Cyrus looks at Fae with disgust. "You had to bring that Pixie?" Cyrus says, looking at Autumn, "Cyrus, if you ever call someone that EVER again, I'll rip you apart." Fae threatened Cyrus, "Hey, how are you guys...Who is the kid?" Robin asks. I was running up to the two. "Hello, I'm Autumn," Autumn says with a bow. "She a kid I found on my day off yesterday. She had nowhere to go, so I thought I'd bring her in," Fae explains. "Um, what was that whole threat for, though?" Blake asks, walking up to Robin. "I'd rather not," Fae says. "Ophelia called us all. Why?" Robin asks, looking at Fae and Cyrus. "Don't look at us," Fae says, looking at Robin. "Not even us know the queen is ... strange," Cyrus says, looking at the doors to Ophelia's throne room. "Are we going in or not," Robin says, opening the doors, not seeing Ophelia; only a giant figure made of Light IS THAT!" Robin yells, pointing at the figure only for it to morph into Ophelia. "That was me," Ophelia tells Robin. "My queen, why were we all summoned?" Cyrus asks, bowing. "Oh dear, you don't have to bow down, but why I summoned you was I think I found where Flynn might reside," Ophelia tells the group. Cyrus's eyes widen at the mention of Flynn. "And that would be where!" Cyrus says, "The branches." Ophelia explains, "The branches?" Robin thinks to themself, tuning out Ophelia, only to snap back to reality as Blake grabs their hand. "Robin?" Blake says with slight concern, "Huh!? Oh, Blake," Robin says, looking at Blake, "we ready to go?" Robin asks. "Yeah, the group is ready," Blake tells Robin.
The group walks down the halls, only for Robin's eye to catch a shimmering light down a different hall. "What was that?" They ask, only to notice everyone else is gone. "Blake?..." Robin calls out, only for the glowing figure to stand before them, "AH!" Robin yells in surprise, "Hello, my child," the figure says. Robin realizes it's Light, right?" Robin asks, looking at her. "Good, you remember me... I've got to keep our communication short as I fear the Angel will sense me," Light, fleeing around a corner. "Angel? ... do you mean Ophelia?" Robin asks, following LightIT, SHES AN ANGEL!" Robin yells at the realization. "Not one of mine," Light. "What even are you?" Robin asks. "I'm what you people would call ... god," explains as she reaches a wooden door, an apple engraved in the wood. "... this looks super old," Robin thinks to themself. "In there, you'll find answers to... some questions," Lights Robin said as the door opened, her form vanishing only for footsteps storming down the half, only for Fae to appear from the darkness. "There you are!" Fae yells with shaking breaths. "... wait what is this?" Fae says, walking into the room. The door opens to a huge tree standing before her. "What the..." Fae whispers to herself, Robin walking beside her, "Light lead me to a... tree?" Robin only asks Fae to turn and look at Robin. "Excuse me... Light?" Fae asks, "Yeah... god?" Robin says, finally realizing how crazy they sound. "Okay then," Fae says, walking up to the tree and placing a hand on the rotting wood only for it to light up lines of shimmering Lighting on the bark. "What the hell?"
Fae says, pulling her hand away and stumbling back. "Fae, what did you do?" Robin asks, running up to Fae. "I don't know..." Fae pauses as several carvings catch her eyes. "Wait.." Fae says to herself, flying up to the engravings of old runes being etched into the tree's wood. "The gifts?" Fae whispers to herself as she lands. "HEY ... Fae, what's this say?" Robin asks, pointing at a tablet with more runes. "Beware the tree: the damned fruit blossoms, its corruption residing within. Beware the fruit," Fae reads aloud. "Damed fruit?"
Robin asks. "wait ... literal god... a giant cursed tree... and an Angel, is this heaven?" Robin asks. "If this were heaven, you wouldn't be here," Fae comments. "Okay, misses fancy pants, then what do you suppose me and my friends are," Robin says, getting in Fae's face and seeing up-close her single white eye slowly be overcome with black, the two's attention being drawn away by Lighting in front of the two "calm down you two Robin in not far off.. this my children is the garden of Eden" Light explains "my first creation's life's started here only for it to fall to ruin," Lights the two her expression visibly saddened "and with that everything fell... but with you and your gifts you can save everything," Light holding Robin's hands "Huh? What?" Robin says, ripping their hands away. "What the hell are the gifts?" Robin asks, looking at Light Fae sharing the look. "I... I wish I could tell you I do, but.. it isn't that time ...nor my place to tell you," Light. "Then why the hell bother bringing them up?" Fae says, shocking Robin and Light. "you've been cryptic the entire time. If you can't explain anything, why the hell say anything? You're just leading us on at this point," Fae says, walking up to Light, who stares at Fae. "If this place is the garden of Eden, which you'd have NO reason to lie about, why bother telling us anything if you can't say something important?" Fae tells Light annoyed, only for Light to shift into an eye with a mass of wings, and several eyes formed around it
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Her voice rang through Fae's ears. "You dare question me again; I will erase you from existence." Light screeches before shifting back into her standard form and vanishing from sight, Fae visibly shaken. "I... I'm leaving," Fae says, walking out and leaving Robin in the room alone. Robin follows soon after. "Fae... are you okay?" Robin asks, genuinely concerned. "Yeah, sure, I'm fine. I didn't just get threatened by the fucking CREATURE! ... SO YEAH, I'M FANTASTIC," Fae yells before punching the nearby wall, leaving a crater where her fist had landed. "I'm telling Ophelia that THING is in the spire," Fae continues before vanishing into smoke, leaving Robin alone.
Ophelia sits alone only to see Lighthe corner to turn and see nothing. "Come out," Ophelia says, her wings forming on her back and protectively wrapped around her. "Ophelia!" Fae yells as she enters the room, visibly angry. "there is something in the Spire with a... angelic essence," Fae continues, "I knew it; I felt ... Her."
