The Three Brooches

Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters has entered the realm of Lusternia.

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Gurashi, The Heart's Friend, "**a sense of sudden excitement** hey hey hey, will give Mister Dad a brooch! Meet me in aetherplex, yes."

Gurashi's melodic voice sings into your mind, "*a blink* Eh? OH! Uh."

A whirling cone of snow rises up from the ground, out of which steps Gurashi.
Bizirik stalks in from the ether, wings spread as it clicks and thrums softly.

Harmony echoes in your mind as you sing to Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters, "**an excited hum** Dad, dad, have a gift, yes. Come to the aetherplex, yes!"

You hug Gurashi as best as you can, pulling them into a tight embrace.

Gurashi reaches out and gently grabs you, pulling you into a tight embrace.
Gurashi fans their wings at you, bathing you in a cool gust of air.
Gurashi begins to follow you.
Smiling dazedly, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend asks, "Had something to show? To...gift?"
Gurashi winks conspiratorially at you.

Great waves crash over one another as they pour in from the ether, finally swirling together before solidifying into Tridemon.
Tridemon looks exhausted and opens his mouth in an enormous yawn.

Gurashi glances towards Tridemon, smiling tiredly.

Tridemon rubs at his eyes for a moment.

Gurashi chirps happily at Tridemon.

You hug Tridemon as best as you can, pulling them into a tight embrace.

In an airy, melodic voice, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says to Tridemon, "Hi dearly one."

You nod your head emphatically.

Tridemon reaches over and ruffles Gurashi's hair fondly.

You beckon to Tridemon.

Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: *as the lucidian appears - p i n k*.

Tridemon begins to follow you.

You think to yourself: **sparks of yellow and green, and then amusement at Gurashi's thoughts** Hehehe...

You portal to Overgrowth.
Tridemon follows you ether.
Gurashi follows you ether.

You have emoted: Cheliyi tugs her dads along, pushing through a bush.
Tridemon follows you east.
Gurashi follows you east.

A babbling brook.                                      (#OVERGROWTH_2)
A morning haze burns through the twinkling twilight here, casting dappled sunlight with a soft, gentle glow that seems to make everything sparkle. Decaying leaves and plush moss give way to sandy sediment as one slips through the tree barrier, still wet beneath one's toes. And yet, this well-worn path has not yet been tamed, sprouting the occasional sturdy dandelion or leafy stem. As the path snakes and widens it leads to a sheltered hill, from which a crystalline brook bubbles over a stony stream-bed. Cutting a diagonal cross section of the glade, the rush of water burbles merrily over a series of rounded tiers formed by the occasional tangle of tree roots. The bark of these roots is oddly smooth, as if it were grown all at once, rather than forming naturally over time. Each pool is no more than three feet deep, the widest nearly 10 feet across. As the water tumbles over every step it shimmers in the morning light, enticing one to simply rest their feet in a pool, or for the more bold, to perhaps splash around. On the opposite side of the glade looms a massive rowan tree, its clusters of bright berries swaying dutifully in some unseen breeze. The light of day shines brightly. A delicate bench of twining iron daisies and vines rests here on curled feet. A painting of A fork in the road is proudly exhibited on a nearby wall. A slender leothin sits here motionless, brightening its surroundings with its natural golden bio-luminescence.
You see a single exit leading west.

Gurashi bunches their shoulders, smiling a little more brightly as they tail behind Tridemon and you, wings practically dragging on the ground behind them.
Gurashi hums softly to themself.
Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: *a tired but excited thrum - at last! is finally times*.

Smile bright, you say, "Okay, so... room is not so muchly a surprise anymore, because you have both seen, but it is a nicely room, so..."

Gurashi gazes up towards the sun, squinting.
Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: * ..bright.. *.
Gurashi lazily draws their wings to and fro through the air, fanning them slowly.

Tridemon flops himself into Gurashi's arms.

Bizirik's head begins to droop. It opens its great maw and curls back its lips to allow its forked tongue to unfurl as it yawns before snapping its mouth shut.

You have emoted: Cheliyi pulls out a trio of brooches, cradling them awkwardly in her hands. The first is a violet crysanthemum, the second a cheerfully orange tiger lily, and the last a pearlescent water lily. Each crystalline bloom glows with a soft inner light, yet each is distinct in its warmth. The mugwump beams with pride, before giggling happily at Tridemon.

Gurashi catches Tridemon with a grunt, doing their best to keep the lucidian upright. "Look," They enthuse, gasping as the brooches are revealed.

You think to yourself: **p r i d e**.

In an airy, melodic voice, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says, "...aaaaAAAa the sketches did them NOT ENOUGH JUSTICES."
Gurashi's eyes bug out as they boggle in amazement.

You smile brightly at Gurashi, your frills puffing with joy.

Aquamantic symbols suddenly project themselves upon the very air in dark blue light, fading after a brief moment.

You smile brightly at Tridemon, your frills puffing with joy.

Tridemon gives you a thumbs up.

Gurashi bounces up and down.

Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, you say, "It's one for each of us, yes. Family brooches. Good memories. Tried to put as much Love and Nice things in them while I made them, and also soaked them with light essence, yes."

Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: *so cheery and clear, like real flowers - real lights? the GLOW - pastel recreations in their mind's eyes - a fondness*.
Gurashi nods their head emphatically.

Placing it carefully in his hands, you give a delicate violet chrysanthemum brooch to Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters.
Placing it carefully in their hands, you give a sunny tiger lily brooch to Gurashi, The Heart's Friend.

Gurashi fans their wings at you, bathing you in a cool gust of air.

You display a gentle water lily brooch for all in the room to see.
You smile gently, frills puffing with joy.

Gurashi boggles at a sunny tiger lily brooch.

In an airy, melodic voice, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend whispers, "Oh my..."

With a wistful look on their face, Gurashi touches a sunny tiger lily brooch.

Warmly, you say, "There is also another thing, yes. Read the back of the base, yes."

Gurashi turns a sunny tiger lily brooch over in their hands, examining it closely, holding it near to their face, casting strangely refracted light off their feathers. "Cheliyi...it is beautiful."
Gurashi blinks.

Tridemon proudly shows off a delicate violet chrysanthemum brooch:
Set snugly into a sturdy, silver base shaped like a wide leaf, a large
amethyst chrysanthemum seemingly blooms. Each minuscule petal has been
painstakingly carved from the central gem, nigh life-like in their
detail as they unfurl from a crystalline bud. Deep within the flower's
core glows a soft spark of light, the luminescence strangely soothing.
Even as the glow reveals the minute flaws of the gem, it only serves to
bring greater beauty to the brooch, fracturing the light much like
sunlight dappling an ocean floor.
Engraved on it are the words:
Though it may be hard

Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, you say to Tridemon, "Outlouds, you first, yes."

Gurashi looks at the back of their brooch, blinking slowly.
Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: ...to be goodly... and ...
Gurashi stares ahead, looking utterly wounded.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters says, "Though it may be hard..."

Warbling lightly, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says, "...to be goodly, and kind..."

Eyes shiny, you murmur, "We must always try our best."

Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: *an internal hiccup and rousing of emotions - ohNOAMGONNACRY*.

You have emoted: Cheliyi giggles happily, and begins crying. "Well, I already am, yes."

Gurashi wibbles pitiably, clutching their brooch as tightly as they can with the tips of their fingers. "O-oh..."

You hug Gurashi as best as you can, pulling them into a tight embrace.
You hug Tridemon as best as you can, pulling them into a tight embrace.

Tridemon gives you a friendly squeeze.

Gurashi returns the embrace, tears gathered in the corners of their eyes but not too heavy to fall. "Thank you - they are -beautiful-."
Gurashi sniffles softly.
Gurashi grabs protectively at a sunny tiger lily brooch.
Gurashi considers a sunny tiger lily brooch, then themselves, pulling back to wipe their eyes.

You have emoted: Cheliyi rubs at her eyes, absolutely beaming. "Thought about it when I realized did not have a gift for Mister Dad's birthday, so...."

A warm breeze drifts through, caressing the surrounding canopy and scattering various foliage underfoot. Origami swing in the wind in an almost mesmerizing pattern, until all grows still once more.

Touching the face of the brooch gently, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says, "It is beautiful..."

You chuckle softly, your frilled tail flicking idly with amusement.
Amused, you say, "Do not become entranced with it too long, no. Starting to look like Muginn when he sees a shiny bead."

Gurashi stares blankly into space.
Gurashi's plumage ruffles, and they give you a side-eye.

You give a trillingly melodic laugh, your frills resonating with joy.

Ocean waves echoing softly behind his voice, Tridemon Regalis, Keeper of Pure Waters says, "Right down to the feathers."

Gurashi crosses their arms on their chest, sticks out their lower lip, and pouts.

You have emoted: Cheliyi pauses, and glances down at a watchful widow shoulder pin. Her smile falls slightly, only to soften. She removes the pin with a soft clink, and attaches a gentle water lily brooch in it's place, keeping a leaf-green woollen blanket snugly about her shoulders.

At this, Gurashi stands up with their shiny new brooch and flits up into the branches, clutching their gem tightly as they stare down from a nearby roost.

You remove a watchful widow shoulder pin.
You slip into a gentle water lily brooch.

Gurashi sticks out their tongue.

You create a pose for the object. It will now appear as the following when worn:
a gentle water lily brooch proudly securing a leaf green-woolen blanket in place

You snort at Gurashi, holding back laughter from behind webbed fingers.

Gurashi looks down at themselves again, thoughtfully considering. Then, they let out a short warble of delight, pinning a sunny tiger lily brooch to their scarf.
Gurashi slips into a sunny tiger lily brooch.

You wiggle your fingers threateningly.
Grinning, you say, "I can climb trees -very- fast, yes."

Gurashi puffs their cheeks, perching forward on the branch, prepared to flee again if they need to.
Gurashi suddenly narrows their eyes at you, head canting to the side as they peer at you suspiciously.
Calling down, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says, "...really, though! These are - so thoughtfuls!"

You smile softly.

Tridemon reaches over and ruffles your hair with a fond expression.

Gurashi, The Heart's Friend thinks to themself: * a swell of coloration, blue and violet and orange and pink - a sigh*.

You think to yourself: **a sense of quiet hope that... while will not always be together forevers... these will last. with the good memories always close to their chests. **.

Humming, you say, "Well... that was basically all that I wanted to do, yes. Is the whole thing."
You stare blankly into space.
Like a gentle ripple in a crystalline pool, you say, "Did not plan past this part, no."

Tridemon slips into a delicate violet chrysanthemum brooch.

Gurashi chuckles from their perch, sliding forward on the branch and at last alighting back upon the ground, near to the edge of the brook. "That is O-K...!"
Gurashi stares at a handful of golden sand, eyes wide.
Gurashi's eyes raise to the heavens as a look of hope flashes across their face.
Earnestly, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend exclaims to you, "This was the important parts!"
Gurashi pats a sunny tiger lily brooch in a friendly manner.

The Mantle of Starlight shimmers and twinkles as the starlit darkness that it is formed of continues its eternal motion.
A rush of summer warmth passes through you as you smell grass and flowers and glimpse the limitless blue of a perfectly blue, sunlit sky.

You chuckle softly, your frilled tail flicking idly with amusement.

---> look tridemon

He is a crystalline lucidian tidebourne demigod and his body is a strange combination of colours. Most of him is a deep violet colour, while his left arm is a combination of oceanic shades of deep blues and greens, shifting in a rhythmic, tidally slow dance, with ridges funning from his wrist to elbow in a pattern resembling swirling, stylised waves. In addition, it appears that his fingers of his left hand, including his thumb, have an extra joint, tapering off to sharp- but not narrow- points. He doesn't have hair so much as sculpted spikes of crystal, flaring back along his skull almost like plumage. He also presents an odd form of heterochromia in his eyes, with his right eye simply being a somewhat darker violet as much of his crystalline flesh, while his left eye is broken up into three jagged sections, each approximately a third of the visible surface of his eye, showing amber, emerald and opal segments, with pupils occupying both the emerald and amber.
Resembling an entity from the cosmic planes, his head is wreathed in undulating strands of shimmering cosmic fire. Attuned to his moods, the chromatic waves are in constant flux, from rising up in a halo of incandescent anger to streaming back in ripples of pleasure.
He is wearing:
bright white robes of platinum waves
the Mantle of Starlight
a circlet of smooth stones slowly rotating around his head in a pattern as steady as the tides
a Runed Crown of Divine Light
an amethyst crown representing the wine-dark sea
a pair of thin spectacles worn slightly too low on his face to actually cover the entirety of his eyes
a resonating lens of cascading patterns
A Silk Mask of Amusement
an Elemental Cloak
a mark of Carakhan
a symbol of Carakhan
Thalassic Prayer Beads of the Sculptor of Waves wrapped around his left forearm, partially fused with the flesh there
a silver necklace set with star sapphires
a Brooch of the Elements
an elegant knot of crystalline filaments
a pearlescent aspergillum
a resplendent amberlight blossom
a dark pearl pocket watch with a clover charm
Urlach's Black Gauntlet
a Celestian friendship bracelet
a hollow wedding band filled with sapphire-infused liquid
a ring of calming hues
a delicate white ring
an elegant crimson briefcase
a suspiciously mundane wallet
a parafilament saddlebag
a weathered pair of travelling boots
a delicate violet chrysanthemum brooch.

Looking up, Gurashi, The Heart's Friend says, "Do want to help me uh, pass out globes to peoples in the city? Or...do mind waiting here while I do that super fast, and then can come back."
Gurashi lazily draws their wings to and fro through the air, fanning them slowly.
Gurashi bobs their head slightly side to side.

You hum softly, your frills vibrating with song.
You move about quickly and lose Gurashi, The Heart's Friend.

Gurashi nods their head emphatically.

You begin to follow Gurashi.
You nod your head sagely.