Observations of Fae Effects

On board the ship from Ebonait to the lands of Olak Vald, I found myself with an unprecedented amount of free time. I offered some of my services to the captain, largely out of idle boredom, but after repairing a few damaged boards, tools, and parts of the hull, the captain relieved me of such opportunities, stating that my aptness was likely to create some dissatisfaction amongst the normal crew. I suspect he worried that their pride in their work would be injured by seeing their poor results so easily outshined.
 
So, with little other action to sate my idleness, I decided this would be a prime opportunity to experiment with the boon placed upon me by the queen of the Timber Throne. To this point, I’ve yet to interact with this power, admittedly due in no small part to a certain amount of unease with the foreign presence now contained within me. While I expect the possibility of ascension will require the integration of external forces into my own, that possibility has yet to be truly tangible until this very time. For the first time, I’ve achieved an evolution to my being rather than simply incorporating an external accessory into the operation of my mechanics. At least, that is the hypothesis. Hence, I find the need to test and analyze the changes that have come as a result of this integration.
 
Day 1
I decided that my first experiment should be a conservative one, given that I had not yet tapped into the fae magic bestowed upon me. So, I descended to the ship’s hold, departing from any prying eyes and hopefully mitigating the risks to any crew of releasing the arcane energy without a full understanding of its effect. The goal of the experiment was three-fold: first, to witness the magic’s impact first-hand; second, to better understand the need for existing flora to benefit from the infusion of magic; and third, to determine the vertical and lateral radius of impact.
 
Day 1 - Outcome
The experience of releasing the fae boon’s potential was not quite anything I’ve encountered before. As of being of metal and consciousness, I am not precisely acquainted with the feeling of respiration, but the best analogy to which I can associate the release of the fae boon is that of releasing a deep breath of air. The potency radiated out from a part of my physical form in a brief but steady stream. Prior to release, I had a vague sense of the magic’s presence within. After, a vague sense of emptiness and fatigue replaced it.
The effects of the magic were immediately apparent, but not exactly what I had expected. Many regions of mold and fungus staining the ship’s hull ballooned outward in rapid expansion. The wooden boards, long dead remains of trees, sprouted new, gnarly shoots of growth. Seeds and spores which had made residence in the hold’s nooks and crannies suddenly found a surge of life within them, blossoming to maturity in mere moments. I had not expected such a potent reaction from the otherwise inert or deceased flora, but in hindsight, the energy released necessitated vessels to receive it, regardless of their quality.
The lateral impact of the rampant growth matched my expectations. However, the experiment proved a failure when determining the vertical impact. My intent was to depart from the origin of the effect once released and observe any remains left behind in the quarters above, determining if the effect is bound by direct accessibility to nearby flora, or if any flora within the true radius would be affected. I could not reach the location given my own impaired mobility until after the effect’s termination. Upon termination, though, the new growth dissolved into dust and vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. The conclusion to which I am led is that the power of the fae boon not only drives the rapid growth, but also acts as the very material which the flora inhabits. Thus, upon the magic’s diffusion, the very material ceases to exist as well. Further experimentation of this phenomenon will require additional aid to act as a witness in locations that I cannot.
 
Day 7
The vessel’s captain was quite furious by my unannounced experiment on the ship’s deck yesterday. So as to not further fuel his irritation, I’ve chosen to redirect my next goals toward ones less detrimental to the crew’s normal procedures. I’ve purchased a small amount of grain from the ship’s hold (to act as catalyst), a span of cloth, several ropes, and a mangonel stone. By spreading the span of cloth among the ship’s rigging and distributing the grain across it, I will test the overgrowth’s capacity for load bearing by introducing the mangonel stone to the new growth. This will better help determine the overgrowth’s compression threshold, instead of merely the effect’s ability to withstand tension.
 
Day 11
I discussed my next idea to the ship’s bosun, and word apparently got around, for many crewmembers have started a wager to guess whether “the metal man will sink or float.” However the crew wish to observe the experiment is entirely their own business, though I do confess a bit of pride at having earned a small crowd of observers.
The specifics of my experiment are to better understand the fae boon’s frame of reference and its effect within an aquatic environment. The experiment will require me to disembark from the vessel, connected to the ship by a long dockline rope tied around my waist. Once the line becomes taught, I can release the fae boon’s effect upon the water. Thus, I will ascertain if the radius of effect is stationary in reference to the water or in reference to myself, the origin, as the ship pulls me along.
 
Day 11 - Outcome
The experiment once again yielded unforeseen results. Rather than testing the effect’s frame of reference, the experiment exceeded the hull’s structural integrity. Once released, the fae boon created a significant overgrowth of algae and aquatic flora in a hemisphere around me. The instantaneous increase of drag resistance through the water ripped the fastener from the ship’s hull, leaving me temporarily adrift at sea. The inconvenience my rescue demanded on our itinerary forced the captain to forbid any further experimentation while aboard.