The flower kept growing until it was hanging over them.
It looked beautiful and eye-catching, so beautiful that it made them want to reach out and touch it, despite it being out of reach. Wooyun couldn't help being reminded of the story of Tantulus. A king who dared to test the gods by killing his own son and offering him to the gods. He was sent to the underworld as punishment, where he was condemned to eternal hunger and thirst. Standing in a pool of water where a large fruit tree dangled before him, but every time he reached for it, the branches would withdraw.
It was an eternal, unreachable temptation. And the longer they stared at the flower, the more they wanted to touch it. What they didn't realize was that the plant, since it had sprouted, had already released a thin veil of hallucinogens around the room, which they had unknowingly inhaled. It was already taking effect, and they didn't even know it.
