EPONA

[soulping]

[You suddenly find yourselves standing at the beginning of a large hedge maze, one with walls that extend so far above your head you're not quite certain where they end. There is no entrance behind you, and the bushes are so thick and full of thorns that attempting to crawl through them will result in numerous scratches]

[There is no way to go but forward]

Comments

ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[On your right you find a large, wooden shelf with twelve jars sitting on top of it]

- A jar of rat tails
- A jar of tiger eyes
- A jar of rabbit feet
- A jar of dragon hearts
- A jar of snake tongues
- A jar of horse stomachs
- A jar of goat horns
- A jar of monkey fingers
- A jar of rooster claws
- A jar of pig ears

[Each jar is clearly labeled, and the contents are exactly what the labels purport them to be. Choose three!]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[featherduster]

[ Grasping at his right arm while the feather tendrils get worse. Playing it off like this is not concerning. Whatever man. ]

Great... choose our favorites, I guess?

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ Yato's trying to put some distance between himself and the rest of them... while still standing close enough to read the jars.

He looks mostly like himself... except for the purple bruises(??) covering his skin, the eyeballs sprouting on his arms, his clawed hands, fangs, and the fact that his left eye is bulging out of his face, cracking the skin around it.

His arm-eyes keep rolling around to glance from monsterperson to monsterperson. ]

What the fuck.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[scowling at the jars. which isn't particularly attractive, given his red eyes and slightly sharper teeth. the clawed, furred hands, ridiculous mane going down his back, and scorpion tail don't help either.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

[For those of you who saw her cute first form, right now she's nothing but a pair of red eyes and a lantern in the darkness - wait, what darkness?]

[The darkness that's surrounding her, for some reason. You can't make her out]

Stomachs....

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[featherduster]

Horse stomachs, rooster claws, goat horns

ROUND TWO

[soulping]

[You move forward through the maze, the hedges looming ominously around you. And thankfully, it isn't long before you run into your first checkpoint]

[In front of you, and stretched across the path, is a large sphinx with a striped lioness' body. her wings are tucked at her sides, and she regards the group with a lazy, bored expression]

Mmm. . . I would like something that loves sweet-smelling flowers. Do you have that for me, dears?

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ uh............. ]

Do stomachs?

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

Flowers...

Re: DISCUSSION

[featherduster]

Is this how we find out we should've picked the dog noses?

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

Um...... I like flowers?

[NO SHE DOESN'T]

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[acemedium]

Um....

Eye'd really like to help you, but I haven't got a nose for these kind of flowers..... On the other hand, we're all kind of comrade in arms, aren't we? So why don't we give you a hand picking flowers.

[OFFER: VASH'S PROSTHETIC ARM]

[PROBABLY WITH SOME FEATHERS TO TICKLE NOSES]

ROUND THREE

[soulping]

[You walk through the maze's pathways for quite some time, taking sharp turns to the point of where you feel like you're going in circles. But eventually. . .]

[You stumble across another sphinx. Large, with blue fur and black hair, tiny wings protruding from his shoulders like stubs. he grumps at you all, chest puffed out formally.]

Something that can crush and pound and destroy. Give it to me!

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[acemedium]

[????]

We don't have any fists, do we?

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[sweatypalms]

[ WE'RE TOO DUMB FOR THIS, SO YATO'S TAKING ON BLOODLUST ]

ROUND FOUR

[soulping]

[You walk, and walk, and walk some more, until your feet begin to hurt and you start to wonder. . . how long is this maze anyway?]

[Until you find them. The last sphinx, crouched low on all fours and watching you with golden eyes. its lips are curled back in a snarl, but it doesn't pounce]

Something sharp that may cut through skin. Immediately!

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[he lets out a breath]

...claws.

DECISION

[soulping]