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listenforbirdsong ([personal profile] listenforbirdsong) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-01-30 09:43 pm

[Winter Open] So if "Rizz" is Charisma

Who: Mairi Miann and YOU!
What: Mairi getting settled in her new community
When: Late winter/early spring
Where: Oh, you know, around
Warning(s): None for now!




That implies the existence of:

"Tren"

Once she's signed up to become a farmer, moving her meager belongings out to the farmhouse formerly owned by the aptly named Milo Fields is no difficult task. Neither is clearing the snow in order to get started planting some late winter crops, thanks to Shape Water.

No, the hard part is plowing the icy fields. Had someone been here, they might have prepared the land a little better for such early-year planting, getting seeds for snap peas and spinach and beets and artichokes into the ground for a mid-spring harvest. But Mairi unfortunately has withered fall veggies and the thaw to contend with.

Outside in her fields, she can be seen smacking away violently at the ground with her till, grunting and yelling with the effort. Maybe some help would be good.


"Izz"

As promised to Jean, Mairi posts on the bulletin board in town that she's looking for people interested in learning her magic to form a druid circle. She advertises that she can train others to heal, grow plants, or form psychic bonds with animals. Any takers can find her on her farm or in the Oak & Iron! Her phone number is also on it. Mairi is extremely excited about phones. Please call her.


"Terr"

There isn't a ton in the way of groceries to get right now, what with the food situation, but Mairi can still afford the basic staples and some extra rations to get herself set up in her new home. It's a long way from the market to Northwest Hollow, though, and Mairi's hair is constantly dripping and creating ice underfoot. So it's no surprise that eventually she slips on a rural road and eats shit.

Hello, bystander. Perhaps you might be able to catch a falling water genasi to prevent her from spilling all her damn rations everywhere? Do you help her pick them up? Or do you just laugh at this pathetic wet lady whose brand new bag of flour split open, blasting her in the face with white powder that is now getting wet and clumpy?


"Telly"

How does one catch a siren? How does one avoid getting caught oneself? These are very important questions for Mairi's very important side quest.

In the late afternoon, it is easy to find her in the library, reading up on sirens and their hunting methods, or in the general store pondering trap supplies. A little help with this project certainly wouldn't hurt, and the product of these labors will mean the world to her.


And "Toosh"

People gotta eat. Hunger makes everything harder, be it working, fighting, or thinking. And it's important that the meals folks do get are balanced--- that means protein, vitamins, hearty veggies, and clean, potion-free water. Time to put that druidcraft cantrip to work.

Not far from Cecil's cooking pot, Mairi has taken it upon herself to plant row covers around the community garden, using old bed sheets and particularly pliable sticks. Inside the little veggie tents, she has used as much magic as she can muster to get some kale and broccoli and squash to the blooming stage. The rest is up to time.

But she only has one set of sheets to spare, and her noodle arms can only find so many sticks. Donations and volunteers are appreciated! And if you're going hungry, you'll be the first to get a cut of her harvest, alongside the community stew of course.
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[personal profile] somebodychildofanyone 2024-03-05 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"That seems so odd from my perspective, magic as something that can be present or absent..." River gently tips herself backwards and flops onto her back, still gently cradling the materials. Though she's about to dump some worldbuilding, her tone is one of wonder, even reverence, as she says, "The basic law of all sorcery as I know it - kinesis, smithing, enchanting, necromancy, and more - is usually called sympathy. Everything is in some way like something else. But my master, Robert, he said it a different way: nothing can influence creation without being part of it. To touch is to be touched, to hear is to be heard, to light a candle is to cast a shadow. Necromancy deals in life and death, but it's not doing anything unnatural. How can it be?"
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[personal profile] somebodychildofanyone 2024-03-05 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, exactly," River murmurs. "Spells aren't all that different than machines. 's why any educated blacksmith is real pussy that the damn book wizards up and decided that smiths aren't sorcerers. Smiths were, and are, the oldest practicioners of magic." She sighs pleasantly. "Which isn't to say all disciplines are made equal. I need death for necromancy, often my own, and I don't need that shit to forge."

Beat.

"...Usually."
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[personal profile] somebodychildofanyone 2024-03-09 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"That's an interesting crossover actually," River muses. "One not particularly studied by the kind of people who publish books, given that most right-thinking people outlaw necromancy. Like, is enchantment an act of necromancy if done with parts from living things? Is singing tools from living wood necromancy? Is this even a useful line of thought?"
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[personal profile] somebodychildofanyone 2024-03-09 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"My family's not a fan of," big air quotes, "'book wizards', so we've got a lot of, y'know. Oral traditions. It helps that in most circumstances we can call our dead ancestors up for advice. I haven't tried it here...I don't want 'em to end up trapped."

Her ears droop. River really wishes she could, though...
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[personal profile] somebodychildofanyone 2024-03-21 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. But...gotta come to peace with it, if I get what I want." River offers a hand to Mairi, to hold if the druid is willing. "...I wanna stay. Live again here, instead of going back."