Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Lughnasadh in the Grove

The refugees take a break to celebrate Lughnasadh or Lammas with friends. 
The Altar is Ready

Baby Dragon Rorn snuffles around the corn maize

Rorn chews on the corn only to find the kernels are hard.

Fiesty Lotus: Lughnasadh or Lammas is the time when the harvest begins and world begins to change.
Fiesty Lotus: The trees will soon wear their fall colors. Let us welcome the elements to our circle to celebrate with us.

Archdruids Fiesty and Fitheach
Fiesty Lotus turns to the North
Fiesty Lotus: Welcome Earth
Fiesty Lotus turns to the South
Fiesty Lotus: Welcome Fire.

Fitheach Eun: Fitheach turns to the West
Fitheach Eun: Welcome Water
Talia.Sunsong @grid.opensim.life:8002: welcome water
Fitheach Eun turns to the East
Fitheach Eun: Welcome Air.

Welcome Contessa and Pak
Fiesty Lotus: The Wheel of the Year has turned once more,
and the harvest has begun and more will soon be upon us.
Fiesty Lotus: We have food on our tables, and
the soil is fertile
Fiesty Lotus: Nature's bounty, the gift of the earth,
gives us reasons to be thankful
Fiesty Lotus: Mother of the Harvest, with your sickle and basket,
bless us with abundance and plenty.

Fitheach Eun: The foundation of the Harvest is within me.
Fitheach Eun: As the seed falls to the earth and regrows each year,
I too grow as the seasons change
Fitheach Eun: As the grain takes root in the fertile soil,
I too will find my roots and develop
Fitheach Eun: As the smallest seed blooms into a mighty stalk,
I too will bloom where I landed.
Fitheach Eun: As the wheat is harvested and saved for winter,
I too will set aside that which I can use later.

Gathered Around the Altar
Fiesty Lotus passes out the loaves of bread
Fiesty Lotus: I pass to you this gift of the first harvest
Talia.Sunsong @grid.opensim.life:8002: Thank you
Contessa.Lacombe @login.digiworldz.com:8002: Thank you
Savage Taurus: Thank you
Fitheach Eun: thank you
Pak.Haedong @login.digiworldz.com:8002: Thank you

Fiesty Lotus: Let us honor the forces that brought this reward.
Fiesty Lotus: Months ago, we planted seeds,
and through the summer watched them grow
Fiesty Lotus: We have tended the fields in our lives,
and now we are blessed with abundance
Fiesty Lotus: The harvest has begun!
Thank you, spirit of the harvest,
For the gifts yet to come.
Fiesty Lotus: We eat this bread, grain transformed by fire, in your name,
and honor you for your bounty.

Fae Talia
Fiesty Lotus eats her bread
Contessa.Lacombe @login.digiworldz.com:8002 eats bread
Fitheach Eun takes a small bite
Baby dragon Rorn sticks his head thru the loaf and eats it from the middle
Pak.Haedong @login.digiworldz.com:8002 sniffs the loaf, and nibbles an edge
Fiesty Lotus tries not to notice

Fitheach Eun: The bright year is waning; the light is fading
Fitheach Eun: The dark hours of winter move ever closer
Fitheach Eun: Still the light will hold off the dark for a few more months
Fitheach Eun: Let us revel in the light while it lasts
And celebrate its beauty while we walk within it
Fiesty Lotus smiles

Savage in Naga Form
Fitheach Eun: We should not fear the dark ahead
While we carry the light in our hearts
Fitheach Eun: The light is our protection
As the world fades around us

Fiesty Lotus: Does anyone wish to offer any thoughts at this time?
Talia.Sunsong @grid.opensim.life:8002: May we harvest good health, wealth and friendship!
Savage Taurus: echoes Talia: May we harvest good health, wealth and friendship
Pak.Haedong @login.digiworldz.com:8002: May the beasts in the forest multiply and be full of blood!
Fitheach Eun mutters: "Dragons..."

Fitheach Eun: We thank the elements for their presence and support.
Baby dragon Rorn nods
Fiesty Lotus turns to the North grinning
Fiesty Lotus: Thank  you Earth
Fiesty Lotus turns to the South
Fiesty Lotus: Thank you fire

Nearing the End
Fitheach Eun: Fitheach turns to the East
Fitheach Eun: Thank you Air
Fitheach Eun: Fitheach turns to the West
Fitheach Eun: Thank you Water

Fitheach Eun: The circle is broken; the rite is ended. Go all now in peace.
Fiesty Lotus exhales
Fitheach Eun does too
Talia.Sunsong @grid.opensim.life:8002: Sings "May the circle be open, but unbroken"
Savage Taurus: munches on the bread
Fitheach Eun puts down her staff
Fitheach Eun: Shall we dance?
Baby dragon Rorn flies over the altar, snatches a loaf of bread and runs off with it.
Savage Taurus: sure
Contessa.Lacombe @login.digiworldz.com:8002: Yes please
Pak.Haedong @login.digiworldz.com:8002 nods

Let's Dance!

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