Oracle of Delphi

Send “I want to help the planet” to do an environmental activity together.

“Say, Arkhes~ If there is a flower that you wish for it to exist, what kind of flower would it be?”

Minerva smiled towards the woman but a little more concern of her expression. She looked like hiding a bitter face. “…There are luminous flowers that grows within this land.. But, my work seems to restrain them from growing anywhere else outside this place..” She fiddled with her fingers. Sometimes, she thought what she did is just against the nature. Her true intention was to control them from harming the Earth’s soil and that’s all.

“If there is one.. Then I should be planting one of it’s kind at somewhere else aside from Hoia.. Together with you..”

“There are few places I can go on my own. Unless we plant it near my temple, I will need to do it through a proxy animal. One of my wolves, or a deer... I can only really be in my forest, or here in Hoia. I agree, we should find it somewhere else away from here...”

🌿 @pythiaarkhes 🌿 

The witch departed from her own cottage at dawn, wearing only casual peasant dress with an apron layered down from her waist while bringing an empty basket with her. 

Morning fogs still cloaks the surrounding while the air is frigid and little bit dark. Sunlight barely made it to the horizon yet. She strolled her way through the small trail leading to deeper region of the forest. The red haired woman passed through series of gargantuan trees, bushes that rich of berries, wild fruits and flowers before she finally spot a pack of wolves in the distance.

Minerva blinked her eyes. It piques her interest almost immediately. The red tainted lips carved a small smile as she walked in a slower pace, approaching the packs but not too close, since she is on her own trail and didn’t want to disturb the animal, while the wolves roaming the undisturbed area. Oh, her child would love to play with them.

Her fingers fidgeted, and her senses were erected almost immediately as she could feel the air were layered with different kind of energy. However, it isn’t a hostile one. She observed the surrounding and angled her head slightly to the left. The energy she felt has some sort of affiliation to the wolves. There must be someone else nearby that she hasn’t spotted yet and she knew the new guests are not ..ordinary. She keep on moving forward, panning the forest with her garnet hues and motioned her body and head to the back few times before she spotted a light blonde haired woman in the distant. 

When the wolf whine, some of the animals peeked out to observe the wolf more. A little bunny, fabricated with green grasses and a small flower on top of it’s head hoping it’s way towards the wolf, in hoping to know what kind of creature that is.

The red haired witch looked back at Arkhes and blinked slowly. Arkhes life is never an easy one. It seems like she was arranged ever since she was born to this world. Despite not being able to do all the things without God’s judgement, Arkhes understood that, people should be allowed to live the life. Arkhes idea gave Minerva an idea and determination inside her heart. She looked down on the empty green flied in front of her. Arkhes is right on her words. 

Minerva turned her focus back on Arkhes and she was flattered when Arkhes compliment her when the golden glows graced her figure. Minerva smiled bashfully towards the comment and responded. “Well, apparently most Hoia region never fully received sunlight before..”

“-The sunlight giving more depth on the red hues on your eyes as well.. It’s gorgeous..As if, you are keeping an entire universe inside it.”  She smiled as she fixed her soft gaze on her eyes. 

“There is. The universe in my eyes. Or rather, my soul...”

“Heh. You’re being metaphorical, though. What kind words.” Arkhes was flattered. She paid even more attention to the words themselves, though.

“Sunrise, sunset. Markers of time are pretty meaningless to me now. Night and day are one and the same to me. But I’m curious about your world. What do you mean when you say most of it doesn’t get full sunlight? And these creatures...”

Arkhes glanced from Minerva to the wolf, who was now trying very hard to show that it did not intend to be a threat to the small flowery rabbit. The wolf even lay down on her stomach and flattened her ears back submissively, not sure what else to say to the small creature.

Seeing a wolf bow to a rabbit was bemusing, to say the least.

“The burden of knowledge and the harshness of cruel truths are costs in and of themselves…”

Taking a knee before the Orcale T’challa kept his head bowed since he could only imagine the burdens of being the bearer of such knowledge might have inflicted upon her but he felt as though it would be disrespectful to pity her.

“I can hear your voice. You seem like a sincere man. However, if you seek an answer, then you must find it yourself. I am here as a tool to that, if you can make it that far. If you mean to keep your demons at bay or hide from them, I am afraid you have come to the wrong place. I am little more...”

She blinked slowly and pulled away from him.

“...than a guide for your inner demons.” 

🌿 @pythiaarkhes 🌿 

The witch departed from her own cottage at dawn, wearing only casual peasant dress with an apron layered down from her waist while bringing an empty basket with her. 

Morning fogs still cloaks the surrounding while the air is frigid and little bit dark. Sunlight barely made it to the horizon yet. She strolled her way through the small trail leading to deeper region of the forest. The red haired woman passed through series of gargantuan trees, bushes that rich of berries, wild fruits and flowers before she finally spot a pack of wolves in the distance.

Minerva blinked her eyes. It piques her interest almost immediately. The red tainted lips carved a small smile as she walked in a slower pace, approaching the packs but not too close, since she is on her own trail and didn’t want to disturb the animal, while the wolves roaming the undisturbed area. Oh, her child would love to play with them.

Her fingers fidgeted, and her senses were erected almost immediately as she could feel the air were layered with different kind of energy. However, it isn’t a hostile one. She observed the surrounding and angled her head slightly to the left. The energy she felt has some sort of affiliation to the wolves. There must be someone else nearby that she hasn’t spotted yet and she knew the new guests are not ..ordinary. She keep on moving forward, panning the forest with her garnet hues and motioned her body and head to the back few times before she spotted a light blonde haired woman in the distant. 

The red haired witch smiled when the horse looked at her. She patted the horse’s head gently. “They have been here longer than I do. They are not fond of meat.” There are some unique animals roaming the field but the looked very harmless, slow in their mobility and looked mellow ss if they are comfortable with Arkhes’s presence. They did stare at the wolf with curiosity but they are almost too shy to approach them.

Minerva noticed when her hand was being held by Arkhes and she looked back at Arkhes before smiling and nodded. “Arkhes, your power made you transparent on this world. Without your magic, you won’t be able to see all of this..Unlike me, you have unlimited time to explore this world. I’m only a witch, my time to enjoy this world is quite short..”  

She commented before gesturing her hand towards the open green field in front of them. The flowers on the field were colorful and translucent, and have luminous edge on each petals while trees harboring crystal fruits. There is hill in the distant horizon, probably ocean that visible on the sight since they stood on hills. The sun emits a warm glow that’s rather comforting on the skin while wind blowing softly at the place.

“I wish I could live here, but even without God’s interference, I feel guilty. What if there is actually God? I couldn’t find them anywhere..” She speaks out her worried thoughts continuously.

A brief laugh escaped Arkhes’s lips. Even her cold heart felt warmer again here. “I’m very sorry my wolf is made of meat then. She won’t eat anything made of wood, though.” 

The wolf whined in confusion and returned to Arkhes’s side. The wolf knew well enough to know when other “animals” were being wary of her, and without her pack, she would be cautious.

“...So what if there is a god who interferes with you, Minerva? What if there isn’t?”

“There are a lot of people with big questions. But it’s more important to know what you would do with the information if you were ever given an answer. My power was granted to me by the gods. But there are so many things I cannot do because I have this gift. I’ve seen so much in my life, I’ve relied on these wolves and other creatures for so long... That’s why I know for sure. You should live the life that you can, even if it means fighting fate to protect what you love. I learned that from a certain person. Humans-- and witches-- can still fight the gods.” It happened again, and again, throughout history. “Besides...”

The glow of the sunlight looked so stunning on Minerva, as if she were almost an illusion. Arkhes admired it.

Send “I want to help the planet” to do an environmental activity together.

“Say, Arkhes~ If there is a flower that you wish for it to exist, what kind of flower would it be?”