July Mini Event - Seaside Sway

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It’s the end of July. Summer is peaking, hitting its stride. In the forest, frogs sing and fireflies dance through the night, and dragonflies go about their business in the sun. In town, farmers roll up their sleeves and young ladies swap out their many layers for breezy floral gowns. And on the beach, swimmers take to the sea for water at its warmest and young crabs climb up from the sun-drenched sand. Kora’s glory at its finest!

For about a week now, a flier has been up on the community bulletin board. :

Midsummer Beach Festival!

Join us on July 21st and 22nd for our annual beach bash!

Organized by the Temple of Sacred Roots in tandem with Town Hall, all townsfolk are invited to join in for seaside festivities in honor of the height of summer. Activities will include:

• Live music (Sign-ups for performers will be available at Empty Pockets Music Bar)
• Locally made strawberry wine from last summer’s strawberries
• Beach pit barbecues for lunch on both days
• A hot food banquet for dinner on the 21st
• A fish fry breakfast on the 22nd
• Paper lantern float
• Beach games
• Tents and bed rolls for beach camping

We look forward to seeing you there!

And, as promised, the festival opens up on the afternoon of July 21st, where the smell of barbecue rises up from Tawny Beach. Tables sit on wooden plinths to avoid sinking in the sand, bearing fresh summer fruit and drinks. Pork, fish, and lamb roast in a sand pit. Enchanted barrels covered in magic frost keep frozen treats like orange juice shaved ice and strawberry sorbet cold. A station for assembling little wood-and-paper floating lanterns can be seen off in the distance and Cormac and the Banshees are setting up for their opening set. Tents and bed rolls have been set up toward the Marina. Literally everything is decorated with thin golden coins on strands of twine, sea shells, and sea glass. In the center of it all, stones have been laid into the shape of a massive compass rose, whose center houses the makings of a bonfire.

Those who were here last year will recognize that this festival is much larger than last year’s, and was not preceded with desperate pleas from Town Hall for help providing food and decor. It speaks plainly to the health of the town now. Even with all that has been going on, the growing population and renewed sense of community and purpose have improved matters around the island considerably.

Near the tent area, a family of crabs (one red, one blue, and three purple) can be observed. The small purple ones are poking each other with sticks. The Limoncello has made port, and Royal and his crew are splitting helper duty with the staff of Town Hall, and are dancing and partying the rest of the time. All is as it should be. For once, there is no dangerous surprise lurking in the shadows.

So, what’s on your agenda? During the day, volleyball, swimming, and a game that involves throwing small fabric sacks of dry lentils into wooden hoops in the sand can be enjoyed, alongside a plethora of frozen treats. At night, food and wine and lemonade are served at the banquet tables and lively music plays on the temporary wooden stage for dancing by firelight. There is also the lantern float, which encourages participants to send a glowing lantern out on the water in honor of the lost and the distant, ending the first night in a moment of peaceful sobriety. You may also notice a charming stranger milling around, cozying up to Royal, and drinking after nightfall--- a woman with dark olive skin, raven hair that soaks up the firelight, and rum brown eyes who wears a billowing blue dress and (whenever she hasn’t placed it onto someone else’s head for fun) a wide-brimmed black hat.

Then, at night, camp on the beach under the stars or head home by additional lantern light. The festivities will continue until the following afternoon! Feel free to share your beach fit in the fashion show thread below, as well. Enjoy!

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[listenforbirdsong]

Mairi lets out a sharp gasp, followed by a pained but pleased "mmm" around River's ear. Her pace on every front quickens ever so slightly, and a second finger finds its way into River, matching the "come hither" curl of its partner. A silent beckoning for her to cum.

[somebodychildofanyone]

The bite was necessary. Even with Mairi's soft flesh in her mouth, River is not a quiet woman, and never has been; her scream of pleasure as she finds her release is loud even now, blessedly louder over the water than it will be moving back towards town. Her vision whites out, fades back in...

Slowly, she pulls just a bit back, breathing hard, eyes glazed. Is that blood she's tasting or is River just imagining it?

[listenforbirdsong]

There is, just a little bit, but Mairi doesn't seem particularly perturbed, instead shaking with desire. "Good?" she asks, her voice a murmur.

[somebodychildofanyone]

The first breathless sentence is a gabble in River's native tongue that wouldn't be comprehensible even to other elves. She sucks in a shaky breath, swallows, and: "Better than I dreamed." She laughs, a mistake with no air, nuzzles into Mairi's chest and just tries to Breathe.

[listenforbirdsong]

Mairi lets out a shaky breath and presses a kiss to River's temple. "Good," she mumbles. "You take your time."

[somebodychildofanyone]

"If that's what you do when we don't know each other's bodies well yet I'm half-tempted to just give you a pass to grab me whenever you want," River half-jokes (it's not a joke). She finds Mairi's butt, kneads it gently, affectionately, while she recovers. "...I don't want this to be the only time."

[listenforbirdsong]

"Me neither." At this point River's hair is nearly as soaked as Mairi's from all the steam. A blue finger curls itself in a red lock playfully. "I like you a lot."

[somebodychildofanyone]

"Even when I'm kinda a whore myself?" River half-teases, grinning like a fool. Her hand roams down to Mairi's thighs, brushing them with her fingertips. "...On your back, belinori."

[listenforbirdsong]

"If I owe you money for this, you need to warn me," Mairi jokes, alongside a breathless chuckle. But she does as she's asked.

[somebodychildofanyone]

"I might take payment in the form of a date~"

River slides herself down Mairi's body, takes the druid's legs over her shoulders to rest. There is a moment only where nothing more happens than River licking her lips, still breathing a little hard, before she kisses Mairi right between her legs, flicks her tongue out to taste what she's been so curious about for so long.

[listenforbirdsong]

"I-I'd offer a picnic, but seems like you're beating me to it..." Girl quit trying to banter when there's a woman's head between your legs. Focus.

Her ear-fins spread wide in delight, and a hand finds its way back to River's hair while the other curls in the blanket. Azure toes curl in the sand.

[somebodychildofanyone]

Green eyes look up over Mairi's body, and River grins. "Lass, take this seriously: if you catch me walking around and tell me to give you this picnic again on the spot, you'll receive it."

And then the time for banter is done; River feels a little more in control, a little more ready, and she takes that feeling between Mairi's legs, licking her in long strokes of her tongue, leaving feathery kisses on the druid's clit. Mairi'd asked not to be made to scream, so her friend is trying for something gentler. More gradual.

[listenforbirdsong]

Mairi relaxes fully into River's ministrations. With every deep, hot breath, she unwinds further into pleasure, just enjoying herself. The slowness of it is lovely, luxurious, and she stays deeply relaxed even as the heat in her gut begins to build to a head. "Ohhh, River, that's perfect..."

[somebodychildofanyone]

The ego rush River feels at those words is pleasant, warming; she grins to herself like a girl in love, and keeps at it, building up as she hears Mairi's voice rising, leading her on to what the druid is seeking.

[listenforbirdsong]

The slow burn helps Mairi keep her voice down, but as she grows closer to her finish, she can't help let out a few low moans as her breathing quickens. Just a little more---

Her fingers tangle in River's hair, now with both hands, and the arch in her back grows steeper with need before falling all of a sudden as she lets out a soft keen. Mairi's hips jerk and shudder and her fingers curl tighter. "Shhhit--- Ohhh."

[somebodychildofanyone]

Yess! River doesn't stop, not at first, riding through Mairi's climax and gently shifting to nuzzling her thighs, kissing them, exulting in their softness. She doesn't say anything, not yet. Mairi'd given her the grace to recover, after all.

[listenforbirdsong]

There is definitely some accidental hair pulling over the course of Mairi's orgasm, particularly because of the continued licking, which immediately relents as soon as she's finally through it. She laughs bashfully. "Sorry 'bout that... Reflex."

[somebodychildofanyone]

"Mairi...I'm dating Erik, I don't think you're able to pull my hair hard enough to be sorry." One last kiss on Mairi's thigh, before River crawls up her body and nestles in, holding her gently and nuzzling her cheek. "So worth the wait," she whispers warmly.

PORN COMPLETE (they're still nakey tho)

[listenforbirdsong]

That earns another laugh. "Fair," she agrees, wrapping her arms around River.

[somebodychildofanyone]

River nestles into Mairi, sighing happily and playfully rubbing her wet lips against the genasi's shoulder. This accomplishes exactly nothing. "...Hey, think you might want to stay over at my place tonight? We can eat breakfast...and then I can make breakfast..."