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WHO: Lily? and passersby?
WHERE: Lily
WHEN: Day 11, noon-ish

[After this noisy nonsense Honey stomps out of Lily's front yard and for a moment it seems like peace will reign in the pasture for maybe another hour or so

Alas, it was not to be. Before he can hop the fence the color abruptly drains from his collar and a bell grows out of it! Naturally, the bell also starts ringing. The sound of bells is pretty common, but maybe the sound of one more is enough to draw your attention? Either way, Honey turns right back around and goes to knock on Lily's barn door with the air of someone who has just accidentally set off a school fire alarm.]

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I'M NOT SHOOTING ANY ANIMALS!!!

OBVIOUSLY! JUST SAY THAT!

[meanwhile, it's time to get punched by shepherd. don't worry, he actually deserves it]

[ y tho ]

[you think charon's the only one who's been losing his shit???

but also he ain't saying nothing about the hit, WE'RE GONNA WALK IT OFF.]

I guess we can plant the flowers later.

S'fine.

... they gonna keep okay for a little while?

I probably wouldn't let 'em go past tomorrow, but . . .

[ . . . ]

Let's just do it once your shepherd's all tucked into bed for the night.

Probably a better idea, yeah.

[anyway, time to smoke the rest of this pack.]

[ Looking between him and Charon's retreating back a few times.

Pointedly. ]

... lost it at him earlier.

I hit harder. So if he wants to hit back, that's fine.

Oh.

Man, it's gotta be unbearable in your barn right now.

[TIME TO STARE UP AT THE SKY AND NOT JUST. UGLY LAUGH.]

... yeah, I ain't helpin' it much.

[ DON'T LIKE WHERE THAT THOUGHT'S GOING ]

It's not your fault.

[looks over to Vash. then away again.]

... didn't say it was my fault. Just I ain't helpin' it.

[it is totally his fault tho, so like.]

You didn't need to say it.

[ BRO ]

Anyway, I'm pretty sure some friction is gonna be inevitable, given the whole premise of this "flocks" thing.

[the depressios have been BAD lately, in fact.]

Yeah. Not like any of us asked to get shoved together by some cult.

Kinda surprised everyone's going along with this shepherd thing so far, actually . . .

Pretty sure there's somethin' about it we don't really get yet.

[hooks a finger under his own collar and gives it a pretty damn hard tug, actually.]

Otherwise, this wouldn't be stuck on so much.

[and a shepherd's call wouldn't have an effect.]

Edited 2023-06-20 07:41 (UTC)

[ Ugh . . . ]

You're right, but don't put it like that. It's so ominous . . .

Cults. Blood sacrifices. Demon summonin' rituals... kinda hard to make it sound more ominous.

[but he does shoot Vash a kind of wincing look like "sorry about your shepherd status, bro"]

[ EXACTLY!!!! ]

Well, we know the shepherd can be changed . . . I wonder if it's possible to give it to no one.

Pretty sure that's a terrible idea.

But a good thing to know. Just in case.

[ If the staff turns shepherds into evil overlords or something he is YEETING IT ]

One idea is that if ya disown the staff and don't have someone to take it up, anyone who really wants it can. Which means a Weed workin' with that Snake could grab it up.

And we already know the Snake doesn't give a shit about the Weeds, let alone us.

[ Eyes the staff . . . ]

I wonder if it's flammable . . .