Daffodil

[crittersheep]

[You're in your barn! That doesn't seem so bad--oh, oh wait, you're in the air.

Your barn, and honestly some of your stuff, is just floating on clouds. You can walk on the clouds too if you want, no one's stopping you. You will not, however, be able to return to the ground, far, far below you, no matter what you do.

At least not til the Ritual is complete.

Floating among everything else is your priest, who seems to have fallen into a deep sleep, and the barn's crystal flower.

After a moment, you hear voices resonating from the crystal flower--the holy beasts, their voices and minds melded as one, call out to you.

It asks your Flock three simple questions.]

Comments

Q2 talk

[rugpull]

...well we're obviously carnivores.

Re: Q2 talk

[electricflock]

Obviously.

Re: Q2 talk

[rugpull]

But even if we're different we still need herbivores around.

Re: Q2 talk

[electricflock]

Have lots of friends and family that are herbivores.

Re: Q2 talk

[rugpull]

Yeh, ya need the support and stuff each other do.

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[afineknight]

[ i'm chillin' with u guys. ]

I am your herbivore / not-quite-carnivore union representative.

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[secondbornsun]

Herbivore liaison.

[ snorts ]

How nostalgic. Ya missed bein' in rituals with us?

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[afineknight]

Not in the slightest.

[ a beat. ]

Okay, the nonviolent ones were fun.

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[secondbornsun]

They all start with stabbin', so are they all nonviolent?

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[rugpull]

Enh, ya got some teeth in ya.

Re: Q2 talk

[afineknight]

They call that an "omnivore."

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[rugpull]

Is that like a sigma.

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[electricflock]

Herbivore that keeps dangerous company.

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[afineknight]

. . . yes. Unfortunately, that sounds like me.

Re: Q2 talk

[electricflock]

Are some animals that work like that. They eat better when they’re following a pack around.

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[secondbornsun]

And there's obviously a difference between 'em.

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[rugpull]

How do we even explain why we're carnivores? We just ARE.

1/2

[secondbornsun]

[ thinks about all the ways in which he could objectively point out the biological, philosophical, sociological, and behavioral differences of carnivores from herbivores ]

Re: Q2 talk

[secondbornsun]

True.

Don't really matter why, anyway. Ain't the circle of life without herbivores an' carnivores both.

Re: Q2 talk

[rugpull]

Some things just ARE.

[nodnod]

Re: Q2 talk

[electricflock]

When we went to talk to Ceo, even he acknowledged Daffodil were predators.

Re: Q2 talk

[secondbornsun]

Obviously. Game recognizes game.

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[villainrole]

You don't know that...

Re: Q2 talk

[rugpull]

[...cracks up]

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[villainrole]

What if we were prey all along...?!