In Which the Overlord Dislikes What He Sees [Open]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

In roaming the ship, out of an increased sense of irritation and impatience, Zetta had discovered someplace new to him.

Most of the murals and paintings and sculptures in the place, disturbing though they might be to a mortal mind, gave the Overlord no pause whatsoever. In his thousands of years, he had seen the death of worlds, the descent into madness of some truly great minds, the greatest depravities of the Netherworlds, and Mickey in a feather boa. These 'alarming' sculptures couldn't dare disturb the mental integrity of the Overlord! Hyaaa ha ha ha ha!

...What DID shock him, though, was the statues beneath a giant head-sculpture thing. Two of them, in fact: the first an obstinate Overlord, arms crossed and looking stubborn, his back to the second; the second a woman walking away, stoic despite tears.

"What the... What the HELL is THIS crap?!" Zetta demanded of the room in general and the cosmos at large.

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[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"Looks like you made a pretty lady cry." Ruffnut stated the obvious appearing from seemingly nowhere right behind the Overlord and his minion.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Why the hell is there a statue of it?" Zetta turned his infuriated demands right on Ruffnut, which probably went to show how flustered he was. After all, who was LESS likely to have answers than her?

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"I unno." Ruffnut looked up at the Statue itself, "Funny, I always expected you to be bigger." A throw away remark.

Then, much to Ruffnut's dismay the statue shifted to show her and her brother riding their two headed dragon with big stupid grins on their faces. She had spent so much time being berated by the voice in her head that sounded like Tuffnut she forgot how much fun they had flying together.

While Ruffnut always got a sort of pleasure from pain, this was not the kind of pain that worked for her. "Oh..."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Hey! I'm pretty damn tall! It's not to scale!"

Zetta probably would've gone off more, but to his surprise the statues abruptly shifted into a different one.

"Oh. THAT explains it. It's some freaking mind-reading scene-showing statue. Hey, it's that dragon of yours."

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"Yeah it is." Ruffnut acknowledged and her fists began to spark, she didn't like this statue thing. "Why does EVERYTHING in this ship have to read minds?"

Yeah cuz you've got so much mind to read~ The persistent nagging taunted.

The Statue shifted again, it seemed to be taking turns between the two of them.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Aaaand there's Zetta setting the Sacred Tome on fire.

"That's a misrepresentation!" the irritated Overlord shouted at the statue, possibly actually believing it. If anyone could convince himself that things had happened completely differently than they had, it was Zetta.

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah? What did happen?" Ruffnut cocked an eyebrow. Even she was smart enough to take whatever Zetta said with a grain of salt.

The statue stayed on Zetta for a moment before slowly shifting to an image of Ruffnut and Tuffnut fighting, Ruffnut appeared to be winning with her knee buried in his back. Nothing unexpected there.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Well this was interesting. She had actually been tailing the Overlord this time, she hadn't seen him in awhile. Turned out that Ruffnut was there too, and for some reason they were staring at some statue.

"Hey, what's going on?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Oh good, a distraction! "We found a past-misrepresenting statue. Taking elements of your past and lying about them!" Even as he spoke, the statue became Zetta on a throne. The interesting aspect of this: the two demons standing nearby, looking nowhere similar in outfit but with a distinct family resemblance.

"Huh. That one's kinda close to the truth."

[starbolts]

Starfire was lured by the sound of the obnoxious yelling that could only be from one book. Lord Zetta was bothered by something, and whether she wished to or not she would hear what it was.

Fortunately for him, she wished to.

She flitted around the statues, wondering what on earth it could represent.

"Who is this woman?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Star wasn't entirely right for once; Zetta responded with his usual blustering denial and invective. "Nothing! She's no one! She's dead to me!"

Very believable, that Overlord.

[starbolts]

Starfire frowned, studying the unfamiliar woman's face and posture more closely. Something seemed off.

"Then why have you decided that the display is 'crap'? Is it merely an inaccuracy?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"How the hell would this damn statue know a damn thing about Salome?!" Zetta demanded. It isn't freaking fair! That's part of the past, damn it! It's over! Done! Finished!

[starbolts]

"Salome?" Well, you can't just throw new names out there without expecting her to ask about them!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"She USED to be my apprentice," Zetta said, forgetting for the moment that said apprentice was dead to him and so forth. "But she left."

[starbolts]

Starfire looked sad for him, like she always seemed to. "Why did she leave? Is she crying for that reason?"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Stupid girl reasons!" Zetta snapped. "Conduct unbecoming an Overlord!"

Seeing the scene and knowing Zetta, is that enough of a hint?

[starbolts]

Starfire thought she understood. The woman looked...broken-hearted to her. Something tragic had happened, but she doubted that it was death. That was routine in Zetta's life, was it not?

"Unbecoming of an Overlord?" She paused thoughtfully. "Were your hearts entangled?"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

Ronnae was passing by the art gallery when she overheard a familiar voice, in a familiar tone matter-o-fact.

"Zetta? Is that you?" She asked curiously as she walked into the room, moving between statues trying to avoid running into one and possibly break something.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Our bodies, maybe." Zetta had absolutely no shame about being blunt there. "But demons, ESPECIALLY Overlords, don't do things like love and all that crap. I've said that before."

Zetta stared at the statue of Salome for a long moment, then muttered, "Why the hell did SHE have to go and forget?"

[starbolts]

Those matters were always the most difficult. Starfire touched each stone face in turn, clear sadness in her eyes.

"Emotions such as that cannot be easily controlled," she sighed. An unwanted image of Robin appeared in her mind, making her heart clench. "I am certain that she tried to remember, but when you are appealing and always there...love can bloom regardless of the person's wishes."

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"No! It's the other talking book of the ship!" Zetta snapped back. He didn't need to look to know it was Ronnae. Her voice was familiar (and he could see her status screen).

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Pfft. She was appealing and always there and look at me! Freaking fine!" And so he believed down to his core. "She ruined everything and then left! So fine! Good riddance, I say. I'm better off on my own. There are plenty of cute girls in the multiverse who'd love to spend a night with Zetta!"

[ronnae.livejournal.com]

"... Wow Zetta, what got under your cover?" She frowned, specially not having had the chance to meet up with her friend who didn't like the notion of friends. "You alright?" she asked as she strolled beside him, looking at the statues curiously.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Why the hell is there a statue of me and -- why the hell is there a statue of me in here?" Zetta sounded like he was about to rip an answer out of somebody right quick.