It was not until she had reached the continent’s western coastline before she came to a rest. She had run the entire time since leaving Shengshi and Narzhak. No, leaving didn’t tell the whole story. She had fled. But how could she not have fled? How could Narzhak stand to touch, yet alone wear, so much metal? The mere thought of it caused a primordial near-rage to grow within Phystene. Thoughts of axes and chainsaws tearing through rainforests filled her mind. Only with great effort did she force the vivid images of the dying of her original world from her thoughts.

That was in that world and she had plenty of work to do to ensure this one didn’t go down the same path. For starters she needed to help mitigate some of the risk of tsunamis washing away all of her hard work. She may have used the excuse of making coral reefs to battle tsunamis as an excuse to cover her escape, but the logic remained. But would mere reefs be enough to mitigate tsunamis? If they were rare occurrences Phystene would have said yes, but with the staggering amount of meteors and explosions her peers were apparently keen on creating….

She would need corals that would create truly massive reefs. And they would have to create them quickly. Perhaps impossibly so. But first thing was first: she would need a base from which to begin with and the stony corals from her original world were perfect for the task. They obtained nutrients both from consuming other animals and by having a symbiotic relationship with algae. This symbiotic relationship was something especially beautiful in Phystene’s eyes and certainly something she wanted to expand on. Perhaps if… yes she could expand that symbiosis to seaweeds and other aquatic plant life to allow not only more diversity, but also enable the coral to benefit from larger symbionts. That, in turn, would allow the corals themselves to grow even larger. And it would also give them the energy to build reefs quicker.

Phystene spent the next few hours refining and perfecting her new creation, forcing all thoughts and memories of metal from her mind. By the time she was done her creation, the barrier coral as she had taken to calling it, was in her mind perfection. Due to its symbiotic relationship with plants it was able to tap into some of the benefits provided by the World Tree, growing faster and larger than they otherwise would. The reefs they would build would be impressive by anyone’s standard, stretching for hundreds and thousands of kilometers across the ocean floor. Even more impressively was how the coral would quickly start building up their reefs to be even larger should they detect an incoming tsunami.

As the new barrier corals began building their new reefs off the coast of the continent, Phystene couldn’t help but pat herself on the back. They would surely be the perfect solution to the whole meteor-tsunami issue that had plagued Galbar. Now she had to build the ecosystem that would actually support the corals and their reefs. She sent her energy into the ocean, spreading seaweed, numerous crusaceans, and a plethora of beautiful and colorful fish. That would, at least in the short term, be sufficient to support her barrier coral. 

[Hider=Summary]
Phystene makes an extrodinary species called barrier coral in an attempt to combat the destructiveness of tsunamis.
She then makes a large aquatic ecosystem to support the new coral species.

Starting Points: 6 MP and 20 FP
Expendatures:
Barrier coral – 2 FP
Large ecosystem – 3 FP
Acquire animal portfolio – 5 MP
Ending Points: 1 MP and 15 FP[/hider]