Second investigation

[letsplayamod]

[Friday has come once again, Typhon’s deadline for the carrot of a motive dangled in front of their faces. Temptations abound and, when the godlings stir in the morning, the air feels thick in a way it hasn’t before. Thunder rumbles outside and the sound of sheets of rain pour down but only ends up pounding against Athena’s protective barrier. No one could ask for a finer umbrella.

There's no more monstrous cyclops threatening your morning. The horses were corralled back to their stables to wind down from the frightening excitement of last Wednesday. From then on, Typhon's threats have once more grown quiet. Everything seems to be... fine.

Still, something feels off.]

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[catsgothistongue]

[They tried everything, yet it wasn't enough.

Ranma wanted to yell at Zvei to hurry, grab more of those gems, press his shirt as hard as he can on the wounds, anything to keep him alive a little longer until they can get him help! But in the end, it's all for naught. Death's design, once in motion, can't be stopped, only stalled.

He's never seen a person's life end like this before. Close calls in the past, sure. Crito was a clay person and he wasn't there when Beatrice clobbered them in the head, so it was easier to ignore that fact. Sayotrice got dragged off to the pit at the end of a trial, but they never saw it, left only to their imaginations. Ranma watches helplessly as the other boy's light leaves his eyes, the ragged breathing fall deathly silent, the rise and fall of his perforated chest go to a standstill.

In that moment, Ranma's right back on Mt. Phoenix, cradling a blue-haired girl in his arms begging- pleading with her to wake up. Some part hopes this'll be the same. Alex'll get back up, say-- anything to them, but.

He's gone.

The God of Life is no more.]

Dammit...!