"Fireproof...." Evie gasped. "Oh Mal, think about it! Magical clothing! We can be rich!"
Mal laughed. "Slow down, girl, you already have enough to buy a castle, what more do you need?"
"I can buy a small starter castle, but with this? We could skip right to a proper castle, a hundred rooms, a grand ballroom..."
Mal laughed again, it was actually a friendly sound. "I'll think about it, okay, E? One crisis at a time." She shook her head and focused on Link. "Alright. So, short version. Once upon a time there were a few hundred Kingdoms or whatever, and big shocker, bad things happened. Seriously, you have royalty and paupers and somehow they expected nothing bad would happen? Come on."
"Not all the villian were paupers, and not all the heroes Royal," Evie pointed out.
"Fine, fair point," Mal said, She shifted position to lean on the bedpost, book in her lap. "There were all sorts of villains back then, really. There was a voodoo shadow man that turned people into animals when they bothered him, there was a trusted advisor to a sultan who tried to take over their kingdom with great magic. And of course there was the dark fairy dragon queen who just wanted to be included. Okay, sure, maybe she went a little overboard with the revenge."
"A little?" Evie asked.
"Try a lot," Jordan put in.
"Okay okay, mom had issues," she said with a laugh, flicking a glance to a small lizard in a tank beside her bed. "The point is things were in chaos. And then, after King Beast had his curse broken, he and Queen Belle decided to unite the kingdoms. They gathered all the villains from all the kingdoms. Even the dead ones, brought them back ti life and banished them to the Isle of the Lost, under a dome that sealed away all magic, and most technology. And then they gathered up the Kingdoms and united them. The United Kingdoms of Auradon. Well apparently tall and shaggy decided that magic made it too easy for new villains to rise."
Evie rolled her eyes. "Yes, Carlos' mother totally used magic," she said, dryly, then shook her head. "Mind, my mother was a Queen and she was banished too."
"Um, yeah," Jordan said. "An evil Queen."
"Yes yes," Evie said, waving that away.
"Anyway," Mal said, clearing her throat. "So the King put all magical artifacts in the museum, and outlawed all magic. And they did have peace more or less for twenty years. Boring peace, but peace. OR so the stories say."
"Boring is right," Jordan said, rolling her eyes. "Dad's a former Genie. Do you know how long it took him to get used to WALKING?"
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Re: A Hero Descends
Date: 2019-11-13 03:50 am (UTC)From:Mal laughed. "Slow down, girl, you already have enough to buy a castle, what more do you need?"
"I can buy a small starter castle, but with this? We could skip right to a proper castle, a hundred rooms, a grand ballroom..."
Mal laughed again, it was actually a friendly sound. "I'll think about it, okay, E? One crisis at a time." She shook her head and focused on Link. "Alright. So, short version. Once upon a time there were a few hundred Kingdoms or whatever, and big shocker, bad things happened. Seriously, you have royalty and paupers and somehow they expected nothing bad would happen? Come on."
"Not all the villian were paupers, and not all the heroes Royal," Evie pointed out.
"Fine, fair point," Mal said, She shifted position to lean on the bedpost, book in her lap. "There were all sorts of villains back then, really. There was a voodoo shadow man that turned people into animals when they bothered him, there was a trusted advisor to a sultan who tried to take over their kingdom with great magic. And of course there was the dark fairy dragon queen who just wanted to be included. Okay, sure, maybe she went a little overboard with the revenge."
"A little?" Evie asked.
"Try a lot," Jordan put in.
"Okay okay, mom had issues," she said with a laugh, flicking a glance to a small lizard in a tank beside her bed. "The point is things were in chaos. And then, after King Beast had his curse broken, he and Queen Belle decided to unite the kingdoms. They gathered all the villains from all the kingdoms. Even the dead ones, brought them back ti life and banished them to the Isle of the Lost, under a dome that sealed away all magic, and most technology. And then they gathered up the Kingdoms and united them. The United Kingdoms of Auradon. Well apparently tall and shaggy decided that magic made it too easy for new villains to rise."
Evie rolled her eyes. "Yes, Carlos' mother totally used magic," she said, dryly, then shook her head. "Mind, my mother was a Queen and she was banished too."
"Um, yeah," Jordan said. "An evil Queen."
"Yes yes," Evie said, waving that away.
"Anyway," Mal said, clearing her throat. "So the King put all magical artifacts in the museum, and outlawed all magic. And they did have peace more or less for twenty years. Boring peace, but peace. OR so the stories say."
"Boring is right," Jordan said, rolling her eyes. "Dad's a former Genie. Do you know how long it took him to get used to WALKING?"