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A Forest’s Reflection

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William Shakespeare, from “Henry V”

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the  moonlight  is  comforting  to  the  new  goddess,  sharing  time  and  space  with  her  husband's  mother,  sharing  a  protective  light  she  had  worshiped  through  many  of  her  mortal  lifetimes.  now  she  walks  on  the  grassy  dunes  above  the  shore,  focusing  on  the  water  reflecting  the  moonlight,  the  soft  crush  of  the  waves  against  the  shore.  she'd  come  here  to  collect  her  thoughts,  after  being  tasked  by  the  goddess  of  wisdom  to  find  a  way  to  “quiet  her  mind.” 

maggie  had  never  had  a  quiet  mind,  and  she  isn't  sure  she  could  start  now. 

a  flash  of  gold  makes  her  draw  her  attention  back  down  to  the  ocean  side,  where  she  spies  a  woman  dancing.  her  joy  brings  a  smile  to  maggie's  face,  even  as  she  is  overwhelmed  with  the  bright  shining  spirals  of  her  aura.  she  seems  at  peace  with  herself;  happy  even. 

she  wants  to  know  more. 

carefully,  she  walks  down  the  dunes  to  the  dancing  woman,  sure  her  eyes  are  alight  with  the  warmth  of  the  aura  of  the  woman  she's  looking  upon. 

“may  i  pause  you,  for  a  moment?”  she  asks,  voice  hesitant,  hoping  to  not  ruin  the  experience  -  or  completely  scare  her.  a  brief  self-check  reminds  her  that  she  is,  in  fact,  still  in  her  mortal  disguise. 

good. 

(open starter - mutuals only)

Legends say that selkies shed their seal pelts in the moonlight to dance upon the shore. They dance to the beat of the ocean waves, to the delicate whispering of the wind, to the crunch of the sand beneath their feet.

Niamh, like many selkies, loves to dance. She cannot deny her nature. And so in the moonlight, she spins, skirts flaring, hair flying, dancing to music only she can hear.

Lost in her dance, she doesn't notice that she is being watched.

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———  character  question  sheet

▌real  name:  magissa.  ▌single  or  taken:   married  to  hypnos.  ▌abilities  or  powers:  aura  reading  &  manipulation  ,  illusions  (  regardless  of  if  someone  is  under  a  substance's  influence  or  not  )  ,  transmutation  (  like  mother  ,  like  daughter  )  ,  phyllokinesis  (  especially  fungi  &  thorned  plants  )  ,  pyrokinesis  (  limited  ,  but  taking  after  both  helios  &  zeus  as  grandfathers  )  &  toxikinesis  (  the  ability  to  manipulate  plant  based  toxins  and  poisons  ;  she  herself  is  immune  to  most  poisons  and  venoms  )  .

▌eye  color:  hawk  yellow  (  like  her  mother  )  . ▌hair  color:  dark  brown  3a/3b  ,  around  shoulder  length  (  to  mid-back  if  straightened  )  .

▌family  members:  hermes  (  father  )  &  circe  (  mother  )  ;  pan  (  brother  by  hermes  )  &  telegonus  (  brother  by  circe  )  ;  dystonia  &  atonia  (  eldest  twins  )  +  dysalyo  &  kaluciyo  (  youngest  twins  )  .  from  there  ,  things  get  messy  and  interwoven  ,  as  is  to  be  expected  of  greek  gods  .  ▌pets:  romeo  ,  her  beloved  black  cat  !!  she  practices  regular  necromancy  on  him  to  keep  him  alive  ,  centuries  after  first  finding  him  as  a  kitten  .  after  her  deification  ,  romeo  basically  lives  in  subliminal  with  her  ,  but  ventures  to  the  mortal  world  every  so  often  .

▌something  they  don’t  like:  deer  .  she  is  completely  freaked  out  by  deer  ,  mostly  because  of  their  capacity  for  diseases  .  but  any  and  all  deer  are  off  limits  to  her  .  ▌hobbies/activities:  traveling  ,  bar  crawls  ,  tarot  ,  working  on  her  poison  garden  ,  baking  custom  desserts  for  loved  ones  ,  designing  tattoos  ,  napping  . ▌ever  hurt  anyone  before:   yes  ;  emotionally  &  psychically  ,  though  physically  is  heavily  verse  dependent  .  ▌ever  killed  anyone  before:  very  verse  dependent  ;  typically  no  .

▌animal  that  represents  them:  foxes  ,  hares  ,  (  some  )  venomous  serpents  .  ▌worst  habits:  self-loathing  ,  carrying  &  worshiping  untended  guilt  ,  substance  (ab)use ▌role  models:  ariadne  ,  nerisei  (  pan's  wife  )  ,  hermes  ,  &  nyx  .

▌sexual  orientation:  bisexual  .  ▌thoughts  on  marriage/kids:  for  the  longest  time  ,  maggie  did  not  believe  it  was  for  her  .  she  had  too  much  baggage  from  her  own  childhood  to  consider  bringing  life  into  this  world  ;  not  to  mention  ,  she  thought  she  was  infertile  for  much  of  her  life  .  she  put  the  thought  of  children  &  marriage  far  from  her  notice  .  her  dalliances  &  flings  were  just  that  ;  nothing  that  could  have  become  substantial  .  then  she  met  hypnos  ,  &  died  ,  &  became  a  goddess  ,  &  got  married  ,  &  much  of  that  was  a  dream  come  true  (  literally  )  .  children  were  a  possibility  all  of  a  sudden  ;  when  she  found  out  she  was  pregnant  ,  she  made  a  promise  to  herself  to  never  embody  the  cruelty  and  distance  her  mother  had  given  to  her  .  &  now  ,  being  a  mother  and  wife  is  her  greatest  joy  .  oh  ,  the  fear  still  exists  ;  there  are  moments  she  opens  her  mouth  and  her  mother's  venom  threatens  to  spill  over  .  but  she  has  put  so  much  work  in  that  she  has  more  faith  in  herself  than  to give in  . 

▌fears:  becoming  her  mother  ,  abandonment  ,  neglect  ,  not  measuring  up  ,  &  ,  once  again  ,  deer  .  ▌style  preferences:  maggie  dressed  with  whatever  was  in  style  at  the  time  ,  often  on  the  more  masc  side  for  casual  wear  ,  &  femme  for  fancier  dress  .  she  slept  in  “  your  dad  is  my  cardio  ”  t-shirts  with  shorts  that  said  “  enemy  of  the  state  ”  on  the  ass  .  when  she  died  ,  she  was  dressed  like  romeo  from  the  90s  version  with  leonardo  dicaprio  .  since  becoming  a  goddess  ,  she  does  dress  a  little  more  upscale  ,  a  little  more  calmed  down  ;  &  has  passed  some  of  those  articles  of  clothing  to  her  children  .  she  prefers  comfort  ,  over  expectation  ,  but  can  dress  as  a  queen  should  .  ▌someone  they  love:  triple  h  ;  hermes  ,  hypnos  ,  &  her  children  .  she's  come  so  far  to  have  the  ability  to  openly  love  them  &  trust  that  when  they  say  they  love  her  ,  they  mean  it  .  they  are  her  home  base  ,  the  six  souls  she  would  do  anything  —  too  much  —  for  . 

▌approach  to  friendships:  she's  outgoing  ,  friendly  ,  amiable  ,  will  go  the  extra  mile  for  others  who  matter  to  her  ;  but  she  is  also  not  someone  to  trust  easily  .  i  think  a  lot  of  people  in  her  life  considered  them  friends  ,  while  she  had  them  at  arms  length  .  these  days  she's  getting  better  at  truly  letting  people  in  ,  but  her  interesting  disdain  for  hierarchy  plus  recently  healing  ability  to  trust  others  means  where  she's  looking  for  friends  comes  in  strange  places  . 

▌thoughts  on  pie:  excellent  choice  of  dessert  .  ▌favorite  drink:  seasonal  coffee  &  we're  in  pumpkin  spice  season  now  so  …  that  .  ▌favorite  place  to  spend  time  at:   anywhere  her  loved  ones  are  /  her  poison  garden  .   ▌swim  in  the  lake  or  in  the  ocean:  the  ocean  ,  she  feels  off  balance  when  she  swims  and  there's  no  salty  aftertaste  . ▌their  type:  “  date  a  dork  ”  +  tragic  backstories  &  humor  &  height  differences  (  and  she's  5'10"  so  they  need  to  be  properly  tall  )  +  “  i  can  do  it  myself  ”  &  “  i  know  you  can  but  let  me  ”  +   feral  in  complimentary  ways  +  approachable  ,  sleepy  hot  +  caregiver  energy  (  help  her  heal  )  +  warm  . ▌camping  or  indoors:  again,  wherever  her  loved  ones  are  !!

☄︎ stolen from @nectaric

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Pretty Woman 1990

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i like hypnos a normal amount

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PROMPTS FROM THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 *  assorted dialogue from the tv show, adjust as necessary

enjoy the fights.

they say it lives here. they say it sleeps.

i know you're good at killing.

where did you get the armor?

i'm sure you call the shots where you come from, but 'round here, i'm the one who tells folks what to do.

take it off. or i will.

i'm prepared to pay you for the information.

i'm not leaving my fate up to chance.

thank you for coming to me.

give it to me now, or i will peel it off your corpse.

you must promise you won't kill me.

i promise that you will not die by my hand.

that wasn't part of the deal.

you don't understand what it was like.

i've got an idea. get its attention.

maybe we can work something out.

they might be open to some fresh ideas.

i hope someday our paths will cross again.

we've heard the stories.

what am i supposed to do with this?

am i under arrest?

you might be in luck.

oh, stop your crying. you'll rust.

i'm not a taxi service.

i paraphrased.

what can i say? i'm an excellent judge of character.

i'll let you know if i see any.

how much will it cost me?

thank you for letting me know. i'll get right on it.

what the hell are you doing?

this was not a part of the deal.

if you hadn't guessed, we're in a tight spot.

that old thing's gonna break apart in this atmosphere.

are you sure you won't join us?

there's something i need to do.

this is more than i signed up for.

that planet is cursed. anyone who goes there dies.

i can lead you to one of their kind.

do you copy?

put some tea on. we'll be up in a minute.

i'll let you live.

we've been hitting them pretty hard.

this was the best you could do?

were you able to eliminate them?

looks like we made it. get ready for landing.

according to records, you're quite a soldier. we could really use you.

that was some pretty impressive flying.

can i at least buy you a drink?

i believe you two have met.

i'm surprised to see this place is still standing.

i'll take my chances down here.

we'll watch the doors.

can we talk business?

i'm only here for repairs.

you wanna come back here and try this? be my guest!

i'm sure we can work something out.

i cannot train him.

you've seen what he can do.

i must get back to the village.

i've seen him do things i can't explain.

show yourself. i've been expecting you.

you will learn nothing from me.

surrender, or face the consequences.

we must find a way to free them.

my price is high.

i believe this is your payment.

you made me a promise, and i held up my end.

your bounty hunter failed.

if you want my armor, you'll have to peel it off my dead body.

i give my allegiance to no one.

nice shot.

you look like you've just seen a ghost.

you may think you have some idea of what you're in possession of, but you do not.

it's all the same to these people.

hey, i'm just a realist. i'm a survivor, just like you.

let's get one thing straight. you and i are nothing alike.

everybody's got their line they don't cross until things get messy.

you did what you had to do.

everybody thinks they want freedom, but what they really want is order.

we got company. hang on.

you get to the roof. i'll drop in and pull you out.

hey, if you want to accuse me of something, then just say it.

let's just say they might recognize my face.

you're not going alone. i'm coming with you.

that's not how this works.

that was some nice shooting back there.

wish i could say it looked good on you, but i'd be lying.

i can't go in there.

are you a jedi?

that's who you belong with.

may the force be with you.

you're a disgrace to your armor.

i've heard your voice thousands of times.

i thought you were dead.

don't be afraid.

drop your weapon.

don't worry about me. just be careful in there.

i need your help.

you're sparing my life?

open the doors.

i suggest you shut your mouth.

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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓.  𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒.  𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄.  𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒.

a study in — the  nature  of  secrets,  the  weight  of  generational  trauma,  what  makes  a  family,  gods  &  fear,  purifying  feminine  rage,  breaking  the  cycle,  love  in  unlikely  places,  diamonds  in  the  rough,  femme  in  relationship,  reveling  in  entropic  systems,  being  raised  by  lions,  being  a  daddy's  girl,  &  leaving  claw  marks  on  everything  you  touch. 

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