Unaverage

Ch 7:9

A few hours later, Jasmine was able to find Oma again. Oma seemed to be making her way back to her toy store with Lolli." Oh, hello Jasmine," Oma greeted her," we were just about to finish up my newest project. Do you need anything?" Jasmine put her hands up." Well, not anymore. You seem to be busy."
"I am, but please, I request a meeting with a council. There's something urgent I must discuss."
"Yes, of course! But for when?"
"As soon as possible. I'm sure you can do that for me."
"I will, thank you Oma."
Oma nodded and continued walking. Jasmine sighed and went to the castle.

"Is that one of your coworkers?" Lolli asked her mother.
"She is. Jasmine is one of the more reasonable ones."
"So she doesn't need changing." Oma chuckled," no."
Lolli had came in earlier to transport her messy attempt at fixing Iowa. Then Oma took Lolli to get lunch. Now they were back to finish the job.

Iowa laid on a table surrounded by the rest of Oma's work. Sketch seemed particularly interested." You want me to make her look older, Master? What did she look like before?" Sketch asked. Oma placed a photograph in front of Sketch.
"I found this in the death file. This is a younger Iowa. Can you work with this?" Sketch nodded, frowning. She then started to draw on a piece of blank paper. She took the photograph and sat down somewhere nearby in the dark room.
"Sketch is going to make an older model for us to go off of," Oma explained," I trust that you can use the model. I have to go for now. I'll be back soon."

Oma left the building once more. This time, she walked back to the castle. Just as she had asked, Jasmine had arranged for a meeting to start. Maxwell was there as well." Oh, Miss Oma! It has been so long since you last graced us with your presence," the queen spoke. Oma nodded," I'll make this quick. What you did to those reapers is unacceptable. You were only to do it because you hide the demons from the rest of the world."
"But last time you wanted to remove them," the queen said.
"Last time was over 200 years ago. The underworld has been thriving! You need to open up your gates. I went over there just the other day and it was beautiful. The sands look so good this time of year."
"So what do you want?"
"I want saints to be able to visit."
"That caused a war."
"It only caused it because they knew they could never have it. Let them live there."
"Isn't the point of the underworld to be a place of punishment?"
"They melt away into their sins if they are truly bad. We all know that. There are generations of demons who have done nothing wrong! There is no reason to keep your barrier!"
"So you think we should just open the gates?"
"Yes, but if you must, have it open for demons who were born there. It's time for another change."
"It's always you wanting a change," the queen sighed," but it's only you I listen to. We will think about this proposal." Oma smirked and stood up. She walked towards the door and said," then I want nothing else."

Once Oma was long gone, Elaine spoke up." Ma'am, I don't understand. Why are you just blindly following that lady's orders?" The queen scoffed, glaring at the door.
"That woman has far too much power. With her spouse, she could destroy us all."