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[featherduster]

WHO: Bluebells
WHERE: Bluebell
WHEN: Day 27, night

[ Well that all happened.




Also while Bluebells were out, their barn helpfully spawned: a hot tub, fire pit/grill, human-sized cat tree, and couch that doesn't make Crescendo want to burst into tears. ]

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MEETING TIME

[featherduster]

[ RINGING THE SERIOUS BUSINESS SHEPHERD BELL ]

So . . . I've got a lot to fill you in on.

First of all -- [ laying this drawing out for everyone to see ] -- a group went into the mists and encountered the Wolf King in person. He and the wolves out there can smell Blossom on us, and they really don't like that . . . part of whatever their ancient feud was, I guess. On top of that, the group that went had two pretty powerful people involved, and they barely made it out in one piece. He's definitely not someone we can easily take head-on, at least not with the limitations of our powers in this place.

Second, what happened today . . . remember the ram demon from the first ritual? Thistle hunted down his lair and stole a golden statue out of it. Apparently shepherds on behalf of "King Stormia" had been offering sacrifices to the ram demon in exchange for clearing the mist out of the pasture, but those sacrifices were . . .

The statue was actually guy who'd been encased in gold. He started screaming and then he turned into a sheep. I dunno.

[ Just lllliike. GESTURES HELPLESSLY FOR A SECOND ]

Anyway . . . stealing that sacrifice might be why the mist is encroaching, or-- uh-- well, Thistle killed the ram demon, so it could be that too. Either way, knowing what's out there, we gotta be extra cautious from now on. There's also a fairly powerful member of Rose out in the mists somewhere, transformed into a wolf beast. Rose still needs to get him back somehow, so that's gonna be a whole thing . . .

What else. Death's eye opened as soon as the mist rolled in and apparently sunflowers are good against mist creatures? Good thinking planting those around the barn, Crescendo. Rubato said the normal animals are pretty agitated now too.

Oh, yeah. Also, Stormy's back.

Re: MEETING TIME

[featherduster]

Also why can Crescendo breathe underwater and since when does he have his very own eel.

Re: MEETING TIME

[heavyliesthecrown]

It... is not something I have spoken much of. I received a spell from Red that allows me to breathe underwater for a total duration of three days.

[axingnicely]

[ just gonna add: ]

No one should be going out into the mist right now. Stormy and Blossom are supposedly going to work on a plan for what to do about the mist encroaching forward.

[featherduster]

Stormy may be back, but . . . I went looking for Blossom and couldn't find her anywhere.

[ DOES STORMY KNOW THIS............ god. Messiest couple. ]

Re: MEETING TIME

[arrowace]

[ THERES A LOT HERE TO DISLIKE ]

Sheep . . . are people.

[ nods like, yeah that scans, not sure why I didn’t see that coming ]

Re: MEETING TIME

[axingnicely]

That is why we were summoned here. To try to draw out their old selves.

Re: MEETING TIME

[noarchitact]

[ …just sighs. he’s tired, man. ]

Re: MEETING TIME

[featherduster]

[ Worm.

Puts a hand on his shoulder. ]

also

[featherduster]

Oh yeah, and I'm not helping Angel Devil with his experiment anymore.

[ he got YELLED AT!!!!!! ]

I'm still gonna see how it plays out though, because we can't keep sacrificing sheep when the sheep are people.

[axingnicely]

.... I'm relieved to hear that.

[ ... ]

What is happening with it...?

Re: also

[arrowace]

[ boo my manipulation leverage.

Wait I mean.

Pats his shoulder. ]

Re: also

[noarchitact]

And who is going in your spot? [ since he can't imagine the experiment has just... ended because vash pulled out. ]

Holy Beasts

[axingnicely]

Pardon me....

Do you all know anything about "holy beasts"?

Re: Holy Beasts

[arrowace]

[ shakes head ]

I know of . . . celestial and divine creatures, but that turn of phrase is . . . unfamiliar.

Re: Holy Beasts

[noarchitact]

I do, ...

[axingnicely]

[ melody is aggressively gardening; she's got tools, pots, home-made manure, and is planting coffee beans, potatoes, more herbs, etc. Also gonna place some sunflowers in the tunnels and around the shared kitchen, and otherwise just kind of tending to the plants ]

[noarchitact]

[ oh! is she gardening? ]

[ tempo wants to help!
although inside the barn is now place for a chainsaw...
until now. hi, it's me, tempo + chainsaw. ]

[ revrev! ] Pii pi pii~ [ need a hand? ]

[axingnicely]

Tempo-san! Hello!

[ yes tempo is a san. ]

I would love your expertise in the matter. How are you and Fantasia-san doing?

[heavyliesthecrown]

I would like to tell everyone a little about the serpent beneath the bottom of the pond.

[ Tsukasa reaches for a bag he possesses and pulls out a giant scale- larger than his head. It is shiny and opalescent.]

This is one of its scales. It is truly a giant and burrows, it seems, within some of the caves beneath the water. I cannot begin to describe how massive it is. Only that you likely do not wish to come face to face with it without a plan in place. We avoided its detection as our goal was not to engage it. I do not know what it would have done had it noticed us, but I did not wish to find out.

[arrowace]

[ CALCULATING FRIENDSHIP VS DEATH PROBABILITIES ]

[chasseurdebeaute]

Mademoiselle Daisy said to me that if I should see the serpent then it is best to try the cave another time--I admit I assumed it was due to the danger but perhaps it is simply because the serpent is very very long and it takes quite some time to pass through a place, fufu.

[featherduster]

It's just been in there the whole time?!

[axingnicely]

... I see. Thank you for the information. I'm glad you returned safely to us. [ whew. she could not have done an underwater fight ]

I wonder if it has any sentience.... did it appear hostile at all?

[noarchitact]

What, [ he's as shocked as minuet. ] something that big has been there this entire time? I'm surprised that nobody's seen it up until now.