*[INT. ABADDON HA'SHEOL – ROYAL PALACE – NIGHT]*
*The grand hall trembles as *Aisha Helga da El Kovar* unleashes furious waves of *crimson magical fire*, exploding priceless ancient artifacts and war relics. The gothic chandeliers sway. Statues crack. Guards stand at a distance, sweating and terrified, none daring to intervene.*
*AISHA (screaming in her signature baby tone):*
*"WHERE IS BIG BROTHEEERRRRR!!! I WANT MODEUS!! I WANT MY BUBUUU BACK!!"*
*She blasts a massive obsidian column. It shatters. The room echoes with her sobs and destruction. Her hair floats with dark energy, and her aura flares like a tempest.*
*The doors creak open slowly...*
*CHIEF COUNCILMAN VARRON* – old, calm, with glowing teal eyes and black ceremonial robes – enters silently, completely unfazed. He steps over cracked marble like it's nothing.*
*VARRON (gently):*
*"Lady Aisha... must the palace cry with you, child?"*
*AISHA (turning sharply):*
*"UNCLE VARRON!! THEY WON'T TELL ME WHERE HE WENT!! YOU'RE HIDING HIM FROM MEEEEE!!!"*
*She lets off another wave of magic, narrowly missing Varron. He doesn't flinch.*
*VARRON:*
*"Modeus is on a *very* important mission… a matter so delicate that not even the stars are allowed to whisper it."*
*Aisha blinks, her powers simmering down slightly.**AISHA (sniffing):*
*"But… but… I didn't even get to hug him before he left..."*
*VARRON (walking closer, kneeling beside her):*
*"He left a shadow-kiss upon your throne, you just didn't see it. He promised to return before your next nightmare."*
*Aisha wipes her eyes. Her mood softens. She sniffs again, floating backward slowly.*
*AISHA (soft, pouty):*
*"You promise he'll come back?"*
*VARRON (smiling faintly):*
*"By the oldest oath of House El Kovar."*
*Aisha, feeling comforted, vanishes in a puff of starlit smoke—*
*[INT. MODEUS' THRONE ROOM – MOMENTS LATER]*
*Aisha reappears, floating gently onto her brother's throne. She pulls her knees to her chest, wraps herself in his cloak left behind, and starts sobbing quietly, curled in his scent.*
*The chamber darkens with her emotion, but no more destruction follows.*
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