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[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

"The serpent will come from the hole
On the brown Day of Bride,
Though there should be three feet of snow
On the flat surface of the ground."

The ewes back home must be making milk for the spring lambs about now. The cross-quarter sabbat is here. Will we see spring soon? Or is there still snow yet to fall? The day seems cloudy here, which means that, for us anyway, spring is soon to come. The serpent has tested the weather and declared thus.


Happy Imbolc, everyone. What are your pledges for the coming year?

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[shinra-sucks.livejournal.com]

Imbolc? What's that? Is it your birthday or something?

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Nay. This is the Greater Sabbat day of the Maiden Nayru when the snake emerges from the womb of the earth to test the weather and see if Spring is soon to come. Back in Ordona I would be chanting over the seeds and agricultural tools to be sure of a good season of crops. And the animals would be with child.

Imbolc, first day of a cycle of rebirth. So, on this day, we make our pledges for the year to come as well.

Is there no day like this where you are from?

[shinra-sucks.livejournal.com]

.........no. But... it's always a good time to make a new start, I guess.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Do you have any pledges, then?

[maraich]

Hmm, so this is like a New's Years Resolution?

I wonder what kind of pledge I should make...

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is like that. You make any pledge you feel you should.

[maraich]

You're a poetic fellow, aren't you?

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

I do not know. Am I? A few here have described me as such.

[maggot-slayer.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what this Imbolc thing you're talking about. Either way... I don't really have any, other than not letting the galaxy be destroyed.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Imbolc, the day we see how long the winter will last, among other things.

Not letting the galaxy be destroyed is a noble cause.

[sweet-melodrama.livejournal.com]

Resolution? As if I need any more. To get revenge on those who betrayed me, of course!

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Now would be a good time to forgive as well.

[chaos-component.livejournal.com]

Resolutions?

...I'm going to try to spend more time with my daughter.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

That too is a noble pledge.

[petite-shadow.livejournal.com]

Jeeze, does every post you make have to be so dramatic?

I think you already know our resolution, Sockhead Link.

[kurt-howell.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've never heard of such a holiday!

Hmm... I pledge... To cross-polinate my mint plants and make a new mint flavor that's unique to Varoja Temple!
Mint makes great tea...

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

I wish you luck with that.

[doublehelixhero]

A pledge...? Mine always sound silly. Okay, one I can keep: I pledge to get stronger.

One I want to keep: I pledge to spend more time with my friends instead of off by myself.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Spend time enough with friends to make up for my wandering. That is not an option I possess.

[doublehelixhero]

Well, quests don't last forever. Sooner or later, you can spend time with your friends.

[naughtiseternal.livejournal.com]

Pledge? I pledge to destroy everything that stands in the way of restoring the hearts of the Nobodies.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

A violent pledge.

[thesinnerchrono.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've never heard of Imbolc before. At any rate, a Happy Imbolc and a Happy Groundhog Day to you.

I pledge to make my way back to Rosette before she thinks I've died.

[umbral-persona.livejournal.com]

Groundhog Day?

. . .I hope you find your friend.

[thesinnerchrono.livejournal.com]

Groundhog Day is similar to Imbolc, based on what I gather from your description above, only there is no religious significance to it. It is said that if the groundhog sees his shadow, then winter will last another six weeks. If he does not, then winter will be over soon.

...I thank you.