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Zelena
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❝I do so enjoy watching futility wreck a man's will.❞ ༄

OUAT | RP/Fan | MDNI
listens without plotting an attempt at retribution would qualify as in the arena of friendly.

“It may be worth trying this not killing one another thing more often,” Zelena muses aloud. Her list of friends in this saccharine town is quite short (non-existent).
December 27, 2024 at 9:19 PM
“If by different you mean absent bloodshed and continuous attempts to harm one another, then, yes.” Zelena tilts her head to the side sporting an amused expression.

“This has been different. One might even say civil.” Friendly? Well, she supposes a conversation where Regina asks her opinion and +
December 27, 2024 at 9:19 PM
the horizon.” Zelena made a tsking sound with her tongue and shook her head. “Don’t ruin my fun, Regina. This town doesn’t have nearly enough ways to keep a witch entertained, so I’ve had to get creative.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Leave it to Regina to not let something slide. From the start of this private conference over her sister’s burgeoning love life, it was only a matter of time before the subject circled back around to Emma Swan.

“Half the fun of corrupting the savior is not tipping my hand about the mayhem on +
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 AM
list while I’m here.” There were limits to her patience. Besides, she was only agreeing to a future meal to keep that sad expression off Emma’s face. Not because she enjoyed her company.
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM
softer than usual in her endeavor to lighten the mood. She sighs heavily as if the mere thought of gracing Emma with her presence is effort. “I could be persuaded to be a future guest at Casa Swan if you agree to leave your charming parents permanently off the guest +
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM
do the same. Meanwhile, she brings the conversation back around to her proposal.

“Are you re-negotiating our magical lessons agreement? I do hope this is not a way to get out of our plan to set fire to something belonging to Regina. Perhaps that apple tree you marred.” Her quip lands a little +
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM
“Since you prepared the food, I think it’s only fair for your guest to serve themselves.” Zelena does just that in an uncharacteristic effort to remove a single, small task from Emma’s to-do list. With her salad and pasta neatly arranged on either side of her plate, Zelena waits for the blonde to +
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM
charm alone?” The witch shrugs as if to say that perhaps that is not enough. “Do with that observation what you will, dear sister.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 AM
doesn’t sound easy.” Her fingernail idly taps the rim of her tumbler. “Complicated. Moody. Dangerous. Maybe mangy, but I’m sure you could bathe her and sort that out.”

Zelena smirks at her sister before adding one last thought. “She strikes me as one of those honesty-loving do-gooders, so +
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 AM
arches in surprise, and Zelena takes a couple of sips, studying her sister and noting how much more relaxed she is in her presence. Had that much really changed? (Aside from the fact that their mission of mutual destruction was called to an end.)

“You’ve never taken the easy path, and the wolf +
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 AM
“Perhaps the librarian has a type,” Zelena posits, deliberating on her openness to darkness despite being of such a virtuous, effervescent sort. Then again, she probably assumes she can redeem them, save them from the darkness like a chivalrous savior.

“Are you truly asking my advice?” A brow +
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 AM
“Truthfully, I have few offers of a home cooked meal, so let’s enjoy this rare occasion.” That is not at all what she meant to say, revealing anything of herself, but perhaps the savior has earned a peek into the witch’s inner life. Just a tiny one.
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
consuming jealousy for what could have been.

This revelation about the savior, a kind of vulnerability, is so unexpected, and Zelena discovers she is momentarily speechless.

But she recovers quickly, following Emma Swan to dine on a meal she has prepared. +
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
thing Zelena knows well, it is the bitterness, the emptiness of loneliness particularly from rejection. A parade of dismissals and outright abandonment littered her past from her mother to Rumplestiltskin. That kind of loneliness burrowed deep, gnawing hungrily and sometimes transforming into all +
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
years battling over their son must have left a mark.

Zelena accepts the proffered hand, rising gracefully from the sofa. However, Emma’s introduction to their meal momentarily halts any potential quip or even a flirtatious wink to tease the blonde. It’s just…sad. Lonely, even.

If there’s one +
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
At least someone was in her corner because as Zelena recalls, very few were team wicked during that battle with her sister. What Zelena doesn’t understand is why the savior would support her in any fashion. Except perhaps her fraught relationship with Regina. Despite their detente, a couple of +
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 AM
those dreadful reality shows she's seen in passing. Never on purpose.
December 6, 2024 at 2:34 AM
pondering this fascination with Belle. Does Regina fancy such prim women? Every pot has its lid, she recalls.

"And do you have a plan to capture the attention of one or more of these romantic contestants?" Or perhaps the woman should compete for Regina's attentions like one of +
December 6, 2024 at 2:34 AM
"Oh, I'm reserving the criticism until after the entertainment begins." In fact, she's thought of three devastatingly funny quips for later deployment while sitting here. Witches, after all, are excellent multitaskers.

Zelena extends her glass for the proffered refill, momentarily +
December 6, 2024 at 2:34 AM
She hums appreciatively at the mellow aperitif, enjoying a hint of cherries beneath the oaky flavor.

"One never does know when pairing two volatile substances." A mischievous Zelena holds the savior's gaze over the rim of her glass before imbibing once more.
December 6, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Not that Zelena is the sort to ever make anything easy. Besides, she remains squarely in the undecided camp.

"I imagine we'll create our fair share of destruction." Zelena flashes a dazzling smile at her earnest host before lifting her glass to make contact, resulting in a satisfying clink. +
December 6, 2024 at 2:31 AM