sheep_game | Misty Morning

[She has no idea what CEO looks like]

Who're those guys?

Is that written in code?

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Haw? 'Course it ain't! "jk" means "just kiddin'"!

[...SQUINTS AT THE PAPER]

...Where do you see "jk"?

Right here?

[ he taps at it. ]

[huh. he can read wolf language. neato.]

...This text is unfamiliar to me. I can't read it.

What does it say?

Seriously? Damn. Looks fine t'me.

[ He looks back at the note with a frown as he tries to figure out how to summarize . . . this. ]

Uhhhh, this bit right here's a to-do list. Nothin' fancy. Then he talks about gettin' a mask checked, some Ceo buttball bein' on to somethin' and bringin' others back . . . [ squint ] There's flowers out back he was waterin' to pay respects or whatever. A shrine near the stream?

[ a shrug! ]

S'all I got. I can write it out normally when we get back.

Yeah, let's take it back with us. Maybe we can find someone who recognizes the people in the picture, too.

[She turns to present a saddlebag]

[ he moves to put them away, unless anyone else wants to intercept and look at the picture. ]

May I see the picture?

Huh? Oh yeah, sure.

[ he holds it out to him. ]

...This one here.

[He points to the one with the missing face.]

That's their leader, I'm pretty sure. I never got his name. Are he and this Ceo the same wolf? If so, I wonder what he's bringing the others back from - death or madness.

Wait.

[Sorry, poor deceased wolf, but he's going to be taking the broken pieces of this mask for further study.]

This isn't the shrine the note is talking about, is it? Because if not I think we should take a look at that.

Dunno. It just said "shrine near the stream." There a stream around here?

[Puts her nose in the air and starts sniff-sniffing for the smell of water or plants.]

[he puts the jars back into Azdaja's bag, now with wolfsbane, and dusts off his hands]

Only one way to find out.

[time to look around!! He'll head over this way away from the group to listen for any running water]

[She hesitates for a moment, and then starts following him in case something jumps out at them and she needs to grab him and run]

[ He throws his hands in the air, grabbing his bat and following along in case they need weed guidance.

or for him to brain something. ]

[Well obviously he's not just going to wait around by himself! Guess they're all going.]

[EXPLORE TIME!!! but really all they need to explore is the 'backyard', ie the area behind where one of the remaining walls is somehow standing.

It's not directly there though, hidden by dead and brittle thickets, but should they keep walking, they'll suddenly find a pop of color--a small garden, though it seems to be quickly withering since there's no one there to take care of it. Rather than the normal flowers they're used to, it's full of different species of nightshade flowers. Pretty to look at, but very much should not be eaten. There is a small cluster of wolfsbane there as well--three full flowers exactly.

As for the 'shrine' itself, it seems rather makeshift, but whoever put it up clearly thought it was important. It's a small offering table, with a small silver statue of a wolf up top, along with incense and small wrapped gifts.

As for the stream behind it...it's more like a ditch, almost completely dry. But there is the tiniest, saddest trickling stream of water at the very bottom of it, flowing along. Where it ends, that's unknown at the moment.]

. . .

[ With a sigh, he walks over to the shrine and claps his hands together, bowing his head to pay his respects. ]

[Yesssss wolfsbane here too!! But she trusts the others can get that with their nimble human fingers. She's going to check out these sad nightshades. Maybe if they're food-producing, Levi will be able to tell. She's not a plant-eater so she doesn't consider any plants food.]

...I kinda want to water these, as thanks to the ghost that directed us here.

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[Kalim's magic would be great for that, he thinks idly...]

We can see about that after we take what we need. Though if no one else comes around they'll probably die anyway.

[Now here's a time when it would be useful to have something to take pictures with. He's looking over the flowers, seeing if he recognizes any others that would be useful - or any that might be the three that Coco mentioned.]

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Maybe we should take 'em. Give 'em new life back at the pasture, so their work don't go to waste.

[he'll handle getting the wolfsbane again, getting all the stuff out to do so.

He'll pause to give the shrine a polite nod as he passes near it]

It's the thought that counts. But we could do that, too.

[not said to be a smartass, for once]

[There are in fact some petunias in there! Possibly the least dead of the bunch.

Though if they're going to examine or take anything else, they should get to that asap. They're far from where they entered the mist, which means the mist wolves this far out? They aren't being distracted.

Some howls can be heard in the distance.]

[here's hoping their repellent and invisibility is still working]

Maybe we can take some small ones and water the rest? I don't want to disturb this place too much. The wolves helped us this time, and I don't want to provoke their ire more than we already have.

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