Endgame: Part 2

[letsplayamod]

The week goes on. A small miracle, how quiet it is. With no motives or attacks to speak of, you can breathe a sigh of relief even when a tension gripes the air. So few of you now, what exactly would you do were Typhon to return and decide the game was over? Was Athena always going to be out of reach? And what exactly did she want you to find in the center of this mountain temple, anyway?

Questions abound, and no answers.

...Until this morning. The sky itself is clear with very few clouds, but something still falls into your home. Not "physically," though, it's more of a feeling. The sensation of some great power entering this space. Everyone will notice it, and the way it passes by, sinking beneath the floors - all the way to the bottom level.

And there it ends up, waiting for someone brave enough to investigate.

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[mygoodbye]

[Athena cries out in pain. Even distracted as she was, someone rushing into her personal space was enough to quickly try to counter. She catches the blade but not before Aglaea's sword has cut into her other arm. But more than pained, she is incredulous.]

But how?! You couldn't have gotten out of Tartarus this fast! Unless... Typhon!

[Locked in this scuffle, the goddess of strategy isn't out yet. She notices the box rapidly moving away and she is not having it.

With a roar of fury, Athena moves to force Algaea's blade out of her arm and retaliate with a blow of her own: a gauntlet fist, aimed at Algaea's face.]

Get the box!

[tailoredfate]

Him? Oh yes, he's quite dead. But a god far stronger than him aided us and guided us back to those that need us.

[Hey guys, notice how Alex is totally conked out?

But anyway. A fist is easy enough to dodge - in close range like this, it's easy enough for Aglaea to spin on her heel, twirling around Athena as she moves with the force of the punch as if she's dancing with her. Another sweep of her sword - this time aiming for one of her legs.]

An attack that obvious seems far too unworthy of the Goddess of Wisdom, don't you think?

[pariunt]

What?

[But he wanted to drink Typhon's blood???]

[fillets]

... Ah, and I was really looking forward to it...

[pariunt]

We must see if it's possible to prize this other Athena away from the one we know, instead.

[Because these are the priorities he chooses to have.]

[fillets]

Quite so... especially if she's the one who killed him. I don't appreciate being made a liar, you know!

[pariunt]

He should have been our kill.

[fillets]

I can't say "at least he's suffering", really, because if it's not me, I don't care. We didn't even get to watch.

[mygoodbye]

[This time, Athena is anticipating the counter. She rolls with Algaea, like a dance, two bodies circling each other-- Just out of the reach of the sword Algaea keeps going for.]

Obvious? Or on purpose?

[Pay no mind to the rift behind you, Algaea, as Athena turns to face you with her sword drawn... and a Cyclops's fist rises out to swipe at you.]

[tailoredfate]

[See, the funny thing about that?

Aglaea isn't alone.

as the chaos of the battle with Athena and the shades wages around them, both of Aglaea's Garmentmakers are still by her side. So as the Cyclops materializes behind her, the two memosprites leap into action, immediately closing the distance between them and aiming their blades for the beast's eye and heart.

Aglaea, meanwhile, tries to keep the distance between them as little as possible, trying to find another opening in between Vanity's attacks.]

Very foolish indeed. You must be expending quite a bit of power to keep her from breaking free. How much longer do you think you can last, with attacks from all sides like this?

1/3

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Omega knows that the warrior, Kratos, will soon move, so he turns his attention to someone he knows he can coordinate with, after shifting his arm into the form of an empty cannon. ]

MANULOV! I REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE!

[ And he holds the empty barrel in the feline's direction. ]

[literarybehemoth]

...

Oh. I see what you are planning.

[he's going to detransform and pounce towards the barrel with a smile.]

3/3

[eeeonetwothree]

[ Once Manulov is inside, he prepares to fire...

...when he notices Gamma pawing at his feet from within his bubble shield. Omega feels a pang of sentimentality, and coverts his other arm, allowing the gopher to climb in.

Flame shields surround both animals as Omega takes aim, firing them DIRECTLY AT KRATOS AT HIGH SPEED like blazing cannonballs! Fire Launcher, baby! ]

[literarybehemoth]

[he is going to transform BIG mid flight.

you know.

for fun.]

[sweetsynergy]

[They're all back. Quark's back.]

[A giant red man is trying to kill them all, like he did to the rest of this world.]

[She can unpack all that later.]

[Right now, in this moment, she gets to really, properly vent every moment of frustration with Athena she's had for the past two months.]

Eyes on the THREAT, shitlips.

[So that's two wounded arms now? Be a shame if someone tried jabbing strait into one of those wounds with some claws or something.]

[mygoodbye]

[Yes, it would be a shame, especially if Athena were to cry out in a moment of shock, in a voice that's been familiar to you, all those past weeks.]

Auugh! STOP!

[Right as the green takes hold again. The force of Athena's voice ripples on Vanity's face.]

You and her are so similar. Weak to your feelings. Petty. No wonder she wanted to give you a chance!

[Grabbing the Blade of Olympus, she swings wide at Vanity. You're in close quarters, now.]

1/2

[sweetsynergy]

[Oh no, did she hit while the other one was in control? Darn.]

[Anyway.]

2/2 cw: not actually cannibalism attempt

[sweetsynergy]

[Whoa- gonna limbo under the swing there, in the interest of not getting bisected.]

Oh look in a mirror!

[What if she bounces back up and kind of. ...Look, she's trying to grab onto Athena's arm and bite hard, anything to loosen the grip on that sword.]

[stringup]

[ Aglaea's got her dodging well-covered, but Velvet still decides to restrain Athena's sword arm, to interrupt her and more importantly, slow her down enough for everyone else to do as they do to her. Unfortunately, she can't just shake Athena until she lets go of the sword, so this will have to do.

She is not going to bother bantering. It seems far more insulting for her to pull and tug on this Athena without saying a word, like she would to one of her dolls. ]

[fillets]

[ Leb's got the vines on keepaway duty, Velvet's used her wires... and now? It's flesh ribbon time, babey. Riful's "skirt" ripples out in a thousand deadly projectiles, almost too fast to see. She's trying to slice her limbs off, grab the sword, and pull her wrist back from attacking Aglaea! She will probably not succeed at any of this, but she will create one hell of an annoying distraction!

Somehow, she doesn't graze any of her pantheon. ]

[atu709]

Oh, that's enough mewling from you, you pathetic excuse for a god. Take up a nobler pursuit, like feeding plants.

[taintedfayth]

[That sword makes a lovely target for a Thunder spell, which is exactly what Seymour is going to attempt to do while "Athena" is distracted...]