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The Court of Night Blooming Flowers Meme
The Court of Night Blooming Flowers
The Night Court is the casual name for the 13 houses of Mont Nuit in the City of Elua
where the Servants of Naamah worship and ply thier trade.
Elua's blessed principle is 'Love as thou wilt' but love can take many forms.
These houses see to each and every shade and color of Elua's principle.
Pay a house fee and take your pick, but remember to leave a patron gift if you have been well pleased by Naamah's gifts.
where the Servants of Naamah worship and ply thier trade.
Elua's blessed principle is 'Love as thou wilt' but love can take many forms.
These houses see to each and every shade and color of Elua's principle.
Pay a house fee and take your pick, but remember to leave a patron gift if you have been well pleased by Naamah's gifts.
How it Works
1. Comment with your character/s. Put their name and canon along with preferences in the subject space.
2. Others will tag with their character and the house they have chosen from the list.
3. Your character can either be visiting the house or working as one of Naamah's servants.
4. Play nice! Or naughtily, if you happen to be in Valerian or Mandrake house.
The 13 houses are essentially brothels, although religiously affiliated ones, so sexual situations are to expected. Also some houses lend themselves to more triggering fare so please be respectful of each other and talk it out with your RP partner if there are problems with a scenario.
If you’re having trouble with a scenario might we suggest:
The Midwinter Masque
On the Longest Night Cereus House hosts the Midwinter Masque, an elite and private function that all the houses attend in grand costume. The guests of the house are those chosen by each house's Dowaynes and of the highest status. Royalty, political leaders, high ranking officials. All of these are likely to attend and on the Longest Night no coin is exchanged. It is a night of revelry and gaiety spurred on by the evening's drink of choice. Joie a clear, potent liquor made from a rare and exquisite white flower served in small crystalline glasses by the youths of the House.
If you'd like to play by the rules of the Masque, please make note of it in your post!
The 13 Houses of the Night Court
1. Alyssum - The House canon is modesty. Their motto is "with eyes averted", and the servants here are well suited to acting shy, modest, and slightly uncomfortable with their own desires. If you wish your lover to tremble and blush with shame when you reveal their nakedness, this is your destination.
2. Balm - The House canon is compassion. Their motto is "rest and be soothed". Those who need healing and soothing through gentle touch and companionship may come here. These adepts are also the most skilled at massage of all the houses.
3. Bryony - The House canon is cupidity and the desire for money. Their house is more of a carnival of wonders, where you may gamble with your desires in a game of will and wits. Be careful what favors you gamble with though, for the adepts who work here are said to rarely lose.
4. Camellia - The House canon is perfection. Those who work here are physically perfect, without flaw, and as such they are considerably more proud of their station. Perhaps haughty and brilliant would best describe the adepts who reside here.
5. Cereus - The House canon is fragility, their motto "all lovliness fades". The youthful and delicate serve here, those who hold their beauty for a fleeting moment. Cereus also has the distinction of being the oldest of all the houses. The adepts here are ones who know the value of living for the present and making each moment count.
6. Dahlia - The House canon is dignity and regality. All those who serve in Dahlia house conduct themselves as royalty, with the proper mannerisms, decorum, and attitude.
7. Eglantine - The House canon is performance. Those who serve here are skilled in the arts of singing, dancing, and poetry and can perform together or privately for their patrons.
8. Gentian - The House canon is purity of spirit. The adepts here can read visions and dreams, and may reveal things that hold great meaning to those they share their knowledge with.
9. Heliotrope - The House canon is love and devotion. Their motto is "thou and no other". It is said that when one lies with an adept from Heliotrope, they shall make you feel as if you are the only one who has ever touched their hearts.
10. Jasmine - The House canon is sensuality. Their motto is "for pleasure's sake" and the experience is pure hedonism. Adepts are said to be the most exotic of all the houses, and they emphasize this in their dress.
11. Mandrake - The House canon is sadism and dominance. The motto is "yield all". Adepts are Mandrake are trained to dominate those who come seeking such release, using skills and tools to bestow plain and pleasure. A signale is arranged beforehand that patrons can use should they ever wish to stop their session.
12. Orchis - The House canon is mirth, it's motto "joy in laughter". Adepts from this house are joyful people who believe in fun above all else. They are quick with a grin and a game, and skilled in making their patrons smile.
13. Valerian - The House canon is submission, the motto "I yield". Adepts are trained from childhood to experience pain with all pleasure and pleasure with all pain. They also have a signale they can use if they need to stop.
Premise is based on Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series. Format borrowed from
darkdangeline
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Being looked down on is part of the charm of Camellia, he knows, but he still ducks his head as he walks along, some of the adepts giving their greetings at a familiar face while others watch him with cooler stares. Heliotrope is for love and devotion, thou and no other, but it isn't all so "true"; their patrons are their "thou and no other", but they're like that for every patron, so it's a two-faced life. For Mika, it's a three-faced life, because the one he truly wants to feel that way towards is the queen of perfection herself, his beloved friend Arashi.
He steps into her quarters after checking that there's no one around, head lifting, smile brightening instantly.]
Naru-chan~. Yer really dressed up today, huh~? It looks good on ya!
[For the Masque that's happening later in the week, probably, but Mika's not sure if he'll be chosen to be an attendant this year; he's very good at the love and devotion part, but he's still entirely too shy about others staring at him. Arashi certainly will though, there really is no one prettier.]
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her smile is also equally brilliant - the other adepts never really inform arashi whenever her beloved friend decides to visit, although it's not something that arashi will complain about, really. it makes for a pleasant enough surprise for the most part. being in different houses means that they don't meet as often as arashi would like. ]
Mika-chan~!
[ and when she turns around, it's with an easy movement of long, elegant fingers that she gestures for mika to come closer, and really, it's out of habit that she reaches for a comb on her dresser, motions for him to sit in front of her, dragging her fingers through mika's unruly hair and trying to tame it into something a little bit more acceptable, a little closer to perfection. ]
You like it? [ it's a rhetorical question, that much is obvious, considering how confidently she says it. ] It was a gift from a patron. Some merchant across the sea. I quite like the colours.
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It's perfect on ya, Naru-chan~! Don't think there's a single person here that could pull it off like you, nope! I'm sure you'll get a ton of patrons with this~.
[Mika just... hopes she still has time for him, leaning into the touch slightly more.]
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Don't let the other adepts hear you, they'll get jealous from all this praise you're giving me~ ♪
[ not that arashi has any reason to feel self conscious even if they did overhear, actually. she wouldn't mind, although she's fairly certain that's not the kind of thing that a heliotrope adept is supposed to say within earshot of other people.
and of course she will always have time for her beloved mika-chan ☆ ]
If your hair was longer I'd braid it. [ it's fond, even as she pauses to get scented oil to rub into the ends of mika's hair. ] Are you going for the Masque, darling?
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[There's still a lot of flaws. Mika glances over his shoulder for a moment, then braves the mirror's reflection to watch Arashi fondly instead.]
I shoulda been part of Alyssum for all I look at the ground. I dunno how you do it, Naru-chan, bein' looked at all the time.
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and when her gaze catches mika's reflection in the mirror, she winks, accompanying it with a chuckle. ]
There's a pleasure in being watched, Mika-chan~ ♪ To attract and gather people's attention on perfect things... I think it's exhilarating~
[ she does, however, drop her hand from mika's hair to slide it underneath his chin, and while it's firm it's gentle, making him raise his head slightly so that she can maintain eye contact with him instead of mika averting his gaze to look down at the floor instead. ] I quite like you in Heliotrope, though~
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I ain't perfect like Naru-chan, though... These eyes of mine get a lotta attention, callin' 'em hypnotic or whatever, but I hate 'em... I want them to be one or the other.
[It's extremely good for his house, honestly, since people want those mismatched eyes to be on them and them alone, unique and sparkling as they are, but he's just so uncomfortable with it. It's fine when he puts himself in the mindset of taking care of others, but off that...
He turns his head to look at Arashi, leaning back against her.]
D'you like 'em, Naru-chan?
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so yeah. she may or may not be biased. and more open with her affections, as a result. ]
Hm~? ♪ [ it's easy to shift, to let mika lean back against her. ] I think they're interesting. Your patrons like them, right?
[ as it is, it's easy to lift mika's hand that's already in hers, bending down to press a light kiss to the back of his hand, pale pink gloss leaving a faint mark on his skin. ]
You wouldn't be my Mika-chan if you didn't have them~ ☆
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[They are when Arashi says so, though. When a certain few others mention it as well. Mika cranes his head back a little to nuzzle into his friend, hand tingling where her gloss remains. Her and only her, her and only her...]
What makes ya think I'd like it anyway? The Masque. It's somethin' special, I know, and it'd be interestin' to go... but I feel like I'd just stick to the people I know.
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[ it's light, amused - arashi can't quite understand why mika would imply that she wouldn't - the fingers of her free hand tugging gently at the ends of mika's hair, a small, playful gesture. camellia may be the epitome of perfection, but that doesn't mean that arashi doesn't find mika any less pleasant to be around. ]
You haven't been to one before, right? [ and it's then that she drops her hand from his so that she can gather mika's hair in her hands, twisting the too-short strands idly with her fingers in the practiced motions of braiding someone else's hair.
it'd look pretty with flowers, she muses, but that's about as far as arashi gets before she returns her attentions to him. ] It is special~ Everyone dressed in their finest and making merry, all the houses gathered in one place. [ there's a slight quirk upwards of her lips. ] I thought you'd like spending more time with me, Mika-chan. [ it may or may not be gently chiding, how mika hasn't realised what she's implied so far. ]
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Mika ducks his head down, fingers busying themselves with his house's clothes, and laughs sheepishly.]
Course, Naru-chan! I'd love t'spend time with you, all the time in the world if I could..! Naru-chan's someone precious to me, after all~.
[Then he can just stick close to her, too! How nice, how pleasant, he watches her in the mirror and admires the tick of her smile.]
Queenie Goldstein | Fantastic Beasts
Much love for the Midwinter Masque~))
Takumi | Fire Emblem | ota
Also open to him being a Servant with some plotting!]
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Midnight came, the Sun Prince threw off the Winter Queen's burden, restored her to her glory. The music brightened, hope restored for the coming season, for the return of the light, and long swaths of white fabric slithered to the floor, cloaks and hoods thrown back to reveal Orchis house, all of them faeries adorned with fragile winter blooming flowers. Pale pinks and rich red berries, plants that would not see the sun for months yet but had been carefully cultivated for this night.
There was one pale expanse that remained, however and Eggsy found himself drawn in, grinning defiantly in the face of the obvious displeasure from the Dowayne of Cereus house. He caught one of the youths carrying a tray of joie, snatching up two glasses with an easy grin and stepping into the beautiful silver-haired man's path. One delicate crystal glass he held up in offering, the other already hovering close to his lips, careful of the arch of cherry blossoms across his mask. "Joie?"
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He intended to, at least, not embarrass himself and his family. Mostly by staying out of the way. But the restoration of the Winter Queen had pulled his attention- the showmanship of it all tickling his sense of wonder. Which in turn pulled him out into the open and under the eye of the Servants... he knew that the polite thing would be to find one that appealed to him and who he didn't turn off completely, and in turn show a bit of piety- he was not a virgin by any means, though far from experienced either. But he hadn't quite worked up the nerve to start socializing.
Until one of them approached him instead. He took the drink, moving to sip before- "Ah-, erm, joy to you on the Longest Night." For all the talk of not embarrassing himself he was already messing it all up.
Konoka Konoe | Mahou Sensei Negima | OTA
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