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Inktober 2019 #16: Kuana Plania An unusual plant, even for Crescent Minoria. It takes in very little moonlight via its glowing bits. Instead, it relies on its deep root system to find nutrients hidden far beneath the continent's low-nutrient top soil. However, due to this, the plant stays very small in its first stage of life until its roots can find proper nutrition. It's glowing bits are also larger then, gradually shrinking as the roots locate nutrients. Once they have found sufficient soil, the little plant can grow very rapidly to its mature size.
Flowertober is here again but I am tired from working and do not have the energy to go as big as I did last year TwT; I wanted to touch the first two up digitally, and color and ink today’s, but just in case none of that happens I thought I’d post these. Consider them WIPs. I don’t typically post WIPs here but since I don’t post on IG anymore, may as well.
Cleria Fula
Also known as Clera Fula.
Often shows up just before the rainy season on the continent of Wing Alayna (the main continent of the JI stories world). As such, it’s appearance is used to mark the beginning of the season. It has glass-like petals that reflect in the sun. Other than its beauty, not many other uses are known for it.
Felia Katia
A simple vine with sweet leaves vaguely resembling cat ears. It can be found in Wing Alayna, both in the plains and in sunny areas within the Great Buddy Forest; the heart-shaped continent Furheart Iiah; and the eternally sunny continent of Warminia Songlianne.
Kulikuli Dara
The Kulikuli Dara is almost completely clear, and grows in Crescent Minoria, the continent of eternal night where many such other glass-like plants grow. This is said to be caused by the lunar energy given off by the Crescent Minoria Moon, a mysterious entity in the sky that never moves and is always in crescent phase. It is not visible from anywhere else other than Crescent Minoria. How clear a plant is is determined by how much they rely on the moon for energy. Green or black colorations usually mean they rely more on the soil than on the moon, hence why plants from Crescent Minoria grown on other continents are usually greener. As such, the Kulikuli Dara relies almost entirely on the energy of the Crescent Minoria moon, the root system being primarily for anchoring rather than nutrient-absorption. A rather ordinary flower by Crescent Minoria standards, it does not have many other uses besides looking pretty.
Day off today so you know what I decided to do... finish up these WIPs I hadn’t posted yet! See last time’s post for Kulikuli Dara’s description. The new descriptions are under the cut (thought I should have done this last time... what do you think? Pointless feature, or actually useful in this case? Lemme know I guess).
Myuzika
A relative of the Sweetflute, the Myuzika plant is similarly used as a sort of homegrown orchestra. The plant makes a different sound according to the color of the pipe, and pitch depends on the size of the bulb, which can be made to change over time by adjusting the plant’s environment (more sun = thinner bulb, more shade = larger one). Tendrils grow taut around the two pipes, allowing them to be strummed like an instrument. The curly tendrils at the base can also be tapped for a shaking sound as the hard berries that grow on them bump against each other. There are many other secrets to adjusting the sound of the Myuzika, but only the forest dwellers know all its secrets. The Myuzika can be found natively in the Great Buddy Forest and made to grow in other forests in Wing Alayna such as the Patchimori Forest, though it grows best in its native soil.
String’elle
Another plant in the sylvan symphonic family, the String’elle’s two base vines will grow in completely opposite directions without the help of the plant’s tendrils, which keep the plant taut in a harp-like shape. The plant can be tuned over time by adjusting various elements of its environment, but without artificial intervention it will keep its original tune, allowing the musician to play the instrument in its original form if so desired.
Yukidamarias
A plant found in the depths of Batulia Songlianne, the continent at JI’s north pole (or Non Pona as it is natively called). It was thought for a long time that nothing grows there aside from the occasional rumor of a Song Tulip (the legendary flower for which the continent is named, though whether the plant actually grows there is somewhat shrouded in mystery), but it would seem that the Yukidamarias does as well. Of course... due to the number of odd things reported there, it’s uncertain at best whether the Yukidamarias was found actually growing in the continent’s soil, or in another dimension’s all together. Nevertheless, dimensional abnormalities aside, it may be safe to say that the legendary flower has company on the mysterious frozen continent. Being a relatively new discovery, not much is known about the plant at this time, though it seems quite decorative.
Koshio Flower
The Koshio Flower can be seen growing only during the dry season of Wing Alayna. It spends most of its time unblossomed, but when it does it produces berries that can be dried and ground to make a spice similar to black pepper. The bits that form on its stamen can also be ground and dried to create a substance similar to salt or pepper depending on its color. The same can be said of the rest of the flower. Dried, the white bits form a salt-like material and the black forms something similar to its berries, though with a slightly different flavor.
Today’s flower! Finally caught up to one a day. Of course, that won’t last probably with Monday morning right around the corner, but, it’s good to be caught up if only temporarily. :)
Luna Cirrala
The leaves of the flower are more like growths from the stem than actual leaves, but they serve a similar purpose. Like many other Crescent Minoria flowers, the Luna Cirrala gathers energy from the moon and transforms it into liquid, which it stores in the bowl formed by its petals. When there is excess lunar liquid, the flower shuts to prevent waste, and opens again when the flower is not as full anymore. The lunar liquid of Crescent Minoria flowers is a coveted substance, though it is known to have strange effects on Buddys, particularly in tea. Though usually, the substance needs to be mixed or diluted if consumed, since it has an unpleasant taste in higher concentrations. At most though, the effects of consuming lunar liquid mostly include wanting to lay in the moonlight and absorb its lunar rays, and the effect is usually short-lived. Diluted, it may be known to cause dreams about Crescent Minoria or simply a longing for moonlight.
Kreflower Kleera
A clear flower that grows in Crescent Minoria. Unlike many of its peers, this plant grows with absolutely no pigment. This is thought to be due to how quickly it absorbs and utilizes the moonlight it receives from Crescent Minoria's moon, leaving no time for it to develop pigmentation. Though they were once reported to have light pink, transparent petals and dark green stems that were likewise transparent, it seems they have more recently adapted to develop no pigmentation whatsoever. What caused this adaptation to occur is currently unclear.
Faeriepetal Glimmerina (& Faerin Glowamina) (& Faehanae Wingrass)
Halfway between Crescent Minoria and Furheart Iiah exists a small island where delicate, faerie-like plants bloom.
Faeriepetal Glimmerinas also exist on continental Crescent Minoria, but they are all but clear with the faintest amount of color. On Fe'ari Island, their appearances is much more like that of a Flyona, but lacking the Flyona family's classic taste in both stem and petal. Their taste remains like that of those on the Crescent Minoria mainland—like glass. However, when the entire plant is boiled down along with the roots, it is used to create a powerful tea, as the mainland variety especially absorbs lunar energy which can only be accessed in edible form by melting and reducing the plant down. Though previously untested, it may be possible that Fe'ari Island Glimmerinas store the potential energy to give the drinker of tea made from it faerie wings.
The Faerin Glowamina is a type of Varia Maria. Whether on the mainland or Fe'ari Island, it tends to grow near Faeriepetal Glimmerinas.
Faehanae Wingrass, like the other two, can sometimes be found on the Crescent Minoria mainland, usually near the coasts. Attempts were previously made to cultivate it on Wing Alayna, but it would seem it prefers its native regions more.