RUH ROH

[wooliefrand]

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!!]

Comments

[catposting]

[ he's (tragically) normal-sized again. catch him staring up at the eye and frowning in the direction of the arrow, then back at the eye. it looks like he's... concentrating?

nothing happens tho.

(( he's trying to undo the arrow but as per Ash it does fuck all )) ]

[wants_the_phd]

Having a staring contest?

[catposting]

Somewhat. I'm losing terribly.

[ after a few more moments of staring, he sighs, turning away from the fountain and toward Az. ]

Clover's power doesn't do anything. I didn't think it would, but I had to try.

[wants_the_phd]

Clover's power?

[catposting]

Undoing an action.

[wants_the_phd]

[Dang, that sounds convenient.]

What kind of action? Are there restrictions?

[Obviously there must be if it isn't working on the eye]

[catposting]

Any recent action. You have to succeed at some imaginary coin flip in your head for it to work.

[ glances at the eye again ]

Looks like it's subject to "setting overrides", though. Administrator-type interference. I'm not too surprised, since flock powers don't work in the mist.

[wants_the_phd]

Do you suppose if we track down and kill the administrator, we'd be able to escape?

[catposting]

Possibly. But that involves tracking and killing the administrator.

[wants_the_phd]

Yeah, you're right. Probably better to give up and accept that we're all gonna die here.

[catposting]

Is that what you want to do?

[wants_the_phd]

Fuck no. But when does life give a shit about what I want?

[catposting]

Mm... did you see where the arrow came from? I only saw it hitting the fountain, not its source.

[heavyliesthecrown]

[Crescendo just finished attempting to shoot the claws with a sunflower tipped arrow, but it does not appear to do anything either.]

Lady Death cannot catch a break.

[catposting]

It seems so.

[ glances over at Cres ]

Feeling better, I take it?

[heavyliesthecrown]

Just that after sickness tired feeling that lingers. I am much better than before though. I was on forced bedrest at the clinic.