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KestrelGirl11/25/2018, 12:58:19 AM6 votes

Nah. Do you know how normal tree petrification works? TL;DR fossilized trees. Petrified wood can have opal in it IRL - it's pretty cool!

petrified wood - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Petrified_wood_closeup_2.jpg

opalized wood - http://www.fossilmuseum.net/plantfossils/Plantae-sp-indet/Pw009a.jpg

Febos11/25/2018, 1:34:40 AM6 votes

I'm pretty sure whatever cursed Cassiopeia is related to Ascended/Targonian magic.

And why would Cassio turn people into petricide, which nullifies magic therefore nullifying itself? You're reaching on this one.

YDy2ZkRq0211/25/2018, 12:32:10 PM3 votes

Searing emerald light blazed from Cassiopeia’s eyes. The man’s final panic was outlined in silhouette as he petrified from the inside out. His stare hardened, greyed, and stiffened, his last cry of terror stifled as her curse transformed his flesh to stone.

Cassiopeia slithered up to the statue and softly caressed its hard cheek. What was once skin fractured into a grisly pattern resembling a dried riverbed.

“Once, I had to manipulate, bribe, or otherwise... persuade people to orchestrate my schemes” she said. “But now... now I simply take what I want.”

She whipped her tail forward, smashing the statue to the ground. She smiled, eyes glinting, as it shattered into a thousand pieces of dust and rubble.

Do you really think that Petricite would be smashed by Cassiopeia's tail that easily?

XIII Vanitas11/25/2018, 11:37:56 AM1 votes

No.