Star Starless

I nodded. "Do you have any idea where she went? Did she possibly go out with the herb gathering group?"

I nodded. "We need to somehow notify the others. I know Afina and a few others went out to gather herbs... If they haven't been caught." I gulped nervously. What if they're here to kill us? We knew they'd find us eventually but still-

My eyes widened as I followed Indigo towards the deep parts of the lake. "Why are they here? I thought humans couldn't find this place!"

I looked at Indigo in disbelief. "Why?" I didn't get a reply from her, and just saw her swim away frantically. I saw her point up, and tilted my head towards the sky. It was blotted with weird, silver flying things. I dove into the water after Indigo.

(so did me and green, gotta love finals)

(im fine with that, and ill convince gree to make one soon)

(bump)

(is this starting soon?)

Gaia smiled. "Perfect! You're all here. Now I can rid all of my opposers in one swoop!" Sullivain glanced at Jayden. "Any chance those light powers of yours know how to defeat an Earthborn?"

gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss the requirements to be a fascist dictator

Sullivain shrugged. "Well if you know my name, and you're so bent on killing both of us, can't you just tell us yours. I mean its not like were gonna live to remember." The Earthborn chuckled. "You haven't changed a bit Sullivain." he clutched at his chest mockingly. "I'm hurt, I would have thought you'd remember me. But then again, you did lost a lot of blood that day." the Earthborn shrugged, and bowed. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the one they call Gaia." Shock hit Sullivain like an arrow through his heart.

Sullivain began to slowly back up. He had the strangest feeling of deja vu, like he had seen this Earthborn before. The earth man stalked closer and closer to Sullivain and Angel, his footsteps shaking the floor whenever the two collided. "Who are you?" Sullivain asked. The Earthborn chuckled. "That's not important right now. What matters is you two have become obstacles in my plan. So, I'm here to get rid of you. Its simple, really." Sullivain tried to play dumb. "Why? Because were not Earthborn? We're just normal teenagers who were trying to live here and avoid being killed. But now, it looks like my dreams are going to be crushed." The Earthborn laughed. "You know exactly what you are Sullivain." Sullivain felt a chill go down his spine. How does he know my name...

Sullivain smirked. "I knew you could do it." He grabbed Angel's hand and the two of them dashed past the dazed Earthborn. They scrambled through the halls. "We have to make it to the staircase, that can take us to the surface." THE SURFACE? YOURE CRAZY. Cedric screamed. "Well, what other option do we have?" Sullivain replied. Go to the safety bunker!? Cedric offered. "If this place isn't safe, the bunker isn't either." But its better than the surface. "At least, if I can figure out how to use my powers, I can defend myself." Cedric rolled his eyes, but gave up on arguing. As Sullivain rounded the corner, he let out a few unpleasant swears. Guarding the emergency exit was one of the largest Earthborn he had ever seen. He looked strangely human, with his arms brown and woodlike instead of gray and stoneish like the others he had seen. His skin was an olive color, and his shoulders were adorned with moss. His abdomen was exposed, showing a muscled, human-like stomach. In fact, if Sullivain hadn't known better, he would have thought this man was human. His eyes drifted up, and he saw that the man had dark green hair that was being held back by a pair of sunglasses. His eyes were a cold gold color, and they seemed to see right through Sullivain. "Ah look, our guests have arrived." the Earthborn said. He can talk? Sullivain thought in amazement. He had never met an Earthborn that could talk before. Or one that was 7 feet tall. Oh crap. Cedric said.

Sullivain got an idea. It was a horrible idea, but it was an idea. He scoffed. "Are you going to keep standing there or are you going to defeat them? Pathetic. If I could control my powers, I would have killed these things already." He rolled his eyes. "I thought they said they chose the 'best of the best' for this, and yet somehow, you got these powers. They should have given these powers to someone who can use them."

"How are you doing this, and could you please teach me? Right now I feel like being able to make the lights go away isn't that helpful." Sullivain asked. The Earthborn were getting closer, and if Angel didn't magically make them go flying into a corner in the next minute, they would be reduced to smithereens.

Sullivain wanted to do anything but that, but considering his options were trust Angel and hope not to die, or certainly die, he decided to take his chances with Angel. He, refusing to stand completely behind him, stood to Angel's left. It was only then when his back collided with the steel wall of the end of the hall. "This plan of yours had better work." Sullivain told Angel nervously, watching as the Earthborn savagely stalked towards the two boys.

Sullivain rolled his eyes, and jumped to the side as one of the Earthborn lunged at him. "Look, we stand no chance at killing these things. Trust me, I've tried." He told Angel. "If we want to somehow escape, we have to hit them with something harder than a Merriam-Webster." If these so-called savior powers could work right now that would be fantastic. Sullivain thought as the short Earthborn reached out to punch him in the face. He ducked, just barely, and he felt the side of his cheek collide with the rough, rock-like texture of an Earthborn hand.

among us reference?

Sullivain looked at Angel, and then at the Earthborn, who had returned to their feet and looked even more bent on murdering both of them. "Kid, what are you doing!" Sullivain exclaimed. "I appreciate the help, but I really doubt that a dictionary can kill a pile of rocks!"

Sullivain's sleep wasn't peaceful or long, because soon he was awakened by two noises. The sound of Cedric singing loudly, and the sound of sirens. Sullivain's heart hammered. Those... those are the Infected sirens... He jumped out of bed, still dressed in that ridiculous outfit he had been forced to wear to give his speech. He frantically threw on a long sleeved black shirt and cargo pants. He kept the cape-thing, it had kinda grown on him. Besides, who knows, maybe those stupid scientists had made it reinforced or something. He threw the other ridiculous outfit parts in his backpack, and raced out the door. Sullivain's hopes of this just being a drill were crushed when he saw the hall. It was empty now, and he knew exactly why. He could smell them before he saw them, the stench of something rotten mixed with grass. And then they rounded the corner. There were two of them, one tall and lanky and the other short and plump. They looked human enough, in their form. That was until you took a closer look. Their limbs were square-ish and gray, covered in moss, dirt, and in the tall one's case, little flowers. Their torsos were bare, exposing their stomach, which was the only human-colored part of them left. Their chest was solid rock, studded too with moss, except the short one also had twigs sticking out where their heart would normally be. And their faces were covered by their hair, which had been transformed into some kind of earth plant. The tall one's luscious green locks covered every detail of their face and stretched down to the ground, while the plump one's vines stopped at their shoulders. Earthborn... Sullivain thought with terror. He wanted to run, but knew it would be in vain. The Earthborn had noticed him by now, and they communicated by making clicking sounds, like dolphins, if dolphins could kill you. Sullivain knew he was dead. No one could take down an Earthborn. His mother couldn't, Cedric couldn't. His best bet was to run. But he couldn't. He was frozen in terror. Cedric was floating next to him, his face frozen in horror. How... how did they find us... and how did they get in? This place was supposed to be intangible to them- Cedric was interrupted by the sound of shrill cries from the Earthborn, and the thunderous sound of them charging at Sullivain. Crap.

Sullivain did a sarcastic bow towards the frantic people in the audience, and walked off the stage. When people flooded him outside the hall, asking him tons of questions, he just ignored them. He had barely even touched his mattress when he fell asleep. Boy has today been something

He looked at the scientist, and then sat down on the stage. He closed his eyes, and let his troubles melt away. He thought back, back to life before the Earthborn came, before Gaia, before everything He smelled ramen His mother had made ramen Cedric was eating the ramen Cedric was alive Cedric struggled at geometry Sullivain was still in school He could go home and watch cartoons and eat pizza like nothing else mattered Because nothing did matter back then Slowly, he felt a wave of calmness wash over him. When he opened his eyes, the bright lights were back, shining on Sullivain sitting criss cross applesauce on a stage, with Jayden holding a ball of flaming light dangerously close to the scientist's face, who was laughing nervously.

(also can i play a human character too? i have a really cute idea for Azure and the human)

Iris was in shock. "Look man, I don't know what kind of creepy dead god guy tricks your playing on me, but can you stop trying to gaslight me? I'm sorry you lost your son, but I'm not the guy you're looking for. My parents are dead." That seemed to get Nekros's attention. His expressionless face was filled with a look of sadness. "Echo's... dead?" Iris nodded. "I thought the god of the dead would know that. Don't you keep track of dead souls or something?" Nekros shook his head. "It's more complicated than that. I used to keep track of every soul that passed through here. But as the Underworld kept expanding and more and more souls traveled through, I couldn't keep up with it. Those faceless souls? They're my assistants. They deal with the tedious jobs of counting souls and keeping track of where everyone goes. Since I never told anyone about your mother, they would have no need to inform me of her death." His face was etched with dismay. Iris wanted to go up to him and give him a hug, but considering the fact that he was a god, and the one of dead people no less, he decided against it.