To Greener Pastures
| To Greener Pastures | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5/17/25 |
| Storyteller | Doug |
| Tier | Trainee |
| Player Characters | Evalynne Stoneking, Clementine, Patton Laoghaire, Quill, Crows, Arumi |
| Rewards | 200xp, Herd Mask Formula, Shapespeak Mask, Martha the Pregnant Cow, 130gp split among the party |
| Result | ... I mean, we found it. |
| Author | Evalynne Stoneking! |
| Downtime | 1 |
Hi! It's Evalynne again!
Mr. Farmer Jensen is tellin us that there's a mean cow! One of his cows, Bessy, was dragged away in the night! But then she came back???
He's insisting that there's an evil cow! The gates keep gettin' unlocked and every morning the cowses out n about no matter what he does! Mr. Farmer Jensen says he thinks he tied down Bessy, to keep 'em all safe...
But I dunno, the tied down cow seems just fine, just... Relaxing with a ton of rope? All the cows seem fine at first, but that's just when we first seen'd em. So we're gonna investigate!
Oh I guess there's a pregnant cow, but... All the bulls are stayin' locked up???
It's such a weird situation! So Pretty Snake Lady and Tall Crow went to go see about the bulls...
Me n' Mr. Handsome Man with the goat friend decided to start meetin' the cow friends, while Arumi an' Big Kitty friend went to check the gates... I think Tall Crow was worried about Bessie, 'cause they went straight over to her to see if she was ok.
I guess they tested that by dropping a big ol' tree down and scaring the cows! That was mean...
And Pretty Snake Lady founded out that the bulls ain't even gotten to be near the cows! So the pregnant cow didn't get pregnant from the big bulls!!!
Gods, the deduction was awful... All the cows look the same, down to their hyper-manicured hooves! All we know for sure is, the pregnant cow didn't get pregnant by any bull that Mr. Farmer Jensen has... And that's apparently no good.
Mr. Handsome Man went over to the barn to investigate more, I couldn't... Really focus, 'cause apparently I guess we have to kill the pregnant cow? Just 'cause it has somethin' different in it...?
I dunno, me n' Tall Crow were watchin' the cow that was in the forest for a bit, which... Turns out, that was a real cow. The one on the *farm* instead, was a shape shifter. A multi-aminal rat lookin' cutie, JUST LOOKIN' FOR A PLACE TO STAY! It just wanted to live an' be a cow! It wasn't doin' anything mean, it didn't even kill anything!!!
Mr. Farmer Jensen didn't wanna keep Martha 'cause she was pregnant with something DIFFERENT. So I took her. Maybe if the baby has a safe place to grow up, it won't scare anyone.
... This expedition made my tummy feel icky...