A Monstrous Encounter

Just finished the game and I agree with Muu, Rhok'zan x Stardust forever. They're going to make the greatest songs of all time, for all time.

mateo and quita moz for the writing requests please :D

(This story is set after "Spirit of a Wizard” and before "The Lightning Warrior")

 Mateo paced back and forth in the wooden hallway.  “I shouldn't be worried about this… this is going to be fine. All I have to do is go in there, say hi, then maybe we can talk, and if he's busy I can leave. No big deal right?”  He said to himself.  His clenched fist lingered near the mass of roots which made up the door, hesitating. He had only ever talked to Quita Moz once when he was with Elena, and he felt like he hadn't made the best impression. 

 The first thing he’d asked the Oracle was “Can I call you Quita?” He shook his head as he remembered. What was he thinking!? It was one thing to be awkward around nobility or the palace staff, but it was another thing entirely to give a bad impression to an all-knowing ancient magical being who might be one of the only beings who he could really discuss Maruviain magic with! He desperately wanted to, but he was afraid that his questions would sound childish to someone so old and wise. So the only time he'd ever really met the Oracle was when Elena insisted he come along with her for her crystal tamborita lesson. (A tamborita made out of crystal! It was just as beautiful as he'd imagined. He even got to hold it at one point!)

 Sure, he’d visited the other Sunbirds with Elena, and they were welcoming to him, but they weren't as interested in magic as Quita Moz (If you could even get them on this subject when talking with them). But now that he had his new tamborita from his grandfather's secret library, questions about it had been gnawing away at him and he finally mustered up enough courage to come here and try and ask those questions himself (after a little convincing from Elena, Luna, and Skylar). Maybe if they were here, they'd be able to help him, but they’d encouraged him to do it on his own. So here he was, he was going to walk through that door and say hello, no more hesitation. 

 Or maybe not. “No I really shouldn't bother him, he might not even be here right now…” He told himself. He turned to leave when suddenly the massive roots parted in front of him surprising him so much he fell backward onto the floor. Now that the door was open, he could see the giant Oracle inside, awake and looking down at him.

 He quickly stumbled back up to his feet and tried to brush himself off while making an attempt at a wave. “Hello uh hola, hi there Quita Moz, it’s me Mateo! Hi! Sorry to make a surprise visit like this. I just…”

 Quita Moz slithered towards the door “Greetings Mateo. It isn't a surprise to see that you're here.”

 He looked up at him in awe, “Were you able to foresee my visit?”

  “No,  I did not get any visions about it, I just heard you talking to yourself in the hallway for the past 10 minutes.”

 Mateo turned red “Congratulations me, you messed up your introduction yet again.” he thought. But he couldn't turn back now. “May I come in and speak with you? Por favor?”

 He gestured with his wing “I don't see why not, you may come in.”

 As Mateo walked through the door he looked at the roots that had been pulled away. “I'm glad to see that your door grew back after Kizin broke it. Maybe I should think about getting a door made out of living material for my wizard nook at the palace.” An anxious thought occurred to him “I'm sorry about not stopping Kizin before he got in here.” he apologized “But at least we stopped him before he released the other monsters, so all’s well that ends well right?” he awkwardly laughed and did a thumbs up.

 Quita Moz's expression remained neutral “I agree. It's actually quite impressive that you were able to stop him so quickly. The last time he escaped, much more was destroyed than a door.”

 “Oh well, it was mostly Naomi. She was the one who did all the stuff with the magic bag that day. Also, Elena and Gabe were there to stop him too, I was just sort of, you know, being part of the team.” He said pacing back and forth while flexing his fingers. 

 “You shouldn’t sell yourself short, Elena told me how important your research was in defeating him.”

 He stopped pacing and made eye contact “She did?” 

 He nodded. “Yes, she always speaks very highly of you, you are evidently quite good at your job.” 

 He could feel the excitement rising in his chest. He took his tamberita out of his holster and held it so that his hands didn't just flail around with enthusiasm. So, Quita Moz didn't think he was a total joke after all! “Well, thank you. Thanks. That's good to hear!” 

 “You're welcome.” Then the sunbird looked puzzled and seemed to stare at him more closely. “Did you paint me on your tamborita?”

 Oh no, he'd meant to ask about this more tactfully but now that the Oracle had seen it, the words just burst out of him all at once. “No, I mean, maybe? I mean, I didn't paint it! I found it in my abuelo's library, along with some old robes of his and I decided to start using it because it's so cool! And I realized it looks like you, and I didn't know that my abuelo even knew that you existed, so I didn't know if it was coincidence or if it was on purpose! And I wanted to know if you ever met my grandfather Alacazar before?”

 The sunbird spread his wings and furrowed his brow “Whoa, slow down Mateo, deep breaths. You look like you're about to fall over again.”

 “Right. Yes. Yep. Deep breaths.” Mateo breathed in and out for a few counts before Quita Moz continued. 

 “So Alacazar was the one who made it? That makes sense, he was quite the artisan when it came to crafting tamboritas, and he did quite the handsome job on this one. May I see it more closely for a minute?”

 “Yes, of course!” Said Mateo, handing it to him. “So you did know him! That's so cool, but I thought that everyone assumed that the sunbirds had disappeared since before he became the royal wizard?”

 Quita Moz Held the tamborita in his tail feathers like they were a hand. “We had disappeared, it was a calculated decision. There were certain things that needed to be dealt with before we made our presence known again, and you never know when it's the right time to come back after being gone for so long.” He turned the tamborita over. “Hardly anyone knew that we were back, but Alacazar was curious to a fault and eventually found us. He visited me a few times before humans were banned from visiting Vallestrella.”

 “Wow, that's amazing! You must have had a lot of time to talk with him and get to know him, right?”

 “Well, yes, we discussed things, monsters, magic, the future…”

 “So you told him prophecies about the future? His future?” Mateo was becoming ever more excited. The whole concept of prediction magic was fascinating, and yet with all he had read up about it he felt like he had barely scratched the surface of understanding it. 

 “Well, the flames can be pretty finicky at times, they didn't always show things every time he came to visit.”

 “Is there anything specific you can remember?”

 “Hmm.” He handed back the tamborita. “Yes, this is a very  good wand.” Said the Oracle, not answering his question. “I'm surprised you didn't start using it sooner.”

 “I only found the library last week. Before then, I had just been sleeping on top of it without ever knowing it was there. Although it was supposed to be a secret library, so I guess that makes sense.”

 “I see…so Alacazar didn't even tell his family about it?” It was hard for Mateo to read the sunbird’s expression. Was he just curious or was he concerned?

 Mateo shook his head “Oh no, my mom didn't know about it, and it wasn't in any of his journals either.”

 “Then it's quite lucky that you found it.”

 “Well, it wasn't quite luck….” Mateo replied, hoping Quita Moz wouldn't ask him any more about it. He could barely talk about it with his own mother, let alone an ancient Oracle he just formally met. 

 “Either way, it does fulfill a prophecy.” Quita Moz replied.

 “Wait, it does?”

 “Yes, you'd asked if I'd ever told Alacazar any prophecies in regards to him. Long ago in the flames I saw a young wizard with brown curly hair, wearing red robes, casting spells in his name. Now that I recall it, yes the wizard in the vision was wearing the same robes as you are now.”

 Mateo jumped up “You saw me?!”

 “Well, at the time neither of us were sure who it could be. After his daughter Rafa was born, he told me it must be her and that he was planning on teaching her magic when she was old enough. He said that he planned on surprising her with robes and her own tamborita as soon as she was ready.”

 “So then…He must have made these robes for her.” Mateo said. He had wondered why they fit him so well when the rest of his grandfather's robes had such wide shoulders. Some old people in town said he looked a lot like his mom, so it must be true of visions of the future as well.

 “Yes, although the flames' picture was unclear. Now that you're standing here before me I see that it must have been you all along. I'm sure that he'd be glad to know you’d found them and could wear them.”

 “That's just what Elena said! I mean, Elena was there, when I found the robes and the tamborita and she also thought that I should have them. I mean, otherwise they'd just be sitting there collecting dust. But now that I know this was foretold, that makes them even more special!” 

 “Indeed, although It is a surprise to me that he would choose to paint me on the tamborita.”

 “Well, I can see why, you were friends! You're the one who told him this prophecy in the first place, and you're majestic looking so why not paint you on it to honor you?”

 “Honor me?” 

 “Of course! You deserve to be honored as much as anyone else I know. You've always helped Elena with her scepter, you taught her spells that were essential for protecting the Kingdom, and you told her about the darkness so she can prepare for it; even if we're not sure what it is yet. You're so amazing! Ha, that's why I was so nervous to meet you and I guess I still am.” He saw the sunbird’s expression was one of apprehension. “Wait, you don't feel that way?”

 He shook his head “It's apparent that Alacazar as well as yourself held me in quite high regard but I did not do much to earn it.”

 “What do you mean? You've been helping us out a ton!”

 “Well, I've been helping Avalor in the present, but back then it was different. Over four decades ago I had visions of some kind of danger coming to Avalor, a dark force that would be hidden from view until its time had come...but I decided not to go through the portal to warn Alacazar about it. I decided that keeping my existence a secret was more important than seeking him out, and I just assured myself that it wouldn't be a big deal. That whatever it was, the kingdom of Avalor could defeat it and I wouldn't need to worry about it. But then it turned out that the threat was Shuriki.”

 Mateo stood still, taking this all in.

 “I only found out what happened when I overheard a jaquin patrol talking about the devastation. Now you are the last wizard left in Avalor.” he sighed “If only you had the chance to meet him. It's funny that you were afraid to meet me, because I've always been dreading the day that you would all learn this.”

 Quita Moz bowed his head, he voice going quiet: "I'm sorry for my inaction, and all the horrors that caused and I’m sorry that you were unable to meet him. You really are a lot like your grandfather, curious, kind, and eager."

 After a long moment of silence, Mateo replied, barely any more than a whisper. “I did meet him, and I-I wasn't able to save him either.”

 “You...did?”

 “Yes I-I-I—” he stuttered as a pain he'd been trying to bury in his heart shot to the surface.

 “Mateo…” Quita Moz spread out his wings towards the young wizard. With eyes full of tears, he ran over to him and accepted the hug.

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Three weeks later…

 “Hi Quita Moz!” said Mateo as he ran through the door of the cave. 

 Quita Moz looked over at the young wizard, who was carrying a very large backpack and wearing an even larger smile. “Hello Mateo, did you bring those potions you wanted me to look at?”

 “Yes right here!” he said, holding up a few of the shimmering bottles.

 “Great, those look- wait, is that your Maruvian spellbreaker potion?”

 "Yep, it's from the latest batch where I added raíz de estrella to help restore the equilibrium of a target's inner magic after the potion has broken the initial effects of the target spell. It worked well on my plant tests. But umm, what do you think?"

 "Mateo, that's…really clever, I hadn't considered that before, but that plant is a natural counter to the effects of hojas azules de frambuesa, so that makes sense it would balance it out."

 “That's what I thought! I mean, it just sort of came to me one day when I was helping my mom pick berries for Sunday dessert. Then when I tried it out on Monday, whoosh, instantly more effective!”

 “You'll have to show me then.” Said Quita Moz. 

 “Of course, I brought along a whole bag's worth of things to test it on. Let me just set up.”

 As he watched Mateo set up, Quita Moz smiled. The young wizards' zest for magic was contagious. A memory flashed in his mind of many many summers ago when another young man had come to show him some plants that he’d discovered in caves around the valley. He hadn't realized how much he'd missed this, knowing someone who loved magic with all their heart and wanted to share their discoveries with another. 

 When Mateo left hours later, as the sun began to set, Quita Moz watched him leave, thinking about the apprentices of his past who eventually he never saw again. But he was content that he would see Mateo again in two weeks' time. No disappearing, and no pacing.

Hi! I just want to let you know that I’m a hug fan of your EOA artwork! Whenever I see that you’ve posted more art, it always makes my day! I’m a little nervous to ask, but do you take requests? If so, do you draw ship related artwork? I’m really sorry if you feel uncomfortable with my asking these questions.

Thank you for the compliment, you made my day! 💖

Do I take requests? Well I guess I could start taking requests if you had some, but it would depend on the request. I'm not doing any kind of special request meme or anything right now, but if someone were to request me something and it was an idea that I would approve of, I might draw it. 

And ships...well I guess if I liked the ship I could draw it. Although you'd  also have to give me an idea for what you wanted the characters to be doing/poses you'd want them to be in, because I am rubbish at coming up with ideas for how characters act when they're being in a ship. 

And I'm fine with you asking questions so politely like this! I ask tons of questions to people that are like these as well.

What do you headcanon for Carla's full name? I headcanon that her full name is Carla Elizabeth Rahela Delgado, (I headcanon that Victor's mother's ancestry was from a Romanian speaking kingdom, & the name Rahela is originally Romanian). What di you think?

That's a nice headcannon. I always think it's cool when people have two middle names instead of just one. What inspired you to choose the name Elizabeth though? It's a really nice name, I only wonder why you chose it specifically?

mateo and gabe for the character ask please :D

Mateo

Favorite thing about them: His dorky adorableness. He's always just so excited about learning new nerdy things about magic, it's so sweet.

Least favorite thing about them: That he didn't have more magic training scenes with Olivia.

Random headcanon: Not only does he not eat chocolate, but he also just doesn't like sweet foods very much in general. In social situations he'll sometimes eat them to be polite but he just prefers vegetables to fruit and bread cookies. Rafa didn't mind this and tried to only make him food that he would really enjoy, but it did become a bit of a problem once he moved into the palace and started getting Palace food. But they eventually sorted it out.

Unpopular opinion: Has anyone ever noticed that he sounds a lot like intern Carl from Phineas and Ferb?

Song I associate with them: It Has Begun by Starset and Karma by OR3O

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Gabe

Favorite thing about them: His caring and compassionate leadership skills. He's in the military but he doesn't give in to apathy or toxic coolness, he cares about the people he's protecting and the people who serve under him.

Least favorite thing about them: The fact that he rarely gets a chance to use his tactical knowledge to create the plans to help save the day. Oftentimes his okay plans end up falling through and his good plans end up getting ignored.

Random headcanon: Gabe and Migs often work together in joint training exercises for the Guards and the Guardians. They have created plenty of attack patterns and battle strategies so humans and jaquins can fight together as a team in case either of their kingdoms were attacked again.

Unpopular opinion: Even though "The Gecko's Tale" was a fairly forgettable episode (because it had no song), I do wish that his fear of geckos had come up again at some point in the series. As well as his love adventuring and exploring. (It's sort of implied by the fact that he is a royal guard always protecting the kingdom and searching for bad guys, but it would have been interesting to see that pop up again in a more specific way, I mean I guess there was the time where he wanted to go to Norberg because he's never been there before...).

Song I associate with them: The Royal Guard by Sabaton

(Decided it would be easier to just do both of them at once so) Favorite pictures of them:

↑ The three different moods they have when they're with each other.

Can i copy your homework? - the Elena of Avalor edition!

Bone spaghetti.

Oh no I have been give an anonymous ask about Bone spaghetti, and now I am compelled to answer the ask about the Bone spaghetti.

Bone spaghetti.

Elenaomi Week | Day 7

When visiting a kingdom that has snow in the winter, Elena and Naomi are gifted a scarf it's far too big for one person to wear! Oh no, whatever shall they do?! Actually, it seems that they know exactly what to do...

[Image ID: A pencil crayon and ink drawing of Elena and Naomi, holding hands in a gentle embrace as snow falls around them. They are both wearing winter coats and they are sharing one large purple scarf. End ID]

a-Lilacsng’s Live text reaction: Elena's day off

I Drive up to you in my sports Corvette and take off my sunglasses. “Hey so I heard Ixlan’s in this episode, and I want in.” 

((I know I haven't done one of these in forever, but I knew I had to do one for this episode. Spoilers under the cut.)

Sneak 1000 Only 3 days?! Dang. Well it sounds like she's going to invite King Hector, “Definitely can't put him with Abigail” It can't be anyone else 🎵 Who knew they owned 1,000 salad plates 🎵 Oh and there's a cello, Hello cello This is why she needs more secretaries and planners “And we have I don't know how many bad guys out there, building an invasion Squad!” Even Elena's Gene Savvy enough to know that they will crash her party She's been standing behind the plates all day waiting for her cue Doña Isn't even trying to be subtle at this point Oh that's so cute, Mini Royal chairs Put Hector next to Alonso, at least it would be entertaining to everyone else at the party And they all just magically stick to the table I love it, she's actually making a battle strategy, finally! “I made their figures look like Stone because that's the form they're going to be taking at the end of the final battle Hahaha.” Isabel is very disturbed by it as well Holy moly it's like know your friends but know your enemies even better She was probably just using farsight to like see all their features and carefully carve them out And there's no mini Stone Chatana!  But I get it though, wings are hard. Naomi is completely right, you have staff so let them do their jobs!!! She keeps telling Isa to rely on her team and Trust in her team, Because deep down she knows that she's exactly like her. Elena's finally cracking I love the mini Jaquin on the chocolate fountain At this point I'd say put that Fountain out of its misery, you really just don't need it He just cringes at the mention of fireworks, I wonder what happened with that … That ladder is not securely put up,I just feel like she'll end up falling off if it's like that… But wait, don't you already know Elena? They lured her out now quick, Tire her down and force her to relax! Elena, this is an intervention Doña just looks so smug and happy to be the party planner now and you know what, at this point she deserves it. it wouldn't hurt for Elena to just make some battle strategies but I guess if they've been training for a while... And Julio is wearing his fancy vest! Hello darkness my old friend And Francisco's using the gavel now! “-a relaxing stress-free Girl's Day!”  I have Never seen a greater look of concern than the one on Ixlan’s face At this point Isabel can't help but laugh at the irony of it all The jokes in this episode though I see that Sleeping Beauty reference Ixlan is not amused by the silly hats I'm surprised she knows that much about Alonzo (I can just hear the fanfiction being written) Just punch it! Although it's probably an illegal move… It's like they need to carefully quarantine Hector from everyone else, Ixlan picked her up! She can ride a horse! Jaquin water skiing is best sport Beach outfits! Also it's really nice to see Dulce, Migs and the kids again Whoa, she's doing a sacred Meruvian thing No Isabel. You're going to snap her out of the Peace! Well I mean she does seem the super flexible she probably would beat you at any pose Yep, she wins I wonder if the Meruvians did had wars and conquered people, I mean there probably weren't only monsters to conquer That's interesting in the second episode they were trying to emulate that culture, and now she's worried about being culturally offensive  Mingo you're just too Precious That's good, if you bury her in mud she can't escape and grab the sceptre That mud has the consistency and sound effects of jam. “What is wrong with me?” “ I have been compiling a list” Naomi and Isabel are the true villains of this episode They have no sense of Gene savviness whatsoever The ultimate chase scene! Oh no emotion Magic! Ixlan just has the best lines ever Also that's a major fallacy not telling one of your main allies about the whole dress emotions thing, maybe they haven't trained enough. Elena Hated ballet as a kid... let me just write that down for fanfiction purposes... It's just like when everything glitches out in g-mod! Mingo being adorable Everyone gets dropped down gently except for Ixlan “I am adding this to my list of things that are wrong with you!” And everything goes to chaos Then again that's what happens when you make a cake 3 days before the actual coronation, It would probably have gone hard by the day And of course all the decorations have to fall down, of course!!! Poor Octavio, He didn't deserve this He's holding a torch for no other reason other than for things to get lit on fire You don't jump up when there's going to be an explosion you get on the ground! Oh boy they're lucky the bridge didn't blow up Spoke too soon about the bridge Isn’t Someone going to comfort the princess? Good Naomi good Fix the bridge with magic Wait no Octavio could come and save the day! Just fill the bridge with broken fountains! Or just use the crystals, that works too Eek! Doña and Julio Are finally working together! Well that's one way to pave a road Armando and Marlana! It looks like Octavio stayed on after all, now that is true dedication IXLAN PICKED UP DONA! She definitely wins, Without a doubt. Oh Julio

That was a pretty great episode. It was hilarious, We got to see a bunch of characters we haven't seen in awhile and it was nice to see them again! And Ixlan Is officially the best. And of course I've learned as an audience member not to get worried about the party the characters are planning when I'm watching the show because I know ultimately it's all going to be fine. Yes it will all be fine I keep telling myself. It. Will. Be. Fine.

A while ago me and @lieutenant-amuel Talked about how since Gabe and some of the other guards know magic now, maybe they should get more ‘wizard robe-like’ uniforms. I started designing it but then I realized “I could add a whole bunch of other things to this is well!” And I ended up with this.

Here's an explanation of some of my redesign choices: -Rank insignia.  I'm using a system of Pips because I am a Star Trek nerd. But instead of circles or diamonds, they are five petaled flowers, since that symbol is on the emblem for the show as well as a few banners in Avalor.

-Royal guard badge. So that everyone can tell he's a royal guard of Avalor.

-Tamborita badge. Above his left pocket you can see a small golden tamborita. Gabe and any other guards trained in magic would have this to signify that they have been specially trained in magic.

-Pockets. Because pockets are amazingly useful and every modern military uniform has them, so I just decided to throw them in as well.

-Longer coat. To make the outfit look a little bit more wizard like.

-More gold. Well, it's not actual gold, but gold colours look really good with red and blue, so I just had to add it.