STORM RITUAL - ROSE

[crittersheep]

[Your Barn seems to fall away to the sides, and you find yourself in a dark forest. It's almost Disney like, especially with all the forest critters there. Almost. All the animals are giant, deadly snakes and mongooses.

They immediately attack each other, trying to rip each other to shreds, as well as any Roses. Careful not to get bit; the venom of each snake is near crippling, and the claws of the moongoose tear through flesh like paper. You can fight them off for a while, but don't you have a more important decision to make. . .?]

Comments

THE QUESTION

[crittersheep]

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

A voice rings out: Rose 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]

[PEONY seems to be on a rapidly deteriorating platform over molten lava, with two other platforms to their side. Only one can support their weight though...]

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

DISCUSS

[crittersheep]

ANSWER

[crittersheep]

Re: DISCUSS

[finalbows]

[ the 'canon powers set to no' switch flipping is immediately obvious when angel devil's very bristled-up monkey tail is immediately visible

asap he's calling up vines to try and keep beasts off of them ]

Re: DISCUSS

[eelfatedcrown]

[Summoning vines up around them like a shield/cage.]

Bluebell.

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[DIVING BEHIND ANGIE FOR COVER]

[HELP]

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[Taking cover behind him]

Leviathan??? Is that you?

Re: DISCUSS

[eelfatedcrown]

It is! What absolutely dreadful timing for a ritual.

1/2

[finalbows]

[ staff.....
red collar.............

not even a LITTLE bit of a scream or flustered exclamation at what's beset them..... ]

2/2

[finalbows]

[ ---mongoose leaping at him before he can finish opening his mouth, brb ]

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[Thank god. She thinks back to "Levi"s behavior in the mingle and thanks god harder.]

Do you think we can save ourselves and Bluebell at the same time?

Re: DISCUSS

[finalbows]

They're lashing out indiscriminately... if we can just keep maneuvering--

Re: DISCUSS

[eelfatedcrown]

My body is there, so I admit that I'm looking to save myself either way.

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[She has her machete drawn and is trying to stay behind him, swiping at any snakes that come close enough]

I can't shift...!

[eelfatedcrown]

[Oh and Bluebell is apparently killing their own shepherd now, okay...

That tracks, tbh.]

My vote is still Bluebell. I don't know if we can actually physically do anything to the others. We just need to keep ourselves alive.

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

Fine. But I can't shift, so I'm sticking with you.

[She has her machete drawn but that's only useful as a last resort, since she doesn't actually WANT anything getting that close]

Re: DISCUSS

[finalbows]

[ he's not surprised but he DOES spare a moment to feel exasperated because this would have been a killer moment to be proven incredibly wrong

flatly, ]

Oh, my. Is that so.

I wonder why ever that could be.

[ said as he's shooting his shot on trying fear powers on a mongoose that keeps gNAWING HIS GODDAMN VINES TO BITS--]

Re: DISCUSS

[eelfatedcrown]

[Vines are great. Vines are the best thing ever.

Any animal that gets close is going to be grabbed by one and slammed against the ground.]

[finalbows]

[ also catches minuet drop dead but like. he doesn't trust it. that's not threat neutralized that's escalation incoming ]

...I know how demons act when denied their first plan.

[ his eyes flick to the Daffodil mirage, despite himself. They're turning gray, and not moving where they do. He can't help but spare the look--

before he's back on the defense. ]

Do it.

Re: ANSWER

[eelfatedcrown]

Bluebell!

Re: ANSWER

[wooliefrand]

[SUDDENLY ALL OF ROSE GOES TO BLUEBELL'S LOCATION]

BLUEBELL

[wooliefrand]

[YOU ALL APPEAR IN THE ROSE FOREST, FULL OF VICIOUS BEASTS



but with the presence of Bluebell, your powers activate instinctively. The beasts are calmed, and some even fall in love. Others that are two feisty are repelled away from each other with Now Kiss.

You are at peace.



Minuet is still dead tho.]

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[On the one hand, she's trying so hard to be good!! On the other hand, EVERY FIBER OF HER BEING HATES HER LIFE BEING DEPENDENT ON OTHER PEOPLE, even if those people are way more competent at this sort of thing than she is.]

[There are two wolves inside of her...!!!]

Re: BLUEBELL

[noarchitact]

[ oh, this isn’t so bad, but tempo comes in swinging just in case. ] It seems like everything is… okay?

Re: DISCUSS

[wants_the_phd]

[This is really making her reconsider her decision to abstain from magic. IT SURE LOOKS LIKE A USEFUL THING TO HAVE IN TIMES LIKE THIS]