AA: Poisoned Land

Nisalvini: Poisoned Land

This was getting ridiculous, no matter how much he cut down it just seemed more black vines or plants would grown in their place. Galen glared at the black plants, trying to will them to burst into flame but alas magic wasn’t his forte. He wasn’t the only one helping with cutting down the horrid black menaces. Anyone who could hold a blade and knew how to be careful was trying to help. The scholars and researchers were doing their part, searching through the books and testing small samples of the plants and water that were contaminated by what ever was making Nisalvini into a mess.

“How the hell are they growing so fast?”

“Maybe it’s a sign from the gods?” 

Galen looked down from the make shift ladder he was on, glaring the two people who were suppose to be helping him out. Both flinched and quickly got to work, ignoring the red head as much as possible while working on the task of removing the horrible plants.

“…do you think we should burn them?” 

“Probably not, the ash would just float into the air and poison those who breathe it in.” Galen answered while throwing the vines he had cut into a basket carefully. Who knew what would happen if some of the liquid in the plant got on the skin, or worse a cut. The other helpers just grumbled something under their breaths while Galen climbed down from the ladder, picking up the full basket of black vines, leaves and other plants that held signs of whatever was making them black and headed towards where all the other baskets full of the tainted plants were. 

None of the books in the library told him anything, though Galen could hardly understand some of the words in the books to begin with. Searching endlessly in books for information on a plague that turns plants black when nothing like this ever happened here. But he was a fresh pair of eyes in a group of weary scholars, teachers and philosophers in this library so it couldn’t hurt to try.

“Couldn’t it just be a mold?” He asked, earning a long hard look from one of the near by scholars.

 “A mold wouldn’t affect some of the plants that are being affected.”

 Galen winced at the sharp tone, wondering why he even tries talking to guys like this sometimes. “What about the berries some have found, couldn’t that be a new species that’s spreading whatever is turning everything black?” He asked but only got a glare in response.

 “That might be plausible if not for the water being contaminated as well.”

Galen shut the book he was reading and just picked up another one up.  “If it affects both then yeah it does.” He muttered and the scholar just snorted in response. Galen just frowned, glancing through it and blinking. Why was a book of erotica in this stack? Well the books were everywhere so weird books were likely to pop up, but really?