| From: | Airwasp@***.com Airwasp@***.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | the Revenge of Poison Ivy (Re: Astral Defences) |
| Date: | Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:45:34 EDT |
ratlaw@*******.com writes:
> >Yeah, I know, couldn't really think of anything nifty. Since its primary
> >goal was to be a real pain in the ass, I really didn't want it to grab
onto
> >things for essence, so maybe breaking the vine releases seeds or spores,
or
> >whatever it grows from, and since its dual natured, the vines can be
broken
> >in the astral or physical world.
> >
> Well, since if its a gene-engineered plant then it doesn't need a survival
> reason for why it attaches the pods to people, they just designed it that
> way.
>
> Ratlaw
Or, perhaps the gen-gineered (did I get the name right??) plant had a
unexpected turn when it was found that the pods attach themselves to people.
Perhaps something that could be a possibility is that when the pod(s) attach
themselves to a person, the person is taken over by the plant to perform such
mundane actions as feeding it and defending the plant. There is nothing
truly thoughtful or evil behind the intent of the plant, it is just trying to
ensure it's own growth and the people are merely extensions of it that serve
the plant (for those of you who play AD&D does anyone remember the Illithid
Hive Brains and the slaves that attend to it's own personal pleasure and
survival??? this comes from the Dark Elf trilogy).
For a sicker possibility, the plant is truly sentient and uses the people for
it's own more nefarious purposes beyond basic survival instincts.
-Mike B.
