CAUSING THE PURPLE FLOWER INCIDENT

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>> in the "sweet" time period
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wait
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>> You learn that Rachel is looking for a purple flower to
>> give to her father.

wait
drop purple flower

>> You can drop the flower at other times and places also.

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>> Rachel takes the flower.  She can't see you.

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>> Rachel heads east, holding the purple flower.   

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>> Rachel hands the flower to her father at the moment that
>> the message from the aliens is received in an explosion.

>> Because you brought the purple flower, Rachel receives
>> part of the information contained in the transmission.
>> Had you not caused this incident, the reception connection
>> would have involved only Viktor, Jorucho, and the cat.

>> One thing is unchanged by the purple flower incident:
>> Viktor and Jorucho don't get enough of the mathematics to
>> understand the bitterness coefficient.  As a result, in 
>> three months time there will be another explosion, that
>> will kill Viktor's father.  You can't change that.

>> It looks like most of the mathematics will be shared by 
>> Rachel and the cat.

>> The force of receiving today's message knocks Rachel down
>> and she suffers a near-death experience.  However, you
>> are able to revive her by giving her some of your essence.
>> Because of this she will now be able to see you when you
>> time travel.

>> Julie sees the purple flower and she hears Rachel say that
>> it was given to her by a red-haired man.

>> The purple flower incident is one of two actions that
>> you need to take in order to motivate Rachel to embark on
>> a course of research involving chemistry and time travel.
>> When she reaches adulthood she will study the chemical
>> composition of the dried purple flower, and she will use
>> its unusual connectivity properies to make a tool that can
>> be used by time travellers.  This tool will be hidden
>> in a wall safe at her place of employment.  But in order
>> to open the safe you must first solve the puzzle of her
>> bedside table.  Only the sour mist and a parrot named
>> Dmitri Mendeleev can help you to learn the combination for
>> her bedside table.

*** 5 POINTS FOR CAUSING THE PURPLE FLOWER INCIDENT ***