Space Opera - The Drip Chronicles

Originally posted on MSPA by thriggle.

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>Derootify, if possible, and RUN FOR THE GODDAMN HILLS.

There's no way to outrun them; even if you weren't currently enjoying the IMMOBILIZED Action Trait, the fact that these NATIVE ANIMALS have legs gives them an EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE over you in the realm of mobility.

This is not going well.

>ROOTIFY with all your might!
Perhaps you can ensnare some delicious ANIMALS and start to digest them but not the one covered in NOXIOUS MERCURY.

You are about to ROOTIFY deeper into the ground when you are struck by a particularly well-placed CHEMICAL EXPLOSION.

You lose two CHLOROPLASTIC UNITS from your TURGIDITY.

>Counter attack by growing a THORN BERRY and target the ANIMAL with the chemical defense!

>Thornberry, quickly! You need defense and you need it now.

The time has come. Though your name is WESLEY, you summon the impressive NIGEL'S THORNBERRY, draining three of your four remaining CHLOROPLASTIC UNITS from your Energy Reserves.

You lose one CHLOROPLASTIC UNIT from your TURGIDITY due to your POISONED Action Trait. A point is drained from your Energy Reserves to keep you alive.

Your Energy Reserves are now too low to continue fighting. You enter HOMEOSTATIC INANIMATE STANDBY MODE. Until sunrise, when your Energy Reserves will begin replenishing due to your PHOTOSYNTHESIS Action Trait, you can only interact with the world through your BLOSSOMS and BERRIES.

Your DREAD BLOSSOM is nonresponsive. Your POISONOUS TRICKBLOSSOM is Active. Your NIGEL'S THORNBERRY is Active.

You are now NIGEL'S THORNBERRY.