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This is one of the blood-red flowers that grows only in places where the anthropomorphic personification of dreams kills his son, and his son's blood spills on the ground. As you can imagine, it's pretty rare. It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy.  
This is one of the blood-red flowers that grows only in places where the anthropomorphic personification of dreams kills his son, and his son's blood spills on the ground. As you can imagine, it's pretty rare. It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy.  


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==References==
==References==
*The bit about it being poppy likely refers to World War I graves and battlesites, where poppies grow in memory.
*The bit about it being poppy likely refers to World War I graves and battlesites, where poppies grow in memory.
*The description refers to Neil Gaiman's epic series ''The Sandman'', in which Morpheus, the anthropomorphic personification of dreams, is forced by circumstance to kill his son, Orpheus.  In a series of panels immediately after the death, blood falls from Morpheus's hands, hits the ground and turns into flowers.
*The description refers to Neil Gaiman's epic series ''The Sandman'', in which Morpheus, the anthropomorphic personification of dreams, is forced by circumstance to kill his son, Orpheus.  In a series of panels immediately after the death, blood falls from Morpheus's hands, hits the ground and turns into flowers.
*''Blood Flowers'' is the title of an album by The Cure, and the description "It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy" is a description of the band's sound.
*''Blood Flowers'' is the title of an album by The Cure, and the description "It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy" is a description of the band's sound.



Revision as of 22:35, 8 April 2006

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This is one of the blood-red flowers that grows only in places where the anthropomorphic personification of dreams kills his son, and his son's blood spills on the ground. As you can imagine, it's pretty rare. It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy.


Selling Price: 75 Meat.

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References

  • The bit about it being poppy likely refers to World War I graves and battlesites, where poppies grow in memory.
  • The description refers to Neil Gaiman's epic series The Sandman, in which Morpheus, the anthropomorphic personification of dreams, is forced by circumstance to kill his son, Orpheus. In a series of panels immediately after the death, blood falls from Morpheus's hands, hits the ground and turns into flowers.
  • Blood Flowers is the title of an album by The Cure, and the description "It looks like a dark, depressing flower, but smells surprisingly sweet and poppy" is a description of the band's sound.

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