oi_theoi | Dellen

Dellen [de-len]
Water, Glass, Human Protection, Human Creation

❧ Played by Aviy

Appearance: Female and human, roughly in her 40's and too thin. She has pale skin and hair, but the coloring is just a little inhuman. The main color to her is a pair of incredibly deep blue eyes. She wears loose, off-white, Grecian-style clothing that makes her look both paler and smaller than she is. Her hair is often in disarray, and her overall appearance often appears untended.
Despite looking small, underfed, and wafty, when Dellen isn't having an episode, she has a very commanding and warm presence. There is, at all times, a surprising 'weight' about her that marks her unmistakably as divine.

Characteristics: Nurturing, monogamous, lesbian, obsessive, demanding, needy, devoted, nonfatal self sacrifice, yandere.

Likes: Faithful loving monogamous relationships, being understanding of her, sacrifice for the betterment of others, expressions of love (even twisted ones).

Dislikes: Death (human only), poly/orgies/unfaithfulness, material selfishness, rejection, lack of understanding, talking badly about humans, nature.

Shrine: Pale sandstone slab at ground level, behind it is a stack of precarious sandstone making a narrow pillar. On top of the pillar is a large bowl (but with cracks instead of bubbles) filled with crystal clear water.

Ritual: Stand on the slab and place your (CLEAN) hands in the bowl to get her attention. Once the agreement is made, place your sacrifice on the slab and sprinkle some water from the bowl onto it.

❧ Will Take

❧ Will Give

Animal parts: hearts, lungs, rib cages
Whole animals: Maneaters
Roots of a whole dead tree
Tears (love or grief)
Nurturing another (human only)
Accepting bindings/binding another (for their own good! not maliciously)
Personal sacrifice for a human (giving them your food, etc)
Murder in revenge for a human
Thoughtful personal gifts (letters of love, hearts made out of macaroni, etc)
Understanding
Desperation (by a human)

Creation (human only)
Protection (detrimental)
Chains/Shackles/serious binding tools
Glass/glass related objects (but not mirrors)
Modern, cotton clothing in light colors.
Cotton towels (any size).
Healing (from injury or sickness, but human only)
Toilets, sinks, showers
Hot and cold running water
Water based magic
Flooding prevention/water displacement
Water purification
...just about anything that associates with water only (not ice, not steam, not water based animals)

❧ Exchange Rate

Items to Units
Worth	Offering
1 Unit	1 Heart OR Lungs OR Ribcage 1 Act of Kindness
4 Units	1 Whole Maneater
7 Units	1 Revenge Murder
Units to Items
Cost	Reward
1 Unit	1 Large Towel 4 Hand Towels 1 Set of Clothing 2 Small Glass Items (bowls, glasses, jewelry, etc) 1 Minor Healing 10 feet of moderate chain
3 Units	1 Sink/Shower/Bath/Toilet 1 Major Healing
5 Units	Displace the water for an entire apartment (or effective area)

❧ Dellen's Children

Expectations and Powers of Dellen's Children

Comment with "Day x, Time" as the subject header.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Before I came here, I had a... you know, I was going to say I had a condition, but since I'm talking to someone who claims to be a god on another planet: I'm a werewolf. Or, I was before I was killed. I need to know if I still have the curse.

[reaaches out to touch her]

...yes, you do.

[her breath catches in her throat, but then she pushes on] Then I need to know about the moon cycles here. Although I don't know how I'm meant to judge anything with three of them.

Cycles...? The moons do not cycle. Why?

I need to know when the full moons are. What do you mean they don't cycle?

They have been... whimsical, for some time now.

Why do you need to know? What happens when the moons are full?

I turn into a monster. It's manageable, it should be safe if I get a cage to transform in, but I need to know when I'll need it. I should be able to feel it coming in the day or so leading up to it, but I'm not going to rely on that when the consequences for getting it wrong are...

I see...

[reaches up to touch her forehead again =|a]

So you fear this change will become as unpredictable as our moons?

I'll lock myself up every night if I have to, but if there's any way to predict it in advance...

I believe so. My domain is the humanity within you, not the monster. I could make a pendant that will glow when your humanity is being threatened. It should give you certain warning, so you have time to take whatever precautions are necessary.

And you're sure that'll work every time?

I am sure that if it works once it will work every time.

I suppose it's worth a try. What do I have to give you for it?

I would not want this to happen without warning, and I have some extra power at the moment, but you will still need to sacrifice for it as you can.

[lala necklace with a glass ball in the center of it, hands it to her]

Fifteen kindnesses done in my name, or the heart, ribcage, and lungs of five dangerous beasts.

[takes it and wears it immediately] I'll take the kindnesses, thanks. Do people really sacrifice animals to you?

Of course.

Don't they get hurt doing it? You said dangerous beasts.

Yes, there is that danger.

I thought you were meant to protect and heal, not have people put their lives at risk.

Did you just arrive here, child? Have you looked around?

I've seen enough.

Then you know expansion is necessary. That requires hunting animals and dealing with dangerous plants. I do not enjoy the idea, but neither would I enjoy it if everyone tried to live in a cramped quarters.

If it must be done anyway, why should I not accept sacrifices from it? Many of them bring me offerings so I can heal them and they continue their own efforts to build and expand.

That's one thing, but you just encouraged me to go out and kill for you. You didn't even ask if I could fight or not.

Child, I gave you two options. I think you are old enough to determine which is best for you.

I am, but not everyone is.

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