Arcadian Forest Party

[askmenosecrets]

This was more work that he usually bothered to put in, Pan thought, especially here, at home, but everything was set.




At first glance, it appeared to be a forest clearing, beautiful and wild but nothing different than a hundred other clearings spread throughout the woods of the Arcadian mountains. But when you looked again, Pan thought, you saw something quite different. Hidden in the trees were a series of structures suspended in air, hung with ivy and dew, and through the mist-shrouded branches you could see the faint glow of light, and you could smell the scent of fire and food. There was the fire pit, a circle suspended in the arms of a large oak with a crackling golden fire, a roast, and bowls of marshmallows, chocolate and crackers waiting. There was the bar, stocked with a rich variety of wines and alcohols and staffed by two of the satyrs. And then there was the forest floor itself, bare now, but waiting for the dancing. On all sides of the floor, there were cushions on the low branches and benches of fallen logs, each accompanied with wooden buckets full of wine and beer bottles and glassed suspended with vine.

"Well," he said to Zaffre, currently wrapped around his neck, "I think we're ready." Pan flicked a leaf off his forest green turtleneck and looked around with approval before pausing. "We're almost ready," he corrected, and pulled his pan flute up to his lips.

The forest filled with music as he played, music that began as the mystical songs of the flute, but transformed as he let the instrument fall to his side - transformed into thrumming, sensual rhythms and intricate guitars that would encourage the party-goers to...well, Pan thought with a sharp grin, to be bad. Very bad.

"Let the games begin," Pan said.

[Notes: Everyone in fortuna_invicta is invited, the more the merrier in Pan's opinion. If anyone needs directions to the right section of the forest, let Pan know on the SWS post. Mingle! Get drunk! Stuff your face! Find a secluded tree and do naughty things! Pan approves highly of all these pursuits. Format = narrative third person, if you please!]

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[madethenight.livejournal.com]

Sensing her daughter's approach, Nyx already had a slight smile on her pale countenance. Nodding in greeting, she held out a hand to her child, saying quietly, "Hello, love. Why, thank you. I could say the same, and am glad to see you tonight."

[avenginggoddess.livejournal.com]

The smile on Nemesis’s face grew at her mother’s comment. “Likewise. Are you enjoying yourself?”

[madethenight.livejournal.com]

"Mm, tolerably well, for the moment." She'd been amusing herself at watching the antics of Pan and his guests; the deities and their companions were always a source of great entertainment for the Night. Aye, she knew each and every one of them, their secrets, their vices and everything they wished to hide from her bright counterpart.

"No matter the flavor, gods and mortals are so very much alike, are they not? Children, all."

[avenginggoddess.livejournal.com]

“The difference is that gods have a longer time to perfect the art of refusing to grow up. We seem to have it down to a science.” Despite the fact that she said “we,” including herself in the category, Nemesis liked to think that she wasn’t nearly as bad as the rest of them.

[madethenight.livejournal.com]

Nyx smiled her agreement. "That is quite true, yes. Although I have noticed a few of them seeming to grasp the concept. ...albeit a bit unwillingly, but it seems that change is possible, even for a staid group as those populating Olympus."

[avenginggoddess.livejournal.com]

“Well, I suppose, just like with mortals, growing up is inevitable, no matter how much you refuse to do so.” Nemesis smiled, too. “It’s just a very, very gradual process.”

[madethenight.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps they will discover maturity before the ending of the world," Nyx mused with a soft smile. "Knowing their patron, however, I do doubt it." She chuckled and took another sip of wine, gazing about at the antics just getting underway.