[D3LE] Dance, Shaman, Dance (now closed)
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:46 pm
(OOC: Canary says you can post a reaction in this thread if you're in the camp area, even if you're otherwise occupied during this timeslot.)
The shaman's preparations are surprisingly intense.
Having found a good enough spot within the camp -- a large empty patch of tough-looking dirt -- Chuchu starts by digging a hole. (She makes sure to pull off all her clothes and shinies first, her mother's admonitions not to ruin fine things running through her head.) It's surprisingly quick work for the ratling. The pile of dirt pushed off and away. She continues running around buck naked but for a little loincloth, gathering rocks to line the pit and then wood and dry kindling to throw in, enough to hopefully last as long as she'll need it.
...it isn't very sophisticated or good looking, but it's a fire pit. Chuchu feels proud. She did it all by herself! Normally someone bigger handles this part of the work.
Next the sand. Each color is carefully laid down in concentric circles around the fire pit. Chuchu takes great care to leave enough space between each ring so she can hop between them, and she does so, careful not to disturb the circles, wanting them to remain as perfect as they can for the future dance.
Satisfied with her work -- this looks much more even, much more practiced -- now the shaman begins the next of her preparations. Hopefully Ai and Hikaru join her soon, so she can prepare them, as well. Chuchu shakes herself off before scampering over to her sparse possessions. Carefully a mortar and pestle are pulled out with a little bundle of ... something...
A mix of dried petals and leaves are added to the mortar with some of the oil Nao found for her. The shaman sits down on her cloak, mindfully making a thick purple paste, focusing hard on the work -- she only looks up when someone approaches, squeaking "stop stop" anytime anyone gets too close to the sand circles.
The shaman's preparations are surprisingly intense.
Having found a good enough spot within the camp -- a large empty patch of tough-looking dirt -- Chuchu starts by digging a hole. (She makes sure to pull off all her clothes and shinies first, her mother's admonitions not to ruin fine things running through her head.) It's surprisingly quick work for the ratling. The pile of dirt pushed off and away. She continues running around buck naked but for a little loincloth, gathering rocks to line the pit and then wood and dry kindling to throw in, enough to hopefully last as long as she'll need it.
...it isn't very sophisticated or good looking, but it's a fire pit. Chuchu feels proud. She did it all by herself! Normally someone bigger handles this part of the work.
Next the sand. Each color is carefully laid down in concentric circles around the fire pit. Chuchu takes great care to leave enough space between each ring so she can hop between them, and she does so, careful not to disturb the circles, wanting them to remain as perfect as they can for the future dance.
Satisfied with her work -- this looks much more even, much more practiced -- now the shaman begins the next of her preparations. Hopefully Ai and Hikaru join her soon, so she can prepare them, as well. Chuchu shakes herself off before scampering over to her sparse possessions. Carefully a mortar and pestle are pulled out with a little bundle of ... something...
A mix of dried petals and leaves are added to the mortar with some of the oil Nao found for her. The shaman sits down on her cloak, mindfully making a thick purple paste, focusing hard on the work -- she only looks up when someone approaches, squeaking "stop stop" anytime anyone gets too close to the sand circles.