[Event] My Sweet! - Printable Version

Together, Wilder and Vaati enjoyed their chocolates together while other gembound gathered nearby, talking to each other joyously. Perhaps at another time, Wilder would be nervous about this, but right now she was content.

It was only marred by a rising force in her chest, hauntingly familiar, as the magic in the chocolate settled into her body. She stopped purring for a moment and stared straight ahead, trying to figure out how. She hadn't tapped into this in...a long, long time. It wasn't an active magic, more like...the knowledge had returned to her. Somehow, eating this chocolate had given her knowledge she had long since given up.

And maybe she would have panicked, if she wasn't feeling so delightful. She probably would have cried, actually, but the warmth overtook all of that negativity and she accepted this knowledge, an open mind and a new perspective. She sat and enjoyed the warmth for a little while longer before she stretched her legs out and got to her paws, padding away with Vaati in tow (who snatched another, non-magical chocolate on the way out - to share, of course!)

*exit Wilder

As the intense coffee flavor burst on their tongue, Yellow felt knowledge of a new magic surge into them. Warm, powerful, and somehow terrifying all at once. It wasn't anything dangerous, that was the funny thing. It would not bring fire, or destruction, or death, but life.

New life, born from gemstone and beckoned into the world by the touch of their magic. Family. The magic so sure, so loving, so powerful that it would not fail, at the cost of pouring everything they had into a stone. Yellow suddenly felt a great weight in their chest, as if the simple knowledge of this spell--the idea of such great devotion--had made their heart a thousand times fuller and heavier with responsibility at the same time.

Suddenly, they couldn't bear to hold it all in anymore. The rolling emotion, the new knowledge, the pure magical potential humming through them. They had to let it out. Yellow let the magic burst from their gemstone as they leaped into the air, seemingly landing on nothing as they condensed the air beneath their feet into shimmering cloud steps from which they jumped higher and higher, faster and faster. Exhilaration ran through their fungus-tangled blood as they bounded and leapt back to Ursa, sweeping smooth arcs through the air. It felt so natural to move like this. In a cave without trees, they would make their own midair stepping stones from nothing.

They suddenly missed Mother and their family very much. They couldn't put their finger on why--they still had the mental link that connected them all. But right now, all Yellow wanted to do was return to Ursa and give each and every member of their family a big hug.

As Parthenium crunched down on the pistachio nuts, knowledge of a new magic suddenly blossomed within her. There were--FLOWERS! Joy flooded her body. Parthenium jumped up, tail wagging, suddenly filled with knowledge of beauty and colors and so much love.

Imp was so loud! His coarse excitement was infectious. "I'm Parthenium!" she barked, bounding forward to meet him. And then, impulsively, even though she hadn't told anyone she knew way better than Imp about this yet: "Or you can call me Feverfew! If you want! Like a nickname, haha!"

What did she do? Parthenium's mouth opened silently for a moment. What did that question mean? "I--" Thankfully, an incredibly awesome-looking lizard suddenly came up to them and asked her a couple more questions! She knew how to answer those, she thought! What a cool person, this lizard. He was BIG! And SCALY! and he CHANGED COLOR! Feverfew was simply awestruck by how cool he was. Stunned. Floored, even.

"I'm a-- a DOG face!" she barked excitedly, tail thumping the glowing ground. "Oh! And I got FLOWER magic from the chocolates! I LOVE flowers, what magic did you get?! Can you make flowers too? You're so cool I bet you're surrounded by flowers every day!" Because that was the coolest state of being, right? Being surrounded by tons of flowers! Impulsively, she tried to use the new magic she got to grow a bunch of flowers. AND THEY REALLY DID GROW! OUT OF NOTHING BUT SEEDS IN THE GROUND! Feverfew's jaw dropped open as a bunch of small, glowing flowers just APPEARED at her paws. AMAZING!

"Oh my GOD. You're MASTERS at magic?! That is SO INCREDIBLY COOL, I've ALWAYS wanted to be really good at magic! Ooh, Master-Fahl! And, uh-- Master Imp?! Could you demonstrate some magic? I'd love to see!" Feverfew leaned forward, eyes gleaming. She was so intrigued by the prospect of a masterful magic demonstration that it appeared the pun had flown straight over her head.

F E V E R F E W
Will you stay with me?

"Fuck yeah, masters of magic," he breathed, mostly to himself. He seemed content--indeed sidled closer to Fahl, his best bud, trying to just hang out right beside him.

Squinting eyes picked out Parthenium as she bounded up, and it struck him that flowers were pretty fuckin' pretty. "I'm gonna paint that," he promised to himself, aloud. "All those happy flowers and this dog-face 'n shit..."

His hat was being complimented, which earned Fahl a broad, idiotic grin: "Thanks, buddy... your colors are fuckin' great today!" and then they were being asked for a demonstration.

Oh. Imp hadn't actually used his magic in... well, a long-ass time. But he felt good, so--fuck it, right? He shrugged, still grinning foolishly, and tried. "It didn't work," he said, "probably 'cause of the candies."

He didn't care.

"So, like. Do you two wanna. Go on an... adventure, or something? Oh. HEY. We could... we could... see a movie! They have a theater... in the Palace?" he suggested, blinking far too many times.

Physical touch is something that is still strange to her, and she wants to pull away, but a mixture of the chocolates and the fact that it's Tourmaline keeps her in place. And perhaps it even felt a bit comforting. Arquia's eyes linger for a moment on the Pallas' cat, but eventually return to the stone. "Indeed." Thoughts were running through her mind. What if it was a murder attempt? Hiding a rock in chocolate is a rather inconspicuous way to kill someone through choking. But that didn't explain why all the other chocolates seemed to have positive effects. Someone accidently put a stone inside perhaps? Either way, the dragon was inclined to agree with Tourmaline. "Yes. That is a good idea. Shall we go?" Despite the lively environment, gembounds were gembounds, and she did not like being in the presence of so many.