A/ N: Leviathan is frustrated, Ayasha is frustrated, Elpis is frustrated.
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The master of the Ocean started to feel impatient. Elpis and Pride were aware of his presence on Earth and they knew he had the dagger of Fate with him, so what took them so long? He didn't mind Earth but was more at ease when he was near the ocean. With his memories back and his desire to avenge himself from the betrayal of the new All-Father Ishtar and Ayasha, he expected his fight with the sin to be a quick one. Pride wasn't as powerful as they hyped him up. He was nothing but a pale copy of a living being. He was nothing but a lie and Leviathan wanted to defeat him. Killing the sin and the rest of his worthless family would just be one more step towards greatness. Leviathan wanted the throne, he wanted to overthrow Isthar and become the new All-Father. He wanted to kill Elpis for the humiliation she was responsible for but before he would stab her with the dagger, he wanted to claim her. The god didn't take anyone but himself into consideration. He did covet Elpis, from the moment she became a young and attractive goddess to the moment she gave herself to Pride. He had wanted her. He had desired her and even today, the torment of wanting her flesh was tearing him apart.
She was powerful, he was aware of that, but he didn't know the full extent of her power -and would never know-. All he saw in Elpis was the trophy. All he saw in her was the pride he would have from flaunting her at his arm. All he saw in her was...superficial and he knew it. He wasn't interested in more. He didn't care about how she felt, what she wanted and her true desires. All he knew was that she was gorgeous and he could show to any other god just how superior to them he was. Unlike Ishtar who had actual remorses for what he did to Elpis, Leviathan wanted to finish the job. He was frustrated because nothing happened, he was stuck on Earth. Pride didn't even show up. What could he do if not walk the Earth and look at the oceans? Plot against his siblings while daydreaming about the level of power he would reach once he would defeat Ishtar? What else was left to do if not reminiscing and plotting? Not much...much to his distaste.
Ayasha was frustrated. She received the visit of the black butterfly, announcing the death of someone she knew, maybe even her own. She couldn't move her chess piece just yet and was forced to wait alongside Leviathan for Pride to show up and fight him to know what to do next. So much was at stake. If Pride succeeded in killing Leviathan, she would at least have had one less rival. Leviathan was clever, he figured her out pretty fast. He knew she was just an act and was the one pulling the strings behind Ishtar, her knight. Ishtar didn't want to be king, he didn't want to rule over the ruins of the primeval gods' pantheon. He didn't want to become the new All-Father but she pushed him. She forced him to take power and now that everything was set in motion, she had to go all the way in. Leviathan figured her out, it only added insult to injury.
It reminded of when Khrön did and pieced things together. Her ambition was her downfall. It was easy to see the trained eye. Her desire to control and possess, to rule over anything else was taking advantage of the rest. She couldn't help it, her own darkness was devouring her from within. She wanted to rule, be the absolute leader, the only deity alive but to perform such a feat, she had to play it nice and easy. Leviathan could die, but Elpis couldn't be alive. If Gaea died, Elpis would become the next All-mother and that couldn't happen. Gaea, herself, was vastly powerful so to make it happen would require a lot more finesse than demonstrated by Ayasha so far. There was time for that. Ayasha was frustrated because she had to hold back and wait. She had to pretend to be weak and gullible and soft. She had to pretend she cared for Elpis when all she wanted was to destroy her sibling. She had to wait.....
Elpis was frustrated. She had been forced into this never-ending reincarnation cycle for millennia, with little to no window to the outside world. She couldn't speak, couldn't touch, couldn't even feel the sun on her skin for so long that she forgot how it felt. She had been taken away from her lover, denied a lifetime with him, denied happiness by his side because they couldn't accept her love for someone different. She was forgotten, tossed away from the history of the world with nothing left, not even her name on the lips of people who used to know her. There was nothing left, up until she scratched that damn seal and brought her beloved close to her again. Yet, she still couldn't touch him. Her current vessel was a döppelganger, a perfect double who looked just like her but was nothing like her... well... she was like her innocent self, a version of Elpis who didn't exist anymore. She was wild and full of hope. She was full of dreams and full of love and light. She was who Elpis used to be. Now the deity was bitter and angry. She wanted to avenge herself, she was bloodthirsty.. and sad.. and frustrated.
Nothing could happen until they retrieved the dagger of Fate. Her destiny was still sealed, tied to the life of that human who just couldn't die or everything would start over. Elpis was frustrated. She was fragile and depended on the active interest of Pride. Her whole life, her future, depended on whether or not Pride cared enough for her. Fortunately, he did. He cared enough to try and set her free. He cared enough to face Leviathan who could potentially kill him, in order to bring her back. She was aware of this, of the potential sacrifice he was making for her and it frustrated her because she wanted to fight by his side. She wanted to be there for Pride. Her beloved.. the only reason she held onto life for so long.....Elpis was frustrated. Nothing could really change until Leviathan was dead. Nothing could really change until Pride fought Leviathan.
Tic Tac Tic Tac....
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