new faces old barn

[terraria]

WHO: Lily + visitors
WHERE: Lily barn
WHEN: Day 16

( no more bad vibes fish to mess with the aura of lilybarn, thank goodness. that problem is for another day.

right now there are newbies and old rooms to clean up a bit.

why is there so much MOTHERFUCKIN HAY )

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LILY INFO MEETING

[terraria]

[terraria]

( hello and welcome to the first organized lilypile.

perci is reading (???) off of something in a little book. if someone glances over, they'll see that he's not reading words but pictures. )

We have a lot to discuss. The Fountain's Eye opening, the fish flying free, our new arrivals and departed friends, and our winnings from that last ritual.

( a beat. )

We should... probably look into getting some sort of table for meetings like this. Ah, well - one thing at a time.

[hardpity]

I-i've been working on an update for the security field...

[terraria]

( scribble scribble )

What is the purpose of the update? ... to stop wandering sheeps?

[mykidisthebest]

We know it works great! What else are you thinking of adding?

[fishfearme]

Your 'security field' is already an incredible feat of magic. I'm interested to see how you'll improve it further.

[Sorry, he's a nerd. He's very :eyes: over the security field magic...]

Werewolves

[ohlord]

Got some info on the whole... werewolf thing.

Basically, if ya go out into the fog, ya can risk gettin' bitten by somethin'. If you're bit, you'll be under the curse and change into a feral wolf by next night fall. And if you bite someone, ya infect them with the same shit. From what Blossom and Stormy said, it happens each night until the person loses all reason and stops transformin' back to normal.

Only cure's a plant called Wolfsbane. Fortunately, Fantasia found some when he was out in the fog and got bit. Already transformed cursed people can only be cured if they ingest it while transformed. People who've been bit but haven't transformed can drink a tea. Only other option involves killin' the transformed person and doing a whole ritual thing by rippin' their heart out.

[loooong paaause tho, clearly has another detail and looks so long suffering about it.]

... people who got bit but haven't transformed also can spread the curse. By bitin' or... anythin' that involves saliva or... maybe just fluids in general, but long and short of is Fantasia bit Minuet and Zenith, so they were contagious. And Bluebell's healin' conditions means I got infected, too.

We all got tea and I guess Bluebell handled Fantasia fine, since they woulda fed him the plant after the whole drinkin' ritual. So no wolves now. But all this does explain why there were skeletons of wolves with bells on that one time.

[terraria]

( hm. )

I am... incredibly disturbed by that.

By "that", I mean all of it, but. The way of spreading the curse is even more hair-raising than I expected.

[mykidisthebest]

...A table would be nice.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ This newbie promptly ducked into the bathroom to have a much more private meltdown as soon as they reached the barn and is looking...honestly, still pretty shaken and overwhelmed over just being here in general

But at this, he stares a little blankly ]

I'm guessing you don't mean regular flying fish? Are they a crazy threat too?

[endsjustified]

[passing around a copy of the psa note -- Perci he already briefed on the info in it earlier]

This has been distributed to the other shepherds now, so everyone in the pasture ought to be aware before the day is out. It's not a good time to take especial risks--and yes, yes, I know it is me saying that.

There is also the matter of the black collars, and the grudge at least a couple of them seems to bear Lethe.

new arrival talk!

[fishfearme]

Thank you for the warm welcome, even though we've arrived at a rather tumultuous time...

[That's one way of putting it.]

If it'd make things easier for you all, do you wish to know how I - and my fellow new arrival - can contribute to the flock? This realm has attenuated my abilities somewhat, but I hope they can prove useful to you all in some way. Especially if this... 'flying fish' decides to return with nefarious intentions.

[Imagine that: Fish Dabi with wings!]

[ohlord]

Oh, right. One more thing.

Since Death's watchin' again... and with the news about how bad that shit is if ya die...

I know I said death'd be a mercy in the event myself or Minuet get our bodies hijacked or something, but gonna haveta call it to be clear: killin's off the table.

And for the new kids: yeah, there are things that'll hijack yer body and control ya here. Only happened once that I saw so far, but once is enough of a precedent that we gotta plan for it. So I'm also gonna hit up Red for info on power negation since Cerby's gone. Honeysuckle is one method for sure, but that effects everyone with powers within a certain range, so hopin' we can find somethin' that can be controlled more defensively than just on all the time.

Honeysuckle's a plant-creature, for the record. If ya go out to the forest, make sure y'have at least one person without special powers from before this place. They won't be affected by it and can get ya out if needed.

[in fact, there's a lot of tl;dr for the newbies, sorry about that.]

[fishfearme]

Oh. I forgot to mention.

[Right near the tailend of the meeting, Byleth piped up with those dreaded words. Truth was, since coming to this realm Sothis had been so quietly asleep it had slipped his mind, but if the possibility of her waking up again happened once more then... he should probably forewarn his flock.]

I'm a vessel for an entity called- [Oh, he can't recall her name?? Uh um. Her title, then?] -the Progenitor, who can possess me on occasion. You should probably be mindful of this, in case I begin acting... erratically.

[terraria]

... sorry, you choose to bring this up now?

[endsjustified]

[ohhhh my goddddd]

What are the implications of your possession?

[locked to lethe]

[finalefantasy]

[how do the birds know which window is his. shhh don't worry about it

there's a gentle peck, peck, peck at it when he's in his room, at some point]

[mykidisthebest]

[he's honestly probably getting the room set up since it was just created. but he doesn't have much, and the peck at his window is enough for him to pause what he's doing and go open the window]

A bird? What's with the wildlife here...You can't come inside, you'll get thrown out.

[leans a little out the window and holds his hand out for the bird to perch on that instead]

[finalefantasy]

[it flutters up from the sill to his hand! it's kinda big but shockingly light for its size; otherwise it feels just like a real bird.

it's also wearing a black collar, which is a bit easier to spot when it's this close.]

[adorabrawler]

[ Sometime after all your fun and funny meetings and talks, there's a loud shout outside of Lily's door: ]

Heeeeey! Someone open up!

[ They will open the door to find: a one Clover, carrying a one birdman you may or may not know as Perci in her arms in something like a princess carry. He is totally out cold. Nothing weird here! ]

[fishfearme]

[One blank-faced cryptid opens the door.]

Hello. [Oh, hm.] And hello Perci... who is unconscious...

[adorabrawler]

Oh, good. Yeah, totally out cold. Can I bring him in?

DAY 19 - THE STABBENING

[fishfearme]

[Obviously, Chronos went to Charon first about being stabbed because a) he was his commander now and b) he seemed like the sort to know how to stab him professionally.]

Shepherd, I need you to stab me in the gut.

Re: DAY 19 - THE STABBENING

[endsjustified]

Pardon.

[fishfearme]

[A little louder in case he hadn't been heard clearly:]

I need you to stab me in the gut.