forum Awakened Shrine- closed group rp!

Started November 16, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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Gem ginned, and held up her hand for Wander to see. The back of her hand now had a bright read burn across the back. "I wasn't paying attention and brushed my hand against a hot pan." Gem walked over to sit with Wander, "It's not that bad, well, it's not the worst, I spilled hot coffee on my arm once that one lasted a while."
"Oh, you can go where ever you want, you don't have to stay here while I work. You can explore, or do anything really, And you can always come up front and look at every thing if you want to." Gem was determined to let fluffy green boy do what he wanted for a change.
She glanced at her watch and sighed, before standing up and stretching her arms, "I have to go get bread out of the oven, and punch some dough, Wanna come with me?"

(You can tell I drew them all over a long period off time because of how all of them have different face shapes! XD)
(Blink is my chaotic rat bastard child who will definitely be getting hurt at some point 👉👈. And it'll be interesting to see what Gem does, for sure)
(Honestly, saaame lmao)

"A-Are you sure? It looks painful…" Wander shifted to be looking at Gem's hand as he spoke, looking concerned.
"And that sounds extremely painful! Really, you're quite the clumsy one, aren't you?" The spell wouldn't have dared to speak to previous users in this fashion, but he felt comfortable around Gem. It showed, too.
"And it will be quite nice to go exploring, for sure. I've never seen so many people in one area before, it's fascinating." Wander stood as well, hands in his pockets as he nodded. It was much warmer than before, to be sure, and Wander liked it. It was also something of Gem's, not just a thing he'd been commanded to change to, which felt extra special.
"Yes, I would very much like to come!"

Gem laughed, "You could say that, It's more I get distracted easily, and It's fine, I'm used to them." She couldn't help but smile seeing Wander relax more. "The kitchen is this way." Gem pushed through a swinging door and entered the warm kitchen, there were several ovens back here, and one brick fire place. Gem wasn't allowed any where near the fire place any more, so she handled the normal ovens. She grabbed an oven mitt opened one oven ad began pulling out loves of perfectly golden bread, popping them on a counter before quickly shutting the oven and adjusting the temperature. She carefully shook them out of their pan's and onto a cooling rack.
"The trick to keeping your bread nice fluffy and tall is to let it cool on it's side. Or at least that's what Mom tells me and I'm not inclined to test her judgment." She stacked the hot pans carefully and pushed them over to a sink before grabbing a pan of cinnamon rolls and carefully sliding them into the oven.
"She pulled off the oven mitts and placed them back on the counter before moving over to where a bowl was about to over flow with dough. Gem quickly washed her hands and pulled the cloth off the top, "This is one of the most satisfying things to do." She commented before punching the dough, It instantly began to deflate, she gave it a few more good pokes before recovering it with the cloth. And ricing her hands off once more.
"I think I have to frost some Cinnamon rolls before I tag back in onto the floor." She smiled, her face was flushed form the warmth of the kitchen, "Isn't it great back here."

“It would seem so,” Wander agreed, smiling some. He followed after Gem into the kitchen, closing his eyes a moment at the warmth of the room. His spot in the shrine had been partially in the sun, but this warmth was different. He felt welcomed here, not trapped.
“Woah…” Wander opened his eyes, looking down at the bread. “It looks really cool! And it makes sense too…” Wander watched Gem put the cinnamon rolls into the over, smiling still. “Everything here looks so amazing!”
Wander tilted his head when he saw the bowl of dough, head tilted as he waited to see what Gem was going to do. He jumped a bit when he saw Gem punch it, chuckling some at himself.
“It looks like it is.” Wander smiled some as Gem covered the dough again, nodding.
“It really is… thank you for letting me watch.” The spell offered a sweet smile, head tilted and hair bouncing.

"Of course." Gem pulled a tube of frosting from a fridge and pulled a pan of rolls forward, carefully adding swirls of deliciousness to the top of already delicious looking combination of cinnamon and bread. She looked so care free and happy here, this was her element. This was where she was raised, and what she had always wanted to do. This was clearly a different side of the very optimistic girl, there was something softer in her actions behind closed doors. She was by no means harsh when around other people, but she just seemed so, gentle, in comparison to the girl that had jumped and tumbled into a pit.
She glanced over at Wander and grabbed a Popsicle stick, putting a small amount of frosting on the end before offering it to him. "I think this is the best frosting in the world but then again I am rather biased, what's your opinion?"

Blink was shaking, but it was hard to tell if it was from exhaustion or anger.
“Don’t,” They snapped. “Don’t even b-bother. It’s just like that stupid fucking song, you know? ‘Use an iron fist, or you will be tread upon?’ It’s not possible a-at all for it to be wrong! I’m j– just a spell, there’s no reason to care about how I might feel. I’m j-just a goddamned tool…” Blink looked away from Karat after their rant, hands clenching into fists.
“So, don’t bother e-even pretending to care. I’m used to it.”

Karat looked at the other for a moment before shaking his head.
“Don’t confuse my caring for a fake show, Blink—“ he said, almost sternly. “You’re a spell, sure, but from what I can see you have feelings too,” he stated firmly as he straightened himself. “And yes, I’m still confused as fuck as to why you exist and whatnot. But if anything, you don’t deserve bullshit from anyone, especially not from me,”

Wander watched Gem work, hands folded behind his back so he wouldn’t get in the woman’s way. She looked like she was enjoying herself, and it made Wander feel good when his user felt good. The spell smiled softly as Gem put the frosting on the already glistening rolls, doing his best not to let his stomach growl.
Wander blinked a bit when the popsicle was offered to him, bending down to take the frosting in his outh before pulling away.
“Mm~!” Wander savored the sugary sweet icing for a moment before swallowing, offering a bright grin.
“It’s really good, I love it!” This was so nice, Gem wasn’t just treating Wander well, she was treating him just like another person.

“You say that now…” Blink still refused to look at Karat, fists tightening some. “But then I get to be too much to handle, and you get angry and snap at me to shut up and behave, a-and when I’m trying to fight against it you tell me to be happy and smile, a-and the next thing I know I'm trapped, a-and no one c-can… can hear me…" Blink closed his eyes at what were obviously memories, turning completely around to start walking away.

(HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IM SO SORRRYYYY)
Daniel sighed. I can't really say the 'spell'…I guess I'd think the spell? I'm not sure. Daniel looked down. It's hard being a mute. At least you can talk… Anyway…Are there more of you? It looked like there were other people. here… And What do you mean by 'I picked you'? I just picked up the weird orb and then you poped up-

Shine grinned as she was activated, twirling her skirt again. She seemed to glow a bit, especially when the patches of light hit her skin.
“Here, come on! I’ll get you up on my shoulder, and you should easily be able to reach the edge of the hole!” Shine grinned, reaching down to grab Luck’s hand and pull her up onto the pedestal. The spell was quite strong at the moment, especially for her diminutive size. She grinned, and without Luck being able to really do anything she picked the woman up, having the user stand on the spell’s shoulders.
“Here, can you reach?” Shine was steady under Luck, bringing her as close to the edge as she could.

Luck wobbled slightly while atop the shoulders of the woman for a brief moment, but quickly reached up a cherry wood coloured hand. Just a few centimetres shy of reach. She decided to put just a little more faith in the steadiness of the spell below her and lifted the heels of her feet up, standing on the balls of her feet. Luck swung their arm forward and caught on to the edge of the hole, a smile crossing her face with immediate relief.

"Got it!" she exclaimed happily. She reached the other arm out that wasn't extended, her right arm. Since she was relatively good a lifting heavy objects, she was hoping she'd have enough upper-body strength to raise herself to the surface. And with this hope, she held the edge of the hole tighter and removed her feet from the spell's shoulders. She hung their for a moment, regathering some senses, and looked up. 'Just a pull-up with extra steps,' she told herself. She flexed her arms until they made 90 degree angles and then threw their upper torso onto the surface. They kicked a little to use the momentum to claw themself the rest of the way up, and giggled slightly at how silly they likely looked.

Once out the shrine, she panted for a few seconds. Her body was already exhausted from the physical exertion that the maneuver took. She spoke through labored breaths, "I dunno how to properly call you up," she began, and started to motion her arm towards herself, "so c'mere please."

“Yeah, thinking would work too… so long as you have the intent for it to work, of course…” Might was much more withdrawn after they were poked, looking down submissively.
“Mhm, there are, but, but they all have their own users. A-and, I’m the orb you picked up, s-sir. When you did, you picked me, a-and I got to take this form. B-But, if you prefer me to take the orb shape, t-then just say so, and I will…”

Shine had her hands securely around Luck’s legs to make sure she stayed balanced, grinning. The spell helped as much as she could, noting just how well Luck was able to handle herself with this.
“Yeay~!!” Shine kept herself still despite the urge to celebrate, pushing up against Luck’s feet to help the human push herself up.
“You were so good at that!” The spell called up once Luck was out of the shrine, impressed. She giggled some, looking up at Luck.
“And okay, here we go!” Shine shone once, reverting back to her orb form for a moment. She flew up to join Luck, floating by the woman a moment before going back to her human form.
“Woah…” Shine looked around, taking in the parts of the forest she’d never seen before. “It’s so… big! It’s so much different than the last time I was out with a user!”

" This is the last task I have back here before switching back out with Mom, So now we bring these to the front and let her take over back here." Gem put the frosting away then looked up ant wander before grabbing a napkin and a cinnamon roll and handing it to him.
"You may be able to hide what your words say, but you're eye's." She smiled, looking into them, "They're not quite as secretive."
She picked up the tray of rolls and started back towards the front, "Now this time I must request you come with me, I can't leave you alone in the kitchen."
(Wander's reaction to being treated well is killing me, baby who hurt you )

(e v e r y o n e)
(It's understandable, respond when you get like you can. No rush <3)

Wander nodded, stepping back out of Gem's way as she dealt with the frosting.
"Makes sense-" Wander's eyes widened some when the cinnamon roll was offered to him, stammering out his thanks as he took the food in his hands.
"I-I suppose so…" A blush came to Wander's cheeks, a faint green color that matched his hair, as Gem looked into his eyes. The spell followed dutifully behind Gem as they left the kitchen, taking a bite out of the cinnamon roll. He was surprised by how sugary it was, smiling at her chewed. He looked blissful, enjoying himself immensely with the treat.

Calum shakes his head. "I couldn't get out, even if I wanted to…" He murmured softly, his eyes shutting as he ran his hand through his hair. He hums with thought. "I think that could work." Calum nods at what the other suggested, "I'm not to scared of heights, so I should be fine. Just tell me what to do." He shrugs and returns his gaze to her.

(yess)

"I see…" The shrine had fallen to ruin, then, outside of this chamber. "Here, if we climb onto my pedestal, and one of us lifted the other up, our combined height should be more than enough to get to the edge." Hearth looked at her stone place, then up to the edge of the hole.

Gem made her way back to the front and behind the counter, sliding the new batch of rolls in to replace the empty pan. Her mother retreated into the back. Gem went back to working the crowd, handing out beverages, and desserts, Wrapping frsh warm loves of bread up and handing them off. with a smile and a bright "Thank you!"
She stole a glance at Wander every so often, her customer service face falling for a moment to revel a genuine smile as she saw him enjoying the treat. She cleaned up spills, winked at small children as she snuck a fresh cookie into their hands, All with a bright smile and a happy tone of voice. If one watched closely they would start to see the strain in her eye's and the cracks in her grin. People began to slowly filter out of the building as they headed to work or school, leaving a mostly empty cafe behind, with a few stranglers coming in every so often. But now it was quiet.
Gem slumped into a chair at one of the tables and rested her face in her hands. She look over at Wander again, "We can go as soon as my Dad comes in, he has to take Sage to school so he might be a bit late." The bell rang and she stood up quickly,
"Hello! Welco-" Her smile fell for a moment when she saw the face, but she quickly attempted to recover, "Welcome, what can I get for you today." The new comer was a tall man, light blond hair and deep brown eye's, the atmosphere in the bakery went from warm and comforting to strangely tense in a matter of moments.
"Gem, I came to see you." The man stalked forward, Gem;s eye's widened, she seemed frozen there as he approached, "I missed you Peach." He reached for her face and Gem took a few shaky steps back bumping into the table.
"Sir if you're not here to purchase something I request you leave." Gem said quietly, the chipper voice strangely quiet and weak.
"Don't be like that, you know you want me to be here." Gem flinched when he touched her face, she wacked his hand away.
"Carden, Don't touch me." She said shakily trying to slip away,

(I want to murder him already :)

Wander kept himself out of the way, not offering any help even though he was more than willing to. Instead, he kept eating his cinnamon roll, wiping his mouth off when he finished it and going from the room a moment to get his hot chocolate. With the drink in his hands, Wander sat down out in the room with Gem still, quite enjoying beginning able to see her work and spend time with her.
The spell offered encouraging smiles whenever Gem would turn to look at him. She was a hard worker, he could see that, and she was doing a great job. Still, with how much of his attention was on Gem, Wander couldn’t help but see how it was all affecting Gem in the end. He wanted to do something to help her unwind after work, but he didn’t know enough about her to know what would help. They had just met that day, after all. Perhaps he could ask her if there was somewhere, in particular, she wanted to travel to.
Making his way over to sit with Gem, Wander nodded some.
“That sounds alright. How are you doing?” Wander couldn’t get his answer, with Gem shooting up to greet the newcomer. A look of concern came to his face when he felt and saw the change, standing to move to Gem’s side, leaving his drink behind. His own eyes widened some when he saw what was happening, making his way over to grab Gem’s hand. He would be more than willing to be used to get out of this situation if necessary. Though, him taking her hand could easily be taken otherwise.
“Are you blind, you sniveling murkworm? You must be, to be such an ass to someone who clearly doesn’t want you here. Or are you, an absolute waste of human life, just stupid? Obviously there is something impairing your judgment, you lily-livered egg-sucking bumbling buffoon.” This was… well, this definitely not something one would expect from Wander. He placed himself slightly in front of Gem, mostly so if this ‘Carden’ did become violent, Wander would get the brunt of it. It was only right, after all, since Wander was the one who insulted the man.

Shine had her hands securely around Luck’s legs to make sure she stayed balanced, grinning. The spell helped as much as she could, noting just how well Luck was able to handle herself with this.
“Yeay~!!” Shine kept herself still despite the urge to celebrate, pushing up against Luck’s feet to help the human push herself up.
“You were so good at that!” The spell called up once Luck was out of the shrine, impressed. She giggled some, looking up at Luck.
“And okay, here we go!” Shine shone once, reverting back to her orb form for a moment. She flew up to join Luck, floating by the woman a moment before going back to her human form.
“Woah…” Shine looked around, taking in the parts of the forest she’d never seen before. “It’s so… big! It’s so much different than the last time I was out with a user!”

Luck raised an eyebrow at Shine's comments. "Is that so? It's really that different?" she inquired, looking around, "then, what was it like before?" Luck felt like she was being nosy, asking into these things, but she couldn't help her curiosity. She got up from the ground and dusted off her dungarees a little. At least, spots visible from the sunshine. She looked down at the laces of her shoes as she whispered one last question. "…and.. when was the last time you've been out with a, erm, user?"

Her shoes were simple white and red shoes. White laces and decals, red everything else. They looked almost exactly like the ones her father used to buy for her when she was younger. It brought a slightly sad smile to her face, one that tugged on before reverting back, just like a rubber band.

"Mhm! I saw changes from the shrine, of course, but… it really has grown a lot more than I thought!" Shine spun slowly to look around, keeping well away from the edge. She was smiling still, bouncing a bit as she folded her hands behind her back.
"And… it's been a while," Shine admitted, voice softer now. "A long, long time ago… I've heard stories from the others, who got to go out more than I did, but… it wasn't the same." Shine looked back at Luck in time to catch the smile, a small little sad one on her own face.
"Thank you, for picking me."

Gem, instantly shrunk into Wander when he moved to stand with her, "Wander," She whispered warningly when he stepped in front of her. Carden's face reddened, his face shifting from sickening confidence to brutal anger. "You're not a part of this conversation, brussel sprout , and I'm not someone you want to anger, so I suggest you step aside before I-."
"You!" Carden froze, as a new voice boomed through out the room, A hero in flannel, Gem's Father, had come through the door, and all 6'5'' of him was very, very angry , "I've kicked you off my property once, and I've had you removed from my property another time, I'll do it again you Gobshite, Get off my land, and stop buggin' my kid." Carden didn't move and for a moment only continued to glower at Gem and Wander, "You, Deaf, Get out Eejit."
Carden turned and abruptly stormed out of the cafe, his dramatic exit ruined by the cheery clang of the bell. Gem had been Clinging to Wanders hand and visually relaxed as the sound of the bell faded, She smiled as if the incident were forgotten. "Wander this is my Dad, Liam Blaney." Cara emerged from the kitchen then wiping her hands on her apron "Liam, I didn't hear you calling a customer names again did I."
"No, Love, you wouldn't have wanted him as a customer, What's his face, Cardnel, Carson, Showed up again." Liam replied wrapping an arm around her when she walked over. Gem's father had a similar eye color to gems, but dark brown hair, and a well groomed beard.
"Who's this gentalmen?" Cara asked smiling warmly at Wander.

Luck met Shine's gaze and a more genuine smile formed on her face. "Of course! But…" their brows furrowed slightly as they examined the spell, "I don't get why more people wouldn't pick you. You're so unmistakably beautiful." At that point, Luck's eyes refused to flinch from the luciform woman. She wanted to see the spell genuinely smile again, for something about seeing the woman this way… stabbed Luck's heart with a deep feeling she couldn't identify. Was it sadness? Perhaps some strange form of regret? It was hard to discern. But, whatever it was, it began to make Luck impulsive.

The dark-skinned girl leapt forward and embraced the spell. The girls two-toned locks rocked forward gently and brushed over the shoulders of the two. Shine was warm, quite unsurprisingly. The spell was a ways shorter than luck, but this much was to be expected. Luck was quite tall. She whispered quietly into the spell's ear as she gently rubbed a hand atop the other's head. "Your smile made my day so much better, and the pure happy vibe to bring behind you."

"You're perfect, Shine," Luck affirmed, "and no matter how many times others are chosen over you, it's simply because others can't see your beauty the way I do. You're not of less worth, people's eyes just don't all reflect light the same way."
She grabbed the shoulders of the woman gently and held her back at an arms' length so she could completely observe the luciform spell. "So please… when I'm gone from this world, and you're in wait of another user, please remember my words, Shine!" And despite the serious tone of her speaking, Luck said all of this with a vibrant smile and happy, olive-green eyes.

(Imma cry I wanna protect Shine so badly she's too precious for this world.)

“Give the command, and we can leave,” Wander said softly in turn, not taking his eyes off of Carden. He didn’t want to get punched in the face, as he got the feeling he would, but he wasn’t going to let this man hurt Gem. The spell was ready to retort at the warning when Gem’s father stepped into the bakery. He held back a sigh of relief, glaring at Carden on turn until the man finally left.
Tense from the encounter, and the diverted fight, Wander let his shoulder’s fall, letting out that breath of relief. He turned to Gem, letting a smile come to his lips when the spell saw the one on Gem.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you sir,” Wander said, turning back to Gem’s father. He realized his hand was still in Gem’s, but didn’t take it away. Sure, it did bring a green blush to his cheeks, something faint, but he wasn’t going to pull his hand away until Gem wanted it. To be honest, he wasn’t sure he entirely wanted to, either.
“I’m Wander. Gem and I just met today, actually.” It was clear from how Gem wanted Wander to hide his green skin tone that it wouldn’t be smart to say he was a spell.

Shine blushed faintly, a yellow orange color coming to her cheeks when Luck called her beautiful. The spell reached up to play with one of her pigtails, looking down at the ground.
“I-I’m glad you think so…” Shine had never really been called that before. Not in that way, anyway. She’d been praised for being a beautiful thing before, something to be looked at and admired from a distance. Being told she was beautiful like this.
Shine was surprised by the hug, eyes widening some. Then, the spell felt tears coming to her eyes as she hugged back, a small smile coming to her face.
“I-I…” Shine held onto Luck tightly for a moment, then pulled away when the human did. She rubbed at her eyes, grinning now.
“I will! T-thank you!” Shine looked up at Luck, unable to hide the adoration and appreciation the spell had for the human with her.

(She is… )
(:0 It’s so awesome!! It fits her so well!)