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

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

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

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[ what did he JUST say to the apothecary about avoiding a big fight. he really has to stop jinxing things. although it's kind of a relief to be forced into action in a way. fuck waiting. at least the ice spear missed him.

activates his pink aura and flies over, still in base form for now, stopping in the air a little ways away from the wolf. summons his ~~giant~~ nerfed to 10ft long fur tail. for those that haven't seen it before, it's a separate entity from his body, aptly named External Transformation (ignore the giant cat mount, it's dead).

whacks Angie in the mouth with it. ]

Edited 2023-08-25 01:45 (UTC)

_{[ yeah sorry b it disintegrates to nothing as soon as it touches the growing seed of the Ultima that's about to go off.

where the blind effect throws off his other attacks quite well, Ultima happens to have a nasty habit of homing in on the things he wants to see--

Die, dear friends, says Angel Devil's very soft, delicate voice, in the minds of all present.

An isolate beam of light, streaming with purple and blue and flecks of a rainbow of other colors, shoots off from the ball of light in its jaws. It doesn't fly at anyone in particular. It angles to fly up. ]}

Edited 2023-08-25 01:52 (UTC)

[ yeah no thanks.

he REALLY, REALLY didn't want to use this form in front of everyone's salad. he didn't want to use it at all, but that's how it be sometimes.

anyway a few things happen in quick succession:

1) the light around him pulses and he becomes completely inorganic. this is canonically very scary so if you don't have fear resistance, good luck?
2) the beam doesn't have enough time to really go anywhere before he TANKS IT HEAD ON. time to limit test Charon's thing, he guesses
3) the invisible Vengeful Child around him... stays invisible! but the Ultima itself becomes tinged with gold and green as it "hits" him. it doesn't even scratch him. Charon's barrier poofs out of existence once that's done, though.

he laughs ]

What, are you that upset about the play? Haven't you heard of keeping a backup, you big mutt?

[ aaand he flies right into the beast's mouth. CLEARLY NORMAL ROOTING AND NORMAL DISTRACTIONS DIDN'T WORK, SO. he's counting on you to remember, Shadow Fiend ]

[Blood Fiend?? what the fuck?? how many fucking powers to you have--oh, right. using Thaumaturgy again to crank her voice up 3x in volume again]

DON'T WORRY ABOUT BLOOD FIEND! Let him try--whatever the fuck he's trying, he'll be okay. Vine shields! Pond Fiend and Face-Making Devil! I'll cover Lily!

[she is not entirely sure WHAT Blood Fiend is up to, but she figures they shouldn't be out in in the crossfire until it's safer for those of us who are not catboy warforged to rejoin the fight.

anyway she is sprinting, again, closer to where Lethe and Charon and Azdaja and Melody are, so she can call up a vine barrier in front of them]

[Gosh if only he'd thought to bring that nifty scale he'd gotten from the salt caves. OH WELL.

He casts a regular barrier around himself and Face, along with using his own vines. Hopefully that will take some of potential oncoming damage.]

_{[ if this fight were to have, say, a jrpg UI over it, this is what might appear, right now, as Blood Fiend rushes at the werewolf's jaws:

The vines are nothing but ash, now. They can't hold it. It eagerly rushes to meet him, teeth clamping down around

That strange, spiky shape in his chest,

and all the gathered Ultima energy goes off, and envelops him. ]}

Edited 2023-08-25 02:36 (UTC)

[ unravels and poofs. the light blinks out, nowhere to be seen.

bye ]

_{[ the werewolf trots three steps forward, stops, and abruptly spits out the glowing core, still seething with pink energy, if now missing a spoke or two.

It waves its head around, pained-- whines, like it scalded the inside of its mouth. It tries to sweep the glowing core away from itself with its tail, but now its the one getting its tail fur singhed. It settles for just ambling away from it instead. Its movements are a little slower, it looks like. Maybe those tranqs are getting SOMEWHERE--? Slowly. TOO slowly.

It sniffs the air, and turns, again, to the people that are still left.

Angel Devil's most cruel, affectionate voice says,
Eenie, meenie, minie... you. Whichever one you are. Rose. I can tell. You're next. You can't trouble me shining like a star from afar if you're all DEAD.

Completely ignoring the core behind it. ]}

[Shadow Fiend shields her eyes from the blast, and at the sound of the core hitting the grass she lowers her eyes, looking for Blood Fiend--

--who isn't there.

this is a lot more alarming than what he'd vaguely hinted could happen, but there's still an angry Angel Devil on the loose, so--she's just going to have to trust that Blood Fiend was telling the truth when he said he could come back.]

HE'S OKAY! I-IT'S OKAY! BLOOD FIEND TOLD ME--he told me he could take a hit like that and come back. He'll be okay!!

[and then, in a quieter voice, though still cranked up to 3x volume by Thaumaturgy--]

And if he's not okay, we can't do anything until we've dealt with Angel Devil.

[also she's running directly at Angel Devil to intercept again]

[ not back yet but he looks like this rn ]

[GLOWY FIRE THING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING YOU CAN RESURRECT FROM, SIR]

[OKAY THIS IS ENTIRELY TOO MANY WTFs PER SECOND

DUDE JUST GOT VAPORIZED AND IS NOW A BALL OF PINK FIRE ARE YOU SURE THIS IS OKAY???]

He's very resilient.

... I'm going to go deaf.

_{[ that's what I've been TELLING HER since the DAY WE GOT H-- ]}

[ yeah about that.

the Core, missing two spokes, doesn't stay down for long. it floats up innocently behind the wolf.

it starts to fizzle, gathering energy, as if sucking it out of its surroundings. (Shinsu is "matter", after all. unable to be created or destroyed; only transferred.)

aaaand boom. he's back!

to Shadow Fiend: ]

If I turn permanently deaf after this, it's your fault.

You're not dead!

Also you told me to tell everyone not to panic, so really it's your fault!

[staring in disbelief

Blood Fiend what even are you]

[WHAT IF THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE ALARMING]

[Somehow not even surprised by this.]

_{[ the werewolf stops cold. even though it's blind as a bat, it turns to look at Blood Fiend behind it, eyes wide like dinnerplates. It can FEEL him, what he does to return, condensing together as if pulling into itself a great ocean worth of the ambient energy of the world-- he PULLS HIMSELF TOGETHER from practically nothing, into that smoldering ember core--

Everyone getting to hear Angie's abjectly terrified psychic voice is pretty great, after that death threat a moment ago.
You-- How?! That's IMPOSSIBLE! Nothing in this pasture could have survived THAT--!

THERE'S the terror someone's SUPPOSED to feel, looking at this form. It's nothing like Dove's... uh. Literal declaration of adulation for it. This is all animal, not... whatever the hell you could call Dove's weirdo thought process; a predator quailing before something it now knows it underestimated. ]}

Edited 2023-08-25 04:09 (UTC)

[ he's going to regret this later. respawning at level 30 SUCKS, ACTUALLY, but he's not showing that visibly. yet. he's fine, guys. ]

Hah, you think I'd die from something like that?

[ charges up a pink laser, point blank. aims it at the wolf's head. why does this feel like deja vu? the gem in his collar is definitely glowing, isn't it... ]

Next time you want to act out like that, be careful who you mess with.

Edited 2023-08-25 04:18 (UTC)

_{[ FUCKING BOOKS IT, BYYEEEEEEEE, SERPENTINE, SERPENTINE!!!!--

sorry lilies it can't see OR sense you with its flockbrain yearning for home Vibes, so it's barreling your way. Try not to get trampled. ]}

Edited 2023-08-25 04:19 (UTC)

[aw fuck he's not very fast.

just steps directly behind Lethe without changing expression though.]

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