Matcha Mossie & Grape Glop — Moss & Monster Menagerie

· Field Entry · № 004

Matcha Mossie

Camellia foragea

— the Herbalist —

Knows every plant within a mile's walk of the cottage. Catalogues finds in a green-ribboned notebook. Makes a surprisingly fierce ginger tea for colds.

· observed · Noted pausing at the woodland edge each morning, weighing a nettle leaf between two careful pseudopods before the cut.

Habitat: the back garden & woodland edge
Diet: nettles, chamomile, steeped silence
Tools: drying rack · small scissors
Mood: observant · curious · slow to startle

· quirks ·

knows every plant within a mile of the cottage
catalogues finds in a green-ribboned notebook
brews a surprisingly fierce ginger tea

flora: nettle, chamomile, wild ginger

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Grape Glop

Vitis incantata

— the Hedge Witch —

Claims to practice "kitchen-adjacent magic." Mostly this means very accurate weather predictions and suspiciously good bread. The hat was a gift. Probably.

· observed · Observed on the porch at odd hours, stirring the iron mortar and reading the clouds as though they were a page of notes.

Habitat: moonlit porch, at any odd hour
Diet: elderflower, wild plums, borrowed recipes
Tools: pointed hat · iron mortar
Mood: wry · mischievous · soft-hearted

· quirks ·

practices "kitchen-adjacent magic"
forecasts weather with uncanny accuracy
bakes suspiciously good bread

flora: elderflower, wild plum, mugwort