Half Past Midnight

Who: Kai and Tayne
Where: The main hall, at least to start
When: Anesus 6, late morning

Another day of rain! Another day unsuited for hunting. It was enough to make any Lykos be sullen and complain about the lack of decent hunting weather, though at least Kai was sure that such a storm couldn’t continue for long. The brindled Lykos couldn’t much complain about it anyway, though, since the rain had at last brought her (or sent her to) a cozy sleepmate and she no longer had to be alone at night. It was hard to complain when she now had that.

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Who: Tabrika and OPEN TO ALL (multiple takers allowed :) )
Where: The courtyard, then Out
When: Anesus 6, 12:30AM

It had been an utterly miserable eight hours, out in the rain and the wind and the cold, and Tabrika was so, so, so, so glad that it was over. As of the evil hour of when things "changed", or whatever it did, she was off-duty and she could get inside, and warm, and dry. After all the rain, wind, and thunder basically making it impossible for her to function by ears and smell alone, her nerves were shot. All she had to do was wait for the next herder to come take over for her, and she could creep back inside and hide.

Such, however, was not her luck. Just as she caught the faint strains of the time-measuring-thing inside the main hall through the wind, her world lit up bright as day, and there was the sudden scent of fire-crackling-burning-glass that she associated with lightning, to strong for even the rain to dampen. Then there was seared stone.

Then there was noise. Rumble and thunder and clatter and screaming animals and screaming people. Tabrika couldn't even sort it all out, she just yowled with pain and confusion and backed her rump against the nearest wall in a blind, helpless daze as the herds stampeded away from her-- and out the castle gates, followed by what few of the herders still had their wits about them. Natural-formed Tabrika, unfortunately, was not one of them.

Time Update : Anesus 6, 1715

Weather: The storm doesn't start to let up until dawn, and even then it's only the lightning and thunder that gives up the ghost. The rain continues heavily well into the next day, and the wind continues to be high and cold. Still, even though no one can see it behind the dark clouds, Parnsehi rises full tonight, after sundown.

12:30 AM
Again, half-past the hour is rung in with a blinding flash of lightning and a deafening clap of thunder practically simultaneously: lightning strikes within the castle courtyard. No one is hurt, aside from being temporarily deafened, but all the herds inside the courtyard don't like that one bit, and there is an attempt at a stampede inside the enclosed space. The recipe for one disaster is replaced by another as, at precisely the same moment, the castle gates slam open, providing the panicked animals the perfect, and only, escape. Within moments, they stampede out, leaving the herders-- and anyone else who they can round up-- to chase after them and bring them back. It is a miserable, all-day affair, and once Tayne is informed, he immediately sets about trying to round up volunteers. All other chores except necessary ones, such as the kitchens and hall duties, are suspended until the animals can be returned.