Lilith Last night? what happened last night? Lilith wondered, The last thing I remember is partnering with Arya. She could tell Arya was nervous about it, so it had to be important. Lilith wasn't exactly a forgetful person, so the thought of forgetting something important worried her. She must have been there for it, otherwise it would be unrelated to the staring... "Um, can I ask what exactly happened? I don't remember much of anything after we partnered." She asked sheepishly.
Natalie
Natalie stormed into the room with a huff, barely paying Rein any mind. That Katherine woman was infuriating beyond belief. One day she'd have to find a way to put her in her place. For whatever reason Natalie just felt convinced that Miss Katherine was the embodiment of the worst person she could think of. Well, that wasn't entirely true, the worst person she could think of was her older sister. She didn't really rememeber much of her life before being adopted by Helen Opium, but she did remember her stupid :holier than thou" older sister. she had been young so she couldn't recall the name or face, but she could remember her hatred. She flopped back on her bed, feeling exasperated by old memories.
"Hey, Rein, I'm curious" she said, "what do you think of Miss Katherine?"
Kallisto
There was a knock at the door. Kallisto quickly stowed the files she had been reading through in a drawer, she didn't need any of her students knowing she was checking them out, just in case another of her sisters had regained herself.
"Come in." She called.
She immediately regretted making her presence known when the girl behind the door turned out to be none of than Natalie Opium.
"Hello Miss Katherine." Natalie said, her fake smile betrayed by the scowl in her voice.
"Good morning Natalie, did you need something?"
Natalie gave the radio, which was still playing classical music, a short glare before responding, "Yes, I wanted to speak with you about a girl named Lexi Aislin."
Katherine knew the name, "Yes, what of her?"
"Earlier she made a mockery of me by placing an electronic squeaking device on my shoe. I don't know how exactly she got it there but I'd like her dealt with."
"I don't see the problem there, she hardly violated the rules." Katherine replied calmly, "Unlike a certain redheaded brat."
"Excuse me?" Natalie said, her fake smile gone, "Are you calling me a brat?"
"No, you came to the conclusion yourself, I just said a redheaded brat broke the rules." Katherine gave her politest smile, a face she had often worn when dealing with Kallistle priestesses.
"I- Grr. Just, do something about her!"
"Like I said before, Mrs. Opium gave me strict instructions not to interfere with you and I intend to follow them to the letter."
Natalie gave one last grunt of anger before turning and storming out.
Kallisto was relieved to have Natalie gone. Not long ago you'd have been hard pressed to convince her Nayru could get any worse. and yet here she was, worse.
she pulled back out her files and was surprised to see that the next files to look over was Lexi Aislin's. She flipped through it, Lexi was fifteen, though that was a very common age among her students so it couldn't mean anything. And yet, something kept picking at the back of her mind. She skimmed through through the whole thing several times, trying to figure out what had caught her attention. Then she noticed it, Lexi's graduation quote from first stage school said, "Give Luck, keep Hope, and steal pain." Which was similar to a common Alexian proverb, "Give Luck, keep Hope, and heal pain." Though the way Lexi Aislin had said it was actually how the original speaker had spoken it. That was too big a coincidence, it had to be her. Kallisto was almost thankful to Natalie, had she not mentioned Lexi's name, she might have missed such a seemingly minor detail.
New Prichina, Nayo
Eden watched nervously as her "mother" preached her message to the large crowd that had gathered in the stadium.
"Unlike the rigid fools heading the Kallistle Church, the people of Nayo have become willing to accept new ways of thinking." She said.
The woman who insisted on calling herself Eden's mother was known as "Her". No one knew her real name, not even Eden, but almost all of Nayo knew of her message. The Prophetess Her, the woman who had found the way to Eden, the fabled birthplace of the Goddesses, in the form of a young orphan girl.
"Thus why I bring my message to you first, the message of freedom. Not just for the elitest follows of Kallisto, but for all who are willing!"
She motioned for Eden to come forward, and the girl complied. She held back the tear she felt welling up inside of her, chocking them back for the sake of of the truth. She would endure this torment for the time being, she did have plenty of time on her hands after all. Besides, it wasn't like she wouldn't have been happy to help Her perform miracles, if that's what she was doing.
"This young girl here is the way to our paradise, I have appropriately named her Eden, and I now welcome you to come and allow her to place her hands upon you, bringing you back the energy of your youth."
Eden rolled her eyes at the propaganda; all she was really doing was doubling their time consumption. It made it seem like everything about them worked doubly quick, it also practically halved their remaining lifespans. Eden was more or less murdering them. And even though the end result was just, she had always believed that your actions were far more important than your intentions. She felt tears rolling down her cheeks and the bewildered looks of the gathered crowd, women and men ranging from around thirty-year-olds who were too self-conscious to eighty-year-olds who just wanted to play with their grandchildren again.
"I'm sorry." She said, her voice barely more than a whisper and yet somehow carrying itself to each and every one of their ears, "I'm just so happy to be helping so many reach paradise."
She tilted her head slightly and gave the cutest smile she could manage, allowing the stream of tears to flow freely. If only death was truly the way to paradise.
(OOC: K, so, finish up things. Next post I'm going to take control of everyone characters for a bit)