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TDM #2 - March/April 2025

🦋 Introduction

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🦋 The Party

You wake up at a party.

You're not sure how, exactly, you got here. You may have just been walking in the woods or at a meeting for work or doing any other normal activity for you. But you know you weren't supposed to be at this party, you're fairly certain.

Anyone you ask about it will say the party is for you. You and the others also waking up and looking confused. Further questions will lead to the partygoers insisting you have something to eat. You're starving and others are eating the food without repercussion, so you figure there's no harm in a bite. You finish your portion.

It's a garden party at the crack of dawn, with the sun still in its early stages of climbing through the yonder, casting a good mix of pastel hues of blue, pink, and beige on everything. Heralding the first day of spring, the Ruler of the Spring Court has found it fitting to arrange this gathering where guests can feel the blades of grass touching their ankles, as well as the rich soil beneath their feet. Flowers of all kinds surround the party as if they were carefully curated. With spring as the "dawn of seasons," which marks a transition from winter's latency to the resurgence of life everywhere, the Ruler of the Dawn Court has also seen it fit to host aspects of this party during the one time of the year that dawn occurs the whole day. Tall candles and torches grace the outskirts of the garden party, providing warmth and an orange glow everywhere. Not one flame goes out even with the occasional wind, the Duchess always makes sure of this.

There are also freshly picked blossoms and branches with leaves on every table accenting the festive spread of food and drinks. This time, a lot of the food prepared for the Adopted guests are familiar to them with a little bit of a twist. Burgers might come in small packages and in toothpicks, while hotdogs in buns are also diminutive. Cookies look delectable but they have a flowery flavor to them, as if eating freshly picked daisies or daffodils. Fruits that may have been present in an Adopted's home, such as pineapples and watermelons, have seeds in odd places. Picking this selection of food is an attempt to be more welcoming and to appease the lovely guests the fae have invited.

As the party winds down and everyone's eaten, a tall, stately woman stands up and speaks. You feel her voice more than hear it.

I am the Lawspeaker of the Fae, elected by Seelie and Unseelie alike, and you are all, now, subjects of Faerie. You cannot leave this realm once you have eaten our food, and even if you could, there is no saying how much time has passed back where you're from. Your loved ones are likely dead, your problems have likely played out. We require assistance in various matters, and each of you has been chosen for your talent and skill. You will be adopted by one of the Seelie or Unseelie Courts based on your strengths and personality. Your Court will decide what to do with you from there.

As suddenly as she stood, she sits back down.

🦋 Chance at a Dance

A party is not complete without dancing, of course, and while during the last gathering held for the Adopted, different fae danced to music exclusively for them around a glowing tree, this time they are insisting their guests to join in.

This is a party for you, after all.

If the prodding of the different fae hosts won't convince you, perhaps the music will. They play easily recognizable tunes that their wonderful guests must have heard before. These melodies have certain unique effects to their mortal attendees, which are as follows:

Upbeat Music: You will believe that you and your dance partner have been friends forever and have known each other a long time.
Romantic Music: You will become amorous and flirtatious towards your dance partner.
Slow Music: You will develop some tension with your dance partner. It may be negative or sexual; completely up to you.
Quiet Music: You will assume your dance partner is a threat and try to fight them.

🦋 Flower Power

At the Spring King's behest, every Adopted should wear a flower corsage or boutonnière to the gathering. After all, this is to celebrate the coming of spring and what better way to do that than to honor everything in bloom.

The thing is, though, the King of Spring, while amorous and friendly, also has a penchant for playing with mortals' memories, if not also affect their desires and despairs.

So, mischievous as he is, he made sure to enchant the different flowers present in every corsage and boutonnière for the party with the effects below:

Rose: You will recall a horrific trauma
Carnation: You will see a vision of your future, whether it's good or bad
Orchid: You will remember a time you lost someone
Chrysanthemum: You will believe someone among the Adopted is your soulmate
Dahlia: You will believe you betrayed someone important to you, whether you actually did or not

It is perhaps a good thing that no one but the Adopted are allowed to see these visions and memories, but everyone who wears a corsage or boutonnière will be able to see each other's memories and visions when in close enough physical proximity to the vision-haver, for better or for worse.

🦋 GEIS

You feel a vibration in your pocket sometime after the Lawspeaker addresses everyone. When you search for the source, you will pull out your Leaf, the device the Fae use to stay in touch with each other. Anyone who's used a smart phone will easily recognize how it works.

Greetings, Adopted. This is your Lawspeaker.

Tell us all of a time you gave someone a gift. Perhaps a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates. Was it appreciated or not? A reward might await the most meaningful gift given.

ｎａｖｉｇａｔｉｏｎ

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[If it weren't true she'd have something more to say about that. But there's not a whole lot of magic more powerful than her and her older sister, so she's going to let that slide.] Mm. It could possibly be. If this is a different reality as it seems to be, it could be something either ancient or just on a different scale than we are used to. [Ever the sensible one while internally screaming about everything happening here.]

... Pinkie Pie. [She could not sound more of the disappointed adult than she currently is right now.] Did you consider that the food could not be safe? I doubt it would be outright poison, but there are a lot of things far worse than death. [Perhaps this is not the time where she should be rational, actually.

Though she does sigh loudly and eventually grab something that seems like some sort of tart? She assumes that's what it is, though instead of eating it like a normal person might she sits back on her haunches to observe it instead with a frown.] Not that I see anything obviously wrong with any of it.

[ OH NO SHE KNOWS THAT TONE ] Uh....yeah? [ She absolutely only thought with her stomach. ] But I was staaarrrrrrvinnnnnng!

But what's worse than death? [ Is this the time to think about such gruesome possibilities? No. But Luna has started this train, and it won't stop! ]

[It's not often she gets to use it so it's just as weird to her to be doing it!] Mhmm. [She does not believe that at all, Pinkie.]

I suppose it is easier for one to think properly if they have the energy to do so. [That is absolutely a sigh, fine, she'll let her have that.]

Plenty of things. Losing your sense of self in a myriad of ways, being stuck within a dream you cannot escape and your emotions only make it worse, becoming something else entirely... I could go on, but speculation is merely that: speculation. [Nor does it stop her from actually taking a bite of her tart, not seeming all that bothered by those possibilities.]

Or it could be nothing at all. [... Is she teasing her and unable to hide a bit of a smile? Absolutely. She is the original gremlin and will not have her title revoked, thank you.]

Or being turned inside out. [ Pinkie's imagination is sometimes scary. ]

[ She sits down on her own haunches. ] But I just saw a fae lady turn from a bobcat into...not a bobcat in a dress of leaves and a fur collar that was probably breathing. So...I think that any possibility is possible!

That... is certainly on that list, yes. [Perhaps it's better to not question it. Pinkie is Pinkie, that's all there is to it.]

Was it a bobcat into one of those fleshy two-legged creatures? [Human, she means human.] Considering the amount of... creatures [she's not certain if that is the correct word to be using but they are certainly not something she's familiar with] here that are types I am not familiar with and even more that are of that seemingly unfurred or haired flesh variety? The possibilities are certainly more than we can really comprehend. [Which is unnerving for someone that's as old as she is, actually.]

Yeah, she was really nice! [ Already speaking highly of the Fae Court. Honestly, the easiest way to her heart is through her stomach... ]

Lot's of other fleshy two-legs who've been fillynapped have been here a while, too. I think it's just as weird for them as it is for us. [ Pinkie hums in thought. ] Haven't seen any other pony yet, though. But...you don't think they're really gone, do you?

[ Pinkie has enough optimism to energize the entire world, but even doubts can get to her. ]

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