Vine Fly

Woah! Venus's deceased older brother has a page! If you were looking for his sister, Venus Fly, click here.

## Appearance

While he was alive, Vine carried pouches on him and often wore a jacket that perfectly matches Venus's. He was a jade-green, a shade lighter than Venus.

Now that he's dead, his green is transparent and he wears a light-brown shirt, covered by his jacket, and beat-up jeans. There's holes through his head and arm and one of his eyes is pitch black.

## Personality

Vine was caring and calm. He almost never yelled at Venus, and felt ashamed when he did. He was protective toward Venus and his friends. He still has this personality, but he's very sad and misses his sister and Maroon. He's learned to become more thoughtful.

## Cause of Death

Venus had turned fourteen around a week before it had happened, and he was finally allowing her to climb taller trees. He was showing her what to do if she fell from a branch over 15 feet in the air and when he hit a leaf. The leaf dripped something searing onto his arm, and he felt a burning pain, like he was being cut open with fire. *Acid sap..* he could barely think over the pain. He was vaguely aware of Venus shouting something like, "Stay there! Don't die!" and rushing around, helpless. He felt the same sap, but much more of it, splat onto his head. His screams could've been heard 50 miles away. "My head.. MY HEAD!" He felt himself falling from the tree, and then.. dark. Dark everywhere, and a sense of relaxation and terror at the time time. He felt himself waking up.. and felt oddly light, and very cold. He pulled his jacket more around him, but it didn't help. The fear that sliced through him when he opened his eyes was colder than he could've imagined. He was staring at himself; face, head, and arm completely wrapped in the leaves that resisted and stopped acid sap.. and Venus absolutely hysterical. She was crying harder than she ever had, crumpled to the ground and trying to wake him up with a sharp stick. "Vine, Vine wake up! t's okay now, it's fine, the acid stopped.. Vine!" she tried through sobs. One of the neighbor's rushed over at the noise and then stared at Venus, completely scarred and broken forever, and Vine, dead on the ground. "Oh my.." said the neighbor, running over. "Venus, I'm so, so sorry-" They were cut off by a sob. Vine recognized them now. It was Vine's friend, Maroon. "Venus.. Maroon.." he tried, choking on the words. "I'm right here! Can't you see me?" After several attempts of this over the next ten minutes, he went over to Venus and hugged her. She flinched. "It- it's so.. c-cold.." she stuttered. *She can notice me, in a way..*

## Backstory

Vine was 6 when his parents left him. Maroon's parents eventually began taking care of him, but they almost never interacted with Venus. When he turned eighteen, Maroon's parents bought them a house. They lived in a nature-y area, and they knew Vine loved it. Vine loved studying the plants and was going to become a botanist when he got out of college. Venus, though, hated plants. Vine could see why, but he often worried about her mental health. She has been caught threatening people with knives when she was 5, and loved the idea of killing every plant within her reach and doing something to it. She used to make 'potions', crushing leaves and mixing them with water which usually resulted in a sort of thick leaf smoothie kind of substance. He allowed her to do most things a lot more slowly then most kids did, but only for her own safety. She was going to get some kind of disease from a plant, or get burned by the acid sap, or get scratched or get rashes from poison ivy. but she was fourteen and able to take care of herself now.. maybe she could actually climb trees. He'd teach her next week, she'd love it so much..

## Abilities

* **Teleportation-** Now that he's a ghost, Vine can teleport.
* **Invisibility-** Nobody can see him. He's literally a spirit.
* **Flight-** Yeah this is also because he was a ghost.