SING, O GODDESS

[strangerpeople]

SING, O GODDESS


[The place that Zagreus brings them to is an abandoned house. Like the rest of Greece, at first the grass and plants are dead, withered. But only at first.

As everyone files into the garden, it starts to slowly come to life. flowers begin to bloom. Fruits and vegetables start to sprout from the soil. The trees begin to grow once more. Wheat stalks slowly pop up out of the ground. Wherever this is, it's clear that life is returning-and the gods are awakening.

It's probably best that they don't return to the underworld, to the House of Hades-but, if anyone wishes to, Charon has arrived with the dead from the previous rounds-now alive-and little baby Ayame. If anyone wishes to go there-though, why would anyone ever willingly go back to the House, knowing you-know-who is probably awake by now?-they can.

But for those who stay here, there is food and drink, wine and bread, fresh meat and ripe crudités. Talk. Plot. Say your goodbyes before you are SHIFTed back to your homeworlds.

Who knows? Maybe there are still some surprises left to be had. But, either way...it is a good day. The new moon will pass. The sun will rise.

The Game-or at least, this variation of it-is over.]



((OoC: And with this, Round 7 is complete! Thank you everyone who participated-we hope you enjoy the aftermath, and stay tuned for the SHIFT Meme and HMD!))

Comments

[exequte]

[Akane has been blissfully happy for a large portion of this. That was hard, so much of it had been hard, but now she's here, and everyone else is here, and there's a lovely garden full of flowers next to a bright, clear river.

She is usually holding a hand as she wanders, and tries to cook something in this little house for a celebration party, or trailing a finger in the water above the heads of curious fish.

It's enough.

It's over.

They are safe.

And, just for now, that means they can rest, before the problems of home surface once again.]

[unpossibilities]

[Kaito is usually walking with her.]

So what's the plan after this? Bein' that my home life is kinda...well. I'm kinda dead at home, if I'm bein' fully blunt, and I don't really wanna leave you anyway...

Cooking?

[lovedthemost]

[Brain will pop his head in while she's trying to cook something in that little house]

Akane-san? [he sounds a bit curious] I would have thought you would be resting.

[yesorwoof]

[Makima is hiding mischievously not quite out of sight behind a doorframe, as a summoned dagger begins helping one of Akane's apples start peeling itself.]

[valkavian]

...you got a moment?

[superstylishsquid]

[By the time Alastor arrives, he's dismissed Lucifer's wings and wiped the blood from his mouth. He's been uncharacteristically quiet during the walk, followed by a metallic dragon slowly shedding Red Orbs as the demonic blood smeared on its body crystalizes and falls.

The devil had been saving a special looking something that he'd bought from Charon. To those who know Latin, the label of "Sanguis Virginis" should be warning enough as he pours himself a glass of thick, red wine. Maybe someone is daring and wants to try it? But everyone knows the devil's tastes well enough by now to know it would only appeal to him more if he smelled blood in the vintage.]

charon-bothering

[strangerpeople]

[He's here. He has unloaded the formerly-dead, and is Here for the bothering. He is keeping Pandora, thanks.]

[pegasinister]

[Hubert gives him a bow]

Thank you again for your assistance, Lord Charon.

[superstylishsquid]

[He offers a small bow to Charon. Polite, but not deferential.]

Thank you for everything you've done for us. I know a lot of this went outside the scope of your duty...Zagreus must be a close friend of yours.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes approaches Charon and somewhat awkwardly rubs the back of his head.]

Heh... I, Charon... I guess I hafta stay here longer than most here... I still have a debt to fill.

[exequte]

[She approaches him, eventually, a light breeze playing through her hair.]

I know I said it before, too, but....

Thank you, Charon. Truly. For everything.

We couldn't have done any of this without you.

[lovedthemost]

[Brain will turn to Charon after he's stepped off that boat]

Lord Charon, thank you, again, for your help. It was nothing if not instrumental.

[he's all politeness, bowing from the waist.]

[pegasinister]

[As the plants heal and the river flows, Hubert goes and sits next to it with a heaving sigh. Thanks to Eva's healing he feels better than he has, physically, in weeks.

Still, it feels wrong somehow, being here. Alive.

He's still not sure, exactly, what he plans to do now. But for the moment he can just... sit, and exist]

[exequte]

[She leaves him to his thoughts for a little while, but not forever. Eventually she comes over and sits down next to him, though she's content for that to be in silence, right now. She is simply here to make sure that he has another person next to him, so that he is not alone.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[Once Moriarty is done with his naval gazing?

He'll go and find Hubert, also sitting down next to him silently and watching the river in silence.

...]

[lovedthemost]

[Well, he's already got sitting and existing down, so--]

Hubert. Have you eaten? [if there is one thing that Brain has learned from all this about humans, it is that you feed them when things are difficult. Thanks, Makima.

Anyway, Brain has a plate of some various foods, and an extra glass of wine, which he'll bend at the waist to offer Hubert]

[yesorwoof]

It's a strange feeling, for time to reverse.

[Makima shows up suddenly, unsubtly flexing her right hand. Kira has been off screaming somewhere and she's not doing anything about it.]

Well? Are you going to appeal the decision of Charon and the Moirai after witnessing this new development?

???

[strangerpeople]

[In amidst the returning greenery, quite a few other objects rest as if they'd just fallen from somewhere inside of a very big tree, which is absolutely a metaphor and totally not exactly what happened.

And consciousnesses are stirring.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Morose as he is, curiosity is still heavily embedded in Alastor's nature. He sets his blood wine aside for a moment to instead investigate one of the nearest objects. In a garden favored by at least one god, surely it isn't your typical birdhouses and garden gnomes, right?]

[somuchshipping]

Preface (Non-Interactible)

[Hermes is running around randomly! He finally has actual proper SPACE to run around! It feels so GOOD to run around again! Hermes is running around and laughing happily. Let him have this.]

Back at Tartarus

[There are... admittedly... a FEW people he feels compelled to visit. The real Hermes, of course, but...

He also wants to find and talk to both Hades and Thanatos. Of course, while he's there, any other god may approach him.]

The Garden

[Hermes appears to be hanging up a certain Final Shipping Chart. The pairs are as follows: Power x Blood, Kaito x Akane, the color blue x the letter H, A big red X over a picture of Kira, Alastor x Roland, Val x Lolo, Heart x Brain, Hermes x "Choices of his Own", and finally, Zagreus x "Zack Jr.".]

[exequte]

[Akane notices that he is hanging up the shipping chart again and wanders over to look it over with mild interest.

Some are expected (the fact that she and Kaito are paired makes her blush slightly in pleasure) but the one that leaves her happiest and most excited is where Hermes has added himself.]

So you decided that making your own choices is okay, I take it?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[It's over.

It's finally over.

As flowers begin to bloom around them, and life slowly returns...Moriarty seems almost a bit at a loss, looking around them with a clearly...well. Not sad, but...contemplative, almost.

That ending...And the things he'd done...

Without thinking, he lifts a hand - studying it closely, as if seeing it for the first time.]

...It appears I am still incarnated after all of that. How odd it is, to be in a living body once again...

[And then he makes a face.]

...And find I am absolutely sick of it.

[...MORIARTY????

Or, after that, he'll be quietly sitting far away from the rest, staring from a nearby cliff out into the ocean. Thinking, as always.]

[somuchshipping]

[thump thump thump thump]

[Those are the familiar sounds of a certain robot's footfalls.]

[Hermes approaches, but stops, still a bit of distance, then sits and calls out.]

...Moriarty...?

[autonomousthought]

[this again
[Life returns to a beautiful garden, and Ritsu is in a much less advanced state of decay than she has been. It's...overwhelming? She hadn't realized just how painful all of that had gotten.

So. It is, once again, Floor Time. Er, ground time.

She is flopped flat on the ground staring up at the sky, is what we're saying.]

[later]
[It's later on, Ritsu has had some time to attend to...some things. She seemed to be talking with Charon and someone from a previous round for a while.

She's going to hide somewhere, maybe there's a shed or some such structure, and then just...start crying.]

[godspiousjasper]

The Garden

[ After getting some food and drink, one sure can just... find Roland just laying somewhere on the lush grass. Flat on his back and just staring up at the sky with a smile on his face.

Durandal is resting nearby him but he truly looks quite content, but not enough that he won't greet anyone that approaches him. ]


Garden pt. 2

[ At some point he also can be found searching for various people, if only to check on them and make sure they're doing okay after everything. Which means HUGS. The lot of you are getting hugs from him so beware.

Then? He goes and finds Dante, offering a wave as he approaches. It's a little strange after everything and seeing him alive after seeing him dead first... and then as a shade but.. he had something to address. ]

Dante? Could I speak with you for a moment?

Pt 2!

[superstylishsquid]

[Really, the hug from Roland was just to be expected. He pulls him close, wrapping both arms and his tail around him.]

I promised we'd make it out, one way or another.

[yesorwoof]

sushi

[Okay, to be honest, it's way too hard to find and vinegarize rice. She's mostly got sashimi. But there is one improvisation made of some big leaf, and couscous. She rolled it together and is eating it. Chews. Swallows. Says thoughtfully.]

Yeah, being able to hold it like this is nice.

outdoors

A party and I don't have anything to wear. But also too dark to show off an outfit. Just shows how we have to pick our battles.

[She's still in the "modified" Public Safety uniform. As she looks back at your character with a Shaft headtilt, you might wonder, has anything about Makima changed?]

At least it's the largest party this group has ever managed to have. Is this... A job well done?

wildcard

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Outdoors

[lovedthemost]

As close as we might get to one, I believe. [there's an amused tilt to the corner of his mouth, and he's approaching with a plate of finger foods and a couple glasses of wine]

Have you eaten, Makima-san?

[lovedthemost]

[Brain is just going to grab anything sweet that happens to be available to munch on and a glass of wine. And then he'll just sit under a tree and watch the river go past and eat, slowly. It'll be the easiest place to find him.]

[valkavian]

[ Welp, this is where Val is, under that tree, staring at the sky as if the sun's going to rise any moment.

She seems a little...wistful? ]

Kira, cw body horror

[onychomance]

[A bit of time has passed. Kira saw the demon motorcycle, and spent some time appreciating nature, gazing at stars on the moonless night.... He even tried some of the bread and wine. Over time, his injuries sustained in the game fade one by one. Those who are capable of seeing souls and spirits may notice a faint violet glow starting to emit from him, which brings great calm to his face as he takes a seat out in the garden waiting for his time to leave.

Something strange is happening to him though. His white hair turns black and begins to thicken and stand up on the top of his head. Then it withers again, turning blond and curly. Before these details can be questioned though, something terrible happens.

Kira's face rips right off his skull, leaving a gruesome empty space on his head as it flies off over the rainbow (that is, over the rainbow statue, which he IS keeping unless he is given an explanation.) Understandably horrified, he starts screaming. In a grotesque display, his cheekbones shift, skin filling itself in and blue eyes to follow, gushing tears, until he once again has a complete face. This was... And is... Yoshikage Kira's face. He will be staring into the reflective gold of the statue, muttering incoherently.]

M-my face.... It's me... Yoshikage...

[And if that wasn't already weird, he kinda looks like David Bowie as a Japanese guy. So anyone who was fortunate enough to miss that shit happening can try to get his autograph later or something. Wild card me!!]

[yesorwoof]

[Since they weren't about to use the motorcycle inside a quaint little house, Makima has found herself wandering the party quite independent from her partner. She's got her goodbyes to say, needs to loom ominously one last time, has to delicately dodge that whole weird screaming guy situation whatever that's about. But finally the sun is starting to rise. So here she is. The overcoat is still strewn with gashes, so she's folded up the small undamaged core of the fabric to form a satchel around the few meaningful items to take with her. She walks up to Kira and his statue - it'll add color to a certain room of her apartment, she can say that - and his stand (she does smell it but not see it yet. In her own world she will, she thinks) and does not sit down next to him.]

Well? Does my baby have a full tank? It'll probably be morning when we arrive.

[Makima will make him hit the ground running.]