As you travel, you find that you have entered into a meadow of gorgeous white flowers. The scent of these flowers is sweet and fragrant, filling the air with a pleasant aroma. The flowers are surprisingly large, roughly the size of your hand, their petals folded out in a star arrangement, tapering into tassels at the end. The plant stems bring the flowers up to around waist-height. It’s a relaxing and idyllic scene. As you breathe in the air around you, your lips curl into a smile and your tensions ease.
You lazily walk through the field. You are in no rush to leave. You can take your time. You casually stop and bend over to examine one of these beautiful flowers. They are just as attractive up close as they are from a distance. It’s difficult to look away from them, in fact. You have to physically force yourself to stop staring. A deep part of you wants to just lay in this meadow and spend a good long while taking in the experience of this paradise.
As you stand back up, with effort, you notice an area lacking in coverage. An object is laid out in the meadow, parting this sea of flowers. You idly wander over, legs heavy; they beg you to stop and rest. You find a skeleton, covered in tattered and rusted traveling gear, laying on the ground. A flower is emerging from an eye-socket, having grown its way up through the skull. You look around, seeing similar patches where the flowers are not as dense. You examine the one closest and find a similar scene: a decomposed body with the most stunning flowers growing around it. You are just so exhausted from traveling. It would be a fantastic idea to relax here for a while.
What do you do?
- Resist. These beguiling flowers are attempting to work some kind of spell on you.
- Study the flowers. Perhaps learning the method they are using to influence you can help you defend yourself.
- Burn the field to ash. Perhaps the flowers will be less alluring when they are on fire.
