RUMORS: DAFFODIL

[crittersheep]

WELCOME TO SILVER STAR, YOUR SOURCE OF THE BEST OF THE PASTURE NEWS! From Newspapers, magazines, radios and more, we at Silver Star are determined to bring you the best as it happens live. ... Is what we normally say but you work here today! So it's not like you need the big run down. You heard the boss though, we need you to get to WORK.

Your editor today is MIKU!
 

Comments

SUBMISSION

[crittersheep]

Entries are due at 4:30 PM EST, unless an extension is required.

Re: SUBMISSION

[secondbornsun]

"There is a spider in the meadow. Everyone thought he was a villain, but he actually wanted to become a hero. The harder the spider fought for what was right, the more everyone felt the need to stand in his way. Alas, he is only one spider versus many. He could not stand up to the masses and eventually he perished, without even having a name to be remembered.

So he crawled back out of hell. Even dead, even a hundred times dead, the spider wouldn't stop fighting. Because there’s something the Spider couldn’t give up on. And that was love for his friends and home.

So crush the spider all you like, fiend. Each time he will come back stronger, until the day is his. After 100 deaths, the Spider would be given a prize for his endurance, a very special machine that allows him to gain more strength than he could imagine. Yes, this device allows him to transform, giving him clothing that protects him from monsters, a helmet that conceals his identity to protect him from foes so he can live a normal daily life, and powers that no human could wield without loss of life!

Yes, this newfound image is bright, colorful, flashy, and brings fear to those who try to torment the world he loves! He will cleanse all evil as a true transforming hero!

. . . So if you kill a spider, it will come back as a swarm to curse and devour you until nothing is left."

Re: SUBMISSION

[villainrole]

[why are you telling this story as if you did anything at all]

Re: SUBMISSION

[secondbornsun]

[ that's my job ]

DISCUSSION

[crittersheep]

Re: DISCUSSION

[villainrole]

[mumbling to himself]

When you touch Tart's ears, wedding bells will ring...

Re: DISCUSSION

[0hp]

Fascinating.

[ writing this down ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[villainrole]

Oh! Good day, it's nice to see you again. Are you here to assist or to observe?

Re: DISCUSSION

[0hp]

I am here . . . to edit. So a little of both I suppose.

1/2

[villainrole]

Re: DISCUSSION

[villainrole]

What sort of story would you be interested in editing?

Re: DISCUSSION

[secondbornsun]

What. No.

Re: DISCUSSION

[villainrole]

When you touch Tart's tail, you will lose the person most important to you...

Re: DISCUSSION

[secondbornsun]

Why're ya bringin' me into it at all???

Re: DISCUSSION

[0hp]

I'm sure it's your regal bearing and fearsome claws.

PHASE 2

[crittersheep]

THE BROADCAST

[crittersheep]

The radio in the room crackles to life. A man hums, almost amused. It doesn't seem kind, though. Still, there's a pep in his voice as he begins:

"Did you know, if you call out someone's name 20 times in a row, it can awaken them no matter what kind of state they've fallen into? One time there was a man whose memories were carved out of him, leaving him a mindless shell. His power was out of control, and it grew into something that threatened to destroy the world. But someone kept calling out to him. They called his name over and over even as darkness fell over everything. And eventually, he turned to face them. He heard their voice, wherever he was, and he wrestled control back, of his mind and his power. He opened his eyes, and stepped forward to defend the world again."

AND: SCENE

[crittersheep]

The room goes dark without warning, and everything is still. Tart, are you tired? ... What am I saying? Of course you are. You're always tired. Always drained.

The air becomes hot, and horribly dry. The plants and furniture in the room begin to turn to sand and an explosion of wind whirls around the room, buffeting and battering anything and anyone. Tart sits slumped where he'd been sitting, catatonic, as his magic grows more and more wild. If drying out doesn't kill the Sheep remaining, the sandstorm just might.

Re: AND: SCENE

[0hp]

[ oh cool promptly coughs up blood ]

Honestly.

Re: AND: SCENE

[secondbornsun]

[ same bro (*literally causing the sandstorm) same ]

Re: AND: SCENE

[villainrole]

It's similar to our story, isn't it? There must be a lot of soft people in this world...

Re: AND: SCENE

[0hp]

Is that it?

Re: AND: SCENE

[secondbornsun]

[ thanks for the best role that lets him just not do anything but sit there and wait to die ]

Re: AND: SCENE

[villainrole]

[whoa it's dark]

[well, he's going to call out, even if his hands start cracking:]

Mister Tart, did you kick the bucket yet?

Re: AND: SCENE

[secondbornsun]

[ there isn't an answer, not even an ear perk

but his magic is still going haywire so surely he must still be alive ]