Acosmist || {Moonknight}

IX. Ennead.

"This is why I wanted him gone." Lucilla groaned, hitting her head against a wall as she waited for Steven. He was currently talking to someone from the museum and leaving him alone wasn't the safest idea after the earlier example. She only stayed because of Marc.

The room that Lucilla waited in was quiet. It was becoming a common atmosphere wherever she went now. Ptah was really gone and Lucilla was slowly regretting her choice early. She just wanted everything to be over and for it all to go back to normal. No Marc. No Steven. Just her and Ptah. The normal where she wasn't alone.

"I messed up," Lucilla whispered, turning her gaze onto the ceiling. "You said you wouldn't leave." She explained, hoping Ptah was listening. "I should've listened."

Ptah promised to never leave Lucilla unannounced or unexplained, only once Lucilla asked him too. Instead, Lucilla didn't hesitate and asked him to leave. She wasn't thinking and wasn't expecting him to actually listen. But he was upset the last time they spoke.

The fact that Lucilla was aware Ptah had no plans on leaving the girl anytime soon was more upsetting. She can still remember the time she brought up that very question of their deal a few months ago. "Leaving you will become a burden if I do not find someone as suitable." Ptah explained, "and no one is as suitable than you are Lucilla."

They duo were travelling across the English Channel on a small boat that Lucilla had stumbled across. The week wasn't the greatest of their journey together.

"How will I know you have released me?" Lucilla had asked the god, turning her head away from the glaze of the boat's captain. As she moved, her hands were pressed against the cold structure of the boat.

"Your world will become silent," Ptah explained in return, "The crowded state will return." Lucilla listened as her eyes fell onto the water that rippled away from the boat below. "You would know through the words you speak," They explained, referencing how they would leave Lucilla. "Remember that I will not leave unless you command me to." He reassured.

The issue was Lucilla didn't realise then that how being alone would leave her without the next move. It was an issue. She slumped down the wall she rested against, crouching on the floor. She should have never spoken this morning.

"The ennead requests your presence." Ptah's voice called out to Lucilla, appearing before the girl. She quickly rose and brushed herself down at the God's voice.

"What?" Lucilla breathed out in confusion. She didn't expect him to come back.

"The ennead requests my avatar," They explained in a tone that sounded off. It wasn't the same tone that Lucilla was used to hearing but it was one he spoke in when he was somewhere he didn't want to be. They didn't want to see Lucilla in these conditions. "And due to the circumstances of recently, you are the closest thing I have to an Avatar at this moment of time."

He listened to every word Lucilla said from the time she woke to now, even if he wasn't obliged to. The call from the Ennead caused him to go back even if they didn't know if Lucilla wanted him there.

"What did you do?" Lucila questioned, glancing over to the door Steven stood behind. He shouldn't be in there much longer but who knows. Maybe she could leave and come back before Steven even comes back out.

"Its regards to Khonshu." Ptah explained, following Lucilla's stare. "They are aware of last night's events and wish to converse."

"Reassuring." Lucilla states sarcastically. She moved to remove a set of earphones from her pocket and places one into her ear before making her way out of the building. Steven will have to figure out his own way out of Marc's mess. "What did they tell you?" Lucilla asked, stopping just outside of the building's entrance for Ptah's guidance towards an entrance to the Ennead. She just wanted everything to do with Marc and Khonshu to be over with. It causes too much trouble.