#adara of the flame

[the-name-is-hoggle]

Hoggle could not do much more than raise a brow at Selva's words. The dwarf had the impression that he was just handed a puzzle that was missing most of the pieces. Why were they even talking about this? The Summer Queen was being vague while also digging around. He realized.

What was the point of this conversation?

Hoggle couldn't be sure; but he knew not to take for granted that Selva was bringing up Noctus Labryinthus and his less than liked successor.

He's distracted from his thoughts as they start to land, finally taking in just where it was that they were coming down. His eyes start tracing the familiar calling cards of dwarven city building, and marveled at the unfamiliar aspects the architecture had taken due to being in the Summer Court. The feeling of Mars' arm draping over him made Hoggle look up at the Urru.

Alongside the Bowie conversation, he'd have to talk to her about what her thoughts on the whole Jareth and Noctus thing were. It looked like the The Labyrinth, or at least it's king, had a bigger hand in all of their current problems than just the ownership of the Bog of Eternal Stench. Hoggle didn't know what to make of it, but maybe her outside perspective could....

"......I'm surprised you have so many dwarfs settled here..."

He mutters out idly, eyes turning to the Summer Queen once more.

"Speaking of the Goblin Kingdom, I'd always had the impression that my kind weren't really seen around these parts. At least, the goblins and the fieries in the Labyrinth gave me that impression. But now I see that I was wrong...."

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the stench of this terrible blog…bleck!”

[jeff-the-gnome-king]

It would be a long time before Adara crossed paths with Jeff again.

To be fair, she hadn't meant for time to get away from her. But, there was that whole, ending up on another planet thing, actually making children on that planet, and finding a way back to Earth. And, even after that, there was the time raising those children up past infanthood before she'd got the chance to take the trip in the first place.

--There was no way Adara was letting Mars loose on a colony of gnomes until she'd learned a little restraint when picking up small things.

Today, the snow fell between gaps in ancient oaks, and three people trudged along in winter clothing: Adara and two smaller girls who'd never been here before.

"I think we're almost here." The flame woman encouraged.

The smallest of the two piped up. "You sure you're know where you're going, Mama? I don't want it to be like in, Christmas Vacation, and we all get frozen from the waist down."

"We're not gonna freeze, Moon. Mars, you still got the pineapple?"

"Uh huh." Mars held up the fruit proudly. "How come we're bringing a pineaple to the middle of the forest?"

"Well, pineapples have always been a sign of hospitality, and the friend we're visiting hasn't seen me in..." Adara paused. "Quite awhile. Maybe too long."

"Long enough for him to be mad?"

"I don't know. I just...wanted to bring something nice, but unusual."

Moon glaced down at the object in her own arms. "What about this pie?"

"That's for all of us."

Luckily, the smells of exotic fruit and fresh pie were more than enough to catch the attention of sensitive noses. Much like cats, gnomes can scope a scene while deeply hidden in the foilage and not be detected.

The adult woman was recognized quickly and word sent out back to the still acting King of the Gnomes. It would be a few minutes but soon enough Jeff got there, and couldn't help the smile on his face when he saw her. He was quick to pop out of the foliage and into plain view, a few other gnomes flanking him.

"Well, well! Look who it is! Adara! Where did you wander off to?!"

He laughs, head tilting slightly as he noticed the children with her. Hardly blinking at the fact they were hardly as human as their mother.

"Ah! You've had a litter I see! Mazel Tov!"

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[surplus-pink]

Off-season at the beach was not known to draw many people. The chill sand and frigid waters were enough to drive most tourists away.

..Unless you were a tourist with a magical inclination toward warmth.

A red parisol, held by a woman in equally-vibrant shades of crimson floated along the coast. A light breeze ruffled her ink-black hair.

She was not alone. Two small individuals scurried around her like a pair of chicks to their mother hen. Both equally dark-haired, they cast strange shadows as pale sunlight cut trhough the drifting clouds over head: One was taller, bouncier. Unable to stand still in this fun, new environment. She also seemed to have four arms and a tail.... The other, was tiny, quiet, and was clutching a miniscule guitar to her chest as though she feared it would sprout legs and run off at any moment. ...She also appeared to have beak where her mouth should be. ((The Missmatched Quartett)) (sorry this is late)

Off Season. On Season. The beach never lost it's magic for Pearl. Ever since she'd ended up on the planet Earth, it was the landscape that had "spoken" to her the most.

It helped that as a Gem, things like temperature didn't affect her like it would most. So she too walked along in the cold sands, bare feet leaving a trail of solitary foot prints behind her.

It was with surprise when she realized others were on the beach, and it only grew as she neared and recognized the dark haired woman in the distance.

"....Adara...?"

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

Crabs! Crabs be upon thee! Hirob must now contend with a wave of CRABS!!!

[Oh. Oh dear. Welp, you know what time it is!]

[itisweselton]

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//Aw. Why thank you for the sunshine! :)

[mewtwoandme]

Is Sivith okay after seeing that flower?

I say things are going well :)

[ricksmajicknstuff]

A second screech and he was on the move, quickly coming unto the area in the forest where the infant creature surely was. Was it an animal or a more sentient native to the planet? Considering how wild the fauna was on this world, and the flora for that matter!, Maj could only speculate the type of shapes the "people" of this world would look like-

"Adara-?!"

Yep. There was his friend, that he had not seen in some time. Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding two very non-humanoid children. Honestly, seeing the flame mage in such a random ass corner of the multiverse was what really threw the alchemist off more than anything else. He kept staring at her for a few moments more before belated putting a hand up to cover his eyes.

"........uh....congrats on the kids...?"

"Alright....this definitely seems to be the place...."

The alchemist muttered as he concentrated on the little hand held device he held. It sounding almost like a Geiger counter as he watched the read out on the display.

"The energy read outs here are insane..."

He walks around, careful to not step on any of the tiny odd creatures he saw running around...

@adara-of-the-flame

[red-man-of-mustache]

"̶L̶i̵t̶t̸l̸e̸ ̴R̴e̸d̵ ̵M̷a̴n̵?̶ ̴I̶s̷ ̶t̸h̵a̶t̵ ̵y̴o̶u̴?̷" The Shadow Queen cocked her head to the side. Surely this wasn't the tiny, red thing that defeated her...and, then released her again.

"Oh no! The queens watching... that means I've got to be on my-a"

"Best behavior! It's-a me, your highness, just-a showing everyone what I'm-a capable of is all~!"

[the-name-is-hoggle]

Some art for @adara-of-the-flame of her OC Moon, the half Skeksis hybrid.

And a shot of her with her Urru twin, Mars. Weaving their music together, heehee.

[yourehomesickiunderstand]

Bofur gave a shudder as the warmth spread through him. Then, realizing he was dry, he rushed under the enclosure so that he didn't get soaked by the rain again.

Once inside he put his pack and mattock down by the fire. "I thank you for that drying, you're even more useful than I first took you for!" He waggled his eyebrows, "Perhaps I should keep you close with me, I can promise a nice big fire for you to sleep in whenever you wish."

At her question he sighed, "Well I do, but it's in that sodden bag, I have it wrapped but under this torrent I don't know how well it fared. Your drying trick doesn't work on everything does it?" He squatted down and started pulling some packages out of his bag, all pretty waterlogged, though some of the oilskins might have kept their contents safe.

"Open Please"

Bofur sighed miserably as he huddled under his cloak. He'd been travelling through heavy rain all day and was not looking forward to more of the same during the night. He could tell that he was unlikely to get a fire going, and while he'd roughed it outdoors plenty of times, he didn't look forward to it.

As he continued to trudge down the road, he imagined his nice hearth back home in Bree, a kettle boiling over a roaring fire. The smell of good stew and pipe leaf. He took a deep breath and paused, did he smell wood smoke?

It must have been his imagination, there was no possible way anything was burning in this quagmire, but as he looked around he was sure he spotted the light of a flame further in the trees.

Frowning in confusion, he slowly made his way toward the fire, he didn't recall any caves in this area of the woods, nor any good cover that would allow for dry wood in weather like this. As he drew closer, he looked around for any kind of camp.

He paused, his cold, wet brain slowly remembering one being he'd met in the past who could burn something in all this and looked closer at the fire.

He smiled, "Of all nights for me to bump into you again, this would be the best." He called from the edge of the glen, the fire woman could be quite testy when startled. "At least I'll not be needing to dump water on you this time, the rain is doing well enough of that for me."

[mewtwowarrior]

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[spxcemuses]

@adara-of-the-flame asked: Ö

[ a character I’d consider rping. ] | Always Accepting

(( apologies for not writing a drabble for a couple of these; I'm currently in a state of mind to not write much cause of school and such. anyway!

a muse I'd love to RP (somehow) is Shan Yu from Mulan (the animated one, not the live-action remake (I don't think he's even in there; another character similar to him was in place)). Saw the movie the other day and it was really good! I really enjoy how he is an imposing presence among the people of China yet has little to no speaking lines. Also love the fact that he's intelligent and has immense strength, brains AND brawn! Not sure on how things would work given time periods and such, but I can figure it out. And I'd have to think if I actually WANT to write his character. will also write a drabble in the future if I feel up for it!

[hriobzagelthewanderer]

((Sound advice under recent circumstances.))

“…I would take that advice… if I was certain that I was breathing right now… I do not know if I actually have functioning lungs like this.”

[jeff-the-gnome-king]

"Pft, the dead can come to walk the Earth anywhere at anytime depending on if someone decides to dip into necromancy or the like."

Jeff can't help but snort, remembering when a certain preteen boy had made zombies rise a few years back...

"But, anyway, yeah. Besides stuff like that, I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere on Earth some of those from the other side return to this plane during this time. The separation between the two just naturally thins, making such events possible."

The gnome tries his best to explain for his human friend.

"As for what would be turned away by a Jack O' Lantern, like I said. It depends. A gnome like me wouldn't be bothered. But certain spirits would be turned off by such a light on a night like this."

❝ did you cut yourself carving the pumpkin? let me see it. ❞

"It's fine, just a nick. I wasn't paying attention to where my other hand is."

[adara-of-the-flame]

(Late Valentine’s Day ask!)

SilSol whistled a sweet lil tune as he approached Adara from behind. All four hands delicately held and simultaneously hid a gift he had been working on for quite a while. He lowered his head to rub his cheek against hers. It looked like today, both halves were in complete agreement on something, seeing as the Urskek looked closer to his original appearance. Even with the swirls of wrinkles that his separated halves share still visible.

“Happy day of hearts,” he hummed before holding up the gift in Adara’s view. It was small compared to his hands, but it could be comfortably held in both of Adara’s hands.

The gift in question was a light pink, quart’s like structure with a red rose trapped inside. Magically preserved by the surrounding mineral and once loose petals meticulously arranged to resemble a flame. The quarts was vaguely shaped like how he saw hearts, with any imperfections left alone to be genuine.

“For you and your bright heart.” ~ kaiju-crimson-storyandask

To see Adara's eyes then...

No, to see her heart...

She kept it 'on' more often now, when it was just the two of them. And, it was aglow with radiance. Her warm cheek rubbed in open reciprocation against his.

"Oh, Sweet-heart..." He was 'Sweet-heart' now, to her. 'Dark-Heart' was a thing of the past. She took the prize delicately, like a fragile thing, like a newborn baby.

She eyed it carefully. So much detail. Organic. Inorganic. Arranged in eternal unity. Not unlike a couple of lovers.

Not unlike them.

Not unlike him.

"It's beautiful! I think...I think I'll put it right here." In the kitchen window. Where all the family will see when they gather, when they cook together. To shine on them all.

"I...I got you something, too." The flame woman admitted. "Though, I didn't make it." She pulled a smalish, hinged, velvet box out of her pocket. For months, Adara had searched, and saved. What she was looking for wasn't easy to find.

Inside the box was a heart. Strung on gold, perfectly cut with 59 sparkling facets. Pink tourmaline. Radiently pink, flawlessly clear. "I read pink tourmaline is supposed to calm anxiety and uplift moods. And, I always felt bad that you couldn't eat sweets durring holidays, so I thought....pink tourmaline light might taste sweet to you. Like candy?"

The heart on a strand already caught the light of the sun, reflecting a thousand tiny chips of pink.