/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>71922120
Hmmm... that much saplification could indicate that maybe they were too late in their worship. They might be closer to being a treant or nymph at that point. Its not set in stone yet though

>>23991716
Sprinkle of /uuu/ lore; any other saplings that want to add/edit feel free, but from the last few days of talking it seems like there was general consensus on these points

>Relationships with immediate neighbors
>/nasa/
Generally positive
They offered to trade us some baked goods
>/who/
Tentative
There's some history between us as nations as well as lore between our deities.
They have requested passage through our forests to be able to travel/trade more directly with /nasa/
>/rrat/
No monks have come down from the mountains to speak with us yet.

>Relationships with other nations
>/meat/
Commercial
Have offered us open trade with any of their goods, but we have no immediate need of anything at the moment.
>/risu/
Friendly (?) with some cultural schisms
Overall /uuu/ has a cultural stigma against what we call "squeebing", due to the very seiso nature of our deity. Despite this, Risuners have expressed an extreme desire to sail to our forrest for a cultural exchange of sorts.
It should be noted that as of the time of this writing, /uuu/ has no docks or naval infrastructure of any kind.

>Sapling biology
Saplings are human-plant hybrids. For now the terms "ent" and "druid" have been used interchangeably.
>Cause
Saplings metamorphose into progressively more and more plant-like beings over time. The change is a side-effect of spending so much time in Fauna's forest, which is catalyzed by the worship and rituals of our deity.
While the forest affects any human that spends sufficient time in it, without active worship it will never reach the levels of physical change displayed in the average sapling anatomy.
>Lifecycle
(picrel)
All saplings start out with their normal human DNA intact. Over time the plant-like changes become more pronounced.
After enough time has passed, the metamorphosis process will diverge. While most all saplings look similar in the start (bark-like skin, greener hair, small protrusions of leaves and branches), once the divergence processes begin, they will turn into something different.
There are categories saplings tend to change into, with some being more common than others. While they primarily continue to exhibit plant-like qualities, some may also begin to display animal-like properties as well (hooves, antlers, extra limbs, etc)
Though currently unverified, there exist legends and myths within the sapling community speaking of chosen saplings turning into kirin, the mortal form of their deity.

While it may be a pretty shitty representation, this is something I propose as a sapling lifecycle. (With a unfathomably small chance of becoming a Kirin)