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Mother Earth Seduced
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tortoise said:I am bumping you up in line a bit, but only because I grow weary of seeing a swath of punchdrunk kittens in your wake. This madness simply must end, lass. And it must end now. It's not that I object to being the inspiration for you to commit violent acts; in fact, I rather relish the idea. It's just high time to give the poor kittens a break. Pick a more worthy adversary. Say, a pointy headed, mossy-toothed stinking cunt with a stick up his arse roughly the size of a totem pole. Anyway. Without further ado, I offer you this, in the earnest hope of saving countless kittens from your fists of fury:
Can you fall in love with a place?
People talk about it all the time. But they don't mean it. Not really. Not like this.
These woods call to her, all of her senses, like a lover. They quicken her blood. Their scent fills her, flows through her, tugging at her gut. And lower. The warm zephyrs blowing through the trees feel like his breath, caressing her skin. The babbling stream sounds like his laughter, or the music that he plays for her on his pipes.
It's deeper, far more primal than merely feeling at home. Other places feel like home. This place, these woods, excite her far too much for such nice labels. Home feels safe. Safe as houses. These woods are not safe. It's not that they frighten her, not exactly. Rather, they thrill her. Fill her with an electric charge, a deep humming in every nerve.
People think of the woods as peaceful. Not these woods, not for her. Peace does not excite, not like this. Peace does not make you wet. Make you swell. Make you ache. Peace does not lead to primal, feral longings. To be taken in the woods. No. To be taken by the woods.
As the dusk deepens to darkness, her thoughts turn, as they often do at this time, in this place, to him. He doesn't exist, outside her head. He can't. Creatures like him don't exist, outside of books. But she feels him, all the same. Sees him clearly, in her mind's eye. His horns. His eyes, sparkling with mischief, set in an equally mischievous face. His beard. The thick pelt covering his legs, legs that are bent the wrong way. Taut, muscular, but strange muscles, inhuman, tapering down to cloven hooves. She can smell his scent, like a concentration of the woods. The essence of the woods. She can hear his pipes.
The full moon rises, making her nerves hum even louder. Silver light bathing her beloved woods through the now black trees. She feels a strange wind in her hair, just on her left side, then she sees it, swooping over her shoulder. Huge. Graceful. A white owl, feathers gleaming preternaturally bright in the moonlight, wending effortlessly and completely silently through the trees. He had passed within inches of her head, and she didn't hear a thing.
Her eyes follow his path through the trees, determined to capture as much detail as she can before he disappears from sight. But wait. He's not disappearing. He's alighting. But on what? That's not a tree. She leans forward, takes one step, peering intently at the owl's perch. What is it? It almost looks human, but... Another step closer, then she freezes, completely still, her breath catching in her throat.
Him. It's him. It can't be. She knows it's impossible. But she knows, without a doubt, that it's him. Just then, the scent hits her, a scent that hitherto existed only in her mind.
She knows. What's more, she's always known. Always felt him. No, more than felt. Seen. As she stands, transfixed, staring at this not-quite-man with a snowy owl on his shoulder, she remembers. She's been here before. Not in this place, but in this moment. Looking at this... this embodiment of the woods. Faced with a choice. Go to him, and give herself to him. She feels his longing for her, has felt it before. But he can't go to her. The choice is hers. Has always been hers. Always, before, she has been too scared. Of the unknown. Of surrender. Always, before, she has turned away, and in so doing, broken the spell. Always, before, she forgot that he was real, from the instant she turned away. Until the moment came again. Over and over. The crossroads. The choice. Every time, she turned away. Afraid of him. Afraid of herself. Afraid of the intensity of her desire.
Fuck that.
Not this time.
With a mischievous grin to match his own, she goes to him, the sound of pipes filling her head.
Wow... I know that was for Fata but take us farther.