Ritual 17 - fin

[soulsurvivore]

WHO: everyone
WHERE: pasture-wide
WHEN: Day 47, early afternoon

[ When enough time has passed, the boards disappear, materializing in the demon's sleigh. He looks over them and nods solemnly. ]

Very good. You have done well.

[ With a wave of his hand, the reindeer rear back and dash off across the sky, leaving a trail of powdery snow in their wake. ]

May they rest peacefully. And to all, a good night.

[ but it's the afternoon— well WHO CARES because the sleigh then POPS and disappears to who knows where. maybe it exploded. Confetti is now mixed in with the snowflakes, but it's just confetti snow and will melt away by the following day. Eagle-eyed types will have caught Faith diving through a portal, stacks of cards in her arms, just before the festive popper.

so that just happened.

In the distance, there's a slight rumble, and the tower now has a few new additions in the forms of turrets/spires/whatever jutting off the side. Also, the ASAB sign is now fancier ("fancier") with neon lights. Looks like someone got an upgrade.

Your winners are Rose (variety), Thistle (dealer's choice), and Clover and Daffodil (a spicy tie)! All winners will receive (normal) memory coins and, as per Ash, will be able to choose One Effect (opt in) for December. Additionally, all participating Weeds get memory coins. Edgelord gets a bottle of Christmas booze while Teleute gets this. ho ho ho.

Furthermore, the festive memory coins will remain until the end of December. They work as they did in the game; you are free to assume you have however many to play with. When January hits, they will all magically disappear. ]

Comments

not here

[catposting]

[ hey we won! ]

[ too bad some of us are dead ]

Re: not here

[finalbows]

_{[ can't even tell the cat he was right about no upgrades because he's dead rn smh ]}

Re: not here

[catposting]

[ wow is that all you care about ]

Re: not here

[finalbows]

[ no!!!! obviously ]

[aididitmyway]

[cool, we won!

that's why ruby now has red panda ears and a tail. tail is bushy and cute and she can't stop petting it but she looks totally weirded out.]

I didn't ask for this but this tail is definitely amazing.

[beathollow]

... Fluffy...

[aididitmyway]

[... holding her tail out to her :x]

Here. Feel it!

[debatemebro]

[ OBSERVING ]

[aididitmyway]

[WHY ARE YOU OBSERVING!!!!

ur just gonna get a stare back]

[debatemebro]

[ because he is a red panda. ]

...

[rugpull]

Fuck yeah Daffodil!

[wants_the_phd]

[Azdaja is napping fitfully in her bedroom and only finds out the ritual has ended because a coin materializes in midair over her bed and slaps her directly on the forehead.]

not here

[catposting]

[ congrats. thanks for the hot potato motherfucker ]

Re: not here

[wants_the_phd]

[Hope a green coin hits you in the face as soon as you revive, idiot]

[pleasantmisery]

Aw, I was really hoping we'd get to--to...ugh--

[Shadow Fiend clutches her head in her hands as the status effect kicks in.

meanwhile, her shadow is also clutching its head in its hands, falling to its knees in a silhouette of agony, also as the status effect kicks in.

huh! that doesn't look good!]

[finalefantasy]

[peers at the both of them curiously; she's not intervening, but she might

what's going on here ]

[pleasantmisery]

[there appear to be.... emotions? happening??

emotions which were previously completely nonexistent???

such as extreme distress! that's one of the emotions! what about that!

her shadow does seem to be no more or less magical than it usually is, it's just reacting to whatever's happening to Shadow Fiend]

[finalefantasy]

[ah.

there is a small voice in her head.

Greetings. Will you let us assist?]

later day 47 because he had to die and come back to life

[catposting]

[ hi he's small. like Zenith-sized small. she may recognize the look from the kiddie ritual.

what's Shadow Fiend doing? where's she at? still disoriented? ]

Re: later day 47 because he had to die and come back to life

[pleasantmisery]

[a little later, after Teleute's helped deal with the initial overwhelming flood of regained feelings, Shadow Fiend has found a quiet corner of the pasture and is just. lying in the grass, staring at the sky.]

Re: later day 47 because he had to die and come back to life

[catposting]

[ sits down quietly next to her ]

Shadow Fiend?

[endsjustified]

[he's just gonna tiredly tuck a couple of extra memory coins in his pocket -- this version of them is much more useful to a non-amnesiac -- and then head back into Lily to do some work, without comment

if you need him you can catch him on the path there, or just straight up in there if you live there, you know how it is]

[mykidisthebest]

[he lives here! though he looks a little wary, not sure if Charon will attempt to enact revenge for any crimes committed earlier in the morning]

Is the ritual over?

[endsjustified]

It appears so. No victory for us, of course, but no ill-effects either.

[stirtheblood]

[swishes his Christmas liquor a little bit]

Whaaaat, only one bottle after all that?