Ritual 19 - Vengeance

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Sheep
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Evening, Day 54 (to give some buffer to post-rescue talks during the day)

[Well THAT was a trip. But everyone is returned home relatively safely, the mushrooms are under control, and Death's eye is closed. Maybe things can return to semi-normalcy.

Lol. Lmao.

A dark shadow suddenly sweeps across the Pasture, and you'll find yourself forcibly yanked from where you stand, lay in bed, or otherwise where you're minding your business--though, some will be missed, inevitably. Those who get grabbed though get to glimpse at a massive shadow-like demon, wolf like in appearance but with giant ram horns, glaring down at you. His voice speaks as a whisper in your minds.

You will Speak his Vengeance.

If you do not speak it, I will enact it on his Behalf.

A random sheep waddles by, and then shadows overtake it--the poor sheep begins to contort, gasping for air as it's stretched and twisted into an unnatural eldritch mass, but still Very Much Alive. It rolls off to enjoy its eternal suffering.

And just like that you're yanked into the shadows, the demon's Intent clear in your heads. It's Ritual Time.]

[ooc: Please go to your rooms and check in if you are playing!
Daffodil + Teleute
Bluebell + Water Genshin Dude
Lily + Bombay
Thistle +Viscous
Clover + Your Name
Rose +Flare, Jackalope
Peony +Epel, Furina

RULES HERE. NO MINGLE, GO.]

Comments

[survivaltricks]

[a sharper exhale than the others, almost a laugh]

We did. . . something.

[and he sounds pleased about it, despite. . . you know]

[mykidisthebest]

Sticking by a difficult decision deserves praise. Just don't make it a habit.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . lmao]

No promises.

Is Lily. . .?

[mykidisthebest]

[shaky exhale]

Perci's hurt. The rest of us are fine. I'm hoping he'll rest, but if he comes over make sure to toss him onto your couch for a nap.

[survivaltricks]

[he hears Perci's name and immediately straightens, suddenly very focused]

Perci-- [GOD. sets his jaw tightly]

Is there anything I can do to help him?

[JUST FIVE MINUTES AGO YOU WERE A SKINLESS CORPSE]

[mykidisthebest]

If you try to do anything I'm going to tie you up and throw you face first into the pillow pit.

[don't test him he'll do it!!!]

We need to get his leg fixed, and after that he needs to rest. You need to rest. Healing your body doesn't fix blood loss. You're probably going to feel loopy for a day or two. The best thing you can do is take it easy, and grab anyone who looks like they're running around unnecessarily.

[survivaltricks]

[TEMPTED TO TEST HIM JUST TO BE DEFIANT-- but no. he used up all his defiance during this ritual]

[so all he can do is mutter an obliging]

. . . all right.

[mykidisthebest]

[you can be defiant after you have a single nap ok]

Thank you. ...I know it's not easy to sit still. That's why I don't think it's a bad idea to grab everyone and throw them all into the same pile. Then you're doing something by looking after them.

[survivaltricks]

[ffffffiiiiine. . .]

Is that what they call multi-tasking?

[mykidisthebest]

...It's a very light version of multi-tasking.

[survivaltricks]

Still multi-tasking! Still makes me feel productive.

[mykidisthebest]

Then it's extreme multi-tasking! Only the toughest of the recently revived can handle it.

[survivaltricks]

Haa. . .

I guess I am pretty tough.

[if he tells himself this then surely it is true]

[mykidisthebest]

Tougher than most people I know.

[it sounds sincere]

But it's like an energy bar; your toughness gets depleted and you have to build it back up again after something like this. So try not to do it again for a long time.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . lol]

[no promises, because who the heck knows when something like this will happen again. but he doesn't say that aloud, instead opting for a teasing response]

Back home, I'd just drink coffee, and my SP would be as good as new.

[mykidisthebest]

[very straight-faced]

Coffee doesn't recover SP when you're recovering from dying.