sheep_game | Septingle

WHO: Sheep!
WHERE: The Pasture!
WHEN: 102 Morning-Afternoon!

[HELLOOOO SHEEP, that certainly was a fairly pleasant demon ritual last night! And you know what, aside from one of the moons disappearing (,,,,,), things are going pretty swell!

Until the next morning.

Those who are out in the meadow beyond the fence, may notice that some mist wolves are actually breaking through the mist. You can now encounter wolves just, out there in the meadow. They are slightly weaker not being in their element, but can cause problems all the same.

The fence. . .also, abruptly, starts crumbling. Thankfully, due to the barrier they all created during the kidnapping fiasco, they're still all mostly protected! However, the wolves can slip into gaps from the broken fence. Maybe repair those.

But wait, there's more! One type of fruit tree in every flock suddenly shrivels up, taking that fruit away. You all may decide which one goes bye bye! (but hit up the top comment so I can keep track of it). Any fruit you've harvested for yourself or the food drive already is fine to keep, just any from that particular tree in the future is donezo now.

Finally, random scattered feathers float through the air. Should you touch any, you may experience the following:

Black Feathers - Increased anger, rage, impulsiveness; you may find yourself lashing out violently even to people you like.
Pink Feathers - Increased anxiety, paranoia, depression; even if you try to tell the truth you'll find yourself lying.
White Feathers - Increased loneliness, insecurity, jealousy; you'll find yourself blurting out the truth even if it hurts.

Wack. But hey that's pretty mild all things considered!! EVERYTHING IS FINE AND NORMAL ignore that Stormy has been missing for two days probably and occasionally Blossom flickers in and out of existence.]

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Thank you. That might be helpful.

[ugh]

Blossom probably has his soul, but it's not like we can ask.

Or no one does, and the "Stormy" we know is simply Blossom's grief and heartbreak manifesting.

Surely she would not make a familiar out of her worst emotions and greatest regret and put it next to her for hundreds of years. That would be a mad thing to do.

Edited 2024-09-02 20:21 (UTC)

[visibly mentally replays what he just said]

Fuck.

It makes an unfortunate amount of sense, doesn’t it..?

He’s always trailing her, he defends her, he seems not to question her… it lines up.

It does lessen the chances of her having harmed the others that way, at least. When the body went berserk and tried to escape the pasture, it only tried to take Stormy with it.

That does help confirm the theory a little bit more...

When you fought him, did he use his typical lightning? I remember Stormy was strong enough to scare Fifi back when we first got here, and I'm not doubting your abilities, but it seems like he should have put up more of a fight.

He used a little, but I think he had to hold back. He can kill Weeds, but he can’t kill flock members. And once we got him in the room it worked to suppress it entirely.

Apparently the protection doesn’t extend to our priests, though.

Edited 2024-09-02 23:04 (UTC)

Even in a scenario like that, huh...

It's difficult to come up with a reason why Stormy would want to kill your priest, but I'm sure Blossom has plenty.

Oh, certainly. They detest each other.

It’s a curious hypothetical mechanism, though. If she wasn’t in there direct to control him, I wonder if he had some kind of implanted programming instead. Something we went beyond the bounds of with our questions.

Edited 2024-09-02 23:44 (UTC)

I do feel like it's a bit difficult to picture Blossom as some kind of mastermind puppetmaster...

Perhaps a spell, then? Maybe she merely reanimated him.

[flatly]

What are the odds of her listening if we ask her to pretty please stop that.

...pff.

If her "diary" is as erratic as you say it is? Very, very low.

Expected, but a pity.

[sighs]

Luckily for her, we have better things to do than try to pin her down entirely.

We are going to have to deal with her eventually, though.

Which is a bit annoying on top of everything else.

If we can revive Stormy first, that would certainly help matters.

And do we have a plan for that without knowing where his soul is?

Our Lady is looking. I believe non-Lilies are going to try to speak to her about it. And we can keep hunting for it.

Well, keep us updated, I suppose. I sincerely hope we can find it, and that we haven’t been fooled by a pink menace this whole time.

Mm. If Clover finds some clue to it, we’d appreciate knowing as well.

Edited 2024-09-06 20:43 (UTC)

...I'll let you know if we do, but don't count on it.

Ah, and I'll keep an eye over the Lily barn tonight if you want to try and rest. I spend most of my nights up on Clover's roof, so I have a pretty good view of the pasture anyway.

…

Thank you, Zenith. I’ll take you up on that.

We all need to rest if we're to be in top form to face what's to come.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Septingle

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