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

[Ruedyn]

Dan played translator until he wasn't needed, and simply left. Apparently, Prometheus had prepared a van for them, so he made his way out to find it. He was thoroughly unimpressed, but climbed in and kept quiet after Aria, and kept quiet. He didn't feel like speaking right now, he felt he knew their names and would just nod off for a bit more sleep while they went on their way...

"Y'all don't need to worry about me snapping. Talken shit about my family is the short way of getting me to kick your ass is all"

"Hm. Good to know." Dan smiled, and drifted off.

 

[Deu Sex]

Remus continued searching for any non-glass contained behind the counter. He padded his hands against the wood as he peaked along the contents of the shelves. He growled in frustration as his rummage proved unfruitful. He was getting frustrated from both this and his early stress. "Dammit! I can't find a fu-" At the moment, Remus pressed his palm hard against a section of the floorboard. The wood below collapsed from the pressure, revealing a hollow section right below the counter. Remus blinked in surprise for a moment before tearing up the rest of the thin floorboard and shoving his head inside.

He spied two items hidden underneath - a rifle and a white sack. Although ecstatic at first by the sight of the former, the gun's barrel broke off from the rest of it after being snatched up. A wave of disappointment rushed over Remus as he pushed the dusty, rusty old thing aside. He then grabbed the sack and pulled it open, revealing a canteen and a sheathed knife. He propped out the blade to make certain it wasn't in the same condition the gun was, and was pleased to see the steel still preserved well.

Pleased by this good fortune, Remus pulled himself up and looked at Nicole with a smile. "Look what I found!" He held up the canteen as well as the sheathed knife, holding the latter out to her hilt-first. "Care for this? I don't have any use for melee weapons myself. They have a tendency of...getting worn out quickly when I use them."

 

[DarkRawen]

"Y'all don't need to worry about me snapping. Talken shit about my family is the short way of getting me to kick your ass is all"

What? How did she notice? Did my facial expression change?

Andrew unconsciously put a hand up, touching his face, but when he noticed he made it look as if he was just dealing with an itch. He saw that Aria was waving to someone, and turned a bit around to see Able. "Hi," he said, still a bit absently.

Was it what I said? Probably.

"Nah, my first time outside the US, furthest away from home I've been before now is Nebraska, Dad had family up there, what about you? You travel much?"

"Outside the States, I've been a couple of times in Europe, once Denmark, and once Germany. That's all. I'm curious about Australia, though, now that we are here. I must admit, I'm not that fond of weather like this, not when there's almost no shade."

I'd call it hell, right now. Although Hades is probably more appropriate.

"But I suppose there's no need to complain, I'm sorry."

 

[IFS]

"Dammit! I can't find a fu-"

Nicole was startled by the cracking noise as the floor broke beneath Remus's hand and her head snapped to look in his direction. Before she could ask if he was ok he pulled out what looked to be some survival stash, from it he offered her an old sheath knife. Huh he's fine, strong and tough it seems.

"Care for this? I don't have any use for melee weapons myself. They have a tendency of...getting worn out quickly when I use them."

"Uh sure, might come in handy I guess," she said, accepting it and clipping the sheath through one of her belt buckles hopefully I won't have to fight with it the thought of cutting or stabbing someone with it was not a pleasant one.

She turned her attention back to the bottles, filling three of them with water, "Hopefully this'll last us, lets go get in the bus," she said, turning and heading out.

As she entered she handed off a bottle to Able, "Here you go," she said, she would give the other bottle to Vera when she got in, and of course keep one for herself.

 

[Green Shoes]

As Stephen jumped into the passenger side, Prometheus looked behind him. Twisting in his seat, he flashed his passengers a grin.

"I hope the seatbelts back there work. I'm an...interesting driver. Who are we waiting on? I spy Etna, Andrew, Stephen...are there any behind you?"

He turned the ignition, and the car spluttered into life. He let out a small cheer. With no air-con, he tried winding down the window, only to find it jammed. A quick knock with his fist punched the screen straight out.

"I suggest you lot follow suit, its going to get hot with ten of us."

 

[Deu Sex]

"Uh sure, might come in handy I guess," As Nicole took the knife from him, Remus certainly hoped that she would be able to use it. Most of the demigods rounded together didn't come off as being the combative type, aside from Dan and Steven. He could hardly blame them though. Most were fortunate enough to have not spent the latter half of their childhood scrapping with wolves. Still, she appeared fit enough to be able to handle her own.

After filling his canteen with water, Remus followed over to the bus. He latched the canteen onto a belt which he slung on his shoulder and over his chest. For a moment he considered bringing the broken gun along, wondering if the son of Hephaestus might be able to fix it up. It was unlikely though. Even if it wasn't snapped in it, the receiver was probably rusty or the barrel turned into a spider nest. Climbing into the vehicle, he took a seat right next to Nicole and flashed another smile at her.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria nodded to Andrew "I might go aboard after this, gonna need to settle things with my real mom first though, get some much needed answers an all."

"Who are we waiting on? I spy Etna, Andrew, Stephen...are there any behind you?"

Aria rolled her eyes "Really? I been back here the whole time, how ja miss the black hat?" she said pointing to the black cowboy hat on her head

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Steven reached for his, only to find he didn't even HAVE a seatbelt.

"@#$%," Steven said, "Well, not to much of a problem, no matter how insane you drive, this thing isn't going above 30 mph with nine people in it. It has lost a lot of horsepower over the year and didn't have many when it was new."

 

[Green Shoes]

"Apologies Aria. The mirror's kind of...dusty. Well, looks like everyone's here, which means..!"

Prometheus hit the gas, lurching the van forward violently, beginning it's slow acceleration to a steady trundle along the dirt road. Stephen had been right; it was barely pressing 40, and the suspension sounded like it was just about to give out. Yet the bus full of divine beings rolled right along, and Prometheus fished out a pair of gold-trim aviators he had acquired 30 years ago. With his arm out the window, he took a breath of fresh air.

"Feels much better to be on our way, doesn't it?" He asked nobody in particular, though a sea of unamused faces glared back at him. Taking a swig of whiskey, he drove on, a silly smile on his face.

 

[Dogmatic99]

"Here you go." Nicole said, handing him a bottle of water.
[Thank you.] He mouthed/signed at her. Abe figured if he just kept using the simpler signs over and over in general conversation then the others would start to pick up snippets of it over time, besides it wasn't like they'd have time for him to try and give any of them a crah course in British sign language.

He budged up to the window, making room for Nicole and Remus. It was like being on some bizarre parody of a school trip. At the front of the bus Prometheus put the bus in gear and set off on the trip with gusto. Abe let out a silent, sarastic yay as the bus drove on in grim quiet.

I feel like I should say something... what though? He tapped the paper pad with his pen rythmically, trying to think of something to say without it coming across as awkward or forced.Or I could embrace the strangeness. A greek, a roman and a viking demigod get on a bus... now that could get a funky punchline.

[What do you think's at the rock?] He showed to the others. [My money's on some kind of monster, or magical creature, I think only they can use the M word.]

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Steven held onto his seat, Prometheus willing the rust bucket to go as fast as possible.

It did not help that the Titan started to drink.

"Titan or not," Steven said as he desperately hung on, "You are not drinking while driving this car!"

Steven debated trying to grab it from him, but decided that a buzzed driver was safer than a Titan trying to protect his drink.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria hung over the back of the seat behind Able, she thought on it a few moments "A big ass monster, guarding a mystic of some flavor, who will then make us 'prove our selves' cause that's how this kind crap works in the movies, and that's really all I have to go on." she said, "I'd prefer just the mystic, minus the monster and the test, though with the addition of a pool, cause this heat is gonna get obnoxious before we get there."

 

[IFS]

[Thank you.]

She wasn't quite sure what the gestures meant, but it wasn't hard to guess. "No problem," she replied as Remus managed to squeeze in on the other side of her, flashing her a smile as he did so, it seemed everyone was on board now, and the vehicle was pretty cramped as expected.

Before she could say anything though Prometheus floored it, which would have been more impressive and hazardous in another vehicle, but even so she slid forward as it lurched into movement, though it slowed into a more steady acceleration afterwards, and Prometheus began to drink. Wonderful, well at least he's proven his liver can take worse than that, the rest of us might have problems with this though. God I swear if I die in a crash in the middle of the friggin outback my ghost will haunt someone.

There wasn't much she could do about it though, and she pushed herself back into her seat, Able having thoughtfully scooted over to make more room.

[My money's on some kind of monster, or magical creature, I think only they can use the M word.]

"Heh, yeah wouldn't want to offend a giant or something, or maybe they prefer the term big people?" she said, "Sorry bad joke. Hmmm, I think its probably an oracle," and that's totally not me drawing from knowing almost exclusively Greek mythology "I mean he said it would know where Dio is, and that's sort of what Oracles do, know stuff. Why one would be out here I have no idea though, probably got sick of tourists at Delphi or something."

 

[DarkRawen]

Some of the others had started talking about what they would encounter up on the Ayers Rock, but Andrew just listened, not speaking. It was probably Nicole, who had suggested an oracle, who was the most correct. Unless this was some kind of trap, a way of getting rid of the demigods by simply handing them over to a monster and letting it do its job.

If it actually is a monster, then even I can't do much to help. I did say I would patch people up, but I don't have many tools.

Nicole had a knife, at least, and they had their clothes, alcohol. And he was carrying something that would be of use, although that wasn't something that could be used in just any situation. Andrew would have to get some actual tools if he wanted to do anything more than basic first aid.

It would be really convenient if my powers turn out to be summoning surgery tools. Or just healing.

He didn't like the thought of someone dying because he didn't have the tools to help them. Whether he liked them or not, saving people was what he had wanted to do since young age. Besides, the thought of holding their lives in his hands was a nice one, it was what he was meant to do. His father was Apollo, if he liked it or not, the god of medicine.

And plague... Giving with one hand, taking with the other.

He wasn't entirely sure he'd dislike that. His thoughts wandered, and he didn't stop them. It made him feel wrong in one way, and a bit curious in another. Such a strange sensation, but he had decided he didn't like it. He felt sick and nauseous.

Andrew drank a bit from his bottle, and accidentally touched Etna with his elbow. This van was way too small for all of them, and it seemed like the trip would still last a while. He could drive, and so could probably most of the others. There had been more than one car out there, hadn't there?

Whose idea was this? Couldn't we just have taken several cars?

"Sorry," he murmured to Etna after he was done drinking. Even if he did feel sick, that didn't mean he'd drop his facade of friendliness. Not when it could make Etna even more confused. "Just had to drink a bit of water."

You don't have to answer, that's fine. Your reaction will just make me feel better.

 

[Terratina.]

Etna simply stared straight ahead, trying to zone out the constant bumps and the constant natter of the other demigods. Hopefully they would arrive to their destination with the Kombi intact. It didn't seem the most stable of vehicles, but it was better than walking in the oppressive Australian heat.

Then... another jolt. But it wasn't the Kombi's fault.

"Sorry,"

It was his.

"Just had to drink a bit of water."

The confident, friendly Andrew was all murmurs, now? Was he getting travel sick or something? At least he hadn't had the joy of living in a ramshackle caravan. All bumps and bruises there. Etna was still glad she got out of there while she could. She quickly mulled over whether it was worth it to respond.

'To hell with it.'

This was a good opportunity.

She looked over and studied his face with a concerned looked, "Huh? Don't tell me, the water's off or something."

 

[DarkRawen]

"Huh? Don't tell me, the water's off or something."

Just what are you insinuating? And why do you look so... concerned? Do you think I'm poisoning you or something?

"The water is fine, don't worry."

And just what did you notice? I don't look sick, do I?

Of course he didn't. But still, she had noticed something, and that bothered him. He gave her his most refreshed smile, and put the water down again. "How's the trip treating you?"

Horribly?

"You look a bit unwell."

She didn't. But he figured she wouldn't like it if he pointed out what he was about to. Besides, he thought it was his responsibility, as a doctor and a surgeon to be.

"I mean, you look pale, almost ill."

 

[Terratina.]

"I mean, you look pale, almost ill."

Andrew was now all smiles again. And now was pointing out the obvious. How annoying. 'Annoying Andrew, it even alliterates." She mused. To her, the string of sentences just sounded like he stumbling or something like that. Grasping for a lead, or even changing the subject quickly to disguise something. Her reply was as quick as his constant zig-zagging.

"So?" She questioned, forcing Andrew to explain himself further.

He could always end this conversation as well. His choice. Not like she cared.

 

[DarkRawen]

"So?"

He hadn't expected her to reply with only a single word. Still, at least she hadn't ignored him yet. With a bit of a worried look, him almost frowning, he gave her the explanation she seemed to be asking for.

"Well, I'm just worried, that's all. I don't like seeing people being ill, without doing anything."

Besides, I don't mind that annoyed look on your face. You might be trying to hide it, but it's clear as the day to me.

"You should probably drink some water soon. If you want to sleep, you can lean on my shoulder, although I can't promise I won't move." Andrew sounded like he cared, his voice wasn't that loud now, so that Etna was the only one who could hear it completely.

I do hope I sound like I'm flirting with you.

He was trying to give her a large amount of mixed emotions, yet appearing the same on the outside. To everyone but her.

I'm taking way too much delight in this. But, right now, I don't care.

 

[Terratina.]

It was nice to know that Andrew cared about her that much. She just replied with, "Hmph." Then turned to the window. Perhaps watching the scenery scroll on by would distract her from the bumpy ride and the annoying people in the van. Well, at least one of them, anyway. Sooner or later they would arrive. Sooner or later she could get away from annoying Andrew. Etna could even pretend that she just wanted to talk to the other people here or something like that.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Aria settled back into her seat after chiming in on Able's question, bouncing her head off the rook of the van once was enough for one trip. That and she had nothing really to add to the conversation, and really she just felt so out of place in all this, every one else seemed to more or less, be at some semblance of peace with this 'demigod' thing, she thought about asking one of them about it, but then, doubted any of them had an answer that would make her feel better, so she just stared out the window and into the outback.

Which looked a lot like parts of Texas to her.