[Event] Pumpkiller

[npcsofmana]

Who: A very big and magical Jack-O-Lantern and you
What: A giant pumpkin is trying to take over Domina... or something like that.
Where: West Domina, past the residential area
When: Day 33
Other: Likely some violence. Check the post for more info and ask any questions here.




At least, that's what the usual mail pelican is frantically squawking about on the front steps of home with her feathers going everywhere as she flaps her wings.

And.... there are some very disconcerting dark clouds gathering around Domina that haven't yet started intruding on the sky around Home. Perhaps this merits some checking out.

To those that venture forth, they'll notice that Domina is eerily quiet as they step into it from the road. Both Domina's tavern and inn seem empty, which is a strange thing in itself. Anyone who's visited the town regularly will have noticed that those two places, for good reason, are often the most lively places in town.

Just where has everyone gone....?

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[kickingand]

Dean doesn't really know what to do when the light seemingly comes out of nowhere and suddenly he's practically being shoved out of the way by the full extent of Sam's body, trying not to stumble and hold Sam off at the exact same time. The last thing he needs right now is for Sam to get hit by some stupid blast of light that he doesn't even know what it means, as if death is once again imminent and everything is terror. But- but the whole thing is inevitably none of the worst case scenarios that he always sees and instead, Dean is left staring at some weird... cute fiery being that pops his amulet out from nowhere and smacks him in the chest with it.

Yeah, okay- that's not weird at all.

"Uh."

Real verbose there, Dean. He sort of stares at the empty space of where it had been for a good few seconds, blinking before his brow furrows into utter confusion and he waves a hand forward as if trying to capture what had been there only seconds before. "Did you- the fuck kinda cutesy bullshit was that, I think I just got beamed by a flaming tribble."

It's really the best kind of explanation he's got for what just happened, and it takes him another few seconds to realize that it's Sam who's looking over the amulet like he just received the best present in the world all over again. It takes Dean another stuttered second of confusion before he finally eases off the brakes a little and his shoulders slump, chilling out because Sam's offering him his gift all over again and he just goes ahead and bows his head like it's oh so easy, like there's nothing else in the world to worry about.

[escapedestiny]

Well, with that astute observation from Dean, Sam's smile quirks into more of an amused smirk. Yeah, alright. It was pretty friggin' weird. But so was the fact they'd just been fighting enchanted pumpkins. So is the fact that he's made friends with a giant canary and her walking egg of a son. So is the fact that they're here at all, that Sam's even alive. This level of weird is starting to feel like status quo to Sam but then he's been here longer. Still, it's only a few levels up from their normal levels of weird, right? Killer clowns, etc?

He slips the amulet over Dean's head and adjusts the cord so it's hanging straight before dropping his hands to his sides, loosely holding his new broom again.

"Looks good. Maybe it was a thank you for helping fight the pumpkins? I don't know, Dean. But I am glad you have it again."

He picks up the broom now, lifting it with both hands and laying it horizontal over them so Dean can look at the item too. "And I got this thing thrown at me."

[kickingand]

Shut up, all of his observations are fuckin' astute, bite him. It was so much weirder than fighting enchanted, animated pumpkins, or at least in Dean's books it was, but this is Dean we're talking about here, who has strange opinions on most things. He still hasn't gotten to the status quo oddities of this place yet and the fact that a fire demon that looked like a 90's Furby someone happened to catch on fire is just something that's going to induce nightmares for a little while. Sue him. He doesn't like strange cute things, they're so much more peculiar than the evil he's used to dealing with.

Not to mention, the fact that it had it in the first place? The fact that it threw it at his head, gathered it up from home, knew he wanted it-- they're all questions that need answers and it makes Dean uncomfortable, even as he lets Sam drape the amulet around his neck again. It's all a little much to take in at once (even if it's not that much, comparatively) and he stares down at the amulet for a good few seconds, pleased by its presence but not in the slightest bit mollified.

"Wanna know how the fuck it even got it in the first place--" Of course Dean's going to be suspicious about this, of course he is, and he stares off at nothing in particular for a moment before finally snapping back to attention and nodding at the.. uh, broom that Sam received for his troubles.

"You gonna reenact Fantasia? Cause I think they forgot the hat."

[escapedestiny]

Of course that would induce nightmares for Dean. Sam wonders how long it's going to take him not to have those reactions to the things in this place. Granted, even some of the things still rate pretty damn high on Sam's weird meter too.

It's something he's wondering about too, how that creature or whatever had ended up with it. "Yeah. Maybe other people have seen those creatures here and could tell us more about them. I've been meaning to visit the church here in Domina. It might help to know some of the religion or legends around here. Could help us figure out how we wound up here, too," he says thoughtfully before turning his focus back on the broom.

He runs his fingers over the strange markings, sort of like runes, etched into the newer wood of the handle. He's pretty sure it's not going to come to life and start moving around on its own like a Fantasia broom... Though his child self would have probably been ecstatic to see that. It still feels like it could be magic though, in the same way those pumpkins had. Enchanted pumpkins, a broom... Seemed Halloween and possibly witch related, at least in the terms of the world Sam knew.

"I don't know about that, but it might not be too far off?" He gives a shrug and starts messing with the broom then, out of curiosity, turning his back to Dean so he's pointing the thing at a nearby broken pumpkin and not at his brother.

He tries a few gestures, concentrating but feeling a little stupid at the same time. Like he's pretending to conduct an orchestra with the damn thing or something. Which is sort of Fantasia after all, he thinks.

Suddenly a straight line of flames seems to burst from the tip of the handle, shooting at the pumpkin and setting the remains on fire. Sam almost drops the broom in surprise, but turns a wide-eyed look at Dean. Because what the fuck. He'd been expecting it to a certain extent but still the revelation that it really was magic was... off-putting? Disturbing? Certainly not comforting, at any rate.

[kickingand]

"There's a church-- No, wait, of course there's a church." Dean presses two his fingers to his eyes, heaves in a giant sigh and tries to compress the urge to start stomping around and flailing his arms around about how weird all of this is. But he keeps it all bitten back and just swallows, nodding a few times at the idea once he gets there.

"Put that on the to-do list. Might actually find something worth reading."

Dean's distracted enough by the thought of what could be found inside a church that he isn't wholly paying attention to what Sammy's doing with the broomstick. Maybe if he had been, he would'a popped him one upside the head just to get him to quit it, because playing around with anything inscribed with runes is a bad idea and Dean's fairly sure that Sam should know that. Even in a different world with different rules, playing with magical artifacts is just a big no-no unless you know what your'e getting in to.

And they obviously don't.

Which is probably why Sam becomes the next best pyro. Good thing it's a pumpkin and not some poor forlorn person walking by, otherwise this would be all kinds of a much bigger mess.

"The fuck, Sammy-!" Dean's alert within seconds, his attention twisted between the fire and Sam and the broom and all back again. It doesn't take him but half a second to try and swipe the broom handle from Sam's hands because can they put it down now please, this is dangerous shit, what is going on.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to play with your broomstick?"

He's very funny, everyone laugh.

[escapedestiny]

Okay look Sam is willing to admit that wasn't the smartest move. Which doesn't mean he's not going to study this thing more later, because he is. There are books in the study at Home he can look through, maybe try to get an idea for what those runes mean. For now he lets Dean take it from him mostly because he's already got his bow to hold, anyway.

Sam doesn't laugh. Instead he responds to Dean's comedic relief not-question with some dry lines of his own. "Oh, good. You've found a new euphemism. The old ones were getting kind of stale." He points at the broom, moving past Dean's hilarity and getting back to the matter at hand. "We're taking that with us. I'd rather have it in our hands than in any of the teenagers'." Or really anyone else, for that matter.

"You know, it could also be a clue to how we got here and how to get back. And let's face it, Dean, at this point we could use any lead we can get." Whether it was dangerous or not.

However, it's still probably a better idea to head to the church as their next step. Though they could always take the broom there. He knows there's supposed to be a Reverend that's generally friendly and willing to answer questions and help. He's just not sure how much he might know about the arrival of all these different people into a previous empty giant tree, but it would make sense for him to maybe know something about the broom and its runes, and its ability.