EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK ENTRY: The Gardeners - Heads of Poisonous Plantlife Department
If Deadly Fauna tackles the deaths caused by animals, then the Poisonous Plantlife Dept. the former's equivalent for plants. And who better to run this overgrown domain than one peculi- Uh...... I mean a group of peculiar botanists, each having knowledge of every single plant that's ever been on earth.
Venus- The defacto leader of the group, he's the one who approves the decisions for whatever plans his partners, thanagers and employees working in their Department have. A lot of employees describe him as being a modest, no-nonsense, by-the-book flytrap (Similarly to A.V.8 to some extent), whatever he says, it goes. Though modest, he does treat those in his department like a community, most notably, he has a romantic relationship with his partner, Lili. Interestingly, his appearance as a Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) stems from his fascination with deadly and carnivorous plants when he was alive, which ironically took his life when he was testing a flytrap's nectar-secreting and digestive glands which he accidently got into his mouth. Now in death, he embodies the very thing he loved, with a little sunhat to go with it
Lili- One would think she's awful and mean just from smelling her rotting stench, but as a wise man once said, don't judge a person by their smell. And that's the case with Lili. Contrary to all beliefs, as rotten as her stench is, This corpse lily, at her core, is the most sweetest woman the group ever has, ensuring those working in their department are happy and safe, especially the safe part since there are giant carnivorous plants in their department the size of trucks, ready to eat anyone in any given moment. She's essentially Venus' partner, both in work and in love, She's also responsible for overseeing their staff's morale via free lunch and garden therapy, ensuring it isn't dampened in anyway. This reflects alot on her living life, being a researcher on toxic plants at a local facility, most notably having done research on the Corpse Lily (Amorphophallus titanum). She found herself fascinated by it, how could something so beautiful be so smelly? Unfortunately, a toxic gas outbreak in the facility claimed her while she was still researching on the plant. Ironically enough, she became the plant she spent her years researching. And it's also where she met her partner Venus, and considering right now, safe to say they got along with each other really well. She was also the reason why Venus decided to open their department in the first place
Belle- The first moment you look at her, you start to wonder, What's going on inside that purple head of hers. Then you start getting to know her and find that while a little shy, she's pretty easy going and pleasant to be around. However, for someone who has a keen eye on certain things, they can almost notice Belle's constant nervousness, and muttering under her breath, something about soup or something. With that, some may think she's hiding something behind that shyness. However, what they don't realize is that the truth is far more complicated than what they think. Her personality, it's genuine, but she has plenty of skeletons in her closet, something only Death and the other members of The Gardeners know. In life, she was a introverted girl that attended college. This sadly made her a target of relentless bullying by many of the popular kids, already friendless and completely helpless, she was like a small mouse cornered by viscous cats. But like any cornered mouse, she knew the only way out was to bite back. Using her experiences in Agriculture, Belle grew a pot full of Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna) Where she intended to put small doses in her tormentors' food, just enough to make them sick for a while. But it went horribly wrong during lunch time when she accidently dropped a bowl full of them in the pot of soup which was supposed to go into different bowls with the bullies' names tagged, this resulted in a massive incident involving the poisoned soup, some survived but many, including Belle, were killed by it. Even in death, she holds immense guilt for what she did, it's overwhelming to the point that the other Gardeners have to calm her and assure her that everything is okay
Pitch- Safe to say, this gardener is easily the most eccentric out of them all. Pitch, also known as "The King of Plants" is the group's Fertilizer man, responsible for distributing the nutrients for the many plants in their department, and trust me when i say it, he does it in style. Fitting too, as many people describe him as being an Elvis type of a guy, shaking his plant body to the beat, shaping his lid to look like the King of Rock n' Roll, to humming iconic Elvis songs while preparing the fertilizer for the plants. When he was alive, he used to be the life of the party everything he went, until he got too into it during a party at the public green house, which resulted in his death after he drank the digestive enzymes of a pitcher plant (Nepenthes muluensis) mistaking it for a drink. But even in death, you can't keep a good pitfall down, especially when he has friends in the afterlife who support him
Drake- Out of all of the members of the Gardeners, Drake is essentially the most laid back of them all, even bordering on full hippie, ironic considering he was a hippie when he was alive, who died after eating the flowers of a Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum), hence why he looks like the titular plant, roots and all. In terms of his role in the Gardeners, he acts as the group's poison tester, creating the various poisons, toxins and enzymes found in many plants, as well as testing how potent they are. He's also knows when something's wrong, like every time Belle suffers a panic episode, Drake's always the first one to calm her down when this happens. This just goes to show just how humble and kind he is, whether as a human, or as a plant
Potty- Potty isn't actually alive, The gardeners just drew some eyes on the flower pot they're inhabiting since the open part that the plant tendrils came out of looked like a mouth. However, while it did started off as a joke, it became apart of their identity, as the flower pot acts as mean to intimidate those who dare tried to harm their beloved gardens
The "Gardener"- The "Gardener" is a strange case, probably on a similar level to Maxxx. No one knows where he came from, how he died or how he even got a job at Death Inc. whatever he is, it's a mystery. The only thing known about him is that he's human, that and he's one of the Thanagers of this Department, being the local assistant to The Gardeners, whether helping them out with mundane tasks or tending to the many plants in their department. People also tend to mistake him for being the sorrow of Poisonous Plantlife, probably because the Gardeners aren't around often, with The "Gardener" being the first person they'll likely meet when they enter the Dept. Not even Death is safe from this, as he's mistaken him as the sorrow plenty of times, leading The Gardeners- the real sorrows -having to clear up the confusion. But regardless of who he is, Sorrow, Thanager, or Employee, he's easily the most mysterious person whose ever walked on the company grounds
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