Children of the Gods: Arc 2 [Game/Closed]

[Deu Sex]

Remus smiled internally as he saw things beginning to turn in their favour. Dan had managed to manipulate some of the chamber's animals into attacking Gaia, and Aria's light had managed to dazzle her to the point where he was stumbling more akin to a confused drunk than a terrifying titan. She had bound Andrew and Dan with some of her vines, but luckily Steve was already coming to their rescue. He tore away at the earthly tendrils with knife like they were made of butter. And best of all Etna and Able had been released from Gaia's grasp.

Yet as quickly as the battle had started to go well, Remus spotted something that made his nerves spike. Gaia had swiped at Nicole as she flew by and knocked her onto the ground. "Daughter of Nike, where is your fierce mother now? Where is your victory!?" The mother of Gods taunted her as she prepared to stomp down on the fallen angel. Without a second thought, Remus bolted across the field towards Gaia. His feet were moving with such ferocity they cause the ground they stepped on to be torn up, tossing dirt and grass into the air as he ran by. His mind and body both were focusing their strength on a single task now. As he closed in on his target, Remus roared furiously as he threw a fist and slammed it against Gaia's leg.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria took a few deep breaths after her attack 'Not gonna be able to do that many more times she noticed the bunny, and smiled at it as she was catching her breath. 'Good, she dropped them ... aw fuck ...' she thought as the Titan's focus shifted to Nicole, Remus was already on his way to helping her. She also noticed Dan and Andrew cleaning roots off them selves with Stevens help which was good.

With one hand on her left knee she started pooling what she had left into something more dangerous "So you made of stone and Earth, so what." She said pushing her self back up right, as well as trying to hide the fear that was running rampant through her "I got something better from my Mom, MAGIC" she said as she launched a similarly size ball as the last time, only this time it wasn't a 'flash bang', and promptly feel to her knees, her energy totally expended, if no one came to get her, she figured she was dead.

 

[hiei82]

Vera watched the fight from the air, taking stock of the situation as best she could. Things were not going well; not in the slightest. Gaia was a true goddess, not some simple little goat-men; they couldn't beat her head on, no matter how much demi-god power they brought to bear. Worse, she was the Titan goddess of nature; nearly everything fell into her domain of control, most notably all but two of her forms. Though she wanted to remain above the fight, guiding it from a distance as needed, this didn't seem possible. It was when Nicole was attacked however her hand was forced; she'd need to use that form to be of any real use.

She was about to jump in front of Nicole, when Remus stepped in and stopped the need. If Remus couldn't hold Mother Nature at bay, then there would be nothing she could add of substance. She briefly considered helping protect Dan and Andrew, but Steven seemed to have it covered. The others seemed to be okay, so she was going to remain above for a short while longer, when Aria made her move.

"I got something better from my Mom, MAGIC" She called out before sending a ball of magical energy at the Titan, hoping to turn her into steamed vegetables by the amount of power in it. Vera couldn't believe Aria was capable of that much output. When Aria fell to her knees however, Vera realized the truth. "That was all she had!". Her decision made, she burst down to the weakened sorceress and transformed.

From the wind, her new body formed. Muscled, armored, and with a massive golden blade, Vera stood in front of the mage; ready to see what her glowing magic blade could do against the divine mother herself. Bringing her blade to bear, she took a defensive stance and said "Sag mazhab!"; thoroughly enjoying the insult. A moment later she (now he) realized insulting the goddess was likely not the smartest move, but oddly didn't care. At least it gave Remus a chance to grab Nicole and escape.

"Testosterone"

Spoiler: OOC: The Insult

Persian for "You have the religion of a dog". I thought it was both appropriate and Escapist passable

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria felt a gust of wind blow against her and saw what looked to be a man form from thin air, he looked like a great warrior and had a glowing blade. Aria, was confused, and for a short time wonder who it was, then exhaustion claimed her and she simply feel over and blacked out, her hat falling off her head as she hit the ground.

 

[Dogmatic99]

Oh my-

Able felt the wind get knocked out of him as he and Etna were scooped up in Gaia's hand together like a pair of toys. The two of them were knocked together a shaken about in Gaia's drunken fury. Able's hands struggled for something to grasp at between paniced breaths. He between the baleful glare of the looming monster and the scrambling figures under her. Over Gaia's howling he heard Prometheus barking orders.

"Able! Wrap your arms around Etna to protect her..."

What? How do I- His thoughts were cut short once again as Gaia's grip tightened. Able's body instinctivly fought out against the the crushing force, his 'power' more than paying for itself. Then he noticed Etna, who's gift wasn't so situationally handy. Oh god, she'll be crushed!

Able tried to squirm himself over so he was parallel to Etna and reached his arms out to either side of her and bracd himself. He was broader than Etna and if he could just hold out long enough he could bare the brunt of gaia's strength. He could do that much. Suddenly a gunshot rang through the air and he flinched, in his hurry he'd turned himself around so his back was to most of the action, making it all sound a lot worse. Able didn't know if his skin could take a bullet as well as a knife and he'd rather not find out.

"EYES DOWN NOW!!!" He heard. Abe clenched his eyes shut and, continuing in his role as meat shield, did his best to block out the light that was trying to fight through his eyelids for Etna. And then he was free... and flying through the air. Able opened his eyes only to see the world spinning in a blur of colour before he violently hit the ground with a splash. He lay there for a second, face down as his brain caught up with what happened and the protests of his lungs. He sprang up, dizzy and coughing up wine. He staggared over to Etna and helped her to her feet and the two of them were left to catch up with the chaos.

Gaia had chosen some new targets and was thrashing around in the way that only a mad tree woman could. Able jogged back into the fray looking around frantically for anywhere he might be needed. When he saw Gaia raise her foot like a lumbering giant, ready to crush Nicole like a bug. Oh no. Remus had already bolted into action and was testing his strength against mother nature. Able pulled Nicole free of the struggle.

GET OUT! He menatally screamed at her, pushing her towards the exit and swatting away a vine that was trying to tangle itself up in his legs.

 

[hiei82]

Almost as soon as she spoke, Aria passed into unconsciousness. "Her power really is drained." she thought to herself. glancing around, Steven, Dan, and Andrew were hardly in the best position, Remus and Able were with Nicole and Etna, who all seemed to be of the opinion that running was the best plan of action.

Vera couldn't agree more. With their escape route secured, Vera turned on her heel, dropped to her knee, scooped Aria up under her arm, and bolted for the exit. Fortunately, thanks in no small part to her sports playing, Vera could run fast.

Very fast.

 

[IFS]

It worked! Gaia turned at her and swung blindly with an arm, she dived under it dodging it easily, well at least it only hit her wings shredding them into tatters of light. Of course the the sheer force of the arm travelling through the air also left it accompanied by an unexpected gust of wind that flung her sliding across the ground into a wall, somewhat dazed but unharmed. The monstrous deity raised one leg in an effort to crush her ok I can dodge this and dart between her legs, then a lot of things happened very quickly..

"Daughter of Nike, where is your fierce mother now? Where is your victory!?"

The first was Remus springing into the raised leg smashing it aside and staggering Gaia, followed shortly by Aria blasting the drunken titan in the back of the head with magic, and immediately collapsing damn I was fine! she shook her head to clear the daze Ok maybe not fine but still! Fortunately a warrior appeared alongside Aria and grabbed her, taking her to safety before Gaia could turn that way.

Able ran up next to her, grabbing her and swatting at the encroaching vines, she grabbed onto him as well wings reforming behind her as she lept forward towards the exit dragging him after her, the chamber was wide enough to use them more properly and they formed in their full size this time propelling them both forward towards the exit.

"Remus get yourself out of there!" she yelled as she darted past, trying to get a better grip on Able as she did so. They hit the exit and her wings dissappated once more into ribbons of light as the tumbled out of the chamber Prom said she couldn't leave, lets hope he's right.

She glanced back and forth between Able and Remus "Are you ok? And thanks for the help," she said to Able, feeling somewhat bad that she had needed it I would have been fine, well maybe. Dammit Remus get out of there!

 

[DarkRawen]

"Thank you doctor, you have quickly become my second favorite."

Well, I did just save your life.

Andrew stood up in order to see how everyone else was doing, while Dan seemed to be sending a bunch of animals to attack Gaia. Etna and Able was released by Gaia, and Andrew figured it was probably best if he went to check on them, and help them. He hadn't forgotten that they were supposed to get outside, not kill Gaia. However, a large branch was sent towards them, about to pin them to the ground. He couldn't react in time to do anything, but someone shot the branch, stopping it from hitting them. Looking around, Andrew noticed it was Steven.

Well, that was close.

One could say his calmness by now far exceeded that of someone used to stress, and he supposed they would be correct. He made sure Dan was okay, before starting to move towards the former hostages.

"Daughter of Nike, where is your fierce mother now? Where is your victory!?"

Andrew didn't turn to see what was going on. Nicole was obviously in trouble, but he couldn't help her out of it. Everyone else would be a better person for the job, and he didn't doubt Remus would run to her rescue. Able and were already up, but Able then ran over to Gaia, leaving Etna alone. Andrew ran over to her, and looked her over.

"You're okay, right? Hit your head or anything?" He asked her. Although he wasn't stressed, that still didn't mean he bothered to focus on keeping a smile on his face. Not even for the purpose of teasing Etna. His tone was ice-cold, actually, enough to make one shiver. After all, this kinda tone would probably work best when it came to getting a stubborn woman to follow him outside without making a racket.

"The focus is to get out of here, so if you're ready, we'll run outside."

 

[Ruedyn]

Dan hacked and slashed at his cage, he hated the feeling, hated everything about this. They were barely holding their own here, how were they to defeat one who can corrupt a goddess this powerful?!

"Thanks." He barely remembered to say, as he sprang up from the mostly cut tangle of vines, as he sprinted over to Aria. He had noticed her brilliant attack, but was more concerned with Aria's safety. He nearly tripped over himself as he saw a knight arise in front of her, armored heavily and carrying a giant golden sword.

'Who-?' He stopped, Aria had passed out, either from exhaustion, or this new guy was an enemy... He would be optimistic, for now. He was about to put his spear against the back of his neck, before stopping himself.

'Could it be Vera?' Dan sighed, and when he looked up he had run off with her.

"Fuck." Dan barely saw him run out of the chamber. He followed suit, though he was not nearly as fast, despite a lack of goddamn heavy armor. He was highly disappointed in the job physics was doing today. He sped up a bit, feeling the burn in his lungs as he thought he was catching up. The rabbit, Xan was keeping pace with Dan, and pounced on the back of his leg, causing him to trip.

"Goddamnit, why?!" The rabbit didn't speak, but pointed in the direction of Gaia. Dan realized he had just run from the battle. There was only disappointment as he picked himself up, panting heavily, using his spear to balance on.

"... Let's just go catch up." Xan nodded, sitting on his shoulder now. They walked the rest of the way out of the cave.

 

[Green Shoes]

Prometheus finished binding Hecate as the first of the group came out. Vera, as a golden Persian warrior, carrying the battle-drained Aria. Prometheus ran up to them, holding his arms out to take Aria. Doubtless they would need Vera back in there to help get everyone out.

"What's going on? Here, I'll take her. Where are the others?!"

Prometheus spied Dan behind her, walking slowly out. He held out his arms expectantly to take Aria from Vera.

"Dan! What happened! Where are the others?!"

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Gaia stumbled and staggered, ragged from the beating she was taking. Her grove was a mess of broken trees and upheaved rocks; and littered with the tired bodies of demi-Gods. They were still fighting hard, though had begun their retreat. Gaia saw the Persian run off with the girl, followed by the son of Odin.

"Cowards! Turn and face your death!"

A matte of vines sprung up infront of the doorway; thick and impassable, and needed to be removed for their successful escape. Her bark-skin had begun to peel and splinter; her body breaking apart. But still she raged, now digging rocks from the ground and flinging them in every direction. She howled and screamed like a monster, settling her eyes on Andrew, she charged towards him.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Steven managed to cut out Dan quickly, the vines posing little resistance.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome, now help me get Andrew out of these..."

"Fuck."

Steven watched as Dan bolted out of the room for no clear reason.

"HEY! ANDREW NEEDS..."

"Cowards! Turn and face your death!"

Steven turned to see the very weathered Gaia running straight at Andrew. Without thinking, Steven grabbed the shotgun, pointed it at the tree monster, and fired both slugs straight into her face.

Spoiler: OOC

Leaving it up to the GM the consequences of that action.

 

[Green Shoes]

Gaia screamed in fury, stopping short of Andrew and turning to face Steven. The slugs had blown chunks off her face, but seemed merely to anger her further.

Torn between so many targets, she was more a wild animal than a combatant; kicking and screaming in every direction. A loose boulder struck Andrew in the side, cracking a few ribs and putting him in tremendous pain.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

The attack had blasted off pieces of Gaia's face, although she wasn't dead. The horrible cracking sound when the boulder hit also made it clear she was still very deadly.

Even as Steven tried to load his shotgun again in the moment of confusion, he knew the next time he wouldn't have such a pause.

Taking her alive increasingly did not seem like an option anymore. Steven dodged her wild attacks and stuffed the loaded shotgun into the hole in her face, then fired.

 

[Terratina.]

Chaos ensued and Etna just... froze up. Gaia... She was rabid. The others had chosen to run away. The annoying Andrew had chosen to run towards her. Possibly just to look good in front of everyone else. "Just a little shaken up." Was all she could mumble. At least he had dropped the pretense. Etna didn't want to think about it anymore. The others had fought against a very powerful being and she just stood there. She wiped her forehead, surprised the amount of sweat. Now what were Prometheus' orders? She frowned as she tried to remember. Everything had gone into a daze once the fight had started. Etna looked at Gaia. She clearly wasn't in her right mind.

She kicked out and a rumbling noise could be heard. Bits of rock fell down and one hit Andrew. He flinched. Etna sighed. They had to get out of here, but it would be no use if an angry Gaia decided that a cave-in was a good idea. Etna took a deep breath, closed and opened her eyes and thought of the calming sea, a forest filled with songbirds and a field of wildflowers. She directed the feeling of calm towards Gaia. That done, she got on with getting out of there, having the 'joy' of carrying Andrew out of there. If he didn't want to get hit, then he shouldn't have acted the hero. Etna placed his arm on her shoulder and began to advance towards the exit.

 

[DarkRawen]

It hurt like hell, and Andrew groaned. His side felt as if it was about to explode, and he felt it. He noticed blood on his hands, but that was Dan's, from before. However, it was clear that he had broken several ribs, 2, possibly 3. And he couldn't gather enough energy or whatever his healing ran on, to fix them.

Fuck.

His hands were usually always steady. Now, they were shaking because of the pain. He had seen Gaia run towards him, and he hadn't been scared. He still wasn't, but he felt as if he was about to pass out from the pain. Quickly, he used the syringe and the bottle of morphine, giving himself a big, but far from deadly dose. It wouldn't start working for a while, but it might help him survive. He got to his feet, and, surprisingly enough, Etna had chosen to come help him. Andrew leaned on her, but only as much as he had to.

"I'm sorry about before," he muttered. "Thanks." It wasn't completely sincere, but at long as she didn't just leave him there, that was something, right? He went through his education in his mind, remembering what he knew about broken ribs.

Try to move as little as possible, don't take full breaths, breathe slowly, and so on. I know it like the backside of my hand.

They moved over to the exit, and Andrew put his hands on the vines covering it. He didn't know if it would work or not, but he didn't have any choice. Using almost all of his remaining energy, he poisoned them, hoping it would kill them, or at least weaken them enough for them to get through. He knew Steven and Remus was fighting Gaia, but there was nothing he could do, and he didn't think Etna could help them out either. Then again, her power was strange, she might already have done so. The only way he could do something, was if he managed to get rid of the vines, and get the others out, or those on the outside in. He turned to look at Gaia.

Pitiful. I wonder how Dionysus' "poison" managed to get mother earth like this? Hopefully, these two people have enough sense to get that we can't kill her. It would probably upset the balance of the world, or something.

He shouldn't be thinking that. He should be hoping she burned in Hell for breaking his ribs like that. But he didn't.

 

[Deu Sex]

Remus feared that he might be forced to have a contest of strength with Mother Earth, but soon his fist was relieved of the weight pushing down onto it. Aria had staggered Gaia with a blast of sorcery. As he took another blow at the titan's leg to make her stumble away from Nicole, Remus saw some hulking golden warrior approach. "Sag mazhab!" At first he wondered if the being was Mars coming down personally to help his own son, yet realized the warrior didn't look anything like the God and seemed to be speaking something arabic-sounding.

Able managed to pull Nicole out to safety, which relieved him quite a bit. Yet he was still mad. Forming his fingers into fists once again, Remus was content to lay down a barrage of savage blows on Gaia. Before he could do so however, a voice called out to him. "Remus get yourself out of there!" He paused for a moment and blinked, suddenly shaken out of his rage by Nicole. He looked around and realized all the other demigods, aside from Steve, were making a run for the exit. "As you wish...no point in sticking around for a pointless battle..."

Remus sprinted towards the exit. As he did, he witnessed Andrew getting by a boulder hurled by Gaia. Although panicked at first he saw Etna quickly pick the injured demigod up and drag him to safety. "Let's hope he didn't get too badly hurt..." Having a wounded doctor wouldn't be helpful for anyone. Remus then noticed Steven continuing to pepper Gaia with rounds from his shotgun. "Ceasefire!" he shouted. "We can't kill her, just cover the others and get out!"

As he approached the exit he found it covered with vines. He growled, annoyed, yet realized that they would only prove to be an inconvenience with his strength. He saw Nicole was already tearing at them. "May I?" Remus stretched his hands out and ripped apart the ensnaring vines, smashing up chunks with his fists and letting them scatter onto the ground like wet cardboard. Had something weakened the vines? Even with his inhuman strength, they seemed bizarrely easy to tear off.

 

[Green Shoes]

Gaia lifted her hand to scatter those tearing at her vines, but paused. A small reprieve from her drunken state caused her to throw herself away from the group, calmed momentarily by powerful magic. She crashed upon the middle of the grove, and cried out.

"Go! Go! Tell Prometheus I'm sorry!" With that said, she quickly feel prey to her previous fury. Yet in her moment of clarity she released the vines, opening the door, and all other vines that crept around the room.

With a drunken roar she stood again, and stumbled back towards the group, malevolent and furious as hell.

 

[Dogmatic99]

Able's head spun around as Nicole scooped him up, light triling from her back as she hurried them both into the air and out of the cavern. He'd seen her spread them in the fight with the satyrs but up close was something else. The light was pure and bright he had to shield his eyes from it. He could only imagine what they must have looked like right now but it felt incredible. All of Nicole's power was set loose, for that brief moment when they took flight, everything felt possible. Like there was no challenge too great, that there was nothing they couldn't overcome.

Nicole dropped him off just beyond the doorway that lead to Gaia's grove and not a moment too soon as a wall of vines sprang up to sew it shut behind them. The two of them scrambled back to try and rip them down and clear a path for the others still trapped inside. The wall didn't last long as Remus made short work of the organic obstacle.

"Go! Go! Tell Prometheus I'm sorry!"

Able had given up trying to make any sense from what was happening around him but he knew a chance when he saw it. The psychotic ent had paused in her attack, giving the others a brief opportunity to run like hell. Able Pressed himself against one of the metal doors just in case it decided to swing shut before the others could make their escape. He couldn't tell you if it was his father's brand of bravery coming out in him like it had in the fight that kept him there, or if it was fear at the sight of what was charging at them that had him rooted to the spot. Either way he didn't dare take his eyes off the others still in the grove and the thing that was howling for their blood.

Get out! Hurry... please hurry...

 

[IFS]

Able seemed to be fine, although the others in the chamber were still in trouble, especially when the wall of vines appeared over the entrance. She quickly tried to pull at them with her hands, to little effect dammit I forgot the knife, however Remus seemed to have a similar idea and tore into the wall with ease. She couldn't see much through the wall but it seemed like Andrew was hurt, Etna was helping him, and Steven was pelting the Titan ineffectually with gunshots, accomplishing little other than distracting her from the others.

"Go! Go! Tell Prometheus I'm sorry!"

Gaia had a moment of clarity and released the door, though it was short lived and she flew back into a rage, Able pressed himself against the iron door to keep it open in case it decided to slam shut, good idea we need to get everyone out of there and she shoved against the same door only need to keep one of them open.

"Come on, get out of there, run!" she yelled after them they know that already, Prom even told us to do that! God if they get killed... the last thought worried her they won't die, they helped me now I'm helping them, so I can't let them die.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Steven saw Gaia run back, screaming to get away from them. Not knowing why nor caring, Steven turned tail and run through the now open door.

"CLOSE IT! CLOSE IT!" Steven yelled, thinking everyone was out of the room.