Genesis of Apotheosis

[Guu]

“Come on! I only had a day with you and take off? You’re worse than Gildarts!” Yelled Molly over Guu’s phone, which rang in her earphones. “At least give me two days to be with you!”

The princess was soaring over the trees of the tangled. It was true, only a little more than a day had passed since her trip into the Elven woods; her mission to kill evil parasitic flora. To be honest, she would have welcomed the break if she hadn’t learned about the new visitor to her lands.

“You’ll have plenty of time to chill with me when I get back.” Guu reasoned.

“And then as soon as you get back, you’ll have to run off towards another mission, or go on another diplomacy thing! I never get to see you anymore!” Molly said, her voice cracking as tears rolled down her cheeks. “Am I not important to you?”

Guu sighed.

‘This is what I got for letting people into my life.’ She thought.

She wished she was this cavalier about it though. She really did feel bad, like, really bad. But something about going to see Tearen made her want to maintain some level of her old self. She knew the guy was enlightened now, but she can’t shake the image of something along the lines of how she was before the Omniverse. She really wanted to make a good impression.

But that mindset was only going to bite her in the butt if she allowed it for the rest of this phone conversation.

“Look, no one is more important than you, don’t forget that. The only reason I’m prioritizing Mr. Wover is he might take off before I see him...” She began, but froze. She felt her gut fighting back to the words she was about to say. She was almost never this honest, she only let her guard down for Gildarts before. “Tearen worked for my father before the Omniverse. While I hated my dad with a passion, I still want to have some sort of positive connection related to him.”

Molly was silent on the other end. Guu felt gross inside. She really hope that putrid bit of honesty was enough to satisfy her adoptive daughter’s concerns.

After a minute or so to wipe away her tears, Molly finally responded.

“Okay, I understand.” She said solemnly. “But when you get back, give me way more than two days, okay?”

“Of course, and all the mochi you can eat.”

“Really?”

“Well, unless if Sylvia says otherwise.”

For the first time in the conversation, Molly chuckled. It was good sign to Guu’s ears.

“Well, have fun with Mr. Wover then. Please come back as soon as you’re done!”

“Of course”

“I love you.”

Molly hung up. Guu gave one last sigh, this time one of relief. She was glad at least she didn’t have hell to come back to when she got home.

Again, she wished she was that cavalier. Really, she was genuinely worried about Molly, but now’s not the time for empathy, now is the time to get into the zone; the “impress the eldritch being” zone.

Her headphones unplugged themselves from her communicator. The bud melted into her ear as the cord was sucked up like spaghetti into her skull. She swallowed her phone whole and then focused on making good time.

The morning sun had fully risen by the time she arrived at the temple. As she flew in for a landing, she couldn’t help but admire Tearen’s digs. She sensed every inch of the place, feeling the the runes on the pillars, the water dripping from the fountains, even paid attention to the people occupying it. Oddly enough, she could only sense so many, and Tearen was nowhere in sight. Either everyone just took off already, or a lot of people had suppression. If the latter is the case, then some ninja really have some role models in this temple.

One of the students she could sense made her smile slightly, Gamzee was here. He was always fun to be around. She was glad it wasn’t a place so stuffy they wouldn’t let the clown in. But she couldn’t help note that the clown was currently asleep. Along with everyone else that’s currently asleep.

‘Why’d I have to leave so early?’ Guu asked herself. To be honest, she never checked what time it was. It’s easy to forget it’s dark out when you have senses.

Well, considering she was in a new place and all the occupants are asleep, she did the only sensible thing she could do: turn into a fairy and hide in one of the drawers until someone wakes up and rummages around for breakfast. She fell asleep on one of the spoons, hoping to be rudely awakened by someone’s startled yelp.