly thought he wasn't disturbing anything, standing by the water's edge and looking down at the plants with curiosity--but his curiosity had attracted some very unwanted attention.
There were, apparently, creatures in the pond, or at least one fairly large creature--and it was not happy about being disturbed. The thin gt hat launched itself out of the water at him with a bellowing, bell-like croak that had rattled his bones was the size of a medium dog, perhaps a little smaller, and it had rammed into him with quite a lot of force, sending him tumbling backwards. At least this particular beast didn't have any nasty claws or teeth--but its body was wet and mucousy, and it had struck him in the bare midriff, leaving behind a gross mucous that made Madriu wince.
"Why is everything in this city so disgusting," he grumbled, touching his fingers to the gunk on his abdomen--a mistake, because he realized shortly after he did that everywhere that stuff was gunked on was beginning to feel irritated and itchy. And he had just spread it ********," he grumbled, miserably. Wasn't that just his luck.
And the creature, of course, was still staring him down.
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