The great bear is ready at last to die. He takes no note of the other mare, even as her voice strikes the chill air about his deathbed. Around Circe, lightning bugs gather and glow brightly, the far reaches of their light gracing her dark skin and soothing the mare. The lightning bugs have hushed now, maintained a respectful silent before the passing of the great bear, but they still bestow a gift of their own. A crowd of them fly up to follow Circe, washing her in their glow and reaching out to ease what remains of her pain as the scene before them unfolds.
The ancient bear turns from Eytan, and with the weight of death upon him, lifts his massive claw to rest upon Ktulu's chest. The effect is immediate and the sensation strong; streams of light begins to flow from the place where he touches the chieftess, reaching within her to wrap around her heart, and flying outwards to encircle his quickly fading body. Life leaves him in a final, heaving breath, and the last of his spirit binds to the beating within the constrictor's chest.
"Goodbye, my child," sounds the whisper of a dying beast. He was ancient and powerful, yet now he has fallen at last. His spirit binds to hers as his golden eyes slide shut and his heart ceases to beat within his own chest.
But in hers, should she listen carefully, she may hear that pounding once again. The pounding that may summon the bear's spirit gift, the pounding of a dead heart brought to life once more in the breast of a forest queen. She may find, that if she thinks of him, that her body will change to match the image in her mind. And she may see in her wake a small trail of fireflies, ever loyal to the spirit of the great bear now left behind.
[[Congratulations Ktulu and Circe!
Ktulu now has magic to shapeshift into a bear by calling upon the Great Bear's spirit. To first discover this power, she must focus on the beating of her heart until she also hears that of the bear; it is up to you if this is how she summons the power in the future, and the trail of fireflies, which have no special powers, is an addition that you may or may not choose to keep. Please post in the updates with the final description of your magic.
Circe too has been blessed, and for the remainder of the season may at any time call upon fireflies whose glow will have a slight healing and calming effect.]]
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