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| Action Id: 1537 | Crisis: | Participants: Leola, Sophie, Olivia, Monique, Orazio(RIP), Khanne, Anze(RIP), Cybele(RIP) and Aiden(RIP) | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: Jan. 1, 2018, 10:55 p.m. | Public: True | GM: Puffin |
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Action by Leola
Is the Lodge becoming a grove?
Leola, while many things, is not the sharpest arrow in the quiver. The healing plants growing in the soil, which suggests it is rich in Primum - the First Children's visits - and of course, the coming and going of intelligent, spirited animals - suggest it may be. As the Paladin of Groves, Leola attempts to divine and - potentially - secure this blessing.
Those noted as blessed by Creation, or walkers of the spirit paths, are invited to the Lodge, to best study it. Leola attempts to divine the Lodge's standing, comparing it to those other groves she knows (c.f. The Hesitant Hedgehog).
She also talks to the First, to the Knights of Petrichor. She seeks their approval and their aid in turning the Lodge into a place truly devoted to Creation.
Action by Orazio(RIP)
Orazio dispatches priests and himself to say prayers and undertake a full rite of consecration, protection, and worship of Petrichor on the premises of the Grove. This is a full Church rite, which means it takes days, involves a lot of very seriously considered prayers including kneeling, standing, ritual purification, and all that fun stuff. It may be noticed that the praying and the cleansing goes up a notch whenever one of the shamans are around, and that the prayers themselves are dedicated very /pointedly/ to Petrichor, the Pantheon, and all who worship and honor the gods of the Faith. Orazio also will probably hang around at weird times hoping to catch a glimpse of a unicorn. Because. Unicorn.
Action by Cybele(RIP)
Cybele wanders the lands of the lodge, trying to map out occult confluences and Primium rich areas by - well, mostly by feel, and also by the presence of any spirits, seeing as spirits seeem to also enjoy groves. And if not, the shaman is more than willing to seek the advice of spirits on how to make the Lodge a Grove!
Action by Khanne
Khanne holds the Stone Grove sacred and something very close to her heart... but also, to her soul. She has had visions of its first days, and believes she knows why and how it was raised... at least in part. it is storied Petrichor himself blessed the Stone grove, and she would work with Leola and Cybele to pray to Petrichor and make offerings in ritual for the Spirits to do the same to the location of the Lodge, if it is indeed determined to become a sacred Grove as well. Along with her skills in agriculture to aid in documenting all of the plants and comparing them to those found at the Stone Grove.
Action by Anze(RIP)
Anze isn't magical himself, and he knows very little about Petrichor other than what he's learned from leola herself, but that doesn't mean he doesn't see merit between the blening of shamanism and the southern church. The tying together of the two faiths to create a holy place untainted by the corruption of the dark reflections is an important piece of work and so Anze will do what he can, beseeching the spirits himself is the best Anze can do to try and help. He will pray that the spirits find the place as holy as Petrichor seems too and that they will take residence and try and make it holy thrmselves.
Action by Olivia
While quite new to all of this compared to most, having joined Petrichor's Discipleship within the last year and still very much learning such things, Olivia is nonetheless eager to help. What help means? Well, sanctifying groves is a bit beyond her normal religious pay grade, though she will offer prayers with everyone else. But most of all, she walks the grounds, wanders amidst the various flowers and trees, touches a few, and can be seen leaning close to some, perhaps merely to listen, or... possibly to whisper? It seems in this company she is not shy of making known her habit of talking to plants.
Action by Sophie
Sophie was present when the Lodge grounds were first secured. Leola revived it with Petrichor's favor, while Sophie successfully beseeched Lagoma to purify the grounds. (Critical roll of 140 resulted in Apostate saying anything wicked would be kept away for 169 days. Which, yanno, has long since passed but still.) As such, perhaps she has some sort of connection to the place. She'll certainly meditate and pray upon it to see what insights might come to her -- or what her Sight might show her should it kick in.
Action by Aiden(RIP)
Aiden, surprised by the invitation, isn't confident what he can contribute, but being able to talk to the First in the past might help. He is trying to form some way to communicate with them on a regular basis and strike an accord to secure their help. So any opportunity to speak with them, is a good one. He'll come out to the Lodge to part take in the study, listen to the birds, speak with the First if they allow him to, mediate, to pray. He'll contribute as much as his knowledge will allow him to.
Action by Monique
Monique has no divination skills, no magic abilities but what she does have is information and contacts, and a way of sussing out the heart of a matter with those skills. She'll investigate the history of the Lodge, the creatures and beings who have been known to visit there, and anything else that might give clues about its status.
Result
Orazio comes with members of the Faith to sanctify the Lodge. It takes days, but it is a beautiful place and so there's little hardship to being there even in winter. The Lodge has always been a place of peace, but now it seems even more holy, even more peaceful. Olivia sees the plants there growing faster than they were before - even in the greenhouses of the Lodge that protect from winter's chill.
And now the spirits come in response to Khanne and Cybele's entreating. They come and they stay, for this is a welcoming place, this Lodge, this holy place. Some who come were simply spirits roaming. Others were spirits gravely wounded. One comes and greets Cybele with a nod of recognition, healing up from harm done months earlier.
And then as those assembled look on, little white bunnies hop out of the woods and perform a choreographed dance number, singing in harmony, audible and understood by everyone present.
"Do you wanna make a Grove now?
Come on, let's do this right.
You're not a pal-a-din, that was just to win,
in Brand's Silent War!
But Petrichor still loves you, and your friends,
who called all the spirits heeeeere...
Do you wanna get a Grove set?
(It won't quite be a /Grove/ yet.)
Hold back the night..."
Incredulously, Leola suddenly blurts out, "WELCOME TO MY LIFE!"