Evocation

adopted daughter of Hades, forgotten orphan, practitioner. the devil's child a firstbloodrp character

[frollohellfire]

"That is an important question." He said with a smile and then nodded his head. "I will make sure the cook knows to cook sweets every night - Ice cakes and Pastries, the north is famous for their sweets."

"i will have them bring two - one brown and one black to keep you very warm" He agreed "I doubt you could ever bother me."

[evocxtio-blog]

"is it? I thought it was famous for its winters." She wasn't entirely sure that she was teasing, she honestly hadn't heard all that much about the north other than about how cold it was.

"Will it be a long trip to the library from that point?" A very important questions, if she was going to have to thaw out, she'd rather it be in front of a fire with a good book. "I'll have you know I'm pretty sure I drove at least two of my tutors mad with my never ending questions and that was before I could properly read."

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"Wait. You know Hades?"

[evocxtio-blog]

"Of course, I was raised in Bog's End." More specifically in the Manor, she added if only to herself. "Why?"

[frollohellfire]

"There was never a doubt" He confirmed with a soft smile and looked over her healthy face. "Obedience?" He would not admit to the jump in his thoughts at the word. She did look like such a good girl. "Perhaps you are being obedient" He smiled. "A bit of  cookie monster? is that a trait you still have?"

"It seems like an adventure enough - you said you were fighting that is still through at least one country all on your own."  And then he nodded. "It is so cold we need to defrost our water." He chuckled. "You're in luck - I happen to enjoy answering questions and encouraging curiosity." 

[evocxtio-blog]

"Obedient to whom though, that's the question." Lips twitching with humor, she wrinkled her nose briefly. "Cookies, tarts, cakes, I had a terrible sweet tooth, and I usually shared with Princeling. It's not as serious as it was, but there are moments when I can't help myself." 

"Maybe I'll need two fur coats then, I don't think defrosting myself would be all that much fun to do." If it wasn't for the promise of a library that boasted books she'd not seen, she most likely would have turned chicken and called off the whole thing. But a library full of books she'd never opened... "I'll hold you to that, when you become irritable because I won't stop pestering you about things."

[ififisgood]

"When do we do it?" She asked egarly - her brothers voice in her head. Come home sister. She missed home more then she missed air. She wanted to go wanted to leave. “I want it done as soon as possible.”

[evocxtio-blog]

"Today, we can do it today." If they waited too long, Esmeralda might start thinking, and if she started thinking she’d see the flaws, the glaringly obvious wrongness to their plan. She didn’t want that, she wanted out, she needed to get away from everyone. "It’ll be fun," she assured Phoebe, though it was more for herself. "When was the last time we were allowed free rein?"

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"No," Vixey said. She couldn’t lie to the girl. As strange as she was she had a raw sincerity about her that couldn’t be betrayed. "I was a pretender for a few years, and I used to say that stuff to my clients. They liked it. It is possible to talk to the dead though. Hades, the demigod."

[evocxtio-blog]

"Oh?" Well it wasn’t as though Vixey would have been a whore her whole life, of course she’d done other things. "I know it’s possible," Esmeralda smiled though it lacked warmth. "Pap- he was the one who taught me how to speak with them, to an extent control them. Well, their spirits anyways."

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

Age Event - Old Vixey

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"I’d rather be shrunk. Maybe next time we can ask to switch."

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"Sounds like a plan, at least then I could manage to take out the books that I want to read and not worry about dropping them."

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"You know people have a funny way in death of forgiveness," Vixey said with a shrug. At least that was what she used to tell her clients when she worked as a false seer in Bog’s End. "I bet she still loves you."

[evocxtio-blog]

"Have you actually spoken to the dead?" Tone dry, Esmeralda snorted softly, some people had a way for forgiveness about them, but others... "I doubt she ever stopped? But that doesn't make me any less terrible a sister."

[frollohellfire]

"And do tell" He asked with a smirk. "What is your skillset? Other then that reading habit of yours and I am sure everything you have learned." He paused and nodded, "Sometimes promises are meant to be broken. To learn from them, Perhaps that should be the lesson, because I agree that following through on your commitments is needed but everyone has their rebellion. Perhaps you have just found yours?"

"But how will you survive the cold with out your coat?" He asked curiously. "I simply trying to make you as comfortable as possible. But if you would prefer I can send you a map and directions and wait for your arrival." He smiled. "I would quite like to meet you in person my dear. You seemed to have something extraordinary about you."

[evocxtio-blog]

"I'm absolutely charming company." Was the offered reply, small head tossing her hair over her shoulder before smiling. "Honestly, I think my most valuable asset is my obedience, at least...It was." Is that what this was? Rebellion? "I suppose there's a first time for everything? I can't think of a single promise I've ever broken, unless you count the ones I made as a child like staying in my own bed to sleep, or leaving the cooks alone before dinner."

"Terribly, you're probably right. I guess I can count the trip to the mountain as the adventure, and then everything else is celebrating my success. Is it really that cold there? Are you high enough that when you breathe it feels like your lungs will freeze?" Physically stopping herself from asking more questions she almost missed the compliment, blinking slowly as she stared at the mirror. "I've no doubt you'll change your mind when I either won't stop asking questions, I always have so many questions."

[ififisgood]

She paused and then her mind went into over drive. “I could make that happen.” She said it softly. “Make them see the opposing side… or maybe a dragon… or a giant snake.” 

"Make them slay each other."

[evocxtio-blog]

"While you do that, I'll possess them and turn them on each other that way, it will be absolute chaos." Which was exactly what she wanted, she just wanted all of the rushing about in her head to stop, and the more they discussed the plan the stiller her thoughts became. "You were right about the wounded, though I think I'll use them as fodder. It's disheartening watching your friend slowly walk towards death, don't you think?"

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"Which one was it?" Vixey asked. She knew Esmeralda had a large family, though she wasn’t quite sure on the details.

[evocxtio-blog]

"Lilo? I don't know if you ever met her, she was nice, and had her own demon." Tone almost wistful, her lips twitched upwards for a moment. "I was kind of a terrible sister to her."

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

Age Event - Old Vixey

[itstooquietinthere-blog-blog-de]

"Wine is refined. Kings are refined. I’m old. You should have seen before Gothel fixed me up with some dust. Now I at least look passable, but still horribly horribly old."

[evocxtio-blog]

   "Older." Esmeralda stressed, arms crossing over her chest. "You're better than wine, anyways. I'd rather have gotten older than shrunk, you're lucky."

[ififisgood]

"Hurt the wounds then attack the heart" She said softly looking over Essie’s shoulder. at the mention of her uncle she hardened. "I want him to choke on blood" She knew that this could anger her sister. "He took Lilo and now keeps me away from Daimon, I want him to taste blood." she met her sisters eyes "Treat us like mice locked in cages… tell me what you have in mind."

[evocxtio-blog]

"He can handle choking on blood, Phee, we'll have to do better than that." Besides which, she wasn't even sure that their power combined would be enough if they didn't surprise him. Even then she couldn't promise that she wouldn't hesitate at the last moment, under the anger and sadness she still couldn't quite fully blame him for what had happened. But that disbelief was buried deep, her lips curling into a small smile. "Mayhem, it's hard to lift your sword against someone that you trust." Which certainly wasn't them. "We'll make them fight their own, see the enemy until it's too late. I want them to hurt for this, Phee, Lilo wouldn't have- We'll make them kill each other."

[frollohellfire]

"A family affair" He paused and said with kindness in his voice. "You are not being forced to fight your family are you?" That was a concern - the worst things about civil war and a reason he wanted all the leaders to get along - because family fighting family was dangerous. He looked at the girl in the mirror with soft eyes. "That sounds… more like a prison then it does being a dutiful daughter. Should your papa want what’s best for you, he should want to let you see the world.  No drag you to a bloody battle field." 

He listened as she spoke about family with a passion, she truly loved them and he could not wait to discover more of that dynamic. More of her feelings towards anything this in the world. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t intrigued by the girl's words. But like he planned the mentioned of books captivated her attention. "Of course I would - It is my personal Library - passed on for generations. You could spend days in there reading everything - fires to keep you warm - my only request is that you would be willing to eat dinner with me when I am home - but other then that perhaps you can make a list of all the place you would want to see - the places you have read about. I have a feeling taking you to these sites will once again be like seeing them for the first time." He chuckled. "I will of course have a coat waiting for you, as well as men to see you through the mountain pass. 

[evocxtio-blog]

"No, no, we're all on the same side, it's just we're more powerful together than we are apart. Each has a skillset that balances another's, that kind of thing." The congenial expression slipped ever so briefly at the slight towards Hades before clearing. It wasn't his fault, she must have explained it poorly. "It's a promise made, that's all. We were called, so he's trying to teach me to honor a promise and not break it for selfish reasons. My Papa always wants what's best for me, always."

Having dinner with him wouldn't be a hardship, it was apparent that he liked books as well, so if anything it would be fun having someone to discuss what she'd read with him. Easily promised, nodding her head a bit rapidly, half lost in the thought of a whole library to pour over and not have to deal with people underfoot, or responsibilities elsewhere. It would be like taking a holiday, she told herself when there was a flicker of guilt. "Wait, men at the mountain pass? This is supposed to be an adventure, isn't it? I'm sure I can handle a bit of cold mountain air as long as I know which way I'm headed." Impatiently shoving her hair behind her ears, Esmeralda paused looking down at her much smaller hands, damn this magic, it would have to wait until the spell was done with. "I'll make the list now while I'm small, and pack. Are you sure you won't mind company?"

[frollohellfire]

He smiled softly. “Fur Coats” He answered simply. “And Fire as well” He said with  happy little thought. “Although nights do get a bit to cold - but there is beauty to have in the cold. Tell me, have you ever seen snow?” He asked because it still amazed him how few had, with the deserts and marshlands. and the south being dry, he wondered if there was any place else that snowed.  ”You could have - but being dutiful for a girl that seeks adventure means you are not sitting at home - no your talents - that head of yours is better for the battle field then missing a father and taking care of your siblings.” He said with a smile. “Well if you do not wish to be there then perhaps you should go seek adventure, a clever girl like you I am sure you can figure it out,:

"Two - Three… I could not imagine - must have driven your mother crazy" He joked and then shook his head. "Most Northern Families only have one or two children - It was lonely in a way, A big house often only me and the staff - but I had time and quiet to study and learn - I had my parents attention - was raised to follow my father into the Cheif Justice position. It was a good life - I could not imagine having to share it with three others. Tell me about your siblings? What was it like growing up with them other then being ignored because there must have been some good times." He wanted to learn about this little girl wanted to know here - to take care of her. "Not so much clever as fair although I thank you for the compliment." The girl was full of questions - so child like even though he knew the face was just a face, perhaps that would be enough to capture his attention - if she was like this as an adult as well. " As a young boy I wanted to see things outside of my country - I wanted to visit all the place I had read about in the book I grew up with. The Isles in the south and the rainbow rivers in Bogs End. I wanted to see the Stone Castle of Mirlat - where I saw a dragon in its caves on the cliffs over the sea. I wanted to see a midnight desert flower in Agrabah - I wanted to smoke with the natives in Werewo - I wanted to get out side of my country - of my house and have all those adventures that you crave. So yes - the north is filled with wonderful things - things I will suggest to any young man or young lady who comes seeking my country for the beauty it is worth, but I needed to see everything else before I could truly love my home" He paused hoping that he had not lost her attention and then smirked just slightly - more like a knowing smile. "Well if its the treasure of word that you seek… I will tell you a treasure that will blow your mind - the largest library in the north - I know where it is, books you would never have imaged existed." 

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"There's little need to wear fur coats at home, unless you're trying to suffocate, that is." Shaking her head, she paused, there had been one time, but it had been a spell and that didn't really count as snow at all. That hadn't made it any less wondrous though, even if it had melted so quickly there'd been no real time to enjoy it. "Even if I had been allowed to stay at home, my siblings wouldn't have been there. This... war has turned into a family affair whether we want it or not." Practically preening under the praise, small shoulders straightened, chin lifting as she smiled. "Perhaps I will, seeing as if I were to go home I'd simply be drug back to camp and lectured."

"Oh, we didn't have a mother, just Papa. Which was more than enough, there was never any doubt that he loved us." One of the very few things Esmeralda held as a true constant was Hades love for her, everything else seems to twist and shift uncomfortably when she wasn't looking. "I have an older brother and sister, they're twins, so they're very close. Not that my sister didn't love me too, we were very close for a while before-" the thought trailed off for a moment. "Before something happened that made it hard to be that close anymore. And my brother... Well, he's strong, but he has his own ideas of what fun is and I'm not always interested." She didn't scoot closer to the mirror as he spoke, she didn't, she was just trying to get comfortable while they talked, a pang of homesickness filling her at the mention of Bog's End. The desert flower too, she'd heard that if properly cultivated could be used in all sorts of casting and potions, but it was the mention of a library that almost made her topple over as she inched closer. "Do you? If I decided to go on an adventure to the North, would you take me?" It would be well worth the trip, she was almost certain that she'd read ever book from Bog's End to Harmor, well the ones worth reading anyways.. Hades would be furious if she suddenly disappeared, possibly worried, and hadn't Daimon already run off? But a whole library of books, ones she'd possibly never seen or be able to see without the trip... "You'd have to show me where to get a good fur coat, I really, really hate the cold, but if the library is as wonderful as you say..."

[ififisgood]

She curled around her sister playing with the girl's hair. And she paused for a moment. “Perhaps we should attack the camp - me with getting inside the peoples minds? and you with your demons, maybe… we could go for the sick camps first…” Honestly she had no idea what she was saying or even where to start. She just wanted to go home and have Daimon make it all okay. She was being held prisoner here. “Make the Prince pay for killing our sister. For holding us prisoner and calling us heroes?”

[evocxtio-blog]

"What point is there to going after the sick, they can't do anything. We'd have to find the strong ones and bring them to their knees." Scaring men delirious with fever wasn't a challenge, Esmeralda settling slightly at the comfort of Phoebe's fingers in her hair. "But it wasn't just him, Phee. Papa was the one who let her go with him, it's his fault to." That was what was hurting her the most, and it made her feel guilty even as she mourned Lilo's loss all the more for it. "Call us heroes and treat us like villains,  I think I've a book in my chest that we could use that would guarantee having us sent home."

[frollohellfire]

"You are wise," He said with a smile and a nod. "The king of Kings? Tell me did you ever meet such a creature? "

[evocxtio-blog]

"Experience is a far crueler task master than text." Returning the smile, her fingers stilled. "Only my Papa, but I can't marry him, which means either the search continues or I stay happily unhindered by staying me instead of we."

[frollohellfire]

"Arendelle" He said simply."I am chief Justice there - but with the weather warming it is a nice place to be for now." He watched her lost in thought and the thing inside him wished to know what it was she was thinking - where had that young mind wandered off to. "So aiding then" He long knew how to twisted half answered into truths- it was his job. "Which it must take a brave girl to risk being in the field - even on her fathers or mothers wishes." 

"Siblings? more then one?" It was rare for northern families to have two children let alone more then that - he wondered for a moment what it would be like to have siblings. The thought passed. "I was lonely too growing up - but typically the great ones are - the ones who are powerful and leaders need to know how to be alone before they can start to help others." He laughed at her insulted tone. "You would be surprised what a simple adventure would hold, even one as finding a pond, you never know who you will meet, what you will discover, or what way your horse will turn. I starter my adventure at the age of 18 to find the ponds of Harmor - and I found everything else, including dragons but the bodies of waters." He smiled. "Well since you are as small as a mouse perhaps a little while longer then an hour." 

[evocxtio-blog]

"How do you stand the cold?" The words were blurted out, and Esmeralda liked to think that it was old habits that caused it coaxed by her younger shape, she'd gotten her curiosity more or less under control by now. "I could have meant staying at home and taking care of it while the men were off to war." She hadn't though, and the fact that he'd both picked up on that, and thought her brave pleased her. "Orders, more like, I'm getting very sick of it all though."

"I had two older siblings, and then there was another but she came a bit after so it wasn't as bad then. You don't have any siblings at all? What is that even like? I'm sure you're a great chief of Justice, you seem like you'd be the clever sort, which I supposed one would have to be right?" He had a point, but anyone that she was likely to meet on such a short adventure  would either find themselves at a very messy end, or wish they had. She just wanted to go home. "Aren't there adventures to be had in the North? Why would you come all the way down to Harmor for one. No, wait, more importantly where did you find a dragon?" Wrinkling her nose slightly, she almost stuck out her tongue before refraining. "I have no use for a dragon's treasure though, unless it also has books. A dragon's horde would be very old, if there were books I'd be far more interested in that than gold or jewels..."