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S K A Đ I Jötunn | Öndurdís | Ásynja Goddess of Bowhunting, Skiing and Winter "bow-string-Vár" · "Goong Eui-jin"

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❛ I believe the greeting you’re looking for is, Hello. ❜

A  faint tinge of pink bloomed slowly on the Norse goddess’ cheeks and spread like watercolor across her face. Skadi had heard that Hades’ wife, Persephone had arrived in the city but did not expect to meet her so soon--and definitely did not expect... whatever it was she was expecting to see. She didn’t even know how she came to realize it was Persephone who addressed her; there was an aura about her that just seemed to let her know.

Goddesses in general were mostly gifted with exceptional aesthetic features. Coupled with their personal standards for beauty, it was very rarely that a goddess would find another exceptionally beautiful, and even rarer that they should admit it (begrudgingly or otherwise). While Skadi was not one who took these to heart too much and have appreciated other goddess’ physical features, there were very few that she took note of. This sounded exceptionally petty but it really wasn’t--Skadi simply saw the beauty in most anything.

She had seen Aphrodite and her beauty was the kind that arrested you--stopped you in your tracks and completely rendered you unable to function, if you were the kind that put stock into beauty that much, at least. Skadi wasn’t, or mayhaps it was her own divine blood keeping her from experiencing the effect the love goddess had on lesser beings, but it did not affect her so much. Just about as much as Freya’s beauty did, which she presumed was to be expected of goddesses under that caliber.

But Persephone...

“Yes, of course,” she managed, her voice slightly strained as she became aware of the blush that was slowly becoming more noticeable despite the coppery tone of her skin. “Forgive me, I did not...” Did not what, exactly? Did not expect that Persephone was going to be here? Did not think that her beauty was the kind that crept up on you slowly, the kind where you noticed little features about her first--the eyes, then the hair, then the way her skin glinted or the gentle curve of her lips, the soft flutter in her eyelashes--and then how the entire image suddenly burned in your eye, but by then you were rendered speechless, incapable of thought, let alone breathing--

Gods, what was she, a schoolgirl?

Wresting what vestige of self-control she had left in her, Skadi let out a calming breath and gave the young goddess a small, albeit exceptionally pleased smile. “Apologies, Queen Persephone, I just came from a hunt and am a little exhausted,” she replied smoothly. “Hello, indeed! I had planned to send a dinner invite tomorrow for you and your husband, but perhaps fate thought today was a better time as any.” Odin strike her, she was rambling. She hadn’t rambled in front of anyone in millenia! Not even Baldr...

“Would the two of you care to join me for dinner one of these days?” Somewhere, a small voice in her head found herself cursing Hades for his good luck, and it sounded just a tiny bit bitter, too.

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❛ So you’re kidnapping me now. ❜

Long, toned legs slowed to a complete stop, then turned around as Skadi faced the young demigod, a rather innocent smile on her face. “Such a hurtful accusation,” she replied, with just the lightest lilt of betrayal in her voice. “You wound me, beloved nephew.” a dramatic, heavy sigh escaped her lips, yet her eyes had a playful gleam to it, like a cat toying with its prey.

She was in no way pulling a Loki, of course--the God of Mischief was more than capable of sowing trickery and foolishness into the mortal realm without her help, thank you very much. No, she was simply fulfilling her role as member of the council and looking over the younger ones to make sure that nobody was going to cause (too much) trouble. She’s just doing her job, she visited everyone else.

Okay, she may have shown a little more interest in this winter child than the others, and yes, she may have lured him into the mountains whilst she just visited the rest of the Norse demigods, but she had a completely valid and understandable reason!

“I just presumed you’d prefer it here, where it’s cooler and most of the mountain blocks the sunlight,” she replied gently. “That, and I heard you have quite knack for ice skating. I’m not too bad on the ice myself, but I thought you might want to add something to your repertoire.” she said, as they approached one of her little mountain cabins. With a flourish, she pulled off a large cloth draped over something on the cabin’s side, which turned out to be snowboards.

Grey eyes twinkling with delight and excitement, she turned to her nephew. “Want to race?”

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❛ I thought there’d be like flying pigs or talking doughnuts or something. ❜

Skadi gave the elder god a slightly amused look as she sat down across from him in the large table at the library. Ever since the two gods’ chance encounter there as the latter was tracing his (rather large) family tree back then, they had begun meeting up unexpectedly in the same seat quite often. Skadi was there mostly researching for a ring or spell to replace the one that helped shield her from most of the effects of particularly sunny weather, and Hades had been there because he... liked to read. 

He went on to suggest a book of his choosing, and after she found it to her liking, she went on to suggest some of those that she liked as well. Granted, Skadi wasn’t what you’d call a particularly book-ish type of person; she did read some but she never really ventured out from what she knew, and was the type to read the same book over and over again.

“If you were into that sort of thing, I suggest you look at manga, then.” she replied teasingly. “Besides, haven’t you had enough of supernatural events already? You practically live in a fictional tale, I’d have figured a more slice-of-life kind of book would be more up your alley.” she propped her head on her hand and smiled as she looked at the god, her grey eyes twinkling with delight.

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At the inquiry of her name she nodded, “Yes.. Well kind of. My grandma named me. She has a thing for flowers.. My mother is named after a flower as well, Sayuri. I think it means violet or lily..” The second question did made Hana shrug, she wished she knew whether her mother delighted in blossoms or not.. But she barely knew anything about her at all. Oddly enough she knew more about her father, who was a god and had never been in her life until recently, than her mother. Life was some times just ironically cruel. “I was actually born in early summer.”

The smell of the stew was to die for. Hana who knew about cooking and could tell different scents of food had never been more swoon by such a delightful scent (ignoring pastries, those were her weakness). Maybe it had to do with being outdoors or the fact that the food was made by only the freshest herbs. When the woman brought her the bowl and handed her a spoon, Hana could swear she could jump up in excitement. “Thank you for the food, it honestly smells great.” Great, divine, godly, out of this world. Honestly if the woman cooked as good as it smelled then she had to go out camping with her, imagine all the good food they could make on one weekend. She blew a bit on her spoonful before slurping it. Eyes wide as she took another spoonful, she beamed. “This is delicious!” All of her nerves and sternness faded away as she ate. Food was the best medicine.

While the other meant well the mention of meeting in a better circumstance did make the brunette frown ever so slightly. Once she made a correction Hana nodded along. “Well it’s nothing serious really.. I’m sure I’ll be fine tomorrow. Bruises aren’t really that burdensome anymore.” The girl was used to them, after all she had woken up multiple times with more than enough bruises. She had experience with them now, knew how to treat and hide them. Revealing this to the woman wasn’t something Hana wanted to do. It was a secret, something she wanted to work on by herself. The more people that knew about it the more troublesome it could be. Besides, what if the other made her go to a doctor? She didn’t want that, no, she had enough of those doctors.

Upon the suggestion of being taught by the other she nodded. She restrained herself from talking with her mouth full and proceeded to give her a thumbs up. After swallowing the giant bite of bread with soup she talked, she really needed to take smaller bites. “I would love that actually.. I love being outdoors and I’m sure I could learn a lot. I’m very interested in cooking so it would be a bonus!” The words were said in a cheerful tone, the smile in the girl’s features was the brightest it had been in a few days. At the small of decades the other gaped in awe, “Wow. You must have been into camping since really young! Is it a hobby you do with family members?” The other comment that came from the other’s words was inaudible to Hana as she slurped more of her stew.

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A small, but radiant smile graced the goddess’ features as she watched the younger woman eat up with gusto. She knew she cooked well enough -- even when she was younger, she had a knack for what would taste well together and the rest experience had taught her -- but seeing someone partake of your food with such enthusiasm was always a nice thing to see. And nothing calmed someone down better than a hearty meal, which was exactly what she was going for -- there was a tiredness in Hana that Skaði couldn’t quite put her finger on, hopefully the stew would help dissipate some of that away.

Her grey eyes twinkled with nostalgia at the demigod’s question and she gave a small shrug. “Yes, you could put it like that.” she said, as she took another spoonful of stew. “Everyone goes through a series of trips in my family.” She explained, pouring herself another cup of tea. “It starts as soon as you’re able to walk. The process is slow and gradual -- it’s meant to be absorbed as naturally as possible without taking away the other… necessities of childhood. All work and no play… well, you know the rest.” She supplied rather lamely, with a little chuckle. It was a journey her father took her on, and one she shared with all her children as well. She made it much easier on them, of course, since they weren’t exactly as pliable as gods were. They’d start off with small walks in parks or reservoirs, then moved to trails, summits and the like as they grew older. The temperature in these locations, naturally, dropped as they went. Before they truly left her care, she had them survive for a month on their own in a mountain corded off from mortals much like how Mt. Phoenix was.

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Eventually the wanderlust will be overwhelming, but by the time it kicks in, everyone’s adept enough to take care of themselves, and maybe look out for others not as fortunate to have their opportunity.” She poured Hana some more tea. “The rest, as always, they will learn through experience.”

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❝ no fair! your costume is getting you more candy. ❞

A small, albeit rather smug grin graced the goddess’ delicate features and she gave the slightest of shrugs. She hadn’t even planned on doing the dressing up bit–strange for others to think, given how much she loved dressing up for occassions. Funnily enough, it was the sun goddess beside her who had coerced convinced her to do it. They were to set an example as council members.

She didn’t even consider the outfit a costume. All the things she had on were clothes she already had in possession, and she tried to stay as close to what she knew as possible. Being a wintertime goddess, dressing up as the Yuki-onna was kind of cheating, but also felt like a no brainer.

“You should be thankful I didn’t join the contest, then.” Was her quiet, but cheeky reply, her grey eyes twinkling with delight.

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✧  ONCE  UPON  A  TIME  PROMPTS.

❛ There’s just one problem. All magic comes with a price. ❜ 

❛ I don’t remember all the crazy stuff you told me. ❜ 

❛ Darkness never wins. ❜ 

❛ It just fools you into thinking it does. ❜ 

❛ You really don’t believe. ❜ 

❛ There’s nothing to believe. ❜ 

❛ Your family isn’t going to exist long enough to save themselves. ❜ 

❛ I’ll be damned if it ends there, too. ❜ 

❛ If we don’t stop the Black Fairy, all the realms will be destroyed. ❜ 

❛ Curses have never stopped us before. ❜ 

❛ Today will be no different. ❜

❛ I ended up in this nuthouse because I believed you back then. ❜ 

❛ I was never a fan of white weddings. ❜ 

❛ The least I can do is make sure you get to enjoy yours. ❜  

❛ I ruined your parents’ wedding. ❜ 

❛ I wasn’t even brave enough to keep you. ❜ 

❛ You were with me my whole life. ❜ 

❛ There has to be a different ending to this story. ❜   

❛ I’d rather gouge my eyes out with a rusty fork. ❜ 

❛ They say that a captain’s heart belongs to his ship. ❜ 

❛ But with this ring, it now belongs to you. ❜ 

❛ But thanks to you, now I have. ❜   

❛ You got your happy ending. ❜ 

❛ That’s not what this is. It’s something else. ❜ 

❛ You could have just told me that. ❜ 

❛ So you’re kidnapping me now. ❜ 

❛ I thought there’d be like flying pigs or talking doughnuts or something. ❜ 

❛ Well if you’re not impressed, I can leave you here.. ❜ 

❛ I’m doing what I have to do to save my son/daughter. ❜ 

❛ They run strongly in our family. ❜ 

❛ It is a vile, dangerous world, _____.❜ 

❛ Thank you for fighting for me. ❜ 

❛ The only thing I know how to drive is a broom. ❜ 

❛ That’s dark, even for the Dark One. ❜ 

❛ Aye. I’ll bring the rum. ❜ 

❛ Wedding venues? Living our lives? ❜ 

❛ I’m not afraid of some monster in the woods. ❜ 

❛ Let’s get on with it. ❜ 

❛ I never get tired of that new baby smell. ❜ 

❛ Lay a hand on her/him again and you’ll lose it. ❜ 

❛ I know that you face an uncertain future. ❜ 

❛ But there’s one thing I want you to be certain of. ❜ 

❛ I will always, always be by your side. ❜ 

❛ Will you marry me? ❜ 

❛ I will always find you. ❜ 

❛ I believe the greeting you’re looking for is, Hello. ❜ 

❛ This potion clears up the darkness. ❜ 

❛ It’s not like it’s the first curse we’ve ever woken up from. ❜ 

❛ Didn’t expect to ever see you back on this rock. ❜ 

❛ This wasn’t exactly what you’d called a planned excursion. ❜ 

❛ I suppose thanks are in order for the daring rescue. ❜ 

❛ Who said this was a rescue? ❜ 

❛ If you want answers, I suggest you start by asking nicely. ❜ 

❛ I’m done with nice. ❜ 

❛ I’ve cleaned up almost all my evil half’s messes. ❜ 

❛ I think I know what it is. Bloody hell. ❜ 

❛ You’ve had me locked up for how long now? ❜ 

❛ What did I do to you that was so bad? ❜   

❛ You lied to me. ❜ 

❛ Let’s get my pirate back. ❜ 

❛ Son of a fish! ❜ 

❛ I’m not as drunk as your other opponents. ❜ 

❛ I’m not a bloody matchmaker! ❜ 

❛ Why is this rug flying? ❜ 

❛ I have a toddler and a sleeping curse at home. ❜

❛ I know you’re hurting. But you can’t just run from this. ❜ 

❛ How many times are you almost going to kiss me? ❜ 

❛ I have to get back and tell him/her the truth. ❜ 

❛ Did you not hear the captain? ❜ 

❛ Well you know who does? ❜ 

❛ I’ve spent a lifetime running away from those beasts. ❜

❛ Then they won’t know to expect us. ❜ 

❛ Love can save even the darkest souls. ❜

❛ You just have to believe in it.  ❜

❛ I’m going to do what we never could. ❜   

❛ I’m going to be brave for both of us and choose love over hate. ❜

❛ I already destroyed my own family once. ❜

❛ I just—I didn’t know how I could live with that. ❜

❛ We have to stop hiding things from each other. ❜

❛ That is what I thought we were together.  ❜

❛ I tried to destroy my dark side up on that rooftop in New York. ❜

❛ Guilt can be as corrosive to the soul as revenge. ❜

❛ I’m a queen. Not some burlap-loving peasant who sleeps in dirt. ❜

❛ I was there when she/he threw her/him chance at love away. ❜

❛ I command you. Don’t try to stop me. ❜

❛ A little early for rum, isn’t it? ❜

❛ Oh. That’s called an alarm clock. ❜

❛ Life is too precious. ❜   

❛ Do you want to be able to look back? ❜

❛ I’m afraid to tempt fate. ❜

❛ I know. We make our own fate. ❜

❛ I did it. And now it’s your turn. ❜

❛ Fate’s a tricky business. It still requires work. Planning. ❜

❛ You were certainly a little more spry in your younger days. ❜

❛ A thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. ❜

❛ Gives to the poor? Why the hell would I do that? ❜

❛ You have my blessing. I didn’t realize you were so old-fashioned.  ❜

❛ Once you give in to darkness, it’s almost impossible to resist its calling. ❜

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As the Crow Flies

@sehunmp The cabin was quiet, save for the sound of the softly simmering stew, the quiet ticking of an egg timer and the crackle of a cheery fire. In the middle of the common area, the jǫtunn’s long, slight figure lounged on an old, fur-draped chair that creaked softly with every movement. Her eyes were closed in quiet contemplation as the birds chirped sweetly outside, and the stray windchime tinkled with each autumn breeze. Bliss. Skaði had spent most of the last few weeks preparing for winter -- making sure she had stocked enough food both here and in a remote cabin up in the mountains, as well as emergency supplies should the season prove to be exceptionally difficult. There was still some other stuff she needed to take care of, on the divine side of things, but that could be done tomorrow. For now, she was going to enjoy that stew that’s been simmering for the past 4 hours, the roast that would be done soon after, a nice, cold mug of beer and the serene quie -- A barely audible creak sounded in the middle of the room as the goddess suddenly shot up into sitting position, eyes still closed. It was several yards away, but clear as a bell to her ears; the sound of unevenly flapping wings… the padding of wolves’ feet -- specifically, the pack that lived near this cabin… 4 wolves… the bird sounded uncharacteristically heavy... Minutes passed by in complete standstill as she heard the commotion slowly come closer to her house. The wingbeat sounded off -- now she realized it was something along the lines of a broken or wounded wing… possibly even fatigue. She stood up just as an unceremonious series of thumps sounded against her kitchen window, disrupting the easy silence from a few moments prior. Gingerly, opened the window slightly and craned her head outside just as a massive ball of black feathers came hurtling towards her face. Fluidly, and almost instinctively, she grabbed the nearest object -- a pot lid -- and slammed it against the bird.

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Youngjae wasn’t entirely sure why this was happening, he knew his control had been getting worse progressively for a while but he was too close to people, there were too many people in this bar. He couldn’t lose control here, he was a monster but his power was getting stronger and what if he killed someone today. He knew it was possible, he’d heard of it happening, rumours of other of his dad’s children who lost control in the same way. He couldn’t, he was many things but doing that, was just too far. 

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Before Dawn

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So far it already had been quite the evening for the Egyptian god. Although he had went alone to this Hallow’s Eve event Anubis frankly hadn’t spent much time on his own. Which was rather strange for someone who said they preferred to be on their own. Most of his time at the ball had been filled with pleasant and sometimes mindless but completely harmless conversation.

Making his way over to one of the large candle holders standing in front of the wall, Anubis secretly hoped that finally he’d be able to have some time for himself. Positioning himself to the right of it, he leaned heavily toward it on his cane. A small relieved sigh escaping him now that he was finally alone. Momentarily closing his eyes as he basked into the peace and quiet (as far as it could be that with the party still going on) around him when he opened his eyes he saw how a goddess he hadn’t seen before passed by him. His gaze lingering on her for a bit longer, he tried to figure out if he knew her from somewhere or not.

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“Didn’t your mother tell you that it’s rude to stare?” The jǫtunn gave Anubis a small, teasing smile as she glided past him, and to the other side of the tall candle holder as she had planned to. She had made her way towards the large ornament just as he did, but paid him no mind -- until she felt his curious stare burning at the back of her neck and she thought to alleviate the tension. More likely than not, she probably reminded him of someone. She often did, somehow. Skaði leaned back against the wall, a small sigh escaping her lips as she tried to release some of the stresses of that day. She should have expected it somehow, since last minute accidents and problems tend to happen before a large event started, but it was still kind of tiring especially after she had been out all night for the past month now. Winter was slowly making its way, and the drop in temperature as well as darkened mornings had made her feel more restless than ever. She was itching to leave the city and head for the mountains -- but not yet. Winter would be here soon enough. Her intuitive grey eyes glance back at the older man, and she offered him a small smile. “Apologies, Lord Anubis, I was merely teasing.” She said gently, pertaining to her little joke earlier. “Perhaps I neglected to introduce myself to you?” she asked curiously. That wouldn’t have been much of a stretch, since she wasn’t one of the usual members of the council that welcomed people.

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She should have seen it coming but truthfully she didn’t know anything about Halloween except the movies she had seen. Spider and gore decorations seemed mandatory but the girl was having an awful time. Her fear made her on edge and thanks to the alcohol in her system everything appeared worst. Hana could imagine the spiders crawling, she could have sworn they were moving. Because of the decorations she had moved away from the snacks and had tried to find a place without them. Her body moved to the bathrooms but it seemed like the decorations got worst in every direction. 

There was no escap–. Her body collides to another and the demigod stumbles back. The impact wasn’t that strong yet her body wobbles, fighting to regain balance. Maybe she shouldn’t have drank that much, had she even drank a lot? Her memory failed her, everything was a blur. After blinking a few times she speaks, bowing down a bit. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t payimng atitention.” She looks up to see a familiar face and her rush of guilt quickly turned into delight. “Euijin! How are you? Have you mhissed me?” The question is obviously not something Hana would have said in a proper state of mind. “Are thhe spiderus foilnwgol you too?”

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A small, amused smile slowly made its way across the jǫtunn’s face as her wistful grey eyes took in the scene. She wasn’t really what you’d call an avid fan of Halloween, but she did like the concept of dressing up. Many of the gods and demigods had really gotten into it. She herself hadn’t planned on donning a costume for herself, Amaterasu had been exhaustingly insistent, and as a council member she’d need to set an example. She settled on a yuki-onna instead, donning an impeccable snow-white kimono with a light blue sash, dyeing her hair into the darkest black she could find before straightening it. It took some experimenting but she managed to make her skin appear pale, and dabbed blue highlights on her lips and cheekbones. It was a bit of a cheat, dressing up as something related to the cold, but Eros had gone as his Roman counterpart, so she didn’t feel too bad about it. The goddess had just finished her rounds when she turned the corner and bumped into what seemed to be heavily intoxicated young demigod. Quickly but gently, she reached out to steady the demigod -- who, upon closer inspection, turned out to be Hana. Skaði graced the younger female with a smile at her question, and gave a small chuckle as the latter rambled on about something -- spiders chasing her? Her mind immediately jumped to Loki, and she cast a quick glance around them, trying to see if her favorite trickster was around. Somewhat assured at his absence, she turned back to Hana, and brushed the girl’s hair a little away from her flushed face. “Hello, Hana-san. Yes, actually, I did miss you quite a bit.” She tucked a few stray strands behind the young woman’s ear absentmindedly. “The spider’s not here; I don’t think it was chasing you after all. I can stay with you if you want, just to be sure.” She gave her a mischievous little smirk. “What have you been drinking? Do you have any to share?”

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