Today we weed the park all SANTA BABYYYYYY

[ourearth]

Date: 1.12.2018
Characters: Open!
Note: Like all welcome mingles, this is a SoL free-for-all mingle meant to get new characters involved by centering around something relevant to them. Without further ado, please welcome Runar!

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While the poppies were significantly less creepy than the spiders, they still posed a problem - namely, that there were way too many of them. So after a few weeks of having discussed what to do about them, everyone living in the Mossgate Council area has been requested to help with cleaning up the environment and helping prepare things for the winter. A community clean-up day has been announced for the first Saturday of December, and everyone is requested to volunteer.

Mostly, this means weeding poppies down to a reasonable amount, but it also involves general clean-up and some raking of fallen leaves.

Volunteers are equipped with baskets and tools and sent out into the Greens, onto the beach, and into all other public areas the poppies have sprung up in. The zoo and the Manor house are also happy about anyone who wants to help with clearing their grounds.

And in the evening, the Christmas illuminations at the High Street light up. As is traditional, a children's choir sings for this occasion, and the Mayor takes one of the choir children with him to switch the lights on. At the same time, the Christmas market - really just a few food stalls and a handful of arts and crafts stalls, as well as a little stage where singer-songwriters and childrens' entertainers perform on weekends - opens.

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[warped_replica]

Caught up in the mutual euphoria, Benjiro looks up at Sadie as he marvels at her. All that she is can only be described as wonderful, so when she asks about being so lucky to have him, he blinks with surprise only to smile and shake his head. Hand lifting to sweep under her hair, he brushes it back from her face to allow the strands to slip in a slow fall back downward, “I’d like to ask you the same thing, Sadie. I have never met anyone like you… So thoughtful to others, confident, intimidatingly beautiful and brilliant, and wise in ways I don’t think many people ever achieve. You gave me friendship, and when I needed it most, a haven.” Then with a small pinch of humor, he adds, “And I have certainly never met anyone that can appreciate a rock like you.”

[dragoonrouge]

Sadie's cheeks start to warm as Ben turns her praise onto her. The way Ben describes her is never how she's felt about herself, but that's how she is to Ben. It's flattering and eye opening, what traits of his did she extol that he wasn't cognisant of, or didn't realise she saw so much of in him?

"You are so wonderful to me Benjiro. Honestly, truely the most wonderful." She nuzzles happily against the crook of Ben's neck, snorting in amusement at the rock remark, and accidentally triggering another sneeze and a shower of pinkish sparkles.

"Don't forget best portable disco too. And I am lucky to have someone in my life who will always be able to open jar lids for me." It goes unsaid that she will enjoy every second of Ben committing various feats of strength, she has proved that well enough already as she cheekily goes in for another kiss, this time brushing against the underside of his jaw bone.

[warped_replica]

Turnabout is fair play, as they say. Sadie deserves every bit of praise and more.

As Sadie nuzzles in against his neck, his toes curl briefly and his arms slide further around her without tightening. He knows how special she is firsthand, and he will do everything he can to be worthy of her love as he learns how to love someone this way.

The sparkles give him something to focus on while he cannot see her, and her jokes make him chuckle, "No jar contents are off limits." Relaxing as he was with the conversation, the kiss at the underside of his jaw catches him off guard with a quick little inhale followed by a happy squirm. That caused a different sort of spark, and he welcomes the attention. Unable to reciprocate with a kiss, he instead decides to make good use of his hand strength and starts to rub his fingers between her shoulder blades in small circles.

[dragoonrouge]

Between Ben's happy squirm, and his fingers rubbing between her shoulder blades, Sadie's purr deepens in satisfaction.

"Would you like to continue?" She doublechecks verbally, "You're in charge of our pace alright? If you get as far as your comfortable say stop and we stop immediately."

Fade out?

[warped_replica]

Tracing his fingertips along the edge of a muscle, he hums softly as though actually needing to consider the choices. Then with a grin, he shrugs his shoulders, "Eh, who needs sleep anyways." Sleep will come, but trying to force it right now would snuff the electric feeling lingering from the commitment they have achieved.

"In all seriousness, I would like to continue, and I'll let you know," he adds with his voice lowered down. His heart rate ticks up a little further as he slides his hand from his shoulders down to her lower back.

Fade out \o/

[dragoonrouge]

"Oh Ben," Sadie trails a line of kisses along his jaw. "I hope to make this well worth the lack of sleep."

"Thank you for trusting me with this Ben, especially as it's a first for us both." The kisses on the jaw graduate to Sadie teasing at his lips, as her hands drift down to slide under the hem of his t-shirt to begin a most wonderful end to their evening.