Aeschylus was wandering around the palace he was born in, investigating every strange scent that overpowered the smell of one of the human residents of the palace cooking dinner. One smell intrigued him, it was like a mixture of lavender and pine tree scent, which confused him because there wasn’t any lavender on the palace grounds, and the nearest pine forest was at least half an hour away. So, like the curious little pup he was, he followed the scent to and older part of the castle that nobody really visited anymore, causing it to go into a state of disrepair. The scent was strong in the area, and radiating from behind a smallish cracked vase “Hello?” he asked, prodding the vase with his paw “Is someone there? I won’t hurt you!” An ethereal squeaking sound came from behind the vase, and a mouse sized spirit peered out “Who are you, strange creature?” it whispered “I’m Aeschylus! Thirdborn child of Kyrili and Sarenna, who are you?” “That is of no importance little one,” the spirit said, coming out of its hiding spot and circling Aeschylus “You are a strange looking thing, what do the tall ones call your species?” “The humans? They call us dogs! Or puppies, it depends on our age really, I’m a puppy right now,” Aeschylus shrugged “So, uh, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you?” “I am a…” The spirit hesitated for a few seconds “Light spirit, I used to be a lightbulb, but I fizzled out and came back in this form,” “Ooh okay, that doesn’t really make any sense, but okay,” Suddenly a voice rang through the halls of the palace and Aeschylus turned around, flicking one of his ears “Oh, I need to go, my mama is calling for me,” he looked back to the spirit and it nodded “Then go, little pup, I shall wait here for your return,” “Okay!” He ran off back to his mother to tell her about what had just happened. The next day he returned to the spirit, and the two talked for a while before he eventually had to leave again, this continued for the year, and eventually Aeschylus had grown up and had been appointed a candle holder, a job for canines where they carry a candle around by their master’s side when it’s night, however, as he grew older he visited the spirit less and less, and soon his job became his first priority, causing his visits to the spirit to cease. As days passed the spirit grew angry, it had thought Aeschylus would keep visiting it forever, so that night, after Aeschylus had finished his job, the spirit went to Aeschylus “Wake up, you pathetic creature,” it hissed, causing Aeschylus to instantly raise his head and open his eyes “Huh, what? Oh, it’s you, what’re you doing here?” he asked, tilting his head “I thought you were going to stay with me forever,” “Huh? Spirit that’s not possible, my lifespan isn’t infinite, and I have a job, I’m sorry but there just isn’t any time for me to- “ “SILENCE!” the spirit shouted, causing its faint purple glow to become much brighter “You broke my trust, now you must suffer the consequences,” “What!? Relax, I just can’t keep visiting you anymore, it doesn’t mean that- “ The spirit suddenly rammed into Aeschylus and seemed to disappear, however, when he opened his eyes the world had a purple hue, and he realised that purple markings had appeared “What… What is this? Why is my vision purple?” The spirit’s voice suddenly rung through Aeschylus’ head “This is the consequence, your mind provides an excellent home for me, I can now control what you do, how you look, and when you die,” it laughed “No… No this can’t be happening! Get out of my head!” he howled, causing one of the humans to shout angrily at him. Aeschylus howled again a few times and eventually one of the humans came to him with a strange metal band in his hand and put it around his muzzle ‘What? What’re you doing? Get it off!’ he tried to bark, but all that came out were a few upset huffing sounds The human said something to Aeschylus and walked off. Aeschylus flopped onto his belly and whimpered, the spirit laughing in his head “I hope you enjoy your new life now, because you’re never getting your old one back,”
@MistCat made the design and is hosting the WTA, they also did the art in the project Name: Aeschylus Gender: male Age: 3 [human years] Personality: Quiet and calm, polite, soft spoken
