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Myrobalan Shivana ([personal profile] faithlikeaseed) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2020-10-31 01:33 pm

Out of the mid-wood's twilight into the meadow's dawn | OTA

Who: fauns fauns FAUNS (and their enablers) (and anyone else)
When: Octeuril 31st
Where: The Haven
What: Somebody set up a trap specifically designed for Fauns. Or tried, anyway.
Warnings: F for Faunery; warnings per thread as needed!


It's a lovely day in Aefenglom and you are a horrible beautiful Faun.

Somewhere between the evening of the 30th and the midnight advent of the 31st, a disused corner of the Haven has turned into a patch of cultivated wilderness. Somewhere a little after midnight on the 31st, and the beginning of the full moons, several Fauns (and one or two others, Monsters and Witches alike) received an enthusiastic if slightly garbled written invitation to come see what awaits.

Gourd vines of all descriptions drape an abandoned cottage, its floating terraces, and half of a nearby house. Flowers in a riot of colors decorate them, some glowing softly and others exuding a fragrant perfume. The fruits hanging pendant or nestled on the ground defy description and beg to be tasted: There are tiny pumpkins no larger than grapes, thin-skinned and sweet, while massive savory marrows lurk in the underbrush to trip the unwary. A rare fist-sized specimen glimmers with enchantment and grants a rush of energy when eaten--along with fleeting, unpredictable changes (horns, fur, hooves) that make one a little more faunish for an hour or two.

Cheap furniture, clotheslines, and hanging sheets have been used to roughly shape the vines into an impromptu maze. The design's irregular, wandering, like whoever planned the corridors couldn't see what he was doing. It wanders in and out of the cottage, pouching into dead-ends and cozy little clearings that might fit two comfortably and three if they're familiar. Some of them have benches in them; others, piles of pillows; and still others are carpeted in thick and flowering moss. Heavy quilts in a riot of colors and patterns can be found neatly folded in the buildings, waiting for chilled revelers to find them. There are also covered braziers for the truly cold, though they seem powered by magic and not by flame.

Food and drink are lavishly if haphazardly provided, spread out through the bowers like a treasure hunt. Casks of mead with cups attendant, bowls of honey candy and glazed nuts, fruit both fresh and dried, and a variety of different sorts of cheese provide an ample repast (so long as one's not hungry for blood or meat). Entertainment's on the guests to provide, with simple musical instruments (mostly pipes, an occasional lap-harp) gracing many of the grottos; others have toys and games, of varieties both innocent...and not...strewn about them.

There are also oddities here and there in the maze, like the bower where someone took painstaking care to tie a half-hundred feathers to the low vine ceiling. Another nook teams with stingless bees of all varieties during the day. What else might await someone who's looking?
petcromancer: (S3 collar)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2020-11-03 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Crocodiles aren't one of those ones that eat their mates, right?

[He hasn't lived anywhere where they are native, so his knowledge of them is limited to medieval texts and his previous interactions with Saori, to be honest.]

needsteaplz: (Smile/lol)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2020-11-03 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Saori lets out a small, but fox like laugh. ]

Relax, Hector, they don't. Trust me, I would've told you to run if that was the case a long, long time ago. Though something tells me that probably wouldn't have stopped you from trying to sate your curiosity.

petcromancer: (worry)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2020-11-03 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Fauns are categorically insatiable.

[As if he can blame his monsterhood and not his own damned nature for his curiosity.]

Are you warm enough now? It's not so bad out of the wind, but I'm not partially cold-blooded.
Edited 2020-11-03 18:00 (UTC)
needsteaplz: (Default)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2020-11-04 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
I think as long as there's no frost out here, I should be fine. Though if I get a little sluggish and it's obviously not from the wine, I'll need a hand in warming up. Sure there's plenty of blankets around here, but where's the fun in that?

[ She takes a sip of her wine. ]

Though I'm curious about one thing. If majority of the faun's mating season is now...wouldn't your own faun instincts be kicking in right now too?
petcromancer: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2020-11-05 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I... have felt more of them, of late, but I also keep myself very well fed.

[He curls in closer to Saori's side, sharing his warm, woolen body heat with her.]

Maybe it helps that I'm a more 'domestic' species.

[He prefers to be taken care of, not to fight.]
needsteaplz: (*sparkles*)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2020-11-07 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Just remember it's okay to give into those instincts now and then because suppressing them forever tends to backfire in the worst way possible.

[Saori cracks a smile and even reaches to squeeze him a little closer because yay body heat and honestly she can't say no to a cuddle session.

Well fed? Oh, so you have some Bonds now? That's good. I was getting a bit worried.
petcromancer: (S3 thinking)

[personal profile] petcromancer 2020-11-08 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, worry not, I do plenty of faun revelry, just not the violent bits.

[Drinking, partying, and sex enough to quell any instinct to ram his head into another charging faun.]

And yes, two permanent and a temporary witch bond. It... happened very quickly. But it's been good.