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wooliefrand ([personal profile] wooliefrand) wrote in [community profile] sheep_game2024-01-03 10:54 pm

RUH ROH

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 51, Morning

[GOOOOOD MORNING. It's still a bit chilly out, despite it being sunny, and there's still flurries here and there. All fairly normal and pleasant. Maybe you're out stretching, or collecting the morning milk delivery, or tending to your gardens and sheep. All is peaceful and quiet in the serene pasture.

Until, from the mist, something zips out. An arrow of sorts. It shoots through the air at lightning speed, its target suddenly obvious as it strikes a large landmark in the center of town--the eye of the fountain.

If you weren't awake already, the sudden painful howl from death might do the trick.

Its wail doesn't last, but the eye IS open now. . .by force? The eye seems to be being held open by strange, smokey claws. They are semi tangible, but probably you don't want to touch them.

But wait, that's not all! The ground rumbles a bit before settling? A minor quake? Who knows. But more importantly, in both the pasture within the fence and the meadow, strange mushrooms begin to pop up. Occasionally they shoot out pollen and spores, and drift through the air. They can be picked, but after a few hours, two seem to grow back in their place, so be careful with that.

DANG WONDER WHAT ALL IS GOING ON--oh hey there's Blossom? She's carrying a small basket of biscuits in her mouth along with. . .Bluebell's Shepherd Staff? wuh oh.]


Every~thing is gonna be okay~

. . .

[stares at the mushroom and the eye and]

WHAT IS HAPPENING???



[NOTES:
MUSHROOMS
If you get hit by by the spores, one of three effects are available:
-Level 1, minor effect - No outward effects but plagued with horrible, realistic nightmares to the point of preferring to try to stay awake
-Level 2, Fear Hallucinations; you suddenly see hallucinations of things you fear
-Level 3, Intense feelings of hatred for any particular person suddenly come to the surface/take over, making you prone to violence

Additionally If anyone eats, licks, or otherwise deliberately excessively inhales mushroom spores, let me know *immediately* as it will trigger something unskippable for you. ETA N/M THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS LMAO

Note that these can be avoided by just saying whoops ur character didn't get close to one golly. These effects can lessen over time at your convenience but won't disappear completely until you cure them--how? That's up to yall! MAKE UP A FEAR ANTIDOTE. Ping me if your character tries something and I will yay or nay it.

There is ALSO a source of the mushrooms, but to find it, Stuff will need to happen.

THE EYE
If you try to touch the creepy mist hands, you will instantly pass out unconscious, feel zapped, or feel your heart skip a beat. Don't push your luck for now, but they CAN be removed. How again? Characters will have to make up a way ICly; though in this case a solution won't be approved til oocly after the 15th.

SOME IC INFO ABOUT MUSHROOMS

STORMY ON THE EYE

BLOSSOM AND BLUEBELL

ping me with any questions!!]
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally not a fan of this! What the hell?
Edited 2024-01-04 15:53 (UTC)
endsjustified: (prelude to the tragedy.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I did warn you we were in a bit of a lull.

This is what happens when we stop being in one.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
On a scale of one to ten, how worried should I be for what's probably coming next?
endsjustified: (esteem's gone to the negatives.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Seven, optimistically.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Optimistically? How about realistically?!
endsjustified: (besides,the boy is dead.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Since whoever did this activated lasting death as an opening move? Ten.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I thought you were gonna say. Great. Great!
endsjustified: (the long road home.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It really could be worse. Sometimes these things don't even provide a warning shot, as it were, to give us time to prepare.

Scarab mentioned you were a hitman. What weapons are you proficient in?
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ internally

actually maybe a little externally too, if the brief coughing fit and slightly panicked look in his eyes is any indication ]


You're not gonna believe me if I tell you he's lying..!

[ sigh. ]

Pistols. Usually I work the planning and background stuff though.
Edited 2024-01-04 23:14 (UTC)
endsjustified: (palimpsest.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I won't believe you, but since you should have no particular reason to target anyone here, that's an advantage rather than a concern. It's harder to acclimate an inexperienced civilian to this sort of environment.

Have you acquired a gun yet?
Edited 2024-01-04 23:14 (UTC)
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure I'm never gonna get acclimated to this kind of environment!

[ Fighting and murder, shitty but ok. everything else is the real problem here!! ]

- No, no gun. Didn't want Red asking me to shoot myself for the privilege of getting my hands on one.
endsjustified: (lightning fears the thunder.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Good choice.

Take mine for now. I keep it for emergencies, but I have some problems using it anyway.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't know what good bullets are gonna do against... everything, but I won't turn it down.
endsjustified: (sweet cantabile.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-04 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Not everything is immune to mundane weaponry, fortunately. We also have honeysuckle bullets. They neutralize -- magic, powers, for a few minutes, if the target breathes the powder.

Use them sparingly, though. It's hard to gather replacement materials, especially right now.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-05 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Magic bullets. Magic neutralizing bullets. Of course... Hope you can let me in how you make that shit; I don't usually make my own ammo.

endsjustified: (diametric.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-05 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ask Styx, he's the one doing most of the bullet modifications. I'm trying something too, but it's not working out quite yet.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-07 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, will do.

I won't lie, I was kind of hoping to keep the whole hitman thing under wraps for a little bit longer. But I guess if it had to come up...
Edited 2024-01-07 10:37 (UTC)
endsjustified: (renege à trois.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-08 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I did warn you it was hard to keep secrets here for long.

I'm not going to spread it around, but I like knowing what's going on under my own roof.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-09 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, yeah. I get it, and I appreciate that. People generally frown on murder, after all. But the skills have their uses now and again, maybe here more than most places.
Edited 2024-01-09 22:54 (UTC)
endsjustified: (priorities.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-14 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
They do.

[a little sigh down the cubecall line]

I worked in the military before coming here. Styx is a gunman, Ananke is something called a superhero, Lethe trains monsters. As long as you don't make an actual hobby of murder for your own enjoyment, you're fine.
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Re: @ lily

[personal profile] papartner 2024-01-14 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a job, not a hobby, okay? I don't do it because I like it.
endsjustified: (wither the bloom.)

Re: @ lily

[personal profile] endsjustified 2024-01-14 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Then we're on the same page.