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  1. 23 minutes ago, Andromeda_ said:

    Indigo nodded and the both of you swam towards the city center, where most mermaids usually are. "Attention!" Indigo yelled as loud as she could. "Humans have discovered our home! We need to hide, now! The kelp forests and coral reefs are good choices!" She shouted. Immediately most of the mermaids scattered, swimming off to hide. "Now I just have to find Marina (her sister) before something happens to her..." Indigo said worriedly.

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

  2. Just now, Andromeda_ said:

    "I don't know how. Maybe someone left the grove and they were followed back by humans. Maybe they just stumbled upon it. But either way, we need to get away, before they find a way to get into the water." Indigo said frantically. "I'm just worried about my little sister. She's really young, and could've easily been caught..."

    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-

  3. 2 minutes ago, Andromeda_ said:

    Indigo turned around to look at you. "We need to hide. You see those things up in the sky, with the spinning parts at the top? They have humans in them, and they're trying to capture us and use us..." You heard a distant scream as a blonde mermaid with a jade green tail was snatched out of the water by a helicopter and flown away.

    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!"

  4. 35 minutes ago, Andromeda_ said:

    (starting now!) 

    @Heather Chandler 

    You were swimming peacefully in the waters of the beach near the cove, near the sand. Your friend Indigo was with you. She was another mermaid, with straight black hair that waved with the wind, and a dark purple tail. Suddenly, you heard gunshots and helicopters, sounds you were always told to avoid. "Azure! We need to swim away! Now!" Indigo yelled, diving into the waters. 

    @Valkcake 

    You sat in a tall, old tree you had known since you were just a hatchling. You were careful not to burn its leaves with your fiery lavender feathers. Your mother flew into the tree, looking panicked. She was a pheonix like you, with bright cyan flaming feathers. "Lavender, we have to go now! The humans are here, and they're got your father...." 

    @Loxfeafcakeratfawnscarhamp 

    You were sleeping in your nest in a tree. You could hear the screams of other creatures. You slowly awoke to see what was going on. A griffin with an albino-white pelt and feathers flew into the tree as well, and began to nudge you. "I have no idea who you are, but you need to rise and shine before the humans catch you and use your feathers in potions!" The griffin yelped. 

    @Artificer -Green- 

    You were flying above the mythical grove, keeping a bird's eye view of the area, and looking for places where you could cause chaos next. Suddenly, you heard screams echo from the grove, and noticed helicopters just a little below you... 

    @swweet cakee 

    You were flying a few inches above the ground, fluttering around and greeting everyone you knew. You flew into a little corner to pick berries, when you heard footsteps. You looked up to see a human holding a gun, looking shocked but also determined. 

    @YourLocalStranger 

    You were climbing up one of the grove's tallest trees in your griffin form. You had black fur and feathers, with ethereal glowing black eyes. Suddenly, a pure white pegasus floated down in front of you, stopping you in your tracks. "The humans have found us! Turn into your human form before they try and turn you into griffin stew!" The pegasus neighed.

    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.

  5. 9 hours ago, ItzFadeDaBigShot said:

    Suddenly a large THUNK is heard, followed by a series of curses and there's Jayden behind them, with rather unkempt hair and wide eyes.

     

    "I'm FINALLY HE- What the [Intense amount of cursing]?!" she yelled, running up beside Sullivain and Angel. Her hands are glowing slightly as she stares at the being in front of them.

    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?"

  6. 2 hours ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    Angel quivered.

    He didn't like this

    why did he agree to this?

    He didn't want any of this, he just didn't want to die...

    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.

  7. 12 hours ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    Angel started at him, a new kind of fear rushing through him. He began to back up, yanking in hand away from Sullivain's. All he did was stare with very visible fear, the level of emotion that Angel had never expressed before.

    Any words he said were no more than a stutter. He didn't know who this was, but he already knew the two of them were dead.

    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...

  8. 23 minutes ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    He got more and more upset, saying incomprehensible thing in his squeaky voice as the wind picked up more and more. Eventually the wind did end up launching the earthborn, slamming them into the metal walls. This caused many of the earthy pieces of the beings to crack.

    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.

  9. Just now, Artificer -Green- said:

    "I DUNNO MAN I'M JUST VERY VERY STRESSED AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I'M DOING THIS" He said in a squeaky voice. As his voice raised, the Earthborn were pushed back yet again, the wind raising up again.

    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."

  10. 3 minutes ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    His stress only continued and as a result, the wind continued. The beings staggered and struggled as they approached, but didn't stop.

    "C'MON JUST STOP ALREADY" He angrily shouted. The wind picked up as he shouted, slightly pushing the Earthborn backwards.

    "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.

  11. 41 minutes ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    Angel frantically thought... he thought and thought. He was gonna die here. Wasn't he?

    At this moment full of stress, the breeze in the hallway started to pick up. This was odd, as the hallway was still completely enclosed. The stress kept building up.

    The wind sped up, but all of it was channeled at the Earthborn, aka right in front of Angel. The wind whipped as the earthborn aiming for Angel started to struggle through the wild gusts. 

    Was... was he doing this?...

    "Sullivain! Get behind me, I might have a plan" he said through his discomfort, the wind in front of him still as strong as ever.

    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.

  12. 6 minutes ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    "well I'm sorry! Guess I should have just let you die!" He said angrily, still holding his ground as the Earthborn's approached him. "And I'm still not a KID!" He said with a growl, never looking back at Sullivain throughout all of this. well, this is it. He thought solemnly, Killed by these.... things... Trying to fight them with a book!

    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.

  13. 3 hours ago, Artificer -Green- said:

    Angel's sleep was light. Nothing was right. I mean, he ended up being correct about that. He jolted awake at the sounding of the alarms. That dreaded sound that nobody wanted to hear... ever. Especially not him. He got up and, still wearing his pajamas and missing the mask he held dearly, peeked his head outside, where Sullivain was staring straight at a duo of those horrible beasts known as earthborn. 

    What was he doing?! He thought with worry and rage as he saw Sullivain just standing there. Angel ducked back into his room, frantically looking around and figuring out something to do. I can't use my funky powers yet! I don't even know how they work! He thought before he grabbed the biggest book he could find in his room. 

    He ran back out as the earthborn charged towards Sullivain. As barely more than his instincts took control, he started to run over to him. Angel raised the book up, suddenly bolting past Sullivain and slamming the tall earthborn's head as hard as he could. The creature got knocked over for a second before stumbling back to their feet, and falling again. The shorter one did a double take, obviously distracted by the distress of its ally. 

    at that moment, Angel's reason came back as he backed up a bit. What was he doing?! This is so dumb! Now we're both gonna die! He thought as he held the book, adrenaline running through his veins as he held the book, ready for whatever came at him. 

    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!"

  14. 15 hours ago, Heather Chandler said:

    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

    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.

  15. Just now, Artificer -Green- said:

    As the lights came back on, Angel curled tighter into a ball backstage, attempting to cover his eyes as well now that the lights were back on

    He felt horrible

    Please let him leave

    The lights were too loud

    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

  16. 13 minutes ago, Heather Chandler said:

    Sullivain smirked. Maybe Jayden wouldn't be so horrible to work with. They did seem to have the same mindset on certain things.

    The scientist rubbed his temples. "Why did we decide to use teenagers for this."

    "Because, and I quote, 'We're more durable than adults." Sullivain stated.

    "That's besides the point. What usually calms you down?" the scientist asked.

    Me! Cedric yelled from across the stage.

    "Cedric, you do quite the opposite of that." Sullivain said.

    "Who's Cedric? Crap he's hallucinating. Now I have to report this!" the scientist exclaimed.

    Cedric floated over next to Sullivain. Heh. They think you're crazy. He smirked.

    "You are insufferable." Sullivain hissed.

    The scientist raised an eyebrow. "I'm not hallucinating don't worry." Sullivain reassured. "I'm fine. Now, if I try my best to reverse our little situation here can I go back to my room? Its been a long day."

    "Fine, sure, whatever." the scientist said.

    Sullivain smiled. "Perfect!"

    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.

  17. On 5/26/2023 at 10:33 PM, Heather Chandler said:

    Iris was to stunned to speak.

    My father? No, my dad wasn't a god. Mom had pictures of him before she died. Us all together, before they- No. This isn't adding up.

    Iris just let out a weak laugh. "My father? Uh, my father wasn't a god. He died during a Fire Kingdom attack when I was two. I had pictures of him and my mother in my old house. Sorry, but I think you've got the wrong kid, man."

    A wave of sadness passed over Nekros's face. "No, Iris, I swear, you're my son. Your mother, Echo, married another man after I, um, couldn't be with her. She raised you to believe that he was your father, but I am."

    Iris raised an eyebrow. "Got any proof? And if I really am your son, why all of a sudden are you so interested in being a part of my life? Why now do you care if I'm your son, or if you had a son at all?"

    Nekros sighed. "This is going to hurt." He reached out his hand and pressed his thumb to Iris's forehead. The same white-hot pain that he had felt before he died filled his body again. He winced and grabbed at Nekros's hand, but he didn't budge. A second later, the pain stopped, and Iris looked up at Nekros.

    "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?" Iris exclaimed.

    "Well you asked me to prove that you were my son so-"

    "DID YOU HAVE TO BURN MY BODY IN ORDER TO PROVE IT!?!" Iris yelled.

    "I mean, sort of. The pain is a sad side effect, and no one has been able to find another way to claim a child of theirs, mainly because not many gods have demigod children." Nekros shrugged.

    "Sad side effect?" Iris exclaimed. "Sir, I have had my body burned, drowned, found out I died, and then was led here by the creepiest thing I have ever seen. And you go and burn me again." Iris stated. "So if you don't have a good reason for doing whatever you just did, I swear."

    Nekros chuckled. "I see you got your mom's spirit. Look, this probably isn't going to make a ton of sense b-"

    "Not much these days makes sense." Iris pointed out.

    "True, true." Nekros said. "So, whenever a demigod is born, we perform this kind of ceremony called a Marking. Basically a god sends a bit of their power into the baby's body. When the proper godly parent sends their power into the child, it causes their godly parent's powers to be awaken inside them. This also results in the god's crest being branded onto the back of their neck. People in the mortal world refer to it as a "tattoo". Since I already know you're my son, I could perform this ceremony with no other gods required to be present, which is quite a relief considering... certain situations."

    Iris raised an eyebrow, and Nekros chuckled nervously. He snapped his fingers and two small mirrors appeared in Nekros's hands. He held one in front of Iris and one behind him near his neck. Iris was baffled. On the back of his neck was a small black skull with a crown, which most certainly wasn't there before. Nekros smiled and snapped agaon, causing the mirrors to dissapear.

    "Told you." He smiled.

    (I feel bad for typing all of this. Feel free to do lore with stuff happening on the ship.)

    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.

  18. Just now, ItzFadeDaBigShot said:

    The scientist stared at Sullivain with an exasperated look in his eyes. "Well, as I said before, these abilities seem largely connected to your emotions, as you created this darkness when you felt uncomfortable earlier. It's possible if you could calm yourself you might be able to remove the darkness."

     

    Jayden stared at them. "So basically, if I just get really mad, I could set everything here on fire with my light ability?" She grins. "I've always wanted to watch a building burn to ash." It's hard to tell if she's being serious or not. She is still holding the ball of light, which is slowly growing.

    Sullivain smirked. Maybe Jayden wouldn't be so horrible to work with. They did seem to have the same mindset on certain things.

    The scientist rubbed his temples. "Why did we decide to use teenagers for this."

    "Because, and I quote, 'We're more durable than adults." Sullivain stated.

    "That's besides the point. What usually calms you down?" the scientist asked.

    Me! Cedric yelled from across the stage.

    "Cedric, you do quite the opposite of that." Sullivain said.

    "Who's Cedric? Crap he's hallucinating. Now I have to report this!" the scientist exclaimed.

    Cedric floated over next to Sullivain. Heh. They think you're crazy. He smirked.

    "You are insufferable." Sullivain hissed.

    The scientist raised an eyebrow. "I'm not hallucinating don't worry." Sullivain reassured. "I'm fine. Now, if I try my best to reverse our little situation here can I go back to my room? Its been a long day."

    "Fine, sure, whatever." the scientist said.

    Sullivain smiled. "Perfect!"

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