SAVE SLOT 01 - February Catch-All Log

[your_best_friend]

Who: Flowey and YOU!
Which: Open Log
Where: Various locations
What: Flowey in a variety of situations
Warnings: Will update as they come up


1 - Putting the Dreamotion into Motion

It had been a little more than a month since Flowey arrived and a little more than a month since he's learned about the existence of Dreamotion. His talk with Ira didn't really push him in the right direction, or any direction at all, really. Emotions are tied to Dreamotion, he was told. Unfortunately, he lacks more than just the phone and flashlight that were on him before he arrived to this dreamworld.

So a certain flower definitely will make his face present at the music studio on Sunday, popping out of the ground and calling out to the nearest person.

"Excuse me? Is this the place to learn more about Dreamotion?" Flowey asks with an inquisitive yet somewhat pleading tone.

2 - Gnome Ohm Homes

It may be your house, it may be your office or your restaurant, it may even be your library or private museum, but they're there. Who are "they"? Why, gnomes, of course! And a Flower. If it's early on during the month, Flowey will be a little stunned upon seeing someone occupying the house, remarking that they thought it was empty at the time. If it's near the end of the month, the flower just basically ignores you and goes straight to work as he's learned the gnomes are extremely stubborn. And determined.

Determination is a trait he likes very, very much, and he's determined to help with all the basic electricity infrastructure installation.

Unfortunately, the owner of the building or their friends or coworkers may have some very different opinions.

((OOC: You may forward or backdate within February as Flowey will become uncaring towards the owners as the month progresses))

3 - Setting Up Shop

Shops come in all forms. From groceries to art supplies to restaurants to clothes stores, you can find a huge plethora of things to fit your needs. However, one shop seems to be new. "Puzzled", it says. Upon entering, a flower with a face seems to be manning the register... where worker-side there's a platform with a solid slope connected to the ground. The flower greets you and says he hopes you find a good puzzle to your liking.

Upon browsing Flowey's wares, there appears to be four main sections:

Magazines filled with Pencil Puzzles

Alphametik
Aquarium
Battleship
Bridges
Chess Placement
Crapes
Crossword
Dominosa
Double Back
Futoshiki
Galaxies
Gems and Stones
Graffiti
Honeycomb
Kyudoku
Laser
Logic Puzzle
Masyu, Deformable
Maze
Nonogram
Out of Sight
Pentopia
Pictogram
Round Trip
Scales
Sea Serpent
Shikaku
Skyscrapers
Slitherlink
Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Jigsaw Sudoku, Thermo Sudoku, Arrow Sudoku, Tile Sudoku, Shape Sudoku, Sudokurve, Frame Sudoku
Tents
Triplets
Word Connection
Word Search

Magazines filled with Cryptogram/Ciphers

Atbash
Bifid
Bacon
Caesar
Gromark
Hill
Morbit
Morse Code
Playfair
Pigpen
Porta
Portax
Quagmire
Ragbaby
Redefence
Swagman
Tap Code
Vignère

Physical Puzzles

15 Puzzle
Burr Puzzle
Disentanglement
Duoring
Jigsaw Puzzle
Klotski
Magical Gears
Megaminx
Pyraminx
Rubik's Clock
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Magic
Skewb
Tangram
Tower of Hanoi
Triloop
Triring
Turn Four

Puzzle Boxes

4 Sun
Answer Box
Bad Radio
Boom Box
Chess Box
Codex Sildenda
Coffee Stash
Cygnus
Fort Knox
Gearbox
Karakuri Dice
Karakuri XYK
Mechanigma
Medici
Nova
Piano
Scriptum
Secret Crate
Silvaneo
The Button
Tiger Cryptex
Trial of Camelot
Viking Box
Vortex

Would you be willing to make a purchase, or just chat it up with the owner of the store?

Comments

3

[judoflipped]

[Percy was just kind of meandering after checking out Leo's new area. it seems like stuff just keeps popping up...

and yet, he still just keeps doing his own thing. it's not bad, he supposes, even if it does make him twitchy.

but then he sees the flower and stops. rubs his eyes. stops.]

You're a flower.

[no way]

[your_best_friend]

And you're a human. What's your point?

[Ever been sassed at by a flower before?]

[judoflipped]

[no, but it shouldn't surprise him...even if it does, a little.]

Point taken. But how are you running a shop?

[your_best_friend]

By... tending to the register? I mean I'm the only employee of this store. Anyway, what can little old me do you for? Need any puzzle recommendations?

[judoflipped]

[...weird.

but he should be used to weird by now.]

Puzzles? Don't tell me you've got crosswords here...I suck at those.

[he's not really great at any puzzles, really -- that's more Annabeth's thing]

[morsecodes]

[It's break time for Leo! He's been busting his demigod butt trying to get his workshop going and prep to actually build this new ship. Normally he would work constantly without stopping until someone made him, but Festus is very hard to ignore when he wants to explore and fly around.

Most of the shops they pass, he's like whatever, and keeps going, but he raises an eyebrow when he spots the shop "Puzzled". He calls for Festus, who quickly flies back to him and proceeds to perch around his shoulders (and looks way too big to be there but Leo doesn't seem to be struggling to hold him up too badly) and takes a peak inside.

And he's enamored. Puzzles are everywhere, but not boring jigsaws, puzzle boxes. Gears and levers and hidden moving pieces galore! He thought he was in heaven until he realized it was all wood.

Bleh. He had no power over wood.]

Yo, you got any metal boxes-- [He turns to the shopkeeper to ask, but then freezes at the sight of a literal flower. A flower with a face.

Hang on, he's gotta process this for a sec.]

[your_best_friend]

[Flowey just stares silently, smile on his face, for a couple moments. Then he summons a vine and has it wave.]

Unfortunately, none yet. A shame, really, as I would love for metals to be easily forged. Like tiny screws. I mean, sure I can make things bigger, but a 40 pound puzzle box would quickly be tiring. No plastics or silicons, either. All I got to work with is wood and glass so far.

So! Need any reccommendations?

[morsecodes]

[Okay, the shock of the talking flower is quickly passing. Leo's seen so many weird things as a demigod, he's honestly not sure why anything surprises him anymore.]

Uh--- [He shakes his head, picking up a rubik's cube and twisting it absently.]

Actually, I might can get you some metal? I've been setting up a forge over by the river. Metal is easy for me. In exchange, can you make some of these puzzle boxes out of it?

[your_best_friend]

[Flowey wasn't intending to barter today. Those plans quickly flew out of the window when faced with the prospect of herring his vines on metal.]

A forge, you say...?

[The Rubick's Cube turns surprisingly easy and seems surprisingly sturdy despite being made out of wood.]

Golly, looks like I found a nice business partner! Though I won't replicate THESE puzzle boxes with metal. I actually have other ideas for metal ones.

[Flowey disappears into the ground, only to reappear seconds later with a quill and paper. He spends a few moments drawing a rough sketch of a new puzzle box using his vines.]

Something like this, perhaps?

[morsecodes]

[Honestly, Leo isn't even thinking about the rubik's cube, his hands just twisting and turning it without a single thought. That's how it always was with little metal bits and screws he played with. His hands would build something random, as if on autopilot, and now was no different.

But when Flowey brings out the rough sketch of a new puzzle box, he freezes, eyes wide.]

It's beautiful.

2, early to mid-month? you choose!

[stillarhino]

[It wasn't as if he was expecting any visitors today, so when the gnomes and Flowey march on into his treehouse, they will find a half-naked Beat with nothing more than a towel wrapped around his waist. His wet hair dripping onto his shoulder seems indicative of him having just stepped out of a shower.

Yeah, he's just going to stare at the gnomes for a moment, eyes slowly growing wider, at a complete loss for words. And then, finally:]

Yo, what the hell, man!?

[It doesn't seem like he's noticed Flowey just yet, simply making him for a regular flower that the gnomes dragged in with them.]

Early month it is!

[your_best_friend]

[Flowey whips his head on over to the person shouting and just... freezes.]

...

[Only for a moment, though.]

I thought you were out at the moment.

sorry for the delay!

[stillarhino]

[It's just one thing after another, isn't it? Beat's jaw just drops at what happens next, yes growing even larger.]

Wait, hold up! Why's the plant talkin', yo?

[Please someone answer him. What is going on here?]

[your_best_friend]

Because magic. Yo.

But for real, I thought you were informed that work was gonna happen in your house.

[stillarhino]

[Can this place get any weirder?]

I didn't get no info that this was happenin'. Can't ya barge in here later or somethin'?

[Either would be preferable, so he could at least get decent.]

And close the door, will ya? Or else I might freeze my balls off.

2, early month!

[starshower]

[Well, Flowey was right to think as much about the place he's occupying now. The building set just off the plaza, in a quiet corner, does look like its occupants might not be in, so it would be the perfect place to get some work done. The building itself is almost done up, however, though there is still some work to be done. There's an empty glass display case, a bar counter on one side with boxes and bottles, an empty fireplace on the other, and blue flowers that shimmer and glow along the vines that crawl across the ceilings.

It's definitely a work in progress, but for now, it's quiet...

Quiet enough that, while Tifa isn't there yet (she will be soon), the current residents have caught on to the rustling in the walls.

And Flowey will be greeted by the sound of chimes and a meow, and a small, yellow fairy in a plum flower dress pokes her head in through the crack in the wall, and as soon as she sees the flower, she flits up... not realizing that it isn't just any ordinary flower...

"Strange. I don't remember putting one here. What a stupid place for a flower."

As she pulls on one of Flowey's petals.

And behind her, the green eyes of a fairy cat peers in to see.]

[your_best_friend]

[At least this house is unoccupied, unlike the last one Flowey went to, right? ...Right? Well, in any case, Flowey takes a small break to oversee the progress the gnomes in general. That's when a petal of his gets tugged. Before it causes a tear, a vine shoots up and wraps tightly around the wrist of the culprit.]

I suggest you let go of my petal, buddy.

[starshower]

[The fairy shrieks, and the kitten is startled and skitters away, leaving sprinkles in her wake.

"Wha—! IT TALKS!?" She's less concerned about the vine that's wrapped around her wrist and doesn't even bother trying to shake it off. Instead, her panic quickly grows to curiosity as she flits a little closer to Flowey, darting around him to examine. "What in the world!? You are not one of my flowers or Tifa's, so what are you doing here!?"

Meanwhile, the sound of a door opening and closing can be heard from the front, followed by a tired sigh and a loud meow as the kitten greets Tifa.]

[your_best_friend]

[Flowey blinks.]

What do you mean what am I doing here? Weren't you informed that work was going to be done on your house?

[It's then that Flowey heard the door open. The gnomes paid absolutely no attention and kept on working whilst Flowey paused and let go of the wrist.]

...Tell me you were informed of this.

[starshower]

[Mirabelle flits back, wringing and rubbing at her wrist a little. "I was not informed! The owners haven't been in here for a few days, but you might want to ask her now. I would advise against grabbing her by the wrist, however!"

She darts away, and grabs Tifa's attention, and Flowey will hear the two of them exchange a conversation near the bar's counter, the kitten speaking up with a meow every now and then, before a pair of boots come wandering over...

And Tifa appears around the corner with the kitten on her shoulder.]

Oh. I thought I heard some noise in here. She arches a brow the moment her eyes land on Flowey. A... flower?

["Not one of mine~!"]

3

[b_a_n_g]

Reaper had noticed the new shop the day before, but he hadn't wanted to in right away. Out of habit, he lurked in a nearby tree and watched the coming and going of interested parties before he decided that it wasn't a trap, everyone appeared to keep their kidneys, and some even wandered out with a new game of some sort.

So. As advertised.

He peeled himself out of the shadows after some more observation the next day to approach the shop and shoved open the door a tad on the rough side. He strode in with curls of black smoke rising from his arms and shoulders as he looked around. A game store, sure. And that sure was a flower with a face, which no longer seemed strange thanks to Deerington and now this dream hell.

He set his hands on his hips and looked around, examining a few of the wares from a distance.

"You have chess sets?" He and 76 had once enjoyed long games years back.

[your_best_friend]

"Howdy!", the flower answered. "You enjoy chess, huh?"

The flower summoned a vine, which spurted out of the ground and makes a gesture akin to putting a hand to his chin.

"Hmm... Little old me was going to specialize this shop to serve puzzles and the like, but..." The flower looks around to make sure no one's hearing him.

"Chess can sort of be akin to a puzzle, in some peoples' opinions... Tell you what, buddy. I only have a couple chess sets stashed away somewhere. Little old me can go and get you one. How's that sound?"

[b_a_n_g]

Reaper regarded the vine that came from the ground suspiciously and the shadow that he cast on the ground seemed to stir unnaturally. A talking, emoting flower. 76 was going to make friends with it, wasn't that old asshole? Probably.

He approached the counter where the flower was manning the till and made a soft growling noise in his throat. "Puzzles are too easy and aren't replayable easily." He had a few questions of his own, but he bit them back for now. "How much would one cost?"

[your_best_friend]

The moment this glorified kiddy in a halloween costume said that puzzles are too easy, Flowey couldn't help but cackle. This was incredibly amusing!

"Golly... I think I needed that. But seriously. Puzzles are actually a very important part of monster culture. You couldn't step six feet without being caught in a puzzle!"

Flowey will get a piece of paper out and start constructing a Sudoku.

"Tell you what. I'll make you a puzzle. If you think it's so easy, then you can solve it and I'll give you the chess set for free! If not, let's say... I won't make too cost your you."

With that, Flowey shows off a puzzle.

"Just in case you don't know, thermometers have their numbers increase in value starting from the big dot."

You move, skelleboy.

[b_a_n_g]

Reaper almost laughed at the notion of monster culture, then he thought better of it. He was curious of what such a culture would entail after all. He'd been in Songe long enough to know that puzzles were a mainstay of getting out of any number of stupid buildings or rooms depending on the quest.

He folded his arms over his chest and watched as a puzzle was drawn out on a piece of paper. Was this how they were going to barter away services, huh? He didn't like owing favours or services, but well... for 76, he'd actually consider it. It was more law abiding than theft anyway.

"Thermo-rules, hmm?" He stared at the puzzle, considering the numbers provided and the clue. "So what is it about monster culture that leans so heavily on puzzles?"