Tying the knot
Posted: 25 Jan 2014, 13:41
--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--
Enver: He was getting bound tonight, which in his eyes was the same thing as getting married, even if they didn't really use that terminology. The method that they had decided on was foreign to the male, so he tried to relate things to what it was he knew of or had experienced already. He had been doing some things on his phone for his different businesses, getting ready for their weekend away from the city when Enver heard her enter the bedroom. When she appeared and spoke, his phone was discarded to the first surface he could get it on and he grinned at her. The male shook his head at the idea of another night. "Not unless you're not feeling up to it." His eyes went to her abdomen area, that was covered by the robe she wore.
Keara: His reply was more or less what she wanted to hear, as he didn’t immediately take the “out” she was giving him. “Well enough I am. Healed I expect I shall be before the ritual completed has been…if continue to heal I do at the rate I have until now.” She crossed the room to where he sat and placed herself between his knees, her hands reaching behind his head, so that her forearms rested on his shoulders. Her eyes sought his and when, she knew she had his attention she said, “Love you I do My Enver.” Having declared her love for him, she leant in, pressing her lips to his.
Enver: He nodded his head, believing that her wounds would be healed sooner than later; she was the fighter between the two of them so would probably know that better then Enver did. He watched her come to him, the male sitting up straighter on the bed before she found her way between him, Enver relaxing as her arms rested on his shoulders. He was nervous, mostly because he had no idea what the hell was going to happen tonight and while he loved Keara and wanted to be with her, his track record wasn't the best in terms of marriage. Things sort of went downhill from that point onwards. He cleared his throat, leaned forward to meet her lips and nodded. "I love you too. How long until we get the show on the road?" His hand moved to her robe, a finger playing with the opening as he tried to inspect her wounds as quickly and as best as he could.
Keara: As he tried to take a peek at her wounds, she playfully slapped at his hand. “Almost time it is. Just need we do to make sure that everything in place is. Moved I did the altar to the garden. So…” she stepped back and offered him her hands. “Go downstairs we can…if ready you are.” She smiled softly at him. It was strange as she wasn’t nervous about the ritual at all, even though she wasn’t sure how well it would be received by Enver. If she was nervous about anything it was what would happen on their way to the garden, as she’d prepared something by way of a surprise.
Enver: "Is there something I should do before we do this?" He asked as he stood, realizing how little he'd actually done for tonight, being the experience was completely foreign to the guy. "I could run and get whatever is needed quick." He nodded his head, a hand running through his hair as the male started to think there might have been more needed to do for something like this. As he talked and tried to make sure everything was as it should be, Enver walked them out of their place, to the main part of the second floor, where he'd hit the button to the elevator to call it to them. Once it arrived, he'd enter it with her, a bit eager, yet somewhat uncertain due to his dislike of rituals and lack of knowledge on them.
Keara: He seemed nervous but Keara couldn’t figure out why. He’d been the one to propose and she’d given him the option of postponing, so she couldn’t see how the wedding itself could be the problem. She’d done her best to ease his mind on the matter of the ritual itself too and had even talked him through the basics of it. As far as she was concerned he was as prepared for this as he could be and so she shushed him in the nicest way possible, by placing her lips to his, and assured him that she had taken care of everything. Truth was, she didn’t require much and Enver had contributed to the night when he’d proposed. As they stepped off of the elevator, she began to walk them through the hall. As they passed the piano however she stopped and turned to him. “Before bind we do…Found I did a song that my feelings for you truly do portray. Wish I do this for you now to sing…if hear it you will?”
Enver: Enver accepted her second kiss for the night, the male making what would have been a soft, quick kiss, last a little bit longer when Keara tried to break it, he followed forward a little, the male grinning wide. His eyes went to where the garden area was, as did Enver's steps before there was a pause in their destination at the piano. He looked at her from the side, then looked at the piano and nodded his head. "Yeah. Of course." Obviously they had time as she mentioned it and wanted to do it, and Enver of course trusted she knew how watch the time in regards to rituals; most importantly this ritual.
Keara: Even though she knew he didn’t like her kissing his hands, she did exactly that; she collected is hands in hers as she stood facing him, raised them up and lightly kissed the back of each before lowering them down and releasing them. Seating herself at the piano, she paused briefly to collect her nerves and began to play. Keara was not as accomplished on the keys as Alanoth but she wasn’t entirely lacking in musical ability and so she began to play How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding. It was a song she’d stumbled upon while listening to YouTube, as was her way, as she had a tendency to follow one song with another selected from those suggested at the end. The moment she heard this track she knew she had to share it with Enver and there was no better time than their wedding night, as that was effectively what this was. Her voice showed no signs of the nervousness she felt as her fingers moved across the keys and she even managed to look up at him from time to time as she played.
Enver: Maybe he was biased, or maybe his own skills at the piano were just mediocre, but Enver was always entranced with the way she played and how well Keara played. If that made him biased, so be it. He was biased about his wife to be and her talents. As she played the song, he listened, but made his way to the stool she sat on, instead of standing behind her or besides her, by the time the song had ended. When Keara was done, Enver angled his body to face her, cleared his throat and gathered her hands to kiss them as she had kissed his. He didn't comment on the fact she had done that, truth was, he wasn't particularly bothered by it tonight as he knew what it was she was trying to say and portray when she kissed his hands. Enver was blown away from the song choice and her talents that it took him a second to say something or even acknowledge the song. "That's not a song I'd ever think of giving a second thought to." Their song choices were different, her's seemingly more modern and his not so, but he respected her song choice and she, his. "It's an amazing song. I'd like a copy of it, with you singing and playing it." Maybe it was the song, or maybe it was the way Keara was in general, but what was once nerves on what the night would hold, was instantly washed away and a new emotion replaced the nervousness. "You ready to do this?" He squeezed her hands, his brown eyes showcasing his excitement for the night's events.
Keara: She waited for his reaction and couldn’t help but laugh softly as he kissed her hands the way she had his. Considering they quite frequently misunderstood the other, they had found their own way of communicating with one another, and sometimes seemed to mimic the other; this was one of those times it would seem and it made Keara smile to realise it. When he began to speak however she bit into her lower lip as at first it seemed to her that he didn’t like the song she had chosen. Then when he asked for a copy of it, as sung by her, colour rose up briefly in her cheeks and she looked away. “Think I would that you the original song far more enjoyable would find. And yes. Ready I am now with you to be bound.” Keara nodded and yet made no move to stand as she was lost in his eyes, her hands still holding to his. So full of emotion she was that, while she had been convinced that it would be Enver who would be delaying the night’s preceding, she found herself leaning in to kiss him. This kiss, was deep and full of emotion and she soon found herself wrapping her arms around him as if she had no intention of ever letting go.
Enver: He waved her off on the suggestion of the original song. "Probably not." The male shook his head, but decided to leave it there as Keara stated she was ready. He made a move to head to the garden, but was delayed again when Keara kissed him. Not that he minded any, and let her know when Enver returned her kiss, and pulled her up to him. He didn't see the delays as anything negative, just that Keara had a lot to say or on her mind before the series of events went down. "Good. I'm ready too." He reaffirmed her as Enver broke the kiss for a second, then kissed her quickly again. The male moved to her side in an attempt to prevent another delay, not wanting to miss the time frame, not that it couldn't be done next month if push came to shove. "Come on." He nudged his head to the direction of the garden and took the first step towards it.
Keara: She was about to pout when he pulled back from the kiss but when he kissed her again, she couldn’t help but smile. With all the thoughts and emotions flooding through her body and mind, she almost forgot they had a ritual to perform, so when he moved to go, she frowned slightly. Realising where he was going however, that frown quickly disappeared and she swiftly found her footing and moved to follow him, grabbing at his hand and snuggling up against him as she went. “Remember you do what told you I did…yes…? Stay where indicate I do and do not the circle enter until invite you I do…yes?” The garden itself was ready for the ritual. The altar had been appropriately dressed with linens, vegetation, candles and the like. The rope he had bought for them to use lay neatly wound in the middle of the altar and the broom stood propped against a nearby tree.
Enver: He grinned wider at her questions and nodded his head. "Yeah, I remember." He'd try his best, but hopefully the ritual didn't take that long and test his willpower, all things considered about the ritual and how they were going on about it. "I can do this." Enver assured her as they entered the garden area. His steps stopped then when his eyes went around the area and saw what she had done. Enver really hadn't expected most, or any of the stuff he had gotten the night he had proposed to Keara to be used. Mostly because he wasn't sure if what he had gotten was the right stuff or if there was something better he should have gotten. He cleared his throat when the male saw the ritual alter, something he knew would be there, but still felt a slight discomfort around. "Where should I stand?" He looked at her to get his eyes and mind off the alter and back on the end goal, which would be being bound to Keara.
Keara: Keara nodded. “Good…So…” she walked Enver to a specific spot, stopped and then moved to stand before him as she placed her hands on his upper arms. This was perhaps a mistake because without even realising it she found herself feeling his muscles. “Here…here good is. Okay? Think you behave can for five minutes while call I do to the elements?” Had anyone been listening they may have assumed that she was treating him like a child but he sometimes needed her to speak to him that way, as for all of Enver’s intelligence he had moments were he was just plain daft and Keara knew this.
Enver: She moved him where he needed to be for the ritual and Enver followed without much, or any resistance. With her hands on his arms, he stepped forward just a little bit, but caught himself before his foot planted down closer to her. He chuckled and shook his head, as if to let her know he was "on to her," as if he had thought this was some sort of test to test his willpower and skills on listening. "Got it." He assured her after clearing his throat and nodding his head. "Five minutes. Not that long at all." Enver wrapped his hands around her hands to pull her off his arms and away from him, mostly for his own need then her own. At the rate Keara was going, the binding might never get done, with Enver's assistance, mind you.
Keara: When he took her hands she suddenly became aware of what she’d been doing and momentarily bit her lower lip and looked away from him. “Yes. Not long shall you have to wait before begin we do. So long as the gods blessing we have for to begin that is.” With that statement hanging in the air, she moved away from him to the tree to collect the broom. He’d gone to the trouble of acquiring it and so she wanted to include it in the ritual. She had tied the sea themed bracelet he had given her around the handle where the brushes met the stem, and to one side of the brushes itself she had fastened the mistletoe he had bought for Christmas. Without a second though she removed her robe and took a hold of the broom. Keara moved closer to that alter, so that her back was to Enver and began. With her ‘prop’ held out to the right of her, she raised her left out to the side and up into the air so that both hands were just higher than her shoulders. Clearing her throat she began, “Dark Mother, Brilliant Father. Seek I do this eve for with you to commune. Open I do this circle so that you my words better may hear and I your presence better may feel. Let me this threshold cross for here tonight are my intentions clear and my motives pure. In your name subjugate myself I do.” Keara’s left hand dropped to her side as her right slid down the pole she held to so that she could do a sweeping courtesy. Before standing from her courtesy she placed the room before her on the ground to act as a sort of doorway so that Enver would know where to enter…or more importantly where not to cross until instructed.
Enver: He watched her, mostly because the male still had reservations about rituals. Sure, she knew what she was doing, but what if something went wrong? It was possible for something to go wrong, these things seem like something that could go awry and once they did it'd be bad all around. He hadn't expected the broom to be used, simply because that object seemed to be the most confusing to her when Enver was trying to ask her to marry him. His eyes remained on the broom, because it wasn't her, or a naked her and truth was, while he had some self-control, five minutes of looking at a naked Keara would push his buttons and test him. Tonight was just too important to let instant gratification, something Enver spent a lot of time indulging in around Keara.
Keara: Keara stepped over the broom and walked to the alter. She had already marked each of the four points of the compass with a simple glass vase. Each vase contained a candle that had already been lit and the bottom of three of them had been lined with something in which the candle sat; the three vases were lined with earth, water and ashes. Picking up her dagger from the alter she began to speak. “Cleanse now I do this sacred space, so that all that enter safe may be. Call I do for balance here and now restored to be. Ask I do with all that I am, that heed you do my call oh benevolent spirits of this realm.” She crossed to the first vase which contained nothing but a candle and knelt before it holding her hands to the sky once more. “Master of Air. Call to you I do for you here change to bring. Sweep this place of all fear and doubt. This I ask of you. Allow for clarity and reason here to prevail.”
Enver: He was still watching her, quite carefully as Keara moved around the circle. He didn't know what she meant by cleansing an area or why that was so important, but he'd ask later. He didn't think asking questions at a time like this was something that should be done, because he was worried something bad was going to happen. Like they wouldn't approve of him when he asked questions, or one of those nasty creatures would attack her. She was already wounded enough from the night before and that god damn raid, so Enver wasn't going to add to that either. When he heard something about entering and being safe, Enver figured it was close to show time. Which meant he needed to drop his drawers, as per their arrangement. He looked around to make sure no one else was around, not thinking it would be a good idea if some of her family came on by, but then again the owner and leader of the house was naked herself, so what did it really matter. Enver shrugged, looked back at the broom so as to not look at Keara and the shape of her body as she moved around and discarded his boxers and waited for her cue more or less to enter the circle thing.
Keara: She had been facing East as she had summoned the spirit of air to assist her. Having said her piece, she stood and walked to the centre of the circle and stopped just before the altar, stooping to carve a circle into the ground with her dagger before moving to the vase in the Southern quadrant. This vase contained the ashes and she lowered herself before it, adopting the same pose before she called to the spirit of fire. “Master of Fire. Call to you I do for you here inspiration to bring. Sweep this place of all apathy and indifference. This I ask of you. Allow for passion and desire here to prevail.” When she was satisfied he had heard her she moved back to the altar to carve another circle at a 90 degree angle from the first, the two overlapping slightly.
Enver: The male cleared his throat lightly when he heard the words passion and desire, his eyes moving to her body and off the broom completely. His feet moved from his spot and inched closer to the circle, wondering when 5 minutes was up. Surely it had to have been up by now. But he wasn't sure, so Enver groaned, but stayed firmly planted where he was, his willpower obviously waning by now. Once again his eyes focused on the broom and then the other needed items around the circle to refocus his control on the situation.
Keara: Moving counter clockwise round the circle she now moved to kneel before the vase containing the water. She didn’t dare look to Enver for as much as she was worried he may do something stupid, she didn’t want to do something wrong herself and she knew her concentration and therefore her words would falter if she allowed herself to look upon him before she was ready for him to join her. “Mistress of Water.” She continued on with the cleansing of the area. “Call to you I do for you here peace to bring. Sweep this place of all animosity and discord. This I ask of you. Allow for love and respect here to prevail.” She was calling to west as she did this, her hands raised once more before she got to her feet and went to draw a third circle on the ground opposite the first.
Enver: A hand went to the bridge of Enver's nose as he sighed and waited some more. Were all rituals this drawn out or just this one? Going to a courthouse would have been much quicker in his eyes (and familiar), or maybe that was just him. Come to think of it, this wasn't that bad, just particular it seemed. Was getting married supposed to take this much work on just one person's end? Enver felt like he wasn't doing much of anything but watching her do the work for what was supposed to be their binding. Due to his impatience and lack of doing anything for the last few moments, the male started to circle the circle, his eyes on the work Keara was doing. As long as he wasn't in the circle, it should be alright, he had assumed and hoped.
Keara: Adopting what was by now a familiar pose to Enver, she addressed the Northern quadrant. She was aware of the fact that he was moving and hoped upon hope that he wouldn’t cross into the circle uninvited. “Mistress of Earth,” She continued, brushing aside her fears as she forced herself to focus once more. “Call to you I do for you here stability to bring. Sweep this place of all weakness and uncertainty. This I ask of you. Allow for strength and loyalty here to prevail.” The cleansing was almost complete and she once more moved back to the centre carving a fourth circle into the ground. Having drawn the circle she remained crouched on the floor and began to draw a fifth and final circle in the middle of the others. This fifth circle linked them all together and formed what was now the completed image of the Celtic ‘Five Fold Circle’. Standing, she placed the dagger on the altar and stated “Thank you I do oh benevolent spirits for this for me to do. Cleansed this sacred space has been. My ritual now begun can be.” Now finally allowing her eyes to stray in Enver’s direction she said, “Invite I do My Love for with me to stand. Most welcome you are now for the threshold to cross and me to join My Enver. Tonight we our futures do entwine.” She was holding out her hands to him, her palms down, ready to receive his when he reached her. Waiting patiently for him step over the broom, she let her eyes take in his form. She was still getting used to his newest tattoo so it still drew her focus. She was still learning how it felt beneath her fingertips and had changed a little as it had begun to heal. Thoughts of this filled her mind as he moved to stand with her.
Keara: Standing in the bathroom, she looked over her wounds. It had been reckless of her to even attempt the raid so close to their binding night and yet she’d done it anyway. She ran her hands over the faint scars on her stomach, thankfully, despite how badly she’d been wounded, she was healing nicely. It was perhaps fortuitous that they had chosen to bind when the moon was high, as this would be around the time that her marks would likely disappear completely. As she looked in the mirror and resolved never to be so thoughtless again. She then wrapped herself in her silken black robe, pulled her hair out from underneath it, leaving it to run wild over her back and shoulders and walked into the bedroom. “Time is it almost for our ritual to begin My Love. If reservations you have. Let me know now you should, as postpone we can until another night if that your wish is.” Keara hoped this wouldn’t be the case but eternity was a long time and the commitment they were entering into wasn’t one she took lightly.This RP is set on 15th January 2014 in and around Aithne Asylum.
Enver: He was getting bound tonight, which in his eyes was the same thing as getting married, even if they didn't really use that terminology. The method that they had decided on was foreign to the male, so he tried to relate things to what it was he knew of or had experienced already. He had been doing some things on his phone for his different businesses, getting ready for their weekend away from the city when Enver heard her enter the bedroom. When she appeared and spoke, his phone was discarded to the first surface he could get it on and he grinned at her. The male shook his head at the idea of another night. "Not unless you're not feeling up to it." His eyes went to her abdomen area, that was covered by the robe she wore.
Keara: His reply was more or less what she wanted to hear, as he didn’t immediately take the “out” she was giving him. “Well enough I am. Healed I expect I shall be before the ritual completed has been…if continue to heal I do at the rate I have until now.” She crossed the room to where he sat and placed herself between his knees, her hands reaching behind his head, so that her forearms rested on his shoulders. Her eyes sought his and when, she knew she had his attention she said, “Love you I do My Enver.” Having declared her love for him, she leant in, pressing her lips to his.
Enver: He nodded his head, believing that her wounds would be healed sooner than later; she was the fighter between the two of them so would probably know that better then Enver did. He watched her come to him, the male sitting up straighter on the bed before she found her way between him, Enver relaxing as her arms rested on his shoulders. He was nervous, mostly because he had no idea what the hell was going to happen tonight and while he loved Keara and wanted to be with her, his track record wasn't the best in terms of marriage. Things sort of went downhill from that point onwards. He cleared his throat, leaned forward to meet her lips and nodded. "I love you too. How long until we get the show on the road?" His hand moved to her robe, a finger playing with the opening as he tried to inspect her wounds as quickly and as best as he could.
Keara: As he tried to take a peek at her wounds, she playfully slapped at his hand. “Almost time it is. Just need we do to make sure that everything in place is. Moved I did the altar to the garden. So…” she stepped back and offered him her hands. “Go downstairs we can…if ready you are.” She smiled softly at him. It was strange as she wasn’t nervous about the ritual at all, even though she wasn’t sure how well it would be received by Enver. If she was nervous about anything it was what would happen on their way to the garden, as she’d prepared something by way of a surprise.
Enver: "Is there something I should do before we do this?" He asked as he stood, realizing how little he'd actually done for tonight, being the experience was completely foreign to the guy. "I could run and get whatever is needed quick." He nodded his head, a hand running through his hair as the male started to think there might have been more needed to do for something like this. As he talked and tried to make sure everything was as it should be, Enver walked them out of their place, to the main part of the second floor, where he'd hit the button to the elevator to call it to them. Once it arrived, he'd enter it with her, a bit eager, yet somewhat uncertain due to his dislike of rituals and lack of knowledge on them.
Keara: He seemed nervous but Keara couldn’t figure out why. He’d been the one to propose and she’d given him the option of postponing, so she couldn’t see how the wedding itself could be the problem. She’d done her best to ease his mind on the matter of the ritual itself too and had even talked him through the basics of it. As far as she was concerned he was as prepared for this as he could be and so she shushed him in the nicest way possible, by placing her lips to his, and assured him that she had taken care of everything. Truth was, she didn’t require much and Enver had contributed to the night when he’d proposed. As they stepped off of the elevator, she began to walk them through the hall. As they passed the piano however she stopped and turned to him. “Before bind we do…Found I did a song that my feelings for you truly do portray. Wish I do this for you now to sing…if hear it you will?”
Enver: Enver accepted her second kiss for the night, the male making what would have been a soft, quick kiss, last a little bit longer when Keara tried to break it, he followed forward a little, the male grinning wide. His eyes went to where the garden area was, as did Enver's steps before there was a pause in their destination at the piano. He looked at her from the side, then looked at the piano and nodded his head. "Yeah. Of course." Obviously they had time as she mentioned it and wanted to do it, and Enver of course trusted she knew how watch the time in regards to rituals; most importantly this ritual.
Keara: Even though she knew he didn’t like her kissing his hands, she did exactly that; she collected is hands in hers as she stood facing him, raised them up and lightly kissed the back of each before lowering them down and releasing them. Seating herself at the piano, she paused briefly to collect her nerves and began to play. Keara was not as accomplished on the keys as Alanoth but she wasn’t entirely lacking in musical ability and so she began to play How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding. It was a song she’d stumbled upon while listening to YouTube, as was her way, as she had a tendency to follow one song with another selected from those suggested at the end. The moment she heard this track she knew she had to share it with Enver and there was no better time than their wedding night, as that was effectively what this was. Her voice showed no signs of the nervousness she felt as her fingers moved across the keys and she even managed to look up at him from time to time as she played.
Enver: Maybe he was biased, or maybe his own skills at the piano were just mediocre, but Enver was always entranced with the way she played and how well Keara played. If that made him biased, so be it. He was biased about his wife to be and her talents. As she played the song, he listened, but made his way to the stool she sat on, instead of standing behind her or besides her, by the time the song had ended. When Keara was done, Enver angled his body to face her, cleared his throat and gathered her hands to kiss them as she had kissed his. He didn't comment on the fact she had done that, truth was, he wasn't particularly bothered by it tonight as he knew what it was she was trying to say and portray when she kissed his hands. Enver was blown away from the song choice and her talents that it took him a second to say something or even acknowledge the song. "That's not a song I'd ever think of giving a second thought to." Their song choices were different, her's seemingly more modern and his not so, but he respected her song choice and she, his. "It's an amazing song. I'd like a copy of it, with you singing and playing it." Maybe it was the song, or maybe it was the way Keara was in general, but what was once nerves on what the night would hold, was instantly washed away and a new emotion replaced the nervousness. "You ready to do this?" He squeezed her hands, his brown eyes showcasing his excitement for the night's events.
Keara: She waited for his reaction and couldn’t help but laugh softly as he kissed her hands the way she had his. Considering they quite frequently misunderstood the other, they had found their own way of communicating with one another, and sometimes seemed to mimic the other; this was one of those times it would seem and it made Keara smile to realise it. When he began to speak however she bit into her lower lip as at first it seemed to her that he didn’t like the song she had chosen. Then when he asked for a copy of it, as sung by her, colour rose up briefly in her cheeks and she looked away. “Think I would that you the original song far more enjoyable would find. And yes. Ready I am now with you to be bound.” Keara nodded and yet made no move to stand as she was lost in his eyes, her hands still holding to his. So full of emotion she was that, while she had been convinced that it would be Enver who would be delaying the night’s preceding, she found herself leaning in to kiss him. This kiss, was deep and full of emotion and she soon found herself wrapping her arms around him as if she had no intention of ever letting go.
Enver: He waved her off on the suggestion of the original song. "Probably not." The male shook his head, but decided to leave it there as Keara stated she was ready. He made a move to head to the garden, but was delayed again when Keara kissed him. Not that he minded any, and let her know when Enver returned her kiss, and pulled her up to him. He didn't see the delays as anything negative, just that Keara had a lot to say or on her mind before the series of events went down. "Good. I'm ready too." He reaffirmed her as Enver broke the kiss for a second, then kissed her quickly again. The male moved to her side in an attempt to prevent another delay, not wanting to miss the time frame, not that it couldn't be done next month if push came to shove. "Come on." He nudged his head to the direction of the garden and took the first step towards it.
Keara: She was about to pout when he pulled back from the kiss but when he kissed her again, she couldn’t help but smile. With all the thoughts and emotions flooding through her body and mind, she almost forgot they had a ritual to perform, so when he moved to go, she frowned slightly. Realising where he was going however, that frown quickly disappeared and she swiftly found her footing and moved to follow him, grabbing at his hand and snuggling up against him as she went. “Remember you do what told you I did…yes…? Stay where indicate I do and do not the circle enter until invite you I do…yes?” The garden itself was ready for the ritual. The altar had been appropriately dressed with linens, vegetation, candles and the like. The rope he had bought for them to use lay neatly wound in the middle of the altar and the broom stood propped against a nearby tree.
Enver: He grinned wider at her questions and nodded his head. "Yeah, I remember." He'd try his best, but hopefully the ritual didn't take that long and test his willpower, all things considered about the ritual and how they were going on about it. "I can do this." Enver assured her as they entered the garden area. His steps stopped then when his eyes went around the area and saw what she had done. Enver really hadn't expected most, or any of the stuff he had gotten the night he had proposed to Keara to be used. Mostly because he wasn't sure if what he had gotten was the right stuff or if there was something better he should have gotten. He cleared his throat when the male saw the ritual alter, something he knew would be there, but still felt a slight discomfort around. "Where should I stand?" He looked at her to get his eyes and mind off the alter and back on the end goal, which would be being bound to Keara.
Keara: Keara nodded. “Good…So…” she walked Enver to a specific spot, stopped and then moved to stand before him as she placed her hands on his upper arms. This was perhaps a mistake because without even realising it she found herself feeling his muscles. “Here…here good is. Okay? Think you behave can for five minutes while call I do to the elements?” Had anyone been listening they may have assumed that she was treating him like a child but he sometimes needed her to speak to him that way, as for all of Enver’s intelligence he had moments were he was just plain daft and Keara knew this.
Enver: She moved him where he needed to be for the ritual and Enver followed without much, or any resistance. With her hands on his arms, he stepped forward just a little bit, but caught himself before his foot planted down closer to her. He chuckled and shook his head, as if to let her know he was "on to her," as if he had thought this was some sort of test to test his willpower and skills on listening. "Got it." He assured her after clearing his throat and nodding his head. "Five minutes. Not that long at all." Enver wrapped his hands around her hands to pull her off his arms and away from him, mostly for his own need then her own. At the rate Keara was going, the binding might never get done, with Enver's assistance, mind you.
Keara: When he took her hands she suddenly became aware of what she’d been doing and momentarily bit her lower lip and looked away from him. “Yes. Not long shall you have to wait before begin we do. So long as the gods blessing we have for to begin that is.” With that statement hanging in the air, she moved away from him to the tree to collect the broom. He’d gone to the trouble of acquiring it and so she wanted to include it in the ritual. She had tied the sea themed bracelet he had given her around the handle where the brushes met the stem, and to one side of the brushes itself she had fastened the mistletoe he had bought for Christmas. Without a second though she removed her robe and took a hold of the broom. Keara moved closer to that alter, so that her back was to Enver and began. With her ‘prop’ held out to the right of her, she raised her left out to the side and up into the air so that both hands were just higher than her shoulders. Clearing her throat she began, “Dark Mother, Brilliant Father. Seek I do this eve for with you to commune. Open I do this circle so that you my words better may hear and I your presence better may feel. Let me this threshold cross for here tonight are my intentions clear and my motives pure. In your name subjugate myself I do.” Keara’s left hand dropped to her side as her right slid down the pole she held to so that she could do a sweeping courtesy. Before standing from her courtesy she placed the room before her on the ground to act as a sort of doorway so that Enver would know where to enter…or more importantly where not to cross until instructed.
Enver: He watched her, mostly because the male still had reservations about rituals. Sure, she knew what she was doing, but what if something went wrong? It was possible for something to go wrong, these things seem like something that could go awry and once they did it'd be bad all around. He hadn't expected the broom to be used, simply because that object seemed to be the most confusing to her when Enver was trying to ask her to marry him. His eyes remained on the broom, because it wasn't her, or a naked her and truth was, while he had some self-control, five minutes of looking at a naked Keara would push his buttons and test him. Tonight was just too important to let instant gratification, something Enver spent a lot of time indulging in around Keara.
Keara: Keara stepped over the broom and walked to the alter. She had already marked each of the four points of the compass with a simple glass vase. Each vase contained a candle that had already been lit and the bottom of three of them had been lined with something in which the candle sat; the three vases were lined with earth, water and ashes. Picking up her dagger from the alter she began to speak. “Cleanse now I do this sacred space, so that all that enter safe may be. Call I do for balance here and now restored to be. Ask I do with all that I am, that heed you do my call oh benevolent spirits of this realm.” She crossed to the first vase which contained nothing but a candle and knelt before it holding her hands to the sky once more. “Master of Air. Call to you I do for you here change to bring. Sweep this place of all fear and doubt. This I ask of you. Allow for clarity and reason here to prevail.”
Enver: He was still watching her, quite carefully as Keara moved around the circle. He didn't know what she meant by cleansing an area or why that was so important, but he'd ask later. He didn't think asking questions at a time like this was something that should be done, because he was worried something bad was going to happen. Like they wouldn't approve of him when he asked questions, or one of those nasty creatures would attack her. She was already wounded enough from the night before and that god damn raid, so Enver wasn't going to add to that either. When he heard something about entering and being safe, Enver figured it was close to show time. Which meant he needed to drop his drawers, as per their arrangement. He looked around to make sure no one else was around, not thinking it would be a good idea if some of her family came on by, but then again the owner and leader of the house was naked herself, so what did it really matter. Enver shrugged, looked back at the broom so as to not look at Keara and the shape of her body as she moved around and discarded his boxers and waited for her cue more or less to enter the circle thing.
Keara: She had been facing East as she had summoned the spirit of air to assist her. Having said her piece, she stood and walked to the centre of the circle and stopped just before the altar, stooping to carve a circle into the ground with her dagger before moving to the vase in the Southern quadrant. This vase contained the ashes and she lowered herself before it, adopting the same pose before she called to the spirit of fire. “Master of Fire. Call to you I do for you here inspiration to bring. Sweep this place of all apathy and indifference. This I ask of you. Allow for passion and desire here to prevail.” When she was satisfied he had heard her she moved back to the altar to carve another circle at a 90 degree angle from the first, the two overlapping slightly.
Enver: The male cleared his throat lightly when he heard the words passion and desire, his eyes moving to her body and off the broom completely. His feet moved from his spot and inched closer to the circle, wondering when 5 minutes was up. Surely it had to have been up by now. But he wasn't sure, so Enver groaned, but stayed firmly planted where he was, his willpower obviously waning by now. Once again his eyes focused on the broom and then the other needed items around the circle to refocus his control on the situation.
Keara: Moving counter clockwise round the circle she now moved to kneel before the vase containing the water. She didn’t dare look to Enver for as much as she was worried he may do something stupid, she didn’t want to do something wrong herself and she knew her concentration and therefore her words would falter if she allowed herself to look upon him before she was ready for him to join her. “Mistress of Water.” She continued on with the cleansing of the area. “Call to you I do for you here peace to bring. Sweep this place of all animosity and discord. This I ask of you. Allow for love and respect here to prevail.” She was calling to west as she did this, her hands raised once more before she got to her feet and went to draw a third circle on the ground opposite the first.
Enver: A hand went to the bridge of Enver's nose as he sighed and waited some more. Were all rituals this drawn out or just this one? Going to a courthouse would have been much quicker in his eyes (and familiar), or maybe that was just him. Come to think of it, this wasn't that bad, just particular it seemed. Was getting married supposed to take this much work on just one person's end? Enver felt like he wasn't doing much of anything but watching her do the work for what was supposed to be their binding. Due to his impatience and lack of doing anything for the last few moments, the male started to circle the circle, his eyes on the work Keara was doing. As long as he wasn't in the circle, it should be alright, he had assumed and hoped.
Keara: Adopting what was by now a familiar pose to Enver, she addressed the Northern quadrant. She was aware of the fact that he was moving and hoped upon hope that he wouldn’t cross into the circle uninvited. “Mistress of Earth,” She continued, brushing aside her fears as she forced herself to focus once more. “Call to you I do for you here stability to bring. Sweep this place of all weakness and uncertainty. This I ask of you. Allow for strength and loyalty here to prevail.” The cleansing was almost complete and she once more moved back to the centre carving a fourth circle into the ground. Having drawn the circle she remained crouched on the floor and began to draw a fifth and final circle in the middle of the others. This fifth circle linked them all together and formed what was now the completed image of the Celtic ‘Five Fold Circle’. Standing, she placed the dagger on the altar and stated “Thank you I do oh benevolent spirits for this for me to do. Cleansed this sacred space has been. My ritual now begun can be.” Now finally allowing her eyes to stray in Enver’s direction she said, “Invite I do My Love for with me to stand. Most welcome you are now for the threshold to cross and me to join My Enver. Tonight we our futures do entwine.” She was holding out her hands to him, her palms down, ready to receive his when he reached her. Waiting patiently for him step over the broom, she let her eyes take in his form. She was still getting used to his newest tattoo so it still drew her focus. She was still learning how it felt beneath her fingertips and had changed a little as it had begun to heal. Thoughts of this filled her mind as he moved to stand with her.