#┕ ♦ ― ❛ persephone ; narration ❜

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closed starter for @stxrslisten ( suho )

almost   seven   years   had   passed   since   persephone   had   left   the   autumn   court,   and   since   she   had   last   seen   the   father   of   her   child.   knowing   very   well   that   he   didn't   want   to   settle   into   anything   serious   she'd   never   even   remotely   come   close   to   wanting   to   reach   out   to   him.   maybe   it   was   easier   for   her   to   avoid   having   to   have   the   conversation   of   the   fact.   however   it   wasn't   something   that   she   was   going   to   be   able   to   avoid   now   that   they   had   all   found   themselves   in   the   dusk   court.   as   much   as   she   wished   she   could   just   stay   within   the   chambers   that   the   dawn   court   had   been   put   up   in,   she   couldn't.   it   wasn't   good   for   ares   to   be   holed   up   in   a   room   because   of   her.   with   his   hand   in   hers   as   they   walked   around   the   courtyard   she   couldn't   help   but   freeze   when   she   spotted   the   high   lord   of   autumn   in   front   of   her.   "high   lord."   a   formal   greeting   leaving   her   lips.

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persephone   had   walked   herself   right   into   the   position   she   had   found   herself   in.   things   could   have   been   different   if   she   had   just   gone   back   to   suho   when   she   had   discovered   her   pregnancy.   telling   him   now   was   going   to   be   difficult   and   it   was   going   to   change   things   drastically   in   her   life.   knowing   that   she   was   never   going   to   get   him   back   was   something   she'd   lived   with   since   the   day   that   she   had   left   autumn.   however   when   he   found   out   about   ares   it   was   going   to   permanently   change   things   between   them.   "i   know,   and   i   don't   want   to   change   that."   there   was   a   part   of   her   that   had   wished   that   fact   could   have   been   changed   before.   persephone   had   grown   into   the   fact   that   she'd   never   get   that   from   him.   "i   don't   know   that   it   will   ever   be   good,   but   i   appreciate   you   trying   to   think   positively   for   me."

Sera almost has the urge to grasp the other hand, reassure that everything under the sky would be well, but that wasn't the kind of bond the sisters had shared since the faithful day she had been casted to the night court and the now high lady of the same had severed most of her connection to dawn, the sisters reconnection had been born of need and undeniable loyalty for shared blood. "but you knew that from the beginning, did you not?" she dares ask, sighing after as she search for good kind words. "i do not believe it will go well, nor it will be easy, but i do think once the waters calm down it shall be good. truth has a way of setting you free, persephone." at least it had worked for her when she had told her truth and her marriage had gone on a better path.

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closed starter for @shvdwscng ( saint )

persephone   had   heard   the   same   question   from   her   older   brother   too   many   times   over   the   last   six   years.   the   high   lord   wanting   to   know   who   the   father   of   her   child   was.   knowing   that   it   didn't   look   good   for   the   dawn   court   to   have   the   eldest   daughter   of   the   galathanea's   to   be   an   unwed   mother   was   something   that   weighed   on   her   mind   constantly.   it   was   easier   to   hide   away   in   the   dawn   court,   keeping   to   her   room   with   her   son.   however   in   the   dusk   court   with   everyone   around   it   was   harder   to   keep   that   part   of   her   life   private.   it   wasn't   really   what   she   wanted   to   do,   but   it   was   time   that   she   revealed   the   secret   to   the   father.   he   was   going   to   be   the   first   to   know,   other   than   sera.   what   persephone   was   scared   of   was   for   saint's   reaction   when   she   did   finally   reveal   it.   "i've   told   the   father   that   he   has   a   son."   she   stated   as   she   approached   her   older   brother.   "i'm   still   not   telling   you   until   he   has   time   to   settle   in   with   this   new   information."

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closed   starter   for   @stxrslisten   (   suho   )

the   way   that   suho   had   changed   the   moment   she   had   brought   ares   out   to   see   him   in   the   common   area   of   the   dawn   court's   apartments   was   something   that   persephone   couldn't   have   predicted.   in   the   gardens   he   had   been   so   furious   and   ready   to   start   a   war   but   the   moment   he   had   laid   eyes   on   the   six   year   old   boy   it   was   like   he   hadn't   even   thought   about   how   furious   he   had   been.   while   he   had   stayed   and   spent   time   with   their   son   perephone   hadn't   forgotten   just   how   mad   he   had   been.   she   wasn't   really   going   to   bring   that   up   right   away.   really   the   priority   at   the   moment   was   figuring   out   how   things   would   work   specifically   when   it   came   to   ares.   the   three   of   them   had   been   in   the   gardens,   their   son   playing   in   the   garden   while   she   sat   with   a   watchful   eye   over   their   son.   "how   do   we   go   forward   with   this?   i   want   you   in   his   life   obviously,   but   how   much   do   you   want   to   be   in   his?   who   does   he   stay   with?"

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closed starter for @stxrslisten ( seraphina )

persephone   had   never   truly   considered   herself   to   be   close   to   her   siblings,   but   seraphina   had   been   the   one   person   that   had   taken   her   in   when   she   needed.   hiding   her   from   the   dawn   court   and   from   the   father   of   her   child   when   she   had   found   out   about   her   situation.   it'd   been   a   few   years   since   the   older   female   had   seen   that   of   her   younger   sibling.   meaning   to   visit   her   long   before   they   had   been   pulled   together,   but   she   wasn't   going   to   complain   about   it   now.   knocking   on   the   door   of   the   high   lady's   door   she   waited   for   the   other.   "hi   sera."   the   brunette   greeted   the   other   when   the   door   opened.

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the   return   of   their   magic   had   persephone   distracted   in   her   own   mind.   since   telling   suho   about   his   son   the   night   prior   and   their   magic   returning   the   next   day   had   her   worried.   the   high   lord   had   been   extremely   angry,   though   it   was   well   warranted,   but   it   posed   even   more   of   a   threat   now   that   he   had   full   access   to   his   powers   again.   walking   through   the   gardens   to   try   to   clear   her   mind   she   came   across   the   other   using   some   of   her   own   recently   returned   magic.   "it   does   appear   that   it   is."   she   confirmed   as   she   watched   the   flower.

it  wasn't  something  her  family  spoke  of  often,  but  reila's  mother  had  ancestry  from  the  capital.  it  was  very  few  and  far  between  to  see  one  of  the  children  come  up  with  earth  magic,  but  reila  had  been  gifted.  she  couldn't  do  much,  far  more  capable  in  her  animal  form,  but  the  ability  to  revive  flowers  or  encourage  them  to  grow  was  something  she  cherished.  stealing  away  to  the  gardens  first  thing  when  her  magic  returned,  the  spring  lady  couldn't  help  it.  touching  one  of  the  dusk  roses,  she  coaxed  the  smallest  bit  of  magic  into  it,  a  grin  developing  on  her  lips  as  it  bloomed.  steps  caused  her  to  jump,  and  reila  withdraws  her  hand  as  she  glances  up  to  the  direction  of  the  noise.  "  our  magic  is  truly  returned.  "  rarely  did  she  ever  show  anyone  this  power,  but  she'd  been  too  eager  to  test  it  to  care.  her  parents  would  not  be  pleased.

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closed   starter   for   @n1ghtsongs   (   nori   )

court   business   was   the   last   thing   that   persephone   would   ever   be   involved   in.   even   though   she   never   was,   she   knew   the   members   of   the   inner   circle.   talking   about   the   court   and   what   was   happening   was   never   something   that   she   would   bring   up.   however   knowing   how   they   were   through   everything   was   something   she   cared   about.   coming   across   the   commander   in   the   dawn's   common   area,   she   approached   the   other.   "hello   nori,   how   have   you   been   doing?"

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closed starter for @n1ghtsongs ( nori )

persephone   did   not   involve   herself   in   the   workings   of   the   court,   rather   keeping   to   herself   within   the   court.   raised   to   potentially   be   the   nest   high   ruler   of   the   dawn   court,   except   that   it   was   not   what   she   wanted   for   herself.   she   had   run   from   her   home   court   the   moment   she   was   old   enough,   only   returning   when   she   had   fallen   pregnant   with   her   son.   while   she   had   not   been   as   involved   she   knew   of   the   people   in   her   court.   walking   into   the   quarters   they   had   been   assigned   she   spotted   the   commander.   "lady   nori,   how   have   you   been?"

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‘ laura berlin, cisfemale, she/her, 30 / 300 , high fae ’ ― cauldron save you. it seems PERSEPHONE GALATHANEA has finally made it to the capital, the LADY from THE DAWN COURT is said to be LOYAL and is said to describe themselves with WHAT IS RIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT IS GOOD, LOYALTY BEYOND COMPARE, THE RUPTURE OF YOUR HEART and with all of this in mind their AVOIDANT nature always seems to get them into trouble. may the mother hold them as they navigate this unthinkable time.

general details.

full name: persephone galathenea name meaning: bringer of destruction nicknames: posy, effie age:  300   place of birth: the dawn court current location: the dusk court ethnicity: high fae gender: cisfemale pronouns: she/her sexual orientation: heterosexual

physical appearance, etc.

faceclaim:  laura berlin hair color and style: long brown hair often up eye color: blue tattoos:   none piercings:  few ear lobes

personality.

positive traits:  loyal negative traits: avoidant moral alignment: true neutral

family, relationships, etc.

mother: father: deceased significant other: has been in love with suho for years best friend: ?? exes: ?? sibling(s): 1 older brother, 2 younger siblings children: one son ( 6 ), ares galathanea.

head canons and/or backstory.

raised as her brother's back up, she was immediately trained by the best tutors the court had to offer along with her siblings. the pressure to perform the best that she could when it came to their abilities and their studies. it was never really what persephone was interested in though. attention drifting during her studies, constantly under fire for gazing out the window. being a constant disappointment to her parents led to the second eldest to run from the court as soon as she was old enough. years and years spent travelling around the continent. exploring each of the courts at a leisurely pace. spending the most time in the autumn court. which was where she met suho. knowing he didn't want to settle she had entered into a more casual relationship but she wasn't cut out for that. leaving the male when he still refused to settle down with her. doing what she does best and ran away from the male. it was upon her initial return to the dawn court after autumn that she discovered that she was with child. once again in her avoidant nature, she took off from the court once again. fear of being a disappointment for having a child out of wedlock. fleeing to the only person that she knew she could trust to help her in situation she went to the night court. her sister striking a bargain with her to keep her secret of who the father of the child was, and keeping her hidden for the duration of her pregnancy. only returning to the dawn court after the arrival of her son. returning to the dawn court for the final time with her son in tow wasn't easy, but she wasn't going to be able to hide it from the court and her family for long. raising her child on her own in her home court from then on until they found themselves in the capital and then in the dusk court.

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persephone   had   just   brought   ares   out   to   walk   around   the   gardens   as   a   moment   to   get   some   fresh   air.   it   was   given   that   she   would   likely   end   up   running   into   someone   in   the   gardens,   but   the   relief   when   it   was   the   younger   scholar   of   the   dawn   court.   a   soft   smile   on   her   face   as   they   turned   the   book   towards   her.   "i  must  apologize   kitti,   i   am   not   sure   if   that   is   a   match   or   not."   the   lady   spoke   as   her   eyes   met   the   others.   "is   that   a   book   from   the   dusk   court?"

open starter - @ofcourtfablesarchive

they   were   sat   in   the   garden,   legs   crossed   with   a   book   out   in   front   of   them   and   head   tilted   to   the   side   in   obvious   curiosity.   “   excuse   me,   ”   they   said,   calling   out   to   stop   a   passerby.   they   held   up   the   book   they   were   holding   and   nodded   their   head   towards   the   flower   in   front   of   them.   “   does   this   flower   look   like   this   image   here   ?   i   want   to   say   it   does   ..   ”   they   bit   down   on   their   lip,   very   clearly   talking   out   loud   now   but   still   rambling   on.   “   though   if   i'm   wrong   …   i   could   be   giving   someone   not   a   poisonous   plant   rather   than   a   healing   one   …   oh   stars   ..   ” 

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since   telling   the   autumn   high   lord   of   his   son   she   had   been   in   her   head.   she   didn't   know   of   how   things   would   be   going   forward.   there's   a   part   of   her   that   wished   that   he   would   be   open   to   splitting   the   custody   of   their   son.   they'd   had   yet   to   have   that   conversation.   having   not   even   spoken   since   he   left   the   dawn   commons   that   night   he   had   met   ares.   the   younger   galathenea   pulling   her   out   of   her   thoughts   as   they   sat   around   the   table   with   their   teas.   "yes,   the   night   of   the   celebration."   persephone   had   told   him   during   their   walk   around   the   gardens,   though   it   had   not   gone   very   well.   "it   could   have   been   better,   we   still   have   much   to   discuss.   i   know   that   he   despises   me   now   so   there's   that."

closed starter for persephone galathenea — @ethercvl

The silence between the two is loud, the only sounds around them are those of the tea being poured, spoons stirring in a cup, and the occasional swallowing. after holding her cup in front of her for a long time, seraphina, finally sets it down, a gentle tilt of her head as her cascade of a mane slides around her. "judging by the looks of you, i dare guess you have told him," the high lady of night affirms more than questions, observing her sister with delicate eyes for she could not pressume to know what the other was facing, nor how the high lord would react when she knew so little of him. "how has it gone?"

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there   is   nothing   that   persephone   could   say   back   to   the   high   lord.   wanting   to   come   clean   to   the   high   lord   earlier   had   never   worked   out,   and   a   large   part   of   her   was   being   forced   to   tell   him.   maybe   she   would   have   told   him   earlier   had   he   ever   come   to   her   court.   however   that   wasn't   really   an   excuse   for   her   not   telling   him.   blaming   him   for   putting   it   together   that   their   forced   proximity   was   the   reason   that   she   was   telling   him   wasn't   something   that   she   could   do.   at   least   she   believed   that   it   was   better   that   she   had   told   him   rather   than   the   high   lord   finding   her   with   their   son.   "i   get   your   words   suho,   it's   your   actions   and   body   language   that   i'm   seeing."   it   was   probably   not   the   right   thing   to   be   saying   to   him   in   that   moment,   but   nothing   that   she   said   would   please   the   high   lord   besides   taking   him   to   their   son.   "i   will   take   you."   turning   towards   the   castle   to   lead   him   towards   their   son.

He laughs, bitterly, a sour taste in his mouth that went down his throat, he could swear he might throw up if it wasn't because he was focused on one goal, meeting this boy he claimed to be his. "you know nothing, nothing at all, because if you knew or cared you wouldn't have done this. a year, maybe two i might've understood, but six? and not for one moment think i do not know the only reason you're coming clean is because you have no choice now that we are all locked here," he accuses her, the more he gets his feelings out the better he will be at hiding them when it came to face the son he nod had. "you truly don't get it, do you? the boy will never get any of this anger, no, my anger is only reserved for you and you alone, as is my hatred." he had never hated anyone before, in all his life he had never felt anyone deserving of such emotion, until that very night. "i will live with this anger towards you for the rest of my life, persephone, that i swear it." there's a lingering moment where he simply stares at her, the ice in his eyes matching the color of hers, finally he takes one step back, then another. "now if you would be so kind as to please for the love of all the entities take me to meet my son before i turn this keep upside down, unless you rather wait another six years, that is."

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with   every   word   that   he   screams   at   her   she   wishes   she   could   take   another   step   back.   every   single   word   of   it   is   deserved,   at   this   point   she   deserves   for   him   to   take   her   son   from   him.   she   deprived   him   of   his   son   for   six   years,   seven   if   she   included   the   time   that   she   was   pregnant.   however   that   was   the   last   thing   that   she   wanted.   handing   ares   over   to   him   was   the   last   thing   that   she   wanted   to   do.   "i   know   that   he   deserved   to   have   his   father   in   his   life,   i   messed   up   with   that.   as   time   went   on   it   was   harder   to   go   back   to   the   autumn   court   to   tell   you."   ares   had   questions   about   his   father   of   course,   and   persephone   had   felt   awful   for   years   that   she   couldn't   take   him   to   his   father.   knowing   that   she   made   every   decision   in   the   last   seven   years   of   her   life   wrong   was   hard.   it   was   never   meant   to   become   something   this   catastrophic.   "i   know   you   will   physically   not   hurt   him.   it's   mentally   that   i   worry   about.   he   is   an   impressionable   child,   if   you   appear   to   him   angry   like   this   you   will   do   nothing   but   leave   him   terrified."   when   it   came   to   her   son   she   didn't   care   what   happened   to   her.   as   long   as   ares   was   safe   she   didn't   care.   however   she   can't   help   the   way   that   she   felt   when   he   used   his   high   lord   voice   on   her.   "calm   yourself   down   before   i   take   you   to   see   him.   i   am   not   denying   you   of   seeing   him,   just   you   cannot   come   into   it   like   this.   i   will   take   you   if   you   can   be   calm   before   we   get   there."

He denies with his head as he realizes he did not know the woman standing in front of him, when had he stopped he could not pin point. "neither! damn it! neither!" he screams over again. "i would've simply supported you, helped you raised our son, was he in the plans? no. but i would've never turned you out in the cold nor would i had ever dreamed of separating you from him. but i wouldn't have married you either, that wouldn't have changed with or without a child." he points out sourly. "but you," he points at her with his finger, "you were so selfish that you made me into your villain, and not only did you deprive me, but you deprived that boy if his father and the rest of his family, half of who he is." his finger does not lower as it continues to point at her. "damn me, a thousand times over, but him? how could you." suho moves an in a swift movement he is right in front of her, leaning down face to face. "be careful what you wish for, persephone. make no mistake, my anger is towards you and you alone, i might not know the boy but if my blood runs through his veins i would set myself on fire before hurting him" a part of him chilled at the thought, the idea of hurting her, but more at the fact that he meant it and he had never before wished caused her any harm. "my son, now." this time it wasn't suho speaking it was the high lord in him and that penned up energy that ran in his veins.

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his   reaction   is   everything   that   she   feared   when   it   came   to   telling   him.   yet   she   can't   blame   him   for   it   either.   persephone   deserved   his   anger,   for   keeping   something   so   big   from   him   for   so   long.   everything   about   the   secret   was   something   that   she   regretted   deeply.   things   could   have   been   better   if   she   had   just   gone   back   to   him   when   she   had   discovered   that   she   was   pregnant.   however   there   was   a   part   of   her   that   still   believed   that   he   would   have   told   her   to   not   keep   the   babe.   knowing   that   suho   did   not   want   to   settle   was   what   had   drove   her   to   run   and   hide   from   the   autumn   high   lord.   taking   a   step   back   from   the   male   as   he   processed   the   information   she   had   just   shared.   "you   were   so   adamant   about   not   settling   down,   i   never   meant   for   this   to   happen."   words   spoken   softly,   tears   already   forming   in   her   eyes.   trying   to   will   herself   not   to   cry   in   front   of   the   high   lord.   "i'm   sorry."

Six years, the boy had been alive for six long years and suho had been none the wiser, robbed of the opportunity to care for his own blood, to watch him grow. how much had missed of his life, and would he ever forgive himself for it, would he ever find it in him to forgive her for it. his heart beats violently against his ears, the famous throbbing vein on his forehead comes out to show his anger and the way his temper flirts with that line drawn on the sand by him. if she was anyone else he might've already done something he regretted, but it was her, persephone, the girl of eyes like the water that he had been enchanted with for so long, her laughter some days still echoed in his ears when he thought of her fondly, and now he had to fight his instinct not to take her life. "was i ever so unkind to you that you felt forced to do commit such atrocity?" his voice comes hoarse and raspy, and he swallows hard trying to alleviate the dryness in his mouth.

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the   rest   of   their   conversation   fallen   to   silence   as   she   revealed   the   reason   behind   her   bargain   with   her   sister.   eyes   concentrated   on   his   face,   his   reaction   to   her   reply.   there   were   plenty   of   time   that   she   had   regretted   not   going   to   him   in   the   beginning   of   it   all.   however   there   was   not   a   thing   that   she   could   do   now   to   go   back   and   change   that.   persephone   couldn't   blame   him   if   he   never   wanted   to   speak   to   her   again   for   what   she   had   kept   from   him.   "yes."   it's   an   answer   she   didn't   really   need   to   give   to   him.   while   they   were   never   anything   serious   she   had   never   been   with   an   another   while   she   was   with   him.   there   was   quite   literally   no   one   else   that   could   have   been   the   father   of   her   son.   a   large   part   of   her   terrified   for   what   will   come   when   she   answers   his   next   question,   however   she   knows   that   there   is   no   point   in   keeping   it   hidden   from   him.   "i   did,   that's   why   i   stayed   in   the   night   court   for   so   long   before   returning   to   dawn."   she   answered   the   other.   "you   have   a   six   year   old   son   suho."

His words are stunt, the conversation of bargains and body marks is a shallow echo in his ringing ears as the words that tumbled out of that pretty mouth of hers try to make deaf. it was like screams in his mind over and over. she had been pregnant when she left him, and he knew in his soul that it could be no one else but his yet the words are out of his mouth before he can stop them. "with my child?" he knows the question is offensive but the statement that she had known and still left with his child in her womb was just as much. his jaw clenches, as do his fist at his side, he can feel that blinding anger of his trying to escape the confinement of the darkest corners of heart. then he forces himself to loosen his jaw to ask again, "did you carry?" was he born he meant to say.

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persephone   knows   that   there's   no   point   in   trying   to   keep   arguing   the   point,   moving   on   from   the   conversation.   "it   is   an   interesting   custom."   the   lady   agreed   with   the   high   lord.   "i'll   admit   i   never   really   thought   that   was   something   that   i   would   have   had   happen   to   me."   it   terrified   the   eldest   galathanea   daughter   to   have   to   reveal   to   the   high   lord   the   reason   behind   her   bargain   with   her   younger   sister.   however   it   wasn't   going   to   be   something   that   would   be   easy   to   keep   from   him   now   that   they   were   in   the   same   place.   "yes."   she   spoke   softly   with   a   nod   of   her   head.   "in   part   it   was   just   getting   away   after   our   split."   she   started   to   explain   to   the   high   lord.   "as   well   as   the   fact   that   i   was   pregnant."

Suho gives her a polite smile than only lingers for a few seconds before he simply shrugs, his impassive features returning to that emotionless demeanor of his. no one truly knew when he had adopted it, if it had been his time in the battle field, or the thought first years of a high lord. all anyone knew was that in fact it was how he was most comfortable. "that interesting, i've always found that costume to be quite striking, too bad the night court is so closed lip about it all." he simply says, not wishing to pry more into whatever it was the sisters had going on. but her next questions crack his façade, a small forrow of his brow as he watches her carefully, eyes narrowing. "well, were you? running from something, that is." he perhaps had his heart locked down when it came to deeper emotions, but he had cared for her, always worried about her well being the best he knew how, and her safety had always been one of his priorities.