A Visit with Our Grandmother - RPLOG
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Date
4/2/2017
Log
Late in the night, or, well, evening at least, the Ixchel Temple is once again full of activity. Within a ritual is started, one to widen the gate between the planes a bit more to allow more than just the strings that connected a dedicate to their powers. Lots of smells from herbal to floral fill the area around the altar as those called return once more, this time with the intention to see the Eternal Midwife herself.
Ebreus returns to the temple after his last time he arrives as he normally is, a large fluffy Margay Taur in cofterable attire for his form. Upon reaching the temple he does his best to make use of the time he has had for research and greets the faithful with his best imitation of what the Mayans considered polite before entering and heading to the room the ritual is taking place in.
Astara plods slowly back into the temple, in no rush; she's leaking milk and all other sorts of unmentionable fluids, but that's just normal for her! Her pregnancy was starting to encumber her once more, but she was still mobile. For now.
Fenris arrived early in the evening, excited to meet a god. He had met one or two already and was excited to add another to his bingo card. The tubby tanuki has divested himself of his usual weapons and is wearing only a loose, saffron colored robe, like a tibetan monks, only tied at the waist with a thick rope. Other than that, he wears nothing but a contented smile as he sits on the floor in the altar room. He even let some of the nice temple people paint him up for the occasion. Something about occult energies or something. For niw he relaxes and meditates, enjoying the scents that float through the air.
Responding to the call to return to the temple, Selyra makes the trek back to it, glad to get another chance to complete hir obligation. Dressed in hir white armor once again, the collie disarms just as shi had before, making hir way into the open temple to watch people move around hastily. Shi makes a point to stay out of the way, knowing shi'll get hir chance before too long. Spotting Astara, shi shoots the taur a wave and smile.
Firecracker flies through the temple on tiny pink wings as she looks around at all the shiny things to be seen! She too, is wearing the most comfortable attire for her form, her birthday suit! As she flits from one thing to the next, she only stops for fractions of a second to greet whoever she may be flying by with a cheery, "Hiya! I'm Firecracker! What's your name?" Once she is answered, she immediately darts off to the next shiny! During her explorations, she begins to wiggle her little hindlegs together in the air absent-mindedly.
Returning to temple, now with balls meant more for walking, Blanche slowly and carefully trots to the Ixchel temple and into the altar. Her pregnant belly sways under her chubby vulpine form as she looks around and sniffs in the scents. Once there she looks around to see everyone gathering about. "Hello, come to investigate the temple too?"
Nekura came along with her daughter to the temple though it was quite some time later than she expected. Not that it matters a whole lot when you've got the whole 'live for a long time' thing going on. Meanwhile the Nightmares wander towards the opening where the scents come from though it might be a little odd seeing the entirely female Ebony next to her herm mother. "Are you sure about this?" asks the filly. "Of course! The worst that can really happen is both of us going home pregnant this time!" snickrs the taller mare. This makes her daughter facepalm.
Renaria would return, much similarly to how she was the previous time, but now sporting a small pudge of a baby bump on her bared midriff. Her blue scales bulge slightly, but otherwise nicely cover her up as she attends the temple. She nods to the guards as she enters the temple happily, her drones not accompanying her this time, and her ray is retracted into her pack. She seems to come in a lot less worrisome manner. She nods happily as she enters the altar room, offers her thanks, and continues to the ritual room. She is still nervous about the happenings in the temple recently, but reassured that her goddess only has good intent.
Anbessa follows after Selyra as his paws rest behind his head, the bun wiggling his tail excitedly behind him as he glances around the walkway as they enter. It has been far too long since he has been in this place, and it felt... Homely, to him. The dedication probably is what is making it that way to him, but it was great to be here again. Walking alongside Selyra, he smiles to the collie as he squeaks to her. "So, what happened last time you were here?" The bunny asks, having not been here for the last part of the ritual. He wanted to be up to speed on things. Though as they go, he looks and notices the others coming in... His ears raise as he notices Renaria out of the others, waving a paw to her with a wide smile on his face before continuing after Selyra with his tail flickering behind him.
With the arrival of the guests, it wouldn't be much longer! As more and more the room seems to glow, the chanting becoming distant, the smells weaker. Bright... then dark, slowly one world fading out and another fading in, or so it felt. The air becoming hotter and hotter, the feeling of a bright sun upon fur, skin, feather, and scale. A rough feeling below as the world fades back in! Standing in what seemed to be the middle of a grassy field, with large stone buildings surrounding around the area! Many persons, humans, walking about, most females seeming in various stages of pregnancy, males looking ready to fight to keep what they have here, or ready to assist in 'making more warriors'. One stands before everyone, "Ixchel has summoned you, this way." She says, cradling her middle as she waddles.
Ebreus, quite surprized by the change in scenery, looks around before looking to the sky and estimating it to be about the middle of the day he then absentmindedly says "European timezone..." before looking over to the woman who has requested that he follow her then back to his friends and decides to oblige staying close to Fenris.
Renaria would wave back to the bunny that fathered her new child happily and warmly. She follows the gravid guide, smiling happy at her maternal bulge, and the many others around. She wonders what Ixchel has gathered her champions for now. She looks happily ahead to meet her goddess!
Fenris cracks an eye, brought out of his meditation by the sudden change in scenery and the invitation. The tanuki grins and springs lightly to his feet, despite his size. He looks around intently at this new place. "That was a lot less jarring than traveling to Tanuki's realm," he says to Erbeus, "This your first time in another world?" He wanders along, following the guide and scratching at the strange purple marks giggling temple maidens had painted on him earlier. With all the soft, pleasant grass, he can't help but turn a cartwheel. . . then he remembers that he is supposed to be putting his best foot forward. So obviously, he turns his little cartwheel into an impressive tumbling run of flips and twists. Not bad for a fatty!
"Oooooo!" Firecracker exclaims with wonder as the area shifts and changes around her, landing her in an old-timey village in the middle of the day. "Neat!" Watching the tanuki doing all sorts of tumbles and flips, she follows suit in the air beside him with her own aerial display of acrobatics, even as she is hit with another wave of heat and some strange scent in the air. "Weeee!"
Blanche is struck with awe as everything goes bright, then dark, then... grassy? Looking around she spots Fenris and smiles a bit, then looks to Ebreus for a moment and says, "Does it really matter? Ixchel wants us here is a good enough location for me." Looking further, she waddles carefully over to Selyra and walks besides as the priestess escorts them along the way. "What do you think of this place?" Spotting Astara, she waves her way and gives her a quick greeting, still unsure about her sibling. The acrobatics displayed by Firecracker surprises her though, such skill!
Nekura and Ebony cover their eyes when the light shows up and becomes blindingly hard to stare at. As it fades though and leaves them at a temple however the filly ends up staring a bit in surprise before just shaking her head and squeaking as she hustles to catch up with her mother who kept on going. Just in time for them to be greeted by the the weird human and led along! The younger pony looks up at her mother in confusion who just shrugs and pulls them along.
Anbessa's ears twitch at the constant chanting that is joined by the glowing of the room itself around them... Was this normal for this place, because last time he came here it wasn't like this... Though it probably is because it was a festival. Raising one of his arms to cover his face from the bright light, the silver eyed bunny squints a bit at the intense lighting as heat washes over his plush fur. The world fills with light... To be replaced with sunlight, and the feeling of grass beneath his feet that makes the rabbit feel his mouth fall open in bewilderment. Where... Were they? His eyes pass over the many humans, pregnant or not as his ears pinken from the scents in the air. Looking towards the one speaking, the bunny blinks in surprise before he nods, brows furrowing as he follows after the excited others with a look of wonder soon crossing his face. The bunny no doubt has not seen something like this, and he seems both excited and worried at the same time as he looks over the group that he is following. Though he does raise a paw to wave to Nekura and Blanche too, watching Firecracker doing her little show with an amused chuckle.
Miranai has almost 200m!
Selyra looks over towards Anbessa as he asks what happened last time. "Well, we all came up and they were still setting things up. We had to disarm, but that's understandable." she says, starting to blink a few times to try and clear the growing brightness away, but shi soon realizes it's not just hir eyes. It's the whole room. Glancing around, shi looks to Blanche and Astara with concern, when soon everything is engulfed in light, and then darkness. Inwardly shi starts to panic, when suddenly they're deposited into a grassy field, the collie blinking and looking around. "Wh-what just... what?" shi stutters, confused and disoriented. After the initial shock, shi quickly looks for Anbessa, Blanche, and Astara to make sure they're all okay. Once shi sees that's the case, shi lets out a sigh of relief, and only just then notices the heat level of the palce. Panting a bit, she begins to sweat, the fluffiest one there the least acclimated to the hot climate. "Ugh, too hot..." shi answers Blanche, then looks over to the voice. Seeing a human, shi's caught off-guard, but nods and starts to follow, regaining hir composure despite the heat.
As she makes her way around, she waddles carefully, each paw landing one after the other with a rolling gait as her belly slides along the groind. "urgh.... The one downside to being so full of kits..." Her movement is slowand wobbly, at least her fluff would protect her somewhat...
With a start, more than a few notice Blanche's trapped condition! With a smile, one of the quite heafty men pulls up a cart to assist the exceptionally gravid one along. With everyone else walking or waddling or... cartwheeling along, the woman leads them all toward quite the large stone building, a touch bigger than the rest. The stairs up are gentle and as everyone approches a large, very large feathered serpent flys out from the entrance. Once inside though, it is a bit dark, lit up by the sun coming in from slats in the walls. Seated upon a large stone chair is an elderly looking woman, complete with a headdress similar to the guards that were in the Ixchel Temple before. She holds in her lap a large bowl, made similarly to pottery. "Ah, welcome, you've done well to answer my summons. You have questions for me, I'm sure, but first, are you comfortable?" She asks. There are stone benches, similar to pews to sit upon, "And my, what unusual forms you have, though I suppose I should be used to such things." Says the old woman.
Ebreus follows their guide staying close to Fenris he asks "You really think we're not on Earth anymore?" after a few moments and they see the serpent he leans over to Fenris again and says "You might be right." once they enter the building and are faced with Ixchel Ebreus does his best bow while searching his mind for if he is to maintain eyecontact or avert his gaze, not remembering he decides upon the former and says "Thank you. I need little for comfort but should it be possible I would apreciate the opertunity to earn your favor as it appears some of my associates already have."
Astara was wide-eyed at the transportation, with a lack for words; the first thing she manages to say is simply "Hot..." as she wipes her brow, her human skin now glistening with sweat. Another heat starts to build down south, too... her cock flops out of its sheath, adding her own rutty scent to the interesting smells around. "Bah, awful time to rut to happen..." she mumbles as she's led into Ixchel's dwelling.
"I suppose I'm comfortable, uh... Ixchel," Astara responds, pausing awkwardly before she says her patron's name. "Excuse me, Ixchel, but what might be the proper thing to call you? Ixchel feels... too informal." The taur sits down in front of Ixchel's 'throne'.
Fenris lets himself be ushered inside the little house. "Oh! I am almost certain of it," he answers Ebreus. Once inside, he bows low, almost bending in half. "It is an honor to be in the house of Ixchel," he says, "Lord Tanuki, the Great Leaf, sends his greetings and regards." Or he probably would, if he knew about the Mayan goddess, or that Fenris was visiting her. The tubby tanuki reaches into his robes and produces a carefully wrapped paper package and holds it out with both hands. "A gift!" he says happily, "Tea leaves from Miss Edel's garden!"
Selyra walks along behind the human woman, watching Blanche get carted away, surprised she expanded so quickly. Giving Blanche a wave, shi continues on towards the larger building. Seeing the strange serpent flying out from the building, shi inviluntarily stops and watches it with wide eyes, gaping in awe before shi remembers hir actual objective. Shaking hir head, shi enters the building, noticing the older woman on the throne. Thinking that must be the actual Ixchel herself, the collie gives a quick bow to her, unsure what to say at first, so shi settles with answering hir question first. "Th-thank you, ma'am. Comfortable? Well, it's... Very hot here, to be honest, but I'm comfortable enough." shi says, keeping on hir feet for the time being. "But um... If you need any donations or anything, I have plenty to give. I'm sorry I didn't offer anything last time."
Renaria would look upon her goddess with some awe, surprised at how... Normal she seems as the gravid group approaches Ixchel she would bow her head in reverence and nod at the question she has. She sits on the stone bench wordlessly, looking on in awe, feeling tiny stirrings in her womb as she is in the prescense of such a powerful being of fertility. She sees a gift given, and is unsure if she should try and find something to offer up.
A short time after the collie girl starts panting in the heat, it starts not being so hot, the herm and any others in the area being cooled by some force or another in the little room.
"Oh me, me!" Firecracker calls out, lifting a foreleg above her head, then continuing without even being called on. "Why's it so dark in here? I mean, it's real bright outside, but barely any sun gets in! You should really lighten up the place, Ixy!" Firecracker approaches the Goddess to land on her shoulder, leaning up against her head non-chalantly with her hindlegs crossed under her as she stands.
Blanche sighs in relief as she's picked up and placed on a cart and wheeled in. Once taken inside she relaxes her now tired tauric half. Wiggling her forepaws, she at least bows her head to the lady. Considering her influence and their surroundings, she can guess that at least she is a person of great import. "Thank you for having us..." She lifts her head and looks to Ixchel, "... I'm as comfortable as a ball of kits can be!" She says with a more casual tone later. "Honored to be here."
Upon arriving Ebony blinks at the human and then looks to Nekura with obvious confusion. And all her mother can do is offer a shrug in response. She has no idea what is going on either. After all last time she came they found anthro jaguars and now they're being greeted by an almost disturbing amount of humans! The two ponies just watch what happens after sitting down. On the other hand Ixchel might recognize the filly if only due to the fact she seems to glow with residual energy from the two statues that knocked her mother up the first time she came.
Anbessa looks back towards the collie as he hears hir panting, frowning as he turns around to walk over to hir. "Think you'll be alright, sweetheart?" Anbessa asks Selyra in a concerned voice, ears drooping atop of his head as he fishes about in his pockets to see if he can find something to help. Sadly after just a short bit of scouring through his pockets he finds little that would be valid for the situation, scratching his head. "Lets hope the inside of the place is cool." The bun says as he returns attention to the following of the group. He pauses as he stares after the giant feathered serpent, maw falling shut as he watches it for a tad longer than needed, squeaking and rushing after the group to keep up. He does notice the air is cooling, but seems to only think it is the building doing so, hoping Selyra can handle it as he looks up to the older woman with raised ears. His ears twitch and he smiles as he feels a slight sense of comfort being here. "I've... Never seen you in person before... This is a bit new to me..." Anbessa squeaking as he scratches behind his head, trying to figure out a proper way to show respect to her. He has no questions however, seeming mainly trying to piece together what is going on.
Fenris stares at Firecracker, still holding out his gift. The tanuki is always pretty easy going, but claiming a goddess as your perch seems just a tad presumptuous, even to him. He opens his mouth to say something, then closes it. Maybe Ixchel won't notice?
Blinking a moment, Ixchel looks to Firecracker, giving a slight shiver and a chuckle after, "Little creature, if you'd be so kind as to depart my shoulder and rejoin your friends?" She asks, shaking her head, "Children." She says, standing and seeming... much taller and bigger than she was a moment ago. "Ah! Tanuki? My warriors have told me of him. He makes a noble effort, a bit childish, but noble all the same. Give him my regards." She says. Steaping forward though her size becomes much more managable, still looking the elderly woman in a mask and headdress. "Ah! You! I recall you, I take this this is the child fathered though my power before?" She asks to Nekura. "It is well and good that you are all as comfortable as you can be." She comments, "And thank you for heading my summons. I must admit, it took me a while to decide where I'd put my attention, but after seeing such dedication within some of the mortals in... what do you call the land you come from again? Fare havens? The land has changed names so many times it is hard to keep track." She admits, though sets the bowl to the side, "No no, no need for that today, though I thank you sweet canine girl for the offer. She examines the leaves for a moment though, then takes them, placing them into the pot, turning to a servent and asking, "Please put water in this and place it over a fire, there is much to discuss, and some drink from their home land may be most helpful. Come, before we start with why I've called you all here, do you not have any questions?" She asks again.
Selyra lets out a sigh of relief feeling the air get cooler. It's not 100% to hir liking, but shi quickly becomes much more comfortable. Hir ears perk up and hir tail wags lightly, glancing to Anbessa for a moment. "It'll be fine now, hun. The air in here feels much nicer." shi tells him, looking back to Ixchel, the focus of the room. That's when shi sees the flying agent land on Ixchel herself, the collie's jaw gaping open. Shi becomes tense, fearinng the worst for hir fellow mortal, but Ixchel takes it surprisingly well, and the collie lets out a sigh of relief. Once shi's told donations aren't necessary now, shi gives a quick nod, even smiling a little. Ixchel is quite nice. "Actually ma'am, I did have a question... When I came last time, it was on obligation to a group of people I'm allied to, and they wished for me to discover what's happening here and why. I understand if you don't wish to disclose your intents, but anything you can tell me would be much appreciated. Other than that, well... I'm honestly a little overwlemed, so I can't think of any other questions." shi admits with a soft shrug, leaning forward in hir seat so the cool air can get to hir back as well.
Fenris considers, it is not every day that a transdimensional being asks for questions. "I am pleased that you like the gift," he says politely, though inwardly he is even more pleased that she is going to share! The tanuki seats himself on the bare floor and looks up at the imposing woman. "Questions," he murmurs, then pipes up, "Three questions!" he finally says happily, "I know this is not Fairhaven, so where are we? Second," he asks, pointing at the geometric pattern painted all over his body, "What do these mean? And third, do you have any sugar or honey to go with the tea? I did not bring any."
Astara thinks for a good, long minute, a pool of her fluids developing around her. At least that fluid isn't in any part sweat now that the room is cooler. "I... am drawing a blank as to what to ask. I suppose the most I can say right now is that I am willing to serve, milady; and to help you aquaint more with our world, if any of your other dedicants haven't done such already."
