THE PASSAGE OF TIME

[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 Morning thru afternoon

[THE STORMS HAVE FINALLY CLEARED and the life sliced so now what

how yall doin]

Comments

[spinebuddyandme]

Oh...right. I forget that other people just don't have superheroes.

[ What sad worlds :( What does one do in a world where Superman isn't real ]

I guess I am... This is the first thing I've actually remembered about it.

[heavyliesthecrown]

It is strange to imagine.

[ . . . . . . ]

But then, it feels like having supernatural powers or abilities here is the norm, somehow. [ Aha...]

Do you have full amnesia, then?

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Shakes his head ]

Only partial. I remember life with my family, going to school, hanging out with friends... All the regular parts of my life. I think it stops right before I got the suit.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Forgetting the thing one would never assume they could forget.

[spinebuddyandme]

I dunno... Stealing a superhero's memories sounds exactly like something a supervillain would do.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Fufu... do you find Miss Blossom to be a supervillain?

[spinebuddyandme]

Maybe. She's definitely supercomplicated.

[heavyliesthecrown]

And super incompetent.

[spinebuddyandme]

You don't have to be competent to be a bad guy. You just have to have enough power to hurt people.

[heavyliesthecrown]

I suppose that is true.

[ Hmm. ]

I do not really trust or like Blossom. I do not know that she is evil, as the snake likes to make her out to be. But I am unwilling to place any eggs in her basket. She has proven herself to be too suspicious over time.

[spinebuddyandme]

I don't have any way to know either, but I know I wouldn't be surprised. There's no way I can trust any of them as long as the rituals keep happening.

[heavyliesthecrown]

Indeed. We cannot trust either Blossom or Stormy but are unable to trust the Snake, too. I have somewhat come to the conclusion our best bet is to simply seek a way home ourselves, separate from them.

[spinebuddyandme]

Only somewhat? I'm almost certain that's the only way we'll get out of here now.

[ ... ]

You don't have any specific ideas about escape yet, do you?

[heavyliesthecrown]

If only I did. I... believe some of the answers might lie in Blossom's spellbook. I know it was stolen once, but I do not know what came of the entire situation.

I think... having her spell book or a replica would be our best bet. When she tried to send us home before, it was after summoning a demon, though. So, in fact, it might take bribing a demon or two, which is not a very appealing idea.

Alternatively, that snake has been summoning people here himself, has he not? He very well might have a method. That would require capturing him, though. And he can be quite sneaky.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ He very carefully keeps his face schooled so as not to show that he didn't know Blossom had a spell book before right now.

He is not nearly so smooth upon learning she tried to send them home once. ]

—She really tried to send everyone home? When?! Do you remember what demon it was?

[heavyliesthecrown]

For some reason, she failed to summon me to the entire event, and I slept through the whole thing. For that reason, I am not the most accurate source. I only know that she required each flock to vote upon one flock to sacrifice.

[. . . He makes a face. ]

She claims... it would have only required a small amount of blood, but-

[ Well... ]

I can never trust her.

She summoned a demon she claimed could send us back. Unfortunately, it was offended by the blood of an animal that was offered to it, instead of a proper sacrifice. I believe Rose was killed during the entire ordeal.

1/???

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Oh my god? ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ OH MY GOD? ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Of course it would be some bonkers ritual sacrifice scheme!! ]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ AND AN ENTIRE TEAM STILL DIED FOR NOTHING ]

Done

[spinebuddyandme]

[ He lets out a very long, slow breath and sinks into a crouch, face in his hands ]

What the fuck...

[ ... ]

Does she always have the book on her?

Re: Done

[heavyliesthecrown]

I understand the sentiment.

[ He ends up heaving a tired sigh. ]

Ever since that incident, I have not seen it on her person at all, though. Perhaps it is possible to follow her one of these days, to wherever she stays?

Re: Done

[spinebuddyandme]

Maybe... I bet she can see through any flock magic, so it'd be a challenge to stay hidden.

Re: Done

[heavyliesthecrown]

You may be right. And we would have to muffle our... bells.

[ He hates... their bells and collars. ]

Re: Done

[spinebuddyandme]

Is that hard to do? I was thinking of just stuffing mine with bits of shredded fabric.