uɹoq-ʇsɹıɟ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ ([personal profile] thelastfirstborn) wrote in [community profile] sheep_game2024-04-20 02:20 pm

ritual 25 end

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. ]

MAIN GAME POST | SCORING | REWARDS?
mykidisthebest: (Gonna make a heart-throb out of me)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-21 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
It'll feel weird for a second while I adjust it, so bear with me.

[Kevin will feel a mental knock, asking permission to enter: if he accepts there's a brief moment where he's connected to Lethe fully--he can smells the same smells, feel the hear the same things in a strange echo of his own hearing, and most importantly he can see through Lethe's eyes. he's looking right at Kevin, heart pounding, a small wave of worry and concern reverberating across the connection. and then it's all cut off except for sight.]

How's that? Oh, wait, I'm looking right at you, hang on.

[he shifts so that he's shoulder to shoulder with Kevin, looking straight ahead]

It's not perfect, but it'll get us home okay. Right?
abandon_hope: (startle)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2024-04-21 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Lethe is right, this IS super weird. Especially feeling the worry and concern for a moment. And then it's just the weird of staring at himself for a moment. (He still has those starry eyes...) ]

-- You're taller than I am.
mykidisthebest: (like playing dumb)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-21 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a little taller than you. It won't feel perfect. ...I can hold your hand so you don't trip?

[it's probably weird because Lethe does keep looking at him out of the corner of his eye, trying to give Kevin a view of their surroundings while also checking on him]
abandon_hope: (confession)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2024-04-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Y. Yeah. I think I need that.

[ He reaches to take Lethe's hand, then, honestly a bit motion sick. Still better than nothing. ]
mykidisthebest: (How could you let this get desperate?)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-22 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[gives his hand a squeeze, reassuring, and slowly tows them back to Lily]

Did you get hit by anything else at all?
abandon_hope: (mild)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2024-04-22 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ He follows gladly. despite teh dizziness, seeing anything at all instantly removes a huge chunk of his anxiety. ]

I got horribly tired and passed out right at the beginning.
mykidisthebest: (Forever for worse or better)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-22 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Was it another status effect...? Ananke's sick too. Maybe we all need to take it easy until everything wears off.
abandon_hope: (mild)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2024-04-22 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I don't think it's sickness with me at least? Just tired.
mykidisthebest: (for a greater sense of purpose)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-22 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Tiredness can be a sign of sickness too. If it's just that, I won't worry too much. Would some food help?
abandon_hope: (nope nope nope)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2024-04-22 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
... Yes. I um. I'm really hungry, actually.

[ makes a face. ]

Just not for fish.
mykidisthebest: (Inscribed like stone and faded by rain)

[personal profile] mykidisthebest 2024-04-22 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
We have other kinds of protein! How about pork?