Chomper plant

Chomper Plants are a type of pet item. They have verb traps and ambient messaging. Their description changes depending on if they are awake/active or asleep/inactive. Their description will also change depending on how hungry/thirsty they are. Oemeleria and the autumn plant, at least, are marked unalterable per a NPC merchant.

Known Chomper Plants
a striated purpureus plant	~ Oemleria ~
a speckled aubergine plant	~ Roxo ~
a little autumn gold plant	unnamed
a flax-spotted ultramarine plant	~ Naskeh ~
a dappled carnelian plant	~ Sorx ~
a stippled maroon plant	~Cerriu~

Asleep/Inactive

Perched atop a writhing mass of serpentine roots and corpulent tubers is a small clump of thorn-laden, leafy stalks topped with fleshy, ovaloid crowns.  Fern-like fronds curl themselves around a main stem, which sports two connected, kidney-shaped pads tipped with needle-sharp projections.  The misshapen head is slightly ajar, allowing a slight glimpse of tender, sarcous tissue covered in long, bristling hairs.  Your plant appears fleshy in appearance with dull autumn gold coloration.  It doesn't seem to be moving.

Awake/Active

Perched atop a writhing mass of serpentine roots and corpulent tubers is a small clump of thorn-laden, leafy stalks topped with fleshy, ovaloid crowns.  Fern-like fronds curl themselves around a main stem, which sports two connected, kidney-shaped pads tipped with needle-sharp projections.  The misshapen head is slightly ajar, allowing a slight glimpse of tender, sarcous tissue covered in long, bristling hairs.  Your plant appears fleshy in appearance with dull autumn gold coloration.  It holds an aura of sentience.

Withered

Perched atop a writhing mass of serpentine roots and corpulent tubers is a small clump of thorn-laden, leafy stalks topped with fleshy, ovaloid crowns. Fern-like fronds curl themselves around a main stem, which sports two connected, kidney-shaped pads tipped with needle-sharp projections. The misshapen head is slightly ajar, allowing a slight glimpse of tender, sarcous tissue covered in long, bristling hairs. Your plant appears withered in appearance with vibrant aubergine coloration. It holds an aura of sentience.

Analyze

You analyze your autumn gold plant and sense that there is no recorded information on that item.  It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

You get no sense of whether or not the plant may be further lightened.

Food/Water

VERB	FIRST	THIRD
WATER my plant with my water	You water your plant with some clear spring water.	XXX waters his plant with some clear spring water.
FEED my plant with my rib (Inactive)	You hold a barbequed rolton rib near your autumn gold plant, its tooth-lined maw slightly ajar. After several attempts to feed the plant, you give up. The plant issues no response and just sits there, like a vegetable. How dull.	XXX holds a barbequed rolton rib near his plant, but there is no response.
FEED my plant with my rib (Active)	You hold a barbequed rolton rib near your autumn gold plant, its tooth-lined maw slightly ajar. The plant pauses a moment to investigate the nutrients you have brought it by craning its main stalk. Suddenly, the plant's misshapen head splays open like a book and ingests the rib from your hand, finishing with a satisfied belch. Gross! Plants don't seem to have any manners at all.	XXX holds a barbequed rolton rib near his plant, which he is holding in his free hand. Suddenly, the plant ingests it!

Verb Traps

VERB	FIRST	THIRD
TAP (Inactive)	You tap your autumn gold plant, rousing it from dormancy. Your actions evoke a wide yawn from its misshapen head. The plant scratches its main stalk with a single leafy frond before it becomes aware of your presence. The plant twitches at you, its reaction probably is due to its wilted appearance. Probably.	XXX taps a little autumn gold plant he is holding, rousing it from dormancy.
TAP (Active)	You tap your autumn gold plant. At first, the plant seems to stare at you with its eyeless head. Then, the plant waves at you, its reaction probably due to its fleshy appearance. Probably.	XXX taps a little autumn gold plant he is holding.
TOUCH	You lightly touch your autumn gold plant. Its tiny hairs are soft.	XXX touches his plant lightly.
PUSH	You push the dirt around in your plant's pot, smoothing it out.	XXX evens out the dirt in his plant's pot.
PULL	You pull on one of your autumn gold plant's roots. The plant scoops up some dirt and throws it in your face!	XXX's plant just threw dirt in his face!
TURN	You turn your plant around to admire it from a different angle.	XXX turns his plant around, admiring it.
LICK	As you lick your autumn gold plant, it taps you on the forehead with a leaf, as if asking, "Why are you licking me, Dark Elf?"	XXX licks his plant. Strange.
KISS	You place a tender kiss on your plant's pod-like head. Reciprocating your affection, the autumn gold plant grabs your face with two leafy fronds and kisses you back!	XXX tenderly kisses his plant.
SMOOCH (Active)	You give your plant a big, slobbering smooch. Your autumn gold plant suddenly grabs your face with two leafy fronds and smooches you all over!	XXX smooches his plant. Strange.
SMOOCH (Inactive)	You give your plant a big, slobbering smooch. The carnelian plant undulates happily for a moment, then stops.	XXX smooches her plant. Strange.
HUG	In a show of affection, you cradle your autumn gold plant's pot in your arms, hugging it tightly.	XXX hugs his plant's pot.
CUDDLE	You eye your autumn gold plant speculatively as you ponder cuddling up with it. How desperate are you, anyway?	XXX speculatively eyes his autumn gold plant.
SNUGGLE	You hold your autumn gold plant close to your body.	XXX holds a little autumn gold plant in his hand close to his body.
PINCH	You pinch a leaf on your autumn gold plant. The plant recoils in pain and shoots a thorn at you! Ouch!	XXX pinches a leaf on his plant.
POKE	You give your autumn gold plant a little poke, and it pokes you right back with a leafy frond.	XXX pokes his plant just a little.
GAZE	You gaze lovingly at your plant. The plant notices your attention and flashes an odd little smile.	XXX taps a little autumn gold plant he is holding.
STARE	You stare at your autumn gold plant. The plant stares back with its eyeless head in a bizarre staring contest. Needless to say, the plant wins.	XXX stares intently at his plant.
PROD	You prod your plant with your fingertip. The plant seems taken aback by your actions and starts prodding you unmercilously.	XXX prods his plant lightly.
RUB (Active)	You rub a little autumn gold plant you are holding, relaxing it into dormancy. Your autumn gold plant slows its movement to a snail's pace, until it finally ceases all motion. It rests perfectly still, giving it the illusion of being just like any other plant, albeit strange-looking.	XXX rubs a little autumn gold plant he is holding and it stops moving.
RUB (Inactive)	rubs a little autumn gold plant he is holding and it stops moving..	XXX rubs a little autumn gold plant.

Ambients

FIRST	THIRD
You feel a sharp pain and realize your autumn gold plant just shot a thorn at you! You carefully remove the thorn and toss it aside.	XXX suddenly winces in pain.
The autumn gold plant lets out a high-pitched whine, but there are no apparent causes for it.	You hear a high-pitched whine from XXX's direction.
A small insect lands on your autumn gold plant. After a moment of silence, the plant strikes and gulps down the little bug!	XXX's autumn gold plant gulps down an unsuspecting insect.
You hear a belch and notice a faint blush creeping across your autumn gold plant's pod-like head.	You hear a belch from XXX's direction.
Your aubergine plant extends its stalks, patting your pockets down with its leaves in search of something interesting.	XXX's carnelian plant searches her pockets.
You hear a faint hum. Glancing down at your aubergine plant, you see ripples play across the tiny hairs that cover its body.	You hear a quiet humming coming from the direction of XXX.
Your aubergine plant slows its movement to a snail's pace until it finally ceases all motion. It rests perfectly still, giving it the illusion of being just like any other plant, albeit strange-looking. - this one apparently turns it off.	XXX's plant stops moving.