Tarot Beach Party

[lady_moon]

There are those of the tarot who know how to set up for a party.

Ruin had spent most of the afternoon building the bonfire. He has carefully made it much in the way he would have with the villagers of his mortal life when they would celebrate the harvests. Charity, Unity, and Skill had spent most of the day setting up food, both their sorts of foods and the sorts the sentients would be expecting.

Moon watched it all with rapt fascination, her eyes on the marshmallows Skill told her firmly she isn't allowed to touch yet. But they're white and fluffy looking and Moon is curious. Mons barks at her, warning Skill, and Moon is shooed off.

It's Fortune who puts out blankets, spread all over the beach area for everyone to use. Moon watches her family set up for a party, for guests... real guests who are coming simply to come instead of for answers. She watches Fortune set down a large stack of very warm looking towels, and she grins.

Swimming. Damian will like the swimming.

Her wolves run up and down the beach in excitement, and Moon knows it's time.

Disappearing back to Milliways, she sets it up so people can come and go as they need to, pleased with herself and her family.

Comments

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"Demeter!" Teja says, turning around to return her embrace.

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"I've missed you. Tell me how you're doing."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"There is ever much to do, and many to speak to," Teja says.

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"I hope most of it is speaking and doing good things."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"Oh, many things," Teja says. "There is much worry about Blodwen Rowlands; and I have not seen Ramon Salazar since he was a tree."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

Demeter frowns and tosses something into the fire which crackles and flares,

"I turned him back and have not looked for him. I tire of his sense of self importance that he does not deserve. Who is Blodwen Rowlands?"

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"An evil woman who can rot living things with a touch," Teja says. "She destroyed a tree outside, belonging to the girl Mary Lennox, and caused the hole in the floor, when she was fighting Yrael and Sameth."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"Is she a goddess and was anyone hurt?"

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"I know not what she is," Teja says, "but she has great powers; and Sameth was hurt, the young prince from Yrael's world; he was poisoned badly, and needed his mother's magic to heal him."

Pause.

"He is something of an apprentice, or perhaps just one taken under my wings, as he works in the forge also; so I do take umbrage at her deeds against him."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"She has no right to destroy so. I'll see what I can learn of her. I'm glad the boy is well, of late Milliways has been full of too much excitement."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"I am glad, also," Teja says. "He is so curious and young and ungainly, and a bit overenthusiastic, and really, really bad at describing things; he reminds me of Adalgoth, a little. More than any that I have seen here, before."

Pause.

"Without any of the depth of feeling I shared with Adalgoth, but with much of that sheer enthusiasm and fearless youth that he had."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"Then I hope that he will keep safe. Young men have ever been prone to finding more trouble than they can handle."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"And he is doubly important," Teja says, "as he is needed at the end of Yrael's story, alive and unscathed."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"I'm sure with you protecting him that he will be."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"I cannot protect him from evil magic," Teja says, "only speak sense to him."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"Sense can do quite a lot though."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"I hope so," Teja says. "I speak what sense I can to protect both Sameth's future and Yrael's past."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"Then that is the best you can do, teach him and be a support for him that is most of what the young need."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

"I hope that is enough," Teja says. "Yrael is very dear to me, and he needs Sameth intact for his tale to end well."

Re: By the Bonfine

[wheatencrown]

"All you can do is hope and be there, Teja."

Re: By the Bonfine

[ostro_goth]

Quietly, Teja nods and puts his arm around Demeter.-