Ouroboros Spine ✶ aniqduum nanaa tutaku ✶

everyone else can join now: @Shikoba @Samani @Amalia @Tulukiri. no posting order and PPing ariadne & samani!

the stars wove overhead.

the great trees were silent.

kukutux asked for the woman of moonglow to join she and callyope, and gather in a seated circle around the girl herself and the spirit-plant which glinted in the light.

as they came, moonwoman smeared rabbit's-blood to each of their faces.

"moonglow cannot exist with pain between us." she looked to tulukiri, then to amalia. "come here, both of you."

at opposite sides they would stand, with kukutux and callyope forming the third and fourth points around the bowl.

"amalia. you have been loyal to natigvik. but your heart is filled with things that are not peace. you will ask the spirits to settle you. you will tell them your desires."

"tulukiri. you are woman of tartok. but you are here in this village now. call upon your spirits. ask them to speak to you, to tell you what you do not know."

her face was somber beneath the dripping red.

"drink. each of you, one at one time, until it is empty. callyope walks with you upon this journey, to guide."

she would wait for words, and if they did not come, she would chant while the three of them consumed the sacred plant.