Shrike's Ideal World 🌾 Run #2

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THE FIELD & GARDEN

[softlyfalling]

[ The actual growable area is pretty modest—there's a bed of flowers, mostly what seem like local wildflowers. Bright colors in a rainbow of hues, tall stalks and short stalks, manicured only a little.

Behind them there's a bed of bok choy, and some wheat, and herbs like cilantro and green onions. Tomatoes, a small field of soybeans... the kinds of things you need to be self-sufficient.

Near the edge of the growing area, there's a tidy area with farm tools put away—a hoe, a rake, a small scythe for cutting crops, a shovel, shears. All in good shape. In some cases, rather sharp edges.

In the yard, there's also a well, with a single wooden bucket swaying in the wind. ]

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[deicider]

Not planning to walk into town much?

[Cardinal walks over to the farm tools and grabs the shears, idly pressing them open and shut.]

1/2

[softlyfalling]

I mean, that'd be kind of far to do regularly...

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[softlyfalling]

[ You pick up a pair of wicked-sharp gardening shears. They look a little anachronistic here, but who are you to argue?

I guess you could argue when they slip a little in your hands, and the blades slice across the tip of one of your fingers, leaving a deep cut. Yikes! ]

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[deicider]

—Ow!

[putting the shears down and pressing the cut to their shirt.]

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[softlyfalling]

[ she winces. ]

Ah—goodness, I'll go get some bandages—

[ the cut is really bleeding profusely. ]

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[deicider]

[Just, doing their best to staunch it.]

What are you cutting back here, roots?

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[wonderlandgirl]

[Hmm, is there anything to collect tomatoes in that she can see? A - well, a basket, for example. Baskets are useful, aren't they?

[Wednesday's going to head over to the gardening tools and, uh, see what she can see, maybe. Everything about this seems perfectly normal, doesn't it? Even peaceful, so far.]

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[softlyfalling]

[ there's a wooden bucket next to the well, probably for pouring water out into! that'd work, probably. ]

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[wonderlandgirl]

[If it's for water, then it's probably as clean as anything else round here, right?

[She picks it up.

[Hey what happens if she looks down the well?]

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[softlyfalling]

[ I'm glad you asked!

The well is stone, and relatively ordinary—roughly-hewn. It's dug down deep enough that the light doesn't reach the bottom.

If you lean close to the well... well, you can hear a distant susurration of voices. Like someone calling to you from far away, but muffled. Like speaking through layers and layers of earth.

You could fetch some water, if you wanted. ]

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[deicider]

[Cardinal and Wednesday emerge from the well. Cardinal's front is soaked in blood and they look somewhat displeased.]

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[wonderlandgirl]

[Okay.

[Deep breaths.]

Help!!

[Time to weaponize screaming.]

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[softlyfalling]

[ uh

UH?????

the gentle sound of pre-storm birdsong halts abruptly as shrike busts out the front door ]

Wh—

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[wonderlandgirl]

Shrike-san!!

[Yes maybe Cardinal is acting like they're fine, somehow?? but this is a LOT of blood and. she's worried.]

Cardinal-san's been hurt!!

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[romanticlove]

[Ren is already running outside to meet them and then stopping right in her tracks.

Shrike you said it was just their hand!!!!]

Ah- I have bandages.

[Does she have enough bandages is the question.]

What happened?

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[deicider]

[In fact Cardinal's front half is soaked in blood and it's still dripping.]

I don't recommend touching anything sharp in this place. They attack.

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[wonderlandgirl]

Nova-chan...! Oh thank goodness we went down the well Cardinal-san... they touched that sword, and... it's like it attacked them!

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[honoring]

[COMES RUNNING...]

What's the matter?!

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[wonderlandgirl]

I-it's Cardinal-san, they've been - there was a sword...

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[deicider]

I'm fine!

[They're covered in blood and still bleeding.]

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[justfuckingtryit]

[Staggers in out o the tall grass, bleeding from a sword wound in his abdomen, the sword that caused it clutched in one hand]

[He slows to a stop at the sight of whatever is going on here]

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[softlyfalling]

[ shrike looks up from having been tackled by a teenage girl. she is crying. ]

What—?

[ and then something happens ]

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[deicider]

You too, huh. There are bandages inside to help soak it up, but it won't stop bleeding.

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[justfuckingtryit]

...thanks. I'll see what I can do.

[But before he can, the house in gone, whoops,]