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prismatica2020-07-06 10:30 pm
menphina) wrote in prismatica2020-07-06 10:30 pm
⭐ o1. 7/7 « video/text »
[ When the video comes on, a very cheerful looking literal cat-lady will be on screen, holding up a miniature bamboo tree with colourful papers on the branches! ]
This must be the date! Hoy there, everyone! Name's Megumi, Matriarch of the Utakata Tribe! I'm a healer and huntress from the star of Hydaelyn, and it's time for a story!
[ Isn't this fun? Pay attention! She sits up with her ears wiggling enthusiastically. ]
I've heard it differently back in Yanxia on my world, but it seems like there are some people here who have a more romantic version of it! Eorzean Moonfire's just violent when you think about it but at least we wear cute outfits... Anyroad! This one's about a Star Festival!
[ She perks up. ]
The general story I've heard is that there's a Princess, and a Cowherd! The Princess' job is to weave beautiful fabric for her father, the Sky King, but is sad because she never gets to meet anyone because of her work. Her father arranges for her to meet a handsome Cowherd who lives across the river, and they eventually fall in love and marry! But because they're so distracted, they're not performing any of their regular duties, so the Sky King separates them across a river they can't cross. The lovers are in despair! Finally, the Sky King relents, allowing them to meet on the seventh day of the seventh moon, er... month at the river.
But when they reach the river, there's no bridge to cross! How in the hells did the Sky King get the Cowherd there in the first place?! Suppose the bridge plot's there for drama, but, anyroad!
[ She hates plot holes!! But, she puffs her cheeks and continues- ]
The Princess cries so much, that a flock of birds offer to create a bridge so she can visit her husband. And so it's said that when you see a bridge of stars in the heavens on a clear night, on the seventh day of the seventh month, that's the Princess and Cowherd meeting across the star bridge! I don't know how the birds made a star bridge, but they must be bloody amazing birds- But if it rains, they have to wait a year to meet again! That's so depressing!
[ Then, she claps her hands. ]
Anyroad, back home, to commemorate the day, we'd write wishes on these colourful paper strips which you should absolutely make, too! They'd be shaped in different little shapes too, and hung on bamboo branches. So, you should all make a wish too! I think you can go "anonymous" on here, so how about using this little post to make wishes?! Consider it your personal bamboo tree! Here's a little guide, but really, you can wish for anything however you want.
【 tanabata attachment 】
And if you want to make any wishes in person, I've got bamboo trees outside my clinic [ location provided ] and lots of tanzaku! Come by and make a wish!
What sorts of traditions do you have in summer? Tell me about them too! [ She sighs deeply- ] I need something new to write about, so inspire me! Oh, and if you get sick or feel sad, come to my clinic! We'll help!
✨ Matriarch, out!
[ ooc; feel free to threadjack with permission and make anon wishes or just chat! Or un-anon. Have fun! ]
This must be the date! Hoy there, everyone! Name's Megumi, Matriarch of the Utakata Tribe! I'm a healer and huntress from the star of Hydaelyn, and it's time for a story!
[ Isn't this fun? Pay attention! She sits up with her ears wiggling enthusiastically. ]
I've heard it differently back in Yanxia on my world, but it seems like there are some people here who have a more romantic version of it! Eorzean Moonfire's just violent when you think about it but at least we wear cute outfits... Anyroad! This one's about a Star Festival!
[ She perks up. ]
The general story I've heard is that there's a Princess, and a Cowherd! The Princess' job is to weave beautiful fabric for her father, the Sky King, but is sad because she never gets to meet anyone because of her work. Her father arranges for her to meet a handsome Cowherd who lives across the river, and they eventually fall in love and marry! But because they're so distracted, they're not performing any of their regular duties, so the Sky King separates them across a river they can't cross. The lovers are in despair! Finally, the Sky King relents, allowing them to meet on the seventh day of the seventh moon, er... month at the river.
But when they reach the river, there's no bridge to cross! How in the hells did the Sky King get the Cowherd there in the first place?! Suppose the bridge plot's there for drama, but, anyroad!
[ She hates plot holes!! But, she puffs her cheeks and continues- ]
The Princess cries so much, that a flock of birds offer to create a bridge so she can visit her husband. And so it's said that when you see a bridge of stars in the heavens on a clear night, on the seventh day of the seventh month, that's the Princess and Cowherd meeting across the star bridge! I don't know how the birds made a star bridge, but they must be bloody amazing birds- But if it rains, they have to wait a year to meet again! That's so depressing!
[ Then, she claps her hands. ]
Anyroad, back home, to commemorate the day, we'd write wishes on these colourful paper strips which you should absolutely make, too! They'd be shaped in different little shapes too, and hung on bamboo branches. So, you should all make a wish too! I think you can go "anonymous" on here, so how about using this little post to make wishes?! Consider it your personal bamboo tree! Here's a little guide, but really, you can wish for anything however you want.
And if you want to make any wishes in person, I've got bamboo trees outside my clinic [ location provided ] and lots of tanzaku! Come by and make a wish!
What sorts of traditions do you have in summer? Tell me about them too! [ She sighs deeply- ] I need something new to write about, so inspire me! Oh, and if you get sick or feel sad, come to my clinic! We'll help!
✨ Matriarch, out!
[ ooc; feel free to threadjack with permission and make anon wishes or just chat! Or un-anon. Have fun! ]
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[ Yeah who knows. That still doesn't make it right and her tone grows more firm once Persephone is done talking. ]
The Hells? If you don't want it, you don't want it! No means no. You've just got to put your foot down. You didn't choose to be born, and being born doesn't mean you exist just to satisfy this Hestia or whoever the hells wants you somewhere you don't want to be!
[ She's big on freedom. But she does soften a bit— ]
Isn't my right to dictate it, especially here where it doesn't matter. You're free here, aye? Still frizzles my tail to think anyone thinks it right to control anyone else! Goddess or not! I follow Menphina's ways because I want to. What do you want for yourself, lass?
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She chooses to focus on the questions. She's right, she's free here. She can do whatever she wants because none of it matters back home (and she has been since she realized that). But what does she want for herself?
She can think of one thing, or rather one person. She bites her bottom lip and puls the ends of her hair over the lower half of her face as blue flowers bloom in her hair. She knows they're there, they always pop up when she thinks of Hades. But she's not about to voice the fact that she wants him because its so complicated back home and what if he happens to stumble across this? What if she embarrasses him? ]
I want to be my own person. [ That's a safe enough answer and it's true. ] I'm not sure what that means yet but I guess I have time to figure that out.
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Don't we all. Anyroad, that's a start, but a little vague, don't you think? Suppose you've time to work on it like you said. Try and focus on something you really want to aim for. Even if it's something simple like eating every type of cake or learning how to play music! Hells, you said you wanted a boyfriend, didn't you? Then look for one that will not only be a friend, but who will care for and respect you! Even if it's in a place like this!
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Sorry. It just makes me furious when people try to hold others down. Eternal Maidenhood? [ It almost sounds like she's cursing it when she says it in that tone. ] That's a choice you should decide on your own, no one else. It's your body. No one has any right to it but you.
Those flowers are pretty, by the way. Do they grow like that because of your feelings?
[ Magic works the same way in her world so she's just assuming her goddess of the spring power has something to do with it. ]
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[ It's your body. No one has any right to it but you. She goes quiet as those words echo in her mind for a bit, reminding her of what Eros told her back home. The flowers in her hair wilt, blue petals raining down around her before she manages to squash down the negative feelings enough to focus on the rest of what Megumi said. ]
I think right now I'm just trying to figure out what I like with other people. [ And there she goes blushing again because she does not mean that in any innocent way. ]
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[ She has enough sense to understand what wilting means. Her own ears are traitorous that way, too, so she smiles apologetically. ]
Sorry if I said something that brought up bad thoughts, lass. This is definitely worse for you, aye? But exploring is a start! If you need help, I can always give it. I help my girls back home with their questions too!
[ Her ears flick up as well. ]
Wouldn't mind seeing how much blooming you can do, but I don't mind just talking about it either. Think your imagination could do a better job too, if practicing with a woman isn't to your interest!
[ And she winks, slightly flirting, but she's always respectful about it. ]
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It takes a moment to realize what Megumi is getting at before her cheeks glow hot pink. ]
O-oh, um! I... I actually don't kn-know if I do? I've always found it really easy to be close with other women but that probably comes from the fact that I always had flower nymphs for company and they're very physical.
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Have you ever been with your flower nymphs intimately, then? My tribesmaidens and I used to spend some heats together. We learnt a lot! Helped us with our mates later on, too.
[ She's blunt because she doesn't see intimacy as anything to be ashamed about. ]
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Plus the nymphs were like family. Sure we would bathe and sleep together but that was about it. [ Sometimes she misses sleeping in cuddle piles. ]
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[ She always slept in cuddle piles until she got older- she can at least commiserate if she ever finds out! ]
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[ Because to her, a partner means someone you can regularly turn to for moonlacing. ]
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[ There's teasing there, but she smiles earnestly after. ]
Suppose it's not any of my business who you're doing any of that with, but surely you've done some of that if you've been here a year?
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I...I, um! [ She fidgets with the device for a moment in an attempt to swap it to private, unfortunately, she's so flustered she fails. When she starts speaking she speaks quickly, almost rambling. ]
I-if you mean reg-regularly no. N-not really. I have a few people I can go to if I really need to Moonlace but it's all platonic. [ Which only helped her so much when she burns through Chroma so easily due to the lack of control she has over her powers. And she always feels like she's being a bother given almost all of them have romantic partners so it's not like they're hurting for Chroma like she often is. ]
Since Eros arrived we have a kind of nightly routine of snuggling up on the couch for a bit before bed. A-and sometimes I sneak into his bed because I don't like sleeping alone. B-but it's all pretty innocent! [ Except for those few times it hasn't been.
She finally pauses so she can breath. ]
But he's only been here for a few weeks now. [ She's been struggling for months before his arrival. ]
K-k-kissing and s-sex though... [ She brings her hands up to grab her hair, which has grown longer over the course of her rambling and begins twisting it around. Is it possible for her to blush more than she already is? She certainly feels like her entire face is on fire. ] I've done that a little and i-it's nice and the extra Chroma makes me feel better...
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So what I'm hearing is, you don't do it as often. But you like it when you do it. This just means you need to find someone you really want to do it with and go at it whenever you feel the urge!
What's your moonblessing, lass?
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It's that last part that's difficult. Just about everyone I know has a partner and/or they aren't interested in me like that. [ And if they already have someone why would they choose to be with her?
She might have an arrangement with Eros, but she'll have to wait and see if it'll repeat or if it was simply due to Sanguis getting the better of both of them. ]
Sanguis. [ She sighs. ]
sorry for the delay, going to be traveling so I'll be slow!
[ She doesn't have a single word of discouragement. ]
Now, is there anyone here that you've got your eye on? We're not going to approach them, but that will tell me who you'd like to be with!
no worries!
I've already told someone I wanted them and been rejected... There's someone else who is here now but it's... It's a little complicated.
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Never easy, facing rejection, but you're still standing here, aren't you, lass? And if things feel difficult- then take it a sun at a time, aye?
[ She smiles then, her ears flicking up. ]
This person you've said things are complicated with... do you want them to be with you?
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The question causes her to blush, grabbing the ends of her hair to pull it over the bottom of her face as she nods. ] Y-yeah.
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[ This is sounding juicy!! ]
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Well, um, he's tall and really handsome. He's the first person that's ever treated me with respect and not because he was obligated to do so. He actually listens to me and doesn't just see me as someone to control or show off. [ She smiles, gaze drifting off as she talks about him. ]
He smells like a forest fire in winter which is, objectively something a lot of people might not enjoy but I think it's wonderful. [ She lets out a little sigh. ] And he's just so sweet.
As for how we met... Well, Eros got me really drunk and stuck me in the back of his car because he dared to say I was more beautiful than Aphrodite. Who, um, is Eros' mother and the Goddess of Beauty. He found me when he got home and tucked me into one of his extra beds.
The complication comes in with him having a serious relationship with someone else [ frowning ] and he's kind of my boss back home... And then there's the whole TGOEM...