Hel's Story

A woman clad in a black dress with half her body decomposing, appeared to be moving about heaven, her eyes focused on nothing in particular. She knew of what was coming, she also knew of why she was here, but nonetheless her concerns about her father being freed were resurfacing in full, much like a joke or some horrible reality.

The white haired-ginger haired beauty mind struggled to stay in one place, being that she was part light, part dark, her whole existence a cruel hoax.

Hel rarely intervened in mortal matters, she preferred to be alone, but Odin the Allfather had called her, and she listened and obeyed. Hel could be said to be a loner, but this was the person whom had appeared to punish her, but gave her purpose, meaning even. It was all a twisted tale in the end, and she had no doubt she would not stand in this conflict, death was an eventuality and these angels were insane was her belief.

Nonetheless she had to ask for guidance, for she feared what such a war could bring out, was this whole thing orchestrated by her power mad father?

Being in her sadistic personality, she would respond, "Because AllFather Nilfiheim is so inhospitable and well most people in Vahalla look like they rather throw me down on a bed, throw me off the place or just regard me with scorn. I know Allfather what they say of me, and I don't care. I do my duty as I should, but surely you heard the rumblings as I have is this Loki, is he acting now? I swore loyalty to you in whatever happens, is that time now?"

Nodding the woman personality would remain in her darker side as she spoke, "A seraphim of great power has gone mad with this, and is attempting to cull the entire planet, he speaks to himself and argues constantly. I believe Allfather that only Loki could be behind such machinations. No other person could be so fiendish and blatant is their disregard for life."

Shaking her head, she would respond, "You forget Allfather I am his daughter and therefore you gave me my realm and in return I gave you the crows. You may disagree with me about Loki, but everyday I fear the prophecy which shall end us all." her personality changed, to more light and gentle...

"I hide from others, because I am a monster, an aberration, I do my duty to keep the balance, but the prophecy hangs over my head..."

Noting the Angel she would stare in confusion, before sighing heavily...

Slowly nodding the scarred woman responded, "Very well Allfather although should we not at least check the signs and portents so we are not caught blind? You gave me a chance where others would not have, for that I swore loyalty... But this world worries me, I fear some people would quicken it all..."

Bowing she would carefully reply, "Thank you Allfather I shall leave now, I think things are about to get hectic here, I can hear rattling of the gates."

A woman with one side partially decaying and dead, would come out the deeper forest, dressed completely in black with white hair one one side and ginger on the other. She would appear rather timid and shy, clearly not used to being around lots of people. The woman had two personalities and the dominant one for now was the innocent and kind one, but they had habit of changing rather fast.

As she approached where they were, she would look at Sarah and Gaia before taking a seat little further away, staring into a nearby pond.

Resenting the comment, Hel would respond, voice still rather shaky, "I am only of Ragnarok if I choose, I am loyal to Odin and not a mere tool of my father..." with that she would be silent, back to staring into the pond...

Gaia carefully stood up being that of rather buxom woman and having that of figure of a mother not a mere pip, she followed the angel, "It was Hell who did the act, but how can we blame Hell for what was truly caused by one of our own?". Besides she had seen the demon had left a portal, not even holy magic could close that, only the destruction of said demon would remove the gate thus allowing for chaotic energies to vanish once more.

Having been dragged away by the overly eager Seraphim, she found herself in a thick forest teeming with untold life. It appeared beautiful and rather enchanting. Although she could not stop because she kept being dragged through this lush environment.

Finally they came to a clearing, and she sat herself down, scowling still angry at being referred to by a prophecy not her actual position. It was lowly and harsh reminder of what she could do. Not what she wanted to do though, not at all.

Sighing she simply said, "I am the maker of my own destiny, not some ancient words that comprise a prophecy!"

Apparently finally noticing the Seraphim she spoke, "I am the daughter of my father Loki and there is an age-old prophecy foretelling what you would consider I believe Revelations but unlike yours, ours is an epic spanning years until no one left. Due to my blood I am meant to be one to ally with my father, with my three brothers. I believe you met one, Fenrir." as she sighed her mood switched, "BUT I AM NOT A MERE TOOL AND AM LOYAL TO THE ALLFATHER!"

"That's not what she said to me, she said you needed a friend... and though I don't comprehend the emotions or responses most people desire... I do believe I need one... if not..." she would sigh heavily, "I can only do so much if I do, I am of the underworld, but unlike your Hel I represent simply those who died of old age, natural causes, essentially those who died outside of battle. Not everyone gets to go to Valhalla."

She would chuckle rather cruelly before speaking once more, "Trust me Seraphim my mind is far worse, for I was born in light and dark, I am scarred forever for this... See my right side all decaying and dead... I am an aberration that I have no doubt, to be quite honest you are one of the first to even see me worth talking too. Mortals plead from me of course, but no one actually 'talked' to me. No I live in ice therefore my heart must be ice too."

Tilting her head she seemed rather puzzled, "You are not like the mad one, no you seem unchanged by this whole thing... you seem almost innocent..." shrugging she would stare at a tree with a small bird feeding it's young and smile rather sadly, sighing wistfully before continuing, "This is nice..." she seemed to unsure what to say...

Staring at the tree and bird feeding it's young made her realize how she had never been given much of a child-hood. As in cue her fragile personality surfaced and spoke softly but polite, "Maybe, but it is not my realm, Gaia makes me come here because she argues that no one can live underground all their lives. Most people... most people just tend to ignore me... angels can be so vain and shallow..."

If anything was overt or inert Hel could not notice, so she simply say, "Maybe... but not everyone shares two personalities that come into conflict..." she seemed rather quiet and shy now.

"Then... why keep talking to me... I am merely keeper of the underworld... I don't have much to offer since those who die in my place could share more..." she wondered if this sounded too cold or impersonal, but this Seraphim was being too nice. That in her experience usually came at a big price, whether good or bad.

Not sure what to say she simple shrugged feeling even more fragile now, and also ultimately confused. Nothing in Heaven made sense, people were either too shallow or too nice, they were never simple. One was even insane, but this Seraphim confused her greatly everything she did made no sense, what did she intend. Would Hel even understand or comprehend this let alone figure it out.

She responded softly, "Epic and immense... the grandeur is astounding..." she could not quite define it, and this seraphim was making her feel strange. Maybe she just needed to talk to people more, but kindness was so rare on her. It perplexed and terrified her.

"You and me?" she seemed utterly alarmed clearly terrified at this implication. Hel was not sure what to think some of this felt like the Seraphim was getting far too personal, but part of her liked it... WHY?

Hel eyes seemed to boggle as she blushed helplessly before saying, "You sure... don't I have duties... and well I am rather boring company... I uh..." she appeared rather tongue-tied at all this.

The trees blew in the wind of the holy place infront of her, fruits blossomed in the trees as the songs of beautiful birds sang in the sky. Eve felt at peace...but so too did his place bring back the pain of Adam's cruel touch. She was happy for a time here....she had to come for hopes of a better future. What a silly notion but in truth, what was she to do? Let the world her Father created with Hs own two hands be left for naught? After all...she had the direct hand that made the world fall to sin

So she walked through the forest, clothed in only a simple garment to cover herself. In this place, clothes were irrelevant and she so missed the feeling of grass on her bare feet. This place was Paradise...a Paradise Lost to the tests of time. As she walked, she felt the trees both welcome and shun her...as she made her way to the site of a small, broken dwelling and just looked at it, seeing the memories of Adam and herself rush by in her mind with a gentle tear going down her face "Why were you so cruel? We could have been happy...and the Earth would never have remained so impure"

A woman with a semi dead features and one side decaying, while the other side lived, would be sitting near a pool of water, sighing heavily, Hel was always to be alone apparently, even Gaia who had not spoken to her in a while was gone, keeping things from cracking, but Hel, Hel realm was merely just dead bodies and cold, and the empty girl would just keep staring into the water, maybe trying to divine some meaning to her perpetual state of loneliness.

Eve heard the sigh and moved her head off towards the left, looking out towards the pool near the small cottage that was her home. With a gentle walk towards the pool and the girl she stopped while moving her hand to her flaming orb of an eye to use a little illusion magics to appear normal with no scars or signs of Hell's Influence

"Why do you come to this place? Do you come to seek Salvation or to pray young one?" She asked her before go

going to her and sitting down by the pool and went to run her fingers through the clear water "All of us should feel humble that the Father has opened this place"

Peering up the young Goddess would stare up and gently nod, shaking her head, and then thinking, before glaring, "My father is Loki hell-fiend you can't fool me, show your true face." with that she would turn away until the person chose to quit playing games, she was lived most her life in a freezing cold wasteland with her throne and only reason she came here, was because Gaia had said she could, nonetheless she was beginning to grow angry at this life, her other half a decaying husk, while her beautiful half would be forever tarnished by how she was born.

Eve sighed softly and turned to stare at the water with both eyes closed for the briefest of glances "I like to keep my face as it is...it is a face I wish to remember for it has not been to this place in many an eon....I am Eve and this was once my home" She said while her form shifted back into how it was normally now with Eve's red eye looking down at herself

"It would seem that the Father has deemed it necessary to torture me by these pools. Once I was proud...now look at me. I may love Lucifer...He might have saved me but now I feel such shame for just coming back here. This place would never accept me again after what I have done..." She said to stand gently and turned from the woman "I apologies for distrubing you...Ill go if you wish it" She said, on the verge of tears.

Returning her attention she said something strange, "What would you do if you were found to be the source of the end of the world, that your whole birth was based on a prophecy ages old and that you and your siblings would destroy Gods? What would you do? That is my existence, I had no Eden, I had no respite, I was merely disfigured to begin with and meant to wonder why my birth must be symbol of such strife." sighing heavily she went on, "If I know Gaia, she would never refuse company of any sort in her garden, and the imagination is cruel and malevonent force in the world, you percieve realities that are just not true. Eden was corrupted by the hatred of man, not to sound all Feminist, but it was, it was a project that failed, now what remains is merely a memory."

"I damned the Earth to such pain by having my sons Cain and Able...so in that right, I have been the symbol of destruction. But If I were to the source of the End of the World, I would feel pain...but also hope. Hope that from the ashes of apparent defeat and death, that Life would begin anew and better then the one before as the new world would grow. Even now, Caprica City on Lagara burns...hope is rekindled now in the ashes of Anarchy. The world of Terra at least has one less enemy to deal with" Eve said, turning her head back to the small hut behind her

"My home...my Garden...was soiled by Adam's will for control and domination. It left him with a hole in his heart, a hole that could not ever be filled...and his arrogance cost him everything. A part of me, even now, wishes that the past could be repeated and that I could change it for the better...but I know that this is an impossible task..." She said sadly and sighs softly.

The Goddess interrupted her mid-way inbetween her last sentence, replying, "You wish Lilith had never been corrupted and instead had just been you and her? True it's not ideal in Christian dogma, but I think you wish that Lilith never chose to fall because she was your sister and her selfishness cost you a friend, one you needed in a living hell, am I right with this understanding?"

Eve just looked down at her feet for a moment as she nodded once "Lilith was my only companion in this place...the only one who ever cared for me. She made life bearable and when God cast her away, I was so alone...Adam's assaults on my body were so painful and his words dripped in poison. His member always pained me like on the first night...part of me wishes that she had stayed with me. That kiss...that one simple sign of affection cost me everything. I wish she was a better parent...I wish she was not the Ruler of Hell...I wish I could have held my son and daughter in my arms as babies...not children on the cusp of adulthood..."

She sighed with tears on her voice and on her face as she turned back to Hel slowly "But I learned also that Wishes are meaningless...God never answered my prayers to hope and salvation from Adam. He ignored me...and let his Daughter become deflowered an devolved into a fuck toy for a cruel man...wishes do not mean anything anymore...hollow words to a hollow Father who should have loved me like a Daughter..."