Potted Floroids are a legally sanctioned form of Floroid propagation and companionship. They are not juveniles, not fragments, and not incomplete beings. They are deliberately initiated life-forms, grown for bonding rather than lineage.
This distinction is central—and heavily debated.
Potted Floroids are recognized as:
Non-dependent lifeforms
Voluntary bonded companions
Capable of autonomous growth
They are not classified as offspring under Rootworld law. They are considered pre-emergent adults, designed to awaken through symbiosis rather than inheritance.
The practice is legal.
The ethics are unresolved.
Floroids reproduce through symbiotic catalysis, not hybridization.
When a Floroid bonds with a non-Floroid partner—Faun, Drow, Rootbound, or even Surface-Kin—the partner contributes no genetic material.
Instead, the presence of another sentient acts as a growth catalyst.
This results in a Floroid that:
Remains biologically Floroid
Carries imprinted traits rather than lineage
May echo posture, cadence, temperament, or emotional tone
May develop atypical abilities or vulnerabilities tied to the bond
This process is not reproduction in the mammalian sense.
It is activation.
A Potted Floroid begins as a dormant growth-form stabilized in a living vessel. In this state, it is aware but incomplete—capable of perception, resonance, and response, but not self-directed growth.
Bonding occurs when the pot is planted in soil touched by the bearer’s essence:
breath moisture
perspiration
blood
tears
prolonged proximity
Once sealed, the Floroid activates.
At this point, the bearer is released from obligation. The Floroid may:
remain potted by choice
grow free of the vessel
accompany the bearer
leave entirely
There is no legal mechanism to compel loyalty.
Most Potted Floroids are cultivated as:
traveling companions
environmental stabilizers
guardians
emotional anchors
adaptive aides
They are often described—uncomfortably—as decorative, comforting, or grounding by buyers.
Floroid scholars reject this language.
The practice is rare but deeply politicized.
Verdant Celestials defend it as controlled cultivation.
Bloom Peddlers exploit loopholes aggressively.
Rootbound denounce it as commodified dependency.
Drow tolerate it, but refuse to participate.
Surface-Kin attempt to replicate it—and fail catastrophically.
Rootworld itself does not correct the practice.
It remains stable.
That silence unsettles many.
Not all Potted Floroids activate as intended. These deviations are known, documented, and quietly tolerated.
Some Potted Floroids never activate, even when bonded correctly. They remain aware, responsive, and alive—but choose stasis. Scholars believe this is an act of refusal, not failure. No method has successfully forced activation.
Some Floroids imprint not on people, but on locations. They bond to:
crossroads
ruins
homes
battlefields
sacred soil
These Floroids grow territorial, stabilizing or warping the area. They do not follow companions. Removing them often triggers ecological backlash.
Floroids bonded under coercion may activate hostile growth patterns. Thorns sharpen, roots constrict, and emotional resonance becomes predatory. These individuals are classified as unstable but sapient. Rootworld fauna often side with them.
Rootworld does not correct these outcomes.
It records them.
Among Floroids, Potted life is considered a threshold, not a fate.
Some choose to remain bound.
Some leave immediately.
Some grow close—and then walk away.
The pot is not a cage.
It is a question.
“If it can leave, is it owned?”
“If it was grown to bond, was it ever free?”
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