Golden: I hate you.
Char: Well, according to this picture I drew of us holding hands, that is untrue.I would just like to say y'all best be grateful for this shit because I had to write that opening scene with the palisman and Luz having no idea what she wants and I always skip past that scene but that scene gives me so much second hand embarrassment I physically cannot so please know I take both cash and credit
also yeah Char lives in Virginia but still in Gravesfield - I considered making it my OC town of Mary's Field bc that town has its own witchy lore but yeah no still gonna be Gravesfield
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A hearth lit up. The coven heads walked down a hall, taking their places surrounding the hearth. Belos sat on his throne, to his left, Kikimora, and to his right, Golden.
"The Day of Unity approaches, where we'll celebrate the purification of magic, under the coven system. Just as the Titan intended." Kikimora spoke. "As heads of the nine covens, we celebrate your efforts to complete this plan. For this, you have earned a glimpse of the reward that awaits."
"Step forward." Belos urged and each coven head placed their respective coven symbol in holders surrounding the hearth, which made it burn brighter, revealing the Titan, doing...listen, man, I don't know. Causing the apocalypse I guess? Belos continued. "The larger your covens grow, the more power we have to unite our realms, where the worthy shall inherit a utopia free of wild magic-" And now the old man is in pain because curse.
Golden went over to help him up and the two began to walk away, Kikimora following them, before Golden held out a hand. "No, stay here. I can handle this alone." Zey said and the two walked away, Kikimora staring daggers into the demigirl's back.
The two found themselves in the throne room, where Belos' curse overtook him. He began punching the wall, as Golden looked away, and he soon cooled down. Golden walked forward, holding a hamster palisman, which Belos quickly grabbed, breaking it and as such, sniffing it up. Afterwards, it turned to dust and Belos held out his hand. "I need more."
"That was the last from our reserves." She explained. "The palistrom wood has been overharvested." Belos made an angry noise, beginning to walk away, as she continued to call out. "Uncle, let me help! We can make more palismen! Actually, I read about this technique harnessing wild magic to-" Belos looked behind him at her and zey quickly quieted herself. "Sorry."
The Emperor then walked over, placing a hand on the guard's shoulder. "Please, be careful." He said, his voice sounding concerned. "Our family is gone because of wild magic. I can't let the same happen to you. Find me more palismen. I can depend on you, right?"
Outside, Kikimora had been listening in. She quickly walked away to totally not do something sinister I'm sure.
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Char stared into Cheddar's cage. "Oh, little echo mouse. You ate the diary that can get me home. Can't you cough up a teeny bit?" She pleaded before King popped up. "Just squeeze it out!" He squeezed the head off his teddy bear and scampered away.
"Maybe I just need to be patient?" Void pressed their face against the glass. "Please tell me your secrets."
Carmen has appeared. "Hey, knucklehead, you're gonna be late for school." Instead of going to school, Char instead opted to press her face further into the glass. "Alright, I guess you won't be getting a magic staff with your classmates."
And suddenly Charles is ready to go to school. "Come on, Carmen, we gotta fly!"
"There we go."
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