sheep_game | ARISE

Who: Everyone
Where: The Pasture
When: Day 1, WAKE UP

[WAKEY WAKEY PEOPLE!! Wow, no matter who you are, you feel like you're starting to wake up from a really bad trip! At least the ambience is really peaceful and the grass you're laying in is dewey and sweet smelling? Really, this doesn't seem all that bad.

...at least it wouldn't, if you weren't also probably surrounded by strangers. Characters will find themselves sitting with 5-6 other people; and all but one of you have color coded collars with bells on them. Try as you might, you can't remove them. One member of your group however, will wake up clutching a tall shepherd's staff, with a team colored bell attached to it. There's an innate feeling they should hold on to it.

Maybe you will immediately try to introduce yourself! But, you might find that difficult, as you can't remember your name. Some may have forgotten even more than that. Whoops! Also curiously, if you had any powers prior to coming here? You can't seem to use them at the moment. All your belongings aside from whatever you were last wearing also seem to be missing.

Well. This is a mess. But hey, maybe.............all the dozens and dozens of miniature sheep just STARING at you might be able to help. In particular, a small pink sheep and black ram waddle up, looking a bit alarmed.

And they start talking.]

THIS, THIS IS SO MANY PEOPLE. THIS IS TOO MANY??? I HECKED UP, I HECKED UP--!

Baahaha! It's fiiiine, we just have toss one, right? Shouldn't be too hard.

[And suddenly, you're all struck with a brief bout of silence as they continue to chatter. Well! Maybe listen very carefully to what they have to say.]

[OOC: All supernatural/magic/special abilities (including sheep powers) are sealed until characters go to their respective barns and activate them! If you try to enter a barn that isn't yours right now, your character will be immediately crippled by a massive migraine. Go to your own barn!

DECISIONS will be due no later than Friday May 5th at 9PM EST. Blossom and Stormy will take the answer from each team's Shepherd HERE. Whatever happens will depend on what team ends up chosen!

Otherwise characters are now loose to do whatever! Ping me in discord or on plurk if characters wander into the mist or if you want an npc encounter in the forest! GO FORTH YOU'RE ALL FREE NOW. You can also use this post as a mingle.

Decisions| Introduction | Talk to Sheep | BARNS: DAFFODIL, BLUEBELL, LILY, ROSE, THISTLE, CLOVER]

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I don't know if we'll make very good role models for sheep... I mean, I eat sheep. Well, mutton. But mutton comes from sheep! And I wear wool and stuff, which is also made of sheep. Are you sure we're the right people for inspiring your sheep?

Please don't talk about eating them in front of them. . .

Why not? You said that all they can do is observe, so either they'll hear it and not care, or they'll hear it and get mad, which is exactly what you want! It's a win-win!

Or start cannibalizing each other,

Hmmm.... I can see how that might get messy, since sheep teeth aren't really made for chewing on other sheep and all, but at least they'd be doing more than standing around! And isn't that better than all of them being empty, lifeless husks?

I-I suppose. . .!!

It isn't really my place to tell you all how to act, I'm only supposed to put you on a path. . .

Awww, that's okay! It's not like I know how sheep feel about being eaten or eating each other. So your feedback's really helpful! Cannibal sheep would be pretty weird. Even worse if they decided to start eating us!

[GENTLY JUST

STARTS SHOOING SHEEP AWAY FROM THEM]

YES. YES THAT WOULD BE BAD IT'S A GOOD THING YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT!

Oops! Should I only talk about sheep-approved activities from now on?

No no no you can talk about whatever you want I am NOT interfering!!!

[she is interfering]

[walks over to one of the sheep that was just shooed away]

Hello! My name is... well, I can't really remember, and you probably don't care, do you. What are your thoughts on cannibalism?

[No thoughts, empty head]

[Behind them blossom is letting out a high pitched but low aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAH]

[crouching down so they're face to face and so she can give the NPC sheep a pat on the head]

Not much going on in there, huh. How about your thoughts on eating other kinds of meat? Like, say, mine?

[POPS UP]

That can be arranged!

Oh! Hello! I was just wondering when Blossom was going to start interfering again even though she said she wasn't going to. I'd rather not get chewed on by lifeless sheep husks, if it's all the same to you!

That'll depend on you, smartie.

You'll have plenty of time to be a bad influence on these empty shells. Right now I'd worry about being more of an influence in your own flock.

Oh boy, that might be a little hard. Seeing as how we're all...what was the phrase she used again? Oh yeah! Strong personalities!

Sounds like a you problem!

Haha, I guess so! Actually, speaking of personalities, how'd you two get yours?

You could say we're special, but it's nothing for you to worry about.

Well, now that you've said that, that definitely sounds like something we should all be super worried about!

I wonder!

[taking Blossom's hand. hoof. thing??]

You got the assignment, so get to it! We've got to prepare for the ~sacrifice~.

ARISE

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