after the shamreckoning

[beathollow]

WHO: Clover, potentially friends
WHERE: Clover Barn
WHEN: Mid-late day 54 - Day 55


( a kidnapping has been... not as rightfully avenged as we'd like but everyone is home and safe. a long rest was probably required. what will you do now? )

Comments

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED [cw torture discussion]

[beathollow]

( after some time to rest, sonata eventually settles into the pillowpit with her lavender rabbit and coda, idly feeding the shyder grapes. she's not especially hungry right now, even though she really should eat. )

... I think it's best that we go over what happened but... after a certain point, I'm useless at retelling. You'd have to ask Leviathan for the rest.

( she's quiet. and then, she starts speaking slowly. )

I woke up in a giant bird cage. It was suspended over that fishbowl that was containing Leviathan. The wolf was there beforehand, and said... if we tried to escape, the bars of the cage were electrified, and it would drop immediately, shocking Leviathan to death while I drown. ... And then he gave me a water bottle.

( mostly she's just confused about that. she was back when it happened, too. )

He was trying to get information out of me. After I told him my flock... I just, got the feeling that something terrible would happen to everyone if I kept complying. But, he asked if you took care of me, or prioritized my safety.

... If we were looking for a way home or contacted anyone.

"Have they prioritized your safety? Have you been working to find a way to willingly return to your own realm? Contacted your family? The friends you left behind? The goals you left in the dust?

Or are you all simply wasting time?"

That's what he said.

When I stopped cooperating, he got violent. The cage was armed with drills- ( if it hasn't been healed yet, there's a big bandage on her right arm, which should be telling on it's own. ) ... Eventually he- his shadow claws smacked me? And I haven't been able to hear since.

When I reaffirmed I didn't want to cooperate- because at that point, I was just furious- his claws gripped my head and then pushed me against the walls of the cage to shock me until I was on the verge of passing out.

"Your flock has abandoned you. You can scream, but no one will hear it, including yourself. You chose this fate. ", he said.

...


After that, I don't know what happened exactly.

[debug_mode]

[she def. came with them]

[writing a response on paper:]

["I'm so sorry. We should have got there sooner."]

Re: WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED [cw torture discussion]

[catposting]

[ memorizing all of this with an unimpressed look. is this wolf a torture noob? ]

You did well.

... What do you want to do now?

[beathollow]

( AFTER the big talk about her kidnapping experience- 1/10 stars, ceo only gets a point for the water bottle- sonata is... in the pillow pit with her lavender rabbit, her macaron plushie, coda and so many blankets. a tray with a half-empty cup of tea and a book rests closeby. she is the queen of cozy.

and for the first time in days, she's sleeping.

either nap with her, or coax her from the eventual fitful sleep of a nightmare, your choice. )

[debug_mode]

[Your Name was crashing in Clover's barn... Needed, requested, and earned.]

[let's just assume enough heals got used on Your Name she's more or less ambulatory.]

Can I please use your bath?

[oh, but there's still dried blood on her.]

[beathollow]

( there's a sleepy "mhm" from the pillow pit before a pale hand pokes out of a blanket, pointing the way. )

Gotta step outside to get into it. There's spare robes 'an stuff.

The lavender's mine, so if you use some just lemme know...

(


sleepy kitty )

[electricflock]

[knock knock knock]

[beathollow]

( sonata doesn't open the door. ... but... it pries open anyways? if muffin peaks in, he'll see that a web is attached to it. and it's being pulled by a shyder in a green bandana. sonata is in clear view also, in a pillow pit. )

... Ah- Coda? What are you- --!! Muffin! You weren't knocking for long, were you...?

[catposting]

-- Muffin! Are you all right?

[adorabrawler]

—Oh, hey Muffin.

[eonsadrift]

[ Zenith is mostly standing to the side and watching once he's let inside, inclining his head in silent appreciation. ]

...how is Daffodil?

[adorabrawler]

[ at some point post That Fucking Ritual, Spinel can be found sprawled out on her back around in Clover's pasture, gazing at the sky with a heavy air of weariness.

OR later, in the dead of fckin night, you can find her in the kitchen rummaging around. ]

[eonsadrift]

[ ...eventually, he'll head outside to quietly sit down next to her on the grass. He won't say anything just yet, but he lays back to join her in staring up at the sky. ]

[catposting]

[ boo. he hasn't slept ]

Hungry?

[aididitmyway]

[At some point, after getting her new eyes (green + one has a clover instead of the sparkle she had before), she's curled up in the pillow pit with an untouched plate of food and the music player thistle gave her.]

[eonsadrift]

[ He avoids clinics and doctor's offices if he doesn't have to be in there, and it's not like he's a very good nurse anyway, so this is the first time he's seeing Lyra with her new eyes. ]

...not hungry?

[catposting]

[ he was there the whole time in at least one timeline, so he's seen the eyes already ]

How're you holding up?

[adorabrawler]

[










huh? ]

[catposting]

[ catch him morning 55 dropping ice cream into the freezer. they already had ice cream from post-kidnapping but now they have MORE ICE CREAM. pick your own flavor.



or catch him night 54 on the roof not sleeping. ]

[eonsadrift]

[ Night 54 he is also on the roof and not sleeping. And he's fully faced away from Yas, staring off into the distance and not talking.

Normal Roof Things. ]

Day 55

[featherduster]

[ KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK ]

Re: Day 55

[eonsadrift]

[ ..........the door opens an inch. enough for him to see out of. ]

We're not home.

Day 55 Afternoon

[thefinalcontract]

[Bing bong... It's Cinna and he has soup.]

Re: Day 55 Afternoon

[aididitmyway]

[answering :O

her eyes are green with a lil clover in what used to be the starry eye instead of red now]

Cinna?

time to listen! or something like that

[beathollow]

( okay.

okay.

they got home from the mist. rested. got put into a ritual. rested. it is now time to finally close the last bit of healing.



which is to say, fix sonata's ears please she's starting to wig out a bit )

Re: time to listen! or something like that

[aididitmyway]

[now that she can see, she can wander on up to sonata and kiss her on the cheek

and after making sure sonata can see her, because she doesn't want the pun to go unnoticed:]

Ready to roll, Sonata?

[leonheartedly]

[did he follow the Clovers after they visited Thistle, pretty much, knock knock]

[catposting]

[ opens door ]

...

Did you just follow us back here?