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The Morrigan will admit that she had, at first, been too preoccupied to even notice the bodies. And the whails of despair. It wasn't her fault. It really was very hard to concentrate when your mind was trying to rip itself into three pieces. Anand had tried to claw her way out, bloodlust drumming through their body. Seeking, wanting, [i]needing[/i]. "[color=#EFEBF0][i]S[/i][/color][color=#EDE8EE][i]o[/i][/color] [color=#EAE2EC]m[/color][color=#E9E0EB]u[/color][color=#E8DDEA]c[/color][color=#E6DAE9]h[/color] [color=#E4D5E7]b[/color][color=#E2D2E6]l[/color][color=#E1CFE5]o[/color][color=#E0CDE4]o[/color][color=#DECAE3]d[/color][color=#DDC7E2],[/color] [color=#DAC2E0]I[/color] [color=#D7BCDE]w[/color][color=#D6BADD]a[/color][color=#D5B7DC]n[/color][color=#D3B4DB]t[/color] [color=#D1AFD9]t[/color][color=#CFACD8]o[/color][color=#CEA9D7]-[/color]" The voice purred, low and sultry. It wrapped around their body like a snake, waiting to squeeze, to bite. To free itself. So much chaos would make it easy to take control. They just needed to- 

[color=#EFEBF0]"Be quiet. I'm trying to think."[/color] Badb snapped, quieting the other voice. She looked every part the socialite she was, posture straight, legs crossed, eyes unwavering. Her [url=https://imgur.com/a/XcAfOSA]dress[/url] was flowy and pink and very [i]Macha[/i]. [color=#EFEBF0]"[/color][color=#EFE1EE]B[/color][color=#EFD8EC]u[/color][color=#EFCEEA]t[/color] [color=#EFBBE6]i[/color][color=#EFB2E4]t[/color][color=#EFA8E2]'[/color][color=#EF9FE0]s[/color] [color=#EF8CDC]s[/color][color=#EF83DA]o[/color] [color=#EF70D6]p[/color][color=#EF66D4]r[/color][color=#EF5DD2]e[/color][color=#EF53D0]-[/color][color=#EF4ACE]"[/color] It was unfortunate that by the time she'd realised the sovereign goddess had dressed them, she was already running late. [color=#EFEBF0]"I said shut up."[/color] Badb muttered. Her gaze cold, the celts attention was drawn to a mortal rushing past, phone in hand as they frantically began to dial 911. [color=#EFEBF0][i]Well that wouldn't do.[/i][/color] 

[color=#EFEBF0]"I don't think you should do that."[/color] A hand shot out, gripping onto the mortals forearm, neatly manicured nails digging deep into the soft flesh. The waiter yelped in pain, dropping the phone, which Badb easily caught before depositing it into a nearby glass of red wine. His face fell, surprise drowning out the agony pulsing through him. [color=#EFEBF0]"Now off with you. Let the adults handle this."[/color] She snapped, disdain dripping from her words like venom. The mortal muttered and fumbled with his hands, opened his mouth once...twice, saw the stare that was being fixed upon him, and left.

The crowd in the room had begun to thin, gods and mortals alike frantically leaving, for even being near death was abhorrent to so many of them. Badb instead stepped closer to the bodies, lifting up her dress so not as to drench the ends in blood. It stained the marble floor, seeping into cracks where even the most diligent of cleaners would have difficulty reaching. She had never seen death as peaceful. It was bloody and violent and terrifying. It was beautiful. [i][color=#EFEBF0]D[/color][color=#EBE4ED]e[/color][color=#E8DDEB]l[/color][color=#E5D7E8]i[/color][color=#E1D0E6]c[/color][color=#DECAE3]i[/color][color=#DBC3E1]o[/color][color=#D7BCDE]u[/color][color=#D4B6DC]s[/color][color=#D1AFD9].[/color][/i]

Deep brown eyes took in the forms of the corpses. A senseless giggle escaped her lips but stopped almost as soon as it had started. [color=#EFEBF0]"I will murder us all if you continue."[/color] Badb muttered. It was not easy to maintain control when the stench of death permeated everything.  Her body tensed, and she closed her eyes, slowing her breathing as she wrestled with the snake. [color=#EFEBF0][I]If you don't let me do this, we can never get our revenge.[/i][/color] The snake hissed and snapped, but was unable to uncoil itself in this place. It [i]would[/i] be patient for longer, even if it did not want to be.

Finally, she relaxed. A hand reached over to the goddess Macaria, whom had been gifted with overseeing those lucky enough to receive a blessed death. Ironic really. Badb let the breath slowly leech out of her body, a prolonged sigh, the room around her falling away like pieces of a broken jigsaw puzzle. The present disappeared, and her mind grasped for something else. It was peaceful in these moments, for this power was not the domain of Anand or Macha, it was hers and hers only to wield. In this place she was the hooded crow once more. 

Jet black wings flapped and she took flight, until she landed in a forest of bone white trees. The past, present and future were not like people thought. They were entangled, like new lovers, difficult to seperate. Once she could easily grasp ahold of these strands of fate but now, she pondered as she hopped onto a small branch of one tree in particular, all she had was half truths. 

It was easy still to find the right tree. Without contact to the person themselves, or something precious to their heart, she could not land upon their boughs. The goddess waited patiently, until a pool appeared at the foot of the tree. Its waters were dark and seemingly endless. The crows head tilted as beady eyes watched the eerily still surface. Time did not exist in this place and she did not feel the passage of it. It was simply there, to be peered at but no more. It would not do to swim in its depths, though many had tried and failed. 

After both forever and never, ripples appeared, and with it, flashes of half-truths. 

Ⱥ հօօժҽժ ƒìցմɾҽ. Ƒąçҽ մղʂҽҽղ.

[Centre]Ⱥ ʂաօɾժ, ąղçìҽղէ. འմղҽʂ çąɾѵҽժ ʂҟìӀӀƒմӀӀվ ìղէօ ìէʂ ʂմɾƒąçҽ.[/centre]

[Right]Ⱥ քɾօէҽçէօɾ...էհօմցհ ղօէ ƒօɾ Ӏօղց.[/right]

The crow ruffled its feathers in annoyance as the pool and trees of this windless place disappeared. Badb removed her hand from the now cold body, eyes narrowing. What was she supposed to do with that?

[i][color=#EFEBF0]K[/color][color=#EDE7EE]i[/color][color=#EBE3ED]l[/color][color=#E9DFEB]l[/color][color=#E7DBEA],[/color] [color=#E3D3E7]k[/color][color=#E1CFE5]i[/color][color=#DFCBE4]l[/color][color=#DDC8E2]l[/color][color=#DBC4E1],[/color] [b][color=#D7BCDE]k[/color][color=#D5B8DC]i[/color][color=#D3B4DB]l[/color][color=#D1B0D9]l[/color][color=#CFACD8].[/color][/b][/i]

[color=#EFEBF0][i]I hate you[/i].[/color]