Hello, Mirage. This is Morgan, Eira's mom. We're both moms, we both know kids can say the funniest things and get up to trouble. My daughter was quite the handful growing up! I was wondering if you had any stories from Oliver's time growing up that stand out like that as being particularly funny or that just show what it was like raising him.
Raising kids is tricky when they have superpowers.
(OOC: The character, Bahamut, belongs to Rick Griffin)
The feathered serpent Teo is a god from a classical era Mesoamerican style civilization strongly inspired by the mayans. He is their god of the earth and skies, and is quite used to and happy with a traditional view of how gods and mortals are supposed to interact: Gods are above mortals, mortals are meant to worship them, and in exchange the gods answer prayers, give blessings, and create miracles.
He is often at odds in this with Mirage, and believes it is unhealthy for her to get so personally close to mortals. This frequently gets on Mirage's nerves.
(Commission for @cybertherobotdragon of his new character, Teotihuacan. Description also written by him.)
(OOC: Little something simple for the day before it’s over. At least, before it’s over on my side. Hope yours was a good one.)
Who is the most inspirational mortal you've met personally? What feats or parts of their character inspired you and in what way?
Well, I’ve had to do a lot of growing in recent years.
Let’s start with Solomon Cohen, who I usually refer to Sir Hivemind, the leader of the Beacon of Hope and the Champions. He has access to incredible power and resources, yet is probably the epitome of “selfless.” He does everything he can in order to better the lives of others as best he can. From what I’ve learned, it is an incredibly tough job, but one he does well. I do hope he eventually gains time to truly rest.
Then there’s Lady Eira Steele, one of the Champions. I do my best to live eye-to-eye with mortals, but she showed me that I had a lot of humbling to go through still. Her mastery over her element and her strength are incredible, and like Sir Hivemind, she is incredibly compassionate, especially to the downtrodden. Our first meeting was rough, I can’t lie, but I think I’ve grown since then, and now I trust her to look after my son, Ollie. I still have a lot to learn from her, but I have faith in Eira.
In another world specifically in Richardson Valley, there’s the mouse, Flash, and his friend, the bear, Deus. Hoo, boy, that initial meeting was….just not good, but it became more amicable near the end. Both are trying to make the best of and improve on their lot in life. Something many aspire to do, and something even I have done in mortal lifetimes. Our initial rough meeting was due to I guess “philosophical differences,” but hopefully things continue to improve.
In the nearby Babylon Gardens, there are plenty more mortals that I’ve learned to bond with, and that initial meeting was also pretty rough, but most of us have mended that.
Peanut is a well of optimism, even when things look dire.
Grape is loyal, and will definitely let you know when you’re out of line.
King and I don’t get along, but I learned that he has reason to be wary of Celestials, and he is a dedicated husband and father, wanting what’s best for them. At least his wife, Bailey, and I get along.
Fox is learning to reel things in recently, but you’ll have a hard time finding a more loyal friend.
I like Fido. There’s apparently an old stigma of him and Sabrina being together, yet they eventually gained the strength to show their love to the world. Almost reminds me of Macabre and I.
Ultimately, this is really only a selective list, but I hope it gets the point across. We’re all partially molded by the company we keep and the relationships we forge. Sometimes they spring up from surprising places, but that’s what makes life so exciting, isn’t it!
(OOC: Hivemind, Eira, Flash, and Deus belong to @cybertherobotdragon , Peanut, Grape, King, Bailey, Fox, Fido, and Sabrina belong to Rick Griffin)
(OOC: sorry for the art dump, with so many places where I posted these, I ended up forgetting here. It’s a lot, but hope you enjoy.)
Sickle decided to use some sort of mummy-based prank recently. Not sure the intended target, but doesn’t really matter. He asked Ollie to help him with the costume, and apparently Ollie decided to turn the prank around.
When Sickle was able to free himself, he admitted that Ollie was pretty clever for that.
This was a time when I just barely stopped the Assassin that is Harriet’s curse from completing a mission. Right at the foot of someone’s bed, so I had to be really quick about dealing with her. Thankfully, her target was fine, and he ended up attributing what he saw to a really weird sleep paralysis event.
Afterwards, Harriet pointed us to the summoner, but thankfully they didn’t try that spell again, and we even sabotaged a different scheme of theirs to intended to kill the target to get them caught.
These days, with the help of the leader of the Beacon of Hope, we were able to establish rapid response measures to make kill contracts significantly harder to accomplish. All of us are grateful for this.
This is Andras, one of the more dangerous of the Goetia, and Macabre’s uncle from his father’s side. It’s apparently uncommon for him to kill his summoner for the slightest mistake in protection wards, which is simply the inherent risk of his summons. Due to this, Heaven can’t undo it. However, this loses him the soul the contract would have been for, but he apparently doesn’t really care about that part.
if he tries to go beyond this type of case, which he has, then the Guardians are alerted. Mom’s fought him before, and apparently he’s a very dangerous foe.
Heh, even as a baby, Ollie liked the costume aspect of Halloween. Can’t go wrong with a basic ghost.
Another dream. Once again I see Selene and Orobas, but this time, they’re with Ollie. Ollie looks…grown here. This has to mean that this is far into the future. He’s 15 now, when his growth hits a snail’s pace. It’ll be a very long time before he looks like an adult, who knows how many millennia that could be.
Looks like he’s made changes to his weapon, and even grown more traits that resemble his father and I. But I also see that he still has his scar, from when we first encountered Phlegethon. I sense he’s happy with these two, so mental healing may still be occurring, but it’s good that it’s occurring in the first place.
May it be so.
I kinda like Myron. Yeah, he can be a bit of a blowhard, but that’s usually only when people are antagonizing him. Think it’s kinda normal for skunks to be a bit aggressive when threatened, anyway. But he was in the past a magician’s pet, and he’s apparently picked up on a lot of that. He’s great at coming up with new illusions and sleight-o’-hand things. He actually likes seeing us try to figure out his tricks, and it’s rare we do.
But I feel there’s more to that than meets the eye, maybe even more than Myron himself realizes. I get a similar feeling around him to what I feel with Sabrina D’Angelo, Tarot, Marble, and Trevor…
It’s great that Aria has been helping Caleb gain more confidence in himself. Before her, he wouldn’t dare go out to a costume party. He was just way too shy. Gotta admit, it’s weird that the deer half of his Jackelope form has such prominent fangs, but hey, does make for a more convincing Dracula cosplay.
So, when mortal souls are allowed to visit living realms, they have a halo over their head to denote their status. Kinda neat, sometimes wish I could work one in my own looks, but it could get kinda confusing, and frankly, don’t think I can pull it off with my preferred default shape. Some have started coming up with new halo ‘styles’ lately. Someone once offered Arin, Macabre’s dad, a ‘crown of thorns’ look. The reference was pretty obvious, but uh, Arin declined because it was essentially meant to be a torture device…
So apparently Sickle decided to go big with his next prank, making a bunch of UFO sightings. No clue where he even got the saucer.
Another dream, another person I don’t know. It looked he was having having a tough time getting this armor I’ve seen on one realms’ orcs on. He was pretty polite in how he spoke to me, despite the obvious frustration. He noticed my confusion and asked if I was alright. He was surprised to hear me ask who he was. He said his name was Orobas, and suggested I get some rest if I was having a hard time thinking.
He mentioned he needed to be ready on time for orientation, since he was starting his training with the Guardians later.
You know, the way he spoke and the color of his eyes reminded me of Aria. Also…was that…Caleb’s mace I saw with him?
So apparently Macabre has a decently sized extended family from his father’s side. Halphas has an older brother named Andras, and a twin brother named Malphas, the latter you see here. Apparently he and Halphas have very similar domains, but Malphas is the least successful of the three. He apparently likes using deception and double-talk in his contracts, which definitely goes against the regulations of both Heaven and Hell, so mom has had to deal with him a fair number of times.
Still, all of them are dangerous foes. Says a lot when Halphas, the most successful of them, raking in legions of souls, is considered the nice one.
…you know, have to wonder what their parents were thinking with those names.
