Cora's POV
I stand on the balcony overlooking the garden. The invisible sun feels warm on my skin this morning. Zital is eating breakfast in the now furnished living room behind me. The warm crackle of a fireplace is a nice sound to hear. This castle is now feeling a lot more homey than the pretty prison vibes it had when I first came here.
I've had a lot of time to think. It has been a full day since I questioned Imno at dinner. Today is basically day three of me living here. I didn't see Imno for most of day two apart from him rushing down the hall to his study and him grabbing a bread roll in the kitchen. I'd almost think he was avoiding me.
"I didn't like him before but now I think I could get used to this. It will get boring soon and there is no honor in just sitting around all day. I mean that's why we have guards. Knights are the ones who go on quests and fight in real battle." Zital says behind me. He still refuses to not have his sword on him. I've heard him talk about a girl who looks exactly like me but more... monster like. I've yet to meet her. Apparently she likes to hide if you search for her.
I open my mouth to say something to Zital but as I do I hear Imno come downstairs and immediately turn into the kitchen.
"Any word about my brother?" I ask him. He pops his head out with now a roll of bread in his mouth. His pupil-less eyes stare at me for a moment as he grabs the bread from his mouth and answers.
"I think Jacer is mad at me but Luid the moon god did say he was searching however one mortal isn't too big a issue when you are a god who has to practically babysit 20+ childish water gods."
He walks his way over to me and then leans against the rails with the bitten bread in his hand. He only wears a simple black shirt and black jeans around the castle.
"I did find some information but none particularly about your brother. Apparently a very powerful artifact got stolen too. Jacer blames me for it. I don't know why but I am going to talk to him about it at about noon today. Then my fairies are also sending me letters so I have to attend to those... sorry for being busy yesterday. Apart from the talk with the sun god and my fey I'll be free the rest of the day." He offers. I just look over at him.
The slender man before me gives me a weak smile. I wonder if this is his attempt at asking me out. Maybe he does want to get to know me. Perhaps since he has always been talking about who I was maybe he doesn't even want to try getting to know who I am. I'll take this as a test but I'm going to make damn well sure to test him.
"Are you trying to ask me out?" I scoff.
"Maybe," he smirks at me. "Should I start asking questions like small talk? I already know you like flowers, so how do you perceive yourself?"
"Oh you remembered. Well I don't have much to go off of but I've been called very helpful before. Mainly because I try where I can to be useful." I'm reminded again of my cursed eyes. In the time I have been here Imno never seems to mind my hair or eyes. His eyes are also quite strange too. Those lavender spirals on his lime green irises.
"Why are your eyes like that? The spiral." I ask him with curiosity. He half smiles and then takes another bite of bread. After he sallows he answers.
"It's a genetic trait in my family. We can see despite not having visible pupils. I don't know how it works. Even after studying genetics and my own DNA I still can't figure out how my family can have the same light purple spiral in our eyes and no pupils. I have noticed that they spin sometimes. I remember mine spin when I'm drunk or dazed."
"Do you like talking?" I ask.
"Yah... it helps me process things as well as I like explaining stuff. So yes." He answers then asks a question to me. "So dooo you want a date? Name a time and place. Or I can take you to the mainland here in Demia." He caught my attention now.
"Demia has a mainland?"
"My of course." He says with a smile. Cloy walks by us and then goes to the living room to eat a bowl of cereal with Zital. Imno looks annoyed at it for some reason. "Does all he eat is cereal and meat?"
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Obsidian Eyes and Crystal Wings
Romansa"I fell in love at 16. She died about 200 years after we were married. I suffered 400 years in grief. It has been almost 800 years since she died. I've been ruling this land with my fellow godlings for nearly 350 years. I've waited a very long time...
