wooliefrand | INTO THE UNKNOWN

INTO THE UNKNOWN

WHO: Some Sheep
WHERE: The Beach (and beyond??)
WHEN: TBD

[IT'S A (probably) NICE DAY AT THE BEACH. YOU COULD BE DOING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. LOUNGING. HUNTING. FRIENDSHIP. COURTING??

But you're here instead. The sea seems relatively calm today, though you can see the wall of mist far, far in the distance still. Well, surely this won't go sour. Better get any last minute prep done!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

We are. Somehow. [ picks? him?? up??? ]

[ did someone lose a child? ]

[ The beetle chitters angrily!!! And holds more tightly onto Ananke's hair ]

I think you're scarin' Scarab.

I'm sorry. [ to the beetle. ] Does he want me to put you down? I'm just kind of worried that something else could happen. I don't want either of you hurt.

Pii pi. [ tempo comes over to look at ananke and scarab. ]

Uh...

[ Turns his head this way and that like there's any chance of actually getting to look at the cranky bug on top of his head ]

He's sayin'...he's not s'posed to be out? It's bad if his mon'toring systems are dis...dis.......turned off. Maybe he'll feel better if we go back t'Lily.

Disabled. [ looks at the beetle. ] Alright. We'll head back to Lily asap. Looks like our trip's been cut short anyway. [ he's keeping him in his arms. ]

Yeah...

[ At least Ananke seems perfectly content to be carried regardless of Scarab's opinion. ]

Is everyone else okay?

Nnnno. [ sets a hand on the back of his head in an attempt to keep him from looking at tyr, since he got bit. ] I think we lost someone... [ angie. ]

What?!

[ SMOOTH MOVE because he 100% tries to look around to do a headcount and is thwarted ]

Then we have t'go back!

I think we might need to wait... at least until we can fix up Tyr and figure out how to reverse what's happened to you and Fifi. I'm not sure how much help you'll be like this.

[ HUFFING sorry he's an actual brat this age ]

I'm younger, not powerless!

You [ point. ] shush. I never said you were powerless, but rushing in like this, as we are, is stupid and dangerous. Ananke is also small and Tyr is hurt and Angie is gone. We're going back to the pasture.

[ folds his arms. ]

I never said anything about rushing back in. [ he definitely wants to rush back in. ] There's just nothing wrong with me being small.

...

Muffin's hurt too.

Did he get bit? [ because, if so, that's bad. he looks between tyr and muffin, because he's not sure how the pasture is doing on wolfsbane... assuming that's where this is headed. ]

Yeah, on his tail. I healed him a little, but since it's a mist creature bite...

We need two wolfsbane then. [ rubs his temples. ] What a mess...

Mm. I'm not sure how many we have left at this point, after the most recent batch got used.

I was thinking that earlier. A lot of people got pretty messed up from the rescue missions...

[ squints. ]

How'd you fix the black ooze, anyway? And the cracks?

Edited 2024-02-27 21:48 (UTC)

I had someone heal me… [ not a complete lie. ] And I took it easy. I just… overdid it, that’s all. I’m trying to be more careful.

[ this is the face of someone that doesn't believe you for a second ]

I was just wondering if what helped you could help Tyr or Muffin, is all.

...what happened to me was different. [ he narrows his eyes every so slightly and briefly. ] If bites from shadow creatures always result in werewolves, then that's what we're going to have on our hands.

Re: THE WHIRLPOOL

catposting - 2024-02-29 03:12 (UTC) - Expand

[ TRIES TO PUSH AWAY FROM HIM up until that last comment. Even with the sudden change to a tiny baby brain, he can't argue that he'd be any help like this

Scarab takes advantage of this momentary defeat to chitter incomprehensibly again, with Ananke translating after a few moments ]

He's sayin' you're right. We gotta wait, an' we gotta, uh, prepare better.

Exactly. And Angie missing isn't my only concern. [ points to fifi. ] He also seems to have de-aged... and then there's [ points to tyr and muffin. ] the two of them, who have been attacked by those shadow sharks. We need to regroup and consider a new plan of attack or things could potentially go worse. It's not that I don't think anybody here is incapable, but we need to approach this carefully.

[ curse this sensible application of logic and reason!

Flops in his arms with a disgruntled little whine ]

Okay... But we still better hurry up.

[ holds him close. ] We're going to, don't worry. We just need to quickly gather everybody up.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only