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letsdeadaland2025-08-16 03:29 pm
letsplayamod) wrote in letsdeadaland2025-08-16 03:29 pm
Wouldn't you like to use more than words?
The last thing you recall is likely your own death. Whether it was fast or slow, it's over now. And you're... where are you?
One moment, you were among the living. The next - you may be one of the unfortunate ones who actually died. In which case, you've found yourself flowing in the lazy rivers of the river Styx, unfathomably deep underground. Just for a moment, mind you. It's not long before your consciousness is yanked from the waters by some scary monsters, shoved into a healed body, and pushed through a portal.
Or, maybe you were caught red-handed and sentenced to your doom. But, instead of a proper death, you were whisked down into the Veins of Tartarus. And there's really only one place that could lead to... Or is it?
You've been tossed down here by the will of the Titan, but what you find is A helping hand swooping you up - possibly literally, and potentially out of the grasp of the Titan himself.
Not a moment after, you're whisked through another rift, this one a shimmering gold. Into a realm of slightly more stable platforms and a lot more shit to look through. The area is practically littered with the ill-gotten goods of a thieving God (who is happy to note via pop-up illusion that you are touching his stuff). Here, however, you are safe; assured that Typhon cannot find or hurt you here.
For the moment, you can breathe before the next part comes.
One moment, you were among the living. The next - you may be one of the unfortunate ones who actually died. In which case, you've found yourself flowing in the lazy rivers of the river Styx, unfathomably deep underground. Just for a moment, mind you. It's not long before your consciousness is yanked from the waters by some scary monsters, shoved into a healed body, and pushed through a portal.
Or, maybe you were caught red-handed and sentenced to your doom. But, instead of a proper death, you were whisked down into the Veins of Tartarus. And there's really only one place that could lead to... Or is it?
You've been tossed down here by the will of the Titan, but what you find is A helping hand swooping you up - possibly literally, and potentially out of the grasp of the Titan himself.
Not a moment after, you're whisked through another rift, this one a shimmering gold. Into a realm of slightly more stable platforms and a lot more shit to look through. The area is practically littered with the ill-gotten goods of a thieving God (who is happy to note via pop-up illusion that you are touching his stuff). Here, however, you are safe; assured that Typhon cannot find or hurt you here.
For the moment, you can breathe before the next part comes.
2/2
"Hello, I am an illusion of Hermes. If you are watching this, it means you are touching my things, and I don't like that! So stop!
Also, if you're Fenyx, DON'T tell that other Athena about my stuff. You keep touching it as it is, and ruining my sense of aesthetic. Honestly."
[The illusion fades. Fenyx is just making the icon's face.]
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Huh. So a Collector.
[you can practically hear the capitalized "C" on that. And though he does has some questions about this, more importantly--]
So, you work with Athena.
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[Ahem, yes! She thumps her chest with a fist.]
Fenyx, goddess of unity. I've been working with Athena since... oh, well, since we ran into each other. She was searching for a world to practice this 'theory' on, and I said I'd help her!
Bumps in the road, of course, but I think it's still going pretty well!
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[he kind of arches an eyebrow a bit, though]
I wouldn't have said pretty well, considering the whole--[he gestures around them]--Big, Ugly and Kill Each Other and also whoever he's serving of it all. And the murders. The murders have been pretty bad. [dryly] No one likes getting killed, let me tell you that.
I'll give you an "it could be worse," but that's a very generous "it could be worse."
[anyway]
How'd you run into each other exactly? And that Collector--[he lifts his chin a bit towards where the Hermes hologram was]--he said something about an "other" Athena? What's that about?
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...But I also haven't seen how things are since, uh... It's been a while. I'll concede the point to you.
[coughs]
It's funny, actually. She was searching for others who would help her, and I was doing a bit of searching of my own - just for things to help with, not anything too grand.
Oh. Yes, she's a different Athena from the one I know. Quite a bit nicer, too. It turns out, there's multiple versions of Athena, and the other gods, too. That was surprising for both of us.
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Well, it's obvious which one's the best version, anyway.
[he's not biased, but even if he was, he'd still be right!!]
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[She can enjoy multiple Athenas for multiple reasons. It's cool.]
I've never met a god that wanted to really reach down to mortals and try something like this before.