#magic surges

[hallowed-spirits]

The rains in the hallow seem to trigger some sort of response in the plants of the hallow. Usually the hallow explodes with massive amounts of crop yield, the trees pratically sagging under the weight of the fruit on them, the garden so bountiful that its almost a rush to actually use up the plants so they don't rot.

And while the hallow does have plenty of fruit, berries, veggies and nuts to be harvested, the rains seem to encourage the flowers. Which bloom bigger and more colourfully than ever. They even seem to be... moving?

A dandelion, a bright cheerful yellow, shifts itself to face the sleeping and sprawled out form of Dame. As the flower presses its face into her leg, she jumps up with a sound of surprise and then snaps at it. The many daisies, buttercups, white clover and a nearby bushy mass of bugloss all crowd in upon her. She quickly retreats away from them and wades into the, fortunately flowerless, unfinished pond.

All the flowers in the hallow appear to come to life, reaching for people nearby, and the petals of them almost seem to bite into those in the hallow. Not painfully, just curiously, as they seek out the other life in the area. It would feel not unlike the fish that eat dead skin, lots of ticklish nibbles, more likely to make you squirm away, than to flinch.

[hallowed-spirits]

The rains had petered out overnight, going from heavy rain to lighter intermittent showers thar after an hour or so faded out entirely. The ground of the hallow is wet but other than the rare puddle where the ground dips its not completely sodden and with the warm sun heating the ground most of it will likely dry out by midday.

The only place that seems to have a significant amount of water is the hole Fen has been working on, which is half-filled, and where the place for the piping for draining and refilling and filtering the water was going to go, there is a spring that has cropped up. A bit away from the edge of the pond and causing riverlets of water to drain towards the pond.

Due to the lack of protective water resistant lining the ground around the pond is muddy and sodden. Stepping into it you'd sink about an inch into it and the sheer sides where it goes from ground to hole would fall into the pond. Very reminiscent of muddy river banks.

[hallowed-spirits]

*pokes the ferret*

(The ferret who was sleeping wrapped around Nigel makes a startled scream of panic insinctively letting out a burst of surging magics. There is an incredibly loud, near eyesplitting POP! as thousands and thousands of multicoloured bubbles explode from it. One pops as it touches the blanket nest leaving a green stain behind, it's not wet, just like it's been changed colour. The bubbles float off buoyed by the wind.)

[hallowed-spirits]

Where is Nigel my friend Nigel

(In the centre of the nest, in the indent Yorgrim was previously sleeping in, soaking up the warm sun are two creatures, curled around each other. A wooden being in the shape of a ferret curled around a plush crocodile, who has a jaw loosely closed around the ferret's front paw. They both are completely still, eerily so, until Nigel's foot gives a small kick, as it dreams? Do constructs dream? Even these creatures brought to life by hallow magic seem to follow the need of sleep pressed into all creatures within Druskenwald)

[hallowed-spirits]

ooc// I guess Charlie is still in the hallow somewhere from when they were chatting with Yorgrim... I suppose Charlie is now a chicken?

-Charlie

Polish Chicken!!!

Funky guys that make me think of spider webbing for some reason? not actually polish :) very fun and showy - friendly and calm and doesn't mind being handled - doesn't mind confined spaces - terrible sight - occasionally easily startled but mostly due to poor lines of sight bc feathery mess - very very curious!!

[hallowed-spirits]

Ooc/ I would love for Ayla to be turned into a chick. She hasn't had anything that wonky happen to her before XD -Ayla

Yayyayayy!! OKAY!

Ayam cantik! Also known as Seramas, the smallest breed of chicken in the world. The only true bantams! Bantams are when you have a smaller version of a larger breed, Seramas have no larger counterpart so are considered true bantams :)

I picked it bc its commonly kept as a house pet rather than for meat or eggs, which fits a kitty cat such as Alya. The breed nearly went extinct when a really nasty bird flu went through where they were kept as a breed, but they survived! Which also feels fitting for a ghost :)

They also have a massive range of colours and can have smooth feathers, frizzled or silky! They are also super duper friendly and like to follow their keepers around unlike other chickens (who often free roam and come over for food or rare snuggles) They also molt continously rather than one yearly molt!

They are seen as great pets, and even therapy birds! Due to being super friendly and lovely!! This specifically is a frizzly white serama hen! What I imagine Ayla would be <3 cute and fluffy !! (ps ayam cantik means pretty chickens! or sometimes called ayam katik which means pygmy chickens (in Malaysia where they orignate from))

[hallowed-spirits]

*Tries to take the sleeping Ayla from Dame Nat 20 stealth*

*Dame notices pretty quick her puppy is missing, the baby is gone! She starts searching for Ayla with deep concern, making deep mournful whines of stress and worry. You made her cry, you monster, you cruel beast.*

Whhhiiiinnnneeeee

*To make matters worse she turns into a chicken, a very very large chicken. She has dark feathers, slightly greyer on her lower half. She looks almost green as the sun catches against the dark feathers*

(reasoning? BIG FUCKING CHICKEN!!!! also super friendly and sweet and just baby <3)

[hallowed-spirits]

(this is directly from my notes and Not Cleaned Up At All <3 you can tell who I did first bc less info (later ones I needed more research for to be sure of my choices so more info) feel free to search up breeds for more info on playing them :D)

modern game bantam for Billy (used to be used for cock fighting, but remained popular after the ban, personable and friendly, fucking leggy bastards, also similar in size to fen/yorgrim but not as bulky)

brown sussex for Yorgrim (larger bird who makes a good parent, pretty chill and likes foraging for own food, fucking huge large one of the bigger breeds and orange eyes :P)

brown leghorn for Briggsy (unknown origin but known to come from overseas, resourceful and territorial at times, often seen as noisy and high strung, usually independent but some people speak of their leghorns being very affectionate, history of being used for their skilled (proficent egg layers (SO tempting to give to Billy)) also specifically a hen bc spirit curse)

dark brahma for Fen (large with lots of feathers, not super broody but good with kids, will fight things like small animals and likes roaming around but otherwise pretty chill and friendly, prefers the cold, and hard to figure out the sex of)

splash silkie for Dals (cute, small, good parents, don't like laying eggs, very calm and docile, often are given a limited safe space to wander around in (like Dals staying in its garden and not leaving the hallow much) also just - oughhh my belooveeedddsssss)

buckeye for Fallen (very cold hardy, but pretty good in hot places as well, feminist (breed made entirely by a woman lol), very active and are usually very friendly but can be aggressive sometimes, like lots of space, used to be nearly gone as a breed (ghost like?) and look cool af - couldn't get a great pic for mixed gender characteristics imagine with bigger cone (red bit on head) and longer (would be black) tail feathers)