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pv ([personal profile] purevanillacookie) wrote in [community profile] sticksandbones2024-09-16 03:23 pm

☀︎ it's a bright beautiful day to talk to a goddess ☀︎

Who: Sunyonce + everyone I dunno man
What: Sun Seance to talk to Beiwe
When: mumble mumble warm day high noon yeehaw
Where: Grove, safer
Warnings: None right now but if they come up-
[ A few hours before the sun rises to it's fullest at noon, on a day in September before the Monsters Truly Come Calling But There Might Be a Faerie Or Two when it's particularly warm, Pure Vanilla will write a post. It's quick, and to the point. ]

I believe today would be our best bet at contacting Lady Beiwe. Considering the current state of her Church and it's defilement, I feel holding it in the Grove by her statue will be the best course of action. Of course, I am open to alternatives!

[ But really, unlike the giant statue for Ourania, there is nothing else yet for Beiwe. So anyone glancing out their windows will see Pure Vanilla dutifully drawing a large magic circle with radiating lines and symbols and a spot in the middle, in the dirt. He even moves Beiwe's statue to the middle (minotaur strength, yay!) and Ouraina's statue to a spot in one of the Cardinal Directions that symbolize the moon. A place of honor. There are places left open for others to add their own symbols, their own lines, and being as how it's in the dirt, it's easily changeable as more people show up. Add your magic knowledge or find a spot to sit inside the circle if you desire to speak to Biewe.

Or make garlands of her flowers, or make Sunny D or... something. They're winging it. ]



(( like the moon seance this will mostly be a mingle until the mods come in with whether we succeed, blow up, or set the entire place on fire flamebringer. ))
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-21 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[…]

[He wonders idly if this is sacrilegious but you know what? He has never cared about that before so-]


You… Do you want any help…? I’m a baker, too…!
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-21 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Beiwe gives the impression that she does not give two fucks about sacrilige.]

Sure thing, Dipper. Come over here. [She is not making cookies anymore because she realised that there are COOKIES AMONG THEM but she is going to make pie.] Why don't you pick your favourite fruits from the basket on the counter? I'll let you take over the pie.

[Hefts Mizuki under one arm.]

We're going to do a tart now, I think. No more cookies. I always forget that baked goods are a little... [Wiggles her free wrist, becomes the embodiment of this emoji 😬 for a second.] Reincarnation sure is complicated!
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-21 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, it's damn near impossible for him not to snicker a little at the Cookie Revelation. Yeah, they've all been there. Weirdly sobering for a Goddess to trip up on the exact thing he did a few months ago.]

[But! He's been granted permission, so he will throw ceremony to the wind and come into the kitchen, rolling up his sleeves and tying his cardigan around his waste. He washes his hands first because he is not an animal.]


How does a cinnamon pear pie sound? [Unless she wanted pear for the tarts, which he can shift to something like a berry pie, but its fall and he has a feeling Beiwe won't say no to cinnamon if the taste of the sun shard is anything to go by!]

Yeah, especially since this is like, Advanced Reincarnation with the multiverse thrown in. I get the feeling we all came back pretty weird from how we started.

[But, she still knows his name which is interesting. Either she's omniscient, or pays enough attention to them to actually know who they are. He wasn't expecting it!]
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-21 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It sounds delicious. Help yourself to the bowls and such in the cupboards.

[And as they're cooking, they can chat! Everyone else will be able to hear them from the kitchen, Beiwe is particularly loud and sometimes you gotta yell over a whisk.]

It's difficult to track individual souls, but yes, you're all a little different. Some of you came back as birds, even. I'm sure the Sky Guardian would enjoy it. What were you all calling her now — Aurora?
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-22 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome, thanks-

[He will rummage through her cabinets with reckless abandon. He is also kind of investigating a little, too. What kind of cookware does she use...]

I think so. [Hunter hasn't been around so he's not sure who's working on that project anymore. But, actually-]

Can you tell me a little about her? I got- kind of a vision that makes me wonder if I saw her.
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-24 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She has name-brand Cuisinart stuff in here (no)— it's very much a Nice Kitchen with stainless steel cookware and professional utensils and things like that.]

I can. She's massive — larger than Moder is. Her feathers are mostly red when you look at them straight on, but she's iridescent in the sunlight, and her tailfeathers are made up entirely of long, rainbow plumage. She was quite the kindly Guardian, too, with the patience of a saint and the forgiveness of a much kinder deity than me. I imagine, were she still living, she might even have the power to talk my brother down from his throne.

...somewhat, anyway. It isn't her fault he's on his tirade.
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-24 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Someone who bakes and cooks seriously, he sees, he sees. He has respect for this. Finding everything he needs, he'll get to work. ]

Interesting.

[He tucks all that away for now. But- now there's another question that's cropped up and he simply can't let it lie. Unfortunately his tact tends to leave some to be desired, so hopefully this isn't rude to ask.]

Whose fault is it, then? His? Or...
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-24 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Whose fault for his tirade? ...I think, if I'm honest, it's mine. He always hated humans, whereas I love them — humans and whatever you all became now. I still love you. I'll always love you.

For someone like him, loving something he sees as "lesser" will never, ever, be something he can forgive. In the end, instead of turning my back on mortalkind and letting you all suffer, I chose to stand with you. This pissed him off.

[She grimly starts to fold the pie crust into the mould, fingers patting down the edges so that it bakes evenly and smoothly. There's a frown on her face that she tries, however poorly, to hide.]

It's my fault, so it's my responsibility to deal with him, but my power wanes. He cracked my halo, and he killed Sehul and "Aurora", as you call her. He ended the world once, and after it had healed, he took Moder, Callan, and Sinann as hostages. Those three Guardians are far too young to remember it; Moder was but a baby when Aurora fell from the skies. Right now, I'm afraid that even with Amun-Ra — "Zahliya", you call him — the four remaining Guardians won't survive an all-out attack, should he get bored and decide to end the world again. Perhaps I will not, either.

That's why, unfortunately... I do need your assistance. I reaaaaaaally hate asking for it.
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-25 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, that was all quite candid, actually. Dipper's a little surprised! There's a lot to pick apart that he finds really interesting, but if he dwells too long the conversation will get awkward and he'll realize he's left a huge silent gap in their chat which he can't do. This is a very precious conversation and he needs to make sure he learns as much as possible while he's, you know, baking with God.]

[He thoughtfully chops the pears, tossing them in a bowl with some butter and gobs of cinnamon.]


Huh. So, your brother felt threatened by the attention we were getting and not him, developed an inferiority complex bad enough he wiped out the planet, and rather than let him have his way, you stood up to him. Yet, you're blaming yourself for his actions? B- Lady Beiwe, with all due respect, that's bullshit.

[Pause.]

Look, I'm an advocate for forgiving family, taking responsibility, and working through issues, even after a long, long time. Heck, Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford didn't speak for almost 40-something years but they managed to patch things up. If the bug up his ass literally boils down to throwing a tantrum because he's mad you guys disagree instead of being willing to work through stuff together, maybe ...maybe that really isn't your fault, you know?

Anyway, he sucks and I'm gonna punch him in the face just like I did the last trillion year old chaos god that threatened me.
Edited 2024-09-25 05:14 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-25 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically. He's always treated you humans as ants. Kids see an anthill and hold up a magnifying glass to burn them; he's that, tenfold.

[But what Dipper says next makes her bark out a loud, boistrous laugh.]

It is bullshit! You're right! But I'm his sister, and I'm responsible for wringing his neck and telling him to get over himself, or killing him if I have to. I will always love him, but that doesn't mean I'll like him, or condone his actions.

And just call me "Beiwe", formalities aren't fun, are they?
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-25 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Someone going on a genocidal killing spree against a people he feels is lesser. Yeah, that doesn’t resinate at all with the guy whose family is Jewish.]

Yeah, that pretty much tracks from what I’ve seen of the guy so far. Good to hear it from other sources, too.

[The laugh catches him off guard, but in a good way. He can’t help but grin at that. Ah, well, she’s passed his test.]

I get it. Both as a twin, but also, as someone who is absolutely willing to one-vee-one my great grandfather should his ugly mug ever turn up. Family is family but sometimes they can really suck.
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-26 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, your great grandfather — as I recall, he sucked when his soul was here before your reincarnation, too. I can't recall specific details, but you have my blessing if you decide to shove your fist in his eye!

[You know, if he shows up. Which she hopes he doesn't. But if he did.]
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[personal profile] ghostharasser 2024-09-26 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Preeeeetty telling when you find a house full of your family's photos and there's not a single one of him, right?

[But okay. This conversation has gone well. Dipper is genuinely pleased by who Beiwe is, so he feels a little more okay with what to do with the sun shard.]

Nice. I'll remember that. Anyway, the pie filling's all done.
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[personal profile] sticksandbonesmods 2024-09-30 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfect.

[And then she will hand Dipper the crusts in the pans she was preparing. She'll let him have fun with how he wants the top crust to look. He knows what he's doing.]

We'll get these done pretty quickly after the tops are on. I think you'll find that things don't work exactly how you'd think they do in this realm. ...which is a fun way of me saying my oven is very powerful.