#bonfire dance

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Emma Hapner, 2023

[sunmooneclipsewitch]

Bonfire Dance Chapter 4 Preview

Contracts, deals. People are in love with the idea of something to bind a person to their word, if only on paper or with a handshake. Some are more binding than others, each have various consequences for breaking the terms stated within, from loss of services to loss of freedom to many other things.  When dealing with those in the shadows one must be careful to read the fine print of such things, after all such secretive people have strong punishments for betrayal.

“Do you want justice for her?”

She whirled around. She hadn’t heard the door open and yet a young man was leaning against the wall behind her.  He smirked, the shadows of the dimly lit room obscuring his features. “I can help with that.”

She instinctively took a step back as he stepped forward. “What do you mean? The police are already investigating this.”

He snorted. “And they won’t be able to find anything. Your sister was investigating some rather… unusual and dangerous people. She’s not they first to get in their way, and she’s not the first to be eliminated.”

She snorted. “If they’re so good the police can’t catch them then how can you help?”

“The police are human. I am not.”

Now she actually laughed. “Yeah right, I’ll believe it when I see it.”

“Alright then.” He snapped his fingers and he shifted into a mirror image of her father, then a woman that frequented her work, then a boy she tutored, then back to his own appearance. 

She stared at him, dumbfounded.

“Believe me now?”

She nodded hesitantly.

“Believe me, that is just the tip of the iceberg.” He bowed. “Urielsi, god of magic and knowledge, at your service.”

She nodded. “N-Noely Thorne. H-how are you planning to help?”

Read more: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13334349/chapters/31720263

[sunmooneclipsewitch]

Bonfire Dance

Soooooo, I started working on one-shots for a story idea I have. I get waaaaay too many ideas, but hopefully I can stick through this one to the end.

In aaaaany case, the current premise of this story centers around a new superhero nicknamed Sorceress by the public and her admirer (she’d say he’s more of an “annoyance”) the villain (more of an anti hero with occasionally grey morals) Demon, and their dealings with a shady superhuman-run criminal organization called the Black Butterflies. The current work is mostly me jumping all over the timeline with random prompts, writing stuff down to develop the characters while I work on developing a plot.

Sneak peak of one of the chapters:

"Who are you?" she muttered, scanning over her information yet again despite how futile it was. She'd continuously gathered information on the Black Butterflies- past targets, "accidents" and disappearances most likely tied to them- but no definite leads on their motives, their members, or their leader.

She clutched her side instinctively, feeling it throb slightly beneath her fingers. She'd nicknamed the Black Butterflies elusive leader "Puppetmaster," and for a very good reason.

She growled, jumping out of the way as a table was launched at her, edge brushing against her leg. She avoided looking at her attacker- his cold, dead eyes and  blank face disturbing her too much to focus. Just a few  hours ago the man had been joking with his coworkers as he left work and now he was... this.

The hooded figure the "zombie" was guarding chuckled. "You'll have to fight back eventually, Sorceress," he commented, device in his face mask distorting his voice beyond all hope of recognition as his civilian self.

"No I won't," she snapped. "I won't hurt an innocent civilian, no matter your control over him."

"Oh really now? You might want to consider otherwise, before I get tired of watching your dodging and acrobatics and simply end him." He smirked, the "zombie" suddenly coughing and gasping for air, doubling over. "Or perhaps you are alright with blood on your hands as long as you don't hurt him yourself."

Read more: http://archiveofourown.org/works/13334349/chapters/30725769

[aidencassidy-blog]

Drabble: Bonfire Dance

Aiden was talking to one of his teammates when the second-year walked up to him with a nervous grin on his face. “Er... hey Captain,” Yuri Wood said, scratching the back of his neck.

“Hey Wood,” Aiden said with a grin, nodding to his teammate who went off to talk to some girl. “What’s up?” he asked, shifting his weight to the other foot as he looked at Yuri curiously.

To his credit, Yuri didn’t burst into flame, but his face did turn fairly red when Aiden turned his full attention to him. Aiden thought it was pretty cute. “I was bored, and I figured we could just dance or something. I wanted to show you some moves,” he blurted out, and began to do some ridiculous choreographed dance that could only come from a music video.

Aiden burst into a small fit of laughter. “Right, well those are some pretty crazy dance moves Wood,” he laughed, and nodded, letting himself sway to the beat a bit. He wasn’t a great dancer, and had no clue how exactly to dance with a second-year. As he moved, he noted Declan off talking to someone in Slytherin, and let his eyes wander. Wondering if he was doing any better since they had last spoke.

“C’mon, Captain. This will totally work on that guy you’ve been watching,” Yuri said with a mischevous smirk. His words pulled Aiden back to where he was and he looked at Yuri confused.

“What are you talking about?”

“The really cute one from Slytherin team,” Yuri replied, pointing over to Declan.

Aiden froze, how did Yuri know about Declan? Also, why did he think he was staring at him. It was just a quick glance... Well, mostly. He’d noticed Declan throughout the night, but was Yuri staring at him through the night? “I don’t know what you’re talking about Wood. I’m not staring at anyone,”

“Oooh, is he not out or something?” Yuri asked, still doing those ridiculous moves as he looked over at Declan again.

“Wood,” Aiden said seriously, but it didn’t help that he was a little tipsy and stumbled over his own feet. “You just don’t know what you’re talking about,”

“You and the Seeker. Dance with him. Go like this,” and Yuri made a rather lewd dance move, to which Aiden couldn’t help but laugh at.

“Just... no...,” Aiden said. “Why don’t you go off and dance with someone who can actually dance back with you huh?” he asked, not trying to be too rude. But Yuri looked slightly crestfallen, as if he didn’t want to leave.

“You keep looking at him. N-not that I’m watching you!” he added, his hand moving to his face as he blushed furiously. “I just - I’m gonna go now!” he shouted, and ran off, and Aiden could have sworn he saw the kid smoking as he left.

[tcrgadventures]

The Bonfire Dance

This is a round dance in reel timing for any number of couples but preferably no fewer than 6. It is traditionally danced around the bonfire on St.Johns Eve. 

All dancers start in a ring holding hands.

1st Advance and Retire - 8 bars Advance for four bars and retire for four bars. 2nd Rings While everyone is still holding hands, sidestep to the right (anti-clockwise) and finish with two threes(4 bars) then sidestep to the left(clockwise) and finish with two threes (4 bars). 3rd Advance and Retire Same as the first movement. 4th Rings While everyone is still holding hands, this time sidestep to the left (clockwise) first and finish with two threes(4 bars) then sidestep to the right (anti-clockwise) and finish with two threes (4 bars).  All Drop hands and turn to your partner.  5th Sidestep In and Out All dancers sidestep to their right, Ladies dancing into the middle of the circle, and gents dancing away from the circle, and then continue with a sidestep to their left back to place. Note that no threes were danced between the sevens.(4 bars) 6th Link Arms Link right arms with your partner and dance into each others places for two threes, and then give left arms and dance back to your own place.(4 bars) 7th Sidestep In and Out This time all dancers sidestep to their left, Gents dancing into the middle of the circle, and Ladies dancing away from the circle, and then continue with a sidestep to their right back to place. Note that no threes were danced between the sevens.(4 bars) 8th Link Arms  This time link left arms first with your partner and dance into each others places for two threes, and then give right arms and dance back to your own place.(4 bars) 9th The Rose The ladies advance slowly to the center with four threes and then take hands in a ring(4 bars). Sidestep to the right(anti-clockwise) and dance two threes(4 bars). On the second three all dancers will turn to their right(clockwise) to face the gents, all ladies with their backs now to each other and dance a sidestep to the right(anti-clockwise) back to place followed by two threes(4 bars). Ladies advance towards partners and give right hand and turn into original positions(4 bars).

During the first 12 bars Gents have remained stationary with their left hand on their hip and right foot pointed forward.

Now the Gents advance slowly to the center with four threes and then take hands in a ring(4 bars). Sidestep to the left(clockwise) and dance two threes(4 bars). On the second three all dancers will turn to their left to face the ladies, all gents with their backs now to each other and dance a sidestep to the left(anti-clockwise) back to place followed by two threes(4 bars). Gents advance towards partners and give right hand and turn into original positions(4 bars).

During the first 12 bars Ladies have remained stationary with their left hand on their hip and right foot pointed forward.

10th Swing and Exchange Partners Partners taking crossed hands swing slowly around for four bars to exchange places(4 bars). Ladies now on the left of their partner. Partners bow to each other and then turn around to new partner(ladies turn left, gents turn right) and bow again to their new partner and start all over again in these new positions. 

This dance doesn't have numbered couples. It is a good dance for a ceili or function because you do not have to number your couples off from top to bottom or sides. Take your time as you perform this dance as almost nothing in it is danced in a rush manner.