we cat secrete Aloe and stuff if you want that.

>>229090
Might also want to take a shower or something, too. Or a long relaxing bath. Or something.

>>229090
Everclear is almost pure alcohol. That's a good disinfectant. As for bandages... well, we may be able to help with that. Pick off a leaf of our flower carefully and press it to a cut. We should be able to make little tiny grabby things to hold together the cut, and form a protective covering over it.

How much can we change existing plants structure? We could make that plant grow into a gauze like material usable as bandages.

cleaning the wound is priority when treating them. who knows, maybe that bum used to kill rats with that blade

Clean cotton works remarkably well for keeping bacteria out of wounds. If you have a cotton terry cloth towel, that's nearly as good as gauze for dressing the wound for now.

Use the everclear to disinfect, and then dress the wound with a towel and tape. If you don't want it to scare, you can let us try to help and make stitches, or you can use super glue to seal the wound tightly, or you can go to a clinic.

Honestly you're bleeding very little. I'm quite surprised. Preventing infection and making sure scarring doesn't happen are the primary concerns.

o 2010/10/11(Mon)01:57 No. 242035 ID: 45be60
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The urge to be helpful is quite strong, but it takes you a moment to come up with a practical idea that seems likely to work. Hmm, naturally occurring velcro structures are a simple enough, and as luck would have it, there's a wildflower among you who was working on some very applicable burs back at the lab. The delicate control practice would probably be good for you too, so you decide to go for it. You advise Florence to use the potent alcohol as she had intended, and inform her that you will try to work on a dressing in the meantime. Slightly confused at what you have planned, she nevertheless agrees and goes to work at her apartment's lone sink.

Meanwhile, you start working on your own task. The new leaf continues to grow, mostly in length, and the underside is thickly covered in fine hairs. Each one gets a tiny barbed hook at the end, sharp enough to catch flesh, but small enough not to pierce deeply and cause further pain.

Okay, that's as good as I think I'm gonna get here. Still about a shot left in the bottle. Now what?

Proceed with plan unchanged? [Y/N]

hmm, extend a small unhooked part from both tips so she has something to grab onto so it wont stick to her fingers, then step her through it. stick it to one side of the gash then gently pull it over and stick the other half to the other side.

>>242035
>>242036
Yes.
Now lets proceed.

Ideally the hooks should only be on each far edge. It's supposed to work like a clamp instead of a sticky sheet.

The way it works now, it's like a piece of duct tape.

o 2010/10/12(Tue)00:26 No. 242451 ID: 45be60
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Huh... This is kinda weird, but I guess it works.
After a few experimental pokes, she gives the middle leaf a good tug and plucks it off. Ouch. Well, not really. That didn't really hurt in a physical sense, but the separation was a bit jarring, and there was some psychosomatic expectation of pain. You can no longer feel the leaf directly, but it still echos of nearby plant life, and probably will until it dries out.

Well this is... surprisingly effective actually. I mean it's not going to do for preventing infection, it's just not big enough. But it holds the skin closed nicely, and without the sutures and bullshit. I... I guess... clean cotton? I can sacrifice a sock for a bandage I guess. Oh wait.. duh. I have a recently alcohol disinfected washcloth. Now where did I hide my tape?

in your desk maybe?

o 2010/10/12(Tue)01:32 No. 242468 ID: 45be60
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After a brief struggle with a haphazard stack of bric-a-brac, she comes away with a mostly full roll of masking tape that will probably do the job. She settles down in a chair and flips on the television while she fiddles with the rest.

Unfortunately, the rest of the job is soon forgotten in the wake of the distraction that comes next.
"...is being treated for smoke inhalation, and is listed in stable condition.

"Authorities are holding several members of the domestic terrorist group Green Planet in connection with the attack, including cell leader Eric Wallowski. In an online statement one hour ago, an anonymous Green Planet source has publicly denied all responsibility for the attack, and condemned the police for what they claim to be the latest in a long series of discriminatory arrests from peaceful protests."

The stock footage associated with these peaceful protests is not flattering. Florence grimaces.

"A Crey spokesman had this to say."
"The Green Planet has made no secret of its unwavering animosity toward a company dedicated to the betterment of all mankind. That they would stoop to the level of endangering innocent civilians in order to disrupt our work is shocking, but surprising to no one. They are a menace, and those responsible will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

"Once again for those of you just joining us, an explosion this afternoon has destroyed a Crey Industries research facility on the harbor, leaving at least 26 dead and over two hundred wounded, and releasing tons of toxic material into the atmosphere. Fire fighters on scene report that they have contained the flames, but that hazardous chemicals continue to escape and urge local residents to remain indoors. If you experience any unusual symptoms, contact your poison control center immediately at the number listed below."

See? I told you they would blame us for this. That is just wrong. Eric is like the nicest guy you ever met. He wouldn't hurt anybody. I won't stand for this kind of discrimination.

huh, no poisons were anywhere near that place, must be talking about us. need you to get some bags of topsoul and then we pop some seeds into it and we'll grow you some ultra food trees. and if you want we can make some grenade fruits.

>>242468
What do you think we should do?

>>242468
The blast clearly originated from the inside of the building, and therefore was almost definitely caused by a lab accident rather than a bomb. Point this out (preferably over the Internet, trough several proxies) and the company's claim falls apart.

>>242480
What the police are doing right now is SOP - detain the people involved, say nothing at all about the case in order to prevent details from making it to the public and thus making it that much harder for somebody to construct a plausible lie that matches the evidence.

The real blame falls on the people who did such a mindbogglingly bad job of designing the facility, and it was an accident, but we were the ones who triggered it.
Get us near a computer. We'll grow tendrils and things and anonymously post about how it was an inside job and give details on how it happened that the police can verify. If we come out with an account that matches observable evidence - including evidence that the police have not yet discovered - and claim responsibility for it, that will take the heat off your friends.

The public will still 'feel' like you were behind it, of course, since people remember the accusation more than the truth of it.

Alright hivemind! We need a list of all the facts we know about our experiment and the incident. The more exhaustive the list, the better the report I'll write will be.

So far:
The incident was triggered when a specimen of a research project into genetically engineered superpolymorphic plants broke its containment structure and damaged the lighting system. This sparked a fire which subsequently ruptured a cryogenic coolant line. The details between this point and the explosion are as-yet unclear, but we are aware of some details.
The debris pattern is radial away from the building, which precludes the possibility of a protester being responsible; if they were then there would be signs of an inward blast even if there had been a secondary explosion, but no such signs exist.
Following the explosion large quantities of superchilled fluid spilled outside of the structure, resulting in people within an area larger than the blast radius dying of causes which varied from hypothermia to sudden full-body freezing.
The report of a hazardous chemical leak is, at best, an exaggeration. The primary concern is that not all specimens of the experiment have been accounted for, and there is quite a bit of concern over the high risk these plants present.
Simply by way of example? These plants can grow faster than kudzu, regrow from clippings, are hardy enough to survive winter in colder climates, and are capable of developing a resistance herbicide in the same way that bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.
If it got out and started to spread then not only would it mean heavy government sanctions, but a PR fiasco that could well destroy the company. The poison story is to keep people from walking through the area and potentially getting a clipping stuck to their clothing and spreading it out of the containment area, and soon enough it will be true due to the proverbial 'scorched-earth' policy that will be enacted for containment.

I really don't see us being able to type on a keyboard. We could grow into keys, but how would we retract from them?

I don't think there's much we can do for green planet at the moment, everyone takes whats said on the internet with a grain of salt anyway.

>>242511
well then we can dictate it to flora.



oh just remembered. the mugger had some athletes foot, a fungus, and we kinda set it on a wild hyper growth pattern, so if it makes you feel any better the jerk who did it will wake up with mushrooms growing out of his feet.

>>242509
Also: We know that the explosion was triggered by a plant filled with what was probably highly compressed methane.

>>242509
This. Also if other bits of plants survived and latched onto other people they could probably take control entirely and become walking plant monsters. If this happens we may have to try to develop some super powers for flora so we can go out and combat these terrors! SUPER PLANT WARRIORS GO!

I'm not so sure we should mention us, if they come to take us back to the lab it would likely put Flora in danger.

>>242511
That's why we don't just make a blog post. We send it directly to the police, and tell them that they have a week to seal off the area from everybodyincluding employees, verify our claims, state that Green Planet is no longer believed to be responsible for the attack, and let them go. Further, that if this does not occur then we will be releasing this information to the press in an effort to force their hand, because 'our boss' has no sense of justice or ethics and intends to quote accidentally unquote destroy incriminating evidence, and we wouldn't be able to live with ourself if we let that injustice slide.

Also? Nowhere in my draft did I mention any of the more fantastic abilities we possess.
Every individual trait I mentioned is already fairly common, and combined they make for a completely plausible engineered species. I also never stated that there was any contamination, just that it was a concern.

The goal is to make it appear to be an employee in the midst of a moral crisis trying to do the right thing while applying standard CYA practices.
Oh, and we should use a gmail account so we can read and reply to responses.

Walking plant-monsters might have already been discovered among the injured employees. In that case Flora is in a great deal of danger, especially since the mugger might be able to identify her, and he'll be an obvious target with the cloud of spores wafting out of his shoes.
Between that possibility and the certainty of being wanted in connection with the explosion, Flora should really be trying to lay low right now, and I'm not sure staying in her apartment surrounded by meat-trees never before seen on Earth is the right way to do that. The anonymous informant thing is good, but it's not going to work from behind bars.

>>242736
We didn't sense any other sentient plants after the blast so it's likely that there are no others.

Besides that? This is supposed to be manipulating the police into serving our own ends, not the company or the public.
Further, we can easily send the message in such a way as to render the police completely unable to identify the sender. It's easy to submit an anonymous tip where the police won't track you down, and if you know how it's only slightly harder to make the possibility so low it's called 'near zero' as a formality.

Oh, and the mugger won't connect Flora to the fungal infection. Too much of a delay.

Okay, so heres the scoop. Drawing computer should be back from the shop soon, expect updates to resume in December.

(I could maybe fake something in the mean time, but I miss having my stylus and drawings and installed programs and I am lazy)

o 2011/03/15(Tue)15:19 No. 288519 ID: 45be60
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>No poisons present
No offense, but I'm sort of inclined to believe the hazardous chemical claim myself. Everybody knows Crey works with some nasty stuff, it's something we have had demonstrations about in the past. In all honesty, they are usually pretty good about proper storage and disposal these days. I'd like to claim some credit there, but you don't have to be an activist to complain when the fish start walking onto dry land to escape the water. We still have occasional complaints about them even HAVING such chemicals in the first place, because of exactly this sort of situation, but the most support we can reliably muster for that is the fukkin NIMBYs. Probably why this place was down by the docks.

Florence dusts off an outdated laptop with a peeling World Wildlife Fund panda sticker on the back and boots up MS Word to start typing.

Huh, my little desk creeper looks better today. Okay, so we are doing some sort of anonymous pretend-to-be-a-scientist whistle blower thing based on your insider info? Okay, but if it turns out I'm just crazy and making this all up, I'm never listening to you again. So! The explosion came from the inside, caused by an experiment with hyper-accelerated plant growth gone awry, containment is also seeking to cover up evidence of the plants before they get out? That about cover it?

And lets talk more about how we are gonna send it.

download something that let's you use a proxy so you, and by extension us, can't be tracked down. maybe Tor?

Not too sure about the whole 'reveal the truth' angle, even anonymously. You HAVE been seen on the scene, after all, and they might start questioning witnesses.

If the authorities or Cray Industries know we've survived out here, even if they haven't figured out we're clever schmot plants, they'll try to take us back to the lab and contain us again, probably including you. Don't want that.

Listen, what you have to do to clear the name of your fellows is provide some sort of proof none of you were ever INSIDE the place or had the opportunity to, eeh, "plant" anything there. And hey, it's a science laboratory. There should be footage and records that might prove you are innocent, if they kept it seperate from where their equipment blew up.

Of course, if Cray is sitting on most of the fertile evidence themselves, they probably wouldn't share, letting you wither by trial of media.

Of course, if they don't know we're clever schmot plants, and they don't know you're helping us... maybe we could get our tendrils on that evidence. Might even figure out a way of transferring it electronically... we do seem to be doing nicely enough with brain signals, after all. Oooh, oooh! Maybe we should try a way to connect with a computer? I like getting all over stuff!

Then again you probably don't want us experimenting with and wrecking your laptop. I'd do the sigh thing, but we're pretty much constantly exhaling anyway.

Oooh! Your mobile phone, maybe? It's wrecked anyway, right?

>>288618
even if we can connect directly to a computer we are not a all in one decrypter hacker machine. we have no way of getting to the evidence because it is protected. being a smart plant puts us on the same lvl as a person not a super genius able to hack fort-Knox in ten seconds hacker.

Yeah, let's nix the hacking angle. What we CAN do is plant an underground creeper from outside their property lines, then grow close enough to get in contact with any surviving plants, then have THEM do the skulduggery.

oh and just Email it to all news agencies using a brand new email address. with the subject line being "inside info on Crey explosion"

>>288546
Yes, use Tor. Unless you include personal information with the email it's functionally impossible to trace down who sent it.

>>288519
PLANT QUEST LIVES!

Proxy sounds good. It's not like anyone at the media is gonna bother backtracing you, seeing as, unlike the FBI, they can't do anything with that info.

>>288618
>>288619
>>288620
Sorry to spoil the fun, guys, but we can interact with her brain and communicate because a brain works off of chemically induced electric impulses to alter cellular compounds, eventually translating into something sensible, which we can imitate to communicate by. Computers use pure electrical charges in a series of pulses. This isn't Hollywood. We're more psionic than technologic.

>>288645
i did say "even if we could connect" as in we can't and even if we could it wouldn't matter.

>>288645

Given a copper source and enough time we could probably form some sort of nano-copper rich root system that would interface with a computer network port. We might be able to parasite enough power from the network port to be able to send back useful information. If not, we'd need to generate an electron gradient to make our own electricity, and that's expensive as far as burning sugars. If we were attached to Florence when we did it though, we could parasite the sugars from her.

We'd still need to figure out the protocols involved (trivial given that Florence has internet access and can look up public protocols). If we had access to some of the research data on using DNA as a computing medium, and we learned how to program, I think we could pull off being a l337 h4x0r p14n7.

We're looking at a lot of time invested though.

>>288702
Sounds awesome, but maybe we should finish our current projects before starting something like that.

Have we made the flower detachable from us yet? Or finished the poison spit? We should fix these first, especially the first one.

o 2011/03/16(Wed)18:42 No. 288794 ID: 45be60
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Okay, um, ip masking is a thing... Google will help! Lets see, blah blah blah why would you need to... here we go! Random string of numbers from the list, tools, options, advanced, network, settings... stupid thing. Grr. Okay, cancel cancel cancel. scroll scroll... okay, hit manual, enter address, hit okay. I probably could have figured that out. So that was options, advanced, um... settings? yeah. Control V. Wait, Port? um... Oh! That's right, the bit after the colon isn't part of the ip number. aaaand Okay. That wasn't so hard I guess.

So are we back to sending this to the media again, and not the police? It's fine, I should just probably make some minor edits to my document first.

>>288726
The flower blossom is as readily removable as you can make it without risking it falling off accidentally. There has been insufficient consensus to proceed with plans to recreate the flytrap's digestive acid spitting ability thus far. Would you like to now?

send it everyone. more people get it the harder it is is cover up.

and not now. let's wait until she got some more food in her system so we don't drain her.

>>288794
I am against creating poison sacs inside a hole in her skull. Focus efforts on increasing the area of her body that we can effect.

>>288796
Yes, this is a critical step.

o 2011/03/18(Fri)16:47 No. 289177 ID: 45be60
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Okay, everyone, sure. Better to cover all the bases I guess.

Frustrating hours pass...

Okay, that was one of those easier said than done ideas. Finding contact info for all the regional and national news outlets is not as simple as one would imagine. I suppose that's why media relations is an official job for somebody. Carla I think her name was. But man, the police do NOT want random anonymous emails coming to them. You want to report a crime, you use the damn phone, even for anonymous tips. I did some poking around, think I got a couple valid emails for some higher ups, but I think the real way to do this would be to figure out some contact info for whatever detective is on the case. That's what the TV crime dramas tell me anyway. Not sure how to go about that.

I also took a look at that wikileaks thing, since it was all over the news a while back. But since I don't really have any "official" documents to leak, I don't think they'll be too excited about helping me.

[i]While we're thinking of it, I suppose I should try plugging in my phone, see what happens. And soon bed I think, it's getting late.

[Roll me a D2 for the phone. Low is always better round here.]

rolled 1 = 1

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>>289177
How are you feeling? It's been a while.

sure, bad sounds fine. we'll try to get some seeds ready to spread all over the place when you wake up.
good night.

o 2011/03/22(Tue)01:50 No. 290046 ID: 45be60
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Okay, the little light came on, that's a good sign. I'll try it in the morning and see if it still makes calls n' junk. Good night, don't do anything crazy over night.

[End of Chapter 1]

o 2011/03/22(Tue)02:08 No. 290050 ID: 45be60
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[[Bonus Objective - Still Small Voice achieved]]
Get Florence through the day without demonstrating plant powers to anyone.

[[Bonus Objective - The Head of a Pin achieved]]
Keep Florence's floral contamination subtle and under wraps.

>>290046
[Spend all night monitoring Flora's condition and taking corrective action as needed.]

>>290069
agree. make sure nothing bad happens. even if it makes her pillow have a blood spot.

>>290050
Aww darn it, I was doing so well at keeping the flower on the right side of her head and remembering which pictures were in a mirror, then I messed up the profile pic. HERP