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 Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:51 pm
Celestial Omens
Solo or RP Format
Counts as 5 RP growth Points
Solo word minimum is 750, RP post minimum is 7
There are many superstitions and beliefs in Tendaji, often originating from the culture and gods of each individual region. Wherever one goes, they might find a new routine or practice based on the region they are in. However, there seems to be one thing that all Tendaji residents believe in - the power and beauty of a meteor shower.
The rare celestial event is seen as a blessing, and this one just so happens to have appeared right when the New Year began. Oh what luck and what a great omen - this must be a sign of good fortune for the year to come.
[ How does your character react to the meteor shower that is lighting up the sky? How do they see this omen impacting their life and year to come? Explore the thoughts and experience either alone or with a friend. ]
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:36 pm
"Oop.." The sound left her as she quickly reached down to grab a tool that was falling from her overfilled basket. Kokuai was doing her best to make it to the shop in time to return the tools and trinkets she'd borrowed before her mentor returned. As her feet carried her across the street she saw something in the sky that caught her attention. With wide eyes her head tilted back to watch the shooting star. Of course this took her eyes off the load in the basket and she missed a tool tumbling out and clattering to the ground. The sound made her stop as she quickly looked at the pile then the ground. Kokuai saw the tool and knew it was there but then her eyes went back to the sky, a smile in place. It was too magical to miss and the tool didn't have legs.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:53 pm
"Oh, here you go." Aurick hadn't spared a second thought when he noticed the tool a passing stranger had dropped. He'd been on his way home after yet another long day at the bakery, and with his own basket on his arm the burly lightning bent over to pick up the tool. When he straightened up he caught sight of just where her eyes were going and looked up to the sky himself.
"Wow, would you look at that...A guy was talking about this when he came into the shop today, but I completely forget about it. Looks like some kid is taking a paint brush and just flinging color around." He couldn't help but to laugh a little bit, tossing a soft hearted smile her way.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:09 pm
"Huh?" She questioned then looked at the stranger. It took her a second of looking him over to realize he had the tool she'd dropped. "Oh, thanks." Kokuai took it from him gently then looked back up at the sky. "Flinging paint.. huh, it kinda does." She gave a small laugh at that as she turned to look at more. "I would love a painting of something so pretty." It would look right at home above her bed. She had a string of metal stars hanging there already, and a crescent moon too. "I wonder where those stars are off to in a hurry." Kokuai couldn't help but be curious. The sky fascinated her.
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:12 pm
Aurick 'hmmed' a little and took in the sky above him. He'd heard stories of shooting stars before, what they might mean to the tribes across the great sea, but hadn't ever really given much thought to it himself.
"I wonder...?" Shifting his stance, he moved the basket of baked goods from one arm to another and pondered it. "Maybe this is a big holiday for them? And they're hurrying to get home and spend it with their family? Or it could be a big party and they're all dancing." Aurick was sure there was some bigger scientific explanation for the whole thing, but he just wasn't sure what it could be.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:43 am
Holiday? Kokuai guessed that would be fun to do. She might even be in a hurry to go. The dancing party made her smile. "They dance beautifully then." She nodded her head at that. She finally looked down from the sky to look at the guy who had given back her tool. "Do you think it possible to catch a shooting star?" Kokuai didn't think it was but she would like the idea. To wear a necklace with the glowing tail of a star would be magical.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:05 pm
To catch a falling star....? Aurick scrunched up his lips and make a little 'hmm'. "Well, I'm not sure. Maybe?" He looked up at the stars, quiet for a moment as he watched them skate past his line of sight. It was amazing to think they could be there for so long and yet disappear within the blink of an eye. "Maybe if you took an airship high enough in the clouds you could catch one. Don't think I'll be doing that one, though; not a fan of heights myself." He laughed a little.
Turning back to the girl at his side made Aurick grin. "What about you? Thinkin' about chasing stars?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:01 pm
She leaned her head back so that she could look at the sky a bit more. Kokuai seemed to be trying to calculate something. "Do they go that high do you think?" And what about the force of the star? It was going so fast. Could it really stop one? She'd only ever been on one of the airships when it was docked, not as it was flying. Her parents weren't fans of the up in the air concept either apparently. When asked if she was thinking about chasing stars she finally brought her head back so she could look at Aurick. "Ah.. Probably not. I only have one place I want to travel to then I want to come back home. Maybe find a decent place to live in town so I can be closer to the shop." She motioned to the basket in her hands. Kokuai liked to tinker with things. She was good at fixing stuff.
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:21 pm
Aurick gave a low whistle and furrowed his brow as he looked back to the stars. "Maybe? Who knows. I don't being the guy you can bounce ideas off of, but if you're lookin' for someone to have those kinds of talks with I'm not your guy. The only thing rollin' around in my head is recipes and rocks." His sister would know just what to say, might even have a few good theories about sky travel, but Aurick had never been that sort of smart.
Or any kind of sart, really.
"Oh yeah? Well, what kind of place is it that you want to travel to?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:27 pm
She looked at the man for a second before she chuckled a little and shook her head. "I doubt that, but even so recipes can be very useful." Kokuai sorta had to have recipes to do her work. A formula on how to get things running again. When she was asked where it was she wanted to go she turned her head in the direction of the airships off in the distance. "Well, one of these days I would like to go visit the mainland to a place called Jauhar. I'm part Shifter so it might be interesting to see." She had heard plenty of stories of course but sometimes that didn't do things justice.
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:47 pm
"Oh, seriously?! I know where that's at!" Aurick laughed and perked up instantly. All that talk about air travel might have been over his head, but the man was bright enough to read a map at least. "The jungle, right? Past Tale? Saw a guy here in the city a few weeks back with some kind of creature from there. What was it he called it? A...nondwa? Big bug; real fluffy." Aurick raised his big, beefy arms like wings and shrugged his shoulders.
"I could have pegged you for a hybrid, but the Shifter bit got me by surprise. That's pretty nifty, though, wanting to go back there. Got any family you want to see or are you just sight seeing?
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:00 pm
She watched him animate the bug he saw and pressed her lips together to hide, or at least control, her large smile. Kokuai nodded her head a bit at the impression. She'd read about them but had never actually seen one. Maybe while she was there she would get one. When he said he could tell she was a hybrid she seemed to look down a little with a faint coloring of her cheeks. The hair and crystals kinda gave it away more than anything. It wasn't a bad thing though. However, she quickly looked back up at him and shook her head. "Oh no no, I've never been there. My dad is half Shifter but he was raised here in Belrea. I'm not sure if any of the family over there would even know who I am." Kokuai did plan on trying to find them but she wasn't sure how well she would be received.
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:08 pm
"Oh, woah, sorry, that came out weird." Seeing her look down with that flush automatically made him feel awful. Had he upset her? "My sister's a geian - lightning hybrid so you just really remind me of her, you know? Nothing bad, only good thoughts." At least, he hoped that's how it came across. He had enough siblings with varying traits that his whole house looked like a color pallet on any given day.
"Half Shifter, huh? Don't see a lot of those around here." Or, ever, honestly. He didn't get to see many of the mainland hybrids. They may have been becoming more common as time went along, but that still didn't make them any less special. "Well, even if they don't I'm sure they would love to meet you. You're very sweet and you seem really smart, too. Can't imagine why they would turn you away."
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:23 pm
"I'm Geian, Lightning, and Shifter. I'm.. an odd one." Not that she minded. When she looked in the mirror she liked what she saw. The colors and features. Though she might need a haircut if her hair kept getting in her eyes. "I hope they won't but you never know. My dad's not spoken to that side of the family for a long time." Kokuai wasn't quite sure why though. It was certainly something for her to figure out before she went. "It would be nice to have a travel companion too, so I don't feel lonely over there." Or miss home too much. She knew her parents didn't want to make the trip since she'd already asked them.
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:06 pm
"That's definitely new." Geian, Lightning and Shifter. It was something he hadn't heard of before, but he supposed that with advances in travel anything was possible. He'd made friends with a yaeli hybrid and Chrys was over here with no blood ties to Belrea whatsoever so anything was possible. "I don't think you're odd, though. There's a performer I met a few weeks ago with black eyes; that guy was odd." She was unique in a pleasant way; that guy was unique in a 'scary at night' sort of way.
"Well, if I ever get the urge to travel I might come find you. Right now though I'm pretty happy where I'm at. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice to have someone drop by and tell me stories." Aurick dug around in his basket before pulling out a little piece of paper. Written on it was the name of his families bakery and an address. "Stop by if you're in the mood for something fresh or if you're bored. Like I said I'm always looking for new stories. I've got to be getting home now, though, so I'll head off then." He waved her on with a beaming smile and turned away into the night.
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