Lovesick || Fem!Reader || SPOP

Fractures

Perfuma stammer as she watches a simulation of Etheria exploding into many pieces,
"That's really going to happen? To Etheria? To-- To us?"

Bow starts explaining,
"The Heart of Etheria nearly destroyed everyone in Mara's time. And it's gotten stronger, more volatile over the centuries. If it goes off now...We have to make sure it never goes off again."

Mermista groans as usual, but Frosta interrupts her by speaking,
"So, how do we stop it?"

All of a sudden we hear an old voice coming from the entrance of the room,
"Stop it? The real question is how do you intend to use this to your advantage?" Shadow Weaver asks.

"Uh, we're not. You saw the simulation. We have to disable it." Adora says.

Shadow Weaver tries to reason with us,
"And throw away such power? Perhaps the First Ones were fools for storing so much raw energy at the heart of the planet. But now that it's there..."

Glimmer excitedly joins her,
"What if there was a way to channel that magic ourselves?"

The old woman adds,
"The princesses are powerful, but with that magic they would be unstoppable."

Queen Glimmer happily fantasizes,
"We'd be supercharged. We could take down the Horde."

Adora angrily stops her from talking any more nonsense,
"Are you seriously considering this? You heard Bow. It's an unstable superweapon. Tampering with it is way too dangerous."

Glimmer snaps back at her, equally as angry,
"Dangerous? Every day, the Horde claims more territory. We're running out of options. So I say we get Light Hope to tell us how it works, and take our power back."

I finally speak up and sternly state,
"All she wants is to set the weapon off. Are you even listening to us?"

Bow stops us from arguing any further and says,
"Okay. Five-minute break."

Time goes by and I look over to Frosta and see she's yawning.

*Poor kid, she's still so young.* I think to myself and I look around the room.

"I know we've lost a lot, but we can't--" Bow gets cut off by Glimmer ranting,

"Lost a lot? Elberon, Thaymor, Alwyn, Salineas. We've lost almost everything. This magic is the only thing that can help us save everyone."

Perfuma makes a flower and starts plucking the petals anxiously,
"Use the scary magical energy. Don't use the scary magical energy."

Frosta, almost shouting, suggests,
"Maybe we should continue this in the morning? Not that I'm up past my bedtime. I don't have a bedtime. I can go to bed whenever I want."

*She really should get some sleep. I can't imagine how much this is affecting her.*

Mermista firmly places her hands on the wartable.

"Or we can just decide right now. I'll do whatever it takes to get my kingdom back. I say we use the magic."

Perfuma nervously continues to ramble,
"Oh, it's so dangerous. What if it goes off in the process? Oh, I don't know. Just come back to me. Use the scary magic or don't use the scary magic."

Swift Wind, almost annoyed, asks,
"How come I still don't have a chair even though the new person does?"

An unfamiliar voice replies,
"Oh, no. I'm sitting on Emily."

"Swift Wind, is this really the time to...?" Adora trails off as we all turn to look who this mystery person is.

Glimmer stammers,
"Uh..."