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nohalation) wrote2018-08-29 12:45 pm
nohalation) wrote2018-08-29 12:45 pm
Child of the Sun - pt 4 - My friend
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk turns around a corner, seeing everyone standing. Or sitting if you're Slot, I guess. :open_mouth: And minus a few folk, huh?
GM12/17/2017
Meanwhile, Sulfur has tossed one of her handy potions into the Bee Room, a potion filled with chemicals that interestingly combust against every item inside. Bees and corpse included.
"What a concerning kingdom. To think I'm part of this now..." Sulfur mumbles, looking over the lot of you as she tosses in another potion.
"Oh, if it isn't Miss Ruler. Hello there."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She stands there watching the explosions. What. "Ah, wait . . . what's going on? Where did Dawn go? And Clima? Parsley? Are you guys alright??? "
Climate Change12/17/2017
Clima's coming back down in a nice fluffy white bathrobe that is as fluffy as he is. Because he heard Dusk so he's on his way.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"Clima went to go see if there were any other cultists around, Dawn escaped, and also killed Parsley. By stabbing him. Fourteen times."
"...Sorry."
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
"It was really bad." Juno whispers. "Parsnip... isn't coping..."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Nuh-uh, Dawn wouldn't do that." Dusk blinks. "Where did they go?"
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Because that is all true.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Wait, who stabbed who now.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Glares at Clima. Through her paws.
"Don't know, the ground? I'd have followed but I'm an idiot, so, you know."
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Plus the room is on fire. Thank Sulfur.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Stares back at Primrose and tilts his head.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"Gods, that plan was stupid. I hate everything."
GM12/17/2017
Fortunately, Sulfur's done exploding bees when Clima comes down. And the fires do die down, thankfully. But, the room smells of smoke now, and your plastic fruit is kind of busted... Your table, too. And the teaset? Yeah, that's broken.
"What a mess... Does this mean we're safe now?"
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk stare at the room for a moment, realizing something might?? Be wrong?? Are people dead?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Juno just nods and gives Primrose a sympathetic look.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Slowly just kind of...tries to walk into fire room.
GM12/17/2017
Fire room is thankfully no longer on fire or full of bees! But,
You do see a charred corpse ahead.
...surrounded by the corpses of a bunch of bees.
And, oh, there's a hole in the floor, leading down below.
Like a hole big enough to jump into?
This room is fucked.
It used to be your Palace.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
"...we should have a funeral." Juno suggests behind Dusk. For her and Parsnip' s sake.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk doesnt seem to hear it though, the room is ringing a little bit? She dashes over to the corpse to see if there's any way to tell whose body that is. Weird, everything smells bad for some reason??? There's a giant hole?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
No doubt Parsnip is also just in shock at this point. Small... blessings...?
GM12/17/2017
Parsnip is totally in shock.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk flops by the burned corpse. Possibly. Prodding it. This isn't Parsley right? It's probably too small to be Dawn? What is this?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Well. Juno will let Dusk do her thing, though this time they turn to Clima. "... now is when you should help her not be hurt."
Just a suggestion.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Sits up, face still in her paws tho. "Yeah. Clean up your mess, thanks."
Climate Change12/17/2017
He doesn't really know how to do that, but okay. Is this really a good idea to do.
He's going to go over to Dusk though, and ... uhm...
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"HUG HER YOU IDIOT"
Climate Change12/17/2017
Oh.
Ok.
Gives her a hug??
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"....."
"..............."
"......................................."
Sniff.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Uhm?
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Can't believe this is where her life is now. She told Clima to hug Dusk. Fucked up.
She finally starts just muttering a list of names to herself, including 'red guy' because who the fuck is Crimson actually.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Same, Primrose. Same.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
There are a few small sounds as she continues to poke the body, almost as if she expects it to wake up?? But charcoal bodies don't wake up especially if they were stabbed 14 times by your own brother. Just like Olivia, it just all kind of goes up in flames.
So of course she just starts wailing loudly.
Climate Change12/17/2017
!?!!?!?!?!?????????????????
????????????????????????????????????
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
What.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
LIVE WITH YOUR CONSEQUENCES CLIMA.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Why is she crying.
What is happening.
What's going on.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
If you wanna be a good husband you gotta learn emotions you may have passed the trial of strength but now comes the real ordeal
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Why are they deeeeeeeeeeeeead? Why did Dawn do this? Isn't he my brother? Why is Parsley Dead? Why couldn't I save hiiiiiiim?" WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILS.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Waves a paw. "Angels. They probably made him do it?"
"Or you know he's just a bloodthirsty idiot bird."
"Probably the first one, though."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She probably didn't hear you on account of crying, but also she would have just been confused anyway.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
That's fine. This is fine.
Enough moping, time to get to work. She stands up, shakily, and grabs Crimson to head off to find Walnut and check out the damage while she works out exactly who she's swearing revenge against for this.
Climate Change12/17/2017
What. Look.
He doesn't actually know what to do. Weak people are strange? He's so fond but.
Gentle. . . hug. . . .
He has a feeling "he won't be your friend anyway" won't work here.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She leans into it a little, crying more and more and babbling incessantly until either a) she passes out from exhaustion or b) someone carries her off.
Climate Change12/17/2017
He frowns, softly speaking. "Why are you crying. . . . ?" Asking about it is probably a bad idea but like he doesn't get it
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Because . . ." Hic. "Parsley is dead! My friend is dead." Hic, sniffle.
Climate Change12/17/2017
"Was he really your friend. . . ? He did bad things to you."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"I don't know . . . I don't know . . . I'll never know . . . "
Climate Change12/17/2017
Ah. Hm.
He pats her head.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Sniffle. Nose booger.
Climate Change12/17/2017
.... Gently wipes nose booger with his bathrobe sleeve.
"At least.... the other one is still alive?"
Is this??? A consolation????
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
SNIFFLE. "Parsnip's ok?" SNIFFLE.
Climate Change12/17/2017
With a nod. "Yeah. He's fine."
I mean.
He's probably not fine.
But you know.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She goes back to crying anyway, but she nods as if at least there is something good out of it?? "Poor Parsnip . . . losing a brother . . . losing a brother . . . " Yeah, naw, she's gonna be like this for a while, until she eventually just. Runs out. And then just flops over.
Climate Change12/17/2017
. . . . . Picks her up and takes her to. . . Her room. . . . . He's stupid but he can at least do this.
GM12/17/2017
The stars in the ceilings of each room twinkle overhead.
Thankfully there were no stars in the Royal Palace room to witness what took place this morning.
The Royal Palace room is cleaned quickly by the residents who were eager to get back to their normal lives. More than that, they were happy to have the cultists gone and their Court back in place. Their wonderful Court! Even if they're poor, and even if their Ruler is descended from the Lord of Disaster, they find that they like this Court just fine! It was once much worse!
The charred remains of what was once Parsley's corpse were collected and deposited somewhere safe. You will need to decide what to do with this.
And now the room is empty, with bits of fire damage here and there. Still, it remains stable. Bottle went on ahead and dragged the hugeass glass table from Cinderella's dining room into it. Your plastic fruit, charred and unrecognizable, sits in a tarnished bowl on top.
Domino's suffered some bee stings on top of her bruises and wrist injuries, but is otherwise fine; she defeated at least 30 bees so she's pleased. Sulfur is only baffled, she's a forest hermit with an arsenal of chemical knowledge and even she hasn't had to explode a room full of bees before.
Solitaire is getting bed rest. From the way the story goes, he tried to protect Domino by offering himself when the twins asked for a little servant to boss around. Then, Domino punched him so hard in the chest that she fractured his sternum. "Since he needs medical attention, I am afraid I will have to be the one to serve you," were Domino's parting words with her stepfather. He's recovering quickly though! Everyone recovers quickly in the new labyrinthine world.
And everyone else is doing as well as you'd expect from people who were forced to hide in their homes.
Finally, after that is all said and done, some of Walnut's followers are able to break the chains that locked everyone out of the Deep One temple. Everyone looks forward to the continuation of the midnight sermons.
In the end, your people are hopeful for what the future holds in store.
Dusk turns around a corner, seeing everyone standing. Or sitting if you're Slot, I guess. :open_mouth: And minus a few folk, huh?
GM12/17/2017
Meanwhile, Sulfur has tossed one of her handy potions into the Bee Room, a potion filled with chemicals that interestingly combust against every item inside. Bees and corpse included.
"What a concerning kingdom. To think I'm part of this now..." Sulfur mumbles, looking over the lot of you as she tosses in another potion.
"Oh, if it isn't Miss Ruler. Hello there."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She stands there watching the explosions. What. "Ah, wait . . . what's going on? Where did Dawn go? And Clima? Parsley? Are you guys alright??? "
Climate Change12/17/2017
Clima's coming back down in a nice fluffy white bathrobe that is as fluffy as he is. Because he heard Dusk so he's on his way.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"Clima went to go see if there were any other cultists around, Dawn escaped, and also killed Parsley. By stabbing him. Fourteen times."
"...Sorry."
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
"It was really bad." Juno whispers. "Parsnip... isn't coping..."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Nuh-uh, Dawn wouldn't do that." Dusk blinks. "Where did they go?"
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Because that is all true.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Wait, who stabbed who now.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Glares at Clima. Through her paws.
"Don't know, the ground? I'd have followed but I'm an idiot, so, you know."
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Plus the room is on fire. Thank Sulfur.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Stares back at Primrose and tilts his head.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"Gods, that plan was stupid. I hate everything."
GM12/17/2017
Fortunately, Sulfur's done exploding bees when Clima comes down. And the fires do die down, thankfully. But, the room smells of smoke now, and your plastic fruit is kind of busted... Your table, too. And the teaset? Yeah, that's broken.
"What a mess... Does this mean we're safe now?"
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk stare at the room for a moment, realizing something might?? Be wrong?? Are people dead?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Juno just nods and gives Primrose a sympathetic look.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Slowly just kind of...tries to walk into fire room.
GM12/17/2017
Fire room is thankfully no longer on fire or full of bees! But,
You do see a charred corpse ahead.
...surrounded by the corpses of a bunch of bees.
And, oh, there's a hole in the floor, leading down below.
Like a hole big enough to jump into?
This room is fucked.
It used to be your Palace.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
"...we should have a funeral." Juno suggests behind Dusk. For her and Parsnip' s sake.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk doesnt seem to hear it though, the room is ringing a little bit? She dashes over to the corpse to see if there's any way to tell whose body that is. Weird, everything smells bad for some reason??? There's a giant hole?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
No doubt Parsnip is also just in shock at this point. Small... blessings...?
GM12/17/2017
Parsnip is totally in shock.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Dusk flops by the burned corpse. Possibly. Prodding it. This isn't Parsley right? It's probably too small to be Dawn? What is this?
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Well. Juno will let Dusk do her thing, though this time they turn to Clima. "... now is when you should help her not be hurt."
Just a suggestion.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Sits up, face still in her paws tho. "Yeah. Clean up your mess, thanks."
Climate Change12/17/2017
He doesn't really know how to do that, but okay. Is this really a good idea to do.
He's going to go over to Dusk though, and ... uhm...
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
"HUG HER YOU IDIOT"
Climate Change12/17/2017
Oh.
Ok.
Gives her a hug??
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"....."
"..............."
"......................................."
Sniff.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Uhm?
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Can't believe this is where her life is now. She told Clima to hug Dusk. Fucked up.
She finally starts just muttering a list of names to herself, including 'red guy' because who the fuck is Crimson actually.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
Same, Primrose. Same.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
There are a few small sounds as she continues to poke the body, almost as if she expects it to wake up?? But charcoal bodies don't wake up especially if they were stabbed 14 times by your own brother. Just like Olivia, it just all kind of goes up in flames.
So of course she just starts wailing loudly.
Climate Change12/17/2017
!?!!?!?!?!?????????????????
????????????????????????????????????
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
What.
Juno the Natural12/17/2017
LIVE WITH YOUR CONSEQUENCES CLIMA.
Climate Change12/17/2017
Why is she crying.
What is happening.
What's going on.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
If you wanna be a good husband you gotta learn emotions you may have passed the trial of strength but now comes the real ordeal
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Why are they deeeeeeeeeeeeead? Why did Dawn do this? Isn't he my brother? Why is Parsley Dead? Why couldn't I save hiiiiiiim?" WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILS.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
Waves a paw. "Angels. They probably made him do it?"
"Or you know he's just a bloodthirsty idiot bird."
"Probably the first one, though."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She probably didn't hear you on account of crying, but also she would have just been confused anyway.
Primrose the Blessed12/17/2017
That's fine. This is fine.
Enough moping, time to get to work. She stands up, shakily, and grabs Crimson to head off to find Walnut and check out the damage while she works out exactly who she's swearing revenge against for this.
Climate Change12/17/2017
What. Look.
He doesn't actually know what to do. Weak people are strange? He's so fond but.
Gentle. . . hug. . . .
He has a feeling "he won't be your friend anyway" won't work here.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She leans into it a little, crying more and more and babbling incessantly until either a) she passes out from exhaustion or b) someone carries her off.
Climate Change12/17/2017
He frowns, softly speaking. "Why are you crying. . . . ?" Asking about it is probably a bad idea but like he doesn't get it
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"Because . . ." Hic. "Parsley is dead! My friend is dead." Hic, sniffle.
Climate Change12/17/2017
"Was he really your friend. . . ? He did bad things to you."
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
"I don't know . . . I don't know . . . I'll never know . . . "
Climate Change12/17/2017
Ah. Hm.
He pats her head.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
Sniffle. Nose booger.
Climate Change12/17/2017
.... Gently wipes nose booger with his bathrobe sleeve.
"At least.... the other one is still alive?"
Is this??? A consolation????
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
SNIFFLE. "Parsnip's ok?" SNIFFLE.
Climate Change12/17/2017
With a nod. "Yeah. He's fine."
I mean.
He's probably not fine.
But you know.
Dusk the Best12/17/2017
She goes back to crying anyway, but she nods as if at least there is something good out of it?? "Poor Parsnip . . . losing a brother . . . losing a brother . . . " Yeah, naw, she's gonna be like this for a while, until she eventually just. Runs out. And then just flops over.
Climate Change12/17/2017
. . . . . Picks her up and takes her to. . . Her room. . . . . He's stupid but he can at least do this.
GM12/17/2017
The stars in the ceilings of each room twinkle overhead.
Thankfully there were no stars in the Royal Palace room to witness what took place this morning.
The Royal Palace room is cleaned quickly by the residents who were eager to get back to their normal lives. More than that, they were happy to have the cultists gone and their Court back in place. Their wonderful Court! Even if they're poor, and even if their Ruler is descended from the Lord of Disaster, they find that they like this Court just fine! It was once much worse!
The charred remains of what was once Parsley's corpse were collected and deposited somewhere safe. You will need to decide what to do with this.
And now the room is empty, with bits of fire damage here and there. Still, it remains stable. Bottle went on ahead and dragged the hugeass glass table from Cinderella's dining room into it. Your plastic fruit, charred and unrecognizable, sits in a tarnished bowl on top.
Domino's suffered some bee stings on top of her bruises and wrist injuries, but is otherwise fine; she defeated at least 30 bees so she's pleased. Sulfur is only baffled, she's a forest hermit with an arsenal of chemical knowledge and even she hasn't had to explode a room full of bees before.
Solitaire is getting bed rest. From the way the story goes, he tried to protect Domino by offering himself when the twins asked for a little servant to boss around. Then, Domino punched him so hard in the chest that she fractured his sternum. "Since he needs medical attention, I am afraid I will have to be the one to serve you," were Domino's parting words with her stepfather. He's recovering quickly though! Everyone recovers quickly in the new labyrinthine world.
And everyone else is doing as well as you'd expect from people who were forced to hide in their homes.
Finally, after that is all said and done, some of Walnut's followers are able to break the chains that locked everyone out of the Deep One temple. Everyone looks forward to the continuation of the midnight sermons.
In the end, your people are hopeful for what the future holds in store.