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RITUAL 22

WHO: Sheep in the Pasture
WHERE: ???
WHEN: Day 66 Morning

[GOOD MORNING WHAT A LOVELY AND NORMAL DAY--oh hey is that the giant phantom of a familiar demon passing over the pasture, turning the morning into a starry night sky?

Could be. If you call out to them, they do not answer, only Drift.

Maybe you're lucky and just ignore whatever the FUCK is about to happen.

Others, unwillingly get swept up in...whatever this is.

Well it's somehow been a month ??? since the last ritual so like, that's fair.

Red, Blossom, and Stormy seemingly are still MIA tho.

But whatever NORMAL TIMES IN SHEEP AMIRITE?

[ROOMS | PRE-GAME MINGLE | POST ROUND MINGLE | RESULTS ]

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I'm not subjecting myself to an unspecified deal. [ he says, bleeding out on the grass ]

Make an offer, and maybe I'll consider it.

And I wouldn't expect you to. A deal must have its terms outlined in some fashion.

As for what you could use, ...how about more power? To be able to protect your flock and your boyfriend and your little weed. As it stands right now you're hardly fit to take care of any of them!

More power...

[ He repeats it, laying back and not moving as he considers it. Would more power have been able to stop whatever happened? He isn't sure. He doesn't think so. ]

Shut up. I'm more than fit to take care of them. It's this place, it strips the power from us. How exactly is this deal going to help me in that situation..?

...and yet there are some people better off than ~you. It's not this place. It's you, and if you don't shape up, then you're on the fast track to losing everything and everyone that ever meant anything to you.

If you do somehow fail, then I can always assist in helping you to... pick up the pieces.

...it's not me. [ He sounds way less convinced of that now, though. ]

What kind of help, and what else do you have to offer..? Whatever it is, it'd better be worth the price.

[ he offers wanderer a hand to help him up. ] I can give you some of my power. To help assist you in protecting the people that you can oh. so. deeply. about. It couldn't hurt. [ he does snap to summon a damp cloth. look, he's not above helping someone he intends to make a deal with. ]

[ He stubbornly doesn't take it, forcing himself to sit up with his own power. He won't object to Alastor helping clean some of the blood, though. ]

I need to know specifics. There are certain powers I'm interested in, and certain powers I'm not interested in.

I let you eat my arm. Isn't that a good enough trade?

Hahaha... No! I won that arm fair and square. Hopefully getting a new one won't be too much of a process. Let's talk then - tell me, Zenith, which powers are you interested~?

[ It was worth a shot... he exhales irritably. ] Whatever you used to tether me to the ground with. Those shadow tendrils.

...hnhnhaha. Of course. In return I want a roof over my head [ sorrynotsorry weeds, but he doesn't want to hang out in your clubhouse. ] and a little help with something Miss Daisy asked me to do. [ holds out his hand. ] Do we have a deal?

I can help you with Daisy, and I can let you stay in my room and my room only. I don't want you wandering around the rest of Clover.

If that's acceptable... [ He'll shake. ]

Not even if the others allow it...? I can be good, Zenith. I have p̴͉̰̠̈́̋̏͂̓̆͋̑͗̈́͒͜͠͝r̸̭̥̤̱̖̟͉̮̈́̀͒̑͗͐́̃͜ą̵̛̻̩͌̌͆̏̃̂͗͌͂̍̒c̵̟̞̹̯͓͇̹͓̭͔̞̼̭͑́͋͜͜t̶̡̥̼̫̞͔̬͚͕̲͈̎͛̂̐͝i̷͇̲̬̱̼̞͑̈́͒͑̋͊ç̵̨͙̭̥͔͈̅̏͗͠e̵̡̛̛̘͔̭͑̌̈́̓̉̆̔̋̂̀̊͆͗̔͜͝ͅͅ

[ He is SO skeptical about your parenting ability. ]

...if they allow it. But no making deals with the kids.

[ HE IS LOVING AND NURTURING WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. ]

I'm not going to agree to that.

Then you can stay in my room only.

I will primarily stay in your room, but I’m not an animal to be kept in a cage. I’m not even asking for much.

Not caged. You can come and go as you please.

...but I don't want to put the kids in danger, and I don't know how much I can trust you.

We will find that out soon enough, won't we?

...I suppose so.

...now let's seal the deal. [ holds out his hand. ]

...

[ He just... silently reaches out with his good arm to shake Alastor's hand. ]

[ as soon as wanderer takes his hand an eruption of dark magic surrounds them both... with all sorts of strange symbols appearing behind alastor. his own expression changes, his smile growing impossibly wider, so much so that wanderer can see the ties trying to keep it from splitting his face. he squeezes his hand, hard, drawing blood... and sending several shadowy tendrils to envelop him. it doesn't hurt, but it might feel weird, and once he pulls his hand away wanderer will find that he can control them. ]

I'm afraid you won't be able to use them against me, but surely that hadn't been something you'd try to do anyway.

[ For everything he's done, he's never made a deal with an actual devil, and he winces as the dark energy surrounds them. He shifts one of the tendrils mentally, adjusting to them as the magic fades. ]

I'm not stupid. I expected as much.

Are we done here? I need to go seek someone out for repairs.

Of course. Of course. I’ll drop in later.

...great. I'll see you then.

[ He turns to go, staggering off in the direction of Bluebell. ]

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