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R* [G] A Dream or a Vision? (Serenity)

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Ellanoire

Sugary Nymph

PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:21 pm


User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. The earlier light from the sun was just filtering into her garden, causes the mist to burn away in patches. Serenity had been awake for some time, a persistent dream had been hounding her. It seemed she could no longer ignore it, and its meaning. Every time she lay her head down, she could see the leaves of Grandfather Tree, falling all around her. It didn't take much skill in dream reading to interpret the sign. It was her time to seek out a vision quest and receive a gift. True, she had wondered for some time if Grandfather Tree would call her. Most days excited mothers brought their leggy almost grown offspring to her, so she could interpret their dreams and see if they were ready. Today it seemed it was, at long last, her turn.

More of the mist burned off of her grove. It was a quite, solitary place. Beautiful. Serenity drew a deep breath, enjoying the scent of the growing tea bushes. But it was time to say good bye to her little oasis, for now, and face the Barrens. She turned and walked away without a look back.

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The Barrens were as different from her grove as could be. It was like a dream that didn't end. But it meant change was coming. At long last, Grandfather Tree broke the horizon. A soft smile spread across her face, as the leaves she had seen in her dreams for weeks were finally here in the waking world. She trotted towards her destiny, ready to embrace it.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:59 pm


Though no breeze passes through, Grandfather Tree's leaves rustle as Serenity approaches.

Choose one of the following prompts for Serenity's dream vision.

Quote:
An old doe is about to pass into the next life, but she has amassed a collection of wayfinder stones to help her seek out new life in the barrens. She asks every young noul to tell her a story of their greatest accomplishment in order to earn one of her stones.
What do you do?


Quote:
While travelling through Homewood you meet an unfamiliar foal. The foal acts strangely and doesn’t communicate well. It appears to be orphaned. On closer inspection you realize the foal is sick with some disease you don’t recognize. The disease might endanger the rest of Homewood, but this poor foal…
What do you do?


Quote:
While travelling the Barrens you come across the skull of a massive animal. You don’t have the magic to resurrect it here but dragging it back to Homewood on your own would be exhausting or nearly impossible.
What do you do?

ll Grandfather Tree ll
Vice Captain


Ellanoire

Sugary Nymph

PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:42 pm


User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. Grandfather Tree's leaves rustled, despite the still air. Serenity closed her eyes and felt herself drifting. A dream, or a vision?

When she opened her eyes the familiar dappled light of Homewood greeted her. An unmistakable sign of safety and comfort. She smiled softly. Her feet willed her to walk forward, so she did. One did not resist the pull of fate. Her hooves took her to a grove filled with excited young noulicorns. She scanned their faces, as they chatted excitedly with each other.

"Penna Adely lived such an exciting life! She was such a great Wandered in her youth! Imagine the honour of having one of her Waystones!" An excited palomino was speaking loudly enough for Serenity to hear clearly. She believed some version of that conversation was happening all around her, but it was just a buzz. Serenity only needed to hear it once to understand.

An elderly Ascended tottered into the grove, letting the sunlight hit her just so. "Well whippersnappers, if you want a stone you'd best impress me with a tale of your greatest accomplishment!" With that she settled into a nest made of fine mosses. The youth around the grove rushed into a line, jostling each other, jockeying for position. Serenity waited for the commotion to die down, and assumed her place at the end of the line. Excitement almost crackled in the air. She felt a tinge of nostalgic sadness. This elder had lived a big life, but was clearly passing on her valuable possessions because her time here was at an end. Clearly she had lived a great life in service to Vykeli, to have attained the blessing of wings, but her work was not done yet.

Serenity waited with patience, as the line inched forward. Young bucks and does regaled Penna Adely, and truly the rest of the grove, with tales of bravery and daring-do. Some had adventured far into the Barrens, some had faced down foes, others had gathered esoteric knowledge from the Others. But none of those stories were Serenity's. Ahead, she could feel those still waiting growing restless. Restless was simply not a thing she ever felt. Everything happened at the right time. In Grandfather Tree's time. She closed her eyes, listening to all the stories, slowly moving forward.

As the sun started to dip below the trees, she finally stood before the Ascended. The grove had cleared, it was just the two of them. Serenity knelled, wishing to be eye level with the elder. Standing over her to tell her story seemed ... wrong.

"Penna, my story isn't like theirs. They have tales of bravery, strength, excitement. My greatest accomplishment is not looking outwards on the world, but looking in. I have dedicated all the days of my life to the study of dreams. To know what visions Grandfather Tree sends us when we close our eyes. It allows us to look inwards, and to know our own hearts. I have sought out others who practice this art, all over Homewood. They are few. I have done my best to learn each sign, so I can help others who wish to journey inwards. Because if we don't know our own hearts, how can we know Vykeli's to heal it."

She dipped her head respectfully before standing, before the vision faded out.
PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:51 pm


Grandfather tree's leaves settle and a deep blue light swirls around Serenity, refreshing and carrying the scent of ocean salt.

Serenity has been bestowed with the Aqua gift.

Her initial ability is water reading.
The user can “see” via the shape and flow of water, determining where objects are and if living things are near, when submerged in water.
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ll Flourish ll
Captain

ll Grandfather Tree ll generated a random number between 1 and 100 ... 68!

ll Grandfather Tree ll
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:45 pm


REDEEMED

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you found a crystal!
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[RP] Grandfather Tree [Magic Quests]

 
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