On
the Hadean Road:
Ralph
and Paneb were following Roman, as Ralph was contacted mentally by a
strange womanly spirit.She told him to keep quiet about her, and he
obeyed.
Paneb,
desperate to get answers from Roman, grabbed him by the neck and
tried to force him to answer; but when Ralph came to try to separate
them, a huge mental energy surged from the mysterious womanly spirit
to both Paneb and Roman, and they got knocked unconscious.
The
spirit told Ralph to take Paneb and Roman and move to an indicated
place, but should he find danger, he should prioritize his life at
all costs.
Following
the orders, Ralph used his Elementalism to form a wall of earth and
escaped with both Paneb s and Roman s unconscious bodies from the
attack of multiple Shadow Demons.
Knowing the wall wouldn’t last long, he left the Hadean road, falling to an unknown earth s subway.
Knowing the wall wouldn’t last long, he left the Hadean road, falling to an unknown earth s subway.
There,
a talking dog with a Jamaican accent named Bob Shoggoth guided him through a crowded city,
telling him he would take Ralph to the Great Lady. After a few
awkward cab rides with talking dogs, Ralph found himself amongst many
of this "Great Lady"'s disciples, who seemed rather jealous
that the Lady decided to tall to Ralph directly. They made a magical
ritual in an asphalt crossroad, and Ralph, after a rather trippy
experience, got transported to the Underworld to meet the Great Lady
Witch, Hecate, Goddess of Magic.
It
turns out that Hecate planned for this all along. Knowing Hades would
likely try to kill Paneb anonymously before becoming immortal (He
likes his sons better when he can control their undead bodies), she
decided to have Ralph " Rescue" Paneb from the attacks of
the Shadow Demons, bringing him to the Hadean court, where Hades
would be unable to kill him without Persephone, his wife, knowing
about it, and he would be forced to grant Ralph the boon of immortality for his "valiant rescue" of the Hadean son.
And
so he did.As Ralph and Paneb were presented to the loyal husband and
socially awkward Hades, he granted both the boon of Immortality.
Paneb discovered that while he was in fact Hades's son , he was not
Persephone's. He was conceived in a previous relationship, before
Hades's marriage. Even then, Persephone didn't seem to mind, receiving Paneb with open arms.
On
the flip side, this left Paneb wondering who his real mother was.
Asking Hades, he used his mental powers to read through Paneb's
memories. He was born from a mortal mother named Julia, who Hades described as something of a 'witch' and that last he heard she was living in some kind of feminist commune.
Thankful
for the information, Paneb tried convincing Hades that he should be
the one to question the captured Roman to discover who he worker for,
but Hecate, telling Hades that Roman had magical mind barriers that
were even hard for her to decipher, convinced him that Paneb should
stay put. Both Paneb and Ralph therefore decided to stay with Hecate
and study magic directly from her. As Ralph was told of the
incredible powers of Primordial Magic, he decided to start training
with Hecate to unleash his own power of Metamorphosis, something that
is required to tap into the power of the primordials. While Paneb was
left wondering what he should do next, knowing Hecate would do as
much as he could to have him stay in the underworld.
On
Atlantis.
As
Arrit and Seagoat (Briareus) arrived to Atlantis, they found out that
Poseidon was not there, and had allegedly gone away to do “some
nonsense”. They therefore met with Amphitrite, the Queen and ruler
of Atlantis, as she had been left in charge since Poseidon parted on
an adventure. Amphitrite, a lesser known Goddess, is a very
frustrated woman, constantly complaining about his husband’s
infidelities. As Sea Goat convinced Amphitrite of letting Arrit stay
protected on Atlantis while they figured out who her parents were,
Arrit asked if Amphitrite was constantly being cheated on by his
husband. This led to Amphitrite getting highly offended, hysterically
screaming that even the most wild and uncivilized girls didn’t knew
about her, but surely knew about Poseidon’s infidelities. As
Briareus told Arrit “She done fucked it up”, they planned on
having her apologize to the queen. Meanwhile, Arrit was rather
worried with just getting some fish from the palace for her tank,
even though some of the fish were food, some other citizens, and some
other straight up government employees.
Meanwhile,
Elon, Guillermo, Fito and Brontes arrived in their Tesla submarine to be confronted by Triton and an army of Merman. Triton revealed
that Elon was likely working for the rebellious god Dionysus, who
desired to change the entirety of Olympian society, and that they
would not allow them to get close to Arrit, but Brontes, on the other
hand, having been a long term friend of Triton, and having made his
own trident, asked for an audience with queen Amphitrite as a favor
for his past deeds, so the team was allowed to see the Queen.
They
arrived just in time, Arrit was talking with Amphitrite and had
managed to convince her to forgive her, and Amphitrite had even taken
a liking for Arrit, finding her to be this poor, also suffering
woman, just like her, who instead of having a terrible husband, had
drugged and runaway parents and was in dire need of education in
proper manners and a loving home; but Elon tried convincing Arrit
otherwise, telling her that she had to make a choice. While Arrit was
more inclined towards staying in Atlantis as “she would have all
the fish she wanted”, she was worried sick about Fluffly, Elon’s
genetically modified cat.
As
Fito tried making a comment, Aphitrite noticed him, and she started
screaming as she seemed to think that Fito looked just like Poseidon, and that
this was the last straw. The group started running, and the
undecided Arrit, taking some fish with her, decided that Amphitrite
was too crazy for her taste (and that she missed Fluffy too much), so
she escaped with Elon , Brontes, Guillermo and Fito, leaving
Amphitrtie and Briareus behind, to the Queen’s repeated
displeasure.
When
they got to the submarine and escaped, they found out that some of
the fish that Arrit took with her were actually messenger fish, which
carried telepathic messages in Atlantis. One of them had a message
from Poseidon to Amphitrite, in which he apologizes for leaving, but
insists in that he is on a necessary and very important mission:
Avenge Aquaman’s death with the help of Jacques Cousteau.
Determined
to find Poseidon, knowing he might be Fito’s father, the EM Men go
on their submarine trying to track him…But they suddenly get
attacked by a giant sea water dragon!
While they find that most of their attacks are ineffective, even Elon’s Eco-Powered Guns and Brontes Elementalism, Fito and Guillermo take the nuclear generator of the almost destroyed submarine and pass it to Arrit, who manages to put it on the dragons mouth. In a desperate act to save de Godlings, Brontes places himself in front of the Dragon and uses his Elementalism to hit the generator with fire magic. A great explosion ensues, which ended with Arrit and Brontes both unconscious, Brontes being gravely wounded, and the Dragon running away with most of his face blown off.
While they find that most of their attacks are ineffective, even Elon’s Eco-Powered Guns and Brontes Elementalism, Fito and Guillermo take the nuclear generator of the almost destroyed submarine and pass it to Arrit, who manages to put it on the dragons mouth. In a desperate act to save de Godlings, Brontes places himself in front of the Dragon and uses his Elementalism to hit the generator with fire magic. A great explosion ensues, which ended with Arrit and Brontes both unconscious, Brontes being gravely wounded, and the Dragon running away with most of his face blown off.
Now
stranded and with no submarine, the EM face the great perils of the
Atlantean roads by themselves.
On
the Architect’s City
Corey
and Helena started both communicating and taking leadership of the
City’s Liberation Movement and the Resistance respectively, and
they managed to break a truce between the two factions. Going to an
abandoned warehouse of the liberation movement, they decided to meet
with each of the group’s champions as to determine the next move
for the liberation of the city.
While
Helena used the Resistance’s sewers to move, Corey had to make the
difficult decision of going with just a few of the CLM henchmen
through the city to the rendezvous point. As she was stealthily
guiding the group through the streets, she found a large yellow eyed
creature hiding in the shadows of an alleyway, but decided to ignore
it in fear that it was the monster who made people disappear that
everyone was talking about.
In
the meeting, they both decided they needed plans of action, but they
didn’t have enough information to attack. They knew Aetos had
gathered information on the ministers and their meetings, but since
he was taken by the science ministry before he could relay his intel,
and he had to destroy his cellphone to not get tracked, they couldn’t
communicate with him (Helena had a way, she could have used her
Scrying to talk directly to Aetos through magical means, but she
decided not to, as many people had been very afraid of her power when
she discovered it in her own earth, and she believes she must be
careful in not revealing her abilities, especially in the presence of
other powered individuals).
So
the search for Aetos started, but when the night came, Corey decided
to go peek back into the alley. The creature did not seem aggressive
towards her, and as she approached, she found out it was the
Minotaur. He escaped from the science ministry thanks to Moon girl
and now was looking for a “Male children of the gods”, likely
referring to Aetos. Corey though of killing two birds with one
stone, so she persuaded the Minotaur to join the liberation movement,
as they too were searching for the person he wanted.
Aetos,
meanwhile, had extracted all possible information he could from both
the scientist and the judge, gaining knowledge of the exact layouts
of the science ministry, the minotaur’s escape , and the weapons
they were trying to use for capturing him back. He also got the
general direction of some of the minister’s houses from the judge’s
mind.
Not willing to commit another mistake, Aetos left the judge in a coma, and severed the scientists hand as he left him unconscious so he could enter the science ministry with his fingerprints. He hid both of the mortals in the woods as for to not be tracked and went into the Propaganda minister’s personal house. There, using his metamorphosis to transform into one of the City Guards, he read the mind of the Minister of Propaganda’s wife, finding out that he was working late hours to calm down the population from the recent incident at the science ministry that Aetos had created.
Seeing an opportunity for revolution, Aetos flew in his eagle form and went to the office of the Propaganda ministry, who was…having sex with his secretary. After a long and grueling wait, the secretary left the room and Aetos managed to get a hold on the ministers mind by catching his attention in eagle form. Hiding him in a closet, he transformed to mimic his form and scoured through his mind and paperwork, finding a list of all of the ministers contact information, including directions and phone numbers, as well as their family members.
Not willing to commit another mistake, Aetos left the judge in a coma, and severed the scientists hand as he left him unconscious so he could enter the science ministry with his fingerprints. He hid both of the mortals in the woods as for to not be tracked and went into the Propaganda minister’s personal house. There, using his metamorphosis to transform into one of the City Guards, he read the mind of the Minister of Propaganda’s wife, finding out that he was working late hours to calm down the population from the recent incident at the science ministry that Aetos had created.
Seeing an opportunity for revolution, Aetos flew in his eagle form and went to the office of the Propaganda ministry, who was…having sex with his secretary. After a long and grueling wait, the secretary left the room and Aetos managed to get a hold on the ministers mind by catching his attention in eagle form. Hiding him in a closet, he transformed to mimic his form and scoured through his mind and paperwork, finding a list of all of the ministers contact information, including directions and phone numbers, as well as their family members.
He
called for a worker of trust of the minister to do a special
announcement broadcaster in every single television, radio and media
communication on the City, and just before the broadcast commenced, he
put the camera men unconscious and changed back to his true form,
leaving a great speech for the public, calling them to revolt and
return their to their freedoms, telling them that he was there to
take them out of the city, and that “When the sky burns in flames,
they would have their chance to strike back” and finally escaping
with the Minister of propaganda to the skies.
Someone
decided this was enough, and he shut down the power grid for the
entire city, leaving it in a full blackout. But the internet saved us
again, as some people had already recorded the speech and were now
sharing it all over, it quickly became viral. The coalition between
the resistance and CLM started sharing the video, in hopes of also
helping find Aetos quicker.
The
day of the Minister’s reunion with the architect, the power came
back on, and Aetos managed to find back Corey’s and Helena’s
number on the hotel they were staying by transforming into a guard.
He contacted them both and set up a meeting point decided by Corey, a
whorehouse close to the port of the city. Flying in his eagle form,
Aetos had to leave the captured minister on a stray boat on the sea
close to the port and disguise as a guard. When they left, they went
back to the CLM s base.
As
soon as the Minotaur saw Aetos, he charged towards the Godling for no
apparent reason. Aetos was grappled, but clinging to the minotaur’s
strong hand, he managed to enter his mind and stop him. He read his
mind and discovered that it was Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and
War, that had sent him to test Aetos in a fight to the death. This
would help the Minotaur repay a big debt she had to Athena for
sparing his life. Seeing him as an honorable creature, Aetos spared
his life.
As
the group just started talking about their plans to escape and
liberate the City, a black line of forced suddenly had the minotaur
disappear. The group was completely flabbergasted as a new line of
force came again into the room, this time trying to take Aetos. He
was unable to dodge, and only managed to throw to Corey the papers of
the Minister of propaganda that contained the personal information of
the rest of the ministers.
Suddenly
transported to a mountain top, Athena showed herself with the
minotaur kneeling at her feet. She was impressed by Aetos actions for
the City’s liberation and the defeating of the Minotaur, and
therefore, he was found worthy of being trained by the Wise Goddess.
The
CLM still had a burning hope, now having the information of the
Ministers and with their spreading of Aetos revolutionary speech,
they could definitively start a coup in the right time; but for the
Resistance, this was not as easy. They had taken Helena to a place
where they could meet the Moon Girl, and as they found her, she told
Helena that she must make a choice between going to meet her divine
parents or staying in the City, as the resistance’s goal all along
was to take Helena out of the realm. Helena opted to follow Moon
Girl, and left Corey alone with the CLM to free the City.
Can
the EM Men find Jacques Cousteau and avenge Aquaman’s death? Did
Hades have a mullet when he was young and conceived Paneb? What will
happen to the poor Propaganda minister who is now just laying
unconscious on a unmanned boat on the sea?
Only
fate truly knows.
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