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Teddy and Demi post FIRST, then everyone else may join in :] See the cultures page on the AT website for information on the mateship ceremony! There is no posting order beyond the fact that Teddy and Demi need to post their arrival before everyone else. Thanks!
She was ready for this ceremony. Naniko had been waiting for someone in the pack to become a mated pair so that she could perform it; ever since the death of her sister the female had wondered if the pack had fallen into bad luck or some kind of a rut. They had lost many members as Sirius had left to form his own pack, Selene had passed away, and many members had left or disappeared without warning. Such was life, though, and she wouldn't complain. She was grateful to those who had stayed with her, who enjoyed life here.
Naniko had gotten up quite early to begin for the ceremony, starting the wood on fire until it had burned to coals and then keeping the coals lit and spreading them out along the ground on a dug-up path. Demi and Teddy would have to walk along these hot coals together to reach the main fire, where the sacrificial ceremony would take place beneath the whale bones. She had found this place months before and had dubbed it Maxia Negra, their outdoors ceremonial clearing.
There were tree stumps around the spacious clearing for members to sit on if they wished, the whale bones central to the area. Around one bone was tied a lamb, the animal that she would sacrifice once the members arrived and Teddy and Demi had walked along the coals. hanging from a nearby branch were the charms that she had made for them, two ankhs carved from lamb bone and metal coins that she had flattened and offered to the Gods for them to bless. She wore nothing today besides her Gris-Gris, her own weapons-belt laying on the ground on one side of the clearing and her ceremonial dagger in one hand.
Night was beginning to fall. The shifted Angela tilted her head back, calling out to the members of the pack. This would be a time for celebration. The days before this one had been spent hunting, and she had a nice stockpile of meat for feasting and a fire to sit by and talk to one another. She wasn't sure how many would arrive, but anyone was welcomed to observe and bring the new pair gifts to start them off on their journey together.
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