Wouldn't you like to use more than words?

[letsplayamod]

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.

Comments

[rockymountaindie]

Mmm... Way back when we first fought his freaky skeleton foot soldier guys, the...healing thing I did hurt 'em. Maybe, if I could...amplify that, it'd hurt Typhon too?

[ .........ah, wait- ]

I-I can't do it a lot, I think. It kinda...hurts me, to use.

[ we're being honest about that now 😔 ]

[latinumsbetter]

[at least there's that]

So let's keep that to a minimum, and to smaller things. No point putting you out of commission.

[but speaking of--] I can do some healing, too.

[rockymountaindie]

[ Blink. ]

You can? Since when?

[latinumsbetter]

Ferdinand taught me. I've been practicing.

I can't keep the bar up and heal at the same time, but I can do one or the other.

[...]

Maybe I could with more practice, but we don't really have the time for that.

[rockymountaindie]

Whoa. I didn't know that was something people could just...

[ MAN wouldn't it be cool to have healing without the insane drawbacks he's got. yeah probably alex and that's why you didn't get it

Anyway, ]

Y-yeah. Yeah, use it in, uh, emergencies only, I think. There's plenty of us who aren't into fighting to help you keep it up.

[latinumsbetter]

I didn't either, and especially not at first, but apparently the magic from Ferdinand's universe is learnable, even if you don't have things like that in your own universe.

[oh, wait, that's right]

As long as I've got one person in there, I can keep it up. And it's fully stocked, not just with drinks, but I've got a working replicator in there, too.

[rockymountaindie]

...Do the drinks stay if the bar goes away?

[ we are not questioning sayo's magic, we are believing sayo's magic, but we also sure have had illusory tea for the last several weeks ]

[latinumsbetter]

Good question. I haven't tried it yet. But we could give it a shot.

[rockymountaindie]

[ A cheeky little grin. ]

Heh. Cool.

[latinumsbetter]

In fact...gimme second. [Quark takes in a slow breath, like he had earlier, and then breathes out slowly. The force field appears and expands into the bar. There is a temptation to shove Seymour out, but he won't have it up for long.

Quark pushes to his feet, moving to step behind the bar counter and over to the replicator.]

One snail steak and a Slug-o-cola.

[the replicator makes a sound, and an actually pretty normal looking (if a little purple) steak and a bright green drink in a classic soda bottle appear.

He picks them up.]

Anyone else want anything?

[markofnobility]

Oh, oh! Peasant with berry sauce!

[Fancy bitch]

[rockymountaindie]

[ A beat. He's just kinda had tea since dying, and before that, it was...like, the least dangerous foods possible for months and months and months. Have to limit the factors for Death to use, right? It just became normal, even with the assurance that Death wasn't there. And now, he's died twice, and...

Fuck it. ]

...A cheeseburger. And fries.

[markofnobility]

I can teach you as well if you wish! Not in time for fighting Typhon, but in general.

[rockymountaindie]

Yeah. Gimme some lessons, uh...after.

[ Aggressively telling himself there's going to be an after. ]

[markofnobility]

After, indeed! I would have mentioned it sooner, but... I am admittedly a poor mage, so teaching a class would have been overwhelming. And having a secret or two in the back pocket is not always a bad thing.

[He winks at Quark. He saw what you did with the fire buddy. He guessed that play as soon as he saw the burns]

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark blinks at that, before his mouth stretches into a sharp-toothed grin]

They never see it coming.

[markofnobility]

[He grins back. Seems their conversation has restored the last bit of his usual mood he was lacking]

Not what I intended when I taught it, but quite clever! We watched the trial- it was the smoke that lead to the fire, so to speak.

[latinumsbetter]

Yeah? [Quark visibly brightens at this--he didn't know]

[raiseyoulikea]

Interesting! N-not the hurting you part, of course. but maybe I can help you work around that.

[She's truly just... so happy learning how all of you work now.]

If you're up for it, I think that could really come in handy. If Typhon's still poisoned, it could draw away what strength he still has.

[rockymountaindie]

[ HE SHRUGS A LITTLE... ] God of, uh, Life, I guess I can...hurt things that are anti-Life?

[ But, to the matter at hand: ]

Whadda ya mean, poisoned?

[raiseyoulikea]

Right. It's a bit of a long story.

Typhon is from my world. He was locked beneath a place called the Golden Isles, until a shift in the heavens set him free. He went on a rampage, corrupting everything and stealing the essence of the gods so they couldn't stop him.

I was just a simple story-teller when I washed ashore. But I set out to stop Typhon and rescue the gods he'd imprisoned. But I didn't know what he was planning until later - he'd used my brother, Ligyron to gather ingredients for a poison that could kill the gods. Something that should be near-impossible!

When I caught him, however, I defeated him the first time on my own. Then, he used the poison on himself. So his attacks actually harmed me while the poison hurt him. Still, it took the combined might of Athena (not yours), Hermes, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Zeus, and myself to bring him down.

If I had to guess, the poison is still in his system.

[rockymountaindie]

[ Oooo, lore, Alex loves lore- his brows crease in thought. ]

Poisoned himself, all to... Yeah, that sounds like this guy. Doesn't that mean- we're gods too now, aren't we extra vulnerable to him, too? So, we'd have to account for that, maybe...all teaming up, like yours did?

[raiseyoulikea]

That's right. It'd be better if we all stuck together, regardless. Tartarus is a bad place to get lost in, especially if you can't fly out of it.

[rockymountaindie]

Most people can't.

[raiseyoulikea]

That's... right.

We'll... we'll figure something out, I promise.