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Entry 36: Branchflare Nymphs

Another burst of green flame errupted from the grounds of the desert that, frankly, looked like it was about to morph in to some kind of freaky green rock-demon at any minute. Vince kept himself on the guard, using his brand new, shiny Hallowed Armor to keep himself protected enough. And, let's face it, get around most of the crap thrown AT him but he Holy-Dodged or whatever.

"I HATE THIS PLACE!" Shouted Sonata. It looked like the whole wasteland was on fire. Green fire.

A very long snake emerged from the half-fire stones that hissed at her, ignited in even more of their super-fire, and charged at her. Sonata barely deflected it with her True Excalibur. "What the FUCK are we here for?!"

"There's a tool here! A weapon! Some of the Arbignis Golems have it!" Vince replied.

"I thought that fucking Dildo Stormbow was working just well for you! You broke those robots without any issue!"

"Plantera is something different dammit! And Terra's Wrath, he's a-"

"Okay yeah I met Terra's Wrath two hundred years ago. He sucks, going here is fair game."

Tania landed in-between them, three-point style, and started looking around.

"...Everything calmed down." She said.

Vince and Sonata blinked. "Yo," said the latter, "we were so busy arguing that we didn't even notice." And Vince coughed to go with that. Not because of the ash. The Branchflare area had a surprising lack of ash, all the fire considered. Said fire that dulled out... just some emerald smoke.

A trio of green Nymphs stepped out from one of the very few bushes in the land. All of their hands were up, and all had green flames wrapped around them.

"Woah woah WOAH!" The one with a flaming, purple branch in her hand said. She waved that around, which seemed to be moving the smoke around back and forth. "Hello there! WHAT are you doing in here without proper protection? Are you trying to live here just for fun? Yeeeeesh you're putting yourself in danger!" And she got a better look at the trio. "Oh. Hi, Tania!"

Tania raised an eyebrow. "You know me and don't want to fight me?" She asked.

From behind the trio, huge jets of green fire broke out right behind them.

"Oh no we absolutely do. Dryad, Traitor of Nature, the False Prophet, yadda yadda yadda, we believe in all of that. But we don't think you should be just wandering here, this place isn't built for a human at all!"

For some reason that made Vince blush a little.

"So." Said Sonata. "Let's be clear. If it wasn't for him, you'd try to fight us?"

"Oh yeah. But you seem to be around his level-"

That got all three of them to start a heavy debate. Terms like 'power levels,' 'feats,' and 'tier lists' were thrown around a lot, Sonata saying them about five times as often as the other two combined.

"Wait! People, please!" Said another of the Branchflare Nymphs. "What about this, since you two don't seem fit to explore here yet, why don't you... relax a little? And then, once you're out of here, we can fight you properly. For the right of Terraria. And maybe we'll eat your Human friend."

Sonata shrugged. "This isn't the worst biome we've been in. I mean, fuck, we've been through the Corruption. And the DAMN. JUNGLE."

"So you're okay with a battle right now?"

"Yep!"

"You're really sure?"

"Yeah!"

"Sonata!" Said Tania.

"What?" Asked Sonata, "we've fought Nymphs before. None of us have died yet! We'll probably get to relax with them after the fight."

"Why?" Asked Vince. "I'd like to rest first."

The Branchflare Nymph shook her head. "It seems like it's two-to-one. You're going to our resort first. Then we'll escort you out of here and fight."

Sonata rolled her eyes. "Really? I don't get to fight now and get it over with? Okay... fine... but I'll be scowling for the entire time!"

"We also have pizza."

"Shit nevermind then."

Branchflare Nymphs.

Most fire is made from burning wood. The Nymphs of the Branchflares are mastery of fire that is also a form of wood. In rocky wastelands.

Preferred Environment: The Branchflares.

Environment Threat Level: Dangerous (Surface)/Severe (Underground).

Environment Stats: Wet. Hot. Fantastic. Rare. A sandy and rocky barren landscape with little plantlife, the few plants there are have the same deep green flames that could be seen along the ground.

Other Names: Greenfire Nymphs, Burnroot Nymphs.

Affinity: Fire.

Color: Dark Harlequin.

Traditional Costume Weapon: Rings of dark green flame, in sets of threes: A triad around their stomachs, a triad around each wrist, and a triad around each ankle. These, unsurprisingly, allow for powers of their type of fire.

Vince's Comment: Mirrors can do a surprisingly good job of reflecting their fire back at them! Too bad they're pretty hard to find. And expensive. I once tried using a Magic Mirror against one; it deflected her blast, but I got teleported back home right after. And I was in the middle of a long journey. Sonata and Tania, because I was the one packing all the Recall Potions on account of having the most clothes, had to walk back by themselves the whole way. I begged and begged, but Sonata already understood and Tania wasn't even that mad! Hah, I totally would have teleported away on purpose if I knew I could get away with that...

Sonata's Comment: You wouldn't think a green fireplace would be that romantic. But it surprisingly is. Of course, I'm not counting green Campfires made out of Jungle Torches, YUCK! I'm still wretching at the thought of that because they trigger, like, PTSD flashbacks of my "adventures" in the Jungle. Fuck the Jungle. ...Oh no, wait, we're gonna have to go there to finally face off with True King Slime?! NO!

Tania's Comment: Branchfire Nymphs.
Nymphae Viridignus.
PLEASE do not confuse this with Cursed Flames. Yes, Branchflame is involved with "curses," and it is an uncommon form of nature. Yes, they are both green fire that not even water can extinguish that typically burns hotter than "regular" fire. BUT. Cursed Flames are a part of the Corruption, my mortal enemy. Branchflame, on the other hand, is natural, darker, and...
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...I might have to come up with more on this later. Maybe in the Second Edition? I draw a blank on this subject, this worries me.

Closing AN:

Day 12, done, and holy shit I feel like I'm already running out of mini-story ideas. Yeah, they are by far the hardest part of the story to write and I feel like rewriting tons of them to actually be focused on sexual stuff. (Entry 25 is not one of them, by the way. That one is supposed to be just a pure story-hinting bit of brainfuckery, and there is a bonus story where everyone in Part 1 is involved in an orgy. Although that one will be rewritten to feature all of them.)

Yeah these are very rushed. Also I still haven't "caught up" with my set-"getting ahead," which by now would have been having all the roughs finished. So... sorry!

"None of us have died yet" is not a respawn joke. (Well, not in-universe, anyway.) Another little thing about this and RTLD: There's no respawning. When someone dies, they're dead for good. This also means that all the bosses slain are dead for good, there's no refights or anything. And yeah, sorry Empress of Light fans, I will say right now that she will die in this continuity and won't come back.

I don't think I've had Vince and Tania interact very much, they're usually interacting with Sonata as a buffer, I want to try to change that. I mean, it kind of makes sense seeing what I have for their characters so far, but still. They're supposed to be a trio. Not "Sonata and two saner people she interacts with."

Also.

Admit it.

You have called the Daedalus Stormbow that at least once.