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

[Deu Sex]

"Daniel, son of Odin." Remus smiled as he shook Dan's hand. He was pleasantly surprised that wincing in pain from his grip. Maybe the boy was getting better at this sort of thing. Or perhaps Odin's son had quite a bit of strength of his own.

Turning about, he noticed another demigod joining the two of them. He introduced himself rather oddly, holding up a phone with Able spelled out on it. Was he mute? Perhaps. How very odd. Remus couldn't think of any Gods he knew of who were silent. Although perhaps he became mute through non-genetic means. He nodded his head at Able. "Hello to you as well. And a pleasure. Remus, son of Mars." he said a second time on the off-chance he didn't hear it the first.

At Dan's mention of food, Remus felt his stomach growl ferociously. He didn't realize it but he hadn't eaten in a while. He followed the other demigod as he entered the kitchen, hunger leading the way. As he spotted Nicole walking about the kitchen as well, he flashed a smile briefly. Quickly though he felt hunger gripping him again and his attention was turned to the pantry. He opened a few cupboards and scanned the contents, a disapproving look dawning on face. Pop drinks, brand-name tomato paste, barley any spices and canned fish...he didn't feel all too starved anymore. Spoiled with good food from having grown up in Italy and on a farm, Remus couldn't help but feel rather repulsed by the kitchen's contents. He sighed before closing a cupboard door shut. Maybe there was something decent in the fridge.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Um... well in my case, I just sort of... will it I guess. The first time I transformed, I was upset and angry and needed help. I asked for help and they came. They weren't at all what I needed - the disadvantage of being the child of a minor god I suppose - but they came. My da... Venethragna, the god who's powers I have, told me that I needed to both want the powers and be powerful enough to use them. Mine didn't awaken until I was 15 because of how they work - I wasn't powerful enough I guess - but thereafter, I could transform whenever I wanted it enough. I'm not sure how to explain it better, but i hope it helps."

"Huh, I see, so it happened naturally like that."

That didn't help much. Seems Apollo might hold the key to it, and that's not a good thing.

"I guess I'm a different type, then. Thanks for telling me, I'm sure it'll be useful." He sounded hopeful, if only because it would be rude to act as if he had wasted his time asking about it. After all, she had just told him a bit about her past.

I doubt it will be any use at all.

Not sure what to say to continue the conversation, Andrew went over to take a blanket and such. He then looked over at her, still seeming as friendly. God, he was tired.

"I'll be going to sleep now, if you don't mind that. I'm a bit tired, as I said. Good night." Andrew waited for her response, before waving and turning to leave. He went over to a corner of the room, made the closest thing to a bed he could manage, and went to sleep.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria was just about done cooking a steak she'd found in the freezer when it seemed like every one came into the kitchen at once, first one of the girls, then most them boys "Freezer has all the good stuff I found" she said as the rummaging through cupboards began, taking her own stake and plopping it on a waiting plate.

 

[Dogmatic99]

I could use something to eat.

Abe gave another little greeting wave to the newly met Remus, that was a funky name, and followed them into the kitchen where htey found the pretty American girl from earlier and another woamn he hadn't been introduced to yet. Dan and Remus busied themselves with raiding the fridge. Abe knocked on one of the work surfaces and waved to Aria and the new one to make sure they saw him. He'd found in the past that if he didn't do something like that people tended not to notice him and then they got spooked if he made any noise. His mum used to joke that they'd have to put a bell on him. This way seemed a bit more dignified.

Check me out, in a bar full of beautiful people. It was just then that Abe started to realise how downtrodden he must have looked. After a bit of rummaging he found himself an apple and leaned back against the kitchen table while he dug into it.

Son of Mars, son of Odin, a magical girl of energy or something and... someone unknown. His eyes rested on Nicole for a moment. Wonder what her deal is?

 

[IFS]

Shortly after Nicole headed back into the kitchen most of the others followed, not surprising its getting pretty late, or it feels like it to me who knows what time zone some of these people came from. There were already a few people back there, one of them, the Texan girl, had already dug a steak out of the fridge.

"Freezer has all the good stuff I found"

"Thanks, what was your name? I don't think you said, at least not to me," she responded, as she went to dig through the fridge, eventually emerging with what appeared to be leftover pizza not the healthiest but I'm not in the mood to cook, so something microwavable should do nicely.

As she dropped her plate in the microwave she noticed the odd quiet man looking at her, "Hey I don't think I caught your name either," she said in a friendly manner, extending a hand to shake "I'm Nicole in case you didn't know."

 

[Ruedyn]

Trash, trash, pretty sure that expired, no way I'm having a vegetable for dinner-

"Freezer has all the good stuff I found"

Dan grunted in agreement. The smell of steak filled his nose, and he turned around towards Aria

"Any more of those around here?" Dan took a look at the others here. A girl he didn't recognize and Able was clumsy. Not much interesting, so he stood next to Aria, smiling.

"So, how were things while I was gone? And how long WAS I gone?"

 

[Dogmatic99]

"Hey I don't think I caught your name either," she said in a friendly manner, extending a hand to shake "I'm Nicole in case you didn't know." Said the sporty looking one.

Were you staring? Oh crap, well done Abe now she thinks your a freak! Except she didn't look very put off, in fact she seemed downright friendly. Just be cool. PRetty girls didn't talk to Abe very often... the lack of experience tended to show.

He put the apple down and held up his phone again, his name memo still lighting up the screen. He quickly pointed to himself and shook her offered hand, mouthing 'Nice to meet you.' as he did so. What do I do now? It had been a while since he'd tried actually talking to someone who didn't know signing and he was a little out of practice.

He whipped up a quick greeting. [So what brings you to a place like this?] He gave a bit of a lopsided grin, trying to get across that he was kidding. He was torn as to whether or not he should of added a as well.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"Aria" she said to Nicole as Able made a noise to get her attention, Aria gave a little wave to Able "Y'all don't talk much do ya?" finding it odd he hadn't said anything at all.

Then Dan spoke up, "I think there was a couple more in there" Aria said, then smirked "I took the biggest of the lot though, snooze you lose buster," she added stuffing a bit of med-rare stake into her mouth." and long enough for me to cook this" she said, the blushed a little at how close he actually was to her.

 

[IFS]

"Aria"

She nodded and made note of the name, and would've said more but Dan started talking to Aria, seemed rather attached to her already, and the quiet man responded to her question by holding up his phone and mouthing something. It wasn't too hard to figure out what he meant, and he quickly typed up a new message.

[So what brings you to a place like this?]

She laughed, "Same thing as you I suspect," the microwave beeped behind her and she removed the pizza quickly "certainly wasn't the food, though there is more in the fridge if you're hungry."

Able seemed to be mute, at least she couldn't think of any other reason why he had to talk via text, it seemed like it might be rude to ask about it though. She leaned against a wall and took a bite of the pizza, it was better than she had expected at least, she swallowed the bite before asking Able another question.

"So Able where are you from?"

 

[Dogmatic99]

Heeey! We're off to a good start after all! Abe cheered internally.

"Y'all don't talk much do ya?" Aria commented in her rish southern drawl, or was it twang? Abe didn't know the difference.

'Nope!' He mouthed back at her jokingly. He mimed talking a little bit for the room to see, making a slashing motion across his throat. In his head it meant NOPE, NADDA, NOTHIN'. That should at least clear that matter up, hopefully it wouldn't be awkward for them.

"So Able where are you from?" Asked Nicole.

[U.K. Cornwall] His phone told her, he had stopped thinking of himself as a Londoner a few years ago, somehow not having the accent made the switch in identity easier. [But Norse on my dad's side.] He added since he was pretty sure everyone was sharing which god neighbourhood they were from. [He's Vidarr btw] If she was a mythology nut then that would probably help explain the mute thing to her, besides how often did he get the chance to say that and have people believe it?

'And you?' He mouthed, pointing back at Nicole.

 

[Ruedyn]

"- And long enough for me to cook this."

Dan smiled, then noticing her blush, he took a step back, feeling himself doing the same. He began rubbing the back of his head, a nervous habit of his.

"Cruel, aren't you?" He said, jokingly, trying to cover his tracks. The steak did smell good though, so he went and chose another one, and began the process of cooking it. He eyed the thing like a damned wolf as he continued his conversation,

"So, where are you from?"

'The south, idiot...' Dan smiled a bit.

 

[IFS]

'And you?' He mouthed, pointing back at Nicole.

He certainly didn't seem to mind not being able to speak, if his reply to Aria was what it seemed to be that is. According to what he typed he was a Norse demigod, from some guy named Vidarr should really have studied more than just Greek myths, well I did cover a few Roman ones but that hardly helps here...

"Can't say I've heard of Vidarr, but then my whole mythology nut phase was centered on Greek myths. My mom's Nike, and I'm from the US, Iowa to be specific," she replied, hoping she was reading his gestures correctly.

She took another bite of the pizza, watching Able to see his response while she ate. Everything still seemed so unreal in a way, she'd known about her heritage for a while now but had never expected something like this to be thrust upon her. Hell it had been a surprise to meet another demigod at college, and now she was in a building full of them. Man how am I so calm? Probably still a little surprised at everything happening all at once.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"So, where are you from?"

Aria chewed another bit of steak before answering "Athens, Texas" Aria replied, giving able a smirk at his smart ass reply "What about you? Where you from?"

 

[Dogmatic99]

Like the shoes. Wonder what she's like?

He wasn't suprised that she hadn't heard of Vidarr, he wasn't that famous even among the norse pantheon. He guessed that mute's just weren't that good at self promotion by nature.

[He's kind of famous for footwear as well.] He held up the bag with his boots in it. Of all the things he thought he might find in common with someone here that wasn't near the top of the list. But it made sense she'd be more focused on her own paren't extended family over others.

Other than the shoe joke he wasn't sure what else to say, getting information out was usually so tricky his small talk skills never really developed. MAybe I should say something nice about her hair... what the hell do you say to anyone in this situation? You dislike getting kidnapped by your estranged parents? I hate that too! We should get coffee some time!

 

[Ruedyn]

"What about you? Where you from?"

"Hm... I think... Minnesota! Mankato Minnesota." Dan smiled, he'd been travelling too long. 3 years straight and no home to call his own. Simply a string of hotels and motels, all in pursuit of knowledge and adventure. This would at least promise one...

"Sorry, been awhile since I had to think about that. It just kind of blurs together nowadays." He frowned a bit. He noticed his steak was ready, and moved to dish himself up.

"So, any questions for me? I think it's your turn." He gave a weak smile, as he began eating his steak.

 

[Green Shoes]

Voices flitted under the supply door. Finishing his fifth cigarette, he dropped the stub and ground it into the dirt with his heel. It was approaching midnight, and the early dawn meant an early rise. He didn't want to be caught in the plains at 40 degree heat. He cracked the door open and threw his voice inside.

"I hope this is pillow talk, and you're not still chatting away in the kitchen! Don't make me come back there and tuck you in myself!"

Shutting the door to prevent any answer, he began twirling fire between his fingertips, dimly and in the shadow of the bar, so as not to attract unwanted attention.

 

[IFS]

[He's kind of famous for footwear as well.]

Aaaaand there's the shoe joke, at least its at his own expense too. Not really any point in getting annoyed I suppose. She shrugged "No points for originality, sorry," she said "I take it you like hiking then?"

She had about finished the pizza now, and was really starting to feel how late it was. Some people had gone to the rooms to sleep and she was wondering how much longer she would stay up before heading off herself. Eh I'm a college student, I don't need sleep she thought jokingly to herself.

"I hope this is pillow talk, and you're not still chatting away in the kitchen! Don't make me come back there and tuck you in myself!"

"Well I guess we better turn in then, see you tomorrow," she said putting her plate in the sink and turning to go find a room. Geez they kidnap us and then do nothing but give us orders, if it didn't seem so important I'd probably just tell them to fuck off. Then again Aria already tried that and it went nowhere. She grabbed a pillow and blanket, found an empty room and collapsed on the makeshift bed, not even bothering to change out of her clothes not like I have pajamas to change into, the late hour and the weight of the days events finally catching up to her she was soon fast asleep.

 

[Lunar Templar]

"I hope this is pillow talk, and you're not still chatting away in the kitchen! Don't make me come back there and tuck you in myself!"

Aria was thinking of what to ask Dan when Prometheus busted in, and rolled her eyes "Guess we'll have to pick this up tomorrow, our abductor seems to want us in bed now" She said, putting her plate in the sink. Aria then made her way to the table with the bed rolls, and grabbed on, after finding a nice empty spot on the floor she laid it out, striped down to her underwear, minus a bra, which she never wore cause she didn't like how they felt. She lay her clothing in a pile next to her bed roll, capped by her jacket and hat, undid the braid in her hair, then crawled into the bedroll.

 

[Dogmatic99]

"No points for originality, sorry,"

Abe gave a shrug and a half apologetic smile. Can't blame me for trying. He nodded to the hiking question and was about to try and write up a follow up question of his own when Prometheus' voice startled him into remembering where he really was again.

That's right, we've got a big trip ahead of us tomorrow. Guess I'll want to be well rested for that, besides I don't want to risk pissing a titan off. A knot started forming in his stomach the moment he started to think about tomorrow and the front of his head started aching, ever so faintly, in that way it did whenever he got too stressed.

He waved Nicole goodnight and left soon after her waving back to Dan and Aria as he went. he found an unclaimed spot by the pool table and slumped to the ground. He tossed and turned for a while, trying to thrash the pillow into a more comfortable state, trying desperatly not to look too much at Aria. his jaw had nearly hit the floor once he saw her undressing but he reigned any reaction in with all his self control. He thought it would never happen but slowly and surely sleep took him.

 

[Deu Sex]

Remus had begun scanning the inside of the fridge, looking for something that wasn't trash to eat. Eventually he spotted a container of assorted vegetables which included some carrots and cucumber. He propped open the lid and began snacking away, when he heard call from across the hall.

"I hope this is pillow talk, and you're not still chatting away in the kitchen! Don't make me come back there and tuck you in myself!" As the others began abandoning the kitchen, Remus took a few bites to satisfy his hungers before closing the fridge door and exiting as well. He walked over to the room where everyone one else appeared to be breaking out the bed rolls, and grabbed one of his own. As he began laying out his roll be noticed Aria undressing herself. Although a smirk appeared on his face he was rather unphased by this. In Sicily, girls going about topless wasn't exactly an uncommon sight. Yet the mute demigod Able seemed to have been overcome with shock at it. Remus chuckled as he finished making his bedroll and slunk inside, quickly falling to sleep.