The Poison Tree Curse.
Taira devised it himself after being unable to shake his fascination with a poem shared with him by Vermeil- likening this curse as a small tribute to her.
Like the poisonous emotions spoken of in the poem, the curse transforms one into a tree that can only subsist off the internal fear of the caster.
The moment that the subject is not afraid anymore, it has no substance to keep itself alive and thus a process of starvation begins.
You could water Elliot in blood, tears, or Colt 45, absolutely none of it would have changed anything.
He would still begin the slow, painful process of dehydration. His excruciating death would be dragged out for weeks or months at a time.
That is, unless someone decided to chop him down ahead of time. But it was unlikely that someone could find a weapon in the lower realm sharp enough to do so.
"Intriguing… I don't believe I've ever seen a curse as complex as this."
