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Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Tangerine - 09-20-2017 tangerine face to the sun Drops of her pain trickle down her brow and under her cheek to run down her straining neck. Her damp breast heaves as another contraction humbles her, bringing her to lie where she stands -a bed of clover. "Jah!" Tang calls into the dark, rough and wild like a primitive animal's cry. Come out, my red medicine. The clearing where she lays is high and secluded, few other than herself traveled to the remote places in the mountain peaks. But Tang had faith the Red Mare will come. She had scented her and her electricity, but the child was moving with urgency, and now her search was put to an end. Tang's head falls onto its pillow of young spring greens, and she waits with the breath hissing through her teeth. She waits for the child she has already seen, who will grow to loathe her mother. But she doesn't think of that nightmare now, she had time to change the story still. He could not be called her lover, the one who gave her this gift. The Dark God (Whos tricks make only him laugh.) The supernova created this child as his own, cold, bright and full of light. You are not expected to change the future you are given to see. Warrick's words stuck with her -they always did- and she hopes that he is wrong. She hopes, as she gives a push, that the child she is birthing has a future other than the one she has seen. Her nostrils flare, one torn and raw one whole, and she glimmers with sweat in the moonlight. Around her, the young cherry trees rustle with life and she lifts her head to see who has answered her call. backstory - she is currently in Carnage's quest & preggers there. She also sees Celest there and she is cold and cruel. So this is taking place right after the quest where she is currently being tortured... @[Jah-Lilah] RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Jah-Lilah - 09-20-2017 Jah-Lilah someday, we will foresee obstacles She comes out at night, that's when the energy comes. Jah-Lilah is jolted awake in the cool spring evening by the sound of her name. This is no new experience for her, she is used to her mate beckoning her forth whenever she so chooses. But it is not her beloved Wolf-of-the-Water who desires her at three in the morning, normally the time they hold their secret meetings of the flesh. It is the pied precog, Tangerine. It can only mean one thing, the time for the birth of her demi-god daughter has come. Jah shakes of the sluggish coat of slumber and immediately breaks into a brisk canter, headed for that damn lake again. It seems like her presence was required quite often lately in the realm of the Dragon-King, perhaps the Earth-Mother was trying to tell her something. Nevermind, she wasn't trying to hear that right now. She trudges through the valley, high into the peaks of Hyaline. She follows the sound of crying, of begging. She happens upon the tri-colored female from the plains, and shakes her head, sympathy in my mare's eyes. She greets the girl with a quiet nicker, then bows her head to sniff and blow. She judges the situation. The babe will be a hellion getting here, but Tangerine will survive. She begins nuzzling the mare's flanks, applying slight pressure, trying to relax her and help with contractions. She sings a quiet song, trying to calm the girl. She hesitates, looks around, then is off for a moment. She seeks out skullcap or catnip, to help ease the contractions and relax the tense mare. Catnip is unavailable, but by the grace of the Earth-Mother she finds Skullcap only a few minutes from the painted girl. "Here, little Spotted-Seer, eat this. It will help with the pain." She drops the herb near the other's pinkish muzzle, then returns to her hind end to gauge the progress of her unborn. She continues humming while she works, nuzzling the mare's barrel and trying to help ease the babe into the world. The dark sides are alight, the vampires are roaming. @[Tangerine] RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Circinae - 09-20-2017 -Oh my love, don't forsake me; Take what the water gave me- Circinae RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - keeper - 09-21-2017 Keeper- not knowing how deep the woods are and lightless RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Tangerine - 09-21-2017 tangerine turn your face to the sun - let the shadows fall behind us The cherry trees part and the Red Mare is there. Despite her pain, Tang heaves a sigh of relief and tosses a strained smile at the midwife, her anxiety lessened by the presence of her mother's friend. Jah's humming is low and soothing, bringing the panic which had been growing down to a reasonable level. She would not have to do this alone. Something seemed different with this pregnancy, (which is not surprising considering what Tangerine had just experienced) but the painted mare refuses to remember what the dark god had done to her, in this moment of birth and new life, she could fight against him in this way and bring her child into a world of love and warmth. The other woman's presses along her abdomen where the discomfort is the greatest - aiding tremendously in the ancient ritual as only an experienced hand can. Soon, the laborer is given a rest as her muscles relax for moment and Jah-Lilah is off, but Tang knows she won't be gone for long. She is unaware of time passing as she is given a much-needed break and the scent of birth and spring mask the signatures of the others who silently observe. The pain returns in a fury of sharp twisting and tearing and with it the midwife re-appears, bringing a green and purple gift. Tang takes the herb greedily, grinding it between her molars. The mintiness overwhelms her momentarily and she is grateful for the distraction. Tangs back legs straighten as the child's front half peeks out into the world. She breaths hard in bursts and puffs of air, the discomfort is familiar, the movement and the fluid between her legs is a relief. Jah remains busy, but not distressed, and Tang draws strength from her steady presence. Now, the wheel is turning and soon, Celest breaks free of her mother's womb to slide into the clover. Like the moon, the white shape lays motionless against the dark field. But as Tangerine reached her head over her barrel and folded legs the sack cracks open and the child bobs her teal head with eyes squeezed shut. Upon the child's brow rests a large white star in a field of green-blue, on that star Tangerine gently kisses her daughter as the foal's black amethyst eyes blink open. "Celest" She murmurs, the daughter of a god and a girl. @[Jah-Lilah] RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Jah-Lilah - 09-23-2017 Jah-Lilah someday, we will foresee obstacles She struts her rasta wear, and her suicide poem. She works tirelessly, doing all she can to keep mother and babe alive. She provides a means for Tangerine to be comfortable, but her priority is preservation of life. The birth seems to be a difficult one, but anything that comes from the God-King Carnage comes with a price to pay. He has given her dear friend the gift of a child, but surely he will ask for something in return. Such bargains are not Jah-Lilah's business, she just needs to make sure the tri-color female survives. She is working on the female when a familiar scent graces her nostrils. Circinae. Her beautiful cherry wood wolf is here. She wuffs softly, respectfully, and brings catnip. Jah's heart is warmed thoroughly, and she turns her attention from the pied mare only briefly. She nickers softly at her shoulder-mate, grabbing the catnip thankfully. A quick exchange of nuzzles and then she's back at the side of Tangerine. She drops the herb by her side, she may need it later. She's amassed quite a following, as soon an enchanting pale buckskin joins the audience. The girl offers advice about the herbs, and watches like an apt pupil. My firefly smiles warmly, thankfully, and is back at her duty. The foal is crowning. There are several moments of tension in the air, there are cries of pain, of anguish from @[Tangerine], and then the filly slides out to greet the world. Jah-Lilah, her job done, steps back into the unknown comfortably. She is an observer once more, never a mother, always a midwife. She is happy. Then a chill racks her body. At the utterance of the filly's name, my mare is suddenly unable to move, premonitions of the future threatening her happiness. She tosses her head, shaking the thoughts off and moving away to give the mother and child some time to get acclimated. As quick and sounlessly as she arrived, she is gone. A quick kiss and a head rub to Tangerine, a blessing whispered and a nuzzle on the forehead for Celest. Then, the red mare is away, as if she had never been there at all. Her only hesitation is at the side of Circinae, a pause taken only for the moment so they may exit together. She bears a cross from a faith that died before Jesus came. RE: Of Earth & Starlight - Celest Birthing [Jah - Any] - Circinae - 09-25-2017 -Oh my love, don't forsake me; Take what the water gave me- Circinae |