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

[poisonista]

[ He's going to rush over, and. ]

R-Rubato...



[ Oh Seven. He's shaking at the sight, but he's going to move over to try and get him back together, starting to finally cry as he does. ]

Damn it...!!

[chasseurdebeaute]

[Thanks, cher. At least he's not in pain.]

[poisonista]

[ He's got u. At least he'll be meticulous in getting him back together, but how does he heal him... Rubato needs to take his blood. Will bleeding on him work?! Actually I need to check this brb. OKAY I found out it will act like meat glue but Rubato still needs to be fed blood to heal so. First piecing together.

Whatever the case, he's going to take his body to the fountain after he gets him together! ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

[When he's revived he'll be able to heal himself with a kiss from Belle, so that's also convenient! It's going to be a little painful to wake like this though--]

Belle?

[poisonista]

Rubato... thank the Seven...

[ He will carefully, carefully hold him and lean him against the nearest surface. Adrenaline's doing its work here. He's covered in explosion dust and tears and his clothes are bloody and he's a mess, but hey, still lovely. ]

Don't move. You can have my blood, I...

[ There are cuts over the back of his arms where he did bleed over him to put him back together. ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

Non--a kiss, ma Belle...

1/2

[poisonista]

Now?! For goodness' s-

[poisonista]

[ Oh. Wait. ]

Ah...


[ Just. Forgive him for not asking again, then. He'll just lift his face carefully and move in to press his mouth against his without hesitating any more. Kiss first, tsundere later. ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

[It will taste like blood, he's not actually going to be chaste about it--after a moment he's able to reach up to curl a wet hand around the back of Belle's neck though, a good sign it's working]

[poisonista]

[ He'd be surprised if it was otherwise. He'll just sink down and carefully draw a hand over Rubato's back to keep him steady, while the hand on his face slides into his hair.

He hopes it's working, because he isn't going to stop until Rubato is moving properly again, not hesitating to let his tongue work against his either. Sorry they can't get a room here. ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

[The hand going around his back elicits a tense jerk--Belle might have seen while he was working that Rubato's back was burned (hand prints), but it's fine! Kisses will heal it!]

[poisonista]

[ Baaaabe. He pauses in surprise at the jerk, and he did indeed see the burns, though he wasn't sure how those came about.

Still, when he needs to breathe, he'll break the kiss briefly. At least by now, Rubato should be piecing together well enough to talk. ]

A moment, dear...

[ He's flustered, and brush his nose against his. ]

You're taking my breath away. But I won't stop until you're fully healed. I was so frightened for you.

[chasseurdebeaute]

Je te supplie de me pardonner--I wish you didn't have to be...

[poisonista]

... I will after you're better. I won't forgive you if you're in pain.

[ Moving to wipe the blood off his own lips and kissing Rubato's forehead, his cheeks and his lower lip. Though the thought that he can't give him the same kind of healing makes his chest clench and more tears rise into his eyes. ]

May I keep going?

[ Just. Going to ask that to try and distract himself from crying. ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

Every kiss is a balm, Belle. Even if we cannot find a satisfying route in these rituals, we are at least able to come through them whole.

[poisonista]

You were in pieces, Rubato. Think of what seeing that would do to me. If you're not going to worry about yourself, then worry about me and the people who care for you.

You're forbidden from doing anything that injures you this gravely. I'll ... punish you somehow.

[ Just. Going to tug his face back in and kiss him- despite the roughness, it's still affectionate. This time, he's hoping it can heal the wounds he saw earlier. ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

[The kisses are healing Belle's cuts instead]

Not here (yet)

[finalbows]

[ at some point in this process an angelcube appeared behind his shoulder, but when the soft sounds of Belle working his hardest to help Rubato through a rain of tears reaches through the line, whatever it was going to say is completely stricken away.

it vanishes, for the moment, to grant them privacy. ]

Re: Not here (yet)

[finalbows]

[ no pressure to reply to this since you're really early in threading but in a good half hour to one hour (whatever u feel in your soul/works w your timelines) the cube silently pops up again, looking Belle over before speaking ]

[poisonista]

[ During some nebulous time after he's sure Rubato is alright- ]

...?! Angel Devil?

[finalbows]

[ there we go. Belle seems more alert, and not as stressed as he would be if Rubato was still in a sorry state, he bets. ]

Just a status check after all the adrenaline's worn off. Anything time and rest can't solve?

[poisonista]

No.

[ He does need rest, though. ]

I'll be back when I can. Are all of you accounted for? Your Name was looking for everyone.

[finalbows]

Azdaja is still missing a limb.
Your Name's said nothing about the circumstances of her disappearance, but she was already checking on others, so. Stable.
I did see Levie up and moving and alert.

[poisonista]

Your Name said she'd tell us when she returned. There's no secrets within Rose for something we all suffered together.

[ Firm. ]

... I'll look for Leviathan, then. I just need to make sure Rubato is resting first.

You should as well. Get some rest, that is.

[finalbows]

[ he wordlessly pulls a face, but doesn't make any protest before dropping the call. ]