SCAWWY 😱 caelus

[concoctive]

Daffodils symbolize rebirth, new beginnings, hope, joy, and good luck. Much of this symbolism arises from the fact that daffodils emerge each spring to light up barren landscapes with their cheerful yellow, orange, and white flowers. The bulb, leaf, and flower are used to make medicine. Despite serious safety concerns, people take daffodil for whooping cough, colds, and asthma. They also take it to cause vomiting.

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[trashprince]

[ uwaaa indeed. what a man, what a man. caelus observes this height and build and wonders if he could convince hick-bud to move the coffins altogether. see if it's a trap door behind or beneath. ]

The closest I've gotten to ghosts were Heliobi, but they're not actually the spirits of the deceased, they're their own species of energy being that disguise themselves. But they're too aggressive to lie in hiding this long.

[ this is supposed to be top secret knowledge but the other's clothing makes it clear he's not of the xianzhou. ]

[concoctive]

Sounds kinda like a demihuman.

[ those aren't top secret in orsterra, so he says that freely and without any concern. also any clue of this thought process from anyone, whether it's caelus or sae's. ]

Though, don't think demihumans can be ghosts or anything like that... they're pretty solid. [ hm ] Might just be something special for this place, maybe..?

[trashprince]

[ nehehe ]

What if we move the coffins or if I go inside of one? If you stay on the outside, you can get me out if anything goes wrong.

[ a coffin is like a dumpster for dead bodies ]

[concoctive]

[ thinks about it ]

Let's try the moving option, first, just to see if there's anything. I don't want you getting stuck in anything me or you can't get you out of, though I got an axe. I can just bust it open if I gotta.

[trashprince]

[ getting axed out of a coffin does sound super fun but might upset the possible-spirits maybe-haunting the mortuary. moving first it is. ]

We lift on three?

[ do i ask the mods about this oh no ]

[concoctive]

[ help yeah you can probably ask them if moving the coffins does anything in your mod dm. me like surely there is nothing here. ]

On three. If you put your back into it, don't forget to lift with your knees, first, 'cause I don't have any of my medicines for pain management anymore.

[ but he rolls his sleeves up a little more, carefully nudging the lid/door open a bit so he can get a grip on the inside portion of the coffin's frame for better lifting. ]

[trashprince]

[ turns out the coffins can be moved, and, once they are, they reveal......... nada. this was kind of a waste of time and muscle, but now caelus knows to lift from his knees so not a total loss.

an oof as they set the coffin back down. ]

Well, nobody can say we didn't try. What you just said, does that mean you're a doctor?

[concoctive]

[ alfyn puts his hands on his hips and looks at the coffin with a frown when they discover nothing. boo... this means caelus is going to have to go into it, so he'll be ready to break him out if he has to. ]

Well, means you can pop in and see if anything happens. Fingers crossed it's a no, though, but worth trying. [ he does nod, though. ] That I am! An apothecary, so I specialize in concoctions and physical treatment instead of magic healing like a cleric. Strong enough concoction can imitate their healing, though, if you know what you're doing.

[trashprince]

[ caelus also puts his hands on his hips. bit of instinctive copy-catting because it's fun and free. ]

Considering we've all had our abilities locked down, that's more useful than a healer for where we're stuck.

[ compliment given, caelus prepares to climb inside the same coffin they moved a second ago ]

[concoctive]

[ it is fun and free. alfyn thinks it's cute in the kind of charming raccoon way that caelus has. ]

It'd be more useful if I had the herbs and stuff that, y'know, helped me make my concoctions. But I've been making cult robes into bandages, 'cause people have been donating theirs to me.

[ he'll drop his hands off his hips in preparation for bailing him out of the coffin, though, if he must. ]

[trashprince]

[ without realizing it had a use, caelus donated his cult robes to the swamp when he insta-changed after receiving his old threads. the leeches have made a new home from it by now. ]

All right, count to three and then try to open it even if I don't start banging and shouting.

[ reasonable, yeah? caelus scoots himself into a neat li'l final resting place. crosses his arms over his chest to comfortably fit. ]

[concoctive]

[ i genuinely cannot stress how many people have given me their robes for alfyn's cause, a few of them being tossed into the pyre or the swamp is fine. ]

Jeez... Knew I'd not like this, but seeing it is a whole other thing. Alright, on the count of three again - bang if something happens before then?

[ but he'll carefully close the lid to the coffin, no matter how much he hates this as a healer. ]

[trashprince]

[ three seconds, three solid one-one-thousand counts go by.

nothing. silence. ]