Sunday, May 20, 2018

When in Rome



Where are we?

Fitheach.Eun steps away from the portal in confusion and looks around
Fitheach.Eun: "Where are we?"
Fiesty.Lotus exits the portal and stares about her
Talia.Sunsong: "Am I considered a Goddess here?"
Fiesty.Lotus: “It ain't where we were supposed ter be.”
Talia.Sunsong: looks around the rock walls
Talia.Sunsong: "No Cream here"
Fiesty.Lotus: “I do think we outter study them runes more.”
Savage.Taurus: “Where were we supposed to be going?”
Talia.Sunsong: "They look like squiggles to me."
Fitheach.Eun: "We should be back at the cave. They are the same runes we used on the other side in that country where you thought you were a goddess..."
Fiesty.Lotus: Back ter the airship I thought

We Should be Back at the Cave

Fitheach.Eun sighs: “We should be back at the cave.”
Fiesty.Lotus shakes her head.
Fitheach.Eun: "We obviously have more to learn"
Fiesty.Lotus: Ayup
Talia.Sunsong: "I figure my brain is full. Do I have to learn more?"
Savage.Taurus: looks around, "This aint no cave. Looks like some pretty advanced engineering, I'd say."
Fiesty.Lotus: You be fine - fer a Fae...
Talia.Sunsong: "I'm a fine Fae."
Fiesty.Lotus: You are.
Savage.Taurus: I bet these people have some good food.
Fiesty.Lotus pats the Fae on the arm
Fiesty.Lotus: So- food do sound good.
Savage.Taurus: All that walking around has made me hungry
Talia.Sunsong: "Food! Yes!"
Fitheach.Eun steps back in surprise as a sylph appears

A Sylph Appears

Savage.Taurus: Oh geez, another freakin' faery?
Talia.Sunsong: huh?
Sylph: “Lady, she cries out; you must help her! They have her imprisoned!”
Talia.Sunsong: "Who is imprisoned?"
Savage.Taurus: They who?
Fiesty.Lotus: Yeah, that
Fitheach.Eun: shhhh, sylphs are not the brightest things...
Fitheach.Eun: “Who must we help, my dear?”
Talia.Sunsong: "But Fae are geniuses..."
Savage.Taurus: grumbles, "I don’t know. Sounds like a good way to get ourselves imprisoned too...and I just want something to eat"
The sylph stammers out: "The great one; goddess of knowledge. They have trapped her here and set up their own goddess in her place.”
Savage.Taurus: Is she the imprisoner or imprisonee?
Fiesty.Lotus: Oh my, That ain't right
Fitheach.Eun: “No it's not.”
Savage.Taurus: muses, "Interesting that imprisoner and prisoner are opposites..."
Talia.Sunsong: "How good is she? Does she do favors?"
Fiesty.Lotus: Awww Talia
Savage.Taurus: Oh good question, Nanny

You Must Help Her!

Fitheach.Eun: “Talia; it does not matter about that. What matter is that she is unjustly imprisoned"
Savage.Taurus: How do we know its unjustly?
Fiesty.Lotus nods
Talia.Sunsong: "That is so complex. I take the simple approach. Do we get a reward for freeing her?"
Fiesty.Lotus: “Cause goddesses gotta be free.”
Savage.Taurus: Yea, I'm with the Nanny on this one
The sylph looks rapidly from person to person..."Why can you all see me?"
Fiesty.Lotus: Don't know- we don't even know where we are.
Savage.Taurus: Yea, where is this place?
Fitheach.Eun: Two of us are druids, one is fae and he, Fit looks at Savage, is a dragon in disguise."
Fitheach.Eun: "Of course we can all see you."
Talia.Sunsong: "Fae can see Fae."
Fitheach.Eun: Dragons can see all
Savage.Taurus sighs, "I'm almost starting to forget my true self. Can this goddess help me change back to my normal form?"
Fitheach.Eun:  Where is this goddess?
Talia.Sunsong: "I'll follow you if it means food later."
Savage.Taurus: though if she can’t free herself, how good of a goddess can she really be?
The sylph darts off and everyone follows
Fitheach.Eun peeks around the corner at the two guards

Fearsome Guards

Fiesty.Lotus: Ohh. They be a bit fearsome
Fitheach.Eun: they do...perhaps they need a nap though
Fitheach.Eun rummages in her bag: " Now where is that Valerian..."
Talia.Sunsong: peeks around the corner and sniffs "I smell tiger."
Fiesty.Lotus: Yes, there be a beast here
Fitheach.Eun whispers to the Sylph: Take this and drop it into their goblets while they are not looking
Talia.Sunsong: whispers "Here, kitty kitty."
Savage.Taurus: sniffs the presence of cats and feels his stomach rumble
Talia.Sunsong: Rorn pops his head up and sniffs the air. He smells cat

Big Cats

Talia.Sunsong: Rorn launches himself out of Talia's arms and flies down the dungeon hallway.
Savage.Taurus: so they do have food here after all...I haven’t had feline in a long while
Fitheach.Eun: The two guards jump and look startled as he flies by
The sylph darts out and drops the herbs into the goblets, stirring them in
Talia.Sunsong: whispers "yay, Fae"
The guards look at each other mumbling I need a drink
Savage.Taurus: distracted by his hunger, "hmmm that little one looks tasty..."
Talia.Sunsong: watches Rorn move out of the guard's sight, up to the ceiling, where he hangs upside down
Fiesty.Lotus: Nope. No eaten the kittys
Each guard quaffs the entire goblet in one gulp
Fiesty.Lotus: They be necessary in this history
Savage.Taurus: growls at the pesky hobbitess
Their eyes glaze over and they stagger dropping the goblets and slowly sinking to the floor fast asleep.

Sleeping Guards

Fiesty.Lotus: Not pleasent, but necessary
Talia.Sunsong: feels thirsty watching the guards drink
Talia.Sunsong: whispers "Lucky guards, get to drink and sleep on the job."
The cell door flies open and a majestic woman stalks out
Talia.Sunsong: "Hello. I was a Goddess once for a few minutes, until Horus threw me out of his temple."
She looks at the refugees and smiles
Savage.Taurus: rolls his eyes at the fae
Athena then gives the fae a quizzical look
Talia.Sunsong: "They thought I was Isis."
Talia.Sunsong: nods at her wings
Athena: Thank you for freeing me; they wish to put their own goddess Minerva in  my place and thought to keep me imprisoned
Savage.Taurus: mutters, "She definitely a pain in the isis.."
Athena: I will return to Greece and leave them to their paltry goddesses

The Goddess is Free

Fiesty.Lotus: So now yer free?
Athena: but first I must thank you
Talia.Sunsong: "Do we get cream and a favor now?"
Athena: “What do you need the most?”
Savage.Taurus: Do we get a reward or something?
Fitheach.Eun jumps in: " We need to know how to make the portal take us back where we came from."
Fiesty.Lotus: We wanna know how ter use them portals.
Savage.Taurus: Just one thing? Or do we each get something?
Talia.Sunsong: is overwhelmed by the question what does she need or really want the most. "Cream, shiny objects, way to get home, Rorn nanny lessons..."
The goddess sighs and looks at the only two who made sense
Savage.Taurus: I just want to be a dragon again
Athena: You must reverse the runes to go back
Fiesty.Lotus taps the Fae on the shoulder:  "Take it easy, one thing at a time"
Fitheach.Eun: That is all it takes?”

What Do You Need the Most?

Talia.Sunsong whispers: looks at the hobbit, "but I want lots of things.
Athena: And you will find another portal here if you visit the temple of that imposter
Fiesty.Lotus smiles:  "Yer want to be able ter get to em first."
Talia.Sunsong: "Where does that portal go? Will I be a goddess there?"
Fitheach.Eun bows slightly: "Thank you, gracious one."
Fiesty.Lotus bows also.
The freed goddess flies off suddenly towards the east
Fiesty.Lotus sighs
Fitheach.Eun looks around: " We had better be gone before they wake."
Fiesty.Lotus: So much fer goddesses….
Fiesty.Lotus: Ayup
Savage.Taurus: sighs as he watches the goddess fly away without granting his wish
Talia.Sunsong: "I wonder where that other portal goes?"
Fitheach.Eun: Shall we go before we are captured?
Fiesty.Lotus: yup
Talia.Sunsong: "Let's go. Fae and iron bars don't get along" shudders
Fitheach.Eun: Let's find Can and Saphira and try the portal again?
Talia.Sunsong: nods
Savage.Taurus: follows along, glumly
Talia.Sunsong: "Come down, Rorn!"

Let's Go Before They Wake Up.


Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Beltane 2018 in The Grove

The Grove is Ready for Beltane

Rorn: chews on Talia's hair wreath
Fitheach Eun: Welcome everyone.
Fitheach Eun: Tonight, we light the fires of Beltane; the celebration of new life and new growth.
Fiesty Lotus: Beltane is here!
Fiesty Lotus: It is a time when the earth is fertile and full.
Talia.Sunsong: Time for wild pagan dancing
Fiesty Lotus grins at Talia
Fiesty Lotus: Since long ago, we have planted our fields at Beltane.
The fields that lay fallow for months are now warm and waiting..

Druid Fiesty

Fiesty Lotus: The soil that was dormant for the winter now begs us to plant our seeds.
Fiesty Lotus: The earth is awakening and ripe, and this is a season of love and passion.
Fiesty Lotus: It is a season of fire.
Fitheach Eun: As our fires grow, lighting up the night sky, the fire within us grows stronger.
Fitheach Eun: It is the fire of lust and passion, knowing that like the earth, we too are fertile.
Fitheach Eun: Tonight, the lord of fire and light emerges from the forest. He is known by many names -
Fitheach Eun: he is Pan, Herne, Cernunnos, the Green Man, Helios, Apollo.
Fitheach Eun: He is one with the sun and the forest.
Fitheach Eun: Tonight is the night he will chase and capture the maiden, the mother.

Druid Fitheach

Fitheach Eun: She is the Queen of the May, Hera, Juno, Cerridwen, Danu, Brighid.
Fitheach Eun: She is the goddess of fertility, fields and flowers, she is mother earth herself.
Fiesty Lotus: We call on the elements to join our celebration of life.
Fiesty Lotus: Bring fertility to the land! Let the hunt begin!
Fiesty Lotus: Fire and passion, love and life, brought together as one.
Fiesty Lotus: She is the earth, the womb of all creation.
Within her, new life grows each year.
Fiesty Lotus: Water is her blood, air her breath, and fire is her spirit
Fitheach Eun: The lord of the forest gives her honor, and creates new life within her.
Fitheach Eun: He is the rutting stag, the seed, the energy of life.
Fitheach Eun: He is the mighty oak that grows in the forest; the fire of the waxing sun.
Fiesty Lotus: We welcome all the elements to our celebration of new life. We honor you, bringers of new life!
Fiesty Lotus: We raise the maypole in your honor to signify the beginning of growth.

Fae Talia 

Talia.Sunsong: Welcome!
Fitheach Eun: Does anyone present wish to contribute anything?
Talia.Sunsong: May Beltane bring us energy and spirit
Fiesty Lotus nods
Fiesty Lotus: The earth is once more growing new life within! May we be blessed with abundance this year!
Fiesty Lotus: The circle is broken, the rite is ended. Let us dance around the maypole and the fire of Beltane and celebrate all the new lives growing.

Dragon Savage (Svagtuz)

Fiesty Lotus smiles and grabs a cup of wine
Fitheach Eun puts down her staff and gets a goblet for herself
Talia.Sunsong: do we have a maypole?
Fitheach Eun: we do
Fitheach Eun: Come let us celebrate
Rorn: flies around the Maypole instead of dancing
Talia.Sunsong: yay it's pretty
Talia.Sunsong: dances with wild Fae May day abandon
Rorn: lands on the top of the Maypole
Talia.Sunsong: sings a Fae tune about running through the fields on May day

Dancing Around the Maypole


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