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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on June 28, 2022 at 2:02

Wyatt ported into the Archives as only a handful of people could do. He appeared inside of the room Penny and him would often hang out in. It was a sitting area far and away from the rest of the hubbub of the building where others were milling about doing their research or stowing away their magical items in their assigned rooms. The lounge had once been a place he and Winston would sit for hours talking about their travels around the world, including all the artifacts the older man would've sent him to try and track down and keep safe in the Archives. Now it was a place for the former keeper's daughter and Wyatt to continue on.

He strolled over to the small refrigerator they kept in the room and paused for a few moments to decide on water or beer. Beer won out pretty quickly. He placed the bottle to his aching head, enjoying the coolness against his skin. "Hand's okay," he replied as Penny came over to inspect him. Wyatt lowered the bottle once she was near and eyeing what her handy work did, noting her eyes moving to his neck which was undoubtedly sore. "It was worth the pain and I've hit guys with tougher skulls." He smirked for a brief moment and held the Helm out to her quietly while the thoughts of what might've transpired between her and Fred played out in his mind. Thinking about what he might've made Penny do without her realizing it was worrying. It was also making him furious all over again.

"Owe me?" he scoffed and shook his head, walking over to sit down in the worn, brown leather chair that was melded to his figure now from sitting in it for so many years. "You don't owe me anything. Well, maybe some more time helping me with translations, but..." he trailed off, jokingly. "I've been helping to keep the Archives safe for a long time. You know I'd do anything to make sure everything inside of it remained out of the hands of jackasses like Freddy. Even so, I'd hope you know I'd do anything to help you out, Archives related or not." 

He didn't exactly know if bringing up the topic on whether or not she was as lonely as Fred had mentioned was right just then and instead of trying to find the words, Wyatt used the bottle opener that he attached on the side table next to his chair, tossing the cap in the glass bowl that had become a decorative piece with dozens more inside. Taking a drink eased his sore throat and was more refreshing than he realized he needed. "Do you remember anything? He could've gotten more out of the Archives. You may have literally handed artifacts over with a smile and never knew what you were doing. You might not even know they are missing."

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on June 30, 2022 at 14:18

Penelope reached out and touched the bruising that was forming along his neck and gave a gentle frown on her lips. She was disappointed with herself, and the fact she let her weakness lead to him getting hurt by her nonetheless. She gave a pathetic chuckle at his words knowing he was trying to sooth her worries and upset over  what she had done to him. “I’m sure you have. I really know how to pick out the weak ones huh?” Taking hold of the helm she moved to place it on the table staring at it for a long moment. She had so many questions to ask but knew all would be answered once the library downloaded Fred consciousness. She knew there was a worst case scenario but was sure that it hadn’t gone that dark. Her protection charms were still intact on her bracelet.

As she settled back down her fingers moved to the set of bracelets that were around her wrist as she played with the charms in her thought. “Translations I can do in my sleep.” She said as her eyes seemed far away, not really looking at him as he tried to ease the tension with his jokes. She would welcome them any day but today there was a sinking rock in her gut. Finally she let her eyes move to him, the underline topic was there. It wasn’t something she ever truly planned on talking about, especially with him. “What in my life isn’t Archives related?” She said with a shrug of defeat of her shoulders. “Can’t even…” She trailed off as she looked off down the long hall that seemed to go one forever.

“Yeah I know you are there for me.” She finally said as she gave a huff before moving across the room to pick up a large book from a podium. Crossing the room to the table she had sat across from him before placing the book down on the table. “I am downloading his consciousness as we speak.” She said in a matter of fact manner that was cold for the usually boho free bird that she was. “I know, which means it's Inventory time. Which is something I had been putting off. Which is very unlike me.” She felt a sharp pain in the back of her head as she tried to focus on why she had been putting it off.

“Stupid.” She muttered to herself as she sighed moving to sit on the table with the book opened to the first page. “I can’t believe I let human needs get in the way of what my father protected for the world.” Her face held an expression of anger and upset but towards herself. “I…” She said as her head hung in defeat for a moment. “Dad would be so disappointed.” She said softly before reaching into the book pulling out a screen that held every magical item the hall held in what seemed like a never ending list.  Becoming quiet her eyes started to glow red as a second form of herself that was an illusion and fully red started to move towards the first item on the list.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on July 26, 2022 at 1:46

Wyatt remained quiet while she stepped into the untouched waters of the subject that seemed to be something she had no intention of talking to him about. Still, she danced around what she was really feeling. He tried not to take it personally, as this wasn't about him, but he had always thought Penny would confide in him about anything. Everything. He supposed that was stupid though. Everyone had their own personal things they never shared with others no matter how close they were. Maybe he really wasn't around enough like he originally thought, way too caught up in his own shit that he'd forgotten to check in with one of the only people that really mattered to him. 

He watched as Penny moved about the room, going into Keeper mode. When she finally stopped was when Wyatt decided to move. The diviner stood, eyeing the projected image of Penny moving about the library to begin the inventory she had apparently put off. He quietly moved in front of her and placed his hand on hers. "Hey Batsy," he said quietly, waiting for her eyes to become their normal pastel green again and focus on his. "Your father would not be disappointed in you. He would be so proud of everything you've done here and what you continue doing. Hell, he'd be giving me the earful for not watching out for you. We're supposed to watch out for each other, right? You and me."

He sat next to her on the table with the beer in his hands, looking down into the darkened glass. "This place," he began, looking up finally and glancing around to a portion of the enormous collection that spanned only this section of the building in wonder. "It's a living, breathing thing. It takes a lot of fucking work and time. It's a huge responsibility, which your father knew." His gaze came back to hers again. "He hated the idea that he never got to have you in his life. It was his biggest regret. He would never put this place above you and he would never want you to not have a life of your own. It took him years to get a hang of this place, Pen. No one is expecting you to master it overnight or even a thousand nights. Not me, not Malva, not your dad. You can have a life and still be a Keeper. I'm no Winston, but your pops did trust me to hold down the fort when he wasn't around. You need to give yourself a break. Breathe some air beyond this stuffy place sometimes. It's the only way you'll really still feel sane and love this place like I know you do for years to come."

Wyatt slid off the table and took a sip of the beer before smiling to her. "Plus, I'm not really giving you much of a choice here either. Seriously. I'll babysit the Archives a few days a month while you go off and do whatever or whoever it is you want." He glanced down at the screen for a moment. "And I'm gonna crash here more too so you'll be so fucking tired of me that you'll want to go out just to get away from me." Kissing her on the head, he backpedaled to find the next item on the list. "Also, you seriously use too much magic for mundane things. You're like a Nazi for walking now." His smile grew wider to her before turning to go rifle through some tomes on the wall which were next on the list.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on November 3, 2022 at 21:00

Penelope could feel the slight feelings he was having about her dancing around her romantic life, in the end she wasn’t sure how to express to him that she was lonely but not lonely when it came to friendship. He filled that void fully, but lonely in the romantic sense. One that she had only recently started trying to fill because she took her responsibilities of her life running the Library very seriously. “Well it doesn’t matter in the end, After all this the dating door is swinging close and being locked. I clearly can’t be trusted to not let the wrong person in here.” She sighed, she should have known better after all no one had ever shown interest in her past what she could provide them. “The real question though is, how did he know I was the Guardian of the Hall.” That train of thought was unlocking a scary idea of events that could unfold.

She couldn’t focus on that now she needed to make sure there wasn’t something vastly more dangerous missing. As Wyatt pulled her out of her thoughts, “Yeah Robin?” she said, focusing on him, feeling his words tug at her heart strings. With a soft sniffle she cleared her throat and nodded towards the person who she was closest to in this world. “Yes we are meant to watch out for each other. You and Me. You are about the only person I would trust with my life Wyatt.” She gave a soft smile towards him before reaching up to mess up his hair. “Besides he wouldn’t give you an ear full, he knew I was so hard to keep an eye on as is. Let alone when I don’t express my feelings and emotions. I put myself in this position, I know that.”

Looking around the massive hall they were sitting in knowing this place was forever shifting and moving to keep itself hidden in the folds of magical essence. Her eyes moved back to him as he talked about how her father wouldn’t want her to not have a life. Yet with everything that just happened, how she had attacked him she gave a snort from her nose. “Maybe I should be like my dad and find someone who will disappear on me and we could just astral project and date that way.” She said in a joking tone to try and undercut the amount of uncertainty that was rocking her being.  “I wasn't a Winston for a long time in my life, Wy. So I understand but I want to be the Keeper that honors my  Father and all he did. I know I can’t do it alone and I am rather thankful that you have stayed by my side this whole time. I know Malva puts a lot of faith and trust in me also. I just can’t fathom letting any of you guys down and yet today…” She trailed off staring at the place that had long been her home now.

“You are more Winston then me Robin, May as well change your name to Wyatt Winston.” She finally after a long quiet moment looked back at him. “Maybe I could convince Malva to hang one night and you and I can go to a carnival or something fun. Right now I don’t trust myself alone outside the library or hall.” She admitted in a shy tone. “I appreciate you being so willing to do so Wy, but the thing is activities are better when you have a friend.” She pointed out, “Besides the doing whoever is really on the backburner for me after all this.” Expressing the trauma that was radiating through her in the fact she had attacked him under another's control was far too much for her to handle. Being under another's control period brought flashbacks of the coven she was once a part of.

“You have a room for a reason, as if I am going to get tired of my best friend.” She rolled her eyes to him with a smile in return as he placed a kiss on her head. “I am not a Nazi for walking! This place is as large as Australia. Astral me is faster!” She called over her shoulder before moving to create another three versions of herself  levitating from the table she was one. The versions of herself that set out to find all the items and give a report on their state. One of the versions just stood near Wyatt. “If you want to report to that version of me I can keep note from here.” She spoke through the red outline of herself.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on November 9, 2022 at 19:34

Wyatt continued listening to her as his hand moved over the shelving to find the tomes, his fingers gliding over the old coverings of very ancient books. They finally stopped on the decaying volumes of writings he was looking for and his head tilted to read the dead language of their titles. Damn, was he rusty. He suddenly noticed the red glow of one of the projections she had sent out moving slowly next to him which straightened him up to give it a once over. Wyatt made a disgusted face at it, sticking his tongue out slightly. "Nazi!" he yelled in response, noting her eyes were closed as she concentrated across the room. His finger moved up towards this version's nose as if picking it, watching as his digit passed through the projection. He snorted and bit his bottom lip to hold back the laugh knowing she would yell at him any moment.

His eyes moved back to the task at hand while he took another sip of the beer which was quickly becoming empty. He noted all of them were still unassumingly there when in reality, the power within them could cause catastrophe. A breath released through his nose, happy to at least see they were still here, but there were plenty more artifacts to go. "Pizza..." he said under his breath. This was going to be a while and he was already feeling his stomach grumble. Plus, they still had to talk to that toolbag which had stolen the helm in the first place. The pair was going to be here for the long haul and pizza would fuel them.

After calling the order in and grabbing himself another bottle, Wyatt continued on with the list. So far, so good. Everything was where it should've been and he was currently standing in front of a black orb that swirled with even darker black and blue waves of color. Some diviner in the middle ages had been able to predict future outcomes with it while he was alive, but once he died, the ball also went dormant. However, when something truly terrible was going to happen in the world, the orb would sometimes come back to life for a few moments before going dark again. Wyatt didn't look long upon it. Doing so gave the person a searing headache every time and he wasn't about to add to the pain he was already dealing with from their earlier encounter. "Pain in the ass," he muttered to it, covering the orb with the black satin cloth that normally lay over it again. It was there. That's all he needed to know.

"How's it going on your end?" he said, turning from the glass case just in time to have one of the projections pass through him on its way down the hall. A noise of disgust followed by a curse or three came from him and he did a little dance in response as if to get the feeling off of him. It was like spiders suddenly crawling all over his skin. "You did that on purpose!" Which he totally deserved, but still. Giving another shudder, Wyatt came up to look at the list again to see where he needed to go next, but noticed she seemed perplexed by something. "What? What is it?"

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on November 24, 2022 at 5:04

✧ Artifact Rescue✧

Penelope gave a chuckle from where she stayed as the spectral version of herself gave him the bird. Her voice carried down the hall. “I can see everything you do to her! Me? Oh whatever. You offered to help!” She scoffed as she focused on her work for the moment being. She knew this was the quickest way to get things done in the ever changing Library. It truly had a mind of its own and took a lot of babysitting to make sure everything was where it needed to be. Which is why an item being so easily taken was a huge concern on her shoulders. Especially because it seemed she was the one to let it walk out of here, even if it wasn’t truly her fault. Magic had a way of messing a lot of things up in the wrong hands.

Hearing him mutter about pizza through the spectral version of herself. Causing her stomach to growl away indicating that it was the perfect idea. Thankful for his stomach sometimes because if it wasn’t for it, she would have starved to death some days. So easily getting lost in her own mind and studies. Her spectral versions had spanned up several floors at this point, checking off her list as they go. Feeling a soft comforting warmth in her chest as each deadly item seemed to be there.

The version following Wyatt spoke to him, “Are you sure you shouldn’t be resting more. I kinda kicked your ass earlier.” The regret and remorse in her voice was clear as the glowing red hand hovered over the orb for a moment. “All the dangerous stuff has checked out so far. Still begs the question on why the Helm of friendship of all things.” The concern was still there as they weren’t even a fraction of a way through the items in The Archives.

Though more comfort came from his reaction as one of her walked through him. “What? Don’t like having me inside of you?” she meant that in one way but soon realized it would be taken in another. “Wait I didn’t…” Each version of her had a look cross their face as she paused her voice from speaking to confirm what she just found missing. “Maybe a student forgot to mark that they had checked it out. A spell book for beginners is missing.” She said as the versions looked towards him for a moment.

The alarm spell she had set up around the Library started to go off which pulled her from her thoughts. “Pizza is here.” She said as she shifted off the table the version of her disappearing for the moment. “Why don’t you go and grab it and I will go check with students to make sure none of them have the book.” She called from where she stood not wanting to show him how worried she was. A basic spell book shouldn’t strike fear into her. It wasn’t the fact it was a basic spell book but rather it was her basic spell book. The first one she wrote as a youngling filled with dark diviner small spells.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on December 1, 2022 at 19:41

"There will be no going inside of me!" he protested. "No matter how much you want this sweet ass." His eyes glanced over the list to all the things that were marked off as being here still which was relieving, but they had a whole lot more to go. A whole lot more. Maybe the projections weren't such a bad idea. They needed all hands on deck for this and those hands were limited to just them for the time being. It wasn't like everyone in the coven was allowed to wander around this part of the Archives. There were too many dangerous items around. There were also a lot of tempting ones too. Not that they didn't trust the whole of their brethren, but sometimes those artifacts would call out in a trance-like fashion which could be disastrous. It was why Winston only trusted him and Malva, but also because if anything should go awry, he knew exactly where to look first.

Wyatt noted her face of concern that still didn't seem to wane. "Come on, spill it," he persisted until she revealed that a beginner's spell book was missing. He shrugged, not really giving it second thought. "Prob a noob who is just learning the ropes. Some kid who just went through the ceremony and figured out if they were light or dark." He continued glancing to the list to see what was next until the so-called doorbell rang. "Finally." Before he could even offer to be the one to grab it, Penelope was off in a rush. "Uh.. okay." His brow forwarded in confusion as he watched her hurry out towards the common area where all the other diviners were before looking to the projections about the space he was left with as they eerily stood frozen like floating, translucent puppets, waiting for their master. "Not creepy at all."

He put the beer down and jogged through the halls as the bell sounded again. "Honestly, dude, you don't realize how big this place is," he muttered to himself before reaching the side door as instructed. When he opened the door, Wyatt was more than a little surprised. "You're not a dude at all." The young teen girl stood there with a confused look, clearly annoyed at having to wait as long as she did for him to arrive. "Thanks." He gladly took the extra large pizzas that was hot to the touch and tipped her before turning to head back inside. The smell of the food was too enticing for him to wait and he carefully balanced the boxes while grabbing himself a slice and stuffing it in his watering mouth.

As the diviner made his way back to the lounge, he took an abrupt halt when he came to the hallway in which the cells were built into the building. The small magical jail was void of any residents minus the one they'd just captured. Fred sat on the floor completely still with his eyes closed as if in meditation. Perfectly unbothered with his current situation as a prisoner. Wyatt glared at the man. His green hues turned dark and he wondered if there was anything he could get out of him yet that didn't require magical force. "So, Fred. You ready to talk yet? Or does staying here until you rot sound like the ideal?"

The man only smiled widely at his voice, but his eyes remained closed. "Has she figured it out yet?"

"Figured out what?" Wyatt suddenly felt a pit in his stomach.

Fred sneered, finally opening his eyes to meet Wyatt's. "I'll take that as a no. When she does, she'll know where to find me." His eyes closed once more as if to go back into the tranquil state which made the diviner's jaw grind in frustration.

He turned heading back towards the lounge as his mind went into overdrive. Something larger was at play here and it made his whole body tense not knowing the endgame to Fred's ultimate plan. They needed to finish going through the inventory if there was any hope of figuring out what it was Fred was after while in the Archives. 

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on December 7, 2022 at 20:52

✧ Artifact Rescue✧

Wyatt did know how to make Penelope snort a laugh like a pig happily swirling in mud. “Oh but I have dreams of that sweet ass. How dare you crush my dreams.” she joked back, the lightness he brought to her was comforting in a world full of such uncertainty in a world filled with such darkness threatening to take over. She needed him now more than ever, and she was glad she didn’t have to express that. She felt like the more she went through the Archives the more she had let her father down. In all his years being the leader of the Archives he never had anything stolen from under his nose according to all his journals she had read more than once at this point. He was an utter perfectionist and she was nothing of the sort.

She needed to crush this worry hoping that the spell book was in one of the other student rooms. She hoped that a diviner had it or even if they took it out of the archives it would be okay. Yet if Fred or someone else had taken it, was it a target on her? Or on the Archives? She wondered as she rushed about the hall using the ring on her finger to enhance her speed around the students room. Nothing, not a whiff of the book anywhere. “Go check the rooms with things I have created specifically.” She said to one the transparent versions of her as she slowly started to make her way back to the area that they would eat together.

Her mind was thrown into overdrive trying to figure out just what could possibly be going on, so it goes with each red X showing up in the boxes next to items she had created, none of them overly powerful in their own rights. As Wyatt walked upon her staring at the book, the savory scent of the pizza wafted over to her causing her stomach to roar to life. Concern causing the crease in her head to grow deeper. She turned the book to him as she snagged a slice and threw her body back into the chair. “Every item coming up missing are items I have created in my time as a diviner. Nothing powerful, the Helm being the only thing I haven’t made at this point. I am not sure what this even means.”

Taking a bite from the piece of pizza chewing it slowly as the gears in her brain grinded away. “I am not sure if this has to do with the archives, or me. Yet in the end they are one in the same really. Maybe this is an attack on the Winston name. But the spell book was my first one I wrote while I was learning dark magic. When I was Monica Yates. How would someone know me as both? Know that book was mine?” She took another bite as she rolled her head back to stare up at the roof in thought. The other things that had gone missing were an orb of darkness, A ring of speed reading, and a Necklace of invisibility. “What the fuck is going on.” A rare curse left her lips as she held the half eaten slice haphazardly.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on January 10, 2023 at 16:51

"What I miss? Find anything?" he asked coming back into the room and seeing Penelope focused on the inventory book in front of her. He slid the boxes across the table and sat down, pulling the oil stained lid of one open to grab another of the slices. Pen seemed even more confused then when she went hurrying from the room before which only increased his curiosity on what was going on in that head of hers. When she turned the book towards him, he glanced at the unfinished list, noting the items that were amiss from the inventory. His finger slid down the pages and for all the things that one could take in this place, some of the ones unaccounted for seemed odd in choice to steal. 

Wyatt looked up as she explained her thinking on the commonality of the items that were gone. He took a large bite of the pizza and considered her words. This did seem very personal to Penelope or her family, but it still didn't yield any actual clues for them to go on. His attention shot from the log to Pen as she mentioned her former name. He hadn't heard her use it since the first time they'd met and he'd had to explain who he was to Winston and the Archives once the former Head had passed. Hearing it out loud almost felt as if breaking a pact of secrecy between them to let it out in the open even though it was only the two of them there. It was like speaking of an entire past life of hers which made him go down a road that only seemed logical.

"That's it, though. It has to be someone from your previous life. Before you came here to Evermore." He brushed off his hands to remove the crumbs of the crust and grabbed another beer. "There's no one else that knows about what happened except those of your prior coven, right? And me, obviously," he popped open the cap as he continued thinking out loud, taking a sip as his thoughts formed. 

"I spoke with Fred," he admitted more quietly and glanced over to Penelope. "He's acting rather cocky despite his current lack of freedom. Like he's waiting for you to realize what's happening. The bastard taunted me, well, you." Wyatt's eyes lowered to the book again while the puzzle pieces tried to fall into a place where he could see the larger picture. "Fred's human, right? He wouldn't have been in or known about your coven. Maybe he's working for someone who does because that person would be recognized by you if they showed themselves. Someone from the coven or those who had dealings with it." He stood, taking another slice of the pizza and feeling more than a little motivated to make Fred talk now by whatever means necessary. Penelope's past had been matters of life and death, including that of her father, his mentor. If this had to do with her family and by extension his because of what she and her father meant to him, he was not going to be patient much longer. "We need to get him talking. Bring the helm and put it on if it'll make it sooner or I'll give him some painful incentive to tell us what he knows."

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on January 13, 2023 at 2:38

✧ Artifact Rescue✧

Penelope had to admit she was thankful that Wyatt was there in that moment to keep her grounded, she would be spiraling out of control if she was alone. She felt her mind spinning in confusion, she was sure there was a thread connecting all of this. She just couldn’t see it past herself. Maybe Wyatt would bring a fresh pair of eyes to the surface of this all and dive into a better answer besides the one that was forming in her mind. An eerie one or two hypotheses had started to connect. She met his gaze, the swirl of confusion in her red haze as the ghost-like versions of her still moved about the hall collecting the data from the deeper sections. One she sent to look out for the items she had added into the hall out of place.

Nothing was coming back, and the ominous feeling settled into her chest. She sucked in on her teeth for a moment as she thought of his question. “Well that isn’t overly true, All the females of the coven would go out to mate. Some had looser tongues than others. Do I think they were exactly talking about me, probably not. The chances are low. That doesn’t mean that they are not there though.” She mumbled to herself looking at him, without really seeing him. “There is also the possibility that someone was watching the coven because it was reaching a point of danger with the amount of dark diviners and the magical energy could be cut with a knife.” she muttered out as theories kept rearing their ugly head. “And we can’t rule out the whole time traveler thing.”

Her mumbled theories came to an end when Wyatt said he spoke to Free, Her gaze snapped into focus and it was solely on him. “Hmm, well I would assume he is human, since he used me as a pawn against you but that we would have to confirm it using blood. He is in a cell that would take away any powers he may have. Can’t risk a fire initia getting pissed off and setting the place a blaze.” She moved to finish the piece of pizza even though she didn’t really feel hungry anymore. She had to force herself to eat or she wouldn’t do so at all and risk passing out or over extending herself and causing her to be down for the count.

“Fred using me as a pawn while being a proxy himself is a rather interesting point.” She said as she stood up moving to place the book down on the table. “Fred isn’t his name, that I am sure of.” She gave a slow smirk towards Wyatt, “Why use the helm when we can use so many other things locked away here that will bring his nightmares to life.” The look on her face was dark and twisted, it was the face Penelope had often when she went by Monica. “We can make him talk, with a potion of truth though.” the dark twisted look faded as she blinked it away. “I have two hypotheses to add to him being a pawn. 1) He knows about the hall being held by a Winston and knows I am the end of the blood line and could want a child to gain easy access. 2) Could be a part of a coven my coven took down and is seeking revenge.”

After finishing a drink and a spectral version of herself appeared with a vial of truth potion she looked to Wyatt. “So do you want me to hold off on this?” she shook the Vial. “So you can get a few hits in?” She chuckled before turning to walk off in the direction of the Cells. She reached into one of the displays and pulled out a dagger. “Incase.” She said in that dark tone looking at the two tone blade that started to glow burning hot on one side and frost built on the other side. “He will talk.” she said darkly once again her eyes turning a deep red then normal. “Maybe he is trying to end me, with me breaking my oath to the light.” She whispered that part before continuing the path to the cells.

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Wyatt Brookes on February 16, 2023 at 0:39

Her mind was on a roll and he didn't know what she was even talking about for most of it. Penelope had told him bits of her past. The really important events and parts that truly mattered to understand where she'd come from and what happened to her and of course her father. Wyatt never pushed for more than that. He knew it was something she wanted left in the past and he was happy to oblige knowing exactly what it was like to not want to relive horrible moments of one's life. He had his fair share of those tucked away into the dark recesses of his always occupied brain.

Time traveler thing? Nope, he was definitely lost by then. Wyatt was silent, letting her work through all her theories. He knew quite well it was best to let someone talk everything out sometimes to get it out of their brain and released into the world to better sort it out. Make more sense of it. Of course, that didn't mean he was able to keep up with it all either. So he waited, taking it in anyway and storing it away in case something came to light that could be tied to her thinking later on. All of the appropriate reactions passed over his features to coincide with this as well, but mostly it was just that of confusion.

The part he did understand real well was her point to make him talk. He was definitely on board for that by whatever means were necessary at this point. He took a swig of the beer as she listed off her two theories, the first making him choke on the drink, forcing him to wipe his mouth with the back of his sleeve as bits of the liquid attempted to escape. "A baby?! Seems a little extreme, Pen. Talk about playing the long game. Nah, my money is on number two. Whether it's directly from him or someone else he's working with. I'd bet my Tang jade sword on it," Wyatt chimed in, eyeing the potion as it was brought over and smirking at her question for him. "Hmm, I'd like to have a moment to persuade him beforehand if that's good with you."

He grabbed his beer and followed Penelope through the halls until reaching the cells. "Oh, he'll talk. One way or the other." Fred still remained with his legs crossed and in his meditative position, a smug grin sitting on his face. Once the entry was made open for Wyatt, the prisoner's eyes opened and looked up towards the diviner who wound back to punch him in the face. Fred toppled over out of the seated position and spit the blood that came from his lip. Wyatt shook out his hand and smirked. "Okay, I'm good. Give him the potion."

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Instar DivinerPermalink Reply by ✓ Penelope Winston on March 11, 2023 at 1:50

✧ Artifact Rescue✧

Wyatt learned quickly after meeting her that she would do this, go down mutter holes of theorizing what was going on whether it something as minor as a spell to as drastic of what was happening now. They truly had an understanding of one another, it was why he was her best friend. She knew in the end she could come to him in her spiraling moments and he would help her through them even if doing so was just sitting there and listening to her ramble on, and on. Right at this moment she was clearly lost in a spiral with all the information she had learned.

She could see the confusion on Wyatt's face when she finally focused back on his face leaving behind the memories of theories she spewed out. “Children have been created for many things if you think about it. Many have made children to keep alliances strong, or to make a stronger bloodline. In the grand scheme of things, gaining a child to have access to all of this.” She turned in a circle with her arms held out gesturing to the hall around them. “Maybe extreme but the means would meet the end.”

She dropped her arms and folded them over one another, leaving out the self deprecation she could say on why option number two was most likely the real reason. “I would have to agree with you though, my former cover had done a lot of different things that gained many enemies, Though I had hoped the name change and the fact I rarely leave here would make it hard for me to be found.” She sighed heavily in that moment thinking upon many things she knew her coven did, and that was just a fraction of probably all the things they had really done to others. “Also I will take the sword happily if it ends up being the first choice no matter how micro the chance may be.”

Penelope watched Wyatt as he moved over Fred watching him punch him as hard as he could, she couldn’t help but give a small smile. Wyatt really would try his best to keep her safe. She moved over, taking hold of Fred's face she opened his mouth and poured the potion down his throat and clamped his mouth shut rubbing her hand along his throat to force the liquid down it. He would either swallow the potion or drown either option was more than okay with.

After what she felt was more than enough time she pulled her hand away and watched Fred come to focus on her. She moved to the corner of the cell and looked at him. “How did you find me?” Penelope started.

Fred gave a chuckle as he looked over to Wyatt and then back to her, “Your Mate here.” He nodded his head to Wyatt. “Or is he your lapdog?” He questioned. “Running around collecting items to bring back to this magical archive.” He snorted. “He led me right to you.”

Penelope gave a confused look to Wyatt before looking back to Fred. “What do you want?”

Fred gave a roll of his eyes, “I want nothing, I mean I was hired for a job. Figured I would get a good screw out of it and some other things but you are rather a prude.” Penelope's face changed into that of shock at his words mainly because she couldn’t remember their time together. She needed to ask another question but her brain was thrown into a whirled wind of trying to remember him.

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