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

[noarchitact]

[ fantasia has trouble sitting up and the coughing fit that follows has him coiling his arms around his middle and hacking up blood and bits of bone. ] ...d- dammit. [ it hurts, it hurts so much. the world around him is spinning a bit, but as it starts to settle the colors all settle to form a zenith like blob. ] Z- Zenith?

[eonsadrift]

[ sorry for how hurt you are but Zenith is just going to follow him into the fountain and pull him close, pressing his face into his chest and holding him there. He's also very damaged and his legs are all but falling apart, so he wasn't going to be able to remain upright much longer, anyway. ] Don't leave me.

[noarchitact]

[ he's alive. that's about as much as he could ask for right now. he moves an arm around zenith as he presses his face into him, but he doesn't do anything besides that. he doesn't feel like moving. everything hurts too much. ] Never. [ he turns his head to give him a kiss, a healing kiss at that. ] I'll take care of you, Zenith.

[eonsadrift]

[ Everything does hurt, so the fountain can deal with them for a while. The kiss helps a little bit at least, but it's not going to repair him fully. ] ...I need... replacements... [ He mutters, clutching his fingers in Kaveh's shirt. ] But it can wait. What happened to Bluebell..?

[noarchitact]

...nothing out of the ordinary for Bluebell. [ he murmurs quietly. ] I'm taking you back with me. It's probably going to take me a while to fix you up. [ especially since he's a bit fucked up himself. ] ... [ he digs his fingers into zenith's back. ] This is what all that hard work early on was for. And... when things settle down we'll work on replacing what we use, okay?

[eonsadrift]

...okay. [ He doesn't move yet, though. They can just stay in the fountain for now. It's a bit much to have Kaveh carry him when they're both so injured, so he's building his strength back up. ] I don't want to be around anyone else right now.

[noarchitact]

...me neither. [ he circles an arm around his waist and uses his hydromancy to force him to his feet. he's going to have SO MANY regrets about using all of these powers later, but, fuck it, he doesn't want to sit out here for too long. he shakily steps out of the fountain and immediately several roots spiral up his legs to help keep him steady. ] Hang onto me as best as you can, alright... [ he summons mehrak to his side and just tells him to block zenith from view as best he can. ]

[ the walk back is going to be slow, since the roots make it a little hard to move, but they're keeping his legs 'strong' so at least he won't just immediately fucken collapse. ]