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[ At some point Minuet is descending upon the kitchen and making enough meat and veggies for the entire flock and probably most of Lily and maybe even some of Lilybell's friends if they don't eat it all. Stress cooking.

If anyone is still hiding in their rooms by midday 30, he IS turning on GPS and he IS hunting them down and he IS bullying them to eat. ]

[ melody's pretty scarce, only popping out once in a while when she thinks she's alone to check on the garden, eat something, or do errands ]

[ but if you linger close to her door, you might hear... a sniffle? ruh roh ]

[ . . . there is an extremely quiet tapping at the door. like, is that even intentional? It's so soft wth. ]

[ PINGED BY SADNESS

Knock knock knock!!! ]

Melody . . . ?

Hello....?

[ muffled. she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination or not? ]

[ true to their name, Mute hasn't said a word since the morning after the ritual. They are avoiding communication all together, but if forced will point, or shake their head, or nod. They don't really seem actively upset. They aren't markedly more sad or angry or anything else than normal. Just quiet.

But also they have been successfully bullied, so come noon of the 30th, they are in the kitchen, dutifully munching on the raw veggies and well-done gristle they have previously requested Minuet set aside for them. ]

[ knocks a little more loudly ]

[ a long pause before she answers, her voice is muffled ]

Yes? I-Is something wrong?

[At some point, Crescendo approaches his flockmates, making it known that he has more information on the underwater serpent and Blossom that he would like to share. He'll speak out when Bluebell has been collected within the common room.]

My dearest senpais. As I believe it is quite important to keep one another in the loop, I would like to share what I have discovered regarding the monstrous creature I, Pond Fiend, and Rubato-senpai came across in the lake.

[He clears his throat.]

First, the Serpent is called 'The Forever Snake'. According to my information, in the olden days, one could escape from various pockets in its body if one was swallowed. In doing so, however, you would wind up anywhere in this land. But most likely the mist, it seems. The name seems to be derived from its insides endlessly going on and on.

The Forever Snake seems to be highly respected among the inhabitants of this land. According to Miss Blossom, she does not seem to know what it is exactly. This makes me wonder if you, my seniors, were correct in your theories that it may be some sort of a holy beast.

Regardless, it does not seem to be intentionally hostile from the sound of it. But its size makes it easy to be swallowed by accidentally. I was warned multiple times to avoid its head.

[ Don't know why everyone thinks he would do something so careless!!!]

Due to the fact that its scale can reflect the truth, I thought it curious. The snake gave the weeds the ability to create a truth dome, after all. I asked if truth-like powers are common to snakes in general. Blossom said she does not know but that our most hated slippery serpent may hail from the same place as The Forever Snake, which could be why they have taken on its form. However, there is no certainty over that, so take at least that bit with a grain of salt.

Lastly, as I mentioned that the scale can reveal the truth of anyone who peers into it, I managed to catch Blossom's reflection. It was only briefly before she fled away from it, and I could not make out many details. But inside the mirror, instead of a regular sheep, there was a fluffy-haired girl inside who possessed horns.

[ He is happily eating away, even if he is the only person in the kitchen.]

Are you alright, Minuet-san?

[ opens the door a crack.... ]

Who's there?

[ it is Mute! They hold up their blade-sharpening kit, then points over to where Melody stores her ax ]

Ohlàlà, it sounds as if you had a very productive reconnaissance, Crescendo-kun! Magnifique!

Fufufu. Thank you. It is my due diligence as a member of Bluebell. ♪

Ah, I'm not sure now is the best time....

[ but it's a weak protest, it's hard to say no to mute ]

[ yeah just stares at her with BIG BAGGY EYES ]

Grub's ready . . . are you hungry?

[ does bribery work on Melody....... ]

[it's visitor time! which is to say, someone is politely knocking on Bluebell's door]

[ ok no she can't say no to this ]

[ opening the door to let them in ]

Please excuse the mess....

[ there is no mess ]

[ it does not ]

Thank you... I ate earlier, so I'm not hungry right now.

[ AVOIDING THE FUCK OUT OF YOU, MINUET. ]

[ HE JUST KEEPS PRODUCING FOOD ]

Hmmm? Yeah, why?

[ YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER . . .

Gently knocking on Fantasia's door ]

[ kaveh freezes as soon as he hears the her sniffling. ] Melody? [ he gently knocks on her door, which prompts tempo to chirp from beside him. ]

[ LLLOOOOORDT ]

Given what happened with Stormy, I guess that's not entirely a surprise . . .

[ BUT STILL ]