Eris

༻ E R I S ༺ Irredeemable| Beautiful | Dangerous O C C U P A T I O N - The Fallen O U T F I T - "Eris" E N E M Y - N/a F A M I L I A R - Tar-Trooper Slarg T H E M E - "Twilight of the Gods" x

"People will do anything, no matter how absurb, to avoid facing their own souls." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I used to be beautiful, elegant and powerful. I was a god in my own right. Born to the richest family to whom everyone owed favors- well its said even the Arcanist himself owed us... a rumor I never got a chance to prove true myself. Now, I've lost it all. I used to be favored, loved.... gifted anything I wanted... Now the gods themselves are trying to kill me. ... some time ago ... "Eris! Eris! Poor, young, beautiful Eris!" Astreas' voice calls out, echoing off the empty walls. He was an old Spiral dragon, scales dull from age and with an elderly rasp to match. He had been serving the Saturn-fall family for years, now he only served one. "Please Eris, you must leave your room, its been weeks! And there are dragons dying to see you outside-" "There's nothing left for me out there." The large purple Imperial, Eris, grumbled. She faced away from the doorway and Astreas. She knew he was coming, he had shown up at the same time every day for the past three weeks and two days... ever since it happened. "Please," Astreas begged, "go out the mansion. Go have fun like you used to. I've known you since you hatched and it breaks my heart to see you this way." "There's nowhere I could go that could stop the pain." Her monotone voice retorted. "Then live with it! But don't stay in here feeling sorry for yourself! Ms. Saturn-fall -" "That's not my name!: With a furious roar, she spun around, hate and passion burning in her eyes. She was easily three times the size of the old Spiral, but he did not flinch away. "The Saturn-falls died 3 weeks ago in their bed chambers while their daughter did nothing but cower in fear! The only strength of the house died that night, house Saturn-fall is no more!" She roared in fury and anguish. She collapsed on the floor in a most dramatic manner and began sobbing. The spiral approached her and placed a comforting claw on her shoulder.

"You are not weak, nor are you cowardly, Eris. You survived. Had you not hid- gods know how you did- you surely would have been killed too, and where would that leave us? A young dragon's destiny dashed onto the rocks with no one the wiser to know who did it. Your survival, your actions, led to your parents' killer being captured and brought to justice." Astreas sighed, "without you, who knows what else he could have done?" Eris sniffled, his words made sense, but they were not the full truth.

She knew how she managed to hide in such an empty room, she knew why the killer had come and what he was planning to do afterward. All because she had been far too careless.

"Ms. Satu- Eris, please. Tonight in honor of Starfall Celebration, there is a large gathering at the Observatory. I know you had been looking forward to this event for months. Please, go out and attend the party like you used to. The world will not stop for you and soon the other dragons will realize that. Dragons worship the Saturn-fall name Eris, you know this, your parents knew this." Astreas lifted Eris face to look her in the eyes, an affectionate smile on his face, truly he saw her as the daughter he never had- or could have. "Please, go have fun."

...later that night...

She wasn't sure how, but Astreas convinced her to go to the celebration. She stood as if entranced, staring ahead at the Observatory. The jewelry that adorned her body glittered magically in the starlight. She had commissioned it for this night months ago... before it happened. She clutched the pendant around her neck nervously wondering if perhaps it were too much... or too little. Never before had she needed to worry about her appearance, so why now? Why was she so nervous? Her family had an invitation to every party on this side of Sornieth, a boon she had taken advantage of often and had never felt out of place at one. What was happening to her?

She shook herself free of doubt forcing herself to release the pendant. Eris plastered on her regular carefree-confident look and sauntered to the Observatory doors. As she got closer, dragons rushed towards her shouting her name.

"Eris!"

"Ms. Saturn-fall!"

"My goodness! I'm so sorry for your loss!"

"You are so strong to come out after what happened!" Eris' head swam, it was too much too soon. This was a mistake. She wasn't the same anymore.

"Miss!" Normally she would be basking in the attention, flirting with attractive boys and -probably- drinking the night away.

"Poor dear! What can I do to help you through these tragedies? Perhaps a painting?" She would have eagerly accepted these free gifts, letting them think they would get something in return.

"Eris! How are you?"

"We are so glad you are okay! Party with us!" Eris felt lost- no- like she had lost a part of herself. She couldn't let her act fall.

"May later tonight-" Couldn't let it fall.

"Oh sweet girl-" Couldn't let it fall.

"Poor child! Your parents-" Couldn't let it fall.

All at once she felt grounded. She was inside the Observatory at what looked like a refreshment table. How long had she been at the party? "Hello?" A large pink and purple imperial said to her. She realized it was his voice that must have pulled her back. Eris smiled, "oh! Hello there! Didn't see you." She laughed, high and bubbly and began to turn away. Act indifferent. Don't care. Flirt a little? How was it all before? "It's alright, I was... I was just wondering if you were okay?" He asked it like a question and Eris turned back to face him. She gave a half-hearted shrug, "why wouldn't I be? I'm at the best party of the year in the Starfall Isles, I'm having the time of my life."

"You... well you looked lost." Eris' eyes narrowed and the Imperial looked away as if ashamed of what he said.

"Who are you?" Eris demanded.

"Who are you?" He flashed back a challenging grin.

"You mean you don't know me?" Eris feigned a dramatic gasp, "Ms. Eris Saturn-fall of House Saturn-fall? Single most powerful dragon in West Sornieth?"

"Surely not more powerful than the Arcanist?" He asked skeptically.

"More powerful and influential than the Plaguebringer herself!" She joked. Could he tell she was joking? She searched his face for signs.

"That's not saying much," he mumbled, not really looking at Eris, "everyone knows she's seventh most powerful at best."

Eris momentarily stopped by this statement, was confused and intrigued by this strange Imperial. What did he mean? What was he talking about? She quickly recovered, "what is that supposed to mean? If she's not the most powerful, who is?"

He brightened at that, eyes sparkling, "the Arcanist, clearly. Ability to control space and magicks at will? The ability to create dragons from stardust? And come on, if nothing else he's the best looking of them all."

Again, in the span of a few short minutes, her charade and desire for self-centered attention fell. "WHAT?" Eris asked, completely lost and bewildered.

The Imperial rolled his eyes as if this had all happened before, "I'm comfortable enough in both my sexuality and masculinity to say that."

"I- That's not what I- I'm so confused. Who are you?"

"Who are you?" He asked with the same intensity and challenging grin. "Come, dance with me." He talks again, "forget your fake friends and transparent house alliances and let us continue this scintillating conversation somewhere else." And with that being said, he left towards the 'ballroom' not once checking over his shoulder to see if she was following.

"Just who does he think he is?" She muttered under her breath. She paused a second longer, calculating and lept to catch up.

The ballroom was nothing more than the main Observatory room. The ceiling was open up to the stars, but the giant telescope still remained in the center of the room. A band of dragons, supposedly the most talented money could buy, played on an elegant stage. She joined the pink imperial in the sea of other dancers. "What did you mean by my fake friends?"

If he was surprised to see her there, he didn't show it. "They only love you for your fame and fortune," he responded.

"I thought you didn't know who I-"

'I've heard the rumors." He shrugs.

"Like what?" Eris asked with a skeptical look on her face. "What rumors?"

"Like...well," he drew out the last word, "for example, 'house Saturn-fall is more powerful than the Plaguebringer herself,'" Eris rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay. I've heard that everyone owes the house something, even the Arcanist. And that... oh! That Saturn-fall is always destined for tragedy. That's a big one. Oh, and the heir is a beautiful, talented young dragon." He flashed her that infuriating grin, "but, she can't dance."

Eris raised a skeptical eyebrow, "oh really? Have you found out any of those to be true?"

"Not yet, not totally." He held out a clawed hand towards her, "lets find out." Eris hesitated for only a second, then took his hand in her own and let him lead her deeper on the dance floor.


(STILL NEED TO WRITE)
falls in love with pink imp (arcanist) and they fall in love
realizes she's Lyren tries to hide it cause scary- doesn't know what a lyren is
slowly starts ti find out
realizes dieties hate them
not Arcanist tho
she keeps the secret anyways
stops seeing him
he gets mad
still doesn't know it's the arcanist
he finds out all the truths gets mad "you should have told me! I could have protected you!"
she still doesn't know
all of the sudden killers show up cause guess what deities knows what's up and wants to ruin arcanist's life and finish what they started
she has to flee
finds herself in meridon as the arcanist helps her one last time
they can't be together so sad
all the deities REALLY hate Eris cause they know she exists and hate the fact the arcanist fell in love with her
she lost everything, her wealth, her title, her true love
but she found new friends and a safe place so win win right?

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