crittersheep ([personal profile] crittersheep) wrote in [community profile] sheep_game2024-01-24 08:32 am

here there be mingies.

WHO: you and whoever isn't passed tf out
WHERE: e'rywhere
WHEN: Day 55 morning through evening

[ Well. Even the pasture deserves a low-key day sometime. Some of you are passed out in a cuddle pile. Others are doing a bake-a-thon because Red said so. And some others are coming off that bonesaw enrichment high. You know how it is

How are you today, though? Are you chilling out? Admiring that new barrier and cool fence? Running yourselves ragged checking on people? what is up. ]
electricflock: (73)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-01 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[chitters a little, lifting his head to lean into lethe's hand instead. muffin doesn't have a proper crest, but there's tufts of downy feathers hidden through his hair]

This way's nice enough. Don't think you'd want to try how cats groom.
mykidisthebest: (Kiss me just once for luck)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-02 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[laughs and makes sure to dig his fingers down into those hidden feathers as he finds them]

I'd probably be bad at it if I tried. I'd get a hairball. Or a featherball.
electricflock: (109)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-02 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[purr PURRS]

Am gryphon, would be both!
mykidisthebest: (Don't fight it)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-02 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to tell you that a hairy featherball sounds too disgusting for words. I'll stick with this kind of preening.
mykidisthebest: (Kiss me just once for luck)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-03 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Easier to chat and preen like this anyways. Feel free to get out aaaaall of your worries while we're here.
electricflock: (98)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-03 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaaall of them? Will ruin the rest of your day.
mykidisthebest: (Have a piece of American dream)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't! I'm used to all kinds of crazy things.
electricflock: (103)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-04 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Aren't really crazy things, are mostly sad things.
mykidisthebest: (The tips of my fingers always think)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-04 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
I'm used to all kinds of sad things, too.

But only if you feel like talking about them. No pressure.
electricflock: (21)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-05 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
...Is okay if they're things that can't be fixed?
mykidisthebest: (gifts the day right after Christmas past)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-06 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah. Not everything can be fixed, as frustrating as that is. There's a lot of that here and back home.
electricflock: (30)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-06 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah… and can’t fix things here and at home at same time. Can’t look after both flocks.
mykidisthebest: (The chemistry is a mess)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-07 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't be everywhere at once. It's hard, but you can't expect it of yourself, either.
electricflock: (9)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-07 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Still feels bad though. Are trapped here, so decision isn't mine to make anyways... but still feels like wanting to support one group means abandoning other when is no way to care for both.
mykidisthebest: (we're blooming forth from the envy)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-08 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
You aren't abandoning anyone. I know that doesn't stop it from feeling that way--I'm homesick every day. And there's a lot I still have to do back home, so I understand feeling impatient about it.

[pauses preening to just hug him]

I'm sorry. Like you said, there's no fix for it. It just feels bad.
electricflock: (18)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-09 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[hugs back, curling up a little]

It's bad. And when things like yesterday happens, is worse.
mykidisthebest: (gave you my coat)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-09 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[curls up around him a bit]

Because you feel helpless?
mykidisthebest: (just need someone to hold me)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-10 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
It'll be okay. Maybe not right now. But eventually.
electricflock: (blank3)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-10 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[presses his face into lethe's shoulder]

Have to keep telling ourselves that. We're all still trying.
mykidisthebest: (Buried alive inside my dreams)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[rubs small circles on his back]

Yeah. This isn't...advice, exactly. But it's okay if there are some days you can't get out of bed, or cry until you're exhausted, or drink yourself silly. There's nothing wrong with falling apart for a little while if you need to. Just make sure you can put yourself together again once you get it out of your system.
electricflock: (47)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-12 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[revs up a small, stuttering sort of purr]

Is... good reminder. I'm doing good at keeping myself together, have... This is letting go some. Being clingy and sad. Haven't done lot of that on anyone.
mykidisthebest: (The chemistry is a mess)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-02-12 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[keeps doing the circles, then '^']

It's hard to let go when you're used to keeping it together. But, it would be bad to have to burst out at the wrong time. Better to let it out now, hmm?
electricflock: (63)

[personal profile] electricflock 2024-02-14 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[nods...]

Um... thanks for this.

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