Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26517142-20190811133558/@comment-26517142-20190929213350

Anastasia seems to nod, appearing to be more intrigued than suspicious of the factory area. "I agree. It's almost as if.... this place is a settlement of its own, and not any kind of prison or slave market. Dad... why did you really let this place thrive...?" She asks herself.

Azkadia wanted to protest on their current surveillance of the place, but withdrew her tongue as Ritzie shuffled close to the man she claimed, was her father. Her eyes gleam as she stares at the man's. The latter individual then extends his hand and pats her. "Hello, kid. So you're a child of mine? Hope you're being a good Candy-girl up top."

Ritzie's face seemed to flutter in red. She nods frenetically. "I-I-I am!!"

The man seems to stand, unmindful that his lower half was only robed by a towel. "You guys can leave by following that runway path. But further that end, take a right and find the staircase behind the staircase. It will lead you to a corridor away from Candy County."

Anastasia seem to lock her eyes on the man. "Sir, if... you don't mind us asking.. why... are you all here? Why are none of you men.... up there?'

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'The reason I was here was because I tended to the children of the Earth. And the reason I am before you all now... is because I felt the presence of a pure soul. One that bears a contrite heart, amidst the threat of dissolution.. and disarray.'

As she spoke, Demeter walked around Albi. 'Tell me child. Are you still... betwixt on what you have become?'

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"It is as she says. There... is not supposed to be any divide between what we are and what we should uncover, as Wiccen and devout believers of the magic of this world. That... was what the Presets showed me." Glinda added.

"Wait, you confuse me." Elphabi raises his hands. "The Presets... were made to look like criminals?"

Glinda looks at her hands on the ground. "..... that night, when I said I would carry out the obligation of destroying the Presets myself, for Ozma and her father,  I.. stormed their underground gathering. I came in there... fully expecting they would behold me to a stomach-churning sight but... there was none."

"Instead... there were various scrolls... documents.... tomes and parchments of information, scattered. The Presets were all gathered, recording their learned magic in a codex they were to create as a discovery of the millenia - that Wiccen can learn so much more than what they were born to do. They were.... surprised to see me. And they quickly welcomed me.. when I said I ... found out about what they were doing."

Glinda : ....they wanted to show Oz. They wanted to show the world... the magic they have developed together. At that same time... they also wanted to use their magic... to better serve the king.

.... but why did the king order them dead? " Glinda looked at the two. "In what way.. was the deeds they were doing, even wrong? "