2023.03.17 Damon's Dream Dance

2023.03.17 Damon’s Dream Dance
The Beaumayn noble begins his Dream Dance at Dasia’s new place of business, and fae flock to experience the outburst of Glamour and help the fledge.
IC Date	03.17.23
Players	Caressa, Clementine, Damon Carillo, Dasia, Deirdre, Erin, Janneke , Keira, Kieran, Oswald, Rosa, Sebastian
Location	Shaherazaad’s
Spheres	Changeling Mage

Why are we at Scheherazade's? Well, it's under renovation so Dasia can shoo out the few customers that might have wandered in. There's also the gardens, which are peaceful enough, and also separated from the still-open side of the 'market', that sells authentical herbs and spices and is getting ready to step up for Ramadan. This year, starting March 22nd! It can't close down, and it seems insane that the restaurant has closed so close to the beginning of the holiday.

Also, they are here because it is where Damon's fae-soul first began to peek through his Seeming. So maybe that will help with JJ and her Omen reading? It's nice though, as the gardens begin to dream about an older time and start flourishing into the chimerical world, if only a little bit. Nothing terribly major, no hanging gardens here. Yet, anyway.

Anyway, Dasia is being the homely one now. Not homely, really, since this is a place of business, but she is bringing some suitably thematic treats. A plate of Ma'amoul... dates breaded and turned into cookies, a variety of teas and lemonades. Nothing terribly fancy, but then, it's not time for her grand opening either, now is it?

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Deirdre swaggers into the renovated restaurant. It's hard to miss what has been going on. "Okay, what happened? Did Luke Skywalker make another appearance in a TV show?"

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Ah, Shaherazaad's. Or Scheherazade's. Or Shirazad's. Or شيرازاد's. Or maybe it's just Shaky Zod's Shake Shack. Whatever. It's a place where people have accumulated for JJ to rolls some bones, or read some bones. Roll some cards? Card some teens? Something, yeah. Kee's been kind of out of things for the last while, but she's turned up more or less on-time for JJ's thing, even if she's still moving a bit slow and is nursing a flask of (no shit) club soda laced with alka-seltzer.

Yeah, that flask is mostly air.

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JJ comes in, carrying a tote bag full of ritual tools, all part of the Seer's art. She's wearing a loose kimono-style shacket over her jeans and velvet top, the kimono embroidered with celestial features and patterns. She asks Sebastian, "I grabbed both the Smith-Waite and the Mucha decks, right?" Like he knows? Poor guy, dealing with a worried Seer. She blinks at the question from Deirdre and says, "Uhhhh, no, we got a Dream Dance happening. Soon, if not now..." Kee's hung-over look brings worry to her expression as well. Shit, is *everyone* in need of Boggan Attention? She looks around, finally noticing the garden, and says, "Oh, man, this place smells delicious."

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Erin arrives with Eric after having called JJ and her telling her where they are going to be. She said she come check on Damon so that's what they are doing here. She is followed by the cat that thing is always with her. She blinks as she looks around and gives a little wave "Hello" she greets. She did bring with her this time a stroller and the usual diaperbag/backpack is there as she's holding the little one.

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Oswald is helping with construction and renovation. Lifting Heavy things! Reaching High places! But then a tray with snacks and lemonade comes out and it’s time for a break so he comes over towards it "Ahhhhh. Something cold would be wonderful."

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Rosa makes her way to the garden, she slithers along easily, the snake pooka pauses a moment to see who she might know and she sticks to the back, apparently no one grabbing her attention.

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Sebastian peers over JJ's shoulder, considering. "Well, you brought two different art styles, and the one I recognize is /probably/ Smith-Waite? So you're probably doing 50-50 at worst." Note to self: you've got an actual proper job, now it's time to save up for a phone. Would let you answer questions like that faster. Rosa just looked at you.

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Damon nerves are up, tense and he seems ill at ease about the whole situation, so much so that he has brought his newfound cousin by kith relation Caressa. The whole instability of his nature, the wyld outburst of energy, and the shifting of personalities have been a challenging ordeal, to say the least. With Caressa on his arm, he steps into the garden, "Here we go." He looks for Janneke and Dasia first and foremost.

Seeing so many arriving, maybe sensing something has the man certainly on edge, both sides of him, "So.. Did we set up a party for me.. Or is something going down that I need to know about." His tone was filled with fear. The changes are clear to see for anyone with a pair of eyes, human or otherwise, His seeming bleeding through the mist like an open wound. His beauty is unable to mask in the least bit at this point. One thing is center he is close to that moment.

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"A dream dance! Hella cool. I've never been to one of those." Deirdre certainly didn't get one herself. "So, whadda we do?" the Selkie asks, going to get some lemonade. Hopefully it's proper lemonade, and nothing from a powder.

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Erin moves out of the way finding some off spot to sit with Eric as people arrive.

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Janneke smiles at Sebastian's reply. "Ah, that's good enough. He feels like a Mucha deck, but the Smith-Waite is Old Reliable." She offers hello waves to everyone, and smiles, and greetings. She tells Deirdre, "It's... usually a lot less expected, but he's been going through it for a couple of days now." the words 'poor fella' are understood there.

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Clementine comes into the place (however it is being spelled today!) and has brought some more of her extended family with her tonight. She also has a bag over her shoulder, that seems to have many round-like-things moving around inside of it. Good thing it is zipped shut! "Oh oh! I hope we are not late!"

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Caressa has a large, white, lion-looking dog with garnet colored eyes walking on the opposite side of her. Occasionally her thumb rubs along a small spot on Damon's arm, a little gesture of comfort. "Oh, my. You have become popular rather quickly." She's a little surprised to run into everyone here. She stays with him but will easily and readily let him go when he wishes to. Her other hand is holding a chain that seems attached to the dog, though it is extremely thin for such a big creature.

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Kieran finds herself someplace to sit, off in the back where she's not going to be in the way, but close enough that if there's a sudden need to rabble, she's on that shit. For now, though, just still nursing the hangover juice.

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Rosa tilts her head a little and the snakes in her hair move to look over Sebastian, she shifts a little closer to him "hey you." she says quietly her attention moves over him and the boggan he stands close to, she seems to respect them before those eyes of hers flicker over to the others, her attention moves over to Damon and she eyes him with quiet anticipation.

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Erin gives Kee a smile as she bounces Eric a little on her lap "A lot of people huh?"

Kringer (the cat that came in with Erin) notices the dog and jumps up into the stroller watching the dog. His tail sways.

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Sebastian knows that voice. Instinctively, he rests a hand on Janneke's shoulder. "JJ, have you met Rosa?" Welcome to every man's worst nightmare, population you, Seb.

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Deirdre goes to take a seat by Kieran. She's pretty clueless as to what is going on at the moment, and in the true tradition of Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way, the sailor choses option 3 for the moment. "Fuck, you look worse than me, gal."

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Damon says, “It would seem so.. I don't know half of these people..." his eyes dance from person to person, "Erin? I.. didn't know.. I am sorry for not making it to work.." He shakes his head and just say "thank you" to Erin before moving over to Janneke and taking a few steps away from Caressa, "I will be fine. Thank you for being here with me." He nods to her with a uncertain smile before looking to Janneke again, "So how do we do this?" His eyes look to her for knowledge and wisdom.”

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Dasia is here in more than just copy/paste form from JJ. Lemonade is brought, but it's the lightly flavored/rosewater kind for the moment. More bite-sized snacks (and maybe even proper food for Oswald, since he's been working diligently with physical labor and all). And as awkward as that sounds, the fact that she's doing it with her unhelpful fashionista CLAWS click-clicking against everything, well. That makes things extra tricky. She's just about as flustered as JJ at Reves, and there aren't even normal patrons here, yet! Eric does get a specific little detour, because he NEEDS that tiny toy scimitar that totally isn't enchanted or anything. Not yet.

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Caressa sends him away with a smile, "You'll be fine, just breathe. Karma's on our side." She chuckles, a joke somehow? "I'll just be," She glances around, "there." She head bobs towards what she finds for seating that still gives her a good view. She goes to settle. The dog laying his head in her lap once she's settled. "Oh crud, I forgot to get some tea." Oh well.

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Oswald is not hard to please, some meat and cheese on a roll makes for filling calories and a large mug of lemonade with ice. He finds himself a seat out of the way and settles in, content to socialize with those that come by him. Safer that way.

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Erin gives Dee a smile as she comes over to join them "Hi" she keeps bouncing Eric in her lap who seems to be laughing. She looks over to Damon and gives him a little smile before she nods to him.

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Keira slips into the garden as she looks around curiously. She spots a couple of familiar faces so the hesitancy fades and she enters to head over towards Erin, "Hey." Her smile warm for the woman and the infant.

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Janneke smiles at Rosa and murmurs a, "Hi, I'm JJ," before the pooka is moving on. It's a good night for meeting people; the power of a Dream Dance draws the fae together. She snags a glass of the lemonade, hands it to Sebastian, and then grabs another for herself. Aww, how sweet! She looks around at the gathered folk, and sort of tries to guide people toward the largest clear space in the area, to make a circle. Or something like it. "Damon," she calls out, "I brought all the Seer tools, we're doing this look into your fate whenever we can all be ready."

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Erin smiles at Keira "Hey, how are you doing? Come join us " but then JJ is trying to get them to make a circle. She stands up and gives Keira a hug before she also hugs Kee because Kee loves hugs and she must not go without a hug and winks at them "Guess we are making a circle" she still stays back.

Kringer keeps himself in the stroller just watching, people and now and then the dog.

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Janneke digs into her tote bag once she gets people moving, or some of them, at least. She draws out a series of small paintings done in acrylic paint, each about the size of a sheet of printer paper. On each is an imagine of a symbol surrounded by images -- a planetary symbol, one for each planet around the earth, plus the sun and the moon. Each of the images has symbolic images: Mercury's has telephone poles, cell towers, a phone, and a packet of letters, for examples. Jupiter's bears clovers, coins, a horseshoe, and a Lucky Cat, among other luck symbols.

She hrms and begins to assign images to people based on their position in the room, trying to roughly approximate the positions of the planets in the sky relative to one another. She actually tugs people into position, if they allow it, bringing forward chairs or stools to help keep the positions.

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Kieran nods to Erin's statement about there being a lot of people. "And more coming, it looks like." She sounds worn, and at least as tired as she looks, as she agrees with Deirdre as well, "Yeah... I think the crappy apartment complex is starting to really... sink in, you know? I gotta find a better place. Something less... stifling." As someone she doesn't know comes over by Erin and the rest of them, she offers a small wave.

"Hell-URK..." Kee finds herself suddenly hugged, and croaks, "Dee's th'one who... hugs... " She does, however, start to get up, "But yeah... circkle... thing..." Huh? (Type “help” for help.)

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"I'd offer a bunk on my ship, but there's not really any room unless you want to chip in when we sail. Somehow, I don't think that appeals to you. Though, I can tell you that there's nothing banal about the sea!" Deirdre smiles to her friend. It can certainly blow to have a shitty place to sleep. "There's a hell of a lot of people here. Does this normally happen for a dream dance?"

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Rosa rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 2 successes.
2 3 +9 +9 <-------------=============++++++++++++++++++++++++=============------------->

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"It does if they're lucky," Sebastian offers to Deirdre. "Way I hear it, a lot of the ones we lose are because we don't get to them in time and it drives them mad, or someone or something /else/ gets to them while they're most vulnerable."

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Rosa was not moving on all to quickly though as Janneke hands off the lemonade the snakes in her hair do a doubletake. "Mmm you’ve got a new girl?" she asks softly to Sebastian, "well, that’s..... niccccce." she says before she turns to find herself somewhere else to stand. She looks, sulky.

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Damon step into the center of the floor and takes a place at the blanket that has been setup for the reading, he watches as JJ go from place to place, moving people, posting things. He just watches it all with a careful eye as if this was all strange, unique and utterly alien too him, "Right here?" he points to the blanket below him before taking a deep breath in and out, as if a wave of pain hit him for a moment.

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Erin looks to Kee and gives a wince "Well i can offer you an apartment over a pet shop if you want till you have a place settle or my office at work" she nodsnods. As she turns to see what JJ is doing.

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As soon as she has at least some folks in place, JJ digs into The Boggan Bag again, and this time, she draws out a folded lightweight tapestry, which she shakes out and lays on the floor. It's round, silky, with a pentacle printed on it, probably six feet across. She lays it on the ground and motions Damon forward. "Have a seat at the point of the star," she says, showing him precisely where.

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Caressa uses Karma to stand up again. "You hold my seat." She tells the dog before waddling away to get some tea, then returning to her seat. She reaches into her purse, pulls out what appears to be a very vibrant fig, and lets the dog eat it. Now she can sit contentedly, sipping her tea, watching, waiting, listening. Most importantly observing, everything, everyone.

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Dasia stops wandering as JJ settles in and gets The Things ready. "Any last-minute stuff you need? Bowl of water, that sort of thing?"

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Keira hugs Erin, "New faces are always fun." then looks towards JJ as she motions for people to come join the circle. Straightening up again she moves over to join, parking where she's directed to. Writing reality out to disk. Please wait... Reality saved. Thank you for your patience.

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The Selkie doesn't trust herself to participate in the slightest with this whole, confusing thing. And maybe some part of her is resentful. After all, there wasn't some amazing party when she got the skin. Fae didn't come from miles around. But this new guy is the center of attention, all of a sudden. So, Deirdre just watches everything happening with an impassive visage.

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Clementine has not seen any sort of reading done in a long time, so it interests her. Although her bag seems to be wanting to get loose from her grip and she has to hand it off to one of her cousins that came with her. It takes two of them to actually contain it for now, since Persy is not here yet with her knitting needles.

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Erin leans to whisper to Keira and then gestures to people as she seems to be telling her who they are so not to interrupt what JJ is doing.

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"Naw, I have everything, thanks, Dasia..." She flashes a quick smile to the Eshu. The next thing JJ does is to draw forth two tarot decks, examine them both, and toss one back into the bag. "Smith-Waite," she says firmly, and then begins to lay out the cards in a Celtic Cross spread, upper card toward Damon. She flips a card over to serve as Significator, knowingly: The Sun. She tucks that card into the pocket of Damon's shirt, and then begins to flip cards as she sings, "When the moon, is in the seventh house... and Jupiter aligns with Mars..."

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Damon moves as directed by JJ, "Ok, Do I need to clear my mind or breath a certain way or what? first reading I have ever had." he just let the Boggan lead the show as he is the one bleeding glamour. "I.. feel like I am on display here? did I do something wrong?" he looks to Dasia and JJ as if this was very nerve racking, but when she starts the reading he fall silent and listens to her speak.

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Kieran isn't taking any of /that/ crap. No no no. Deirdre gets tugged right along with the rest of them, as the clurichaun mutters, "Fucked if I know. Only one of these I've seen was mine, and it happened at junior prom. Was kind'a a mess, turned into a gym-clearing brawl. So c'mon, just soak up the free sparklies..."

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Oswald takes a sip of his drink before taking up the base line with a low rumbling bass voice "Then peace will guide the planets, And love will steer the stars." He's seen much over the decades but some things are always special and always made time for when he can.

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Janneke rolls Soothsay(5) + Fae(5) (10 dice) vs 5 for 6 successes.
2 3 3 4 +5 +6 +7 +9 +10 +10
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Dasia nods and moves into whatever place JJ assigns her to. You would think the mystic from the middle east would know how fortunes work. YOU WOULD BE MKSTAKEN. "Uh... is it another sing-along?" she asks, metallic bronze skin paling a little. Worst Eshu Ever.

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Deirdre shrugs out of Kee's grip. "I can soak them up just as well from over here." she says.

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Caressa rolls Perception + Awareness vs 8 for 5 successes.
1 2 6 +9 +9 +9 +10 +10 10
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Janneke sings, continuing, "This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius! The Age of Aquarius....!" It's just about then where things... get weird.

When JJ attempts to Augury Damon, something, uh.... Tricksy(tm) happens. Some might call it bad, but that's subjective. Tricksy(tm) is totally an OBJECTIVE thing for something to be.

Lord Casimir comes to the fore. There is also some wind that the plants here do not like, but the sudden out-pouring of Glamour starts to wake the dreaming them even more. Gosh, they're growing into some pretty PRIMAL specimens that will need to be dealt with soon. A bunch of overgrown plants that won't be too dangerous when the mists settle back onto them. For now though...

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Kieran rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 2 successes.
2 2 5 5 +9 +10
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Erin looks over to Dee "Would you care to hold him?" she gestures to Dee "Also have something for you in the car when we finish so don't duck out on us" she winks. She ohs as things really start and tilts her head a little bit.

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Erin rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 -1 2 4 4 5 5 5 6
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Deirdre rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 6 successes.
3 +6 +7 +8 +8 +10 +10
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Keira rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 5 successes.
+6 +7 +9 +10 +10
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Clementine rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 2 successes.
1 1 5 +6 +6 8 9
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Oswald rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 2 2 2 3 4 +7 +7 +9 9
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Dasia rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 4 successes.
2 2 2 +6 +7 +10 +10
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Caressa watches closely, resting her mug on her belly. The Sun, she smiles her approval. She knows her tarot. She maybe hummed a little bit along with JJ, very quietly and then..a single brow raises. She keeps a close eye on the proceeding, scooting to the edge of her seat, as prim and proper as her belly will allow. Even the perfect duchess slant of her legs with crossed ankles.

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"You sure? I might run off with him," Deirdre jokes to Erin. "But really, you don't want to trust me with a baby, at all. I don't trust me with a baby." She raises her hands and backs up in a totally don't want a part of that.

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Sebastian rolls Perception + Kenning vs 6 for 3 successes.
3 3 4 +9 +9 +10
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Damon has gone bye bye, Lord Casimir has come out to play and he is PISSED, The Autumn Sidhe rises to his feet, "HOW DARE YOU DO THIS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!" He is beyond reason or logic, he is just permission beauty, passion and fiery pissed off nobility at the moment, "My fate has already been set before me, you dare think you know better?!?!" He is ever hot when he is angry, maybe more so now.

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Erin rolls Dexterity + Dodge vs 6 for 2 successes.
1 2 3 4 5 +7 +9 9
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Deirdre rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 6 for 2 successes.
2 +7 +9
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Kieran rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 5 +6 +10 +10
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Clementine rolls Dexterity + Crafts vs 6 for 2 successes.
1 3 5 +6 +6 9
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Keira rolls Pyretics + Prop vs 6 for 4 successes.
3 +7 +8 +10 +10
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"Man, I picked the wrong day to not have a sword!" Deirdre says, rolling away from the plants. "Actually, I picked the wrong day to get out of bed."

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Janneke rolls Dexterity(2) + Dodge(2) (4 dice) vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 4 5 +6
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Janneke is there at Ground Zero of Pissed-Off Sidhe Lord in Full Effect. She screams as the plants come to life and says, "I wasn't changing your fate! I was peeking at it to see what would happen!" She's desperately trying to get away from the plant tendrils, rolling to one side. Oops. So much for that tarot layout! "FUCK!"

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Clementine sees things turning differently here, and she reaches back to her cousins and takes her bag back. And oh does it want to get released. A quick unziiiip of the bag and out comes flying many small balls of yarn! Bouncing around, knocking into vines, and just adding to the chaos. BUT the Boggan has a plan! Working with a speed of hand most do not see, she pulls out a crochet hook and is literally grabbing yarn, and crocheting it around, and attaching the yarn balls to various vines, creating a webbing due to the chimera within the balls of yarn and their movement as well. When one tries to distract her, she just bumps them away!

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Keira makes a sound akin to a squeak as the plants get froggy. She scoots back and reaches out to grab a stick from the ground, starting to snap her fingers at the end of it as little sparks come from the tips. It takes her a couple of tries but the end of the wood catches fire, and after standing she uses that to keep them back should they try to approach.

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Sebastian rolls Wayfare + Fae vs 8 for 0 successes.
2 3
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Kieran pulls JJ clear of the grasping vines and chomping massive flytrap-like things and other Jumanji-esque evil plantmonsters from maybe another dimension... I mean, there's definitely dream-stuff here, but it /is/ a garden, who the hell knows where these things came from, really? Regardless, the Seer is kinda important here, so JJ finds herself hauled backwards by a rather /rude/ hand in her hair.

Of course, that leaves /Kieran/ kind of exposed and defenseless as the vines start wrapping around her legs, but hey, /somebody's/ gotta be the hero here!

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Well, it's as good an excuse as any for Sebastian to try out that new art he's been working on. "Go go Gadget springs!" he says, crouching down and jumping up... and clearing the ground by all of a foot. Okay, never mind that, he'll just run over and try to tackle one of the plants at the base instead.

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Sebastian rolls Dexterity + Brawl vs 6 for 2 successes.
2 +10 +10
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Erin had turn to address Dee with the baby when things came she blinks as she moves out of the way of some angry plant and looks around "Ok well dang it" Most of these she's been too there was no attacking plants but now. She waves the cat over who brings the stroller. She places the baby into it. Closing the sun screen on it. It must be protected of course. She keeps dodging out of the way as plants come to try and hit the stroller. The baby is still giggling. well till mom puts him in the stroller.

Kringer also goes into defense mood and swats at the vines keeping Erin and Eric safe.

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Oswald rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 5 for 7 successes.
1 3 +5 +5 +6 +8 +9 +9 +10 10
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Janneke yelps and gets pulled back; she grabs for her tote and gets out the ritual knife she hadn't used yet. Well, now it's time for some EXTREME HORTICULTURE!

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Oswald rolls 2 vs 5 for 2 successes.
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Oswald rolls 1 vs 5 for 1 successes.
+5
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Janneke rolls Dexterity(2) (2 dice) vs 7 for 0 successes.
2 3
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Oswald usually moves slow and careful, he doesn't want to apply his strength where it doesn't belong. But now people are in danger and its time to get faster. Surging to his feet, Oz draws his broadsword (which large for him would be a great sword for anyone else) and he reaches to swing in defense of Kieran, looking to Daisa as the blades edge cleaves some of the grasping vines and knicks the floor "I apologize in advance, this might get....untidy." Caressa loses one Willpower <---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======--->
Caressa rolls Arete vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 4 4 5 +7 <-------------=============++++++++++++++++++++++++=============------------->


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<---======##===========[ Proving specialty for Oswald ]===========##======---> Status: APPROVED by WhoopingCrane on Wed Oct 03 20:54:57 2018 MELEE: Swords <-------------=============++++++++++++++++++++++++=============------------->


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Rosa watches as everyone fights the vines and the man who had magic spilled upon him without asking.. she grins at the chaos and she sings "Little shop, little shop of horrors bop de bop ..." she sings softly as a vine reaches out to her

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Damon starts storm toward JJ with the Ire of a Dragon that has just watched all of his gold be stolen, "I have said once before I was destiny to die alone, to be alone. there is no star in the night or no card in the fates that can change that curse upon me." The plants themselves seem obvious to the Dark Lord himself, "Now what do you have to say for yourself?" He looks around to the plants reacting and attack, it give him a moment to pauses, "This isn't my way... This isn't who I am." He closes his eyes in pain as there seems to be struggle from within.

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Caressa rolls Arete vs 6 for 5 successes.
+8 +9 +9 +10 +10
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Dasia rolls Dexterity + Dodge vs 6 for 2 successes.
3 5 +9 +9
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Caressa watches all the plants and all the chaos. She inhales, "Karma, get over here." She pats her hip as she focuses her will. Willing all the plants back into their natural places. Willing them all back into nice little plants...as plants should be.

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The selkie gets between herself and the new Fae, who is an asshole. "Whoa, hey there, dude. Shit's getting crazy; everyone here showed up to try and help you, and in case you missed it, we're under attack from crazy plants."

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Deirdre rolls Empathy + Manipulation vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 2 2 3 5 +6 8
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Rosa rolls Primal + 1 vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 5 +6 8
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Janneke rolls Charisma(4) + Expression(1) (5 dice) vs 6 for 2 successes.
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Rosa continues to singsong, its not that great but it is what it is from little shop of hororrors to "There are Giants in the sky... there are great big terrible giants in the sky......" And she manages to deflect one vine coming to her ... well at least for the moment.

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Erin watches as Deirdre comes to get in the way of Mister lord Hot Tightpants. She keeps dodging out of plants way till Caressa does whatever she just did and looks over to her. She glances over to Oswald and gives him a smile before looking back to Keira and Kee making sure they are ok.

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Keira appears to be doing just fine, but she's largely focused on keeping the plants back rather than diving in with her bit of fire to do any bapping.

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Janneke calls out, "Lord Casimir, CUT THE CRAP! You're going to KILL US ALL!" Well, okay, that wasn't the most charming act of persuasion, but girl's just gotten attacked by the plants and dragged by her hair, and she's Not. Fucking. Happy. She's batting at the plants helplessly with her ritual knife when... the plants CALM.

Suddenly, the plants go back to being... plants. Normal, ordinary Planty McPlanterson Plants.

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As the plants fade back to their previous state, at the point where the pentagram cloth lies, there is a previously unseen path winding further into the garden. And it keeps going beyond where the wall would normally stand. A rath has opened, continuing on into the Dreaming.

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Clementine has done her best to tie up, crochet, and unleash her spirited yarn balls on this problem (did she anticipate this problem, or just come prepared in case?), and then start to calm down, and really have made the plants much more colorful with all shades of neon now all around them.

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Sebastian was doing a decent job of holding that one plant back, at least, until it suddenly disappears from within his arms (more or less) and he trips backwards. "Oh, hey," he offers to Lord Casimir, "the way I heard it? This Dream Dance /started/ with you. I dunno, maybe fate is the one who disagreed with your plan."

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Kieran finds herself dragged halfway across the garden by the plants, and has /just/ gotten her sword freed from its scabbard to start swinging wildly at everything below her feet... when there is nothing below her feet, because all the plants have reverted to Planty McPlanterpants. So her wild, desperate swing just winds up twisting her around so she's face down on the pavement, butt in the air, muttering about dirty stinking rotten plants not playing fair.

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Janneke exhales and begins to gather up her tarot deck -- is it forever cursed to be The Deck of Hell Plants? She looks very unhappy as she picks up her things. Frowny Boggan is frowny. She stuffs it all loosely back into the tote, and then snatches the card back from Damon's pocket. "Congratulations," she says, too brightly to be genuinely nice, "We have a rath. And I have no idea where it goes."

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Rosa looks over to Sebastian as he mentions the dance, she looks over to the Lord and she tilts her head his way "now now..." she grins softly "lets explore it".. so says the pooka.

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"Erin, we need to Evac Eric right the fuck now. Before something else goes wrong." Deirdre has good training for crisis situations. She's not lost her head. The Selkie runs over to the stroller. "Let's go. NOW!"

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Caressa pulls another fig from her purse and gives it to the dog. "Thank you, old friend." Her violet-silver gaze is searching for Damon and where he has gone, or Casimir, whomever he is at this moment. She doesn't run from the chaos, but towards it. "Lord Casimir?" Slowly. "Shall we go for a walk? Yes?"

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Erin looks around and nods to Dee "I'm with you" and she turns to leave with Eric the cat following them though on a more defensive following.

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Everyone knows you shouldn't explore a rather with 0 planning. Except for Pooka. And sidhe who have yet to undergo the fosterage. :I've got them," Dasia says, having dipped and ducked some plant vines being, uhhhhh... Wyrd. "You help watch over the rest."

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Keira watches the plants go back to being themselves, lowering the stick to the ground so she can pat out the flame. Her eyes trail over towarads the now open rath and she just shakes her head lightly. "I have...Horrendous luck diving into random doorways. I think I'm going to sit this part out." She turns to follow after Erin and co.

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Damon looks to the Rath in Damon and Lord Casimir voice "Don't worry about the Rath, I.. I got to go... " He seems to be drawn toward it, his eyes lock onto the path before him, "There is something there that is important, that I need.. it is ok, it is going to be ok." He whispers, yet his voice echo in the chamber. Those violet eyes glow with power and energy as he is drawn deeper.

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Deirdre leaves with Erin, making sure to watch her back. They're heading back to the shop, where bad things are less likely to happen.

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Oswald was helping protect JJ and Kieran, and when the Rath opening is found he steps over to have a look at it and ponders Damon's behavior before glancing to JJ "Make the call Seer, You're the conductor. The rest of us the Band."

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Kieran eyes the suddenly-not-erupting-in-danger area as she sits up again. Fishing out her phone, she start tapping something out, muttering 'Note to self: Dream Dances Need Chaperones'...

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"Speak for yourself, big guy, I'm just a groupie." This is Sebastian's way of saying that he has no idea what the best choice might be.

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Janneke stands tall, and looks to Oswald, nodding. "I think we have to find out where it goes. It opened by fate, not chance. Even in a Dream Dance, these things have meaning." She smiles at the troll warhero, and helps Kee dust off. "Shall we?"

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Clementine has a crochet hook in hand, "I'm here to follow. Wherever this takes us. Although I'm out of yarn." That is one more yarn ball comes happily bouncing back - having not gotten tangled - and jumps up into her hand.

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Rosa slithers forward to explore the unknown "going on a bear hunt...." she decides is her next chant

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Caressa glances around to observe everyone's reaction to the announcement that Damon/Casimir is going to walk that strange path that appeared. She pulls her tote tighter on her shoulder after pulling a literal wand from it. "As you wish." She follows Damon/Casimir. Not even thinking about where it will actually take her. It is -Him- and that is all that matters.

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Caressa adds a call to Karma, taking hold of his chain again.

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Sebastian straightens up and peers at the rath. "I'm down," he says, simply.

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And thus, the intrepid Band heads through the Rath, and to the Trod that branches from it. The path is silver as always, twisting in weird ways, and leads to a copse of trees of assorted types in many colors, with chimerical creatures peering out in curiosity.

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Kieran slowly gets to her feet. "So.. uhm... we're all just gonna tromp into Dan-knows-where to be eaten by whatever's waiting for the Dark Lord of the Dance there?" <---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======--->
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Everyone also knows you do not walk off the path and into the dreaming wilds without prep, either. Except of course... for newly woken fledgling kithain. With each step he takes, the urge to turn and walk into the overgrown, unexplored dreaming grows... Writing reality out to disk. Please wait... Reality saved. Thank you for your patience.

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The Dark lord doesn't seem to be phase by the questions or ideals of others, he simple walks forward, down the jungle path that has opened before them, he seem almost blind to anything but what is before him, Strangely enough, he know where he is going, like he has been here a thousand time before, the Sidhe steps off the path, into the wyld down a trail that is difficult to spot.

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Oswald grins broadly at Kieran as he moves to Follow Damon once JJ's made the call "I know the secrets of hill and dale, the Art of path and rath and trod. If we get lost I will carve us a way home with my own power. It’s an opportunity not to be missed."

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Rosa slithers along almost hypnotic in her movements, she moves closer to the Lord that is springing the dream into being.. She smiles a little as she looks over to the Dark Lord "Hey.. I missed your name, they call you Voldermort?" she asks him.

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Once Caressa and the dog cross, the dog transforms into a rather massive, long dragon that takes to the air, circling over her. "Stay close." She pauses when Casimir steps of the path and looks to the others askance. But again, it is him. "Lord Casimir." She answers for him, inhales and starts to follow.

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Kieran moves to follow along behind Oswald, shaking her head. "I think his name was Kashmir..." Then Caressa's dog turns into a dragon and she damned near falls back on her butt in surprise. "Sweet obliterated Britsh occupation..."

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Janneke swears, "Oh, fuckballs... Lord Casimir, you need to get back onto the trod, *please*... oh, shit." She growls softly and mutters, "They're going to write on my tombstone, 'Died saving a Sidhe,' and that won't do. Not at all." With that, she moves to try and snag him before he gets far -- but Our JJ is not much of an athlete.

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Rosa allows for her fingers to stretch out though she remembered him complaining about the loss of gold and so, those fingers slick themselves back into her pocketets. She follows along allowing him to lead as the path reviels its self to them. She looks over to JJ and she frowns a moment.

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Sebastian follows the leader up to that point, but stays on the trod himself, just peeking his head out off the side. If Janneke ends up needing help finding her way back, she's got it.

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The lashing of the vines bite at his flesh, it doesn't stop him as he comes to a clearing, a ancient bridge over a river, the water is deep, so very very deep, He dives into the water, for those brave enough to follow him, the water is so cold, like ice, painful to the touch. it seems like he is under for quite a while, maybe too long as the bubble have ended.

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Clementine is following around, using her crochet hook to threaten anything she needs to. She just grins as the dog transforms and gives a little wave to it. She's there and keeping up!

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Caressa pauses and looks to JJ, "I don't understand much of what is going on, but this is something he has to do right? Stay here if you want, I'll bring him back...though more than likely he will bring us back. Or should I stay?" Oh so much confusion! Even dark, her lord is beautiful and wonderous.

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JJ calls out to anyone following, "Shit! HELP! Someone help!" And then, she looks to Caressa and says, "That's the river where he drowned to death centuries ago!" She runs toward the water, forgetting for the moment that she doesn't know how to swim, and cries out, "IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON US!" And then she's into the dark, cold, killing water to get him.

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Caressa blinks and looks over the edge into the water. "Hell, I had to find him when I'm pregnant." She curses. The water is dark and slowly she smiles. Can she get to a shoreline safely, somewhere to dip a toe or hand without being swept away? She studies the landscape.

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Kieran goes up to the bridge and actually ascends to the middle of the span, peering down into the water. "Fuuuuuuck... Dee, can you..." She looks around, "RIGHT... Deirdre left to make sure Erik was safe..."

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Rosa leans into JJ as she gets close to the water and nudges her a little closer "quit stealing other peoples men." she tells the smallfolk before glareing at her .. The pooka watches though she wont enter the water, she just gazes at it then she moves back a little to see if she can see the other side of the river. She takes a step back slowly and moves to the bridge following Kieran

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Sebastian presses his fingers to his temple. "Rosa, that was /one time/." Of course it's a toss-up whether either of them hear him, because Sluagh.

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Under the dark depth of the raging river before all of you, the Autumn Sidhe seems to be pulling at a old stone, he is reaching below it, it is only in those last moment of breath that he dislodges the corpse trap under the rock, it is then and only then that he starts to relive the past by drowning again!! all the while, Damon never let go of the corpse, it is beyond important to him.

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Oswald when there is a cry for help Oz runs that way, a glance for the water is spared but only a glance, and he leaps for the water to follow JJ in "Earth and Fire, Air and Water, I leap to follow the Songsmith's Daughter."

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--- PAUSE until we resolve two actions :) Oswald's EFFECTIVE SCENE is at least 5

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Oswald rolls Fae + Primal vs 6 for 5 successes.
3 4 5 5 5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +9
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Rosa looks into the water and she shifts a little in a strange snake like dance on the bridge. She weaves and bobs her head rapping her fingers on the edge of the rail "a rum pum pum.... a rum pum pum.... oooy goey, a taffie a taffie... oooy gooey goey rum pum sum .." she ploinks a pebble in the water Caressa loses one Magical Essence
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Caressa looks at people jump off. Instead, she raises her wand and focuses the attention on the river. She begins to chant, in old Norse, should any remember it. She chants in a beat, commanding and sure. The waves rise on the river then start to roll back over each other. Frothing, roiling, till the waters part around Damon, giving a clear path from him to dry land. The river bed is dry enough to walk on as well, only a little muddy. She keeps chanting. For any that know the language is it something about daughter of Aegir

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Clementine follows along, into the water. She spins a bit in the air and turns to dive in - no splash that she feels anyway. As she built up that bit of speed, she can feel the air move around her and she's made a bit of a bubble so she can go along without issue.

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Janneke was prepared to drown, because she's foolish enough to rescue a fledge from his own choices, even when she told him not to, damnit, but... before she can panic or become afraid, there's Oswald, and there's air to breathe, and she sighs despite herself, relieved. And then... there's riverbed, as the water rushes away and parts.

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The three quarter drowned Damon gasp for air as all the effect come into place at once, it really is a whirlwind... or whirlpool of wyld, crazy Magical moments. "There.. there I am." The words escape his lips as he drags a old skeleton to the surface, a breastplate and a hammer rest it in his hand, He almost falls into JJ's arms as she is the first to reach him, closes, "Please, don't leave *me* behind." He cries out as Damon.

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Oswald will lands on the river bed and stands, reaching down he scoops the skeleton and its gear into his arms before saying to JJ "You have himself alright or do I need to whistle us up a hop up?"

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Caressa is still up on the bridge, chanting. Karma circles down from the sky to coil up behind her. She leans on the railing, feeling the weight of her efforts. "Hurry! It won't last all night!" Then she leans back into Karma. "Fuck, this is gonna hurt." she mutters.

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Janneke chuckles at Oswald, as if that response was completely expected. "As long as he doesn't run off, I think I can manage..." She glances over to Damon/Casimir, about to say something tart and perhaps obscene, when...

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The light show they were all expecting hits right NOW like an oncoming train full of trucks carrying tanks. There is even a sonic BOOM, though it's actually more like a symphony suddenly hitting the ground and rolling outward in a broad circle, lighting up the sky, the ground, and everyone there. The glare is almost blinding. A crystal pops into the sky, sending out rays of colored light and energy, drawing Damon toward the corpse of the Drowned King, the two pulled inexorably together... and then joined, as the Autumn Sidhe begins the Dream Dance in earnest, his body spinning as the armor takes on a fresh sheen and garbs him, as the weapon comes to his hand, gleaming faerie-steel that looks fresh-forged.

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Caressa covers her eyes to shield them, peeking down through the cracks between her fingers. "Holy shit." She mutters in three difference voices at once.

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Clementine keeps herself at a safe distance and grins. "Where is my popcorn?" She is enjoying all of this for sure!

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Rosa watches as the body and the fae are now joined, and she smiles a little as the dance is complete.. she turns a finger through her hair and ruffles the snakes there. A breath escapes her as she moves along the path..nothing more to see here.

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Kieran's eyes get wide as Damon goes all Sailor Sidhe on everyone. Not even just transforming, but shooting up into the sky to do it? Full-on circle-shot with the camera and shiny lens-flare effect?

"We're gonna need to make sure he's not a dragonslayer, aren't we?" She glances sideways toward Caressa, standing nearby with her atop the bridge. "Good thing /someone/ is gonna have to play parent for a year..."

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Decents from the sky and softly touch the earth once more, "Well, That was.. different." His looks to the others and nods, seeming someone more stable then every before, "I feel better." He walks over to JJ and offer her a hand out of the muddy, "I am so sorry for what you have had to endure on my behalf, please forgive my.. behavior, I was certainly not my self." He sound much more like Damon the lord fancypant, but it is clear the two are one. his eyes look to Caressa, a Nod of acknowledge for the massive use of power she has performed this evening. "Thank you all.. for all of your help."

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Janneke breathes, "Well. Fuck, that's a lot showier than mine was." She sounds amused, pleased... okay, let's face it, awed, because even a Grump can feel that awe coming through the wonder of a new faerie soul coming to light. A new *Changeling* soul, to be precise, not a body-snatcher. She takes the hand and offers a crooked smile. "You should be glad I like you," she teases, and then looks over to Caressa with a worried expression. "Are *you* okay?" She looks to Oswald and says, "I think she might need a hand," a request offered with a little smile. The Kinmage is probably exhausted, at least, and that magic looked... well, pretty amazing, really.

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Caressa reaches into her purse, pulling out another fig. But here, it is sparkling tass (or whatever the solid form on glamour is - is what they see). A bit of complexion comes back after eating it, but she is still drained. She smiles down at him and gives a little finger wiggling waves. "Umm.. tired but stable...for now." She sighs as Karma seems to start nibbling on the ends of her hair. "Just need to rest."

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Oswald nods at Damon as he settles back down and then he nods at JJ as Caressa explains she's stable "I am fine, it is especially satisfying to see something like this go so well. I have certainly seen worse." Looking around for a moment "Is the path back still there or do I need to take steps? We have options."

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Damon looks to JJ and smiles before departing and walking right over to Caressa, "I am here for you, I am terribly sorry for the toll this has taken upon you." He gives Caressa a supportive embrace, his armor damn near glows, in fact, it is glowing.. bright. "let's get out of here and get you somewhere safe." He study the other and steels his feeling for the moment, guiding them back to the room this all started in. "Please follow me. The only thing left here is a grave." He gives one last look at the river before attempt to lead them all back to safety.

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Janneke chuckles and says, "Agreed, I was worried this was going to go... messier than it did," walking alongside Oswald, seeming drained but mostly content. "I've just seen so many times, but it's never gone bad. I just had a bad feeling. I'm glad I was wrong about that. Even if my Augury went all upgefucked." She walks as Damon leads, dripping water from her clothes and laughing even so. "Well, I think my tarot cards are a loss."

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Kieran looks... a bit puzzled, to say the least, before moving over toward JJ and the others. "So... time to get back, then?"

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Clementine is busy getting her bearings again from that all. "That certainly will be quite a story for the cousins." She nods to the others, "We should get back."

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Sebastian blinks once as the field team and their quarry return. "Upgefucked? Is that a technical term?" It is German, after all.

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Damon make short work out of the path, getting the group of unexpected adventurer back to the path and in the right direction, "I believe upgefucked means, when a noble prick go off during a dream dance and sent everything in to chaos.. I think the term fits." Lord Casimir look back to the others with a playful smile, "But at least the evening wasn't boring." He chuckles.

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Janneke grins. "Upgefucked is the technical term for 'Jeez, what a clusterfuck.' Or 'Wow, I really screwed that one up.' Or something like that." She actually laughs at Casimir's remark. "Oh, life is never boring among the Fae," she tells him, sagely. "Sometimes insane, sometimes heartbreaking, something inspirational... but never boring."

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Caressa chuckles, "mmm...clusterfuck. Actually pretty fun. this was only a small snafu."

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Kieran follows along behind as the group returns. "I'm just glad everyone survived, and we didn't have any Evil Dead II scenes..."

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Caressa has Karma let her off before they cross over into her world. Karma disappears as he follow her. "Go eat, see you at home." She shakes her head, "Jeez, will have to pack more figs next time. Snack. snack." she waddles looking for some that might be left from earlier.