closed ♔ Jordan & Faith

[wishuponadjinn]

[Jordan and Faith are swept along to the forest in the Labyrinth, the gloom of the thick trees surrounding them only broken by the strange reflections cast by the trees and other greenery surrounding them. Jordan's eyes are wide as he looks around, recognition and horror slowly creeping over his features as he takes in where they are. After a beat he seems to remember Faith, looking around for her quickly, immediately going to her side.] Hey, Faith are you okay?

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[wishuponadjinn]

[He chuckles at her enthusiasm. Only Faith would get excited about being plane-shifted out of their world to somewhere completely foreign.] Yeah, I guess so.

[He scratches his head, looking around them before honing in on a general direction they should probably start heading in.] We should... probably get moving before it gets too dark.

[moonheart]

Do you recognize here? I mean... this part of the woods?

[wishuponadjinn]

No, unfortunately I don't. We never really came out here because this is technically part of Father's Labyrinth. But I know which way we need to go.

[moonheart]

Why does your dad have a labyrinth that you never went into? I would go into it all the time if my dad had a cool maze.

[wishuponadjinn]

Trust me, it's not all that cool. It's designed to bring despair to all who enter, to give them the time to think about the terrible wishes they've made and how bad the consequences of their wishes were.

[moonheart]

[ well that kills her buzz. the smile droops and she looks back at the woods like uhhhh ] ... Why would he do that?

[wishuponadjinn]

Because it was his job, kind of. He... sort of took it upon himself to become the judge of whether or not a wish was too ridiculous, or one that would cause catastrophic damage or the like, and if so the wisher would come here as a penance, of sorts.

[moonheart]

That less like a job and more like a power trip.

[wishuponadjinn]

You have no idea. [He stands, reaching his hand down to help her up as well.] I never said he was a nice guy. For a reason.

[moonheart]

[ she lets him pull her up after him with ease ] So how'd you turn out so well?

[wishuponadjinn]

[He snorts, brushing a few stray leaves from his pants.] My mother was a big influence on me. That and I've always had my... differences with Father. Being the youngest allowed me to see things differently than my siblings.

[moonheart]

How many siblings do you have?

[wishuponadjinn]

Just two. Vance and Nicole. Although, you'd never know we're related if you knew them. They're each almost as bad as Father, in their own ways.

[moonheart]

Wait, Vance who gave me tickets to the club Vance?

[wishuponadjinn]

[He nods, mouth twisting into a bitter smile.] One and the same. He knew where I had gone, and from there it would be easy enough to find out who I cared about. He probably invited you on Father's command, just for this purpose. No one can find the Silver Band unless invited, or Djinn.

[moonheart]

So what does your Dad want with you?

[wishuponadjinn]

Probably the same thing he's always wanted from me. To "take my place as a true Prince of the Djinn." [You can hear the air-quotes mixed with the sarcasm.] To claim my true power, blah blah blah.

That and he wants Fiona.

[moonheart]

I'm guessing not for the same reasons.

[wishuponadjinn]

Not exactly. He wants to convince her to accept him as her Father, to claim her right to the Kingdom as well. I think it's more a matter of control, really. He has control over the wishes that your parents all made, and the effects they had on all of you. I don't know how he could convince Fiona to accept his power, or what with, but he is very convincing when he wants to be.

[moonheart]

So he wants control over her too?

[wishuponadjinn]

It's hard to tell what he wants, but most likely yes.

[He puts his hand on the small of her back, turning her in the direction they need to go and starts heading through the gloomy woods. His hand drops once they start walking and he buries them in his pockets.]

[moonheart]

[ /follows along ] Why don't you ask him?

[wishuponadjinn]

I don't think my Father has given a straight answer to anyone in his entire existence. [The path they follow is curvy, so faded in places that she can't be sure they haven't lost it completely until suddenly they're on it again. As she looks around, she would notice that the trees, the plants, nearly everything has an odd shimmer to it, and if she looks close enough she would see that it looks like glitter everywhere.]

So even if I did just ask him, I doubt it would get me anywhere.

[moonheart]

[ /DISTRACTED BY THE SHINY ] So maybe we can trick him into telling us.

[wishuponadjinn]

[S-so shiny~ Touch it, you know you want to... o.O

He makes a face, not really convinced that would work.] I don't know, I mean my Father is pretty trick-proof, considering what he is and everything. But I guess maybe? Can't really rule anything out as impossible until it's been tried.