@volfinas asked: EMPLOY : for one muse to be hired as the other’s bodyguard, tutor, assistant, etc. // maybe the moment hakuei meets paimon? 👀
Scenarios prompt / Accepting
Paimon wishes she could leave the treasure room. The closest she gets is sending wind borne avatars to watch from above. Ah, but how she wants to see this challenger up close. She's beautiful and the energy that radiates from her swirls like a building storm. The winds at sea, sent to bring your sails home or send you dashing into the rocks. Paimon doesn't want to get her hopes up but her heart is swelling at the thought of choosing this one. Maybe she's just grown lonely in her solitude, longing for the first viable candidate. This challenger has a long way to go before she reaches the treasure room, if she reaches it at all, but Paimon so hopes to have finally found her match.
But every step the challenger takes brings her closer. She is methodical in her ascent, watching the wind patterns and waiting for the opportune time to cross the sharp cliff faces. The birds circle above, swooping with sharpened talons. And the young woman defends alongside her little blue companion. She holds her sword as an extension of herself and while she's not afraid to slay the beasts ahead, she doesn't seek out the fight. And when the rocks crumble beneath their feet and her friend is injured, she stoops to carry him forward.
The terrain of the dungeon changes, the harpies offer her wine and soft kisses, treasure beyond her wildest imaginations. And she declines every time. She's not cruel in her rejections but her answers are firm even under threats of further violence. Even when they promise to take her to the end should she only leave the boy behind. That's the first thing to get a true rise from her, to bring fire to her eyes. How noble. Paimon wants to see more of that, wants to watch her fight, watch her conquer, watch her rule.
She reaches the treasure room, her exhaustion slowing her steps but even the weight of her battles does not hamper her resolve. When Paimon billows before her, a sapphire storm bursting from the confines of a feathered fan. "Who will be king?" she bellows with the might of the gods. Paimon gazes upon her challenger, watches her bow her head in reverence before she stands straight backed and determined.
Every truth is bared before the djinn, her soul unfurling in misty details. A family lost, a country built from broken shards. Resolve as sharp as steel. When she finally stands before Paimon, it's like watching an eagle land among common finches.
"I will," she says. Paimon throws her head back and laughs, delighted.
"Wonderful! You gaze upon the djinn Paimon, Spirit of Mad Love and Chaos, created from the winds by Solomon himself. It is my power you've come to claim and my heart you must win. I have the power to carve even the earth itself with my storm. With me, we can dance as typhon that sends entire cities crashing to the ground, or perhaps a soft breeze that ruffles your hair like a lover would," she stretches her arms wide, eyes gleaming excitedly. The winds in the room shift from high to low, circling them. She rests her chin in her hand. "Tell me, O' King, what is it you seek from me? Surely, a beauty such as yourself already has the world her in palm. Did you come to dance with the passion of your heart, or the chaos of your soul?"