Mara looked over her domain, her minions hard at work. she grumbled at them to work harder, they yelled back their yeses, then went back to doing exactly the same amount of work as before. getting this thing had been near impossible, she had spent most of 2 year in the south pole tracking down this long lost relic. but the search had paid off. she looked at the unassuming whale rib decorated with its many tiny carvings, the blood that had stained them still as red as the day it was created, the ravages of time and sea unable to leave their mark.
the rib sat behind several feet of glass, the obscure magic it radiated dangerous to her as it was to the goddesses. she had barely survived its touch intact just getting it here, she dared not even go near it. it had a feel to it, it radiated a terror that spoke to her at some deep, primal level. she shivered as she sat on her throne, watching her rats toil away dragging cables and running wires.
"Just you wait Belldandy."