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[ritual 10 - this is the greatest show]

WHO: A blossoming new Weed amidst a garden of sheep
WHERE: the pasture just outside the town's fence
WHEN: day 30, nighttime

COME ONE! COME ALL!! STEP RIGHT UP FOR THE GRANDEST SHOW OF YOUR LIFE! WATCH WITH BATED BREATH AS YOU ARE ENCHANTED AND MYSTIFIED, DRAGGED INTO THE COLORFUL REALM OF TALE AFTER TALE, TOLD BY THE REMARKABLY TALENTED. . . JESTER'S JOYFUL DRAMA CLUB!!

[the voice is echoing and booming, rolling across the entire pasture like thunder. those who hear its call are drawn beyond the fence of the village, either by natural curiosity or a compulsion that forces their legs forward]

[beyond the fence, someone has set up a beautiful outdoor stage. In the center of the stage is a freshly conjured blood rune! and in the middle of that rune stands a demon ram, dressed like a circus ringleader, top hat tucked between his hooves. as people arrive, he sweeps a wooly arm in front of himself, taking a bow to greet everyone with dramatic bravo]

[are you ready for this??]

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[from behind the demon, out dances a bright and bushy-tailed new Weed! dressed in a ragged witch's outfit with a black collar around her neck, she claps her hands together and strikes a magnificent pose]

Uho! And what a delightful audience Jester's Joyful Drama Club has attracted today! I can feel it. . . you're all trembling in your boots, wondering what magnificent horrors are planned for today's show!

Will it be a tale filled with violence and bloodshed-- [the Weed presses a hand against her chest, the other against her forehead, and throws herself back DRAMATICALLY]

Or perhaps a tale of bright and triumphant heroics!! The everyday man prevailing over an oppressive force!

[and then she does a little twirl, grasping at thin air to mime swinging a sword]

Oooooor. . . ☆ A tale about the follies of the human condition? Ah, but those kinds of tales are dull and trite, aren't they? Why pretend there is a greater meaning in pure entertainment, hmmm. . .? I feel that would just be insulting.

[another clap of her hands, and then she props her fists against her hips]

It matters not! What matters now is– you've all been recruited to participate in the latest show by Jester's Joyful Drama Club! Sooo, take your places, everyone! Imagine the audience as pumpkins! And remember–

[with her index fingers pressed against her cheeks, the new Weed flashes everyone a sinister grin]

Remember to smiiiiiiile ~ ☆

[and with a snap of her fingers. . . everyone is whisked off to their own flock rooms]

Edited 2023-09-09 22:35 (UTC)

Assume all rules are ICly known!

Today, we are playing PRISONER'S DILEMMA. . . but with a dramatic twist! Each flock is taking on the role of LITTLE [INSERT COLOR] [INSERT FLOCK] here, and will journey through the dark and scary woods in an attempt to reach grandmother's house. On their journey, characters will meet with various monsters (which will represent the other flocks), and be given a choice: do they TRUST the monster, or do they BETRAY them? Their choices will affect whether they (or even the other flocks) make it to grandmother's house in one piece.

Each flock is aware that the dramatization of their meeting with the other flock monsters is for flavor only; they will know that whether the "monster" attacks them or not will be determined by the other flock's decision to trust or betray. Flocks are encouraged to make their own decisions with that thought in mind.

Each potential match-up wiil have the following effects:

TRUST - TRUST: Both flocks have chosen trust! This means they have decided to evenly split the burden of injury. Every playing flock member will be mildly punished. A physical injury that is healable (post-game), or a mental injury that won't affect their ability to reason.

In addition to this, each flock gains one point.

BETRAY - BETRAY: Both flocks have chosen betray! Oh no! One to two playing flocks members, depending on your number of participants, will be severely punished. A debilitating physical injury that can not simply be healed, or a mental effect meant to take the character out of play. Up to two characters may take this punishment OOCly so we spread the injury love, but no more than that. Only one taking the punishment is okay, too!

In addition to this, each flock gains two points.

BETRAY - TRUST: One flock has chosen to trust, while the other has hit betray. One to two members of the trusting flock will DIE, and the betraying flock will be completely unharmed. Like betray-betray, up to TWO flock members may take this punishment to spread the trauma, but no more than that. One person taking it is fine, too!

Additionally, the trust flock will gain zero points. The betraying flock will gain five points.

Winners will be the three flocks with the most points at the end of the game. Losing flocks will be punished! ICly, characters won't know what the punishment is. OOCly, depending on how badly everyone is fucked up it probably won't be that serious so I don't accidentally overload you all lol.

WHAT ARE THE PUNISHMENTS, AL? I intend to choose from the lists y'all gave me in your sign ups, individualized for each person! Sparkles.

Bluebell
Daffodil
Lily
Thistle
Rose
Clover

Special seating ~ (Weeds)

Edited 2023-09-09 22:34 (UTC)

[P.S. THE EYE IS. . . STILL OPEN!]

[HAVE FUN WITH THAT]

[THEN SUDDENLY AS THE GAME CONTINUES, UNKNOWN TO ALL

THE EYE FUCKING CLOSES CUZ UUUH

GOOD LUCK]

Fraught with danger was our intrepid adventurer's journey into the woods, and they did not escape entirely unscathed. Though bruised and battered, they managed to forge new companionships. . . while shattering others.

Grandmother's house is right ahead, and our adventurer's basket is full of delightful, delicious goodies. Perhaps it is finally time for some well-deserved rest.

The End.

[ANYWAY IF YOU'RE DONE WITH ROUND THREE. . . YOU CAN TAG OUT HERE!! neither the new Weed nor the ram demon are nearby, and all of your punishments are still in full effect. stay tuned for winners + other things soon-ish!]

[ aides, apparently unharmed, looks VERY annoyed ]

[hmmmm all five Lilies are upright normal alive unaffected and uninjured in this here endgame, just huddled in a small group sitting on the ground

nobody needs to worry about them]

[ All of Bluebell is just fully enveloped in white wings.

There might be screaming happening idk they're not having a great time. ]

[ also some of the screams are undead animal screams so jot that down ]

[ I'm a corpse doo doo doo-do-doo, I'm a corpse ]

[ tart arrives covered in blood, but most of it's not his.

in his arms is biscuit, who still has some amount of vines wrapping around him, still has thorns piercing through his chest. ]

[this hyena fucking dead]

[Some of us can't scream or we'll choke on gems, but like, good thing we're in a mindmeld and you can scream for him]

[ there is so much screaming... and vines and melted skin. ]

Edited 2023-09-10 02:58 (UTC)

[Azdaja has slim black horns curling forward out of her hair, and a black, whiplike tail swish-swishing behind her. One of her hands is tied up with red fabric that's soaked through with blood.]

[She's tense, doing her best to stay as far away from the crowd as possible.]

Edited 2023-09-10 02:54 (UTC)

[oh, fuck. shit.

FORGET LILY'S FINE ILLUSION, Styx running over with his shoulder shot out and bloodied and hurriedly getting out a satchel of honeysuckle to smokebomb the fuck out of Minuet. shit shit fucking hell]

[he can't fucking move but grabs a wing that's sprawled near him what the fuck is going on]

[ do you ever get the feeling of an apex predator watching you like you might be his next meal ]

[Keeping her distance. One of her hands is tied up with a cloth bandage that's soaked through with blood.]

Are there any of you still between life and death?

[Pond Fiend is just going to be sitting here.

Because he can't walk. Because his feet are still numb.

He knows about what to expect.]

[EVERY FUCKING DAY]

[LOOKS DIRECTLY AT HIM]

_{[ there's a red rose sheep also here, for some reason.

there's also Angel Devil, sitting around chilling with 0 reaction to their new environment like a puppet with the strings cut. ]}

Edited 2023-09-10 02:57 (UTC)

You are in a dark forest. Almost no moon light can reach the forest floor, but what does is sharp, and full, and bright. You kneel on the undead beast the is bound to the ground with living vines. You hunted it, drove it here, trapped it and bound it. And now, you will devour it.

"Go ahead," says the Master Warden with a nod.

"I am your Hunter, and you are my Prey," you start carving runes into the pitiful thing's chest. It doesn't feel pain, not like the living, but it seems to know on some instinctive level what you are doing and it bucks and roars. The incantation is a lot about blood, and bonds, and oaths, and protection of the innocent, and sin, and suffering, and the Raven Queen. It's long, but you've had it memorized for months. You have been preparing for years. Finally, the sigil is done and you sit back on your heels. With the same knife, you open up the vein in your elbow. "You are my Life," you say to be beast as your blood starts falling onto its carved flesh in fat red drops, "and I am your Death."

For a moment there is nothing but the thrashing of the beast and the plip plip of blood. Then the light of the white moon dims, and the tiny red moon shines impossibly bright through the canopy. The blood stops falling, several drops suspended in the air.

And then it reverses direction, flowing back into your arm.

Your senses multiply and bloom like snowdrops in the spring and the pain is indescribable. It is like you can feel each individual cell dying as pure necrotic power crawls through your veins. You open your mouth to scream but it's the beast's voice that comes out.

[that's what's going on]

Edited 2023-09-10 02:59 (UTC)

we're all SUPER fine

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WHUPS cw self harm and bad shit happening to a kid

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