PAPER RITUAL - END

[wooliefrand]

[Bodies litter the pasture now, as the demons cackle through the air.

The blood that flowed from everyone converges on the paper flower, turning it a bright, disgusting red.

And then--something bursts from it. Another shadowy demonic beast, emerging with unfurled black wings. For those still alive, it looks something like a crow.

Black feathers scatter all over the pasture, and the voices of the demons are overjoyed. "She's returned! She's truly returned! Oh glorious day, our time has come--!"

The beast flies into the sky, easily bypassing the pasture's barrier, and simply....disappears. And with it, the oddities of the ritual.

All the remaining paper withers. and those living can hear a faint voice.

Well done, mortals. Finally you show your worth.

For the most ruthless, Rose, Daffodil, Weeds, Lily, Peony, you have our thanks.

The rest of you. . .what pleasant sacrifices you all made, hahahaHAHAHA!

And it is gone.


[OOC:
WINNERS get revived painlessly, and any special effects incurred are instantly poof, gone! BONUSES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER/IN THE MORNING BUT YOU'LL GET SHIT FOR OUR SACRIFICES.

HOWEVER no limbs regrow if you're missing them. You gotta fix that shit yourself.

ETA WINNER BOONS
Each winning team gets the standard memory coins, along with their trees taking on the following changes/sprouting fruit:
Daffodil - Buddha's Hand.
Lily - Cherries
Rose - Pineapple (yes i know shh). But most curiously, their tree blooms into a giant rose. Not a tree with roses, a giant rose flower. It's stem is large enough to be climbed like a tree trunk, and its thorns act as branches. The fruit hands from stray leaves/petals.
Peony - Dragonfruit

WEEDS curiously, will have a strange plant growing on the grounds near their clubhouse. Uh oh are those Avocados?? Sure are.

MINI BONUSES
MOST READY KILL - Daffodil - They receive 50lbs of meat of whatever they desire. This can be a creature from home or just like. a lot of steaks. They will also find that for the next 3 ic days, they will auto-heal from any sort of injury whether they use their powers or not.

MOST 'can you lighten up a bit' - Weeds/Rose. They receive two sets of clothing; one any design in their standard fashion (ripped/suits), but the other can be in ANY STYLE so long as there is a flower of some sort incorporated into it somewhere, no matter how small.

MOST 'aren't you tired of being nice' - Peony - they'll find their Horse ability extended by 24 hours for the next 3 ic days. (tho it does not have to last that long)

MOST Survivor's Guilt - Lily - Ananke gets a knife made of pure silver, but it can be molded into any other kind of weapon.

DAFFODIL, ROSE, AND PEONY also instinctively know they can request a barn upgrade OR a community upgrade (one or the other, and it can't be something that's a deal in progress). Let Ash know what you want by Wednesday so I can incorporate in the next mingle!


Losers - Bluebell, Clover, Thistle. Oh buddies. Any dead MUST be manually put together/fixed by others, and also will incur a Paper Curse. This can either be:
-True words will appear on their body like ink/tattoos at inconvenient times
-They will become Light as Paper for two IC days and thus easily blown away/knocked down
-or have their soul trapped in an origami paper animal and just be that for a day.
SINCE THIS GAME WENT BUCK WILD this will only effect those present.]

Comments

[mykidisthebest]

[hops to his feet like a cat trying to act like it didn't just fall off the table. except the table is dying.

okay time to go]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Scarab snaps to attention at that, eyes flaring bright orange while he reflexively scans him for any lingering injuries ]

Lethe. Are you in pain?

[mykidisthebest]

[reflexively shakes his head. he's unhurt and healed!]

No.

[then he zeroes in on the person in front of him being Scarab and not Ananke. when did that happen]

Scarab? What happened?

[spinebuddyandme]

Neither you nor Charon survived the second round.

[mykidisthebest]

[oh.

well.

that'd do it.]

Thank you for being there for him. We're...we're okay now.

[spinebuddyandme]

Physically. He will have concerns regarding the rest.

[endsjustified]

[they both do this at once and make direct eye contact]

[mykidisthebest]

[oh. huh.

wants to ask him if he died but that would open him up to being asked the same question




this sucks]

[endsjustified]

[lol

he's just walking over, seemingly not noticing most of the other chaos and dead for once]

[mykidisthebest]

[well he's not paying attention to most of it either

closes the distance between them, reaching for one of his hands]

[endsjustified]

[he can take it. Charon's hand is heavy]

We are going home.

[rugpull]

[mykidisthebest]

[do not perceive him]

Please wipe my blood off of your face.

Are you okay?

[rugpull]

Its m'own blood now not yers....

[mykidisthebest]

...I like that less than it being my blood.

[rugpull]

All m'blood came out.

[hardpity]

[ honestly getting up from the ground in the exact same way but

makes fingergun? u wan portal? ]

[mykidisthebest]

[hmmmm don't like that

does not immediately accept the portal, but does reach for his hand to give it a squeeze]

Are you okay?

[hardpity]

I'm mad.

[mykidisthebest]

[wordlessly opens his arms for a hug]

[hardpity]

[ HUGS .... ]

[secondbornsun]

[ . . .

looks him up. looks him down

if he's not injured anyMORE tart is just going to give a nod and go ]

[mykidisthebest]

[tart spotted]

--Tart!

[secondbornsun]

[ wait we're conversing now???? conversating????????? ]

Hmmh?

[ stops from his zoomies. not running around zoomies just like business zoomies. powerwalking to pick up his daffodils ]

[mykidisthebest]

[jogs over to check him over]

Are you okay? Biscuit said you guys died too.