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

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[That could take a while, but, eventually does stop crying]

I'm sorry... Thank you.

It's all right. You don't need to apologize for such a thing.

[tilts your chin up gently and runs a little ball of water across it, cleaning you up]

A terrible thing has happened to you, and it is not strange to be upset.

Ah... Dellen, I'm. Um. I'm really scared, of people. My mother, she...

She always taught me they were awful, that they'd try to hurt me, just like this, that people would always do this. So, I never left... I never went outside, or met any human but her, until I came here. I... I'm scared, but I think she might have been wrong. Even if it's like this, I still met people who were kind, who wanted to help me, who... I don't think everyone is like that.

But, I still don't know who, I'm still scared of people no matter how much I try not to be, no matter how much I want to be able to talk to people freely, so... So, even if I shy away from people sometimes, is it okay if I become one of your priests?

[blinkblink]

I do not think that would be a problem... are you sure? It will be a challenge for you.

I think I can do it. I... I want the power to be able to protect myself when these things happen, there are people here that offered to help me and they said they'd protect me, but I... I don't want to be a burden to these people. I want to be able to do what I can, and if there really are people that want to help me... I want to be able to help them too. To be someone they can depend on as well, instead of someone they always need to protect. I'm... I don't think I can stop being scared, but, I want to be able to do something.

[nods]

So you want defensive magics from me...? You realize I ask very much of my priests. Have you been told the rules?

I know you want your priests to help people, and something about love... I don't mind helping people. It's when I don't know what they want from me I worry.

Something about love... is an agreement to love all but only love one intimately. In short, when you take a lover it must be for a special bond between the two of you that won't be shared with anyone else.

Intimately? Oh... I don't have anyone like that anyway.

One day you will. Just remember what you have promised.

You may also never turn away someone in need. You must always give of yourself for others, if that is what it takes. You understand?

Will I still be able to say no? If it's something scary, or more than I can give? I mean, helping people doesn't mean I have to let them walk over me, does it?

You must always help anyone in need of it, anyone who asks it. If that means giving up your last scrap of bread to a starving man, that is what you must do. That is what it means to be my Child.

However, no it does not mean simply doing whatever is asked of you. The help people ask for is not always what they truly need. A person seeking to take advantage of you likely needs a very different sort of help than what they are asking you to give.

Then I can do that.

Very well then, Rapunzel, I accept you as my Child.

[kisses your forehead]

You will need to tell me what sort of gifts you would most like.

[priest skills explanation goes here!!]

Ah... Defense would be good. I'd rather be able to protect myself and others than cause someone harm, can I get the strongest defense?

You may.

[a blue necklace on a thing chain appears, the pendant is glass and droplet shaped]

Wear this as a sign that you belong to me.

You may also accept sacrifices in my name. Simply sprinkle some droplets of water on whatever it is and say my name, and it will be accepted.

[:o Touches the necklace, staring at it for a moment]

Ah- Yes, I can do that. I'll need to start carrying around a lot of water. Is there anything else I should know?

That should be everything. If you would like to meet my other Children, they are Allen, Flynn and Wonderella, and each has a necklace like yours.

[Nods] I'll keep an eye out for them.

All right.

[hairpet]

Welcome to my family.

[Automatically tenses when Dellen reaches for her hair, but forces herself to relax]

Family... Thank you, Dellen.

Dellen

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