#briar 001

[makaylahoffmann]

Who: @briarrosedahl and Mack

Where: Downtown Kismet

When: September 2024

Running errands wasn't exactly how Mack had wanted to spend her day off but with the kids in school and Ethan working, she had the time and figured she probably wouldn't for a while. So off she went to go grocery shopping, drop things off at the cleaners, pick up some other stuff, and maybe get in a session of yoga to unwind at the end of it all. Just as she climbed out of her jeep, she saw a familiar face down the block. "Briar!?" She asked as she got closer, wanting to make sure she didn't go up to some other random blonde woman and accuse her of being her yogi friend. "How are you!?"

[madibyrd]

[ @briarcarnahan​ ]

It’s been over two months now that Madi arrived to the island and still she was finding new aspects of the island. Granted, she wasn’t the big explorer type, she was happy to stick to her routine and what she knew, so maybe if she looked around a bit more thoroughly, she would have found more things sooner, but then it would have taken the joy of stumbling over something new away from her.

It was only drizzling now, which given how much it rained since the new year kicked in, it was a nice change in pace, so she decided to go on at least a small walk. Bundled up into her sweater (she was trying to perserve the jacket and not wear it as much in the rain), she was strolling by the different shelters and huts when she randomly spotted a flower she’s never seen before.

Madi’s curiousity took the best of her, of course she had to head over to it and check it out. It wasn’t anything she’s seen before - mix of pink and purple petals with green streaks running through it, and surpriringly its leafs were yellow. Little dirty, but it was absolutely yellow.

Madi carefully reached down, her fingers first running along the weirdly colored leaf, and then over the petals. “Hey there. You waited for the rain, didn’t you? You don’t like that chilly, sunny weather, so you just hid away until all this water started falling from the sky and showed up just so we can have a little beauty among the clouded days. I’ve never seen anything like you before, you know.”

[thalrahylune]

Time: December 7th, late afternoon, Location: Twist Fate Festival, Siang Institute of Circumstance, Arx Status: @briarfoxglove​

It was late afternoon and the sky was bathed in deep reds and oranges that created a dazzling backdrop against the campus buildings of the Siang Institute of Circumstance. The grounds were crowded with people watching the shows the priests were putting on and visiting the library along with other parts of the institute. Their smiles earlier had been strained, as if the people of the city were unsure if they could still have fun, but after a few hours and with the help of a modest stream of alcohol, the mood had lightened. Thalra watched as priests scribed their predictions in the air with glowing illusory script, creating pictures and symbols, some of their voices booming with magical influence as they vied for the people’s attentions.

Thalra had grown bored of the whole thing an hour ago and no amount of ciders or ale would cure her of that. She sauntered up behind one of the priests who had just finished reading a story to a small gathering of people, and as they dispersed she put on her most inviting smile and let magic flow into her words. “That was such a lovely story, but I couldn’t help but notice that other man over there, the one giving that little lecture-“ she pointed over to a very serious half-orc man who was in the middle of a heated presentation of some prophecy about the crop rotation for this year. “was staring at you the whole time like he wanted you to go right over there and give an interpretive dance to go along with his presentation. I think you should go do that right now.”

The magic took hold, and Thalra saw the man’s eyes cloud over as the Suggestion spell compelled him to turn and walk over to the half-orc. He stood right beside him, much to the half-orc’s confusion, and began moving his limbs like pinwheels, shaking and bending at the waste, then waving his arms back and forth above his head all with the calmest, most peaceful expression on his face. Thalra grinned, watching, until she felt a pair of eyes on her and looked in that direction to see who had caught her.