Lilia Calderu

"I loved being a witch" Lilia Calderu (Agatha All Along) Written by Lana Open to: Crossovers, AUs, OCs Bio Verses

[diviningtime]

Mutuals only. Crossover friendly. AU friendly.

Bio. Verses. Rules.

Note for non-Marvel blogs:

Although Lilia is technically a Marvel character, this is run mostly as a 'generic witch' blog. Marvel does not come into her mythology very much at all unless she is interacting with other Marvel characters. Magic, witchcraft, powers, etc, do come heavily into her character, and because of this she fits nicely in CAOS, BtVS, Charmed, etc verses as well as many generic verses, magic or otherwise

Note for Marvel blogs:

I am not overly familiar with anything Marvel outside of AAA. The only person who knows less than me is probably Patti herself, and that's a low bar I've managed to slightly step over. I am vaguely familiar with some characters (and I have watched WandaVision) and I am more than willing to learn for the purpose of threads. So if your character is from Marvel, don't let my absolute ignorance put you off; I am still very much interested in writing with you.

[sacredpyre]

"Mhmm, fire is only wanted when we need it for something." Not that she didn't understand, it was nothing but destruction if you didn't respect it. Or understand it. She could understand what the young witch (Witchling? maybe) was going through.

"I think because there's not much sense of community anymore, no one knows how to be a villager. I think witches are some of the few to remember a sort of sisterhood outside of blood."She muses, sweeping the dirt into a bigger pile before sweeping it into the pan.

"Are you able to help her?"

[diviningtime]

"Frankly, as far as needs, I prefer other solutions like a central heating system and a hot plate," Lilia admitted. Perhaps she was being unreasonable but ever since her friend was shoved into that oven all those centuries ago, she was not keen on any kind of cooking device that could fit a human in and set aflame. Hot plates and microwaves did just fine; thank god for modern technology.

Sighing heavily, Lilia had to admit Alena was right about community. "I think maybe because villages don't exist anymore. Not really. Everyone's in their homes, separate from the world. Hard to build a community when people aren't even learning each other's names." Sweeping the soil from the shelves, she frowned when she realised one of her fabrics had been stained by the dirt. Dammit.

"I'll help her the best I can. I mean I'm not a green witch-- and the one I know is not someone you want to call on," she added firmly, letting out a brief bark of a laugh in punctuation at the thought. "But as far as control, I have experience in feeling like your power is getting the better of you."

[thelasttimeiswear-realmythsmoved]

@realmyths

Lizzy chuckles at the other woman's words about it usually being romance. Though Lizzy is not opposed to some romance, that certainly isn't what brings her here now. Her mission to find the head witches and warlocks takes a lot of her time, and energy. So she'd like to find them. She feels she owes it to her father and to herself. She sits down after the other woman gestures for her to do so, glad that the other is willing to help her.

At the question, Lizzy looks thoughtful, pondering where to start. Then she realizes, the conversation with her father that had started this whole search of hers. That's the best place to start. "I am a witch. My father was a warlock, and my mother was human. They weren't sure if I would inherit my father's powers or not, but I did. My father taught me everything he knew about magic. And then, he told me that he thinks there was nothing more he could teach me. That I should go to New York and learn from the head witches and warlocks. I was hesitant to leave him, especially since my mother had just recently passed away. Cancer."

Lizzy frowns. She still misses her mother, too. The grief is hard to deal with. But somehow, she's managing. Having something else to focus on helps. Even if that can also be frustrating at times. Hence why she's there. "But he promised we would keep in contact and I promised to visit. The thing is, I've been searching for them in New York, to no avail so far. I just need to know if I'm on the right track at all." She asks, a soft smile crossing her face as she looks at the older woman.

[diviningtime]

"Loss is never easy. It's even harder when a loved one is taken before their time," Lilia repeated in empathetic understanding. "But the reality is that we can't stand still in the face of it, we have to live, to try our best to move around it. And that's true for both you and your father."

Lilia wondered what kind of practitioner the girl's father was, and why he felt he had reached the limits of his knowledge, and why he felt his daughter needed so much more. It wouldn't be Lilia's instinct to send someone to find the head of anything, but she supposed every coven, every witch, was different.

"You want to know if I can point you in the right direction for a particular group of witches," Lilia surmised, pursing her lips in consideration, her brown eyes fixed on the young girl as she studied her little. "Well, that's easy enough with--" Lilia paused, Seeing something. Taking a breath as the image passed, her gaze refocused on the girl.

"Lizzy," she said out loud, the sound of the name still echoing from her vision. "How certain are you that you want this path?"

@realmyths

[billyktothemax]

"I don't think she likes anyone. She just likes that I can see her, she likes having someone to bother," Billy grumbled. He dropped his head to his arms, groaning into the table where they lay folded.

It was more like he was paying for Mrs. Davis and Alice's death, so he was willing to suck it up. But kvetching was in his blood. It was his right, and if Agatha was going to make it so he had to dress in private in the bathroom rather than his bedroom, he was going to do just so. "Maybe I should tell her to come visit you. She might have more fun here than in gym class."

[diviningtime]

"She likes you," Lilia confirmed, refusing to be moved on that. "And she likes having someone to bother. It's Agatha," she added simply as if that explained everything. The witch was as infamous for her attitude as she was for her body count, and though Lilia had Seen many hidden layers, it didn't stop the top layer from being infuriating.

"You honestly think she'd have more fun here than tormenting you in gym?" Lilia asked, giving a laugh of wry amusement. "Half the people who come to this shop want to see proof of ghosts, and we both know Agatha doesn't like giving people what they want."

[realmyths]

"Oh, right." Laura says with a chuckle. "Well, Carm and I are back together. And....she's human now. Looooong story, how long have you got?" If it's not long, she can try to shorten it. But it really is a long story, if she's being honest.

[diviningtime]

Lilia squinted, silently mulling over the details of the brief summary to decide whether she wanted to hear the rest. Or if curiosity would somehow end up killing the cat.

After a moment, Lilia gave a shrug and caved.

"Well, if it's a long story, we'll need something to drink." She gestured for Laura to follow her.

[diviningtime]

Continued from here @rebelliousfamily

[text: lilia] hey girl! i have wineee! have you seen billy anywhere?

[text: Wanda] How much of the wineee have you had? And I assume he's with his boyfriend

[adivinationwitch]

The sigil works on the witch who casts it...

[diviningtime]

Sorry for the dash silence. I have a work writing task that I’m trying to get finished in one block ASAP. I want to be here so bad, but I know if I start scrolling on here and liking new things etc I’ll lose my roll with the work thing.

BUT I’m like more than half way through and I think I can power through and get it all done tomorrow; after which, i will be on here so fast!

[unbeleveable]

Agatha flashed her a smile as sweet as syrup, leaning closer to Lilia. "C'mon, Lils, you know you missed me and the excitement I bring to your otherwise monotonous life."

At the question about her hair, she started to preen. "I did! How sweet of you to notice!" She all but trilled, twirling a dyed strand of it around one finger. "I thought I might try rockin' the red for a bit. Did it once before, back in the 1970s, got a little too much attention, if you know what I mean."

[diviningtime]

"Monotonous?" Lilia repeated in disbelief before letting out a loud bark of a laugh, dismissing Agatha's words with a shake of the head.

"It's a bit hard to ignore," she retorted, already regretting mentioning the hair since Agatha's ego and self-indulgence had suddenly flowered at the reference. "Not getting nostalgic are we, Agatha?" she mocked drily. "I'd be careful I didn't get slapped by Dolly Parton again."

[diviningtime]

Lilia literally has plants everywhere. She has them at the front of her shop (though they seem to have dried out and been scorched to near death which tells me she often forgets about those ones), she has them in her apartment at the back (these are in varying degrees of success) but the most are concentrated at the front of her shop, and they are all thriving. Which not only tells me how despite saying 'not especially no', Lilia really is trying her best to be rooted in nature as she was taught, but that the plants in her shop get the most consistent attention because that's where she feels things matter the most. If she's going to be performing divination for people, then it has to be in as close an environment to her upbringing as she can mimic. Because the placement of them sort of echoes the garden we see when she goes back to her childhood. There's no where near as many of them, yes, but they line the entrance on all sides, they're high up the walls.

This is an active effort to have nature in her work, in whatever small potted way she can.

[orchestrahearts]

Linda shrugged slightly. “I never learned anything about brooms.” She nodded, considering what Lilia was telling her. “I’ve never flown before. I’ve done other kinds of magic, but never flying.”

[diviningtime]

"Well, it's not something I do that often anymore either," Lilia admitted. "Mostly because where I come from they've become this absurd emblem of our culture, and were used multiple times as justification to demonise us, arrest us, and execute us. But," she added, forcing herself to refocus. "That's not important right now. Look around you." She gestured to the woods surrounding them. "Find something you could use as a broom, decorate it, make a gift of it."

[billyktothemax]

He turned his eyes up to hers. She either saw through him very quickly, or, maybe she was from Westview, too. That made the most sense. People didn't come to town, right? Everyone was just sort of always there, unless they were Uncle P, or the circus. Mom had said. So, she had to be from Westview.

Mom said. Don't cross Ellis Avenue.

It went for everyone, even Dad. So, if she was from Westview, she'd get that Tommy and Uncle P were fast. And then, nothing weird was going on at all. Everything was normal, and mom was probably on her way to come and get him. "Uh-huh. They both've got super speed. Uncle P said Tommy takes after him, and they started racing."

Billy shook his head, and wandered towards her a bit. "Uh-uh. But mom always puts a veggie tray out around lunch, before she makes something. She says its important. I was just wondering what time it was. It looks bright out, like at lunch time."

[diviningtime]

"Super speed," Lilia repeated, subconsciously wrinkling her nose a little. "Life goes fast enough without literally speeding through it. Thanks, but no thanks," she concluded. Perhaps it was a fine line, but she preferred her own gifts, problematic as they could be, and as much as they messed up her life sometimes.

"It's just after one," Lilia told him, checking her watch. "She makes you a veggie tray? Healthy mom," she commented, not knowing whether she was making conversation, buying time before finding a solution, or just trying to babysit a kid she'd only ever known as a teenager.

"What do you say to hanging around here for a while?"

[billyktothemax]

@diviningtime liked for a starter:

"She's driving me up the wall. I get that being dead means you don't have much to do, but she's the one who told Rio to leave her alone, why am I paying for it?" Billy protested. "Now Greg won't stop barking at her and she seems to think it's funny that my parents are all worried about him barking at empty corners."

[diviningtime]

Biting back her amusement, Lilia couldn't say she was surprised by any of these revelations. Agatha hadn't been restful or considerate in life; why would her death be any different?

"Agatha likes you," Lilia told him, knowing that was the simple truth of the matter. If she didn't then the ghost would have just gone and found herself someone else to irritate. "That's what you're paying for."

[thesearetheirstcries]

"Fair enough" she wasn't going to push the woman if she did not wish to receive any. She was about to move back towards the sidewalk back to head back to the station when the woman spoke again and she fought the urge to cringe. She'd hoped people would have dropped that title now that the curse had broken, but nope it was still kicking around. "My name is Emma actually"

[diviningtime]

"I imagine that's easier for the tax forms," Lilia commented wryly, giving a dry snigger of a laugh at her own joke.

"But don't be surprised if 'saviour' sticks around longer than you want it to," she added sagely. "Those kind of a titles have a habit of hanging around." Sometimes purely out of spite.

"Lilia," she introduced herself. "Calderu. One of the few people around here who doesn't have personal history with your family."

[alfean]

@diviningtime gets an inhuman!farah starter

"They tell me this concerns science, not magic. That it's all about genetics and DNA, but it bloody well seems magical to me." Not that Farah had known witches really existed more than she had known about inhumans prior to her transformation. Now it was as if an entirely new world had opened up to her, hidden right within the old. She'd rather go back to being oblivious.

[diviningtime]

Lilia didn't really know what to say about that; she had spent a lot of her life having her very existence dismissed by so-called scientific revelations, so her faith in those kind of obsolete statements wasn't particularly strong.

She gave a shrug to convey her opinion with a single dismissive expression.

"Why can't it be both?" she asked. "I don't see why it has to be separate. The world's too complicated, magic is too complicated, for it to be sectioned off into these little convenient boxes."

[adivinationwitch]

"Death comes for us all."

[inmutant]

@diviningtime liked for a starter

“I'm curious, when you give a reading,” Luna begins as she leans further back in the chair she’s currently sitting in while waiting for Lilia to retrieve the package her aunt had asked her to pick up for her. “How often do you actually tell the truth?”

[diviningtime]

"That's they call a loaded question," Lilia replied wryly over her shoulder as she reached for the package where she had stored it in one of her many battered cupboards.

"But the honest answer is that it depends on the situation," she continued a she walked back over. "Not everyone who comes here is looking for the truth, and some truths..." Lilia sighed heavily. "Nothing good comes from sharing them. The trick is learning to know the difference."