Orchid of Eileithyia's Grace

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The Orchid of Eileithyia's Grace is a pink orchid contained inside the Engaged Lock Box of the Night Wyrm.^[1]

AI Description

System Message. The full text can be found on pp. 198-199 of the Kindle and print editions, or at 3:30 of Chapter 19 in the audiobook.

Warning: This item can only be used by a female. Or a male, if you’re a seahorse.

It’s a flower. You’re supposed to eat it, though it might be a good decoration instead. It probably tastes like a bullshit salad at some hippie vegan restaurant with a month-long waiting list. The whole thing is a metaphor for the duality of the weakness and strength of all women or some shit. I’m not good with this stuff, and Eileithyia is a weird one. Did you know she can shoot acid milk from her nipples? Fucking weird.

Anyway, if you eat this flower, it renders you unconscious for one hour with your health at 1% of your max. You cannot heal during this time.

If you survive this ordeal, you will be given one of three permanent boons from the goddess Eileithyia. The given boon is at the discretion of the goddess, and it cannot be predicted.

If you choose to worship Eileithyia before you consume this flower, the descriptions of the boons will be expanded. She will also ask you which of the three you’d prefer. Her cooperation is not guaranteed, especially if she doesn’t like you. But Eileithyia is known to be a generous goddess.^[2]

Boons

Before choosing to worship the goddess, the three boons are simply described as: "Triple Constitution, You are an Attendant, You get Pregnant." These descriptions are expanded after worshipping her.

Triple Constitution

Base Constitution is tripled.
In the future, adding (1) point to Constitution will add (3) points.
All Constitution bonuses are tripled.
You're still vulnerable to insta-kill attacks.^[1]

Celestial Attendant

You are immediately transferred to the Twelfth Floor.
You serve as a Celestial Attendant, a non-combatant NPC, until the Ascendency games begin (either when the floor opens, or immediately after full crawler extinction). When the games start, you can choose to exit the Dungeon or continue your crawl.
Your progress, sponsorship, and Inventory are frozen.

Pregnancy

Race is permanently changed back to birth race, and you become pregnant.
You can choose the father (who must be the same race).
You are disqualified from the game and exported to the Kinder Facility.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 19)
↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Chapter 19) (p. 198). Kindle Edition.