a ding dang mingle

[endsjustified]

WHO: anyone
WHERE: anywhere
WHEN: Day 9, morning through to late afternoon

[well there's still new landmarks to explore, new teammates (and new ragged individuals) to meet. occasional gunfire's been resounding through the woods sometimes, scaring birds up into the air and sending wandering pygmidillos in the meadow askitter.

what are you up to this fine day?]

Comments

[shortforever]

I dunno, how can you tell?

[She might do better with a floatie tbh she's a little stressed about the water current.]

[heavyliesthecrown]

. . . I am not sure myself. I do not believe I have very much experience with animals. If I did, my knowledge and awareness is very minimal outside of horses perhaps.

[Drawing near the lil sheepie.]

Miss Sheep? How are you enjoying the water? Can you wiggle your tail if you are pleased with it?

[shortforever]

[She lets out a little 'baaaaaa' but it seems more like she's trying to stay upright in the water than answer any questions.]

...

Maybe we should take her out of the water before asking her questions.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Would you like help?

[He'll offer to help pull her out since she might be heavier after being in the water.]

There should surely be equipment that might aid her. Red always has any number of strange things.

[shortforever]

Yeah, go ahead and grab her.

And I've been tryin' to avoid red because he gives me shitty answers every time I ask for somethin'.

[heavyliesthecrown]

I confess I do not trust that fox all that much.

[ He says while helping grab the sheep. He gets a little wet, but it isn't too bad.]

I caught him wandering off into the fog once. I still do not know what he was up to out there.

[shortforever]

[Oh yeah. That.]

Me 'n a couple other Thistles followed him. There's some kinda demon living out there. Dunno if that's what he was leading us to, but it's what we found.

[heavyliesthecrown]

. . . Like a wolf of some kind? Or many wolves?

[shortforever]

I don't think so. It had ram horns.

[heavyliesthecrown]

. . . When I wandered into the fog, I felt the breath of something terrifying on my back. There was a feeling of foreboding, and wolf-like shadows would appear and then vanish, as though they were stalking me.

[ Kind of hated it. ]

The one at my neck asked if I was a predator or prey.

[shortforever]

[...huh.]

Y'know, I wonder if the demon I saw actually was the wolf demon, but he was like. Wearing ram horns as a crown or somethin'.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Did it ask you the same question?

[shortforever]

I can't remember. Maybe? I wasn't listening.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Did you immediately launch into an attack?

[shortforever]

No, me 'n Loki found Lupin pretty quick after that.

[heavyliesthecrown]

It is fortunate you all had each other. Your team is rather...

[ Hmm ]

Quick to act and charge forward.

[shortforever]

You can just call us reckless, I won't be offended.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Well. I cannot cast any stones. Bluebell must have a reputation too.

[shortforever]

[They sure do, but.]

Reputations aren't the full truth anyway. It's fine.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Anyhow, I do not want you to think that I find that trait of your team to be negative. Rather, I am impressed. I long to do my part and search for the answers we so desperately crave here.

If I simply sit around here in the pasture, I feel useless and become restless. I would prefer to be active myself. But I feel as though everyone is simply trying to protect me.