[bakuraas.]

Twilight at the campground...
Morgrim immediately went to Sybil, beginning to recount the events from before. "Well, you see I was looking for anything that seemed a bit suspicious, and I found this one lambie that seemed to be...made out of shadows- or maybe it was just because it was dark outside. Either way, I didn't think too much of it- but they seemed lost and scared, their face was obviously frowning...I tried to go over to talk to them, and I tried to take off my hood so that they could see me better and it wouldn't be scary to talk to me- but it turns out that just scared them more! They ran off and screamed in a really weird way- I started crying because I felt bad and then they just disappeared into the forest..."

He paused, moving to shove off his cowl enough to show his face, his frown clear as his eyeless face moved to point towards Sybil. "I don't think I'm that scary! Sure, I look different than a lot of other lambies, but that didn't matter before! When I went to sleep last time everyone understood, but now everyone looks at me and gets so scared! In a way...it kind of makes me scared. I don't know how long I was asleep for...surely I wasn't asleep for too long but this is all so new to me. This festival is new, lambies not knowing about the school of magic I went to is new, ...lambies being afraid of me is new..."

He then laid down next to the elder, putting his cowl back over his face and softly clawing at the ground. "S..Sorry that was...a tangent- it's not important."

[Rylf]

Twilight at the campground...
Aronia was already frightened from the events of the past couple days and the rumors of the imp lord being spread around the camp. She didn’t think she felt up to being a detective right now. Honestly? She just needed some rest. The goopy Lambie took a quick look around for a good spot before deciding that it was probably safest to just stay with the elder. They seemed highly capable of handling any threats, right?

With that thought in mind, Aronia approached Sybil quietly and laid close by one of their paws. She peered up at the elder to see if they cared and when it seemed like they didn’t, she rested her head on her paws and dozed off into a fitful slumber.

[Shadow Milk]

Twilight at the campground...

Helena was still recovering from the previous night’s incident, Peri never leaving her side.

“You... you promise? You won’t leave? B-but you said... you hated me... you’d been lying to me the whole time! You only pretended to love me so you could gain my part of the kingdom!” Helena sobbed into a pillow, visibly shaken.

“No, no! I would never leave you! That wasn’t real, remember? You saw the rabbit and passed out after you found me staring at it. That thing... it showed me a vision too. It showed me a vision of losing you in the Third War... an alternate timeline where our kingdom lost. Whatever that thing was is clearly just playing tricks on us.” Peri held her lover tightly, assuring her everything would be alright.

“Tricks are supposed to be harmless and funny... I didn’t sign up for this!”

”How about we go report what happened to Sybil?”

Helena nodded at this, and with a shaky breath, rose to her feet and let Peri walk her to where Sybil was. The two of them explained what happened the previous night, Peri having to do most of the talking for Helena was still a bit upset.

“Please... please tell us it was just a really mean trick... I’m afraid,” Helena admitted once Peri was finished.

[rem sleep]

Twilight at the campground...
Rome crept back into the campgrounds after his curious adventure in the woods. He was still thinking about the thing he saw, or didn't see, or thought he saw? His head felt murky and all turned around. He was a loner by nature and too wrapped up in his own head to think about trying to communicate with anyone else, so the mute plague doctor took a seat by the campfire and thoughtfully stared into the open cackling fire as he ran through the events again and again. Was it real? He figured he'd know soon enough if he stuck around, but... did he want to know? Rome mentally sighed. He gave up on sorting his murky thoughts, which only went around one another in endless echoing circles, and instead curled up by the fire and dozed off into a restless sleep in which he dreamed of imp lambicorns looking at him through the wooded forest.

[lilpupin]

Twilight at the campground...
Seeing that the Oobi squad had found nothing of interest in the forest they decide to do a bit more searching. Moustach-oobicorn stayed behind to chat with some of the younger lambies, complaining about his aching back, but that hardly stopped the rest. Jamboo took the high ground, scouting around the tops of trees, while his underlings dashed about his feet, making sure to not get squished by his giant hands. Oobicorn 2.0 proudly reported back to Jamboo when he found... and old bottle? He wasn't quite sure what it was and the rest laughed at him a bit for his excitement over trash, but he kept it with him the rest of the time anyhow. About an hour into their search Oobicorn ran off and Jamboo nor Oobicoen 2.0 have seen him since, yet the went back in confidence that he'll show up sooner or later. This greatly upset Moustach-oobicorn and the spectacle of the night for the few lambies at camp became a many-feet tall elder being berated by "some old man".

[alphias]

Twilight at the campground...
Moth pawed at the spyglass that somehow found it's way into Mallow's hair. They had picked it up from where they were searching prior.

"THERE YOU ARE!" Odyssey said, spotting the late Lambis. She proceeded to drag them over to the rest of the group.

"It took forever to get them." Moth shrugged, looking at Ryzerin and Farin.

"Should've bribed Ryzerin with a croissant." Odyssey whispered.

"That would've been a good idea." Moth frowned.

Meanwhile, Mallow fell asleep for a snooze. "Well then..." Gacha blinked, looking down at the snoozing pink Lambi.

"Probably a sugar rush." Odyssey said, looking at Mallow.

"Let's go check out the flipped table." Gacha said, motioning towards the table.

"Riiiiight... I'll keep an eye on these three." Solnoctis nodded, planting herself next to Mallow. Ryzerin sat down next to them.

And so Odyssey, Moth, Spike, Gacha, Farin, and Tairr went over to the table.

I hope I wasn't too late //sweats. If I am that's fine! Just wanted to reply anyways. I had irl issues over the weekend.

[ketsup]

Twilight at the campground...
You can either snooze, break off from the Fireside group to poke around the campground, or fill Sybil in with any details that you might have seen/found!

Prize Cauldron for reference!

@BlueberryOtter
The wind tosses through the leaves as you leave the camp proper. It’s getting a little… spooky… out here to be alone. But by the time you realize this, you’re pretty far out into the woods! The camp’s lights are faint here…

There’s a chilly breeze, and a very loud SNAP of a twig… you don’t want to look… but you do—expecting something terrifying! Instead, you’re greeted by a soft pale light, almost blending into the moon-day blues all around. It’s Ave! It looks like she’s dressed up as a classic angel (how typical!) She looks your way, and you immediately notice something peculiar. Her eyes are open! And if you’ve seen Ave before, you know for CERTAIN you’ve never seen her eyes open. But, it looks like Ave for sure.

She smiles softly, “Are you out here alone? Oh dear. You know the camp rules say not to wander off alone, don’t you?” It’s not said in a scolding way, but a sympathetic one. “If you were out here looking for something interesting, I’m afraid whatever the creature was has gone. I was out here investigating too! But, all I found was this,” she offers you a glowstick. After a moment, she gently gestures back toward camp, “You look tired, dear. Come back to the camp and let’s get you some rest before dusk.”

Of course, you can stay out here, but she DOES have a point. If you ended up following Ave back, you’d find that as soon as she got you back within the campground, she’s vanished off. Mysterious…
+10 candicorn & Glowstick


@KestrelTheFirecat
The creature seems very large and a little spooky, but the longer you look at it, you notice it shake a little bit. Suddenly, it “breaks” apart—oh—now you can tell! It was actually several shadowy lambicorns holding a shape to look like a creature! They all giggle mischievously and scamper off into the woods. They don’t leave anything behind… except for a few pieces of candy!
+Ring Pop, Bonbons, Candy wafer


@WitchHazel
It looks like several lambicorns have come over to help Frenchie get the crafts under control, so that’s a relief. In the trees, there’s nothing there now. Except… what’s that? Flying a little closer, you’ll notice a small bag sitting on a branch. Inside are a few goodies!
+5 candicorn, Taffy, Jawbreaker


@Makoto Kino
And it’s a good thing someone was on the lookout for them! As if on cue, you start to notice a few of the supplies. They seem to be… in a line or sorts through the woods, an item here, an item there… almost like whoever had taken them was dropping them along the way by mistake. When you find the end of the “trail” there’s no clues for who did it. Just a big pile of… outdoor stuff. Well, at least you can let Sybil know the items are out here, culprit or not! She’ll probably have a spare snack on hand for your efforts.
+10 candicorn, Fruit snacks


@Griff
Zzzz zzzz zzz. You join several other lambicorns in a good snooze! That should give you plenty of energy for dusk.
+5 candicorns, Candy melts


@Hamstermoon
“You don’t say…” Sybil murmurs. “Hmm, well, I’m glad you’re in a little group. Keep an eye on that one–" she points slyly at Tommy, “Stay together. And thank you for the information. I’m very curious about the sightings in the woods.” She pauses a moment, and then as if conjuring them from thin air, hands each lambicorn a treat. “Kick back a while and enjoy.”
+Double fudge, Unicorn pop, Candy popcorn


@DaniCalifornia
(Love their costumes!!)
The woods seem mostly benign… no more strange creatures for now. You do catch sight of Ave coming back toward camp, and if nothing else you notice her eyes are open. She sees you staring, and smiles warmly, bounding on past. You're not sure what to think of that.
Deeper in the woods, there’s a lot of rustling (and it’s not the wind), but still no dice on any creatures. Eventually, you find.. oh! A small candy stash. Well, it’s better than nothing!!
+Candy bracelet, Gummy eyeballs, Candyfloss


@Queen Vivane
There’s definitely a scatter of foliage, like something large had been there! There’s not much except.. oh–actually, there is a rather odd mark on the tree. It’s like a claw gash in the bark. Because the woods are enchanted, the trunk is slowly healing itself, but nonetheless it definitely got clawed by something large!
Under a few leaves, there’s a tiny treat bag that looks like it got dropped before the foliage fell.
+10 candicorns, Rock candy


@• adriana •
While some of the crew snoozed, the explorers found that not much was happening around camp that was odd per-se—except you might have seen Ave (eyes open and all??) just for a moment at the edge of camp. She was gone before you could approach. Poking around a bit more however, you do find several pieces of candy!!
+Sugar skull, Jelly beans, Sours


@smoothie_strawberry
There’s a small commotion behind you, and you see a shadowy lambicorn not too far away from you. At first, of course, this only makes you more scared!! And the lambicorn seems to notice that, pausing. Then, it reaches up and pulls… a headband off of its head. As soon as it does, the shadowy-ness vanishes and you see a flamingo-pink lambicorn smiling back at you, “Hi! I’m sorry I startled you. I’m Casey. I found this awesome headband in the woods, and it kind of, um, turned me into a shadowy creature! I’ve seen some of them out there… I think some are lambicorns like me. But a few, I’m not so sure.” Casey shrugs. “Anyway, I saw you were by yourself and you looked scared, so I just wanted to make sure you were ok. Here—” they give you the headband and walk you back to camp. “I’m exhausted, honestly! Running around in a shadow form is quite the workout, hehe. Don’t tell anyone I was one, ok? But you can keep the headband as a clue if you want! Oh, and here, have this!” They toss you a some treats!
+5 candicorn, Candy apple, Gumballs


@bakuraas.
Sybil looks a bit surprised! “Oh now,” she very carefully places her tail around Morgrim comfortingly, “I wouldn’t say it’s not important. A lot of lambicorns are scared of my eyes too. They don’t shine, so I’ve heard some unkind comments about how I look “evil” or mean.” She rests her head on the ground next to him, “It’s ok to feel how you do, everything being new is very overwhelming. And this celebration? Well–” she laughs–“Getting spooked is kind of the point around here. You probably just startled some lambie who was already on edge. And as far as some of them go… it really doesn’t take much to do. I don’t think you’re scary at all, in fact, I think you are extremely cool. You are distinct, not different. Give those nervous nellies a moment and they’ll come to realize the difference between those two.” She grins, “And, you’ll have to tell me all about your school of magic! That sounds fascinating.” She offers a few treats to help cheer him up.
+Licorice Strands, Candy cane, Wax bottle


@Rylf
Sybil, while not exactly expecting to become the “Elder of Naps” as well, seemed rather pleased at how many lambies were comfortable with her here by the fireside. She placed a little bag beside Aronia for when she woke up.
+10 candicorn, Candycornucopia


@malitiae
Sybil frowned at this news. Most of the happenings had been very tame so far, and this one wasn’t feeling like the same tricks. She pondered a moment, and then looked back to them both, “I’m sorry this happened to you two. Rest assured it was just a cruel trick of some sort.” She seemed uneasy. “Hmm.. I’ll pass that information along to someone who may be able to look into it. Thank you for letting me know.”
+20 candicorns


@rem sleep
Sybil kept an eye on Rome, feeling the restlessness of his dream energy. She can’t do much, but sets a little bag of treats next to him for when he wakes.
+5 candicorn, Candy buttons, Circus peanuts


@lilpupin
The Oobi-crew has also discovered some goodies!!
+Candy pumpkin, Pocky, Candyfloss


@Alpha Snowdust
The mess is somewhat under control now… the other lambicorns giving Frenchie a hand are now attempting to flip the table and get it to land. After several large jumps, the table finally shudders and reunites with the ground. Whew! Frenchie is mopping his entire head with a fluffy towel, “I’m most definitely about to take the biggest nap I ever have…” He notices your approach, “O-oh! Um, hi, aha, as you’ve noticed w-we don’t have a crafts table set up yet!! Please uh, c-come back tomorrow!!” He looks around wildly and grabs the nearest bag of candy, handing it to you.
+10 candicorns, Sprinkles