RITUAL 15 - MY NAME IS (END)

[wooliefrand]

WHO: You
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 41, Evening/Night thru morning or whenevs

[All of a sudden, your name tags go POOF--and they show your chosen names, whether it's the name you chose for yourself when you first arrived, or a new name you want to be recognized as.

Every team gets memory coins, but Daffodil and Clover specifically get the following:
Daff - Gold Star Stickers that say Most Cooperative Flock.
Clover - Spinel specifically gets a Gold Star Social Butterfly sticker.

Daff and Spinel get a pack of magic stickers. If you stick them on someone they will magically turn green/yellow (depending on Flock) and display a message of your choice, positive or negative.

And with that, the tree disappears, and all is normal again.

Well I mean, Peony's barn and such is still there. So that's a thing. Strangely enough, if anyone is allowed in their barn, you'll notice their crystal flower has very fine hairline fractures in it. Hm. Fragile.

WELL ANYWAY WHAT YALL UP TO? Even though it was rather pleasant during the day, you'll find night time comes with cold snaps so have fun with that.]

Comments

[endsjustified]

I think it was still Blossom, but the horse...may have coopted things a bit, so to speak. It's just them at the moment, though.

I'm worried about the horse, considering the traits everyone handed off to make its new body, but it doesn't seem immediately malicious like the snake is. if Aides says he's handling it, I believe him.

[survivaltricks]

[quiet for a moment, just. . . processing]

[and then, far too seriously for the question he asks]

. . . is his mane made out of leg hair?

[endsjustified]

[AUDIBLY PAINED]

I did not look closely, but it seems probable.

[survivaltricks]

And does he have an eye in his--

[gestures]

[to his chest]

[is there a chest eye]

[endsjustified]

He is wearing a shirt with an eye design on the chest.

I don't know if he can see through it.

[survivaltricks]

I hope he can.

[WHY DOES HE HOPE FOR THIS. . .]

So it fucks with his normal vision.

[oh]

[endsjustified]

That is fair.

I think the combination of fear, anxiety and martyrdom might get him before anything else, though.

[survivaltricks]

[oh my gooooood]

We created a horse that needs intensive therapy.

[endsjustified]

If therapy can change magically implanted emotions.

[survivaltricks]

Doubtful. It was mostly a joke.

. . . maybe a commentary on our collective parenting skills. . .

[endsjustified]

I don't choose to assume responsibility. The only thing we were aware of in the mist that might need its body rebuilt was the golden ram demon, in which case giving it the most useless possible vessel was just common sense.

[survivaltricks]

[A SNORT]

We didn't even consider the golden ram demon. . . but you're right.

I wouldn't help that guy out if you paid me.

[in fact, he wants to try to kill it again]

[endsjustified]

Neither would I.

[shakes his head]

You did a good job, though. I don't know if these demons regenerate, but there wasn't much of him left but a fragment of skull.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . for some reason, hearing that gets Lupin to stand up a little straighter, the corner of his mouth curving up smugly]

Well. . . I'd prefer it if he were dead, but hearing that is the next best thing.

[endsjustified]

...

Here.

[flicks his hand out, casting an illusion: "a floating half of a ram's skull. It's missing half its cranium, and its lower jaw is completely blown off. On what remains of a single, crumbling horn, gold ornaments can be seen dangling from it. In the sole eye socket, a glowing red flame flickers with what could be rage or amusement."]