BONSAI LABS

start with the fun experiment of: can you grow the dang thing without killing it

Oh, the first Clovette is already grown and ready for testing. You suppose that’s a good sign already; you never really considered yourself much of a gardener.

Place the Clovette in the crook of the pond

You believe you watered the Clovette earlier, but it wouldn’t hurt to gently introduce it to the Playground’s water supply.



Shortly after being placed in the shallow water, the Clovette walks to the shore of the pond and sits down to dry.

It seems the Playground is not an alarming environment to this creature.

how do the colored extracts taste

You assume they taste strongly of the materials you procured the extracts from - the earthy taste of Breadcap, the sweet-sour taste of Denmelon, the cloying sweet taste of Hornpansy, and the numbingly-bitter taste of Prickleberry - but you really, really don’t want to eat these extracts. You didn’t make these for culinary use.

Do an inventory check on everything in more detail.

Okay, more accurately:

• 5 doses each of Red, Green, Blue, and Gold extracts.
  
• A couple hundred syringes for internal extract application, and a higher count of cotton swabs for external application.
  
• A fridge full of imported plants - namely, the ones mentioned above
  
• An extraction machine, for use with those imported plants
  
• A whole lot of extra Clovettes and other creatures, growing but not yet matured, though two are almost ready.

You decide to try applying a single dose of Red extract to the Clovette, with a swab. The Clovette wiggles away, moving to a different side of the Playground.

You sit back and jot down some notes, and after about 15 minutes, you notice…



The Clovette has wilted a bit. This is what you expected of the Red extract, though it took effect alarmingly quickly.

You take note of the effect in your notebook.

You hear a brief alarm buzz elsewhere in your lab, notifying you that some of your saplings have matured and are ready for testing. You can now add another Clovette, or a Flysnap, to the Playground.