Session 4: How did We End Up in this Situation?

Ok so we left off where exactly? Oh Right where the man, Joshua's Brother had shot fire out from his eyes and plasma gouted from his mouth <.<...

So that seems to have called Harpies out of the pit and they started to harry us and Wu and Tal went in mirror action pushing off of the rock cliff and their spears together lopped a harpy down. Then I got into the action actually getting pumped from the sight of those two even as I stayed I the safety and comfort of Ruppy's lap, my mind fogging from the passed over smoke. So anyways >.>, I sent Sawu to climb upon the cliffs, giving the little guy a bit of freedom, while I myself aimed for attacking the loud mouthed leader, who had been telling us she was going to eat us. But, the harpies did two things that really pissed me off before I could even let go of my first shot... One they let off a sonic screech that caused a significant headache making me growl, and then they tore Ruppy right out from under me, and made me nearly plant my face on the outcropping. SOO I fired, I fired right through the Damn, Loudmouthed Harpy's Freaking Cheek and out the back of her damn head, and the sight of Sawu simultaneously shooting the same one's face with his webbing caused that inner growl to turn to a giggle, as I finally joined the fray. Luckily for Ruppys Tal was there, swinging in to pull him back towards the cliff face and slicing a Harpy clean through, unfortunatly however another Harpy, the soon to be last of the Swiftlings, tore right through her chain, and they all went tumbling down. Again, Luckily, while the chain threw the swiftlings that had pulled Ruppy into the air went down into the Abyss, entangled so in the chain that they couldn't even flap, Tal had been able to save herself and Ruppy, pulling the Rocker against the cliff. I had to smile I couldn't help myself I was relieved that they were both safe, and that caused me to blush selfconciously.

And I fired again at the Leader wanting to fire right through her other blasted cheek, wanted to make the holes symetrical... but I missed.... I completely missed. Wu meanwhile, had ripped through another two Harpies and was plummeting into the abyss upon the back of one of their backs, before Tal, secure in the fact that Rupper was fines had jumped upon another ripping through her wings with what seemed like the ease of a knife through hot butter. At the same time Wu jumped back up from below and O.O.... Sodomized the lead harpy through the ass with her spear WTF... I couldn't help myself but laugh I couldn't stop and didn't notice as Tal fell into the abyss herself. I just fired upon the harpy again as it flew off from the wall with Wu nestled between her legs. The shot going long after pinging against her armor, but it was enough.. It was enough to allow Wu to actually steer the harpy back towards the rest of us, and pulling her spear free Wu finished off the last of the harpies.

Sawu then jumped down guiding himself through the air upon a strand of sharp glass webbing to land neatly upon my shoulder and told me, in gross detail about how he had reeled in the Swiftling who had caused the chain to fall, and with a squealchy bite had layed in his nasty silicon neurotoxin. And with but a glance, I saw the Harpy turning blue as it hung from the chain in a webbed hogtie, I couldn't help looking away, shuddering at the sight, but I remembered Ruppy was still stoned and hanging from the chains where Tal left him, and then I remembered Ta had fallen into the abyss and I gasped I looked down I threw myself at the edge of the outcropping to look out for Tal, and Ruppy... There was Ruppy and that brought a sigh of relief, especially as I saw Tal resting in Ben's lap, like a real life sleeping beauty. So I climbed down to retrieve Ruppy, and meanwhile up the cliff was talk. Talk about a map and a swamp, and with little discussion and the threatening sound of more harpies flying up from below, we journeyed to climb back up the chains and escape. Rhias turned around, Rhias yelled and spooked the the leader of the new wave of harpies and they all took back off into the pit.

Then we were off, back through the sea of spirits, and towards the light of a fiery river in the distance, always moving towards where the rivers all converged upon the center of the underworld upon the Swamps of the Asphodel. I stopped there watching as the spirits crowded around chewing upon supple flowers and found myself remarking upon the fact, then the man in the pot, who Wuyi had apparently put in there leapt from it and with a gory sight his body started to regenerate intestines pulling back inside and internal organs regrowing.. I... I had to look away, it was too much, and while I couldn't see who but it sounded like someone even hurled. After this unsettling event the man, now proclaimied that Joshua had been lieing to us, and this got us started talking, talk about our mission, or if we really needed to go upon it, what it really meant if these powers and memories weren't really ours. But, Joshua laid our qualms to rest, we were the right ones to have them, they were ours or apparently we would've died, aand his brother.. his brother proclaimed himself to be the Divinity Prometheus, which made Joshua Epimetheus... One who stole flame, the other who was gifted with pandora and her box.. The very men who were said to have made humanity from the mud and gifted them us with fire and hope. I can only say I was rather speechless at this revelation, but the others kept talking about the consequences of it all... especially about our escape the escape of all of us, and Tal and Rhia talked about not wanting to bring Kathy, that she didn't mean any good, and I couldn't blame them I don't much care for her myself as of late.

(STILL WANT TO THROW HER FROM A CLIFF *clenches her fist and looks angrily upon the girl as a vein throbs in her forhead*)

So our escape plan... We're suppossed to go down the Lethe again by boat, and this time to its end, to the cavern of Hypnos (Slumber) and Thanatos (Death)... If the harpies aren't telling on us for freeing Prometheus & Epimetheus, I sure as heck hope the lesser gods whose home we are going to invade don't tell. But hey, on the bright side at least we can try to get all of our memories back.

Session 3: Who is this man? Who is Joshua really?

I will get to the main point of this entry near the end... Let's just say it's a surprise. So we left off at me just recovering my senses at the river last time and the Ferryman had left, and everyone around me was talking. It seemed wierd to me at the time I had'nt quite come completely around but I do remember that Wu bounced off to get Kat, and Rhias jumped back into the river. To which I tried to jump back in and save her myself, though Benji stopped me, said we didn't need me going loopy again. (Which I guess is true, because I still don't quite remember my name though I am coming around to being called Kelly.) We then noticed that Tal was.. was cutting herself, I can't believe she would do such a thing, and in my shock me and Ben both ran over to stop her, then out of genuine curiosity I asked why she was doing it. Though I seem to have hurt her in some way, cuz she grew kinda quiet and had this forlorn look upon her face. I was stopped by Benji from asking further, but then Tal volunteered the information. I wish I hadn't of asked I really do, but I did. C'est la vie.

Anyways after Wu got back from retrieving Kathy, & pulled Rhias from the water Tal gave us some wierd coins, which we in turn handed to the ferrywoman, (yes apparently there is equal oppurtunity in the Underworld who knew *giggles*). And off we went into the foggymists. On the ride Wu and Tal started fighting over Wu snatching a coin for Kathy to come along, Tal called Wu a thief, & Wu called Tal a princess... each of them only exacerbating the fight which Rhia and Ben stepped in to stop. Whereas I was hiding behind Ruppy and even jumped off the ship with him once we hit shore to get away from it. (I get so scared when friends fight with each other... & I don't even know why *sulks a bit*) This of course was before I noticed that we had just waded through a mass of ghosts and were surrounded by them. I SOOO hate the Underworld *Whines*

Then everyone else was on shore, and Tal yelled about footprints being found, and a path to the East. So we headed that way Ruppy and me back pedaling to follow and I bumped into his back. Rupy had suddenly stopped because a ghost was in his way and throwing punches at him, I tried to help, tried to stop the punches but the things arm went right through me making me shudder with the cold. And then it happened all of the ghosts to either side started to mill and mob together surging like a river around us and through us even... It was sooo cold I felt the chill down to my bones and cling tight to Ruppy's side staying huddled to him for warmth as we kept going, all the while growing weary and weak.

Eventually we were guided to the edge of a cliff, the mists breaking just before we fell over it, and we decided how to get down, but Tal's Eagle who had been sent down to check things out got chased back upwards by bird like creatures with these sharp nasty smelling talons (They were the foulest smelling things I had ever whiffed it was horrible.) Then we found ourselves in the middle of a fight ourselves at the fliff, the Harpies flying at us, & the ghosts still milling from behind (which Rhia was doing her best to stop them). So we had Wu go down the chains hanging from above with Kat first, then Cal was struck from the sky having been struck by a Harpy and knocked unconcious as the great eagle fell. Tal threw her spear at the same monster who knocked him down and amazingly Ben jumped off the cliff right after the bird trying to save it (by diving off a cliff without any support O.o I think he might be a bit insane... x.x). So ya I pour out Asan from his container expecting him to help us, and suddenly the second harpy is throwing a boulder straight at us and Asan pulled off his duty well blocking it completely!. (My lil pets can be so useful. ^^) Though it did fall down the cliff almost hitting everyone who had already gone down (or in Ben & Cal's cases fell down <.<). And Ruppy and I finished off the second Harpy with a strike from his chain and my gun blowing its head clean off >.>...

So we all then took off on the chains hanging from the unseen cieling of this chasm and went down. Eventually came upon Joshua & Ben hanging/sitting on a ledge of the cliff and I jumped to sit on a rock near Ben, and we all got a lesson in why Joshua had left, apparently there was a disembowled man hanging from a chain that was Joshua's brother and he required our help to get him down. So while Ruppy me and Ben sat on the ledge Wu went up to get the guy free, and Kat Tal, and Rhias started speaking in Spanish again. >.< God I wish I could understand it better, especially since I think I heard a question about Ruppy being claimed...

And after that I have now come to hate Kathy as much as Tal does, tried to trust her at first, & I don't know why I am feeling this way over Rupert but I just can't help myself...

So while Tal went up to help Wu get the guy down, and Rhias came to have a smoke with Ben & Ruppys, I saw kathy climb down the chains effortlessly and snuggle up to Ruppy. This had the unexpected effect of making me growl and jump into Ruppy's lap. But what's worse is that when Wu and Tal finally broke the chain and the man dropped Joshua caught him and his brother's eyes opened up letting out a light that looked like flickering flames. What the heck is going on? who is this man? & Who is Joshua really? O.O

Session 2: Why don't I remember my Name?

Well, where to start where to start.... I guess right after we left off would prolly be best. So we left off at the ruins right?

So were settling in the clearing my flesh still hurting from the pangs of the burn and I think it was Ben gave me salve for my wounds. Meanwhile, the others were talking about heading back to the village before the Raiders that burned the other village hit, & Wu coaxed Kat (as the Latina woman's name is.. I think <.<). So then Wu decided to run off randomly into the woods, as if that was the greatest idea in the world, & we all tried to call her back even following her in (again bright right?).

So after Rhias realized we were all turned around Tal takes charge and leads us back to the right way out. to which my paranoia notices the grey creatures are getting rid of our footprints (as if they weren't creepy enough right?!?!). After getting back to the eery skeleton that marked the entrance to the path it starts moaning out like it is coming back to life to Which Wu runs off, and I nearly join her, just in time to catch Rhias commenting that it is dead like we are. >.> <.< Are we really dead? I mean how can we be dead? I feel like I'm alive at least.

So ya, moving on we all eventually start heading towards the village with Wu & me in the lead, at least until Tal comes running by like a streak of lightning. At the top of the hill between the forest & the village we see that the Raiders have already struck the village, & some are riding off towards the river, to which Ben decides to stay on the hill and fire on them. The rest of us start sneaking towards the ones in the village through the wheat fields. And, just as Ben shoots his gun off I get spooked and fire my own at the nearest guard, alerting them to our presence. (I am such a scaredy cat x.x, but hey I killed it :D) Thats when the fighting started, Tal jumped into the air throwing her spear & Wu jumped in slashing at another... Rhia on the other hand started off staying in stealth mode and struck with her coral dagger, before Ruppy & Rexxy moved in to strike dead another of these apparently zombified attackers.

By the end of Combat it was Rhias 1(hey she chopped its arm off, but it got back up & hit her with it). Ruppy had 3 kills between him & Rexxy. I got only 1 kill on my own. Though I should've known better than to keep using a gun on zombies, but then again at least I killed the first one with one shot (^_^ proud of myself). Tal  got 1, though I bet she would've killed more if her spear didn't keep getting stuck, though she did seem to have killed it twice O.o. & Wu killed three on her own3, & one in a collaborative kill between her, Ruppy <3, & me stabbing it in the head x3 (though I did misfire on it first <.<).

So after that Tal decided to run off, towards the river (apparently picking up Ben on the way) & Wu took off again with Rhias, & I can't help but wonder where she left Kat at O.O... So Ruppy & me, being unable to keep up with those two, decided to take off on shanghaied horses from the now redead Raiders. I actually figured out we are in Hades & decided to inform Ruppy to which I got no answer.

Now while I don't actually remember the exact course of events after that, I did learn from the others that there was apparently a Ferryman (Charon of course >.>), who took off with Elder Joshua. Then Wu & Rhias jumped in after them, before being thrown into the river. I do remember jumping into the river though to save them, after Ruppies & me showed up, but again things are hazy after that. Because I supposedly went goofy from the water, & even forgot my own name I've been told it's Kelly, but yaaa I don't think thats right... o.o;;;

Session 1: What Happened to Us?

It was just another average day in the village. Me and the five others I call friends, had been sent to get water because Wu had destroyed yet another crop of grain. (>.< Why... why do we all always get punished for Wu's messups...) We eventually took a break on the hill just outside town, I was exhausted carrying as much water as the others, I'm just a single scrawny girl. *pouts*

Anyways Benji saw smoke coming from the north, everyone thought it might be a forest fire, but it looked so far away from the trees I was sure it would just die out & I said so too >.>;;; but, then I heard Rhia & Wy talking about something to the south a skeletal figure, something about a scythe and a floating skull... was so creepy. I so didn't wanna go. Then, the others decided that we were going to check it out, & I followed behind them. What we found was a skeleton, a warning to anyone not to go deeper into the woods. Tal said it was someone from the village, or was it Benji.. I don't know who but someone did.

If that wasn't bad enough there were tracks going deeper into the forest we were told not to go into, to stay away from. Again I didn't want to go, but yet I didn't want to be left alone either so again I followed behind everyone, the whole time thinking that my friends were nuts. Especially when the tracks began to become bloody and the leaves falling from the trees were turning colors & withering before they hit the ground. I looked up and the trees were knitting together, as if they were becoming like one organism at their tops and we had walked right into that monstrous creature. I was nearly scared out of my mind.

Then we hit the clearing, seeing more bodies seemingly at a disheveled & ransacked campsite, I began to dread the decision to come into this evil place. I wanted to run away, to hide under my bed... but there... there were these creatures darting through the trees with glowing green eyes, I wanted to shoot at them, to wish this were all just a dream, that I had never been born... But, they started to talk to us. At first I was too paniced to listen, but after not being attacked for moments I settled a bit, began to listen, and asked a stupid question, to which Wu answered with another & cost us 2 of our suppossed questions. (So wish I hadn't done that, I am such a dunce x..x). But at least we found out that the villagers were hiding something because of it. We also heard about the treaty that suppossedly allows us to pass through this god forsaken place.

After this disturbing event, we all decided we should head back to the village. We gathered our water buckets at the hillside (we had ummms left them behind <.<;), and headed back to the village. Which upon entry we found it in heavy activity, people worried about the fires, which turned out to be an attack on another village. There was a boy & Elder Joshua out in the open, and we eventually settled on going to the Elder's cabin (after Wu had knocked him over, & I helped him there ugh). Once inside we were told that the Elder had been lying to everyone he had found a stockpile of... books O.O. He gave us one in particular which Tal grabbed and opened to an inserted bookmark. This thing (which Tal said was bound in human skin... again Totally Creepy!!!) we found out about a group of heros who had fought valiantly against an ancient evil, and had locked it away by locking away their power. We didn't find out who they were but we did find out where it was with a map (also on human skin Ewwwwwwwwww) & everyone decided to go in search of the tomb of "Hidden Power". Some in hopes of finding our memories, some in hopes of finding power, & yet more just for excitement or curiosity. (I was of the First & Second groups >.>.)

So we left and trekked back through the forest, which yet again disturbed the hell out of me, but we made it to a bright clearing, where the sun shined through the trees. Here we found ruins, with writing that Tal wondered over, & a door that Wu knocked on... & that then came to life. The fgure set 2-Dimensionally nto it picked up swords and threatened us if we didn't answer a riddle. I was the first to answer it ^_^, (The answer was a hole <.<;;;) The answer unfortunatly caused the door to explode, and covered us in dust. It also cut some of us, namely Rupper & Tal, but especially Wu. But hey, I escaped just by rolling away. We ventured inside and using flashlights, got hit with spores o.o. Me & Tal passed out from it, damn my weak tolerance. I was awoken to water splashing on my face because of Rhia, and then a deep burning sensation, which caused me to scream and cry the gunk nearly exploding on my face. (I don't blame her, it wasn't her fault, because she had no idea that would happen, but my face was singed pretty badly.)

Again we headed inside and again there were more spores. But, this time I was prepared, having Rhia's scarf covering my face as we went deeper. Sawu told me about the diffrent things happening around us, having hidden inside my sash (sleeping as usual, lazy spider). He told me there were only three ways into this place, a vent on the cieling, a pathway of water, and the way we came. Apparently the others figured out there was a pathway of water on their own & spoke about it, and we were going to go through it with Rhia's swimming skill leading the way.

When we all got through to the room we... well not all of us since Rhia hadn't been covered in dust, we started burning from the dust covering us and it exploded giving us even more heavy damage. I sobbed more, the pain was excruciating, and I ended up curling in a ball next to Wu, who tried to endure the pain. Slowly I started propping myself up as the others were deciding something, I saw a purple hole and instinctively went towards it putting my arm through (I wonder who made a hole that was just the right size for my arm). The lacerations and burns from the exploding caused my arm to ache in the hole and I couldn't pull my arm back out, I had to endure it as throbbing energy came surging into my body, the strongest sensations I'd ever felt, and my own memory nearly blanking me out.

I saw me in a school office... the office of a Dean.. a Dean of a school.. and and... then this woman came through the door. It felt like I had never seen her before that memory, but yet... something was so familiar about her. She explained that she was my mother my REAL mother, and that I had a duty... To her and to the world, I hadn't lived up to her expectations, but she still expected so much of me, to carry the weight of divine blood...

Soon, it subsided nothing more than a memory and I was able to pull my arm out, just like the others. It was now dark and the walls started making wierd noises like they were going to crumble at any moment, I stumbled around unable to see, barely able to keep my footing even with Sawu's guidance, and then I bumped into someone. It was Rhia I grabbed hold of her and we all started to evacuate, even carrying this wierd woman, who spoke in what sounded like Spanish, I still have no idea what either of them said. Then she & Benji passed out as we were going up the stairs, I left them to rush outside, Wu grabbing Benji, & Rupper grabbing Tal.

Hey, we made it outside, all of us in better or worse shape, escaped alive even the wierd latin girl, But didn't the book say that giving up these powers sealed away an ancient evil... And didn't the girl wake up when we got our powers back? Then could she be the evil spoken about? or was it the monsters who in their rage destroyed the other village? After stating she could very well be the evil, and some of the others questioning her, Wu snapped at us. Well that made me feel bad, & the woman saying she had no clue who she was made me feel worse. So I apologized, but I still don't feel right about her...