▍A late Walpurgisnacht : BB & Caoimhe Catch All

[amhran]

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walpurgisnacht — a conception most popularly known during the time of April until May. Wherein Christian society wards off witches, or other Gaelic practices are enacted. Within her world it is a time where the pantheon of 12 gods, and their churches. Along with the tuatha de who follow a more druidic faith toward their 3 gods. Come together and celebrate their faiths in harmony, as opposed to being distinctively opposed to one another. There too had been a saint named, Walpurga - but on Caoimhe's world. It was Walpurga who had been the first to bring all faiths together, into one for the night. A woman who was born of Tuatha de, and joined the Pantheon of churches having inevitably became a Saint. Although Caoimhe does not call it a Walpurgisnacht - she instead calls it: Grian na Coille! Let the Grove become the Sun of the Forest.
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If the Flower's ravenous ways, happened around the 15th. With the family meeting happens towards the end of the Month. You can assume many of these catch all prompts, are in-between the both of them. After several exchanges with people within the grove, and what transpired after the past few Months. Caoimhe continues to find herself falling into a hole of worthlessness. It is then by Mizuki's conversation that she is restored and renewed in some way, realizing that she had forgotten her roots as a person and her faith.

Caoimhe lived her long life as an entertainer and someone who brings to everyone smiles, the feeling of home, and warmth to those across all Grandall. Her continent of origin; to think she had forgotten in her travels with her adventuring companions. To here within the Grove, who she was. Surprises her entirely, but in a quick means to regain her composure. Caoimhe uses the opportunity that the trader asks of her - to try to reinstill some of that in the Grove.

Below are prompts, but feel free to create a top level of your own regarding the night she has gathered anyone together. For small celebration of dance, and song she calls it the Grian na Coille! A time where we all must become the Sun of the Forest.

During the time, a certain interloper named BB is beginning to mull over what desires and wants she expects from the living people within this realm. Whether it is she wants to save them, help them, or make their lives more troublesome. Matters not, as this is all but a fleeting consideration in her eyes. That is to say, in order for her to begin planning complicated things. She needs to understand the people who are here, and what boundaries they have... So... She has come be a menace and annoying to you - or maybe you to her. Bb is someone who welcomes all kinds of entertainment.

Nothing here is meant to be a big thing, even her small little celebratory gathering is merely meant to be subtle manner of pulling those together. Caoimhe is not one for big festivities any how, she simply wants for people to come together and find solace in a place that seems to create hardships. Think it more like a group of friends randomly hanging out and deciding: hey lets make this into a ritual. Because that's totally what normal people do. Heh.

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𝐈. I sing because I'm lonely ( OTA )

[amhran]

[ Preparing for her little task!! She is gathering flowers, and has a huge flower basket that she is holding. Wildflowers laying across its worth - where did she get the basket? Of course she made it! If you want to ask her about that you can, or maybe you saw her some time before hand. Making the basket herself. Caoimhe currently is just humming quietly and carefully taking flowers from within the grove.

She seems - very careful about it as well. Mindful and being sure to only take from the wild flowers that are growing in access. Which is precisely why its taking her much longer then normal. Walking around the grove quietly ascertaining the value of her plucking from the wild flowers, or keeping them there.

There is also a goat following behind her, and she speaks outloud to it and anyone who happens to pass by. ]

It will be good to return you to Oliver, I am sure he misses you much as I am sure Midna... Well... They may have let them free, after everything had gone awry.. So it will be nice to see her again.

𝐈𝐈. I close my eyes because I want to listen ( OTA )

[amhran]

[ Here you have a Caoimhe standing in front of you with sparkling eyes. She seems to want to talk to you about something and manages to fit herself before you and ask awkwardly. ]

W-Would you like to join me s-sometime when the begins to set for.. Story sharing and? Song? I-I would hope we would all talk about a moment from our past, share our memories and... Cherish what we can of one another - I-If you would join... And speak of yourself... That would be most... Most delightful! Ah, it will be a time of song and dance - you must dance too! It is to lift your spirits and see to it that your hearts woes may be released into the fires that we will ember there.

[ Caoimhe nods her head sagely. You must come - and dance. Have a fun time. Be mysterious. ]

[cursedwords]

[ Story sharing and song? Toge blinks, eyebrows raised because...well he doesn't sing. Obviously. He also isn't that big on sharing. He shared the barest of thoughts about the disaster in Shibuya, but little else. Most people wouldn't consider asking him to share.

Could he dance? Well. Probably. That he could do.

He seems to be thinking over her question, which is why she doesn't get a verbal response, just a quizzical head tilt. ]

[amhran]

Surely you must have stories on your own world that you can share? It does not have to be of your own life, it can be... Anything like a poem, legend, or even a book you had read!

[ Is her simple response, she looks at him innocently enough. Seemingly undeterred by his inaccessibility to talk - because to her there are always ways around this! ]

[cursedwords]

[ Hmmm, he does. He had a lot of time to read and play video games growing up, trawling Youtube for content.

Toge responds by smiling. ] Salmon.

[ He sounds very agreeable to the idea. He'll need to use his phone for that, but hey, he can manage. ]

[amhran]

Then its settled! [ Caoimhe nods her head, rather excitedly. She offers both her hands to let him lay them there if he would like so she can give them a small squeeze. ] Also, have you danced before?

[cursedwords]

[ He seems a bit puzzled but with light direction he'll give her hand a squeeze, why not.

Has he danced before? ]

Fish flakes. [ He shakes his head, no, not as such. ]

[amhran]

I see! That is okay, it will be a good time to learn to. The motions of your body, when you are - [ Caoimhe takes his own hand that she squeezed, and places it there on his own chest. Redirecting it, as if to let him feel his own body. ] stressed. Stores inside of you, and when you dance you let it goo.

[cursedwords]

[ Toge blinks, thinking about it as he considers what she's saying. He gets it, that kind of release, sure but he gestures.

It's not a very easily understood one though, and he can't just show her, at least, he doesn't think so. He rolls his eyes at himself and pulls out his phone after a moment. ]

I always felt like that when I was doing gymnastics. It's relaxing.

𝐈𝐈𝐈. I check the winds ( OTA )

[amhran]

Ah... This Dance is what the Shopkeeper taught to me... I will show you.. Ah.....

[ She mentioned briefly the time she shared with the Shopkeeper, the dance that they did. Caoimhe insists you join her, and even seems a bit giggly about it - because she feels it truly is a childish like dance. However, that is what this is all about - the need to care little for what was and what could be, and merely do, and live freely.

Now dance silly, and forget who anyone tells you. You need to be. ]

𝐈𝐕. Because I want to feel you just a little closer ( Only to 1 )

[amhran]

[ With the moment held there, and the wild flowers encircling a great area. Cinnamon can be found happily chewing on something left for him to nibble on at the center. Then there is Caoimhe, more simply dressed. I don't post it but she usually actually wears something like this. The coat that goes on top, is discarded along with the layered armor that went with it. It had long been damaged after the exchange from the ravenous flowers. Unfortunately mending did not work quite well with leathers or cloth armors. Rather what Mending as a spell too, is serve as a thread and needle. If an item was wholly damage without replacement or repair, not even Mending could fix it.

That mattered not, anyway. She is standing there offering the other her hand along with a grand smile - seemingly... Uplifted? Glad... In her ]

... I need borrow you for dance, if this is okay, like I had said before. It is... So that ... I can bring home a friend, I have left long before I came here. I mean to return Cinnamon to their owner as well... If you would join me, then I can... Do this much for myself, at least..

me i'm the 1

[simplicitas]

[If Caoimhe is going to dress nice, Elsword will dress semi-decently as well. No armour, since he figured he wouldn't need it for this. He's treating it kind of like a formal event... when invited to dance, that's kind of where his mind went.

Rituals are kind of like formal events if you think really hard about it.]

I can help, yeah. I might not be the best dancer, but... I can give it a shot.

CRYING i sitll cant gte over how cute elsword is

[amhran]

[ Caoimhe's eyes look him over, and she finds herself a bit more excited by the prospect of dancing! ]

Elsword, you look so lovely tonight! I am so surprised, the cloth you wear fits your figure so well! [ She says these words so effortlessly because to her they are mere truths and hold no means of wanting something in return from them. Caoimhe feels and acts genuinely always- and in this moment she is excitedly looking to her friend and all that he wears! Rizzing him up. LMAO. ] What dance do you know? Really, all that matters is - you feel it from your soul and you let your body move freely!

[simplicitas]

[Elsword nods in thanks. He's no fashion expert, but he thought this fit the general mood.]

Um... I don't know anything formal. I know some from the music we have on Elrios, though.

[None of it is folk music or anything like that, his group has passed through areas with folk song and learned dances, but that was a long time ago. Elsword in fact knows... K-pop dances. Which he will demonstrate. At least he puts heart into it and doesn't look as flatly emotionless as normal?

Anyway hey did you know BTS is canon to this game yeah I wish I didn't know that—]

[amhran]

[ WHOA LOOK AT THOSE MOVES! Caoimhe is amazed, she watches with such careful eyes but frankly she could never match their steps. Every part of her knows though, that if Maeve were here. She would be able to absolutely within seconds - Caoimhe though attempts a bit. ]

Hm... Like this...

[ Do not ask her to even get the hip part going but at least she can twirl. It doesn't matter because the whole point of this was to have fun, and she starts to giggle warmly. ]

I feel like Mizuki should join us.

[simplicitas]

[Based on this dance we can assume Elsword has mad hip game, so good luck Add—

Anyway, it seems much more loose and freeing when Caoimhe dances, so Elsword sort of improvises, matching her twirling and cadence up until he holds his hand out to her so they can make it a joint dance. It's kind of like being kids, he thinks. They're just moving to their own beat.]

Yeah? Do you think he likes dancing?

[Holds his arm up to spin her]

[amhran]

[ It is exactly that - but the beautiful thing about feeling that this moment is so much like being children. Is that we are all children in our hearts, and as we move or sway - what you bring about is that inner child to come forth and let them live in the moment. Especially if you are one whose childhood was taken from you too soon, or were never really able to live as one. ]

I think he does! Hehe... [ Caoimhe Joins him, and excitedly pulls him around. Let them twirl and dance about. She will do this with the other for as long as he'd like. They can even change it into something new!

Then when he moves to spin her, she lets him. Letting out a bout of giggles that tickle her stomach and make her truly fill with glee. ]

𝐈. On the low, only love myself, no more ( OTA )

[devilishkouhai]

Fuwaaaa ~~ !! [ BB trips and casually throws herself into your arms! Or maybe falls flat on the floor, you get to decide. ] Catch meee - oh nooo ~~!!

[cursedwords]

[ Toge has fighter's reflexes and he's just going to scoot out of the way quick enough not to catch her. He's not even sorry. ]

Tuna mayo. [ Conversationally, but he moves his incomplete arm. He only has one arm, what do you want him to do~?

Sure. He could catch her, but he doesn't want to, so he makes a joke instead. ]

[devilishkouhai]

BWEEH!!!

[ BB falls flat on the FLOOR!! With the loudest most dramatic crashing sfx sound anyone person who had been nearby could swear to feel the whole INN shake. ]

UWA!!! WHAT WAS THAT FO-- oh its just you.

[ At first she seemed to want to throw a fit and tantrum, but she is immediately without care of the world seeing his arm flop about. ]

Wow - that's ruuuude. You would let that stop you from your anime protag moment of catching a girl with your one arm? It would have been so cool - the fans would have loved it!!!

[ What fans!??!? You are in a pocket dimension full of horrors. Girl please. ]

[cursedwords]

[ Toge looks very amused, and not the least bit offended. ]

Salmon. [ Yep, he's going to let go of his anime protag dreams. He's not the protag type, unfortunately. And he definitely has no fans, please. ]

Tuna mayo. [ Maybe she shouldn't just throw herself at random people. Just a suggestion. ]

[devilishkouhai]

WHAT? BB can do damn well what she pleases. [ BB speaks as if she can understand what the other says - and unfortunately so long as you speak his truths within brackets. The power of fourth wall breaking is in her hands. ] You just need to have better priorities straight, like saving a girl when she is falling!!!

[cursedwords]

Tuna mayo. [ Her being a girl has no bearing on anything, frankly. If he tried to catch Maki, he'd catch a bo to the face. ]

[devilishkouhai]

UGH!! I need to train you and teach you some manners. [ Both hands were promptly at her waist, and she was looking at him most admonished! Is she off the ground? Doesn't matter she is now. ]

First of all, you can't just sit there!! [ Stand there. ] Thinking life is just going to end up giving you LEMONS! You need to take them!! YOU NEED TO EMBRACE THE LEMONS - AND CATCH A GIRL WHEN SHE FALLS!!!

𝐈𝐈. Take you to the grave I'll ghost ( OTA )

[devilishkouhai]

[ BB decided to invite herself to this little - gathering of dancing and singing. Caoimhe's little: Grian na Coille! BB can be spotted some ways away from the warm fire at the center, flowers seem to be everywhere... Spooky, kinky even. She will dance, maybe twerk - you don't know her. ]

Hmmm . . . What happens if we accidentally summon Satan?