One by one, they had trickled in and stood before her and among themselves. Huddled – different yet similar, strangers yet family. Caligo’s eyes were often not kind or soft, hardened by years spent with half-siblings that saw her as little more than a step below them… but with her children, her court, her eyes softened.
As they pooled before her, she stepped among them. There were looks of awe and adoration, others of respect and revery, and even those of guarded sternness or disfavor. She did not longer long on any of their particular emotions, but rather their actions and words.
Gareth was the first to approach her, and they stood face to face in silence for a few mere moments. Although he expressed faith in all the candidates, he did proclaim who his vote was for. As he mentioned Ira, the demigoddess' diamond-studded gaze shifted over the inky stallion with gemstone horns and hooves, then back to the Medic.
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And then, her eyes landed on the Vagabond, Willoughby. Eons with her brothers and sisters had hardened her heart, so while Caligo's heart was normally closed and only opened to those who she deemed her children - she did regard the vagabond with a kind, gentle eye. "Such an admission takes courage, young @Willoughby," she remarked as she walked through the crowd.
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@Cicatrix was nearly as tall as Caligo herself - and while the demigoddess was certainly imposing to many, she did not get the same aura from the Star Walker. They were just as beautiful as the night itself, though. "You may think you are, @Cicatrix... but maybe Denocte has always been your home?"
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Though @Salome did not approach Caligo (or much of anyone, really) - she did not go unnoticed. Caligo's void-dark eyes glanced over to her at the edge of the clearing briefly. The demigoddess could tell the Medic did not wish to be involved, so while the demigoddess herself did not approach...
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And then, there stood @Rivane and @Kassandra. Of Rivane, Caligo felt the waves of emanating distrust, of irritation and anger and emotion. The demigoddess did not call her out for these - for at our base, we are the sole owners of our own emotions, are we not? Caligo was different from her brothers and sisters in that she did not always expect devotion, although the rawness of Rivane pulled on a painful twine of her soul. Kassandra, on the other hand.. the demigoddess could tell her and Rivane were close, but oh how opposites they were in this very moment.
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As she passed by Rivane and Kassandra, and before her stood @Renwick. Her presence enveloped him, the inky mist that encompassed her wild mane and tail wrapping across his withers, back, and interweaving between his legs. "Quite an astute fellow you are," she dipped her head to him...
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Passing through the crowd, she spotted @Luvena near the outskirts as she arrived. The mare may have been late arriving, but the demigoddess wasn't one to overlook people. She could tell there was a confliction in her heart... that it longed to be somewhere and everywhere. There would be no judgment from Caligo of this - even should Luvena leave, she would still be welcomed by the goddess.
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And she feels @Sebastien's eyes on her, on others around her. There is a stiffness that develops in the goddess' limbs as she stalls, her gaze of ice and void meeting his own of purple - something that normally reminded her of soft lavender flowers, but hardly so in this instance. She did not say anything to the stallion of House Vogelstein; she knew his secrets, but this was not her battle to meddle in.
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As Caligo continued, she heard @Kibou's plea. She stepped alongside him, leaned down to hear his vote while also telling him, "You are stronger and more courageous than you give yourself credit."
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As Kibou leaves the immediate crowd, Caligo's gaze drifts to @Katniss and her head dips. She knew that the Champion did not need to hear it, but she had raised a good man indeed.
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It took some time for the goddess to make her way between all those who wish to cast their vote, but eventually she did so and then made her own way back to the head of the court. She passed by @Ira as she did, and her nose touched his shoulder - a curious, static feeling. She waited for him to look towards her and meet her gaze, to which she nodded for him to move forward.
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As they pooled before her, she stepped among them. There were looks of awe and adoration, others of respect and revery, and even those of guarded sternness or disfavor. She did not longer long on any of their particular emotions, but rather their actions and words.
Gareth was the first to approach her, and they stood face to face in silence for a few mere moments. Although he expressed faith in all the candidates, he did proclaim who his vote was for. As he mentioned Ira, the demigoddess' diamond-studded gaze shifted over the inky stallion with gemstone horns and hooves, then back to the Medic.
"Your vote is valued, @Gareth," the demigoddess nodded, a small void-black pouch materializing within her teke. The jet black color slowly dripped away to reveal a natural leather satchel with a waxed sinew string - it was nothing more than a few inches tall and wide. She extended her teke and the item to Gareth. "A satchel which bottomless capability for small items. Some say if you leave items in the pouch long enough, they will spontaneously show up at your home... Hopefully, it will help you in your studies and gathering journies." A small, coy smile before she moved on.
[ @Gareth has been gifted the Marauder's Satchel by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! ]
[ @Gareth has been gifted the Marauder's Satchel by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! ]And then, her eyes landed on the Vagabond, Willoughby. Eons with her brothers and sisters had hardened her heart, so while Caligo's heart was normally closed and only opened to those who she deemed her children - she did regard the vagabond with a kind, gentle eye. "Such an admission takes courage, young @
The goddesses' steps paused as she came to stand beside the bard, and for a moment it was just silence. Eventually, the demigoddess - having been lost for a moment in thought - turns to Willoughby once more and gently drops a necklace over her head. It was delicate and pulsed softly with a gentle light... but despite its deceptively gentle light, it would be able to light someone's path several feet ahead of them. "For your travels, my dear bard. Come back to Denocte often; maybe we will cross paths again soon?" with a smile much softer, much less coy.
[ @Willoughby has been gifted the Moon-glow Necklace by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! ]
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As if from nothing, a small Mist Raven materialized from the void of Caligo's shoulder - its form intangible and fleeting as it glided in a lazy circle around both Caligo and Cicatrix. And just as quickly took to flight, it perched atop the demigoddes' statuesque withers - and a single Shadowfeather dropped from its wing. Now held within the gods powerful teke, she outstretched it to Cicatrix: "A shadowfeather from the Mist Raven. It may occasionally disappear completely into the shadows themselves, but it will always reform eventually. Although you may find it reforms not into a feather, but into various shapes and figures from your memory."
[ @Cicatrix has been gifted a Shadowfeather by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Feel free to NPC the Mist Raven if you reply! ]
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... the mist raven that had circled both Caligo and Cicatrix shifted the wind beneath its hazy wings, and ducked down to interweave between the crowd. It did not fly high but instead stayed hidden between the legs and bodies of the crowd as it flew, and eventually it happened upon Salome at the edge of the clearing. It hopped to land before her, its curious head cocked as it stared up at her.... eyes made of diamonds. And just as quickly as it came, it took off again - a single Shadowfeather dropping from its wing.
It may occasionally disappear completely into the shadows themselves, but it will always reform eventually. Although you may find it reforms not into a feather, but into various shapes and figures from your memory.
[ @Salome has been gifted a Shadowfeather by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Feel free to NPC the Mist Raven if you reply! ]
It may occasionally disappear completely into the shadows themselves, but it will always reform eventually. Although you may find it reforms not into a feather, but into various shapes and figures from your memory.
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The demigoddess does not feel that Rivane wants her gifts, for she may find them ingenuine... so instead, the purple-hued mare may later find she has a couple hundred extra signos in her hip bag. Where it came from... who knows.
But Caligo's heart aches and eyes soften even more with Kassandra's tears. She frowned and stepped gingerly towards the mare as she turned her head away, hiding those crystalline tears. The demigoddess' own muzzle dipped down and she nudged Kassandra's shoulder - her touch like a static, electric spark. "Please don't cry, @Kassandra," she whispered - a voice only Kassandra and Rivane, as well as their bondeds, could hear.
Her teke extended out a small, pristine, and semi-translucent sapphire amulet, set in bronze and affixed to a necklace of similar metal. "I know you have many questions," she murmured. "I cannot promise I will directly answer, but this gem will allow you clearer answers to your visions - but remember, not all questions have a clear answer."
And just like that, the void passed and continued on her trek through the crowd.
[ @Rivane has been gifted 400 signos by Caligo! Enjoy! ]
[ @"Kassandra" has been gifted the Seer's Amulet by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
But Caligo's heart aches and eyes soften even more with Kassandra's tears. She frowned and stepped gingerly towards the mare as she turned her head away, hiding those crystalline tears. The demigoddess' own muzzle dipped down and she nudged Kassandra's shoulder - her touch like a static, electric spark. "Please don't cry, @Kassandra," she whispered - a voice only Kassandra and Rivane, as well as their bondeds, could hear.
Her teke extended out a small, pristine, and semi-translucent sapphire amulet, set in bronze and affixed to a necklace of similar metal. "I know you have many questions," she murmured. "I cannot promise I will directly answer, but this gem will allow you clearer answers to your visions - but remember, not all questions have a clear answer."
And just like that, the void passed and continued on her trek through the crowd.
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[ @"Kassandra" has been gifted the Seer's Amulet by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]As she passed by Rivane and Kassandra, and before her stood @
"And you certainly enjoy know how to flatter, Renwick," a certain playful smirk toying across her lips. As she stepped away and the mist of her mane trailed away from his skin - in its place, the Shapeshifter's Outfit was left. Somehow, she seems to have known he had eye on a certain outfit... and this one could take whatever form he so wished and change once a season. Maybe a good first shape of this outfit would be a certain midnight and gold cloak, dotted with Caligo's own stars?
[ @Renwick has been gifted a Shapeshifter's Outfit by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
[ @Passing through the crowd, she spotted @Luvena near the outskirts as she arrived. The mare may have been late arriving, but the demigoddess wasn't one to overlook people. She could tell there was a confliction in her heart... that it longed to be somewhere and everywhere. There would be no judgment from Caligo of this - even should Luvena leave, she would still be welcomed by the goddess.
Even though the thin mare spoke nothing directly to her, she would hear a voice whisper in her ear. "In case your gathering travels take you farther than normal," and suddenly, Luv would feel a small additional weight sag onto the drawstring looped around her neck. A second satchel would be there - just as tiny as her own, impossibly feather-light, and yet... different. This one had a bottomless capability for small items; and some say if you leave items in the pouch long enough, they will spontaneously show up at your home..
[ @Luvena has been gifted a Marauder's Satchel by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
[ @Luvena has been gifted a Marauder's Satchel by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]And she feels @Sebastien's eyes on her, on others around her. There is a stiffness that develops in the goddess' limbs as she stalls, her gaze of ice and void meeting his own of purple - something that normally reminded her of soft lavender flowers, but hardly so in this instance. She did not say anything to the stallion of House Vogelstein; she knew his secrets, but this was not her battle to meddle in.
Instead, it appeared as if the demigoddess simply moved on through the crowd - but a soft whisper ran past the smoky stallion's ears. "May your cup always be full," a whisper that went just as quickly as it came. In the ghost of it, was a small golden goblet at the stallion's feet. A relatively ordinary (although still elegant) looking goblet with a rather extraordinary feature: it will never run dry of the drinker's choice beverage.
[ @Sebastien has been gifted a Golden Chalice by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
[ @Sebastien has been gifted a Golden Chalice by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]As Caligo continued, she heard @
And she heard his vote, admired the courage it took and as she glanced up, she saw Katniss smiling at her son. Denoctians were her children, but it was truly not the same - she felt the warmth of his mother's love and pride. She glanced back at the stallion and with her teke, tucked a small, white Moonflower - which a miniature, harmless flame rises from its center when it blooms - into his mane as she passed.
[ @Kibou has been gifted a Moonflower by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
[ @As Kibou leaves the immediate crowd, Caligo's gaze drifts to @
The mist raven that had taken perch on a nearby pillar once again took flight, and circled Katniss this time. A breathy caw as it once again took perch, this time on a stone wall right beside the Champion of Battle. It peered at her curiously, then turned to preen itself - its beak passing right through its ethereal form. Yet still, a feather dropped and the wind picked it up, where it hovered - caught in a curious teke - before the mare.
[ @Katniss has been gifted a Shadowfeather by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Feel free to NPC the Mist Raven if you reply! ]
[ @It took some time for the goddess to make her way between all those who wish to cast their vote, but eventually she did so and then made her own way back to the head of the court. She passed by @
As they walked together forward, Caligo extended her teke and a gift to him: a map, bound shut with an iridescent black ribbon. "This will help you in this new walk of life you are beginning. It will reveal the location of every character in the capitals of each court at any given moment."
[ @Ira has been gifted an Enchanted Map by Caligo, and has also been awarded +200 signos for encountering a Random Event! Enjoy! ]
[ @And after her last gift was transferred from her teke to his, they arrived at the front of the court together. She turned back towards her children, these Denoctians, and echoed their own decision back to them:
