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.

Comments

[sweetsynergy]

Beach trip, wedding... Anything else on your bucket list?

[yourheroine]

Christmas!

[sweetsynergy]

Which- ...oh, they probably only had one where you're from, huh.

[yourheroine]

Space has more than one Christmas?!

[sweetsynergy]

Depending on the system, yeah-

[She ticks off on her fingers-]

Christmas, Christmas in July, Christmas II, XMas, An Official Rankin-Bass® Christmas, Christmas 3: Gift Harder-

[literarybehemoth]

Ah, you should visit us for the Night of Feasts, actually. Perhaps you can solve the mystery.

[sweetsynergy]

You know, I'm probably not the kind of person that gets magic feasts gifted upon them? But could be fun, yeah.

[literarybehemoth]

Oh, I am well aware. But it's always fun to watch the scientific community completely lose their minds.

...

And people of means have their own feasts.

[sweetsynergy]

That does sound fun, yeah.

[She shrugs]

Maybe I'll get visited by three ghosts trying to guilt trip me over success, that's traditional.

[literarybehemoth]

Do you really wish to tempt fate on that front?

[sweetsynergy]

If it happens, it happens.

[they're a vaguely Greco-romantic pantheon now, hubris is just tradition]

[brokenhabit]

We. We are still talking about the birth of Christ aren’t we…

[sweetsynergy]

The whatnow?

[brokenhabit]

Jesus Christ. Son of God, Lord and Savior? The "Christ" in "Christmas"?

[sweetsynergy]

Is that were it comes from?

[brokenhabit]

Yes?!?!

It's his birthday???

[ SHE DOESN'T EVEN BELIEVE ANYMORE BUT WHAT ]

[sweetsynergy]

[...]

Is that why people give Christmas gifts-??