TANAU
The festival is a roaring success, one might say, and that's not just because of the intensity of the bonfire (though that does help). As people mingle, eat, drink, dance and otherwise enjoy themselves, if anything it feels as though The Climb grows even hotter, the mix of body heat and offerings spiking the heat in the air. It's stifling, suffocating even, and a few festival-goers retreat to the shade or sit down, worried they might faint. Just as it feels like it might be too much, though, the temperature breaks.
It doesn't cool down much - don't be silly, it's still Longheat after all - but it certainly feels as though the earth and the air breathe a sigh of great relief, like whatever chokehold Tanau has had over the season has let up its grip. And for those close enough to the bonfire to see, they'll notice a little more purpose to the colourful flames. Rising up within them, the fire condenses and shimmers into the shape of a young man. Tanau isn't fully materialised - there's no golden skin or dark hair today - but as the bonfire he's a blaze of flame and colour, and a heat-mirage smile warbles in the space where his mouth ought to be.
"I didn't mean to make everything quite so hot," he apologises. "I just wanted to dry things out after all the rain. But thank you for coming to celebrate me."
Tanau has appeared and is satisfied with the offerings he has been given! The heatwave will end with the culmination of Longheat and there will be no adverse effects in the following season.
Feel free to continue posting your reactions/celebrations! The thread will be archived at the end of the month.
It doesn't cool down much - don't be silly, it's still Longheat after all - but it certainly feels as though the earth and the air breathe a sigh of great relief, like whatever chokehold Tanau has had over the season has let up its grip. And for those close enough to the bonfire to see, they'll notice a little more purpose to the colourful flames. Rising up within them, the fire condenses and shimmers into the shape of a young man. Tanau isn't fully materialised - there's no golden skin or dark hair today - but as the bonfire he's a blaze of flame and colour, and a heat-mirage smile warbles in the space where his mouth ought to be.
"I didn't mean to make everything quite so hot," he apologises. "I just wanted to dry things out after all the rain. But thank you for coming to celebrate me."
Tanau has appeared and is satisfied with the offerings he has been given! The heatwave will end with the culmination of Longheat and there will be no adverse effects in the following season.
Feel free to continue posting your reactions/celebrations! The thread will be archived at the end of the month.
