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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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I could order a batch of pain-dampening ice cream. I remember the faces you made at the ice cream party.

Don't prehistoric psychopomps have better things to do than watch me eat from the shadows.

Did you get hit on the head with something?

_{why does this question feel familiar....

[ he's going toward woolietown, at least*

*he is going to drown the cube in the fountain ]}

[ he's been leaping from roof to roof in parallel with Angie's path, finally settling on top of the laundromat as Angie drowns the cube. the cube bobs uselessly in the water.

while it bobs, another call comes through the line. enjoy hearing Zenith's wet warning in slow motion ]

_{[ ... ]}

I'll accept payment in the form of you never mentioning this again.

...

...

...

Deal. You're the best comrade I could ask for, Rosebell.

Let's just deliver your awful little Necroncube already so I don't have to keep looking at it. _{[ starts looking around for the cat. ]}

Edited 2024-01-05 06:03 (UTC)

Fine by me!

[ he's still on the laundromat roof. is Angie gonna stop drowning the cube or ]

_{[ reluctantly. he doesn't like what he sees on the roof, either. ]}

Edited 2024-01-05 06:24 (UTC)

... What?

Stop looking at me like that! Let's just go, Cloverbell. What did you need this for, again?

To be small.

[ shrugs and leaps down, heading for Daisy's Parlour. ]

Tired of being the tallest Clover already?

I stick out like a beacon among all the midgets. One of them said I'd get lost in a crowd at my child height, which gave me the genius idea of being small at will.

[ this is clearly not why he wants to be a child ]

Oh, well, if it's the name of my darling former teammate getting to acclimate...

...

...Your footfalls keep making the most awful racket right now. Try gliding for once.

Edited 2024-01-11 06:06 (UTC)

I'm not a swan.

Lazy cat~.

_{[ it's subtle, but he definitely is tensing whenever akrinak takes a step ]}

Edited 2024-01-11 06:31 (UTC)

[ casually ]

So, let me guess... you're seeing me as someone else.

Good work, intrepid detective.

[ he stops walking. ding, lightbulb (imaginary). ]

So it would help if I was shorter.

The acoustics would be more amusing.

...

[ wags his tail exaggeratedly ]

What happens when I do this...?

_{[ watches the dark "fabric" go swish, swish as if a very chaotic series of gales are raging through localized only to akriNot's person ]}

Swish, swish.

[ hmmMMMM. floats a white sheep over. holds it up in front of his face with both hands. ]

Baa.

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