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Leo: Stay calm!? We have just been attacked by someone!

*Points at Prometheus*

Leo: THEY KILLED SOMEONE!

*Leo grabs Amy's hand before it reaches her chest and accidentally crushes it slightly*

Leo: GRAAAH!

*Leo lets go of Amy's hand and puts her fist through a wall*

Leo: I'M GOING OUT!

*Leo stomps out of the room*

Amee: Hrrrgnf...

*Holds shattered hand and looks at Leonie walking away*

*Shakes head before going back to OT*

Amee: I'm...I'm sorry about Prometheus...

*Ot looks tired*
Ot: He was... a good friend... Thank you...

*Huitz sits up groaning and clutching his head*
Huitz: What happened... *Looks over and sees Prometheus* NO!

Amee: She came to me. And I presume she came to everyone else... *Points at the Knight and at Santi/Joalia* She...She said that you imprisoned her, and that you were going to do the same to us...I didn't believe her at first...But she made it sound so convincing...

*Roland eyes Jake and then eyes Leo, Jake then nods and follows Leo giving her plenty of room*

*Roland looks down at Prometheus corpse* And may we me again, at the clearing, at the end of the path..

*nods*
You all have my condolences as well. And I am willing to help make amends for this, no matter the cost. That... murdering him, that's an act of war.

Ot: We did. But it's not quite so simple as that. She was... a monster... did you see her true form?

*Huitz is kneeling over Prometheus swearing revenge on Coatlicue and holding his granddaughters as they both cry into his shoulders*

*Nods and stands up beside Santiago*

*Has to crouch over to look at everybody at eye level*

~

Amee: No...I saw a young woman clad in ripped clothes and binds...She didn't look like a monster...

*Roland looks at Ot* The b**** knew who I was, wanted me to kill you, she used Susan..

*Rage bubbles up in Roland* Put me a room with her and I will avenge Prometheus.

*Jake watches Leo vent her rage*

I did after Joalia struck her. Or tried to, we only saw an apparation.
*holsters his pistol*
If you imprisoned it once, then could you do it again, or even kill this thing?

*Leo has gone out into the woods and is fighting any animal stupid enough to get close to her*

*Ot curses*
OT: That is what she once looked like. Long ago the Archons rules the earth, Terra, eventually however they started dying out and regressing. They lost their grasp on their own tech and their cities faded.
Then the Great Elders stepped up and took down the remaining Archons. Coatlicue was determined to get revenge so she experimented on herself and became what she is now.
After a rampage across the world she was imprisoned like we imprisoned the 5th Chaos God. She must have been freed somehow... Either way she blames the Elder's for her mutation and see's Humani as bugs to be squashed.

I was there the last time she almost broke out. Aoife was trapped with her for centuries fighting her. I... I am sorry you had to be involved in this...

*Turns to Roland and looks grim*
OT: That doesn't surprise me. She'll try and turn us against each other. That's one of her best skills is manipulation.I do not know what effect your guns would have on her, but you would not walk out of that room alive.

*Turns to Santiago*
OT: The only way to imprison her again would be to restrain her. We might be able to kill her, but I don't know... we need to talk to Death and Marethyu

*nods*
Regardless, I am willing to help. This creature is too dangerous to be left wandering.

*Wade walks into the room*
DP: I heard someone say the 'D' word. That's only used when someone is talking gak about a past event, or they need something fethed done. And you all see Death slightly more positively after she brought Jay back, so you guys are probably trying to kill another giant monster again.

[Wanders into main room and looks at the group] [Shakes head and walks into kitchen] [Comes out with coffee, and sits with Benny, ignoring the rest]

Amee: I'm not. We're your family, Nick. We go through this together.

*Walks over to Yarrick and sits down*

Amee: Things went bad...

~

*The Knight relaxes slightly and says a soft prayer for Prometheus*

*Goes back into the tank to explain this to Maria*

~

*A loud crack is heard and the middle of the room lights up*

*A skeletal horse canters out of the light*

*Roland thinks on what Ot says, he goes over to Aoife and Scatty* Your uncle was a good man, I will cherish the battles we shared... I am so sorry for your loss.

*Jake walks behind Leo and casually says* You know what kind of trees grow in this forest? Kinda look like pine...

OT: Thank you Amelia *Perenelle walks over to the commotion and sees Prometheus*
Perenelle: Oh no... *Ot holds her as she stares down at the body in anguish*

*Morrigan stirs and sits up*
Morrigan: What h- * Stops talking and tears up at seeing Prometheus's body*

*Marethyu steps out of a portal looking grim*
Marethyu: So she has returned...

*Cal comes out of the kitchen followed by Black Hawk. Seeing Morrigan he moves to comfort her*

*Scatty still doesn't notice Roland but Aoife nods*
Aoife: Thank you... he was like a father to us...

*Skeletal horse forms into Death and she also looks grim*

Death: Another Archon...

*Stands beside Marethyu and stares at him in the eyes*

Death: I need your help and you need mine, if you wish to kill her.

*Looks at the others and shakes head*

Death: They don't stand a chance as is...

[Nods] I can see. And some ghost lady turned up.
And we're going to deal with that. [Sips coffee and passes Amelia the mug]

[Benny is staring into the middle distance and whispering]

*Marethyu nods*
M: Not alone they don't. She's even got allies. Cernunnos did not. *Gestues to his left hand which is a golden moon shaped blade* It may be time to use this again.

*Wade snorts*
DP: Aaand they're killing a giant monster again. All sorts of fun.

Death: Not if you know what's good for you. You know what happened the last time you used that? You almost overfilled Hell. Last resort, that is the only time I can permit you to use it.

~

*Amelia raises an eyebrow and accepts the coffee*

Amee: How can you just be so casual about it? Oh, and the ghost lady is what killed him.

*Marethyu nods*
Marethyu: Agreed. Now, let's talk with them. *Moves to talk with OT*

*Pulls at Santiago's clothes and points at the Barracks*

~

*Death follows solemnly*

*nods*
I was just waiting for an appropriate time to leave.
*walks over to the barracks and knocks*

*Roland nods to Aoife, and walks outside with a pained expression*

*He lights a cigarette, and takes a very long drag*

Marethyu: Nicholas. You know what we must do yes?
Ot: I've a suspicion... You want to use me as a trap yes?
*Marethyu nods*
M: She views you as a one of, if not the highest threat. We may able to either end her or kill her... but you need to be bait.


*Morrigan is being comforted by Cal when she notices what killed Prometheus. She shakes off Cal and rips out the spearhead and recognizes it instantly*
Morrigan: Billy... *Pales even further and flies off to try and find Billy fearing the worst*

*Sits down and watches Santiago with varying amounts of interest*

~

*Death thinks*

Death: I can help in some way...However, I as Death, cannot help kill a being of such power without authority, or if she threatens the fate of the universe. Which she does not currently.

OT: I will do it, what do we need to do?
*Marethyu begins explaining a fairly simple bait and ambush*
OT: That might work...
M: It's the best chance I think we've got. Death, do what you can, for we are going to need your help

[Looks at Amelia] my brother is a sentient ice cube made flesh. We live with aliens and a medieval knight. Benny has an AI and a greater daemon in his skull. Nicholas is a giant bird.
Death is literally walking around in our midst.

Where's my threshold for alarm?

Also I have no idea who that is. [Looks at corpse] Cruel end though.