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]

[She manages it, though, wrestles that impulse down, and perhaps blushes, just a little.]

Oh. Because of, um....

[Aoi has been wandering around, doting on Ayame, and she's watched him distantly from time to time, feeling odd.]

You... don't have to worry about that, I think. Jumpy and I are childhood friends. We went to elementary school together, but we hadn't seen each other for....

Gosh, I think it's been 10 years. Not before the Nonary Game, anyway. You might even get a chance to meet him. I think the two of you might get along.

But we don't really... know each other very well. He, um....

H-he helps me. And I'm grateful for that. But.... But we must just get closer, in that future that Aoi is from. We're not dating or anything.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes does indeed close his eyes, but opens them when asked about the method of journey. He raises his front legs, waving them in a calming-down manner, with his screenface adorned by a look of concern.]

Woah, woah, woah...! ...Are you really interested in him romantically?

[onychomance]

[Kira has been reacting to their situation in a way that's shockingly similar to everyone else, just gazing happily at the sky and enjoying the warmth of outside. After all, he is only human. Plus... It's a moment of peace, and he isn't sure when another will come. He turns to Roland when called, quirking a brow. He thought he already got what he lost back, so what is this?]

Mine? Let me see...

[unpossibilities]

[Oh. Phew. That's a relief.]

...Yeah, because when there's suddenly a baby between your girlfriend and a guy she didn't remember knowing up until a bit ago, there's some valid questions there.

But okay. I won't really take it as a whole...threat or anything. Sure. I'd be more than glad to be his friend.

If we manage this whole dimension-shifting thing, maybe we can get Maki and Shuichi to go to our dimension too. Could make a whole rescue effort of the thing.

[godspiousjasper]

Come. It looks like some kind of... bike?

[ That's his guess anyway. So.. hey. Going to go take him over to where it is. ]

I suspect these may be the original Devil Arms we got our powers from.

[strangerpeople]

[Consideration...and the answer is neither. The skates don't seem to be altogether familiar with this...it's somewhere between bond and contract. There's distaste over the lack of either of them agreeing to this, but she does not hate the result.]

[somuchshipping]

[Hmm... Do the gauntlets seem to link when he picks them up?]

[exequte]

T-the baby is a surprise for me, too. Aoi told me about her, but....

It's... different to be told that one of me, somewhen, might have a baby and another for her to be, um... right here.

[It def feels weird for her.]

She certainly makes Aoi happy, though, and I'm glad for that, at least?

And okay! If we can figure it out, we may as well save them, too. That's been the whole plan with all of this for a while.

[exequte]

Hm....

What should we do about this, then? Or should we do anything at all?

I'm afraid I still don't know all of what... t-the power you've given me, I guess, entails. Or what it means that I have it, maybe.

[She's glad to be able to do what she can do, but at the same time... she already has responsibilities. Is this another? Is there some price? There usually seems to be, for power.]

[superstylishsquid]

I didn't think it was likely. At least this means this world is within demonic reach without being summoned, but...

[It's worrying. Even a Witch like her can't hold off a concentrated effort to destroy her soul.]

Thanks anyway.

[unpossibilities]

...Well, we won't worry about that for, like. Another 7-8 years. If at all. Even if it makes her uncle happy. Other Akane and Other Jumpy can...honestly I'm not sure why they didn't keep a closer eye on her in the first place and avoid all this, but it turned out well so I'm not really complaining.

But that'll be great! Shuichi, Maki Roll, Himiko, and Kiibo will probably be the easiest first...since they were still alive to begin with when I wasn't, but...

Maybe that's the new mission here. Save people from crap like this happening to them. Do what we gotta do. Be the real heroes!

[onychomance]

Fascinating... so this is what it really looked like. I merely summoned a phantom of this motorcycle.

[Kira approaches cautiously, circling around the motorcycle without getting too close. Will it absorb his powers back if he makes actual contact?]

[superstylishsquid]

[Hello there, new partner. He picks the weapon up with a smile. He doesn't have anything to really test the Devil Arm's full might on, but it does feel good to have it in his hands. Does he feel a little more complete, or is that just Lucifer's relief at being recovered from the tree bleeding through?

Well, either way, he did make his fellow Devil Arm a promise, didn't he? One thing he can test: how it'll work if he equips the weapon properly, conjures Lucifer's wings over his own, and takes to the sky.]

[superstylishsquid]

I wouldn't worry too much...I go back and forth between reality and a fictional world all the time. And now that I remember everything...you're not the first fictional character I've seen enter the real world.

It takes some difficult magic to make it possible, but aren't you lucky you happen to know a powerful sorcerer.

[superstylishsquid]

I sure do. Don't plan on going back to the demon world for a long time...especially since I'm kiiiinda the equivalent of an escaped political prisoner at this point.

[exequte]

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H-HM]

It... it might not be that easy, I'm afraid, Kaito.

But....

But your friends, them at least....

I'm sure we can save them, if we can figure out how!

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes fidgets in place.]

I assume you're talking about you, but... Are you sure the player's just okay with you just walking in and sorcerying yourself into the computer?

[unpossibilities]

[aw...he wanted to be the heroes.... ): ]

Well, it's a start. Yeah. They're the most important ones, to me, anyway.

...

Except one or two.

They can stay.

[you know, korekiyo and whoever the mastermind is shuichi will tell him , don't need to be saved]

[strangerpeople]

[No, nothing from them. It's almost like the link is to something a little...different. Different in origin, in nature.

Still somewhere nearby.]

[strangerpeople]

[Hmm... There's a couple of swords that stand out, and yet don't feel like the link. Something else is going on.

Something of a slightly different nature...a different origin.]

[superstylishsquid]

[He's never liked new moons...but tonight seems warm despite being at the nadir of his power. Maybe it's that he's been nearly powerless for a month and a half, maybe it's the fact that he actually feels at home in the arms of a loved one, but he doesn't mind the lunar phase quite so much.]

And it's not just the sky we have back now...

[He spreads his wings...and they expand, arms and fingers lengthening until he can wrap them around them both like a cloak.]

[superstylishsquid]

Don't think I'd find much objection if I was the one at the keyboard to begin with.

[exequte]

I....

Something terrible is going to happen, back... in my home.

But... but I'm determined to stop it.

That's why I have to go back.

Are you sure you want to come with me for that?

[godspiousjasper]

[ It takes a couple seconds to register what Alastor meant before he felt those wings wrapping about them and it had him laughing softly, nuzzling his face into the devil's shoulder affectionately. ]

My goodness... this is much nicer, isn't it?

[ Let him swoon a little, okay? This is a thing he genuinely likes, though to see how much of those powers have truly returned? Going to slip into his native tongue for a second. ]

tu es vraiment incroyable.

[somuchshipping]

How will get the save file I'm from? I dunno if the current player I had made any backups to save scum with.

[Hermes puts a footclaw on Alastor's shoulder.]

I get what you're trying to do... But I'm only preparing just in case... So... just in case... goodbye.