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Benevolent Beauty
An employee at the French Quarter in Literacy with a keen memory for customers and shockingly spot-on recommendations. Something of an outcast, although more out of keeping to herself than out of being disliked. Seems mysterious to most, but her friends know she just has a rather one-track mind.
Officially, her epithet allows her to harvest magical fruits from thin air with various properties. There's, uh... a little more than that, though.
Has ageusia from an unknown cause, though it is likely related to her epithet. She sleeps from 4pm to 10pm and works from 12am to 8am. And somehow, she remains a functional human being.
La la latest harvest, it yields sweets
PLUCK!Can physically pluck out local spirits of the dead (plants, animals, areas, and the most delicious of all: humans), with special effects added based on specific locations. Because “souls” can just as easily come from plants, wildlife, and even cultures and areas themselves, this passive also grants an abstract buff to spatial awareness of geography and location. Souls can be plucked from living creatures, although the effects are unpleasant at best. Zero stamina if used once, 2 for every consecutive use or during battle. Plucked spirits take the form of harvested fruits and veggies with randomly generated magical properties. The crops plucked are chosen based on a 1d8 roll from a set list:
- Annoying Apple: Pretty annoying, tbh. Heals one stamina when eaten, deals one point of damage when thrown.
- Pelting Potato: Deals 1d4 damage when thrown.
- Yummy Yam: Heals for 1d4 stamina. Deals 1 damage when thrown.
- Shielding Squash: Halves all damage taken for three turns. When thrown, forms a solid barrier wherever it lands that can take up to 6 damage before breaking.
- Levitating Lime: Doubles movement speed and jump height for four turns, while halving fall damage. Heals for 1 stamina, deals 1 damage when thrown.
- Reviving Radish: Heals for 2d4 stamina. Deals 2 damage when thrown. Heals for 3d4 when given to someone with zero or one stamina.
- Benumbing Berries: Three small berries that when thrown deal 1d4 damage. Upon impact, the enemy has halved movement and disadvantage for two turns. Heal for 2 damage if eaten.
- Pulchritudinous Pocket Pumpkin: When thrown in an area, grants 20 stamina on every ally within 2 tiles and advantage on all rolls for the next turn.
Stored HarvestOrdinarily, plucked foods go bad shortly after encounters, making them mostly unusable on a moment-to-moment basis. However, this allows you to “store” one plucked crop in your own miniature pocket dimension indefinitely! After unlocking your Outclass, this goes up to three.
I’d Give My Life For You, Or At Least An Apple Sized Chunk!Takes 3 stamina plucked from own soul in order to create small apple that heals for 6 stamina to a non-self participant.
She’s An Animaniac Is That A Joke OrTakes a plucked soul and places it into a nearby machine or plant, animating it for three turns with actions dependent on the possessed device.
Long Grabby Arms Go WoooooshUses plastic fruit grabby thingy to reach out forward with spectral tendrils that can restrain enemies or grab things REAL FAR AWAY.
Beware! The below may contain spoilers for Descent Literacy Extent. Read at your own risk.
one day, I will write this.
"Lucy may seem upbeat and just raring to go all the time, but she actually has a huge heart. I couldn't ask for a better friend."
Renli and Lucy met when they were taking their respective animals on walks. Lulu spotted Renli with a plucked fruit and immediately started barking, causing Lucy to apologize. Always ready to forgive, Renli easily accepted and handed over an apple as a peace offering. For Lulu, she introduced them to her pet rat, to whom they took a liking. With that, Lulu warmed up to Renli, so Lucy and Renli began to hang out in the park regularly. Once the group formed, they became very close friends.
"I know a lot of people don't like him, but he's actually a really nice guy. Really! You just have to get to know him."
Zane and Renli first met when he stumbled into the French Quarter at an early hour and found her present instead of Rika. She was immediately aware of the discomfort his epithet could bring (though she was unaware of the cause), and would often avoid him as a result. Still, as the group grew closer, they inevitably did as well. Nowadays, she's still trying to convince him to be a little more thoughtful of others.
"Twos is such a sweetheart. I don't really know anyone who doesn't get along with her!"
Renli was committing her packed lunch to her stomach after a grueling shift when Twos plopped down in the seat across from her with three servings of ice cream and proceeded to ramble about her day. During this monologue, Renli watched with fascination as Twos quickly downed all three servings. They have been close friends since.
"John has been our good friend since we left Literacy. ... um, how he came about? I wonder... It's just as much a mystery to me as it is to you!"
tbh i'll add more when there's more here lol
"Ah... I really hope Truck is doing alright."
Truck was initially perceived as a threat to the neatness of Renli's apartment. However, as she held the bucket in which she had caught her, the two made eye contact. Renli found she could not simply let someone with such soulful eyes and softly-downturned ears into the unforgiving wilderness. From then onward, the two became inseparable companions.
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