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[endsjustified]

WHO: lily
WHERE: lily
WHEN: day 84 post-ritual

[all’s quiet in this meadow after the ritual.

however with no visible indication of the change having been made, their security system has been updated. all Weeds will now be instantly ejected from anywhere in Lily’s meadow, and thrown somewhere else 200 feet away in the pasture. there is no time delay. there is no safe area. there are no exceptions.

other teams can try their luck if they really want but no promises.]

Comments

[abandon_hope]

[ Your demigods are still fast asleep. Kevin has shifted into being flopped on his back where he’s wriggled out of the blanket nest on the couch with a frown, but otherwise he’s unchanged.

Good luck Lily, ]

[endsjustified]

[small mercies

gently chivvies him onto the stable part of the couch if he’s rolled near the edge and pulls one of the blankets back up over his shoulders. nap well]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Gently nudges a pillow back into place under his head and does a quick check to make sure he hasn't managed to tangle himself up in blankets ]

[mykidisthebest]

[hmm

applies more pillows and blankets]

[audacity]

[ also still asleep in his room, being nested on by the bunny family. every so often he stirs, murmuring, before lapsing back into silence. there is definitely a bunny on his head and nestled in the crook of his arm. ]

[endsjustified]

[what’s he murmuring?

if the bunny on his head looks to be in danger of loading on an airway he moves it to join the one in his arms, also]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Bonus bunnies! He may be checking on Cepheus as an excuse to feed tiny bits of veggies to the bunnies in the process ]

[mykidisthebest]

[at least some of Lily is just resting peacefully. well-earned.

he makes a little divot of a nest in the blankets and shifts one of the bunnies there when it looks like it's going to get fussy and leave]

Feel free to rest for a little while longer.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Scarab continues to hover uneasily around Charon and Lethe after they return home, at a loss for what to do with himself now that there are no longer any immediate threats in the vicinity ]

Query: Do you have any requests?

[endsjustified]

[opens his mouth to request Scarab just warning shot any person who comes up to the gate

closes it and reconsiders]

I would like to know your level of mental distress currently.

[he also cares about Ananke’s obviously but since Ananke will be threading separately we handwave just a little]

[mykidisthebest]

[glances in the direction of Cepheus and Kevin's room]

Is there anything I can do to bribe you to not mention any of this to the other boys? Also, I'd like a hug.

[hardpity]

[ at some point a basket of peony fruits incl. several dragonfruit appears on a coffee table. treats ]

[endsjustified]

[is it possible to catch the portal opening briefly for Aides to do that]

[mykidisthebest]

[this is big cheating, he'll get you later]

[endsjustified]

[after reviving Minuet (it is free real estate to have seen him carrying the corpse into a bedroom), Charon can be found sitting in their little library with a book open in his hand, posture ramrod straight. he has washed up and put on clean clothes

he’s not really reading, it just gives him an excuse to lurk slightly off the common areas and keep an eye on people. the door is open and he is easily spottable.

also because we didn’t actually get total healing he…still has a paper arm. SIGH]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ It doesn't take long for Ananke to seek him out. Raps lightly on the door frame to announce his presence, as if he hasn't already been noticed ]

[mykidisthebest]

[wanders into the library at some point after he's cleaned himself up, looking for all the world like he's done it on accident and doesn't actually mean to be in there.

before he can stand awkwardly in the doorway for too long, he grabs a chair and pulls it up next to Charon's]

[mykidisthebest]

[Lethe takes the time to clean himself up, heal what wounds weren't healed upon revival, put on some fresh clothes, and do his darnedest to make it look like he wasn't dead like two hours ago.

while he does avoid slipping into the kitchen, he does end up puttering around the house in a circle to aimlessly check on everyone. sleeping kids included.]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Lethe doesn't get a warning—just Ananke abruptly pulling him in for a tight hug once he's cleaned himself up ]

[featherduster]

[ Stumbles down from one of the spare bedrooms at SOME point like



........ He doesn't know what else to do for Lily here so he immediately starts cooking food. ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ On one hand, Ananke would love to not do anything else today. On the other, bro didn't you just die??? ]

Do you need any help?

[mykidisthebest]

...

[wordlessly slides up next to him and takes some of his food prep stuff to help with]

much later

[endsjustified]

[at deadass midnight between day 84 and 85 the following occurs in Forever Snake timelines:

- if your names are Lethe or Minuet, you are in bed. Charon very gently makes himself intangible so he can quite literally dip out and away without disturbing the other person, and heads downstairs

- if you are someone else on Lilybell you can absolutely catch him somewhere on the way down to the kitchen, and then over to Bluebell to access the Lily limbus in the morgue. (sorry Bluebell usually he asks but in this case he would ghost through the underground door also to not disturb anyone.)

he’s not not covering himself with an illusion but he’s also not THAT hard to catch considering how keyed up people tend to be in a bad ritual aftermath. oh no]

Re: much later

[featherduster]

[ He gets most of the way there unaccosted, even. Just the stairs down into the morgue left.

Damn, maybe he really got away with it!!!! ]

Day 85

[wants_the_phd]

[Polite knockety knock knock!]

[Hello! Az is here and carrying a large bundle of neatly-folded fabric. She had to juggle it a little in order to free up a hand for knocking, since the other one apparently doesn't exist. One of her sleeves is hanging limp and empty from the shoulder down.]

Re: Day 85

[endsjustified]

[there’s a soft shiver of movement through the door — the eye of a sheep ghost checking who it is — then it withdraws.

Charon opens the door quietly after.]

Azdaja.