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

[survivaltricks]

[. . . . . . . . . . ugh]

[scrubbing at his face as he climbs out of the fountain, looking a bit like a drowned cat]

Don't remind me. I know.

[quietly]

. . . you try not to be an asshole, and someone will always take you down.

[misdeerection]

[ offers him a hand to help him out. ] ...sometimes you have no choice.

[survivaltricks]

[blinks at the outstretched hand, before taking it and hoisting himself to his feet. NEVERMIND THAT HE SAW THIS GUY EAT A CLOVER FOR NO REASON!! did he do a bad thing? yes. but is he now in Lupin's good graces? also yes]

And when you are the asshole in order to protect yourself, then people call you cowardly and tell you that you did the wrong thing. Made the wrong choice.

. . . it's a shitty double-standard.

[he just sounds EXHAUSTED]

[misdeerection]

[ helps him up. ]

And what's even worse is if we play to win, so we can live, then that's wrong. But if they play to win, so they can live, then that's right. What's the difference? Nothing. If we're talking semantics, then the road to get there, as we don't all take the same one, but some people have this holier than thou attitude and can do. no. wrong.

I... should offer my thanks as well. [ he couldn't talk in that room so. ] For not prolonging the torture.

[survivaltricks]

[hm this weed may be his now, too. weed adoption!!]

[lightly, jokingly]

It could've been neverending. That was my initial idea.

[NOT THAT HE WANTED IT, IT WAS JUST THE FIRST THING HE THOUGHT OF!]

[misdeerection]

[ weed adoption!! ]

Positively fiendish.

Leaving it an option kept the demons off your back.

[survivaltricks]

[HAAAAH. . .]

[tone still light]

I guess you could say Thistle especially what those demons are capable of. So that was the intent, yeah.

[misdeerection]

Did you know a bunch of them?

[survivaltricks]

No.

[. . .]

But we threw a ritual a while back. We're probably the reason abstaining in this one would kill another flock, and not your own.

[misdeerection]

What kind of ritual was it?

But... all of the demons coming together is certainly new.

[survivaltricks]

[twitches a little, before dipping his hands into his pockets like some kind of distraction]

A stupid one. Not unlike this, where we were told to choose flocks to hurt.

[misdeerection]

I see. [ he won't press for more info since it seems to be making him uncomfortable. ] Well about those favors, Lupin. I seem to be out one roof. Might I be able to use yours for a while?

[survivaltricks]

[oh BOY]

. . . I don't mind, honestly.

But I'll have to tell the rest of Thistle about your mid-ritual snack. I can't spring that on them without warning.

[misdeerection]

Of course. Of course.

I wouldn't want to sew unnecessary discord for you if they were to oh-so-suddenly find out there was a cannibal in their midst.

[survivaltricks]

[A SMALL HUFF]

If they're fine with it, you can stay as long as you need to. Then I'll consider my debts repaid.

[misdeerection]

I would appreciate it and, yes, that would certainly do it~!

Just let me know. I'll... be around.

[survivaltricks]

Out of curiosity, why don't you stay in the clubhouse?

[misdeerection]

I don't like most of them. Just like I don't like most of you. Not 'you', but [ motions to the pasture. ] I spend most of my time in the forest, but now and again it is nice to have a roof.

[survivaltricks]

[oooooh he's just picky. A SNORT]

Fair enough. Well, I'll run it past the others and get back to you.

. . . but don't hold it against us if someone says no, okay?

[misdeerection]

I won't. It's not like my situation will change from what it currently is, so it can really only go up from here... potentially. [ he gives him a little nod. ] I'll talk to you later.

[survivaltricks]

Mmm.

Take care. And. . . thanks again.

[weird to have a feeling of gratitude towards someone you know could try to eat you??]