July 22nd, 2013Kira: Let's be lazy and just post the same thing in both journals.
Dru: Sounds good
Kira moved through the temple in the white and gold accented dress, gathering the items needed for the Full Moon ritual. She placed salt, a container of water, incense, a silver and then a gold candle, her wand, her athame. Candles for the quarters and a cauldron, which was her personal one with the triple moon on it.
Dru headed inside the temple, she was still learning but she was interested to learn what her sister was interested in. She never really believed in much before and she still didn't. Her life was always comics, fashion, makeup and boys. Maybe she could talk Kira into coming to a comic convention sometime.. She got to the back of the temple and blinked, "Was I suppose to wear something special?" she asked. "You look really different by the way.."
Kira titled her head towards her sister. "One can have ritual clothes but no, you didn't need to wear anything special. I just...reconnecting to my priestess past." she said, she waved her over. "I wrote you a copy of what I'm doing. I'm a little rusty but it should be fine."
Dru looked over the items on the altar. "Did you make that wand?" she asked, before looking over the paper she was handed.
"Yeah...always best to make your own." Kira said, "Suppose that could be another custom item I could make at the shop though." she said, it was best to make your own runes as well but she did make them for other people. "Now I know you don't know much about this. This ritual is for the triple goddesses in general. There are a few. The few I feel more personal towards are Brigid which is why I already have a flame going. Hecate, which is why I have a key on the altar. Isis, The Morrígan...well just a name a few anyway." she said. "This ritual also brings the male gods, but I don't have any personal attach to any of them yet. I guess it must be all that time spent as a priestess for the goddess Brigid but both aspects should be covered."
"Sis...far too much information at once." Dru said sheepishly. She had a feeling she could talk about this stuff for a long time.
"Oh, heh sorry." Kira said with a smirk. "Right, take it slow. Alright, so please stand over there since its just the two of us. Remember when I talked about ground and center, please do that." she said before doing it herself. "I cast this circle with love and in trust in mind. May only the powers that wish us well enter." she moved her hand in a circle. "The circle is cast."
As animals would do, Sof moved around them wanting to see what was going on. Kira was ready for such a distraction and had a soft chair off to the side for her to sit and watch what was going on.
Kira held up the bowl of salt. "May this salt be purified to be fit to for this work. In the name of the Goddess, in the name of the God, I consecrate this salt." She held up the water next, repeating the same. She lit the center candle, the incense, and the red candle.
She sprinkled the salt, starting at North. "With the power of Earth I purify this space." she went on to the Water, repeating it for the power of Water. Next incense was moved around the circle for the power of Air. Then the red candle for the power of Fire.
Next was calling the Quarters and the Invocations.
"We honor you Goddess in your three forms, on this night of the full moon.
May our connection to you deepen.
May we continue to grow stronger under your watchful care.
May our understanding of you grow."
Kira lit the other silver candle to let it burn out in the cauldron.
She looked up at Dru. "Now we mediate for a moment." she said, closing her eyes.
Kira then lit the white candle for the Maiden.
"Maiden of youth, we are uncertain of the steps we take. May you help us along the way.
May we find joy in our path, to smile and dance. Help us as we go on into the future."
She lit the red for the Mother.
"Mother Goddess, giver of life. Grant us the simple gifts and pleasures. We feel you all around us as nature springs to life. May we find the connection to nature and grow closer to you."
She lit the black candle for the crone.
"Elder goddess, the wise one. Help teach us new things. The seasons change, the days grow dark but you will always be by our side. Hold us close as we walk our path."
"We Meditate again, anything you need to say out loud or within yourself." Kira said softly.
Dru had been watching carefully of all the things that Kira did. What did she want? She wasn't sure. She didn't have hope that family would work out, which was why she liked them both being in Misfits, people had to care more about each other there then the families they tried to be in before. She wished she had known their sire better before she left.
Kira extinguish the candles of the triple goddesses and told Dru that they now would have to decharge, all that extra energy needed to be returned.
"Loving and wise Goddess, thank you for joining us on this night. Stay if you will, go if you must. Hail and farewell." she extinguish the Goddess candle and went down the closing of the God, the Quarters. She picked up the athame and took down the circle.
"The circle is open but unbroken. May the peace and love of the circle stay in our hearts as we go on our way. Merry meet, and merry part and merry meet again." Kira finished, Sof jumped off and ran after a bug.
"Well, that was kind of a long but not like church." Dru said with a smile, moving off to the sitting area in the corner.
Kira walked off after her, sitting next to her. "Yeah there are a lot of steps. But that's for a full ritual like that. If you wanted to do one just yourself, there are quicker one." she said.
"That was quite interesting."
Both their wraiths decided to show up in front of them.
"****!" Kira hissed, throwing a pillow at her own which went right through it. "You're gone this whole damn time and you do that! If I was human, I'd have a heart attack.." she said, sulking.
Dru's eyes were wide. "You two...did that...planned it." she said, she had moved back on the lounge chair. She agreed with the heart attack comment. Her wraith was laughing before crawling up the wall beside them.
"He's rather freaky but I couldn't pass up a good entrance like that." Mark replied, "But yes I'm back." he added, floating closer.
Kira shook her head, eyeing the mutant wraith of her sister's. "I need to watch this X-Men show to understand what the hell you see in that thing." she said.
Dru perked up. "Read the comics first!" she said, tackling her sister.
"Hell...what did I just say." Kira muttered.