Variety Show rite - Saturday session

[crittersheep]

[ All participants are whisked into a game show studio. Above them there is a giant sign in neon lights declaring: "Pasture BAAARIETY SHOW with your hosts the Late Show Demon and Warden the Insult Comic Jackalope!" A swell of live applause begins even though the lights make it impossible to see who could possibly be out there in the audience stands, but everyone can tell they're being watched.

Each flock, some with added Weeds, find themselves standing behind a podium. There is a counter on each podium that currently reads zero. ]



[ The Late Show Demon waves to the invisible audience then taps some note cards...which promptly go up in flames. It looks like it's showtime! ]

Comments

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[jerkalope]

Last one for this round, a very unimpressed Rose sheep!



Don't let your flock biases cloud your judgement, but give us your best guess.

Lily answer

[crittersheep]

Re: Lily answer

[spinebuddyandme]

This sheep's too smart for its own good. It's unearthed dark magics that no one with a conscience would dream of casting, and it doesn't have time to listen to all the reasons it shouldn't use them. This is a sheep who's sure she knows what she's doing, and if you try to stop her she's gonna summon a bunch of ghost wolves that turn you into balloon animals if they touch you.

Rose answer

[crittersheep]

Re: Rose answer

[wants_the_phd]

Smart sheep, because that kind of dead-eyed disappointment only comes from having larger expectations that the world simply isn't living up to. Look at her. She put on her finest raspberries, and for what. Life is a prison.

Re: Rose answer

[finalbows]

Smart sheep. It comprehends the inconvenience that will be getting that amount of berries out of its wool.

Daffothistle answer

[crittersheep]

Re: Daffothistle answer

[stirtheblood]

Stupid!

That one's actually a Lily sheep, it just rolled around in berries tryin' to disguise itself to spy on Rose. But it ain't foolin' anyone.

Discussion

[crittersheep]

Re: Discussion

[wants_the_phd]

...Yeah, I'd look disappointed too, if I were Blossom's mom.

Re: Discussion

[finalbows]

I'd feel the same way as that sheep if I went all the way over to Bluebell and only found raspberries.

Re: Discussion

[spinebuddyandme]

I don't like the look of this one. This sheep might be too smart.

Re: Discussion

[finalbows]

So it's the red sheep that's TOO smart?

Too true.

Re: Discussion

[endsjustified]

I'm not even sure it's a Rose sheep. It's done its best to don a clever disguise, but it's gone all the way around to looking like a Peony sheep.

Or Blossom.

Re: Discussion

[mykidisthebest]

It feels like one of those moments where it could be smart accidentally.

Re: Discussion

[poisonista]

They dress up and the weather forecast is all wrong, getting them right into a raspberry storm... and collecting plenty on their candy fluff.

Or was that the intent?

Re: Discussion

[debug_mode]

It's worried about being hungry and wanted to carry a snack for later... so it stuck raspberries in its wool.

Re: Discussion

[stirtheblood]

Are we sure it's a Rose sheep, or did it just get stained by all the berries?

Re: Discussion

[electricflock]

Like is actually Lily sheep?

Re: Discussion

[electricflock]

That Rose sheep is naked. Not even a fascinator...

Re: Discussion

[finalbows]

You're right! ...No wonder it looks so dour!

Re: Discussion

[villainrole]

…is it naked…

Re: Discussion

[mykidisthebest]

It has raspberries stuck in its fur...

Re: Discussion

[strateelgic]

Perfect darling. Too tired of this nonsense.

3 results

[jerkalope]

And the answer is...

[ With apologies for making you watch CocoMelon, a pink sheep dodges three different traps laid out by a baby only to come when called by the farmer ringing a bell, who then washes it down to reveal a white sheep. ]

It's not a Rose sheep at all, it was a Lily sheep in disguise! Classic twist question!

Oh, right. The answer! So even if it didn't take the opportunity to trap the demonic toddler in a net, we can say it's smart. We just can't show the war crimes it perpetrated later on because we supposedly have a teen viewing audience.

Lily: Correct, you get 100 points for guessing it was smart and extra points for probably being the ones to show dark magics to your sheep.
Rose: 100 points for guessing it was smart and extra points for accurately understanding that life is a prison! Heh heh!
Daffothistle: Despite getting the reasons correct, you thought it was stupid. Just goes to show how motivations can look from another side. But extra points for how involved you were in predicting their criminal reasons.