We were fighting in a war back in my world right before the ascension. A few years before the final battle, some asshole stole Zeus's lightning bolt to get the gods to turn on each other and miss the bigger picture. Think I told you that part, yeah?
What they missed was a resurrection of the lord of the titans who was coming back to tear down Olympus and start a new golden age. Be a better and new ruler. Don't know how up to date you are on mythology, but it's history for us. You have Gaea. You have the giants. You have the tians. And then the Olympians.
The planning of the resurrection went on for a while before the first steps were taken. The titan, Kronos, had been hacked to pieces and sent to Tartarus. He needed time to basically be put back together and come back to his full power. Without it, and without a body, he wasn't exactly going anywhere.
Took about…five years for him to get somewhere. When he did, he was the most powerful being around and had raised a bunch of armies made up of monsters and other demigods to begin the attack on Manhattan. A bunch of the kids from Camp started joining the Olympians to defend Olympus…whole big mess.
Didn't stop Kronos from getting to the throne room though to start destroying everything. [But that's more than he's ever said so he's stopping to let Taka take all of that in.]
Edited (god i dont remember the order ffs) 2019-04-05 22:03 (UTC)
he listens along, nodding his head, although there is a... bad feeling he's getting, considering luke has been hinting for several conversations that he wasn't really one of the good guys back home. ]
[…a heavy sigh, and he looks at the ceiling.] "A half-blood of the eldest gods, shall reach sixteen against all odds. And see the world in endless sleep, the hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. A single choice shall end his days, Olympus to preserve or raze."
You wanna know why I hate fate and prophecies so much? Shit like that. When you have something like that over your head, the whole thing gets messy. Everyone I know was tied into something like that. A lot of lives were ruined that way.
[Another drink just to stall.] Anyway, there was a fight in the throne room. The champions of Olympus versus Kronos. Kronos was supposed to kill those two kids but he didn't get the chance to.
Kinda had to to stop him, yeah. It's what happens when you're the host body. [Shrug!] If it wasn't for Annabeth I…he…whoever would've won, but she pulled me back long enough to regain control and end it myself.
[Life's fun when you kill yourself to save the world. Who's bitter? Not him! Really!] So I cheated my way out of an afterlife and I got to pick this instead. Figured it was a better deal, but it took a while to figure everything else out.
And then this game started and...well. You know the rest.
Tell me about it. ...I only met my dad once. Ignored me for most of my life except the one time he came to my mom's house. I was only there grabbing supplies, I left when I was nine. Guy knew all about my fate but wouldn't tell me anything about it. Never saw him after that.
Met another guy before that. Son of Apollo, actually. He also knew my fate and refused to tell me much about it.
Gods have a funny way of demanding so much from you and giving you shit for your effort. I'm not letting that happen in the new world.
...thanks. Pretty sure the whole point was always to be better.
Anyway, now you know why I supported the killing game from the start, but with the revival caveat. If we'd had more time, maybe I would've thought it through better, but whatever. You guys still have the chance to prove me right. That it's optional.
... at the start, I thought no one would do it, but for reasons different than I'm hoping now. The people where I live are fucking weird, but my life is generally normal in comparison, so I was assuming that people would try to resolve this game in a different way.
[ he sighs ]
And after the first death, I figured everyone would start killing because the people here are different from us.
...I'm from a world where people like me die pretty young, which probably didn't help my decision in backing Ruin's idea. But at the same time? I wanted to see what would happen. I had hopes that maybe you guys wouldn't, and then maybe that you'd find a way to break the cycle.
But you're right. You're very normal by comparison. I'm surprised you answered the call.
See, the reason I want to win top seat is because I need information and resources. I'll have access to things I would never be able to get my hands on otherwise.
... because there's this unresolved case I need to make sure gets solved. And this competition could have made me able to without having to wait.
...so that's what it is, huh. [That actually makes sense to him.] Sucks to be in the dark like that. What happens if you don't get the information from winning this game? How're you going to get it?
I'll have to do it through school's competition. It's just... whether I win that or not depends on the student body voting, so I have to impress hundreds and hundreds of people in order to win that.
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…revenge is a lot of why wars and competitions like this start anyway. Maybe we should've thought of that from the start.
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[ since it seems like none of them thought they'd catch feelings ]
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[He wanted to start over, the fuck is this bullshit.] I don't believe in karma, but maybe it's like that.
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It was really that bad?
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You don't have to answer, obviously.
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We were fighting in a war back in my world right before the ascension. A few years before the final battle, some asshole stole Zeus's lightning bolt to get the gods to turn on each other and miss the bigger picture. Think I told you that part, yeah?
What they missed was a resurrection of the lord of the titans who was coming back to tear down Olympus and start a new golden age. Be a better and new ruler. Don't know how up to date you are on mythology, but it's history for us. You have Gaea. You have the giants. You have the tians. And then the Olympians.
The planning of the resurrection went on for a while before the first steps were taken. The titan, Kronos, had been hacked to pieces and sent to Tartarus. He needed time to basically be put back together and come back to his full power. Without it, and without a body, he wasn't exactly going anywhere.
Took about…five years for him to get somewhere. When he did, he was the most powerful being around and had raised a bunch of armies made up of monsters and other demigods to begin the attack on Manhattan. A bunch of the kids from Camp started joining the Olympians to defend Olympus…whole big mess.
Didn't stop Kronos from getting to the throne room though to start destroying everything. [But that's more than he's ever said so he's stopping to let Taka take all of that in.]
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he listens along, nodding his head, although there is a... bad feeling he's getting, considering luke has been hinting for several conversations that he wasn't really one of the good guys back home. ]
And what happened?
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You wanna know why I hate fate and prophecies so much? Shit like that. When you have something like that over your head, the whole thing gets messy. Everyone I know was tied into something like that. A lot of lives were ruined that way.
[Another drink just to stall.] Anyway, there was a fight in the throne room. The champions of Olympus versus Kronos. Kronos was supposed to kill those two kids but he didn't get the chance to.
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Did... someone else interfere, or...?
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[Hey Francy why does Taka always get the backstories.]
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... did you die?
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Kinda had to to stop him, yeah. It's what happens when you're the host body. [Shrug!] If it wasn't for Annabeth I…he…whoever would've won, but she pulled me back long enough to regain control and end it myself.
[Life's fun when you kill yourself to save the world. Who's bitter? Not him! Really!] So I cheated my way out of an afterlife and I got to pick this instead. Figured it was a better deal, but it took a while to figure everything else out.
And then this game started and...well. You know the rest.
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things make a lot more sense with this context, but... ]
... you had a busy life.
[ what the fuck do you say to that ]
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Met another guy before that. Son of Apollo, actually. He also knew my fate and refused to tell me much about it.
Gods have a funny way of demanding so much from you and giving you shit for your effort. I'm not letting that happen in the new world.
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[ ... ]
You guys really are doing better.
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Anyway, now you know why I supported the killing game from the start, but with the revival caveat. If we'd had more time, maybe I would've thought it through better, but whatever. You guys still have the chance to prove me right. That it's optional.
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[ he sighs ]
And after the first death, I figured everyone would start killing because the people here are different from us.
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But you're right. You're very normal by comparison. I'm surprised you answered the call.
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[ he shakes his head. ]
I can still get it back home.
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... because there's this unresolved case I need to make sure gets solved. And this competition could have made me able to without having to wait.
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