#cavecreature poll

[e-vultures]

you're lost within a cave system. after hours of walking through the narrow, clammy tunnels, you're down to your last torch; and with each step, you can feel 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕖, tucked in your satchel, jostling against your hip.

suddenly, turning a corner, you spot a light ahead of you - but, as you pause to squint into the brightness, you realize that it's not the warm flicker of a torch. no, this looks steady, and pale, and...? no, no, that can't be. you're miles below the surface - and besides, it was the dead of night when you left. is this a trick? and yet... you waver, one hand on your satchel, and finally decide to

creep back into the shadows

tiptoe cautiously towards the light

call out: ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬? ℑ𝔰 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢?

Voting ended onJan 27, 2023

[e-vultures]

Quickly mastering your surprise, you greet the 𝕊𝕄𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕎𝕀ℤ𝔸ℝ𝔻, and he jumps. 𝓞𝓗! 𝓨𝓞𝓤 𝓪𝓻𝓮… 𝔀𝓸𝔀! He pauses. 𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓭𝓭!! Hearing his voice, you realize that the 𝕎𝕀ℤ𝔸ℝ𝔻 is, in fact, a child. 𝓞𝓗, he says, 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓡𝓤𝓓𝓔, 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂. He sticks his hand out from the too-long sleeves of his robe, and you shake it with one of yours.

[3/10] [part 1]

As the sunlight warms you, you can feel your muscles relaxing. Seeming to notice, the 𝕎𝕀ℤ𝔸ℝ𝔻 asks whether you'd like to take a nap here. He says he's just made a new ℙ𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ 𝕆𝔽 ℝ𝔼𝕊𝕋, if you'd like it. Well, what he actually says is that he's 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓭 it via the use of 𝓳𝔂𝓷𝔁𝓮𝓼 and 𝓪𝓫𝓳𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, but you're not sure what that means, so you just say

𝔈𝔯...

𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔫k 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ'𝔪 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔯y. ℌ𝔬𝔴 𝔡𝔬 ℑ 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢?

ℑ𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔱! [SLORP]

ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔣 ℑ 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝔫𝔞𝔭, 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡. [gesture vaguely at yourself]

Nothing. This guy is weird.

Voting ended onFeb 4, 2023

[e-vultures]

After what feels like exactly 24 hours of deliberation, you decide to make your way into the sunlight. After all your time in the dark, it does look incredibly inviting... and as you step into it, it starts to warm your cheeks and hands. After a moment, your eyes adjust, and you can make out the source of the - wait a minute! This isn't sunlight!

[2/10] [part 1]

There's a 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕣𝕕 in this cave, and some extremely realistic sunlight is coming out of his hands. He looks just as surprised to see you as you are to see him. You:

Say ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢, 𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔦𝔯!

Ask him what he's doing down here

Ask him why he's making sunlight with his hands

Ask him why he is so small

RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!! BACK INTO THE SHADOWS!!!!!!!!!! OH GOD OH GOD OHGOD

Voting ended onJan 30, 2023

[e-vultures]

𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽'𝓼 𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻The wizard nods, although he looks a little disappointed. 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓾𝓽, 𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓵𝔂, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓭𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹? He steps forward and puts something warm into your palm - and when you look down to see what it is, the 𝕊𝕄𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕎𝕀ℤ𝔸ℝ𝔻 has vanished. As the sunlight slowly dissipates around you, you find yourself holding a small glass bottle, shaped like a frog.

[4/10] [part 1]

The 𝔽ℝ𝕆𝔾 𝔹𝕆𝕋𝕋𝕃𝔼 is warm, which is weird, and seems somehow familiar, which is also weird. You're pretty sure you've never owned (or stolen) anything like this. Tentatively, once the sunlight has all but vanished, you uncork it - just a little - and to your surprise, recognize the scent. It smells just like...

pond water [𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔]

hot raspberry sauce [𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔]

old, rotted wood [𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔]

young, un-rotted wood [𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔]

vanilla extract [𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔]

Voting ended onFeb 6, 2023

[e-vultures]

ok omg sorry. cavecreature poll returns tomorrow :')