sheep_game | THE SHEEP GATES ARE OPEN

[IS IT JUST A NAME?

There's the sound of twigs snapping, and if they look beyond the shrubbery they'll spot. . .a small herd of deer. awwwww. There's a stag, two does, and three fawns.

But there's something that stands out distinctly about them. The stag's antlers are pure crystal, seemingly made of many different gem stones. The does each have gemstones for eyes. And the spots on the fawns? Also gems.

What a cute happy totally safe encounter!]

You never know...

[ They proceed! He's unimpressed by the cuteness of the deer that show up, but he does tilt his head curiously at the stag, and then the various gemstones on the other deer.

oh. Jim Deer. He gets it. ]

I guess you probably need to pry a gem off of one of its antlers...? Probably easier than pulling out an eye on the other ones. [ He waves a hand towards it, gesturing for Kaveh to go in. ] Well, good luck! [ He'll stand watch. ]

[ oh man. kaveh regrets agreeing to this. he doesn't think the stag is going to let him stroll up and just... pluck a gem off. he shouldn't have run his mouth in red's shop. more than one, ah hahaha hah. he'll be lucky not to lose an eye of his own. ]

I do, yeah. [ ... ] I'm definitely not going to try to pry one of the does's eyes out. [ he shakes his head and then starts creeping into the field. he moves slowly, hoping that they don't immediately scatter or try to attack him. ]

[The deer's ears twitch--they seem to be normal deer otherwise, after all, and those suckers are sensitive. The does and fawns look toward Kaveh with alarm, and immediately start to bound off.

The stag however, stands there, staring him down.

What u gonnna do buddy.]

[ He falls silent the moment the deer run off, watching Kaveh creep closer.

And it's definitely not because he's worried, but he slowly starts to inch towards the stag as well. You know. Just in case. ]

[ dammit. snatching a gem off a fawn would have probably been the easiest. maybe. he goes still as the goes and fawns bolt, leaving the stag. ]

[ he slowly stands up, raising a hand, because he's... not sure what else to do. ] Hi. [ points at his antlers. ] I don't know if you can understand me, but the sheep back at the barn can, most of them anyway, so maybe you can too. I need one of the gems on your antlers, so...

Iwouldreallyappreciateitifyoudidntgoremeok!

[ kaveh takes a step closer, keeping his hand just barely extended toward the stag. this can only go GREAT PLACES. ]

[the stag doesn't move from his spot.

It does, however, rear backwards. The hooves on its front legs also appear to be made of gemstone. . .until he takes them off.]

[It is ready to throw hands]

[ Well. That's unfortunate, but not unexpected.

He picks up his pace to run forward, but not toward Kaveh or the deer - no, he's aiming to grab the gemstone hooves it throws away. He sincerely doubts Kaveh's ability to fight that deer, but... ]

Distract it for a little bit!

[ ...yeah, this is unfortunately not entirely unexpected. ]

[ kaveh glances to wanderer, frowning as he just... takes off. what kind of a plan is this?! and why is he leaving him to deal with the deer?? ok, well, maybe because he's the one that needed to come out here in the first place. fair. ]

Ok, Jim, if you'd like to dance I do a pretty mean tango.

[ he's going to dash forward, but quickly dart to the left an attempt to hop onto mr. deer's back. ]

[JIM DEER CRACKS HIS KNUCKLES, LETS GOOOO

It swings when Kaveh rushes him, but is successfully dodged--and jumping on its back? That's legal. It isn't happy about it, but it's legal.

It starts bucking and trying to reach behind itself to try and grab Kaveh, ignoring Wanderer, so those hooves are ganked!]

[ Success! He grabs the gemstone hooves while Kaveh manages to make himself useful and-

why is he on its back ]

What are you doing, you idiot?! I said distract it, not-

Whatever. Look! [ He waves the hooves in the air. ] These are probably better than little gems on its antlers, right? Get down and let's go!

[ this is called a distraction! ]

I am distracting it! [ he grabs at his antlers with one hand and tries to circle his other arm around jim's neck. this is not the ideal solution, but all he needs to do is hang on for a couple of seconds... except then jim is grabbing at him with his weird deer hands. ] How the heck am I supposed to just... get down?! H- Hey! [ he doesn't want to let go, but he also doesn't want to be touched with whatever was hiding beneath those hooves. djfhgfjk. ] I just want one of your antler gems!

[He's got them literal grabby hands!! If Kaveh is quick he might be able to pluck one!

But also the stag is giving up and

just trying to slam its back against a tree with him on it]

[ this is so dangerous and neither of them have visions, kaveh please... ]

How should I know?! Just jump off!

[ He starts forward again when the stag backs up, because Kaveh is absolutely going to get squashed between a deer and a tree and he's not really sure how to stop it. He waves the hooves around again, hoping to maybe catch the stag's attention to draw it away from Kaveh. He's the distraction now. ]

Hey! Handsy! Look over here! Look what I have!

Getting off isn't as simple as getting on! [ his tone is a little wobbly, since he's getting bucked around, but it shouldn't be too hard to understand him. also, ew, grabby hands. kaveh wants NO PART OF THOSE. he does use his own grabby hands to snatch at one of the gems on mr. jim deer's antlers... right before he's caught between a rock and a har- i mean, a deer and a tree place. ]

-hrk!

[ he loses his grip on jim and slips off, sagging against the tree. hopefully wanderer's distraction works, because otherwise he may be getting kicked in the face. ~~i'm ok with some pain btw~~. ]

[with Kaveh off his back, Jim Deer whirls around. It's not a kick to the face, but he does give him a hard, swift kick to the chest--and those hooves? They're as hard as diamonds. He might be breaking a rib or two.

And that's if he's lucky--and he is! Because before Jim can continue stomping, Wanderer makes it clear that he's ganked its front hooves. It leaves Kaveh, satisfied, and then whirls to charge at the other on two legs, like a Minotaur. HERE HE COME]

[ Wanderer bites back an extremely immature comeback, because this really isn't the time for that.

Instead, he continues to wave around the hooves and yell until he manages to catch Jim Deer's attention... which it does! Great. Aaand now it's after him. That's less great. Kaveh doesn't seem to be in great shape either, so he immediately turns and runs to put some distance between them.

Since Kaveh has probably grabbed a gem or two off the antlers, he chucks the hooves back at Jim Deer and then makes to dive out of the way of its charge. ~~also good with injuries/pain etc!~~ ]

[ kaveh should be relieved that he didn't get kicked in the face, but a kick to the chest leaves him winded and with a couple of broken winds. left stunned, he sits there slumped against the tree, the pain in his chest pretty intense. when he finally comes to he sucks in a sharp breath ( which hurts ) and spirals into a coughing fit, his hands speckled in blood. ]

H- Hat Guy! [ he staggers to his feet, but doubles over immediately, hacking up some blood, because bad decisions. he pathetically attempts to give chase, giving jim deer a wide birth, because he doesn't want to end up on the ass end of another ass kicking. ]

[You know what hands are good for? Catching!! In this case, it catches the tossed hooves easily with one hand. And with the other? It gives a wide swing when Wanderer dives--attempting to SWAT him as hard as it can against a nearby rock.

But whether it lands or not, it seems to be satisfied after that, not even bothering to acknowledge Kaveh limping after it. It'll slide it's hooves back on its hands before returning to all fours, and it trots off to rejoin its herd in a deeper part of the wood.

CONGRATS, YOU LIVED.]

[ There is really something absurd about Kaveh screaming Hat Guy! at him, but all it does is manage to distract him right before Jim Deer slaps him out of the air. He crashes hard into the rock.

...but it seems he's still as durable as ever, even without a vision. Nothing breaks, but he's pretty severely banged up from that. ]

Ugh... you idiot... why didn't you just stay down...

[ He looks up at Kaveh as he limps after the stag which, thankfully, leaves the both of them alone. ]

Because I wasn't go- [ he brings a hand to his mouth to stifle the coughing a bit. ] I wasn't going to let you take on that stag alone. What if he didn't run off, then what? [ he looks him up and down. ] It's bad enough you got hurt at all... [ he clears his throat, wiping the blood away from the corner of his mouth. ] You should have just run once you got the hooves. He would have thrown me off eventually.

[ He struggles back up to his feet, dusting himself off with a wince. Everything hurts, but it's not that bad. ] I'm fine. I've had worse. You, though... [ He eyes Kaveh, because he's clearly in way worse condition. ]

If I'd run off, you would have been crushed to death. Stop beating yourself up and thank me for saving your life instead.

[ kaveh levels a state with him. ] ...you're not fine, but I'm sure you've had worse. [ don't change the subject! there's no need to talk about him!! ]

[ but beating himself up is what he's best at. ]

[ he gives him a weak smile, setting a hand on his shoulder... more for himself at this point, because he's pretty sure he might collapse. the overexerting himself from hurrying over did not help. ] Thank you.

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