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Plant Story by 0000FF Beard

Plants, they are everywhere.
But not only farmers and roadworkers are interested in them: fighters, traders and even medics may have their way blocked by some trees.
Just 10 squares of plants can make a difference of up to 25 action points, depending on their density.
If those 10 squares have no plants growing on them, it'll only cost 5 action points to walk along them.
However, if they are all completely filled with trees, it will take 30 action points to get across them (10 to chop a path, 20 to walk), and more than 100 action points to remove all vegetation.
And altough beaches can be used to travel without seeing a single bush, sometimes there simply is no other option but going trough the jungle.
Natives know that very well, as they live near the centre of the island.

To solve the problem of the plants, people started to make roads, to cut down all nature in their camp and to cut down everything they ever saw.
Later, clans dedicated to maintaining roads were created, and finally the Deforestation Movement apeared.
Very soon big deserts and empty areas started to show up.
There were groups that wanted to protect the nature, however, but they were no longer present at the time these destructive clans were made.
Only one person could stop this terrible vegetal massacre: Batman!
He was out of town, unfortunately.

Dr. Livingstone, a scientist from York, had recently completed a long and dangerous travel escaping from the insane authorities of his home camp, after which he really wanted to take a long time of relax before his next adventure.
While on said travel, he heard strange stories telling about liquids that could manipulate the growth rate of plants.
He had not much interesting to do in his new home, and decided to see if those tales were true.
Expensive supplies were needed for his experiment, however, but as soon as those were obtained, he entered the jungle.

Fresh water, salt water, mango juice, banana juice, beer, rum and poison berry juice, those were the liquids he poured on different parts of the ground.
The next day, he was very surprised when he saw that the fresh water had caused plants to grow in just one day.
That meant it would no longer take 70 days for the vegetation of a square to grow back, but only 10 days.
Salt water slowed the growth down, but not too much, and the other liquids seemed to have almost no effect at all.
It was one of the most successful experiments (and the only one) he had ever made.

You might wonder why this experiment was useful, and the answer is simple: knowing how to get jungle back is very important for people who want to fight deforestation, make defenses around their village, block roads or cut words into the jungle and make a mistake while doing so.

Remember, kids: when you're thirsty, don't drink the water, instead pour it on our future overlords, the plants.