Private - Recruitment: The Astral witch

How long had it been since Seth was allowed to roam on order of her fair lady? So long she spent in that dark murky cave only allowed out to burn one or two people and leave no traces of her art behind for people to find. It pained her but if her lady wished for such Seth would comply, and now her calmness and willingness paid off. Today she was to go find the next member of Lady Ares’ group of world changers. Nimble pale fingers laced loosely around the black card in her hand viewing the picture with the most joyous of smiles.

The Astral witch, so the card was called as a white arrow began to form on the card pointing the way to it’s matching individual. Seth herself had a similar card, the ‘lady of embers’. Each card was helped tell who had a part in her ladies grand scheme and who the Yladian could burn alive. This card however was not leading Seth to a pray, but a fellow follower she had to bring to her fair lady, by force or their free will mattered little to both Seth and Ares though. Index tapping the back of the card lightly as she stashed it within her coat pocket and took more time to admire her new outfit.

It would seem that in the long absence of the group new people began to arrive, they seemed so much like those Seth knew, but had an odd air to them and Seth loved new play things to burn. Such was how she got her current outfit after all, the burnt cufflinks was a sign of her work as she happily hummed an old nursery rhyme as she tried to straighten the uneven sleeves and failed rather tremendously.

”I guess I will simply have to make my own version of this uncommon item. Maybe some fire resistant enchantments would prove most useful…”

Seth’s voice was soothing like a warm fire on a winter’s night, yet help it’s own dangers if you sought to much from the soft invitation of her words. The warm orange eyes scanning the forest before the Yladian as black dress shoes lightly crunched the fallen leaves of the passing seasons. Charcoal toned locks drifting alongside the southbound draft of chilled air across the forest rustling what few leaves remained on the trees and stirring up what had fallen to whisk it away.

Seth herself was no fan of the colder seasons, trying to get her works of art to grow in these times always proved so annoying and not worth her precious time. Her coat pocket began to trail gold smoke to the girl’s face as she looked down and retrieved the card. The witch was nearby, yet Seth felt no massive pulls of magic or anything out of the normal drool of a forest to the pyro loving elf. Maybe this witch was just that good at concealing her magic from others?
@Alice

 

_____Shadows, both terrifying yet the only company Alice wanted in her view as she sat in the patch of dirt growling to herself in a hushed tone. Her magic was no longer the same and that fact made the girl angry to relearn what she needed to do. Astramancy, so far the magic held a whole lot of nothing for the girl as she tried to discover anything about it by focusing her energy to trigger some progress with the mastery. But as her energy once more faded out of her with no reactions Alice growled louder and slammed her fist to her calf in her annoyed state.

_____It seemed Alice’s current actions did not exactly allow her a peaceful time as branches cracked and drew the girl’s focus to the source with unamused eyes. Even if Alice was standing the bear towered over her, it standing up only making such point clear as the Faerin glared at the black dire bear that was not amused with her in it’s territory. Slowly rising to her own feet Alice began dusting herself off not the slightest bothered by the beast before her. As it looked down and began to growl loudly at Alice and cover her is some spit her eyebrow would twitch.

”SHUT UP!!!!”​

_____Her words echoing as the little magic she could add into her other mastery made her words louder and more pronounced over the stupid bear’s roar. She was not sure if her magic would work on the creature considering how she was still struggling with other masteries but it would either tame the beast or enrage it enough to attack and give Alice reason to attack it. The result would be the same, once it had no use Alice would discard it like Vermillion had done to her after turning the girl into the thing she was now.

Tame Dire bear roll

Thrown die:

45

45+20=65 success.​

@Seth

 

There was no way in hell this… CHILD could be someone of use to Ares, that was the only nice way of thinking Seth had as the woman looked over the child and back at the card as it reacted strongly to the child before her. There was nobody else in the area and as far as Seth could tell she would prefer if there was. How could she consider someone like this girl able to match how much she herself or the others who followed Ares could be of any help? Not to mention she felt or saw zero sign this girl was able to use any astral magic.

Moving herself around the area as she watched the card closely in slight forms of disbelief this was seriously the one she was tasked to bring back to her Lady. But after circling three times and watching the card continue to point to the girl it seemed this was the person after all. Seth herself wanted to burn the kid alive, she could not dare think of dragging a child back and the chance, very little chance this was not the correct person. But as Seth watched the card longer, she recalled how she herself was nothing like her own card at the start and sighed lightly.

It was not long after her sigh she noticed the loud roar of the bear that had approached the child and for a moment Seth noticed the ears of the kid and realized this could be someone even older than herself considering how odd the faerin aged. That trail of thought further becoming a reality as the young looking girl managed to tame the dire bear so easily with just shouting at the creature. Approaching with a slow set of claps Seth made her location known.

”A faerin with Astral type of magic, a pleasure to meet you little ember. I am Seth, most and you will refer to me as Lady of Embers. Now you have one choice, come with me. Free will or not is the only real choice you have Astral witch, and know my patience is limited and not to be tested.”

Seth’s voice was cold as steel chilled in ice to the minds and ears no doubt. Her gaze still burning with the embers of her magic as Seth’s hands moved slowly waving one to get the girl to follow while the other rose to spawn a small flame along each of her fingernails to show force was easily her preferred choice. It was little trouble on Seth’s mind to harm someone and hopefully that was clear enough to the girl with the bear. While sure Ares would prefer her newest member was awake on their first meeting some things never did fully go the way Ares wanted.

For a few moments Seth would give the girl time to think things over if she needed them, in such time she would move her gaze around the area wondering why her target was here to begin with. The dull nature was far from something that exactly scream ‘astral’ hot spot to Seth but what did she know of the odd magic types outside her Fire magic. After a small two minutes Seth’s gaze would fully set back on Alice.

”Now, reply or I start burning you alive.”
@Alice

 

_____The arrival or so much the realization someone else was in the area caused Alice’s already south mood to further decay as she turned to face the woman who was trying to boss Alice around. Moving to fully face herself towards the girl as the bear only recently tamed seemed ready to fight alongside or for Alice. Hand waving it down as Alice approach despite the fire held by the woman or care for her own safety in this matter. Red eyes glowing, clearly displaying she had nothing to lose or gain from her actions outside spiking the bitch before her.

”Why don’t you go to hell bitch. I don’t have to go with you or call you shit.”

_____Slowly turning her back to the woman as she waved her hand to order the large bear to rush towards the woman and attack while Alice walked away calmly without much care for if it died or killed the target. Seth herself would have more to worry about than the escaping target as the bear swung at her chest aiming to cleave her in two as it growled loudly and blocked view of Alice in a protective manner.

_____The young girl would not log off or stop to watch from a distance as she kept walking away and making more attempts to use her magic, any sort of response would be helpful. The sooner she got this magic under her control and stronger she had every plan to march her way back to Vermillion and make the woman suffer for what she had done to the girl. Frame weaving around the forest as she eventually found a nice large rock protected by a small stream and climbed up to sit on the top and kept trying to reach out with her magic. She had no idea if this what the right thing to do, but it felt the most fitting for the magic currently.

Dice roll to hit @Seth

Thrown die:

15

15 + 20 = 35 Miss​

 

Seth would have to give the girl some credit, she had spunk but sadly this only fueled Seth’s anger towards the girl and set the only choice to be by force. Watching the girl turn her back she could only scoff at the action, using the bear to fight her own started fight was stupid beyond measure. Frame moving quickly as Seth jumped backwards to avoid the attack of the bear before growling as it blocked her view of the real target she wanted to burn up for her insolence. It would seem Seth would have to deal with the bear first, temper flaring as fire covered Seth’s right hand entirely.

Arm jabbing forward at the bear’s paw catching it ablaze and watching with a twisted smile as the fur began to burn and the creature reeled back from the change of pace. Seth herself for one did not fear death if she was aiding in Lady Ares plans, and she also was rather enraged at the girl and her new friend for how they acted when it was not a choice for them to make. Fire magic arcing as Seth touched her right hand with her left and set them both ablaze.

Waving arms slowly as Seth noticed her sleeves starting to burn and lost her temper over the matter. This was a new outfit she just stole from a corpse and now she had to ruin it to deal with fucking stubborn kindle and uncontrollable embers! The heat from the fires growing as Seth rushed towards the bear ready to slam both hands against it’s skull and setting her magic into full gear ready to make herself an enlarged bon fire to calm herself down slightly.

This was under the assumption she would be able to get so close to her target, and so much as getting contact to start the fire to begin with. But either way Seth’s temper would not change much, the person she really wanted to set on fire was Alice. But not so much to kill the girl, enough to knock her out and vent steam.

Dice roll to attack Black claw

Thrown dice:

52

62

First attack: 52 + 0 = 52 success
Second attack: 62 + 0 = 62 success​

 

_____If Alice was still her old self or nearby the bear she would have felt bad for the creature as it suffered because of her, sadly she was not there nor her old self. Mind focused on her magic attempts elsewhere as the bear kept fighting for her. The fur along its face igniting as the bear growled loudly and tried to slash Seth with it’s burning paw as a last attempt to do damage against the target before the pain grew too much causing him to run to try and get the fire out.

_____Alice could feel a small tug of disappointment in her mind, it seemed her stupid companion failed to do anything of value most likely leaving the girl to likely be dealing with the woman if she managed to find the girl as she simply worried about her magic for the time being. More attempts with no real sort of result to show for her actions as Alice growled loudly over the extended disappointments she was forced to deal with. What would break her focus form trying again was an odd voice from nearby her.

”My Astral witch, you must forgive Lady of embers, she tends to be more mission focused than trying to reason with my other guest. I can help you learn that magic you so struggle with, to get the revenge you seek, all I ask is for your equal help in things I need done.”

_____Alice would look over in the right moment to watch a rip leading to a different location closing up behind the new encounter. Even without that display of magic Alice felt an overwhelming wave of magic like her new type oozing off the girl as she walked closer to Alice reaching a hand out to help the Faerin down and to stand before the girl. It felt far too good to be true, someone willing to help after the person she wanted to get help from the most tossed her out. Tears falling from her face as the other woman hugged the girl and patted her head.

Dice roll to hit @Seth

Thrown die:

65

65 + 20 = 85 success​

 

Seth was about ready to set everything on fire as the bear not only managed to attack her back, but destroyed her new outfit and drew blood as the three cut marks lined her chest and stomach area. By the time Seth was sure it would not be a deadly wound she lost sight of the bear and growled loudly. Almost ripping the card out she began rushing after the bear’s master to make sure the girl paid for what happen to her outfit and felt her heart sink and emotions flip over when Seth stumbled out of the woods and saw Ares already found the Astral witch.

”Forgive me for causing you the trouble of approaching the Astral witch yourself Lady Ares.”

Seth moved down to take a knee before her leader, a shallow hand the only sign she was given as Seth rose back up and started walking over. Hands waving slowly as she allow her flames to die down and kept glaring at the astral witch, she truly did not like how close she was to Lady Ares, much less the person who the girl was and what she had done so far to anger Seth. The only reason Seth was not burning her alive was because Ares needed the girl and as such Seth did also.

”Will we take this back to the cave, With your permission lady Ares I would like to spend the time to walk home and vent some steam that has built up from dealing with the Astral witch and her pet.”

”As you wish Lady of ember, Just do try to keep your works of art to a minimal. It is not yet time for us to return to the grand stage of things and as such we don’t need peering eyes over us.”

”As you wish Lady Ares, thank you.”
@Alice

 

_____Alice could not explain it even if she was asked to, the odd feeling of relief she felt being near lady Ares as the girl seemed to be called. It was almost enough to forgot about Vermillion as Alice slowly broke the hug and moved to kneel before the woman and looked up to the girl’s gold eyes, they held both a caring and commanding view towards Alice as she moved her gaze down to avoid it. Alice was damaged and the perfect pray for someone to sweep up under their wings, and it seemed someone was planning just that.

”I’ll aid you in exchange for training… All I ask from there is the chance to kill A girl called Vermillion once I have gained enough strength to do such… After that you can do whatever or order me however you wish…”

_____As Alice spoke she felt herself growing tired, eyes fluttering slowly before she began to collapse and was caught by Ares who pet the girl’s head and lifted the passed out girl into her arms and began to walk away from the small area. Alice herself dreaming of an odd location, it almost reminded her of the fire realm she had visited during the fight with Azog but it felt so far away from the area she had been during that time.

”Not what I fucking needed, why don’t you stop trying to reach out to me bitch! I won’t help you and don’t give a shit to listen to you!”

_____By the time Alice tried to turn to see who had spoke the dream changed and she was back in a dark empty space like usual. Her fear crawling it’s way around her and causing Alice to curl up inside the darkness. The only thing that broke Alice free if only slightly was the feeling of a hand on her shoulder. Turning to face Ares as the darkness began to change into a small room. It seemed maybe Alice’s salvation was truly with Ares, deeper in her mind Alice set a target on Vermillion and everything she stood for. Sooner or later she would be sure the woman paid.

~~Thread finished~~​