Aether ~ Attraction (AetherxReader)

2

Your sleep was dreamless and peaceful, and you woke up at dawn, feeling revigorated. Birds chirped outside and light poured into the room from the windows, since you hadn't cared to close the curtains before falling asleep. 

You stretched, enjoying the feeling of your aching limbs finally moving freely. You stood up and and reached the bathroom, freshening up a little bit. 

Coming ou of the bathroom, your eyes roamed the room you were in, and landed on the dresser. You got up, opened it and peaked at what was inside. A black, steampunkish-looking mask sat on top of a pile of clothes, with a little note beside it saying: 'please wear me'. The mask felt light when you picked it up, and as you placed it over your head, you realised that it fit you perfectly. Once the mask was secured onto your face, you began unfolding the clothes, examining each item carefully. There was a variety of pieces, all different styles, but all of them black with only a few specks of gold in the linings. 

You settled on a pair of black pants and a loose, flowy shirt, to which you added the pair of boots that laid at the bottom of the dresser. 

'How did they get my shoe size right?' you wondered to yourself as you grabbed another piece of pie and began eating it. You looked at the pile of books on the nightstand and grabbed the first one. 'The Book of Ghouls' read the title. 

Interested, you flipped it open to the first page, revealing the table of content. You found the 'water ghoul' section and flipped to it, and you were about to start reading when you heard a knock on your door. 

"Come in." you said, shutting the book quickly.

You stood up awkwardly and watched a tall figure walk through your door. They had a similar looking mask to yours, with a pair of horn poking through the top. Their masked eyes stared at you with an emerald glow. Their black outfit matched yours, and all these similarities somewhat reassured you. 

"Good morning." they said, extending their hand to you. "I'm Mountain."

You shook their hand carefully.

"Hi Mountain. I'm uh- I'm not sure... what's my name." you blurted out, realising only now that Papa had never mentionned it. 

"That's alright, new ghouls get their name after their first ritual. It's assigned by the other ghouls actually, you'll see. Each ghoul has a name regarding their element. For example, I'm an earth ghoul, so it makes sense that my name is Mountain."

You nodded, showing you understood. 

"Okay Mountain... so then do you play an instrument? Papa told me I'm a water ghoul, and therefore I will play the bass, but what about earth ghouls?"

"What an observant ghoul you are." he smiled. "Each element does correspond to an instrument. Water play bass; fire, lead guitar; quintessence, rhythm guitar; mutli ghouls play numerous instruments; air play the keyboard and sometimes the tambourine; and finally, earth play the drums."

"Wow that's.... a lot of instruments." you laughed nervously. "Not sure I got all of them, but you play the drums, how fun!"

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it and I'm sure you'll remember everyone's instruments quickly. So, since you're up and ready, I'll show you around the ministry." He said, opening the door and letting you walk out of it. 

You nodded and exited your room, and you were back into the corridor. 

"So the ministry is basically divided into four wings." Mountain started. "This is the South-East wing, where the guests, the staff and the children of sin's rooms are. There are two floors in total, without counting the underground parts. Papa's quarters are in the North-East wing, but us ghouls don't really go there. We mostly stay in the West wings, so that's were we are going first." he explained, walking through the corridor.