deercountry | we coughed up honey into the air

^{Who: Peter Graham possessum + open! Anyone welcomed!
What: March catch-all ft. a bunch of Jumanji event prompts and some general ones.
When: The month of March.
Where: The jungle, and around Trench.

Content Warnings: This character comes with demonic possession by default ; Corruption / demonic attributes ; Jumanji Jungle Level warnings ; a lot of Panicked Cursing ; others to be noted in threads}

EVENT — JUNGLE LEVEL

➤ ENTER THE JUNGLE

What the fuck, man? Oh what the fuuuuck?

( —Whimpers the tall and thin young man beside you, voice rising in pitch as he tries to huddle in on himself, wide-eyed and terrified. Maybe you know Peter already, or maybe you're strangers to each other, but either way it's clear that your new Jungle Adventure Partner is less than enthusiastic about this.

It's also clear that he's going to be absolutely no use. For as your journey continues, Peter not only emits a variety pack of distressed noises on the regular (shouts, yelps, moans, groans, frenzied whispers, and teary mumbling)... he also gets into a lot of trouble because it appears to be that a) he has absolutely no survival skills at all, and b) he is constantly on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Really, it seems inevitable he's just going to die at any given moment. There are general things like Peter getting hopelessly tangled up in vines, tripping and falling over large roots, and zoning out and wandering off out of sight only to start crying out for you in a panic, and once or twice he just straight-up crouches down on the ground with his arms wrapped around his head, as though he can't take anymore, but then there are also the challenges— )

➤ QUICKSAND
( It happens before he can even process it. The game spits its weird riddle, and then the ground itself seems to be folding, melting, inwards. Peter screams (take a shot every time) as he feels himself start to sink. His fingers are clawing desperate at the softened ground around him, and he suddenly understands what's going on. )

It's fucking quicksand! It's fucking!! Quicksand! It's fucking quicksaaaaand! ( He's repeating this over and over and over, panicked, aware that the game has toppled over and is starting to sink too, but Peter's not at all concerned about it, doesn't even try to grab it. Maybe you can — maybe you're not sinking, evaded it by an inch or two, or weren't with him when it started happening, and just ran up now. Or maybe you're in as much trouble as he is..... or maybe not quite as much, given Peter's flailing around has caused him to personally sink even faster, and he's now covered all the way up to his waist. It's only getting worse. )

➤ RUSHING RIVERS
( Peter, who is possessed by an ancient demon king with a lot of equally ancient abilities, can actually breathe underwater now. Peter does not currently know this.

Which is to say, when the waters come, he thinks he's going to die. He's screaming like he's going to die, from where he's clinging onto a huge, tilted tree trunk for dear life. He'd managed to scramble his way up onto it as soon as the flood broke, but now he's trapped out in the middle of the water, screaming.

Maybe you hear him and scream back, or try to make your way closer. Maybe you're caught in the merciless flow of the flood, in danger of being slammed into any number of solid objects; maybe he can actually help get you onto his tree, or maybe you manage to make your way to it yourself. Hopefully it doesn't snap. )

➤ GIANT FROGS (NOTE: ONE ATTEMPTED EATING OPTION & ONE SUCCESSFUL EATING....)
( By the time the frogs appear, Peter's very tired. He's been made to walk for longer than he's ever walked in his entire life, he's sweating through his shirt, his hair is a wreck of curls entangled with little pieces of vines and dirt and probably a spider or two... Every once in awhile he smacks at his head, like he feels something crawling on it.

He's trailing behind whomever he's with, feet practically dragging the ground, when there's abruptly a yelp and if you turn, you'll see him staring in terror and pointing at something off to the side. Two huge black eyes peek out of the brush, where something wet and swollen and big crouches.

Peter's starting to breathe funny, like his lungs are too small: sharp attempts at air intake. He sounds like he's close to hyperventilating.

That's when a thick, ropey tongue suddenly lashes out of the creature's mouth and wraps right around his middle, as firm as a python. Peter...... screams, trying to flail around, slapping at the wormlike thing that's ensnared him, but it's not letting go. Maybe you can help get him out of this before he ends up lunch.

Or maybe, he's in the middle of a rant, because he's had it. )

I've had it! ( he declares suddenly, long arms lifting into the air with exasperation. ) This is stupid. It's so fucking stupid. Why're we even doing this— this little dumb game? This sick shit?! I'm tired, and I'm hot, and we've been walking for hours. I want to go ho—

( It's at that moment that a tongue lashes out, grabs Peter, and pulls him into a nearby frog's mouth before he or anyone can say another word. All six feet of him and his spider-filled hair completely vanishes. He has been swallowed whole.

There's probably a shocked silence for a long moment or two before panicked, muffled screaming can be heard coming from the frog's swollen body, within which Peter Graham is all crammed up. Whether you were with him this whole time or happened to be close by and witness this just now, maybe you can help Peter not get digested. Please help Peter not get digested. )

➤ TROPHY HUNTER
( By the time this challenge takes place, Peter's gotten separated from whomever he's been with this whole time. In fact, this challenge isn't even one he helped to summon; he'd long ago given up on the game and has just been wandering aimlessly, trying to find his people, when he'd encountered the hunter who was summoned from someone else's game.

And now here he is, running up to you, some wild-eyed, dirty young man with hair all over the place who appears from the brush. He seems unhinged. )

He's crazy! He's fucking crazy!

( You might be thinking yes, you are fucking crazy, when there's the loud crack of a gun from the depths of the jungle, and Peter flinches violently, ducking downwards and grabbing for your arm, voice a hushed, strained whisper. )

We have to run! He'll kill us, don't you get it?! He wants to kill us!!

( Maybe you're already well-aware of the trophy hunter and the fact he wants to kill you; maybe you were trying to hide, already. Or maybe this is brand new information to you. Either way, you're going to have to work with Peter to survive this.

.....You might die. )

GENERAL — THE MONTH OF MARCH CW: PHYSICAL DEMONIC ATTRIBUTES, RECREATIONAL DRUG MENTION

^{NOTE — As a Darkblood, this month Peter has the ability to see energy / auras / life force around living things, so feel free to include what colour your character would emit!}

( March is a blossom of strange things growing all over, and new worries bumping up against all the old ones. Peter largely remains a recluse, staying safely tucked away in the townhouse he shares with Luna Lovegood. There are things he has to protect: her, and a fresh new bond, and a young boy named Falco Grice who shows up trembling against the flickering ghosts at the corner of his vision. The boy stays with them for awhile as Corruption grows, spreads. Peter's kept busy in the early days of March, and will rarely be seen. But those who visit the townhouse will be invited in or met out in front of the house.

It's towards the middle of March that his own budding Corruption makes its appearance known again. This time, it's not so much a mental change as a physical one... Peter doesn't become some snarling thing the way he was back in December. He maintains his lucidity, his identity, everything that makes him Peter.

It's just that now he has a pair of large black horns sprouting from his head, as well as a long, thin, scaly black tail.

....It's alarming, to be sure, but at this point, Peter's... tired. Sure, this happened. Why the fuck wouldn't it?

And so, the boy who doesn't act like a demon this time but looks like one just kind of... continues on with his life. He's still mainly to be found at the townhouse, for any visitors, but on occasion he might be spotted around the city. He goes shopping for clothes, perusing various shops: a tall, gloomy-eyed young man with sharp horns and a tail curled shyly against his leg. He's... looking for shirts that button up instead of have to be pulled over the head.... He doesn't know how long he's going to be looking like some sort of Teenage Hellspawn, but until this goes away, he needs some more clothes that he won't destroy.

Or maybe you spot him crouching down near cobblestoned streets, looking about as depressed as anyone can, gazing listlessly across the street, one elbow folded over a knee. He's holding a joint to his mouth but not actually smoking it yet; however, when he notices you nearby, he tilts his head up at you (with some difficulty; the horns are... heavy), and gives a slight nod. )

Want one? Got extra. ( —Then, he'll be fishing through his hoodie pocket, drawing out a little bag of sour gummy candies (drug-free). Where'd he even get those... He has his ways. And apparently, he's willing to share. ) Got these, too.

( Or he can sometimes be found sitting outside under the shade of a tree, long legs curled into a crossed position, a number of books spread around him. It seems like some sort of study session, and closer inspection will show that they probably came from the Arcane Archives: ancient-looking texts bound in thick leather. Peter's thumbing through them, a pair of reading glasses pressed to his face. If you're willing to approach the person with the demon horns and tail, it's actually a pretty serene display. Flowers have popped up from the ground and a few haphazard other things can be found in little patches nearby: apples and bananas and.... a cabbage? Is that a coconut, too?? It's weird. This place is weird.

But maybe not as weird as the sight of Peter Graham actually willingly reading a book.

Or the sight of him... being so seemingly at ease about his demonic parts. He's even using his tail to his advantage, the scaly black thing poking through a book or two, slithering snake-like through the grass to find the pencil he dropped and returning it to his hand as he jots down some notes.

But he often does look up, people-watching, and if you're passing by, his eyes might drift to you — or maybe it's more at you. He sees something; there's some curious attentiveness, and he hesitates only a moment before asking, a little shy— )

Hey, uh, this might sound weird, but do I have like... a colour around me?

( If you're a fellow Darkblood, his own energy is a very dark, smooth green — something of phthalo and hunter and forest — rich and somber and quiet, and maybe a little uncomfortable, like the dark part of the woods. Anything could be looking out.

A second pulse is there up under the first: a second colour, or a cacophony of them. Flashes of gold amongst iridescent shine, alien colours that are difficult to truly pinpoint, flickering from those dark woods. If you look too long, too close, it hurts.

But maybe you can't see it. Peter wonders why he welcomed anyone to in the first place. )

WILDCARD / ETC

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As a note, I'm definitely open to the mosquito challenge or the perking up one despite not having prompts for them up. If you'd like to toss one of those at me, feel free!
Also, respond in prose if that's your preference, and I'll gladly follow suit.}

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HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!

[A beam of light slices the tongue in half, blood and mucus flying every which way as the tongue wriggles a little bit before falling limp from Peter's body. Sailor Moon is quick to come over to Peter, keeping an eye on the frog as it made a noise in pain and despair at its tongue being cut OFF.]

Here, come on, let's get out of here before we find out there's more of them!

[She held her gloved hand out to Peter.]

( There's bright light, and strange words, and Peter's in some kind of shock, barely comprehending what's happening. All he knows is suddenly, the tight wet restraint around his body is relenting and he's free.

He gasps in surprise and horror as he watches it fall to the ground, wriggling like that, the frog giving that pained noise. It— its tongue just... just got fucking cut off.

There's barely time to register this before the young woman is reaching out to him, and Peter grabs her hand, eyes wide and round. For a moment he's not even sure what he's looking at; she's just this bright light, so intense that it hurts. But he's still holding onto that gloved hand.

Especially because he can hear the croak of more frogs in the distance, maybe alerted to them by the commotion, or maybe they were lurking and waiting already. Regardless, Peter's not letting go, even as her aura shines so painfully bright beside him. Even as he's trembling uncontrollably. )

Forgive me. [As soon as he took her hand, she inclined her head before wrapping her arms around Peter and then, with a flap of her wings, they were in the air. Better to make sure they could move around than have to worry about tripping or falling over all the branches and vine of the jungle floor.]

Let's get out of here, before more of his friends show up. Are you hurt?

( Before Peter can register what's happening, he's suddenly feeling himself lifted into the air. There's a sharp yelp and his arms scramble to wrap around the bright thing, holding on tightly. He's still in some sort of shock about all of it, but his mind's able to register the voice that speaks. It sounds human, a young woman's, but the brightness of her.... )

N-no, I'm okay— ( he fumbles with the words, eyes staring widely as they move through the air. He can't help asking what he does next, frightened and awed and feeling like this is some kind of dream. )

Are you an angel?

[She suppose she certainly could be mistaken for one, but no, she wasn't. She smiled.]

No, I am not.

I am Sailor Moon.

I'm glad you're okay and that I got to you in time. Do you still have your game piece on you?

( If she's not an angel, then what is she? Peter's stunned by all of it, and only slightly aware that something inside of him is shifting, just as curious by the young woman, but on a level deeper than Peter. Something impossibly ancient that recognises power, that feels her spirit, that shines just as blindingly bright. It's drawn to her, and it swells up in Peter, makes his eyes wider and brighter, makes him stare past the overwhelming brightness of her.

Then he's blinking again, the question re-grounding him as he tightens his hold on her, clinging like a child. It's... probably a comical sight, given how tall Peter is. )

Y-yeah, I think so. ( He manages to reach for his hoodie pocket and pats it, feeling the little lump of the game piece. ) It's here. Are you... trapped in the game, too?

( His initial thought was that she's a part of it, but maybe she's like him. )

[Humans called her and her mother goddesses. She supposes that is not entirely inaccurate.

At his question, she inclines her head.]

I am, fortunately, but I suppose it was lucky that I did. [Or she would not have been able to help as many as she's been able to, and even better, she got pulled in as Sailor Moon, so she might actually SURVIVE this place.]

I flew for miles, there is no end to this jungle. So clearly, we must end it by playing.

Here, my board is nearby.

Don't worry, Petere. I know we'll get out of here.

( This is all so strange, almost dreamlike — but there's an irony to all of it, too. Because what's inside of Peter is capable of the same kind of thing. Paimon can fly too, though it's still difficult for him to manage for long without completely depleting Peter of energy. If there wasn't a danger of Peter's body getting knocked out entirely, the demon could be doing the same thing right now.

But Peter's so new to those powers, that the thought of flying still feels like some foreign concept to him. He can hardly believe that this is actually happening, still wide-eyed and stunned as he gazes down at the treetops below. As much as he doesn't want to continue that game, he trusts what she says; he'll follow her lead with it.

...Then there's a realisation. She'd called him Peter. )

You know my name?

[Oops.

She smiles though, not letting it show that she shouldn't. She inclined her head.]

I used to live in Deerington and live in Trench now, your face and name have been shown and mentioned around me.

[This was entirely true, Maul mentioned her and they have talked over the Omnis. He just didn't he was talking to her.]

We have never been formally introduced like this. When we are free of danger, we can fix that.

we coughed up honey into the air

Giant Frogs - attempted swallowing

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