She let her hand stroke her ring, a new habit she had since Pride gifted her with this ring. How liberating it felt to be invisible from her siblings. Ishtar and Ayasha could never locate her in the mortal realm, which meant she could entertain herself as she pleased and more importantly than not, follow Pride anywhere he decided to go. Finally, she wouldn't be forced to remain in a single room, protected by the Sin's spells. The primeval goddess allowed her mind to wander a little bit and to wonder about the whereabouts of her siblings. Given the recent development, she wouldn't be surprised to hear that Ayasha was frantically searching for her. It made her chuckle at the idea of seeing the goddess of knowledge lose her mind because she couldn't locate her little sister. She wouldn't know how or why Elpis was hidden from her and not knowing would make her feel paranoid. It would serve her right!
Still stroking her ring, Elpis kept wondering how far their war preparation had gone. Ishtar would visit Earth, he loved to roam the mortal plane and there was a chance they crossed paths by accident. -By accident? really? Elpis could feel his energy long before he was in plain view. She would notice if he was around. So why was she nervous?- He was probably stoking the flames of war in the mortal realm to increase his power. Maybe he was searching for his sister, hoping to find her when she least expected to see him. Poor Ishtar. Elpis knew that he felt guilty for betraying her. She knew he wanted to make amends to her the only way he knew how to: conquest. He was hoping to kill Pride and take her back into their pantheon. He was hoping... Hope... Elpis could play with it. She was, after all, the goddess of Hope and Light and she could crush his spirits when they encounter each other. How fun would that be? To crush his mind so hard that only despair would fester in it?
A grin crept on her lips as she let her mind drift towards more depraved ideas. There was no turning back from what Ishtar, Ayasha, and their mother Gaea did to her. The betrayal, the assassination of the true good siblings, of her own father were crimes Elpis could never forgive. The consequence of such action that led to Pride being unmade and remade by his maker also robbed them of a future together. Luckily for her, this new version of him was an even better version of Pride so it made up for their loss. Still... they were robbed of a potential future together and for this crime alone, they needed to be punished. Still... She was betrayed by the brother she trusted the most who let his jealousy take over his reason. He cursed her into a miserable existence locked within human hosts for all eternity and it was her sheer will that allowed her to break the seal that brought the memory of her existence to the universe. How could there be a comeback from this? There was none. War had been declared and she was excited to finally get to it!
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