#(elijah001)

"Bee-Bee! Bee-Bee!" Rhiannon screeched across the small body of water as Phoebe approached, seemingly unbothered that she was scaring the ducks she was taken to feed. Phoebe had texted Eli about some studio time, but found herself meeting him at the park near his house, the two deciding to take advantage of the warm almost-summer's day instead.

"Hi Rhi-Rhi!" She greeted enthusiastically, her heart warming that the toddler had taken very well to the surprise guest joining them at the pond. Bee-Bee, Rhi-Rhi, Hat-Tee, as Phoebe often declared when she was also with the older girl, carrying on the joke that she was actually Nilay and Eli's kid, even if the age difference between her and her pseudo-mother would have made that impossible.

"I brought peas!" She informed Elijah, "I read somewhere bread is bad for the ducks, and the pond. And apparently they like peas and zucchini and stuff, oh and worms." Something she definitely wasn't going to purchase.

Having discovered the jinn was on Atlantis, Eir had decided to seek them out. She knew the trouble they could bring, either by twisting wishes or by the cruelty of their master. Finding her way to the lane filled with temples had been easy enough - Eir went regularly to make an offering to her two favourite goddesses. Frigg was a close friend of Eir’s, as she’d once been the Queen’s handmaiden, and, and Freyja was worshipped by all Valkyries. 

But entering the church made her hesitate, standing in the doorway. 

While she was not here as a Valkyrie, she was not here to worship anyone, it still felt wrong. She’d been a goddess once, one that would have been worshipped in a different temple. Although that time was long gone, and none worshipped her now (except the shieldmaidens who praised all Valkyries), there was still something holding her back. 

Noticing a man - no, a priest - walking towards her, she offered him a smile. The master, she could tell that much, and she changed her plans. She’d get to know him better, and seek out the jinn later. Forcing herself to take one more step so she was inside, she looked around the church. “Are all churches like this?” She asked frankly, having never set foot inside one before. 

“So it begins,” Caleb could hardly believe that he was looking at the courtyard, it was such a mess of broken earth, stone and water turning into mud as to be unrecognizable. “If they wanted to kill us, surely there are easier ways. Whoever’s behind this... they’re trying to punish us.” He commented, shaking his head. As if being trapped wasn’t bad enough... now they were destroying the castle, too.