Untamed Chroma

Chapter 24 - Mephistopheles's plan

The door echoed with three hard knocks, Mazu looked up at Zhurong who seemed a bit nervous, and she smirked, finding it a bit funny as Zhurong opened the door and they saw the familiar face of Thor, alongside Sól, who looked a bit moody, but her eyes widened as she saw Mazu

"Hi! Oh, you're here too!" Sól said excitedly and Mazu replied with equal excitement as they gave each other a hug

"Thank you for coming on uh... such short notice, things are quite rowdy here" Thor said, clearly quite anxious

"This guy is much bigger than I thought" Shangdi whispered, as he listened in

"Of course, it's the least that I can do, I just hope we can help" Zhurong said

"ZHURONG BEING POLITE THIS IS NEW" Shangdi whispered as Zhurong desperately wanted him to shut up

"By the way uh, Freyr doesn't know you're here, he was quite against the idea so, don't expect a jovial happy reunion" Sól asked

"Oh that's ok, I was actually wondering if uh, I could talk to the seeress first? Is she here?" Zhurong asked

"What? What do you need from her?" Sól asked, a bit skeptical

"I need to ask some stuff, I have some question" he replied

"Sure, I think she's awa-" Thor said

"Wait wait you're just gonna let him- what business do you have with her??" Sól interrupted, a bit more defensive

"Wow look on the attitude in this one!" Shangdi mocked

"It's not like they didn't meet before, she probably already knows he's coming" Thor said

"Fine, whatever" Sól replied as Zhurong smirked at her and she stuck out her tongue at him back as they followed them out of the cabin and into the village, the eerie looming fog of the morning hours of Rädslaheim brought back their steeping memories. Zhurong and Mazu both noticed some of the villagers staring at them with a dirty look, clearly recognizing him and not enjoying your presence. They weren't welcome. After a bit of walking, they reached a hut in the far end of the village, and Thor knocked with his finger knuckles, once, then twice, before hearing some rummaging on the other side, before it finally opened, seeing Frigg, wearing her clean white night gown as she neatly combed her hair

"Oh, hey darlings- oh! Some guests!" Frigg said as she saw the other two behind them

"Hello" Zhurong said

"Does Freyr know you're here?" She asked

"No, not yet at least" Thor replied

"Is um... is Velva...? Is she inside?" He asked

"Velva? VELVA? ITS VÖLVA" Sól replied

"I DONT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE DO I PRINCESS" Zhurong replied as Mazu nudged him

"She is yes, hehe, don't stay in the cold, come in" Frigg said inviting them in

Their house was... interesting. One half was super bright with vibrant clean pretty furniture and open windows, while the other was much darker, boarded up windows and random bottles full of... who knows what.

"I'm not ready yet, I just woke up, god what a village, already nagging..." they heard someone yawning from inside a bedroom

"No one wants to seek your foresight now honey, they're just here to say hello" Frigg said as they lead them to the bedroom as they saw Hel covering a scarf like hoodie over her dark black hair