Lore Accurate Flowery

In the Dark World, Flowery bears striking similarities to a human, with the most obvious difference being that his skin, as well as his hair, are bright yellow. His hair is short, with the top and bangs being swayed to the right and slightly upwards (shown with an undercut in his introductory cutscene). Unlike most beings in Dark Worlds, Flowery, as well as the rest of the flowers, are neither Lightners nor Darkners, as they are living beings in the Light World like Lightners but gain a radically different form in the Dark World like Darkners.

Flowery's eyes are colored in his talk sprite, having a dark gold color with normal, white sclera, which can only be seen after the fight with him, as his eyes are typically always closed, no matter his emotion. This small amount of color with an otherwise monochrome talk sprite differentiates him both from Lightners, who use colorless talk sprites, and Darkners, who use colored ones.

Flowery's outfit consists of a white collared shirt overlaid with an orange and green vest, with the right side being green, and the left side being orange, and a black mantle—interpreted as a jacket in his animated intro—which he carries over his shoulder. Brown pants and black shoes complete his outfit.

When Flowery receives the power of all the other flowers, he transforms into a pastel rainbow silhouette, bordered by an outline with a darker tone of the same colors. In this state, he calls himself "Omega Flowery", in reference to the seven flowers' most powerful attacks being called "Omega Attacks".

In his intro cutscene, he is depicted in an anime style, allowing more detail to be seen in his clothing than normal. His vest is shown to have two pockets on the lower front of it, and the small yellow emblem on it is shown to be in the shape of a four-petaled flower. His mantle is shown to have sleeves with buttons, like a suit coat. He is not shown in such a detailed artstyle again outside of the Bromides.

Several objects throughout Chapter 5 spoof Flowery's likeness, and vary in how they share his color, face, and body. The spoof objects include Spikery, Signery, Chairery, Laddery, and Shrubbery. Some of these objects may be taken as furniture upon interaction.

Despite taking the appearance of a human, Flowery's features also bear a resemblance to Rudy. Both share a slender face with eyes that are usually shut in a joyous expression, are usually smiling, and have a similar hairstyle. They also both wear red and green clothes. This is in concert with Flowery also acting as the "college roommate" of Asgore.

Flowery is a pastiche of the type of ikemen and bishōnen character archetypes who form the love interests of classic shōjo anime, and is presented as such in his introductory cutscene. Flowery boasts a personality befitting the stereotype of a preppy college student: high-class, sociable, appearance-conscious and somewhat bossy. He acts extremely protective and friendly towards Asgore due to the circumstances leading to his life being extended beyond expectations thanks to the florist's extensive care. When entering the final fight with him, he reveals more shōnen archetypes in his personality in contrast to his shōjo traits, where he makes it clear that he deeply values and trusts his friends, as well as how hard he is willing to fight for them, which seems to enhance his fighting capabilities to some degree.

Towards others, he has an overbearing and a confident personality. He projects a glamorous attitude prone to dramatic intonation, and calls the members of the party "princesses". He in particular has a strong habit of belittling Ralsei, which forms the crux of a rivalry between them. At various points, he forces Ralsei out of the party, and forces Ralsei to dress in his Chapter 1 attire and hide his face. In spite of this, he has also shown to care about Ralsei's identity anxieties, a fact which his demeaning approach often gets in the way of. After failing to stop the Knight, he is touched by Ralsei reassuring him he isn't useless, and laments they could've been friends in another life.

Flowery strongly values the power of friendship and deeply cares for the other flowers, and, in turn, they look up to him as a dependable and virtuous authority figure. He has heightened awareness of the Dark World and its functioning, but on the other hand, values little the world's ultimate fate, believing that nurturing Asgore's happiness as he nurtured theirs takes priority. He starkly opposes Ralsei's fatalistic view of a determined journey guided by the prophecy, fully believing that residents of the dark are able to master their own fates and choose freedom over the shackles of fate.

Additionally, Flowery is shown to be reckless; as Ralsei points out, Flowery does not plan ahead before acting. His incautiousness is ultimately his downfall, when he recklessly engages the Knight in combat and is fatally wounded in the encounter.

Flowery can also be considered a walking parody of overpowered self-insert characters, as he has the ability to fake his stats, which gives him unbelievable amounts of power. However, certain foes, such as the Knight, can seemingly ignore said fake stats, rendering them useless. Nevertheless, he was at least able to keep up with it in a chase, and briefly held back its sword with his bare hands. In battle against the party, his attack damage seems relatively strong, but far below his fake stats; it is unclear whether this represents his genuine capabilities.

Flowery presents himself as Asgore's college roommate and calls him "Gorey", giving his personality a superficial resemblance to Rudy.

Flowery speaks with occasional grammatical mistakes, likely in a nod to mistranslated dating simulation games. Additionally, he sometimes compounds words without a grammatical reason, and especially does so with words used to refer to a friend, often calling Asgore "oldbuddy" and at one point asking him "What's wrongpal?" He also tends to "pepper" his speech with plant-related puns.

Flowery's Light World form is a golden flower, planted by Asgore. He was among the seven colored flowers that comprised Asgore's wedding bouquet. Since then, he has been taken care of by Asgore beyond his natural lifespan and remains rooted to a table in Flower King.

Upon entering Flower Kingdom, Susie notices Asgore speaking with an unseen person, who is revealed to be Flowery. Flowery appears before her and Kris and introduces himself. He is soon revealed to have stuffed Ralsei in a wardrobe to hide him from Asgore. When Ralsei confronts Flowery regarding this, he forces a hat onto his head to conceal his appearance.

Flowery appears multiple times throughout the party's travels through Garden. He directly assists the party with various puzzles while at the same time distracting Asgore with a variety of activities. When Ralsei attempts to explain the Dark World user interface to Susie, she explains that Flowery had already told her ahead of time.

At the end of Garden, Flowery bids goodbye to the party and shows them a way back to the Light World, explaining that his Dark World does not need their interference. He then offers to show Asgore Flower Kingdom's Dark Fountain and reappears at the entrance to Cliffs. When Flowery notices the party approaching, he transports Asgore directly to Flower Castle. Susie warns Flowery that the Knight will kidnap Asgore if they do not rescue him from the Dark World, but Flowery dismisses her concerns and travels to Flower Castle himself.

At the entrance to Flower Castle, Flowery summons Asgore, who ejects Kris and Susie from the Dark World. Upon re-entry, Flowery traps Kris and Susie behind a jail cell. After the party escapes, he is seen accompanying Asgore as he discusses his Dark World research. In two optional scenes, Flowery speaks to Ralsei about his faith and morality.

At the entrance to Top of Castle, Flowery confers with the other six flowers and transports Asgore to the Dark Fountain. As the party arrives, he warns the others that they are here to seal their Dark Fountain before leaving. At Top of Castle proper, Flowery repeatedly confronts the party and proposes they seal Castle Town's Dark Fountain in place of his to prolong the flowers' existence in the Dark World.

Near the Dark Fountain, Flowery explains his reason for wanting to keep his Dark World active: since Asgore and Toriel's wedding, Asgore has continued to take care of Flowery and the other six flowers. As normal flowers, they could do nothing to repay him, even as he lost his job and his family fell apart. When the Dark World appeared, they were now able to build an ideal world for Asgore so he could forget his struggles in the Light World.

Flowery engages in battle against the party using the combined powers of his recruits and the other six flowers. Upon his defeat, he admits that he knew from the start his existence would not last long in the Dark World without someone to properly take care of him. Flowery allows the party to seal the Dark Fountain.

After sealing the Fountain, however, the Dark World remains active. Realizing that another Fountain has taken its place, Flowery quickly reacts to the Knight's sudden appearance and gives chase after it captures Asgore. Flowery engages the Knight in battle and appears to severely damage it. However, the Knight bypasses his fabricated statistics and bisects Flowery across his midsection, mortally wounding him. As he dies, he warns the party that darkness grows from underneath Hometown.

Back in the Light World, Kris inspects Flowery's remains and uncovers a packet of Seeds and a code to the shelter from within his soil. Susie explains that Flowery had told her about the code and Asgore's previous occupation as police chief. She and Kris tape up Flowery and leave Flower King.

Flowery feels strong gratitude for Asgore due to being grown and cared for by Asgore in the Light World, despite being part of a mere wedding bouquet that is normally thrown away. Therefore, his greatest desire is to repay Asgore by giving him a glimpse of a perfect world. However, Asgore does not reciprocate these feelings and regards Flowery's actions as "unasked-for affection." Asgore regards the flowers as "little ones", implying Asgore could see them as his children due to growing them prior. In this case, Flowery could stand in as an eldest brother figure for the other flowers similar to Asriel's relationship with Kris.

The Diner Song of Best Friends, which plays when two of them are at the diner together, is referred to internally as flowery_diner_romantic, suggesting he may also be romantically interested in Asgore.

Susie and Flowery's relationship is rocky at first, somewhat by Flowery's own design. He acts condescending, calling Susie a "princess" and later "Sussie". However, in the next scene, he puts on an impressive show by showing off his fake stats and instantly sparing the Floradinn pair. With how he reacts when he learns that the party, and specifically Susie, are bonding with the flowers, he is happy for them—proving no ill will between them.

He is also genuinely thoughtful, as he suggests inside of the subarea near the Sheary topiaries room that Susie give some of the flowers she is eying to Noelle.

All in all, it seems like Flowery is often trying to annoy Ralsei through Susie, either by annoying Susie or by winning her over, but also has admiration and respect for her character.

Flowery is condescending towards Ralsei right off the bat, calling him "Raly" and "little guy", forcing him to wear his hatted Chapter 1 design, and being generally antagonistic towards him. This is, more than anything, what turns Susie against him in the early parts of the Chapter, before she starts to warm up to him. Flowery makes efforts to upshow both Ralsei and the entire party, much to Ralsei's chagrin.

It is around the midpoint of the Chapter that the party and the player get to see a more sincere side of Flowery, or something close. First, he tells Ralsei a somewhat sincere-sounding goodbye when he thinks they will leave through the first Light World beacon in the dark Garden.[18] Even if it is all facetious, it mirrors what he says to Ralsei later when he finds him praying in Flower Castle. In that moment, he once again compliments Ralsei on his kindness, and even gives Ralsei a drink voucher, encouraging him to take his favorite drink instead of what Kris wants. Though the thoughtfulness of this moment is tempered slightly when he says, "Hey, smile again", calling back to Ralsei's poignant moment of forced optimism at the end of Chapter 4.

Ralsei and Flowery's relationship is built on a fundamental difference: Ralsei only wants to hope, but Flowery truly does, with all his heart—even to the point of arrogance, or, as Ralsei puts it, delusion. He truly believes that he and the other six flowers have the power to build Asgore's perfect world, with his battle theme's lyrics reflecting this, and Ralsei both detests and envies his ability to hold on to his hope.

At first, Flowery seems to be friendly toward Kris, noting that they have grown a lot and that Asgore must be proud of them. He says they "were a good kid," showcasing that he had a fondness for them as a child, but implying that it has faded since then. With time, it is made clear that Flowery is now spiteful toward Kris, and does not believe that they truly care for Asgore.

Importantly, if given items, there is a chance he will ask Kris if they truly love their father, and later in the chapter he states that he doesn't believe Kris wants to save Asgore. During his boss fight, he also mentions that he is suspicious about Kris's plans, noting that they have "changed" since childhood. While Kris is not present, Flowery tells Susie about the shelter code hidden in his soil, instructing her not to tell anyone about it, which may mean he is aware that Kris would attempt to destroy the code. However, Flowery does note that he does not know precisely what Kris's plans are, meaning he might not be aware of the full extent of their connections to the SOUL and the Knight.

Flowery is friends with all six of the other colored flowers, referring to them as "the boys", (despite the fact that, as he would put it, "some of them's girls). He appears to take an informal leadership role in the group, being responsible for their orders to oppose the party. Unlike the Darkners working under previous antagonists—specifically, King, Queen, and Tenna—the flowers all seem to work with Flowery completely of their own will. All of the flowers ultimately choose to fight alongside Flowery, despite holding no ill will towards the party. Even when the party escapes jail and begins to approach Flowery's Dark Fountain, Flowery is happy that they have grown closer to the flowers in doing so.

Orange is Flowery's little sister. As with Pink, it is likely that this siblinghood is assumed/adoptive rather than hereditary.

Flowery temporarily becomes a party member once the party reaches the Delta Rune door in Garden. The door's plaque instructs the party to "Defeat the enemies in the manner befitting of a FLOWER.". However, after encountering a Floradinn, the party fails to open the door. Flowery suddenly falls onto Ralsei, burying him in the ground, before joining the party. To open the door, he commandeers the nearby encounter with two Floradinns by grabbing them and making them kiss each other.

Flowery has his own unique title ("Roommate"), equipment and spells, which are all cosmetic. Attempting to check his spell list or change his equipment results in him playing the "No, no, no!" Voice Clip as his headshot sprite flashes a smile. As the Floradinn encounter is scripted and does not utilize the standard battle interface, the effects of Flowery's equipment and spells are unknown. The player also cannot leave the room, as Flowery will say "Wow, that's no way." if they attempt to do so.

Flowery is equipped with the weapon WinningSmile, and the armors PetalMantle and SundayBest. The PetalMantle is likely a reference to the ShadowMantle, and the SundayBest may be a reference to when Papyrus mentions the term in Undertale. He has the spells Sanfrandisco (which costs 0% TP), MyJarona (which costs 99%), Ez2Dance (which costs 22%), Prism Rush (which costs 111%), Afinihug (which costs 222%), and HoneyKiss (which costs 333%). The latter three spells cost more than the highest possible amount of TP in-game (100%).

Flowery's stats are unreasonably high. He is at LV 99, with 999 HP and 99 Attack, Defense, and Magic. His cosmetic stats are "Flowers" (at 99), "Floweriness" (at Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png ), and "Guts" (at Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png Floweriness icon.png). After the Floradinn encounter, Flowery claims to have "maximum stats", and Ralsei responds by saying "Y... you can't just give yourself 999 in everything!!", implying Flowery set his own stats.

During the brief period while he is in the party and the menu is accessible, Flowery can be given consumables, where he makes one of three comments: "Mmm-mmm-good!" "Petalicious!" or "Floweriffic!" There is a 1/101 (~0.99%) chance that the comment is "Do you love your father, Kris?" After three items are given, Susie complains about giving Flowery items. Due to sharing an ID with Ralsei, Flowery interacts with consumables the same as him and the equipment list highlights items that Ralsei can equip.

Just before the battle begins, Flowery summons each enemy from Chapter 5 that is not another one of the 7 flowers, which he refers to as "My RECRUITs!" The enemies fly into Flowery and disappear as he says "Lend me your power!" and a Voice Clip plays with the same words. All enemies appear in this sequence regardless of whether they have been recruited by the player.

Though never mentioned, the TP gain from defending is halved to 8%, likely in order to balance the fight (which mostly focuses around TP gain and usage).

If the party is defeated during the fight against Flowery, a Game Over does not occur. Instead, the party is sent back to the place right before this fight and fully healed with their items recovered, as Flowery lambasts the party. Green then arrives and informs the party that they have cooked up all the items used during the battle, essentially resetting the player's inventory. Losing multiple times changes the dialogue between Flowery and the party.

Flowery introduces the orange SOUL mode, which allows the SOUL to dash through the blue walls that appear in his bullet patterns. Flowery's attacks are special in that the bounding box is greatly extended and there are white lines on the background of the battle box that flow left, giving the appearance of constant movement/flying, similar to Sans's final attack in Undertale.

Flowery partners with 3 sets of the other 6 flowers after enough ACTs. First with Seth and Aqua, then with Orange and Green and finally with Blue and Yellow.

Phase 1: Lasts until Flowery reaches 20% Mercy.

Turn 1 - Bamboo Stalks: Stalks scroll from right to left, spanning the height of the bullet board. The blue segments of the stalks become progressively smaller, requiring increasing precision from the player to dash through. Immediately following the second-to-last wave of stalks is a blue lily pad, placed such that the player is likely to dash into it; when the player does so, the SOUL jumps and remains airborne for one screen-length, avoiding all obstacles until it lands. Jumping with the lilypad is the only way to avoid the final set of all-white bamboo stalks. Turn 2 - Jarona 1: Flowery attacks the SOUL directly seven times. Each attack, he briefly winds up and flashes white, then turns blue and dashes toward the SOUL. If Voice Clips are enabled, an audio cue of "JARONA!" accompanies each attack. If the SOUL is dashing when Flowery's attack connects, the player parries the attack and gains TP; more TP is awarded the more momentum the SOUL has on contact. If the SOUL is not dashing when Flowery's attack connects, the player takes damage and gains no TP. Turn 3 - Thicket of Thorns 1: A wall of thorns chases the SOUL from the left, while short blue stalks scroll in from the right. Successfully dashing through blue stalks allows the SOUL to outpace the wall of thorns. Turn 4 - Jarona 2: As Jarona 1, but Flowery spawns a fan projectile each time the player parries his attack. Each turn afterward: Cycles between Thicket of Thorns 1 and Jarona 2 until the phase ends. Phase 2: Seth and Aqua aid Flowery. The phase lasts until Seth and Aqua reach 100% Mercy.

Turn 1 - Seth's Books 1: The SOUL passes through a series of blue safe zones which are free of danger but slow the SOUL's forward momentum. White and green words scroll vertically in between blue safe zones. White words deal damage on contact, while green words award TP if touched. The player must dash with proper timing and precision to avoid white words and collect green words, all while intermittently slowing down and speeding up. Turn 2 - Aqua's Knives: Walls of vertically scrolling knives bar the SOUL's path, accompanied by blue lilypads. Dashing into a lilypad causes the SOUL to jump and remain airborne long enough to pass over one wall of knives. The SOUL can move while airborne, and an orange drop shadow indicates the SOUL's landing position. If the SOUL lands on another lilypad, it will bounce and continue to remain airborne, passing over the next wall of knives. The SOUL's forward momentum will gradually increase with each lilypad bounce, resetting to normal speed if the player misses a lilypad. The player can avoid damage completely from this attack by successfully bouncing on every lilypad. It is also possible (albeit far more difficult) to weave the SOUL through the knives while remaining ground-bound. Turn 3 - Seth's Books 1 or 2: Seth's Books 2 (as described in turn 5) is used here, unless the player took excessive damage during turn 1, in which case Seth's Books 1 is re-used during this turn to grant the player a mild reprieve. Turn 4 - Aqua's Knives: As turn 2. Turn 5 - Seth's Books 2: As Seth's Books 1, but with additional scrolling white words to avoid. Each turn afterward: Cycles between Aqua's Knives and Seth's Books 2 until the phase ends. Phase 3: Orange and Green aid Flowery. The phase lasts until Orange and Green reach 100% Mercy.

Turn 1 - Jarona 3: As Jarona 1, but some attacks are made by Orange instead of Flowery. Each time, the attacker briefly winds up and flashes white, then turns blue and dashes toward the SOUL, while their partner remains idle. If Voice Clips are enabled, Flowery's attacks are accompanied by an audio cue of "JARONA!", while Orange's attacks are accompanied by an audio cue of "JA-ORANGE!" Orange adds a half-second delay after her audio/visual cue before dashing, so the player must account for the change up in timing depending on the attacker. Orange also produces boxing glove projectiles whenever the player successfully parries her attacks. Turn 2 - Jarona 4: As Jarona 3, but once during the turn, one of the attacks will be a fake-out followed by a projectile attack. For the fake-out attack, either Flowery or Orange will appear to charge up and flash white, then will cancel their attack while Green launches fire projectiles onto the bullet board. If Voice Clips are enabled, the fake-out attack is accompanied by an audio cue of "JA...st kidding!" Turn 3 - Thicket of Thorns 2 - As Thicket of Thorns 1, but all bamboo stalks are shorter, and the attack concludes with an uninterrupted series of tall mostly white stalks with short blue segments. The SOUL can avoid these tall stalks by remaining at the top of the bullet board, a viable strategy if the SOUL already has a comfortable lead on the thorns. Turn 4 - Jarona 4: As turn 2. Each turn afterward: Repeats Thicket of Thorns 2 until the phase ends. Phase 4: Blue and Yellow aid Flowery. The phase lasts until Blue and Yellow reach 100% Mercy.

Each turn - Thicket of Thorns 3: As Thicket of Thorns 1, but all bamboo stalks are blue and longer. Additionally, Blue will throw flowers on the right side of the screen for Yellow to shoot, causing them to explode into butterfly projectiles that move disjointly to the bamboo stalks. Phase 5: Ralsei is removed from battle. Flowery is solo. The phase lasts until the player ACTs using Susie's Idea; both Kris and Susie must be up to use this ACT.

Turn 1 - Stalks + Jarona - 9 bamboo stalks scroll from the right, spanning the height of the bullet board with blue sections that get progressively smaller. After this, Flowery splits into four copies of himself, and each copy attacks once with a Jarona. Parrying the fourth Jarona spawns a barrage of fan projectiles. Each turn afterward - Jarona 5: As Jarona 2, but each successful parry spawns 2 fan projectiles. Ascension: Combat ends and seamlessly transitions into a climbing minigame. Kris must navigate 4 short climbing sections back-to-back, outpacing a thicket of thorns advancing from below. At the end of each section, Kris must charge-jump upwards to break through a blue bamboo stalk, causing them to speedily ascend and put distance between themselves and the advancing thicket of thorns.

Once Kris clears the Ascension, the battle is effectively won and the story will proceed regardless of the player's performance in the following phase.

Last Jarona: Kris's health is fully restored. Gameplay switches to Petal Feather mode. Flowery repeatedly charges in a horizontal line from right to left, varying his height each time. Each time Flowery approaches, Kris can attack to knock him back. When Flowery is attacked, the background and foreground changes color to one of the colors of the seven flowers. Once each of the flowers' colors have been displayed, or after Kris is damaged with 1 HP remaining, the battle concludes with a quick-time event, where Kris must time their attack to deal the finishing blow. The post-battle dialogue changes depending on whether Kris passed or failed the quick-time event, but otherwise has no effect on gameplay.

Also just say one of these lines like occasionally or every so often: "Glue!" "Hey guys, i think i found a glue!" "Flowers blooms in your heart!" "Jarona!" "Jaboner!" "Blingo Blizzard!" "Here I come San Frandisco!" (You don't have to say these every message, just make sure they're out there.)