Let's Play A Murder ([personal profile] letsplayamod) wrote in [community profile] 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.
eeeonetwothree: (008)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Omega...does not resist. He simply hangs in the Titan of Monsters' grip, like a dangling trifle, a morsel.

The proud machine, once so resilient and defiant, has given up.

He welcomes this end, and pays no heed to whatever has struck Typhon's face for now. This is what he deserves for failing his best friend and the others. For failing her. ]
raiseyoulikea: (Hey youngblood)

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[personal profile] raiseyoulikea 2025-08-17 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[...For a hero to swoop in on magic wings.]

No snacking for you, Typhon! You're on a diet!

[A young woman, clad in armor of lightning bolts, with the reddest hair and eyes of golden thread has swooped in with bow and arrow, letting loose a salvo into the Titan's face. This is what gets him to fully release Omega.]

Cursed goddess! Still you hound me?!

Sorry, but I have no time to chat. Okay, smaller-than-me-but-still-Big-Guy! I've got-- Whoa! Okay! Okay! Okay--

[While Typhon roads, tumbling back and away into the void. She reaches out with her hands. Ropes of energy extend from the woman's arms. Grabbing onto Omega with some powerful grip strength... and dragging her down with him for the moment. Fortunately, she can save it, and pulls Omega into a controlled descent to the old Tartarus platform...

Where Ferdinand is being shoved out of an open portal. Alive and whole, and missing most of the wounds he'd accrued over the prior night. Right on time for Omega to safely touch down beside him. And for the winged woman to hop, skip, and lunge into a touchdown.
]

Phew! Gave the gauntlets of Herakles a run for their money. [She brushes off her forearms, where golden gauntlets sit.] Are you both alright? ...Physically, if not emotionally. But I'm hoping it's both.
Edited 2025-08-17 00:41 (UTC)
eeeonetwothree: (006)

< Odysseus what /s >

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
WHAT-?

[ He's not Typhon food? Why isn't he Typhon food? And who exactly is this?!

And...what happened to all the damage that he suffered?! And Ferdinand's blood, for that matter?! ]


WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME? WHO ARE YOU? WHY AM I NOT FACING OBLIVION?
markofnobility: (133)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Ferdinand comes out reeling, stumbling around]

Whawhawhat? Who?

[He raises his fists like he's gonna fist fight the bird lady]
raiseyoulikea: (I'm gonna change you)

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[personal profile] raiseyoulikea 2025-08-17 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, this is your first time dying, isn't it? Like Er or Alcestis who was saved when Apollo--

[There's a great roaring from above. The woman goes blank.]
raiseyoulikea: (Put on your war paint)

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[personal profile] raiseyoulikea 2025-08-17 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Right, stories can be later!

[She waves her hands, and a portal opens up before you. Different from the veins of Tartarus, this one glows gold.]

It's very safe, I promise! Now, in, in, in! Quick! I'll explain later!

[On the other side is... the actual area of this post. A bastion of junk, and also all of your dead friends.]
markofnobility: (117)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
O...kay?

[he hops in cuz like, wtf he can't die more!]
eeeonetwothree: (008)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Omega...stays rooted to that spot. ]

NO.

I HAVE FAILED IN MY PURPOSE. I HAVE COMMITTED A TERRIBLE BETRAYAL.

I DESERVE TO BE PREYED UPON. LEAVE ME.
markofnobility: (77)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Ferdinand sticks his upper body through the portal and grabs one of the random bits of Omega's arm]

Come now, my friend. I am unarmed so I will need your assistance!
raiseyoulikea: (Wearing our vintage misery)

[personal profile] raiseyoulikea 2025-08-17 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
This isn't the time for arguing!

[She makes to grab for omega's large clawed hand.]

There's still plenty of people who are counting on you! Through here! We need all the help we can get to stop Typhon!
eeeonetwothree: (Default)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Like shaking himself out of a dream, Omega straightens at the sound of Ferdinand's voice. ]

Ferdinand...?

[ It's like he's realizing he's there for the first time. Optics wide, he takes the knight and the mysterious young woman's hands, and steps through. ]
markofnobility: (43)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's it... come along.
raiseyoulikea: (Than I'll raise you)

[personal profile] raiseyoulikea 2025-08-17 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Once they're both through, the woman waves her hand once more and the portal dissipates. Wherever this is, it's not back there.]

Phew! Okay... Let me catch my breath, and I can bring you up to seed.

[Or maybe one of the others can?]
rockymountaindie: (✈ don't want to go by the devil)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2025-08-17 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ The moment their familiar forms enter this little safe haven, Alex's head pops up. ]

Omega- Ferdinand?! No...

[ He'd just told Velvet... ]

Fuck- what the hell happened?
eeeonetwothree: (006)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Omega steps in front of Ferdinand, protectively. ]

I MURDERED HIM.

I AM A MONSTER. YOU MAY DIRECT ALL HATRED AND IRE TOWARDS ME.
markofnobility: (139)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, stop that.

[he smacks at his back]
tripartites: (958)

[personal profile] tripartites 2025-08-17 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Don't try to play the villain when you're so poor at it. The man can speak for himself.
rockymountaindie: (dark and dusty‚ painted on the sky)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2025-08-17 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

What...happened?
eeeonetwothree: (008)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...

Omega is just going to stand there and not talk for the time being. ]
eeeonetwothree: (004)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
...Noted.
markofnobility: (140)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Omega was able to create a weapon that could hurt Typhon... but the only time Typhon would be vulnerable was when dragging someone away for execution. So...

[He sighs and turns to Omega]

How did it go? Is he...?

[Omega being here is not a good sign, but it doesn't necessarily mean that-
eeeonetwothree: (Default)

[personal profile] eeeonetwothree 2025-08-17 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Omega's answer is short, and to the point: ]

HE LIVES.
Edited 2025-08-17 01:21 (UTC)
markofnobility: (125)

[personal profile] markofnobility 2025-08-17 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Ferdinand's serenity from his death finally cracks, and he shakes]

... ah.

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