STORM RITUAL - PEONY

[crittersheep]

[Your Barn seems to fall away to the sides and you find yourself on a suspended platform over molten lava. The platform is unsteady however--its ropes will break soon. There are two platforms to either side of you--a long with a sign. "Caution, fragile."

You don't know which platform the sign is for. But sooner or later, your Flock will need to take a leap of faith if you don't want plunge into the lava below.]

Comments

The Question

[crittersheep]

[You see visions floating in the air, demonstrating what other flocks are dealing with.]

A voice rings out: Peony can save only one. Who?

[BLUEBELL is in the middle of an open field, but Minuet's arm seems to be warping into a horrible weapon of sort, threatening to blow them all up soon. Possibly the others could run, but how far will they truly get. . .?]

[Lily is trapped in a deep valley with steep cliffsides, surrounded by flowers. A bunch of humanoid wolves resembling Bea have surrounded them, taking delight in slowly slicing them to bits.]

[CLOVER is in a graveyard, surrounded by a horde of zombies. They don't seem to have anywhere to hide.]

[DAFFODIL is surrounded by a pack of One-Eyed Gorgon wolves, with the threat of being turned to stone the longer the wolves have them trapped]

[ROSE is surrounded by snakes and mongooses, each threatening to tear the other animal, and the flock apart.]

[THISTLE is trapped in an icy room, looking sicker and sicker as time goes on.]

DISCUSS

[crittersheep]

Re: DISCUSS

[sparksystem]

. . . I hate to say it but the choice is a little obvious, isn't it?

Re: DISCUSS

[hardpity]

For me, at least... Well, they're probably going to choose Bluebell, though.

Re: DISCUSS

[sparksystem]

You think so?



Even if they do, I think in this situation it's a 'do what we can' situation.

Re: DISCUSS

[hardpity]

They have a codified alliance. I think probably a lot of the flocks have pre-existing ones...

Maybe we should choose to save ourselves.

Re: DISCUSS

[quarantotto]

...is it?

Re: DISCUSS

[sparksystem]

Yes.

Re: DISCUSS

[damegane]

[EVERY FUCKING TIME.]

Re: DISCUSS

[quarantotto]

That's a face.

Re: DISCUSS

[damegane]

Can you blame me?

Re: DISCUSS

[hardpity]

I feel like this is one of those where you're supposed to break the choice or whatever... but for me it's pretty obvious.

Re: DISCUSS

[quarantotto]

Oh?

Re: DISCUSS

[hardpity]

Well, Lily kept us from starving for half the winter...

ANSWER

[crittersheep]

Re: ANSWER

[hardpity]

PEONY is going to save PEONY

but if that's not allowed then LILY

Re: ANSWER

[wooliefrand]

[BOTH ARE ALLOWED

CHOOSE]

Re: ANSWER

[hardpity]

PEONY PICKS PEONY

CLOVER

[wooliefrand]

[SUDDENLY, CLOVER APPEARS

and when they do so, their Flock powers immediately activate, granting everyone on the platform good luck. You take a leap of faith, hoping the platform you land on is the sturdy one.

Even if it isn't though, immediately, time reverses. You can try over and over until you're correct.

You're safe on the correct platform, which begins to move, carrying to safety.

You are at peace.]

Re: CLOVER

[beathollow]

Oh thank goodness. Is everyone okay?

Re: CLOVER

[sweetsmarts]

Easy as pie.

[ And no zombies ]

Re: CLOVER

[aididitmyway]

[PHEW]

Okay, sorry for the pun, but. Lucky.

Re: CLOVER

[eonsadrift]

This was exactly as exhausting as I’d expected it to be.

Re: CLOVER

[catposting]

Speak for yourself.

[ he has no memory of anything so he's freshly bloodlusted out and kinda happy, actually. RIP bullets tho. ]

Re: CLOVER

[beathollow]

...

( leans on him.

also shes so glad they don't have to deal with tart potentially smelling her blood on his knife lmao. )