solomon's seal.

“get the fuck out of my way and get one of my baby sitters. mama feels like murdering someone tonight.”

“May I borrow your arm?” The vampire asked, she realized it was an odd question to ask of the person sitting in front of her, but it has been weeks since she had tasted blood and she was starting to feel weak as ever. “I haven’t eaten in days and I feel like I could die at any given moment.” She exaggerated a bit, but she really was hungry.

the boy wasn’t someone she had seen around, but considering she had only been at the institute for so long, it wasn’t a surprise. “i can see why – its a bit outdated, isn’t it?” she chuckled, welcoming the new company and sliding over on the table to give him more space. “not at all, actually i could use the advice. i’ve never been in a nephlim library before, unless the vatican archives count,” she replied. “what’s the gray book?”

“True, it is kinda cool that everyone’s here to help each other out but….” Sorem sighed, feeling very worn out from the lack of sleep these past few nights. Her glass of water was just a few feet away from her, she tried to make it float towards her but halfway through, the glass dropped, scaring her and the person with her. “Fuck,” she muttered, combing her hair back. The stress was already starting to affect her powers. She knew she had to stop these thoughts.

dio was practically vibrating in his spot, grin growing almost manic as he resisted the urge to launch himself at the other. “you’re looking for me?” friend friend friend friend friend “ooh how come? are you a wolf too? are we going to the pack now? do you know the alpha? is he cool? s he nice? is he a she? oh my god is she gonna growl at me for misgendering her? oh god im dead im dead im dead please hide me-”

“nooo he’s a he you’re fineee,” he chuckled. “dude you okay? i was just looking for you because we’re teammates?” the kid looked like he needed a hug, and just a few seconds earlier he was pretty much vibrating. such an animated young boy that makes asio just smile. “do you... want a hug?”

the wolf pup glanced around the institute, blue eyes wide and a grin firmly settled on his face. “this. is. awesome.” he’d been exploring the place for the last hour- annoying several of it’s residents by bouncing around the halls like an excitable puppy. he was an excitable puppy. 

the team arrangements were just announced and one of his teammates were supposed to be a certain dio blackheart. he was roaming around the institute looking for his teammates when he saw a boldly blue-eyed werewolf giddily jumping around the institute, quite literally. “calm down there bud!” asio chuckled. “have you seen a dio blackheart around? i heard he was yay tall, had fluffy hair and very blue eyes-” he then realized who he’s talking to, “...you’re dio, right?”

The London Institute’s library was starting to be Pandora’s favorite place to visit. Until recently, she was restricted to the libraries of the mundane and Downworld, but now that she could roam the walls of shadowhunter books it wasn’t likely that she would be leaving this room anytime soon. She sat on top of one of the study tables, her legs folded beneath her as she flipped through the pages of The Shadowhunters Codex, hardly even noticing the person approaching from her right.

“We’re getting more and more recruits everyday. I’m not sure if this is supposed to reassure us or to make us worry more..” Sorem sighed, “thoughts?”

“I’ve been there before!” Thyra clapped excitedly, “I’ve heard about that village from a seelie friend of mine and its name was intriguing and it took me a few hours to even pronounce it properly and wow,” she smiled, “you’re pronouncing it flawlessly. The place is beautiful and peaceful and to be honest, I don’t think an Institute would be appropriate there since it would probably corrupt its homey, innocent image and I don’t think there’s alot of activity going on in a little quaint area so bringing an Institute there would be just, unnecessary. Plus, it would probably lure more demons in it and destroy the place”

“it’s a great place, isn’t it?” asio said as he put away the book. “i’ve been there before and it was definitely one of the most peaceful places.” he listened as she spoke and smiled. “true, but you can’t say llanfair has no demon activity at all. it’s not like the mundanes would notice an institute there anyway so it wouldn’t really disrupt its homey image. i’ve been there on missions before, albeit they weren’t really high alert missions but it still shows that no city is safe from demons, whether there is an institute or not.”

“I still hate how streets are full of ignorants. Why are we even here?” Thomas started to complain, crossing his arms. “I hate the outside world so much.” He said, looking at the other.

“calm down there,” he smiled at the other. “we’re here to protect the ‘ignorants’. it’s our job, in case you need a reminder,” asio then took a sip from his cup of coffee, “plus, we’re stationed in the cafe, isn’t that great?”

“I’m quite intrigued by this thing the mundanes call as ‘research’,” Thyra spoke outloud whilst scrolling through Google Scholar, i.e. a search engine where you can find researches from people with different topics. “I’ve seen Albert waste alot of his sleep writing gibberish, scientific information that looked alot like this. It must be quite exciting to study and discover new information through experimentation and reading books, don’t you think?”