our neurotic inside dog got out and is running way too fast around the neighborhood

[crittersheep]

WHO: Rose (+ Lethe, Charon, and Maomao)
WHERE: outer meadow
WHEN: Day 27, night

[Rose has been running around for the past day and a half, prepping everything they'll need for the mist expedition to save Angel Devil from eternal wolfhood. But in the wee hours of the morning, the night before they planned to head out, Shadow Fiend's bell jingles gently. If she weren't still awake, she might have missed it. But she doesn't, and when she follows a hunch and checks on Angel Devil's location, she gets the distinct ping of a flock member in the pasture—before it recedes back into the vague sense of "in the mist."

So screw tomorrow morning. This might be the best chance they have of avoiding an extended mist expedition. And so, a mass cube call goes out, to all of Rose, and Lethe, Charon, and Maomao, too.]

WAKE UP! Um, sorry. Change of plans, we're going after Angel Devil now. I just sensed him at the edge of the mist. He stepped back inside, but he can't have gone far—this might be our best chance. He's not far from where we planned to meet up tomorrow, too. Okay! See you there.

BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE) | THE BUFFENING | OUTSIDE THE MIST | INTO THE MIST | BOSS FIGHT | PILLING ROSE'S DOG (SAVAGE) | AFTERMATH

Comments

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

I just hope he remembers the experience.

—And is willing to tell us, which may actually be the hard part.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

...I don't actually know anything about this person.

[ does she even know who Angel Demon is. She maybe saw him once from a distance, and that was it? she's probably forgotten ]

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

I don't know if that would change, even if you met him.

But what do I know.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

You at least know his name.

[ it's possible someone already told her the name. but she's forgotten, ]

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

Vivi.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

I see.

[ maybe that's just Rose's secondary naming theme ]

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

[if he wanted to be called something else, he should have given her a name himself instead of making her osmose this information from context clues!!!!! But only two people on this team have actually introduced themselves to her in the nine days she's been here!!!!!]

Are you feeling okay about all this? Going into the mist at night and everything?

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

...I'm not terribly happy about it.

But I cannot in good conscience stand by while an infected person is wandering around.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

[it turns out some of us can do that just fine]

You're very brave.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

[ she's a doctor's daughter, in the end ]

I'm going to make your shepherd pay me everything I'm owed.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

Oh? What did she promise you?

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

Plants and mushrooms.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[wants_the_phd]

As long as you're getting something out of it.

Re: BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE)

[apothekitty]

I always prefer to be paid. Charity is a very situational thing.