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chosenbynyx in sirenspull

8th Mark - [Video]

Jan 09, 2012 11:12

Tonight is the first Full Moon of the new year. I'm so excited! I missed last months Full Moon Ritual so I've got to try to find something really special to do. Nyx doesn't hold grudges, I don't think, but I still feel a little guilty. Especially after all she's given me ( Read more... )

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[Video] lockandkeyblade January 9 2012, 20:34:11 UTC

I can pitch a few ideas!

But I've got a few questions first. Like... who is Nyx, exactly?

[Video] chosenbynyx January 9 2012, 21:03:46 UTC

That'd be great!

Nyx is my goddess, she's the one who Marked me as a Vampyre. She's often called the Goddess of Night, she's very loving. Nyx is also the one that gives me all these Marks.

[See those tattoos Sora? They cover like... half her body!]

[Video] lockandkeyblade January 9 2012, 21:09:33 UTC

Whooaa... that's a whole lot of Marks!

Didn't getting all those hurt?

[Video] chosenbynyx January 9 2012, 21:28:36 UTC

Kind of but they tingled a little, more than anything. Thank the goddess that I didn't get all of them at once.

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[video] the_highcost January 9 2012, 21:48:14 UTC

Hm... this is a tricky one... what did you do last time you celebrated?

[video] chosenbynyx January 9 2012, 21:54:19 UTC

Usually, I call all five elements into a circle and thanks Nyx for the events from the last month. And we leave an offering of different fruits and cheeses and everything, with a glass of wine with blood in it. Usually the blood comes from the High Priestesses consort.

He's not here though.

[video] the_highcost January 10 2012, 08:45:28 UTC

SO why not do that?

[video] chosenbynyx January 10 2012, 15:12:18 UTC

After missing one, it feels a little disrespectful not to do something special. I mean, not that Nyx ever really complained with how I pray and everything.

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[voice] axemeaquestion January 9 2012, 23:31:07 UTC

There's a ritual for the first full moon?

[voice] chosenbynyx January 9 2012, 23:33:39 UTC

Not specifically the first one but we do one every full moon. I just thought that, since it's the first one of the year, it should be even more special. It really is a time for new beginnings.

[voice] axemeaquestion January 9 2012, 23:38:04 UTC

What do you do for them?

[voice] chosenbynyx January 9 2012, 23:43:37 UTC

Usually we make an offering to Nyx, fruits, cheeses, wine and that sort of thing. And the High Priestess performing the ceremony evokes the five elements and gives a prayer to the goddess. Then her consort gives blood for the wine.

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Video frosty_mind January 10 2012, 03:46:39 UTC

I'd need to know more about your ceremonies before suggesting anything specific, and I'm not sure how much it's proper for you to say. You could look for a special offering, of course. Or the new year is a time for vows, if you want to do anything with that.

Video chosenbynyx January 10 2012, 03:55:57 UTC

I don't mind telling you. We don't really hide much about our beliefs, it's more that humans never wanted to know.

Ugh! I wish I had the Fledgling Handbook. I could probably get some ideas from that.

Re: Video frosty_mind January 10 2012, 04:26:39 UTC

In very general terms, what would the Fledgling Handbook say that you did for a ceremony?

Video chosenbynyx January 10 2012, 15:10:33 UTC

Pretty much what we usually do: an offering of fruits, cheeses, wine and that sort of thing. The invoking of all five elements in a circle and a prayer, followed by the sacrifice of blood from the High Priestesses consort. It's just, like, a quick cut across the hand and we let it fall into the wine.

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permavideo doeswhathewants January 10 2012, 04:54:03 UTC

Oh, are you a witch?

I hear they like to strip naked and dance around in forest clearings at midnight. Seems like a good idea to me.

permavideo chosenbynyx January 10 2012, 15:07:37 UTC

Not quite, I'm a Vampyre fledgling. And we don't really do the naked dancing thing.

[Trying to keep a straight face. So many people believed that they did the dancing naked in a clearing thing.]

Re: permavideo doeswhathewants January 10 2012, 15:12:50 UTC

I would suggest not having a merry hunt that ends in the spectacular throat ripping of some poor mortal. I hear that's illegal this time of year.

Uh. Perhaps a bonfire with the making of ritual smores?

chosenbynyx January 10 2012, 15:16:36 UTC

Oh jeez! I'd never do something like that! Back home, we have a treaty with the humans to never drink from them without permission. And even if we do, it's frowned on. We usually just get blood donated, like from a blood drive.

[Oh hey... That's a really fantastic idea.]

A bonfire sounds awesome!

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