FOOL'S MATE.

he loves you not.

the queen from OFF ▪ adult ▪ she/her ▪ house 101 ▪ written by erin

real name is vader eloha—father christ. make of that what you will.

ruler of the zones. or, she was. there's not much left of them now. not much left of her either, thanks to the batter.

a beautiful, haunting entity. more a phantom than a woman.

the mother of a sick little boy named hugo.

so divorced

graceful and refined, but she might be difficult to approach.

still, you can try! there's a certain gentleness to her.

It's much like the world she envisioned for her son.

But Hugo is not here. Somehow, the Queen knows that much. She should not be here either. Ruthlessly struck down by her love, as he reduced her nation to ashes, all in service of his so-called "sacred mission." She doesn't understand it, doesn't understand him. Maybe she never will.

Her continued existence is an aberration, but there's nothing that can be done about it. She certainly won't complain. Even if her Add-Ons have been... reduced to a comical size, defanged and turned into toys. A few other things have fallen into her possession as well. A pamphlet, which she reads and tries to understand... And a peculiar little device, a "cell phone." This one is trickier, so she pockets it to examine later.

With no particular destination in mind, the Queen walks. And walks. And walks. Aimlessly drifting through Spirale's streets, in search of something...

And she finds something. Someone.

" Batter, " she calls out before she can think, the same gentle whisper. Her expression betrays nothing, but icy rage is all that she knows when she gazes upon him.

" How lovely, that we can be here together. If only our son could join us as well. "

Her Add-Ons... They've been transformed into marketable little fridge magnets...