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Post by Moonlit_Arcane on Dec 17, 2020 19:14:00 GMT -5
Oh, exciting! owo
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Post by SeleneIV on Dec 17, 2020 19:17:30 GMT -5
A pair of Sphinxes saw the priestess they were looking for and happily bound over to her!   "Great Priestess of Bastet might we have a moment of your time?" Irielynn asked politely. Ah, these girls looked like fun, perhaps they'd be a positive distraction from this... this never-ending Yule... "Yuletide greetings Priestess!" they both chimed with an energy and positivity that made Selene IV's eyes narrow. "Sure. What can I do for you ladies?" Selene IV asked with monotone skepticism. "Well we heard you are the number one Sphinx to see if you happened to be looking for some boy Sphinxes!" Bevin exclaimed. "And not just for us! There seems to be a shortage of male Sphinxes around... almost two to one if ID numbers are correct!" Irielynn added. "Hummm, I might have some boys for sale... for the right price that is!" Selene IV's first genuine smile of the day made its appearance. "Oh, there might be a bit of a misunderstanding great priestess. Actually we are looking for a bit of charity in the name of the Yule celebration! Tis the season of giving and there are poor Sphinxes all over the city with no boys to take to Yule parties. No boys sip hot chocolate with and no boys to dance with." "Perhaps you can find it in your generous heart to donate some boys to all the down on their luck Sphinxes looking for a date or a mate or even just a handsome boy to take to a family gathering so their parents will stop asking when they will get a husband!" "Scarabs!" Selene IV cursed... " If you two spent more time actually working to find some males you wouldn't have to darken my doorstep begging for charity! Get out of here and maybe get a job... and tell any other whiney Sphinx that if they want a male they can work for it too!" The priestess stomped back into the Temple of Bastet. |
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Post by Cameron on Dec 17, 2020 19:20:20 GMT -5
This should cheer up Selene IVYule bells My favorite holiday tradition is one my parents brought back with them from Germany (this was before I was even a glimmer in their eye). It involves something Selene may enjoy a bit more than all the sweets! A Christmas Pickle! A small green pickle ornament is hid in the tree for everyone (mostly the kiddos) to search for on Christmas morning. Whoever finds it receives an extra present. For us this was usually a group sort of present that everyone could share.   
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Post by Mr. Pooka on Dec 17, 2020 19:36:19 GMT -5
I love seeing all the traditions and happy posts... but for this thread I keep wishing I had a 'Selene IV does not like this post' button! She's sooo grumpy!
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Post by SeleneIV on Dec 17, 2020 19:45:41 GMT -5
"erm, ahem, uhm, is this a good time Priestess?" Selene IV's scribe nervously asked... fully knowing the answer.  The Priestess of Bastet took a long deep breath and stared at her employee. "What do you need Bak" the priestess asked through her teeth. As long as this wasn't about Yule... "It's about Yule Priestess!" He said attempting cheer in the face of danger. Selene's vision was growing redder and she briefly wondered if she was working for the right branch of the Temple of Bastet. Unfortunately the scribe took her silence as a sign to continue. "Well it seems that the Yule holiday has been officially recognized but the Pharaoh and, well, most workers are given the day off to spend time with their families? I mean there will be no business to take care of that day anyways, so I was, uhm, perhaps, if you might, err, let me have Yule off?" the scribe stammered... and then against common sense continued, "It is a holiday of giving and charity and good will... such a wonderful time of..." Selene IV smiled, with just a bit to much tooth. "A day off you say?" she asked sweetly. Way way to sweetly. "Well, how could I say no to that simple request! In fact, in the 'spirit of giving' let me 'give' you even more then you asked for! You can take Yule off and, in fact you can have one extra day off after that, and another and another and oh lets say ten thousand more days off! How does that sound!" the furious priestess hissed as her voice got louder and louder. "Begone with you Bak and don't let your tail get caught in the door on your way out for good!" the priestess exclaimed almost manically before she stormed off. The poor scribe lowered his head and held back his sadness... how was he going to tell his family that he had lost his job, and right when he needed it most? |
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 17, 2020 19:52:33 GMT -5
Poor scribes who work for Selene, they're always getting sacked.
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Post by wolfrysk on Dec 17, 2020 19:58:26 GMT -5
Oh no not another one! Poor scribe.
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Post by Cameron on Dec 17, 2020 19:59:44 GMT -5
She is quite sour this year, my gosh! 😱
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Post by SeleneIV on Dec 17, 2020 20:04:32 GMT -5
The furious priestess stomped to her room. Enough of this Yule nonsense! It was everywhere and everyone was joining in... How did this happen? Did she miss a 'join our cult' meeting or something? Scarabs! She slammed her door behind her... ah, her room, seemingly the only refuge from this oddball holiday. She really needed to get out of this mood before she exploded. Selene IV looked around her room and her eyes locked onto her one truest treasure. Her lovely closet, locked with sturdy enchanted chains. If anything could bring her joy it was her beloved closet. The Priestess stalked to the closet and ran her paws over the familiar wood with a sigh, letting some of her steam release. Her claws ran over the chains making a familiar clink and ring noise, that sweet chain rattle reassuring her of this most impenetrable security system. She gave the chains a good shake and listened to their beautiful music. The sound of the metallic links echoed and continued to ring. Lovely thought the priestess... but wait, her room never had an echo before! The ringing and rattling grew louder and closer. Melody turned to menace and the hair on the back of Selene IV's neck rose. The source of the scraping rattle racket showed itself to Selene IV as a ghostly apparition walked right through her doorway. She was wrapped in chains... similar chains to those that protected Selene IV's closet!  Though the apparition was ghostly and her room dark, Selene IV recognized her mentor... the very priestess who she had inherited her magical closet from! "You had better not try to take my closet back! It's already been that kind of day!" Selene IV snapped at the ghost. "Selene!" bellowed the Ka spirit with booming imperative chilling the living priestess to her bones and cutting off her quips. "I walk the earth still, tortured by my greed and selfishness and I am here to warn you that your fate will be worse then mine." The dead priestess' cat stalked around the apparition, batting its ghostly paws at dangling chains creating a constant and distracting ring. Selene IV asked "What has happened to you? How has this happened to you?", her voice quieter and more respectful of her former mentor. The apparition walked closer, eyeing her old closet with desperate adoration... "my greed Selene, it has bound itself to my spirit in the form of these closet chains. See how they cling to me like bad incense! They drag with me everywhere a constant heavy burden of a reminder of... my past." The ghost seemed to drift off staring at the closet... Selene IV interrupted her reverie "is there no way I can help you?". "It's much to late for me Selene, but you... your greed and selfishness surpasses even mine and your chains will be heavier still!" The priestess wailed loudly! "But there is still time for you Selene... not much but enough for you to change your ways before your fate is sealed! I can barely endure this torturous afterlife and knowing I did not warn you would only weigh me down even further and I could not bear that..." Blanched and shivering, Selene IV asked gently "how spirit, how can I change and not share your shackled fate?" " Over the next three days you will be visited by three great Spirits, Selene! Heed them and pay attention to their lessons! It's your only chance and this is my only warning!" the ghost wailed as it began to drag it's chains back through Selene IV's door where she came from. The living priestess ran to the door, opening it to ask more of the spirit but there was no one there... just a dark empty hallway. |
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 17, 2020 20:04:43 GMT -5
((OOC: Game Time!))
The Priestess of Bastet may have left Selene alone... for now... but whose to say that she doesn't wish to stick around Ahket?
To win this priestess (and her custom cat) post the words "You Are Fettered" (in bold) along with a picture (that you take yourself) with your username in the picture, of 'somebody' tied up in chains. The 'somebody' could be you, a pet, a toy, whatever... so long as it is or looks like a creature. The chains can be real, plastic, paper, whatever you can find/create.
The winner will be chosen by a random draw.
You have until 12 hours after this post to enter the contest. You may edit your post up until the deadline is over.
A Very Important Note:
There are a series of special sphinxes to be given away during this event. They may not be sent in for certing until after the event is over.
If you happen to win multiple special sphinxes, you may only keep one. This is to be decided at the end of the event.
The other sphinx(es) the same person wins are to be gifted to somebody who didn't win (or was gifted) one of the special sphinxes.
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 17, 2020 20:07:18 GMT -5
Boys trapped by Selene... |
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Post by tierasa on Dec 17, 2020 20:15:52 GMT -5
OMG! She's freaking amazing! A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite things about Christmas. So excited! Now to see what kind of chains I can conjure up.
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 17, 2020 20:21:04 GMT -5
Last Heb nobody noticed Selene's very sneaky fine priestess trials... so I figured that I would give away a pre-made one for Yule. ^_^
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Post by Moonlit_Arcane on Dec 17, 2020 20:23:31 GMT -5
Oh wow, now she is awesome!
Hm, and I may have some chains just layin' around... >.>
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Post by PookaWitch on Dec 17, 2020 20:25:52 GMT -5
Oh, right... I forgot to mention...
With that last game it finishes off Day 1. Today is the scroogeiest of the event for new items, just one new thing today (chains).
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