Mayflower bouquet

Mayflower bouquet

This is a big bunch of tiny May flowers, brought forth by April showers and then placed in this beautifully-arranged bouquet. If you look closely, you can see the tiny pilgrims in it. They're very compact.

Type: familiar equipment
Familiar: any
Cannot be discarded

+5 to Familiar Weight

NOTE: This item cannot be equipped while in Hardcore.

(In-game plural: Mayflower bouquets)

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Obtained From

Obsoleted Areas/Methods

Stores

Mr. Store (1 Mr. Accessory)

Prize

The Raffle House

Messages

During Combat

• <name> holds out the Mayflower bouquet toward your opponent. They stop to smell the flowers instead of attacking you. (6.5% chance)*

After Combat

• <name> looks into the Mayflower bouquet, frowns, pulls out an undesirable flower and discards it. It lands in your pocket. (base 50% chance, see notes)*

You acquire an item: tin magnolia (20% chance)*

(or)

You acquire an item: upsy daisy (20% chance)*

(or)

You acquire an item: lesser grodulated violet (20% chance)*

(or)

You acquire an item: half-orchid (20% chance)*

(or)

You acquire an item: begpwnia (20% chance)*

• <name> holds the Mayflower bouquet out in front of you, and you stop to smell the flowers. (50% chance; followed by one of the following, each of which is equally likely)*

How cute! You pat <name> on the head and offer some words of encouragement and support.
(+3 familiar experience)

(or)

It reminds you that the best things in life are free. Then you remember that you can keep them for the birds and bees, and start sniffing around for extra Meat.
(+40% Meat from Monsters)

(or)

It gives you time to reflect on the experience of this fight, and makes it more meaningful to you.
(Grants you five substat points.)

(or)

The fresh, clean scent of the flowers inspires you and <name> to dance a little jig together. You feel lucky!
(+25% item drop)

Flower Effects

Flower		Effect Name	Effect
	Tin magnolia	Tin, Man	+5 Damage Reduction
	Upsy daisy	Ass Over Teakettle	+50% Combat Initiative
	Lesser grodulated violet	Fustulent	+15 Stench Damage +15 Damage to Stench Spells
	Half-orchid	Bestial Sympathy	+3 Familiar Weight
	Begpwnia	Can't Be a Chooser	+30% Meat from Monsters

Notes

• May 2007's item of the month from Mr. Store.

Its in-store description: +5 lbs of familiar, does lots of neat flowery stuff in combat.

• Equips on any familiar except for the Comma Chameleon.
• Can drop a flower and give one of the flower-smelling effects after the same combat.
• Flower drop rate is 50% for the first one, 40% for the second, etc., down to 10% for the fifth. For any subsequenct flowers the drop rate is 1%. The counter controlling the drop rate resets at rollover and the rate is not influenced by any modifiers.
• The sword behind inappropriate prepositions has no effect on the Bouquet's combat messages.
• First prize in The Raffle House on January 16, 2008.
• First prize in The Raffle House on April 16, 2021.

References

• The description refers to the joke: Q. "If April showers bring May flowers, then what do May-flowers bring?" A. "Pilgrims."
• This is a meta-reference to the voyage of the Mayflower ship. Their "compact" nature refers to the Mayflower Compact they signed before disembarking from the ship.
• The message talking about the "best things in life" and the "birds and bees" refers to the song "Money (That's What I Want)", by Barrett Strong.
• The message talking about the "fresh, clean scent" may be a reference to advertisements for the soap Irish Spring.

See Also

• Familiar Weight
• Stunning

Collection

• 🥇: BoozerBear (#4576) - 97
• 🥈: Growpy (#1201951) - 10
• 🥉: Mystic_Potato (#154601) - 9
• #4: Lord Budroe (#1071487), OkbYe (#104907), stdout (#647319) - 6
• #7: gonepostal (#96104) - 5
• #8: Riff (#27048), TexTchDd (#478339) - 4
• #10: Boofalo (#196531) - 3

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