✿ Flower DTAE - Rafflesia! ✿

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Whew finally!! Description further down Im freeeeeeee. !!Please read!! Say hi to Raffi! I haven’t made a whole lot of backstory yet, but here’s what I have… Raffi lives in the deep rainforest, in a small village. The place was not very wealthy, but wasn’t unhappy—everyone had a role to play and a job to do. However, there was a reason the village was poor: the world’s government, called the Ministry, was overtaxing the region for its abundance in agriculture and wildlife. One day, Raffi was wandering in the rainforest, when a strange vine grabbed her leg and stopped her in her tracks. More vines came and ensnared Raffi, stronger than her struggles. Then a voice, deep and dreamlike, came: “I can help you. I can be your salvation, just let me into your mind. With me, your village will eat well.” Raffi’s eyes were forced shut, and before her was a single corpse flower in the dark expanse of her mind. The sound had come from the flower. “I can be your salvation, just let me into your mind. You wish to punish those who have taken.” Without warning, Raffi was freed from the vines’ entanglement, and she rushed back home. Something, however, kept bringing her back to the flower in her dreams and, eventually, in reality. Each time, the vines would ensnare her, and she would be presented with the corpse flower. It spoke to her of many things, mainly of the fall of the Ministry and the saving of her village. It kept repeating one phrase: “I can be your salvation, just let me into your mind.” The ideas were intriguing—the flower was intelligent, and devised perfect strategies for the uprooting of the Ministry. One day, Raffi accepted the offer; she let the flower into her mind. Raffi awoke in a daze—she had no recollection of anything that had happened in the past few hours, but the once powerful and intimidating structure known as the main headquarters of the Ministry. How she had got there, she had no memory, but the only rumor shared within the coming months were of he Ministry’s downfall. After that, the corpse flower spoke only in whispers in Raffi’s mind, describing what it could do. It explained, “I am one with the forest. Do you not wish to test my strength on the growing of your peoples’ crops?” After some time, Raffi accepted, and she once again had little memory of the past few hours. The harvest bloomed with tropical fruits and vegetables; the village ate well, as promised! However, a change had come in Raffi. The flower spoke louder. Her hands trembled. The flower took control more often. Vines wrapped around her limbs and face, her eyes distorted, and her mind was no longer safe. Present day, Raffi fights for control over her body, avoiding most human contact for fear of being enticed by the corpse flower to allow it into her thoughts.