at that time my plan was for everyone to be a sacrifice

[finalbows]

WHO: The Rose Devil Army (& visitors)
WHERE: rose barn, fountain when we feel up to it, Around???
WHEN: Day 3 & some bonus 4

_{[ dunno about you guys but he's not doing SHIT until he's done practically boiling himself in hot water like a lobster ]}

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[FOUNTAIN]

[catposting]

[ fountain shit here ]

Re: [FOUNTAIN]

[catposting]

[ shrugs, tosses coin. surely if he wishes hard enough he'll finally get better Clothe--

oh.

he is so going to strangle Stormy. Eventually. Maybe not today. BUT EVENTUALLY. ]

[finalbows]

<sub>[ sudden sense of extreme déjà vu of a sensation he can't quite name, before

mystery science furry theatre 3k happens
hold on he's dazzled by all the cool star wars shit, when HIS world of origin did any of that cool tech it was all GROSS and PARTIALLY ORGANIC. but as for the more personal revelations? in a way that feels. ah. narratively appropriate. unsurprising, even, in that way that feels like you just read the outcome of a book you were too-well in tune with to feel entirely comfortable with it. he remembers most of the words verbatim of that speech, in the time they spent hanging between alive and dead, considering it was, like, today.


anyway,

into THAT profound post-cinematic silence, ]</sub>



The world crossing fountain is full of memories. Of course it is. How else would you bridge worlds effectively but through tracing back through the lines of lives...? _{Plagiarists, I did it first.}

How....
Suitably awful. As if we did not lack enough privacy from another. And this is how we achieve betterment for our lots in this life.

"oh so that's how we heal"

[finalbows]

<sub>[ ...


as soon as Angel Devil gets home to good ol' barn sweet barn, he stops short. and starts dead eyeing the cutesy depiction of a vampire sheep on their Powers Guide, still declaring, as it did yesterday, DrinK to LiFe to all comers.


..he gingerly touches his newly overly pointy canines. reads the sign again. drops his hand limply to his side. ]

Angel Devil Vampire...? Vampire Angel Devil? Angel... Vampire Devil?

[ so HERE is when he cracks ]</sub>

[catposting]

. . .

Considering what just happened to us, surely you can handle a few water pictures, Angel Devil.

[ he is so tired. ]

[finalbows]

--I can handle anything, I'm just angry we went through all that and the way this is made might actually be something more easily...

<sub>[ ...

thinks.


the corridor through time he made did, uh. happen to be on top of a concentrated nexus of the tormented dead. when he thinks about it.]</sub>

[finalbows]

<sub>[ 'surely you can handle a few water pictures,' huh? fine! of course he can..what does it matter! he said it his own damn self. This is how they're now to better their lots here.

tosses the damn coin in.

...

This seems to be... a memory of Angel Devil encountering rain for the first time, and dancing and playing in it. Super undignified! He doesn't look younger at all, despite the more immature behavior? But he does look different; shorter hair in the color red, a complete lack of feathers, far plainer clothes. A keen eye might even notice his eyes are blue instead of purple.

It ends with him shivering, gripping his arms, a look on his face that more than anything seems-- confused, but pleased, sat down at the base of a tree, tail curled around himself, watching the flurry of motion of thousands of drops bouncing off all the bits of springy, vivid green, green, green.

Memroies are colored by emotions. This is a memory with a sense of the world being profoundly alive. ]</sub>

[catposting]

[ looks at Angel Devil, looks at down at ur thread, smirks.

such a simple Featherhead. ]

[catposting]

Wow. That's pretty cute!

[ thank you for being so easily swayed. ]

[finalbows]

Be quiet. Like everyone would be a stoic seeing real weather for the first time.

[catposting]

What's wrong with being cute?

Re: "oh so that's how we heal"

[catposting]

Devilish Vampire Angel?

[finalbows]

Moogles are cute. Dragons are cute. Baby chocobos and kittens and yawning ceourls are cute.

The word for me is elegant.

[catposting]

Hmm. Should we consult our President on the matter? I'm sure she'd guide us toward truth.

[finalbows]

Mm. It's a start.



This would have been great to know before willing blood sacrifices were thoroughly ruined for everyone. You know? There was a chance to slip it in under the door. "Ooh, you folks heal through crying? That's tough. Also, unfortunately for us,"

[finalbows]

_{[ long pause ]}



As the presidential speech writer I am confident she finds me a suitable representative of the necessary stateliness of office.

[catposting]

You use big words when you're nervous.

[finalbows]

I use big words when I'm anything, it's called having an education.

_{[ <-- like he ever went to any school, lmao ]}

[catposting]

[ <- had a suspicion




said nothing because lol Shinsu healing 🙂 ]

I doubt it would have made a difference. Our Emperor insisted on using the wildlife, despite knowing the dangers of the forest. Cutting ourselves was always going to be safer than risking the unknown, no matter how strong we — [ ugh, flashbacks of his External Transformation doing nothing against the bone cage ] — think we are.

Some people will always choose their personal sense of morality over logic.

1/2

[catposting]

. . .

[ Can you. Not say "Anything" like that. Please. ]

[catposting]

[ claps hands together ]

My apologies, Angel Devil! As a pet, all I needed to do was play, so I never received traditional schooling. You'll have to tell me more about it sometime. Sounds like a cute experience.

[finalbows]

Of course schools are cute, there's all the pomp and twee little ritualism involved, they take it so seriously.

[catposting]

I bet. That water stunt you pulled on me the other day had some serious flair!

[finalbows]

Please, I didn't need a teacher for magic. That's for the lesser beings to waste their time on. I'm talking about literature!

[catposting]

[ "literature", bleats a nearby sheep. a second sheep repeats the word. ]

[ . . . ]

Well, looks like you have your students. Congratulations.