Editing Viric

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''"Behind your mirror, V names VIRIC, the colour of shallow sleep."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Page_from_%27The_Neathbow%27:_Viric|A Page from 'The Neathbow': Viric|Sunless Sea}}</ref></blockquote>A color of the [[the Neathbow|Neathbow]], '''viric''' is the green of shallow sleep. The word "viric" probably comes from the Latin ''viridis'', meaning "green, blooming, vigorous," a word that also spawned the name of the similar color ''viridian. ''

<blockquote>''"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."''</blockquote>Viric is heavily associated with the [[the Fingerkings|Fingerkings]];<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_First_Curator#Interactions|Give it your enigmatic painting|Sunless Sea}}''"The Fingerkings. Our enemies. The enemies of everyone..."''</ref> the eyes of Fingerking-possessed creatures burn with viric fire,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Tireless_Mechanic|Allow the Mechanic to enjoy his sleep|Sunless Sea}}''<nowiki/>'The Man's eyes seethe with viric flame! It's struggling against the efforts of the zailors to restrain it. [...] the other manages to snap the box closed. Instantly the Man goes stiff - a lifeless clay statue. The viric glow now pulsates from the box."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gawp|Gawp|Fallen London}}''"In the viric depths of its eyes, something stirs[...]"''</ref> and a box of dream-snakes will also glow this shade of green.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Mirrorcatch_Box_Full_of_Very_Angry_Dream-Snakes|A Mirrorcatch Box Full of Very Angry Dream-Snakes|Sunless Sea}}''"A sullen viric glow leaks from within. Sometimes it rattles. Best not to open it."''</ref> When viric light comes into contact with vegetation, it causes it to flourish and grow at an exponential rate.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Discoveries|Discoveries|Sunless Sea}}''"A burst of viric radiance! Over the next hour, the vegetables in your galley sprout leafy, frondular growths."''</ref>

Viric has been portrayed as a variety of shades of green, including forest green, emerald, and chartreuse.<ref>{{Citation|https://discord.com/invite/failbettergames|Bruno (FBG)|Failbetter Games Discord Server}} ''"But all the neathbow colors are sort of a range... viric runs from forest green through emeralds through chartreuse [...]"''</ref>

<blockquote>''"People who look at you always blink afterward. Perhaps the colour is that powerful. Perhaps they find themselves on the edge of a nap. They never remember there was anything odd about the sight."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Viric_Frock|Viric Frock|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>The priests of [[Varchas]] use viric Mirror-Charms<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/A_Mirror-Charm|A Mirror-Charm|Sunless Sea}} ''"Dream-green snake-skin and scraps of close-written paper."''</ref> to ward off Fingerkings from their dreams.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Temple_of_Mihir|Dreams of Smoke|Sunless Sea}}''"He gives you a charm of bloodied snakeskin and scraps of paper written in an angular, unfamiliar script, and tells you to hang it upon the nearest mirror before you sleep."''</ref> Viric has also been used to induce trance-dreams of romance, which become a lucrative seasonal business in [[London]] during the [[Feast of the Exceptional Rose]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_the_Shopkeeper_in_Viric_about_the_purpose_of_these_stories|Ask the Shopkeeper in Viric about the purpose of these stories|Fallen London}}''"Viric is the colour of the outskirts of Parabola [...] That's where I keep this shop, when it cannot afford to be in London. [...] A viric trance is more than a daydream, less than sleep."''</ref> Viric can be used to induce lassitude in others, making them inattentive and absentminded.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Viric_Frock|Viric Frock|Fallen London}} ''"People who look at you always blink afterward. Perhaps the colour is that powerful. Perhaps they find themselves on the edge of a nap. They never remember there was anything odd about the sight."''</ref>