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

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"Welcome to your destination," Steven said sarcastically as he walked out of the cockpit, "You may collect our bags from the compartment between 18 and 34 seats down from our current position. I suggest we hurry, grab a raft, and sink this airplane because the authorities are going to be all over this aircraft in a matter of minutes. I do hope you fly with us again."
 

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Prometheus steadied himself and hurried to get the luggage. The plane floated eerily on the water; it made him stumble and feel nauseous.

Throwing the bags at the group, he started working on freeing the life-rafts. He yelled to the others.

"Quickly, quickly! I don't really fancy being interviewed at an italian police station!"
 

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Aria grumbled as the landing messed with her shoulder a bit, but they where down safely. She opened the door for the others to get teh raft out and ready while she collected her things then headed out to check on Vera, who seemed to be out like a broken light bulb.
 

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With his bag in hand ,Steven quickly went back into the cockpit, opening up the wheel compartments to let more water in, and then getting on the raft.

"The longer it takes them to figure out one of the rafts are missing, the longer it will take before they starting looking for anyone who got off the plane," Steven said to the group, "So, please get off the plane NOW. If the Italians see us out here on the water, we will be the first suspects for this 'terroristattack'."
 

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"Quickly, quickly! I don't really fancy being interviewed at an italian police station!"

There is a large plane here, and people have to have seen it. So if we're to get away, we need more than speed and luck.

Andrew grabbed his bag and went to exit the plane, not saying anything. He just waited for the others to move, he just wanted to get away and relax. For some reason, he felt tired and down.

I guess I used too much of my powers again.
 

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"Quickly, quickly! I don't really fancy being interviewed at an italian police station!" Remus quickly unbuckled himself and got up out of his seat. He grabbed a bag from the overhead compartment and put the sword Dan gave him inside. Even though he didn't have much use for it, he wasn't going to leave behind a weapon with his fingerprints all over it for his country's police to discover.

As he ran down the aisle, Remus spied Vera. Her eyes were shut and she appeared to be trying to sleep. "Are you serious?" he thought. Now was a time for anything but rest. He grabbed Vera by the shoulder and shook her hardily. "Hey, get up! We're going now." He then walked onto the raft with the others.
 

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She stared at the token. Heaven knows why Prometheus gave it to her. The symbols brought one word to mind: angular. Etna hadn't even dabbled in archaeology or anything. But then again, she was shaken from it and called to join the others in the raft. She stumbled up and grabbed her things, eager to get out of this place of death. In short, Etna followed the others out of there, hoping that whatever was going to happen in Sicily was not going to be as bad as this was.
 

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Vera was happily asleep when she felt a sharp painful shake of her shoulder and was forced back into reality. "Hey, get up! We're going now." Remus said, before moving to a raft.

Vera lay there for a moment later before letting out a long painful moan of "owwwwwwwwww". She'd been asleep just long enough for the dull aches from the plane carrying effort to set in, leaving her every muscle crying out for mercy. None-the-less, she knew Remus was right, so she stood up to make her way over to safety.

Or rather tried. She tried to stand up, but wasn't able to push hard enough with her exhausted arms to lift herself that far. Instead she managed only to roll over and do a halfhearted pseudo-pushup. It was then that she noticed Aria - who'd been hidden by the blinding light of the rising sun. Vera didn't immediately say anything and instead tried to stand up, determined to retain her athletic pride. She made it further this time - almost to her knees - but again fell flat on her face with a resounding thud.

Vera turned her head toward the Cowgirl Viking Sorceress and said "Can I have a little help?", throwing pride out the window; to tired to really care.
 

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Aria just rolled her eyes at Remus's indifference, Vera was clearly drained for over use of her powers, something she could relate to quiet well, though still tried and failed to stand several times. "Can I have a a little help?" she finally asked, and Aria knelt down, wrapped her arms around Vera like a hug, "I'd say hold on, but it doesn't work that way" she said, then took a quick look at where the raft was and teleported the both of them there, and promptly fell over, again out of breath, but still turned to Remus with a disapproving glare "Next time you see one of us, that's clearly tired from over use of there powers in need of aid, don't say something to the effect of 'well lets go' and walk off. Help them instead of being a jerk."
 

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"Next time you see one of us, that's clearly tired from over use of there powers in need of aid, don't say something to the effect of 'well lets go' and walk off. Help them instead of being a jerk." Remus turned and frowned at Aria. "Well isn't she the catty one today?" It wasn't clear to him that Vera was exhausted. Then again, he didn't experience fatigue enough to tell the difference from that physical exhaustion and just feeling sleepy. "We don't have time to be tired anyways. Or sling provocations at each other." Yet Remus didn't say any of those things he thought. The last thing he wanted was to bite back at Aria. "She's right anyways. That was a bit dickish of me." His frown evaporated as he faced Vera. "I'm sorry. Just lay back down, you can get some shuteye now that you're on the raft."
 

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People were walking onto the raft, although a few remained on the plane, still talking. They would move soon, though, and hopefully, get away. Andrew sighed as Aria and Remus spoke, everyone was obviously tired. He still didn't say anything, people seemed as if they would react offended to even the friendliest words. Besides, Andrew didn't have a motivation anymore, it would take some time to regain position, to make people trust him, and lower their guards.

Why do I even bother? Sometimes, I don't know.

He didn't care about other people, most of the time. He got along with them, through lies and deceit, because humans disliked what was different. Although he had no intention of actually joining Loki, he realized that the only thing stopping him from wanting that was morals. Morals he had because of society. There hadn't been any personal objections, nor did he find it a stupid thing to do, in a different situation. He felt no guilt, or shame considering this, but the only reason he had been so sure of that he was lying was because killing was wrong. According to the law.

I should be more opposed to it, the very least. Else I wouldn't have had those... wrong thoughts. But that was stress. Besides, killing is necessary now. Killing innocents people, however, is not. But is this why I'm not trying to make people trust me again?

No, that wasn't why he was feeling off. He just didn't feel like it was worth it, for the first time in his life. Then again, when was the last time he had lost face in front of people like that?

Not like I'm the only one acting off, almost no one reacted at all to the slaughter inside there. There is a limit to what one can get used to, and stomach, for most people. Should I even bother trying to keep this up? Or could I finally just act like I feel like?

He would decide after some rest. Perhaps find a bar, and a random woman drunk enough to consider a one-night stand. Sure, most weren't worth trying to persuade, but if he wanted to, he could easily find someone willing. Or make them willing, flatter them with nice words, seduce them, and convince them it would be great. If he told them he was a soon to be surgeon, and proved it by showing his knowledge, they trusted him more easily. Everyone trusts a doctor, after all. It wouldn't be the first time he had done that outside the US, and he had a feeling it wouldn't be the last. Even if it turned out that most didn't understand much English.

Provided, of course, they managed to avoid getting found by someone.
 

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Nicole had been buckled up when they started their descent, and worked her way calmly out of the downed plane. She climbed into the life raft and looked around at everyone, Vera seemed exhausted but otherwise unharmed, good, heh I guess holding up an entire plane is hard work. She made a mental note to thank and congratulate her when she was more awake, after all Vera had pretty much saved them all from a much messier landing.

She felt bad about abandoning the plane to sink, she realized it was better if Dio thought they might be dead, but she hoped they managed to salvage the plane and ID the bodies. The families of those people deserved some amount of closure at least. She wondered how fast the raft would move, and considered getting out to push it while flying. Probably not a good idea, people will already be watching after the plane went down, glowing angel wings would be too easy to spot.
 

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"I'm sorry. Just lay back down, you can get some shuteye now that you're on the raft." Remus said, coaxing a shaking of Vera's head. "Don't be. You're right we need to get out of here... just don't expect any wind power for your raft." Vera said, clearing Remus of any sense of guilt he might have had. Vera crawled into a sitting position in the corner of a raft. She might not be able to move much, but she could still keep an eye out for the coast guard.

Turning to Aria, Vera smiled and spoke up. "Thanks for the help; I guess that makes us even huh?" she said with tired laugh; recalling the incident in Gaia's chamber. Then, more quietly so that Remus wouldn't overhear, she added "and thanks for chewing out Remus for me; if you hadn't I would have. That said, please cut him some slack; none of us have it easy."
 

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"Thanks for the help; I guess that makes us even huh?"Vera said to her as Aria leaned against the edge of the raft next to Vera "I guess it does" Aria said with a giggle "Never did thank you for that though, sorry, and thank you" "and thanks for chewing out Remus for me; if you hadn't I would have. That said, please cut him some slack; none of us have it easy." Vera then followed with in a low tone, Aria just nodded, she could have a little less mean about it, but still, needed to be said.

"So, who has the neat-o super power to propel a boat?"
 

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The plane came down on the water, jolting Abe around in his seat. Everyone heaved themselves up and out into the freshly prepared life raft. Able walked off of the plane, his eyes fixed on his feet as he tried to block out the grizzly sights around him. Even so, patches of red stained carpet clinged to his boots as he walked through the carnage. However much Able tried to block it out and deny it, he kept catching glimpses of them. The murdered passangers. So many innocent people, families, people younger than them.

How many of them had people waiting for them somewhere in the world? Oh God.

Able found a spot on the raft and hoped they'd get to land soon.
 

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With the group on the raft, Prometheus found four paddles, and gave the extra three to Remus, Nicole and Able. The beach of Sicily wasn't too far off; an hour or two's paddle, though it would have been nice if Vera could summon some wind. He turned to the group as he paddled.

"When we get to the beach, speak to no-one. It's best if we make for the vineyard ASAP; no rest for the wicked and all that. Andrew, see if you can find some food in one of the supply bags next to your foot."

Looking down at Vera, collapsed on the boat, he laughed.

"A bit tired are we? Don't worry; you can take a breather. I'm impressed by you."

So the group paddled their lonely little boat towards Sicily; leaving the wreckage of the plane to begin sinking into oblivion. High upon a distant mountain, he spied a white pillar of marble, gleaming in the sun. Under his breath, he mumbled.

The pillar of Victorious Nike. Here's hoping she doesn't want a family reunion.
 

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"I am surprised we haven't been spotted," Steven start to say, the figured out how much he was tempting fate and regretted it. Although, now that he thought about it...

"Prometheus, do the Fates exist?" Steven asked, looking around the ocean to make sure there wasn't a military cruiser of universal irony after them, "I never let Hep... my father really explain how much of the myths are true. Since we ran into Loki, and I did take basic science classes, I know that things like the creation myths cannot fully be true."
 

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"When we get to the beach, speak to no-one. It's best if we make for the vineyard ASAP; no rest for the wicked and all that. Andrew, see if you can find some food in one of the supply bags next to your foot."

Andrew nodded, and went to look for food. Although it wasn't a lot, shared over all of them, it should be enough. "Here," he muttered. "I'm not hungry, but the rest of you should eat." He knew that he should have something, not eating at this point was stupid. Yet he didn't want to, some part of him thought it was him making up to the rest, but that would be stupid.

No matter what they think, I helped. What I did helped.

It was better than taunting them, for a slight second there, it had worked. He handed over the food to the others, he was smiling, but he barely made an effort. He still hadn't decided what to choose, but if anyone spotted the emotion underneath, he would just look tired, probably. After all, what other emotion was there?
 

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Prometheus froze mid-paddle at Stevens question, then shrugged it off and continued. A strange and probing question, one that the Titan felt he should answer as best as he could.

"You mean the three sisters that spin the Golden thread? Yes they do. However, if you're asking me whether Fate as a deterministic concept exists...I don't know. I don't like to think about it; does my head in."

After his answer, he gladly accepted a little food from Andrew, giving him a nod of approval. Turning away to face the Island, he spoke nonchalantly.

"Was that a smile I saw, Andrew?"
 

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Aria just kept look out, taking a bit of food offered by Andrew but other wise keeping to her self unless she saw something and so far she did not. She wasn't really 'heart broken', after all She and Dan hadn't really had time to get that close, so she didn't know if she loved him or was just grabbing on to the first person to show interest in her out of desperation. Ether way she was disappointed and down he was gone, all she really had left now was this mission, she in all honesty, didn't really care about.