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expiationlogs2023-02-17 07:53 am
{Mini Event} Day of Devotion
This is an entirely opt-in very casual event that has nothing to do with overarching storyline and is just an additional introductory log, and a means for characters to meet. We hope you've all had a very happy Valentine's Day week however you've chosen to spend it!
SCARVES OF LOVE
The season of affection and love of all kinds falls upon Aldrip in the wake of their festivities for Those Who Were There. As part of the celebration, what's referred to as the 'Day of Devotion,' local merchants carry a variety of wares, but none so coveted as their multicoloured scarves available in a variety of prints, designs, and fabrics. Perhaps consider picking one up and giving it to someone who's important to you. No money? No problem! Whilst Aldrip doesn't exactly work on a layaway system or akin to, you'll find the mercantile business owners are quite open to trades and other means of bartering. Maybe they'll give out a scarf or two in agreement for running some errands...
Lucky recipients of these very fashionable scarves will find themselves suspiciously open to sharing positive, warm and fuzzy, or perhaps downright amorous feelings toward the person who gifted them the scarf to begin with, regardless of whether you've known them for years or even just a couple of weeks. But don't worry—the feelings are temporary! Once the Day of Devotion comes to a natural conclusion, your feelings will return to something like normalcy and you'll still wind up with a new fashion accessory. Of course, if you've always been amorous with that special someone, you likely won't notice any sort of change.
Take the opportunity to embrace the celebration, maybe embrace one another a little bit, too, and begin forming some potentially everlasting bonds with others.
BRING PROTECTION
Not everyone is choosing to celebrate the Day of Devotion in the same way. Due to the heightened popularity of the pretty scarves, some of Aldrip's jewellers have been bitten by the green bug of jealousy. In an attempt to compete with the sales of scarves, jewellers are advertising pendants, brooches, and other assorted charms that are meant to serve as warding and protective trinkets. What are they protecting one from? It's difficult to say and the merchants aren't inclined to give a straight answer. But whether you need protection from love, personal feelings, or perhaps something more physical, they've got you covered!
If you choose to give these amulets to others, recipients of them and their related will be compelled to share their true feelings with those around them in addition to the person who gave them the protective charms. This sounds like it could be a good thing, however, that means it covers the array of positive, negative, and every shade in between, without a filter in place. Consider these accessories a potential test of friendships, familial relationships, and more.
Like the scarves, this need and desire to be truthful with your feelings will be temporary, lasting until the Day of Devotion celebration is over. But at least you'll be protected. From something. Maybe. Probably. Or not!
FLOWERS FOR ALDRIP
By now, you may be well familiar with Aldrip's variety of fields that are filled with vegetables and fruits that grace the dinner tables of the town and local cuisine. During the Day of Devotion and weeks leading up to it, you'll find that they're clearing another field and preparing the soil. What for, you won't find out until the actual day of the celebration. Once it arrives, there's a collection of simple carts filled with flowering plants. Locals and newly-arrived alike are welcome to lend a hand in planting them along the neatly tilled rows.
You may find plants that resemble or are identical to plants from your home world. You may find plants that you've never seen in your life. They come in a variety of colours and are accompanied by a lightly pleasing scent that shouldn't be too overpowering, though may still disturb those with allergies.
All who help out with the planting, watering, and other tending, will be rewarded with a bouquet of flowers that can be passed onto others to show your appreciation and other forms of affection. You may even find yourself making a good and lasting impression on the locals by offering some assistance.
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[ On the contrary that touch starts to seek out more ways to throw Fyodor off his impeccable balance. Gloved fingers spider upwards to card through the baby hairs at the back of his neck. Yet as a glutton for even more upset he curls two of those fingers underneath the edge of Fyodor's ushanka.
The warm breath against his abdomen unsettles his heart deeply. To unsettle Fyodor in return Gogol's knocks that most beloved hat off his head with a bark of a laugh.]
Whoops!
[ Gave away the answer! Cooperation is needed. ]
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the strands of his hair at odd angles as he looks up, the needle now on the floor. the rest of the blood coating his fingers is unceremoniously wiped on gogol's inner thigh. meanwhile, the hand that he's cleared of blood with his pink tongue pinches the soft, thin skin of gogol's throat.
taunting, daring, distinctively annoyed. ]
I thought you were done testing my very limited supply of patience, Kolen'ka.
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If this is a game of chicken he will be the victor. For that purpose he risks becoming the loser in a much larger game with higher stakes. Yet still his face is full of fondness as he looks down on his friend. He captures some of the fly away strands of hair to tuck behind Fyodor's ear neatly and alongside the allowance to himself to take that action his own blood runs cold with dread. ]
I am terribly sorry fedya but it seems like I've only just begun to test your patience.
[ Bubbling underneath the surface the opposite is equally as true. Only someone who strives to be something more than human would play with the emotions Gogol endeavours to neglect. Those are volatile. ]
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the gentle tucking of his hair behind his ear is strange, alien. no one had tried such bold gestures with him. he straightens up, using the hand on gogol's thigh for leverage. his knees hurt.
with a newly freed hand he smacks away the mask over gogol's eye in a taunt. are you sure you want to test me? ]
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There's aggression covered by affection in the way he grabs the wrist responsible for the unmasking for the second time that day. The same feeling influences the way the other arm wraps around a undernourished waist. This is how Gogol begins to half lead his much scrawnier counterpart and half haul him away from the makeshift medical station. ]
Will you give me a reason to look terribly sorry? Will you do it painfully?
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Yes. [ to both those questions, he's off balance and half-hauled by the other: stronger, invasive, determined. fyodor's smile is savage; it promises blood.
he manages to plant one foot on the floor before using that to push back. he will play. ] I will haunt you.
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To add to their little unofficial power struggle he plants a foot behind Fyodor to unbalance him. If his dear friend falls because of it then let him; Nikolai will be there to catch him in his arms. Maybe then he'd finally be able to sweep the object of his oh so twisted affections off his feet. What delusion! ]
That is very troublesome. Yet I can't find it in myself to dislike it!