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

[jerkalope]

Bad luck, eh? Especially since threatening to harm the other one really was overkill in an already intense game of flip the coin.

[ which is to say he was feeling some kind of displeased about having the threat of Belle being hurt instead a opposed to others ]

Not to victim blame, but since everyone was engaging in some kind of torture, are you sure Angel Devil or Azdaja didn't do something in round two that set another flock off?

[poisonista]

[ Aww, Warden. He'll cradle him in his arms then so he can look at him. ]

...

They didn't. The decision was Your Name's and it clearly didn't go over well with that person from Lily. I haven't seen her since I returned, though. Will you help me look?

[jerkalope]

[ that does give him a look of surprise ]

She became a Rose? Huh, I was wondering why she didn't show up in our group, but thought she got off lucky. Maybe not...

Well! With my winner's prize being all my legs functional again, I can manage that.

[poisonista]

Like you have to walk around when I'm holding you.

[ Fondly. But he nods, looking around himself. The others should be reviving now... ]

Let us be off. You should stay with us tonight, if you want.

[ Whenever they do find Your Name and the other Roses, he'll go to look for Rubato. Until then, many cuddles. ]

[debug_mode]

[Panting and out of breath, her throat burning with pain from overuse (and phantom pain from immediate memory of their 'punishment'), she stumbles across Belle.]

There you are...

[Hah... hah...]

[jerkalope]

[ poking his head up from Belle's arms ]

Ah, Your Name~

Is this the power of flock teamwork?

[poisonista]

Your Name. Thank the stars... are you still hurt?

[debug_mode]

[She waves her hands] No, I'm fine.

[she shows her hands and moves her limbs, to demonstrate.]

[poisonista]

[ He nods to her. ]

I'm going to look for Rubato and Apple. I haven't seen Angel Devil and Azdaja since I returned... but you should return to the barn.

... What happened to you after you disappeared?

[debug_mode]

...It's not worth talking about. At least not right now.

Anyway, I'm not going back until I find everyone and make sure they're at least alive and can walk. Especially Angel Devil and Azdaja.

[poisonista]

There's Leviathan too... but I do need to know what happened with you when we're back. There shouldn't be any secrets after what we all went through.

You're a Rose now. You'd best start getting used to relying on us, understand?

[debug_mode]

I am. I do. It would just take a while to explain. I promise. I'll explain everything.

[she nods]

[poisonista]

I'll hold you to that. I don't know what happened with Azdaja, but there was an explosion...

[debug_mode]

Explosions... aren't good.

[jerkalope]

[ piping up when not in the middle of Rose bonding ]

Apple wasn't there with us either. Whatever went down, he wasn't involved.

[poisonista]

[ We can have it after they've parted ways with Your Name and found the other Roses! ]

Thank the Stars... now we just have to find Rubato. Though, is there anyone you want to find?

[jerkalope]

Flare was healing up last I saw her. Heh, and she'll make her displeasure audibly known if she wants.

[poisonista]

I'm sure she'll be more than satisfied with Mr. Edgelord around. Are those two courting? They certainly sounded like they were.

[debug_mode]

Hah... I guess the cat is out of the bag.

[sighs]

...I'll be over to pick up my stuff later. I was going to have Shade on Clover help, but... who knows if he's in a physical or emotional state right now.

[jerkalope]

Hah, he seemed fine enough in round two!

But either way is fine with me. You know we really aren't very strict about that "no sheep without permission" rule, right?

[debug_mode]

[sighs, rolling her eyes] It was a 'grandfather rule' from a time when I took the idea of 'weeds are intrinsically better than sheep, we don't want sheep here,' seriously. Seems like a very long time ago.

It was also a rule to keep grudges against all of us from developing if some sheep got attacked by one of the more... impulsive weeds, while on their visit.

[jerkalope]

Might be a good rule to adapt between the flocks. I'm sensing a lot of sheep on sheep violence going on.

[debug_mode]

That's been a constant since day one.

[jerkalope]

That was in the ring violence. There were rules and guidelines.

[debug_mode]

Warden...

[she's just going to crouch down, get close, and whisper her next words.]

This isn't a boxing match. This is a poker game. And it's a poker game where if you win, the other players are going to come at you in the back alley and get their money back.