You can't teach an old dog new tricks, they say. But we're banking on the fact that you're not a dog!
Right? You're not? Uh, so you can learn something new!
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I never found much merit in creative endeavors myself - at least not of the traditional sort.
Indulge me on your behalf then, if you will. What sort of pottery would you craft? A jug? A platter? Or a sculpture that made your veins sing to merely see?
A dream king's fantasies, an alchemist's greed. A lord of hell's retribution, and a poet's lament. Each have I witnessed, and aided, and learned from engaging in. What is build upon an idea? Endless civilizations. Does it amount to a private pride? Perhaps not.
A fair point. I trust you to make something useful either way.
A dream king and a lord of hell? [ Sister Imperator raised a brow. ] You've caught my attention, Thessaly. Which dream king and which lord of hell would you be speaking of?
The only Dream King I've met, though I'm certain there are more. Morpheus of the Endless. As for lords of hell, those I know many if by reputation and not always in person. The one I speak of is from the House of Windowless Rooms. A consort of Izanami's, given the title to appease their ambition.
I know a Lucifer as well, but only in passing. I don't have a relationship that you do with yours.
Have you? He does enjoy knowing fascinating women, so that's also not a surprise.
He had knowledge I wished to possess. So I entered his realm to get it. He likes that, you know. People who will stand tall for what matters to them. Sentimental.
He personally had this knowledge? Or his library did?
[ Frankly, Sister Imperator agreed that Morpheus was sentimental - and while she would criticize anyone else for it, it would be hypocritical to do so when it came to the Dream Lord. After all, she was just as privately tenderhearted, even if she hid it all behind a steel mask. ]
For witches of my kind, yes - and for those villainized by Christianity, yes. Though of course, there are other kinds of us in the Sisterhood.
I have not, but he was kind enough to give me a tome that he thought might catch my interest. I should ask him when we speak once more.
We do. Our library is full of sacred texts, some millennia old. Thankfully the magickal nature of the books and documents is enough to preserve them, but there are those that we do keep in vaults for further preservation purposes.
[ Sister Imperator was not dense. In fact, she was a rather astute woman. Thessaly's response was weighty with things unsaid, and she raised a brow. However, she was also not one to pry, because anyone who did that with her would get her talons, and she knew that a woman must keep her secrets. And so, she said nothing further on it. ]
You are most welcome at the Ministry, my Sister.
You mentioned that you served at a temple. Which temple was this, if I may ask?
It was a Thessalian temple in Knossos. The scaled goddess we served has long since lost her name for recognition, but images and ideologies prevail past it. She was devoted to households of all kinds, not merely ones imposed upon others.
[As one who at that time had already lost her home several times over, the thought of creating one wherever and whenever she wanted of her own choosing appealed to Thessaly.]
[ Sister Imperator could hear it - the love and devotion that one accorded the deity that they worshipped. Reverence was something she heard on a daily basis by virtue of her profession. ]
She is fortunate to have such a devout follower in you.
[ Piccolo may well look like a demon himself, but his demeanor lacks aggression. Even if it is stern. He holds a hand up, palm towards her. Low, since he's 7’5. ]
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Sister Imperator (1969) | Ghost
Pottery, if I wanted to be completely impractical.
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Indulge me on your behalf then, if you will. What sort of pottery would you craft? A jug? A platter? Or a sculpture that made your veins sing to merely see?
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I don't know yet. It seems foolhardy to decide upon making something when I don't even know how to make clay.
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A fair point. I trust you to make something useful either way.
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I know a Lucifer as well, but only in passing. I don't have a relationship that you do with yours.
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How did you come to know him?
I am not surprised that you know Lucifer, of course. Any witch worth her salt should.
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He had knowledge I wished to possess. So I entered his realm to get it. He likes that, you know. People who will stand tall for what matters to them. Sentimental.
Do you find Lucifer to ever be that? Sentimental.
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He personally had this knowledge? Or his library did?
[ Frankly, Sister Imperator agreed that Morpheus was sentimental - and while she would criticize anyone else for it, it would be hypocritical to do so when it came to the Dream Lord. After all, she was just as privately tenderhearted, even if she hid it all behind a steel mask. ]
For witches of my kind, yes - and for those villainized by Christianity, yes. Though of course, there are other kinds of us in the Sisterhood.
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[Both the library and the Dream King held knowledge and secrets she wished to pursue.]
Have you truly seen it? The library in the Dreaming. It is breathtaking.
Though I'm sure yours in your Order have quite a collection. I know when I served at a temple, our knowledge was held sacred.
Magic does indeed come to all kinds and circumstance.
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We do. Our library is full of sacred texts, some millennia old. Thankfully the magickal nature of the books and documents is enough to preserve them, but there are those that we do keep in vaults for further preservation purposes.
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[ANYWAY. Books, way better topic than exes.]
I know some preservation spells, perhaps we might compare notes some day. See if they can add anything to your vault's collection.
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You are most welcome at the Ministry, my Sister.
You mentioned that you served at a temple. Which temple was this, if I may ask?
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[As one who at that time had already lost her home several times over, the thought of creating one wherever and whenever she wanted of her own choosing appealed to Thessaly.]
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[ Sister Imperator could hear it - the love and devotion that one accorded the deity that they worshipped. Reverence was something she heard on a daily basis by virtue of her profession. ]
She is fortunate to have such a devout follower in you.
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It still is today, but for different reasons.
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Unless you're in it with the full knowledge of it and surrender to it, then it's always worse than you think.
Kyrie | Devil May Cry 4/5
[Might not do much against a demon, but it might at least buy some time if something ever happens again.]
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Alright- show me what you know already.
[ Punch the palm! ]
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....O-Okay!
[There's far too much excessive movement when she draws her arm back, but in her mind's eye--She tries to imitate Nero, before--
'I don't really want to hurt anyone though....'
--the punch slows down significantly before her first comes in contact with Piccolo's palm.]
Piccolo 🪈 Dragon Ball
Remus Lupin | Harry Potter
I only know what my mum taught me. Circa... the 1960s.