ARISE

[wooliefrand]

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]

Comments

[featherduster]

[ We'll flip out about blood sacrifices in a sec

This guy has dropped his shepherd's hook so he can gather up as many sheep as he can fit in his arms (at least four) and just flop on the grass. (Grass!!! Grass!!!! ) Also maybe he's a lil weepy it's fine. ]

They're s-so fluffy . . .

[wooliefrand]

[THE SHEEP OFFER ZERO RESISTANCE, BUT YES THEY ARE SO FLUFFY]

[featherduster]

[ VASH THE STAMPEDE WOULD NOW DIE FOR ALL OF YOU ]

[vivace_ultimate]

Um, not to object, but... is that really the issue, right now?

I mean, they are cute...

[featherduster]

It's one of the issues at hand!

[ Patting a sheep's head ]

I mean-- look at all this grass!

[vivace_ultimate]

It is pretty pastoral. Even nice.

...But we need a better reason than "You're here randomly to make blood sacrifices" to really be too grateful.

[chasseurdebeaute]

Fufu, their diminutive size really serves to emphasize how adorable they are!

[featherduster]

Oh.

[ Muffled a little by fluff ]

Are they not usually this size?

[chasseurdebeaute]

The ones I am familiar with are a little larger than twice this size, depending on the breed!

[lapdogged]

At least someone's having fun here...

[...though.]

...are they even aware of you hugging them? They look kinda brain dead.

[featherduster]

--Oh.

[ Prodding one of the sheep in the cheek a few times.

...

Nothing? ]

I guess they're usually smarter than this?


[ This is not a man who's seen a sheep before ]

[lapdogged]

Well- not really but, also yes.

[Sheep were pretty dumb, but they normally didn't look so. soulless?]

They're not hurting anyone, I guess. And they don't seem to be suffering...

[heavyliesthecrown]

We have just found ourselves abducted by alien sheep, and you are frolicking with them.

[featherduster]

Yup!

[ Said like: AND??? ]

Wanna hold one?

[ Helpfully offering a sheep ]

1/2

[heavyliesthecrown]

. . . Well, a little bit-

2/2

[heavyliesthecrown]

Wait, no!

[He points to this man.]

I have some questions for you! I would appreciate your cooperation and answers.

[ohlord]

[... there's so many mixed feelings here but currently not saying anything because DAMN IT, VASH, YOU'RE RUINING HIS PET THEORIES ABOUT WTF THIS PLACE EVEN IS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED!!!!1]

[featherduster]

[ MAYBE VASH WOULD ALSO GO TO HELL, DID YOU EVER CONSIDER THAT?????

(Of course not) ]

1/2

[ohlord]

[WHY THE FUCK WOULD VASH THE STAMPEDE GO TO HELL?!?!

DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!!!

...






that being said, there is the possibility this is NOT Hell, but then why is he here????? HELLO???]

[adorabrawler]

[ ... crouching down to pet one ]

And soft, too...

[featherduster]

Hold one, it will solve all your problems!

[ He helpfully OFFERS A SHEEP ]

ignore the fact that he's red here. he's not red rn. it's just the perfect expression.

[finalbows]

And unwashed.

_{[ even if they're perfectly clean looking sheep, they're barnyard animals, and thus not clean ENOUGH by this guy's standards ]}

[featherduster]

[ Bad news for you buddy you're TALKING to a barnyard animal ]

What, are you sure?

[ Sniffing a sheep??? ]

[shortforever]

What're you so worked up about? It's just some sheep.

[featherduster]

--And grass!

[ Which is, clearly, even more riveting than sheep ]