Happy Pkunk Holiday!

[takeme2urpants]

[Today, and only for today, there is a beautiful pool of water. Next to it, there is a large assortment of different fruits, oat cakes, and many different colors of string. Above the string is a sign:]

Happy Ooidal Flight of the Pelargic Fraternity!
Tie a knot with the string in the fashion you wish, drop it into the water, and let it glow. Your

Comments

[tickingtykebomb]

[eyeing the sign]

Eleven years? Kinda random.

[takeme2urpants]

Ah--it is the number of years between pelargic generations on Gamma Krueger I. It has some symbolic meaning as well, but I could not tell you what it is.

[tickingtykebomb]

...right. So we just make knots and get good luck? That's it?

[takeme2urpants]

Something like that. It is a meditative exercise more than anything else.

[00_07]

[looking through one of the booklets of knots]

[tickingtykebomb]

Gonna make one?

[00_07]

I think so. They all look pretty complicated, though.

[tickingtykebomb]

Seriously. I think it's okay if we do simpler ones, though.

[gets_you_wet]

[being very careful to tie a knot for luck]

[takeme2urpants]

Ah--Kaldur. ♥ Good day.

[gets_you_wet]

ZEX. Thank you. And happy Ooidal Flight of the Pelargic Fraternity.

[takeme2urpants]

Hee hee hee! Happy Ooidal Flight to you as well. ♥ I am glad to see this particular ritual being honored, here.

[bluetilator]

Explain your string ritual to me.

[takeme2urpants]

Illyria. ♥ It is a Pkunk celebration of a new generation. Knotting a string shows how you wish to influence the time to come.

[bluetilator]

How would you have me knot a string?

[takeme2urpants]

[Head tentacle smile, o Illyria]

Hmm, I wonder... perhaps a knot of personal happiness?

[chicksdigfuzz]

[trying one of the simple knots]

[takeme2urpants]

Oh, good day. ♥

[chicksdigfuzz]

Hey there! You wouldn't happen to know how to tie these right, would you? My knot-tying skills aren't what they could be.

[takeme2urpants]

I believe I could be of service, yes. Which knot do you wish to tie?