Beyoncé with a lasso

COLT

Having learned her lesson from her last visit here and the harmless(?) spirit that had her jumping back on her horse faster than a blink, she almost doesn't want to try again. She could just keep her head down and work, fuck the shiny belt buckle in her mind. But, maybe she could be a bit smarter this time around.

Instead of ribs, Colt had asked Sunjata for some help. A rodeo, she'd explained, to help stir some excitement in King's End and bring people together. What was good for her ranch would only serve the House of Midnight right down the road, so like a pair of horses in a field they could scratch each other's backs a bit.

"Thanks for coming with me," she murmured to him as they approached the shrine, tossing him a smile from under her hat. "I was a bit spooked last time I came here alone." It was just a small thing she needed, and she hoped the trouble of acquiring it wouldn't be an inconvenience to him or Frey. Simple as it was, it was still beyond her means.

Scooping her hair against her left shoulder, Colt kneeled down before the windtossed alcove of ground dedicated to Frey and Rae. As before, she arranged some of her preferred flowers and fruits and hoped between the two of them they might be able to inspire some divine aid for the western shindig they were cooking up. "Nature Frey," she murmured softly, the one she trusted the most, though all sides of Frey had a place in her heart. "I'd like to deliver some luck to whoever wins our rodeo. Please, could you lend some of your skills to create that belt buckle trophy?" 

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2nd attempt for the season. Colt prays to Nature Frey for a Belt Buckle with +1 luck.

Sunjata will be joining to help with her roll

With so many spirits around you, you attract the attention of the gods when visiting a shrine. Roll with advantage when praying at a shrine.

If I go missing, don't bother looking, I'm probably just riding the wind
'Cause cowboys and sunsets, you can always count on them, but never to stay
I guess I'm a cowboy, 'cause there's a sunset on the way

hellos, goodbyes, a thousand midnights
lost in sleepless lullabies

“I get it. It’s not a problem.” Sunjata says swiftly, flashing her a crooked smile in return. Arriving at the shrine with trinkets of his own for offering, he’s never met the nature side of his deity. Not that it makes him wary in the slightest, but he arranges the peaches he’d brought alongside Colt’s offering before stepping back.

The rodeo lingers on his mind, a perfect opportunity to bring people in and get some use of the still new skyport in New Haven. So it had been a resounding yes when the idea had come about, Sunjata focusing on helping Colt however she needed it to make it a reality.

So here he is, stepping back, hoping his presence might help her achieve her goal without the odd spirits that often haunted King’s End, head bowed as he listens to the wind chimes dance in the light breeze.

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Sunjata’s here to help and puts down some of his own offerings!

With so many spirits around you, you attract the attention of the gods when visiting a shrine. Roll with advantage when praying at a shrine. (In order to use this, make sure to note the ability at the bottom of your shrine post).

the flood

heaven's dreaming thoughtless thoughts,
my friends, we know we'll be ghosts again

totally sniped from odd ilu

Frey

The windchimes tinkle their music in response to Colt and Sunjata's petitions, tugged by a playful breeze that sets the fire within the shrine to flickering. Silence follows, and for just a tick or two, it might appear that Colt's latest petition has gone unanswered. But then the grasses around them bloom to life, buds opening to wildflowers in every colour and scent imaginable. And before them, crouched to reach for one of the peaches, the naked and golden-skinned form of Frey offers a warm smile.

"It is not often we see you like this, is it?" they say to Sunjata with a gentle incline of their head. "It is good to see you, petal." Then, to Colt, they straighten up and sink their teeth into the peach, chewing thoughtfully for a moment. "It can be done," they say, sucking juice from their fingers. "But luck attracts luck. And that is on you, honey."

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Colt has received a quest!

She must encounter three Serendipities in three separate threads that occur after this one (11188).

COLT

It starts much like it had the last time. A billow of wind, clattering against the chimes with an energy that suggested someone had been listening. However, nothing came, not Frey, not a cranky figure of bones, just the wind whipping up the fire. Colt thought perhaps that was answer enough.

Dipping her head deeper in quiet acceptance of the response, Colt started to pull away, started to rise—until she caught the motion among the grass and the beautiful display of wildflowers. Frey materialized from each unfurled petal and every twisted root that sprung to life with their breath. Colt's fingers curled back into the grass, like a lover's touch to touseled hair, as she returned to her kneel fully. Beneath her hat and lashes, she quietly admired the deity and all their spleandor. Yes—they're who kept her family's homestead alive all these generations.

"Thank you, Frey," Colt breathes, her hands clapped together and a smile darting across her face as she nodded at the divine's guidance. "Guess I'll need to avoid black cats and mirrors," she murmured as she pulled back from the shrine, to let Frey return to their domain while she did her best to curry the favor of luck sooner than later.

[FIN]

If I go missing, don't bother looking, I'm probably just riding the wind
'Cause cowboys and sunsets, you can always count on them, but never to stay
I guess I'm a cowboy, 'cause there's a sunset on the way