Baa-trayal

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Sheep
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: 109 afternoon thru evening

[It happened so suddenly--no matter where you were, even if you didn't get caught up in, you suddenly saw the massive, ghostly body of Death standing over the pasture. Whether you were in your barn, the cafeteria, exploring the meadow or forest, it didn't matter. You suddenly found yourself sucked into seemingly another realm, experiencing memories and feelings and urges that certainly did not belong to you. A ritual is being performed, but it was not caused by Weed or Sheep or Blossom. Not, Death herself called this one, in an effort to call attention to. . .something, who knows.

As you eventually wake up from the ritual--possibly with injuries or horrific memories, you will find yourself at the fountain.

Blossom, Stormy, and Lady are also there, soundly asleep. And also tied up. Death is tired of their shit okay.]

[ooc:
SESSIONS | WINNERS/RESULTS | SPIRITS | ROOM NOTES | POST BAA-TRAYAL MINGLE

Note: I'm setting this as 109 since the last game was 107, so there's two full days to back thread stuff yall might need if need be!!]

Comments

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Stares at him blankly for a beat or two before ]

Oh!

[ Eyeing the port they installed ]

I dunno. I'll have to try it.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

[nods at it]

That at least doesn’t feel…off in any way right now?

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

Nah. I won't be able to tell until hooking something into it.

Sorry, but... thanks for taking care of it.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

[there’s a visible curl of disappointment for a moment, before it’s shoved ruthlessly away. he’s been ruthlessly shoving away feelings since the game ended]

Come here.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ ?????

Scoots into his personal space now ]

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

[reaches out and hauls him in like a human will haul a cat in under the bedsheets for cuddling

and coils up around him very tight, a wing tucked over his head like a sunshade, more of the sick intensity of his feelings finally relaxing as he feels him alive and moving, breathing]

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Ah....

Leans against his flank, flesh fingers burying in feathers ]

It's okay.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

[they’re strange to touch still, soft-hard with their cores of solid scale, but not unpleasant. Charon’s sides heave a bit before he gets himself back under control; he makes no noise, crying, and his head is somewhere out of sight in the tangle

finally:]

Is it?

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Strokes at his long neck, since his face is tucked away ]

Mm. We're all here, whole and alive.

As long as that's true, anything else can be worked out.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

Mm.

[there’s an odd uncertainty to that, a wobble in his confidence he’s trying to shore back up. surely that will fix itself tho

eventually he does snake his head back around and leans it against Minuet’s chest, all eyes closed]

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ He does not stop petting ]

Tell me what you're worried about.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

You and Lethe.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

... More specific.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

…

I don’t know how to help you.

I am afraid it will happen again.

I am afraid to lose you.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

C'mon. Why would you lose me? Do you really think I'd let you kill me if I thought it was gonna stick?

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

I’m not so certain that the gamble doesn’t turn my stomach. What if the rules change, with this Crow? If Death truly took you two into the Nothing for good…

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Gently thinks about Mr. 'I'd sacrifice who I need to in order to achieve an outcome' and feels a stab of SOME kind of emotion. A soggy emotion. ]

I don't think she would. She doesn't really want to mess with the souls that aren't from this realm, y'know? But... I'm sorry.

What would you want me to do instead?

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

[it’s always such a problem whenever people move out of the potential collateral category]

Stop me. I know you can.

Or if that’s unacceptable, run away.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ 'Stop him' probably still necessitates some amount of 'fight him,' but he doesn't say that ]

... Alright.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

Thank you.

[shifts a moment to press the side of his scaly head under Minuet’s chin, against where he fatally wounded him]

I am sorry I did it. I want you to find out how to live without weariness, not die.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

I meant what I said in there. You can trust that much.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

Ah.

Then I will not go.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Looks. Alarmed. ]

Were you going to?

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[endsjustified]

No.

[a little wretched]

When I am in possession of my own faculties, I don’t know if you could be rid of me even if you asked me to go.

Re: POST RITUAL MINGLE

[featherduster]

[ Say something healthy and well-adjusted say something healthy and well-adjusted say something healthy and well-adjusted say something healthy and well-adjusted say something healthy and well-adjusted say s ]

Good.