ritual 25 end

[thelastfirstborn]

WHO: friends :)
WHERE: the beach
WHEN: Day 74, long into the night

[ the cavern walls begin to recede—it seems they were, all this time, the spindly roots of that deep-sea creature—and you can see the starlit sky. ... though, perhaps some of you are busy remembering both sessions and reconciling the strange feeling of the timelines merging. ]


[ the uh . . . creatures . . . they're still around . . . but the baby jellyfish return to their kin as the tide rises to reclaim them. ]

Thank you.
[ with the ritual over, no longer do the words of We Many hurt to listen to—this language is certainly the common language in Sheep—but it's still perhaps a little bit unsettling to hear, for the words of We Many do not come in just one voice. instead, they echo from all the . . . the creatures, some of which seem to have shapeshifted right in front of your very eyes to manifest.

mouths?

. . . some look like human mouths. some look like fish mouths.

and their voices . . . sound like the voices of those who participated in this ritual. just . . . dozens of Angie and Azdaja and Odin and etc voices whispering their thanks . . . ]

Take this, Our gratitude.
[ they leave behind gifts for every flock and participating weed, , ,,, , . . . yayyyy. . .

the creatures of We Many recede back into the waters, leaving the jellyfish behind to glow in the shallows like stars.

Agonies will disappear upon eating the Special Questionable Fish Meat. However, even if you don't eat those, any injuries accrued will heal like normal, and status effects/things that don't just heal on their own will go away anywhere from half an IC day to 3 IC days later. ]

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Comments

[eonsadrift]

At least you got booze out of it.

[doggonemad]

If ya don't want any of it, I'm confiscatin' it.

[eonsadrift]

Confiscating it from me, or the kids?

Alcohol rarely has an effect on me. I'm a little curious if this one will or not.

[doggonemad]

The kids, of course. We can split it, then.

[eonsadrift]

You can keep most of it for yourself, I don't particularly enjoy feeling intoxicated.

...but I do want to try it.

[doggonemad]

Heh! Just pass it off ta me when yer done with it.

[eonsadrift]

Don't humans typically drink with each other? I wasn't intending to try it on my own.

[doggonemad]

Uhh . . .

[ He pauses, considering.

> Somethin' like that, yeah.
> Humans do a lot more than just drink with each other.
> I drink alone in the dark like a fuckin' loser.

. . . ]

Somethin' like that, yeah. Ya wanna drink with me, Zenith-han?

[eonsadrift]

[ The "you seem like you'd be pathetic enough to drink alone" goes unsaid. ]

If I end up getting intoxicated from it, I'd rather not be by myself. It's an unusual experience for me.

[doggonemad]

My tolerance is pretty good when I ain't tryin' ta get black out drunk, so if ya don't mind waitin' a day or two, we can do that one night, sure.

[eonsadrift]

I'm in no rush. It's mostly a curiosity on my part.

Just try not to drink it all on your own first.

[doggonemad]

That's why ya should hang onto it until then.

[eonsadrift]

So now I'm confiscating the booze?

[doggonemad]

For now, yeah.

[eonsadrift]

Fine, I guess I can do that.

Just let me know when you want to try it out.

[doggonemad]

Gimme a day or two. Let me throw down with a couple've assholes here who're overdue for it.

[ rest in pieces, acheron. ]

[eonsadrift]

...sure, whatever. If you're out doing that, I won't have to keep up Clover's untouchable reputation all on my own.

[doggonemad]

I really gotta get back to it. I was jumpin' Tyr-chan an' Acheron-chan constantly an' lookin' out for other targets before this whole collar swap shit.