Raidon


Raidon barely suppressed a laugh at Miri's first words and whispered back, "Yeah I know that, but I can't help but try."Raidon just watched on as Orsus went on a small rampage, breaking the floor, the table, and Frost's throne. When Orsus finally agreed to stay without causing a fight first, Raidon smiled at him. "Don't worry Orsus, we'll bring her back in no time." When Val came over and told them to be careful, he smiled softly at her and told her Don't worry, we'll be fine, just keep Orsus in check for us, okay?" He then followed Miri calmly to the elevator, thinking all the way about how Frost could have gotten out. His conclusion for now was maybe moister gathered on the bars and Frost froze and broke them, but even this idea had a flaw, what could she have broken them with? He smiled at her as she called dibs. "Aww, I guess I'll just have to settle for second attack. Well that's a good plan, but I have to ask what you want to do if she found help of some sort from humans or a monster. I mean though we could probably take out either possibility, I want to know what you think we should do if this is the case?" By now the elevator was almost to their destination.

"Mawhahaha take that you assholes!" Esme shouted at the handheld, the loud shout sounding foreign and strange with Esme's soft tone. Against her grandparents wishes Esme had to bring her psp with her since there wasn't an xbox, wii or playstation within a two mile radius of this place. So she had stuffed her backpack with as many games as she could and hoped she could survive the boredom this school camping trip was going to bring. Sure she had her friends here and they were awesome but nothing compares to a girl and her videogames.....well maybe except a girl and her best friend. She saved after she defeated the boss level and looked up, her violet eyes filling with surprise when she noticed she wasn't in her ~where she had started~ but she was surrounded by thick foliage, wild flowers and tall tree's.

"Shoot I did it again" she mumbled to herself, referring to her bad habit of walking around while playing her videogames. She doesn't even realize she's moving until her attention is off her game. There was one time when Ruby and her went to the beach and Esme being the person she is had taken her psp. Forty-five minutes later when she puts the handheld down she finds herself in a wooden boat stranded in the middle of the lake with Ruby looking for her on the beach. Esme has no idea how she unconsciously stole a boat but the owner of said boat wasn't very happy when she came back to shore. Talk about harsh winds, Esme was sure the owner could have just floated on the lake cause they had so much hot air. But at least on a lake Esme could see where she had to go but now......now she was lost. Sighing to herself Esme started retracing her steps. A half an hour of walking later she was just about to give up when she heard voices up a hill and she quickly scurried towards them. Relief flooded in her when she saw Neko and Attlas.

"Oh thank god! HEY GUYS!" Esme called out while waving at the group. She then ran over to them as quickly as she could only to stumble over a root and face plant into a rock. A mumbled curse slipped past her lips as she lifted herself up and rubbed her forehead. She was sure that would have made her bleed ~like it would to any normal person~ but like many times before when Esme looked at her hand no blood. It didn't matter how many cuts and gaping wounds she had Esme never bled and she healed really quickly. Ya she's a weirdo, no need to tell her she already knows. As Esme stood up she finally noticed the two strangers. One being a woman and the other a child, whom Attlas was holding at the moment. So unknown emotion flared in Esme and she acted on instinct as she rushed over to the child and inspected her. The child looked hurt and when Esme touched her the child's skin was ice cold. Very opposite of Esme's heated skin. She never felt cold in her life and the strange feel surprised her.

"So that's what cold feels like" Esme mumbled more to herself then to the other's. She heard the child's request for water and instantly reached into her backpack and pulled out of unopened bottle of water Esme had.

"Here" Esme offered kindly then pulled away from the girl.

"So should I run ahead and tell the nurse she's got a patient?" Esme questioned the two boys.

"So... We have an uninjured girl?"

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((For future reference, Attlas' jacket is Green.))

Attlas shook his head, "I don't know there... She doesn't seem injured, but go ahead and get her anyway." he responded calmly noticing the scratch on Eseme's forehead, "Eseme... Do you need a bandage? You got a nice little scratch there." he asked, since he usually had a first-aid kit in his bag, being an EMT and all. Yet he looked at the girl, and sighed, asking a second question to her. It was a natural question since, a small girl in the middle of the woods without any parents nearby is something not seen too often with where they were and he lived. Thus he asked, "Hey, Jackie... Where are your parents? Wouldn't they be worried that you are out alone like that?" His words were soft, though had the same power that he always had within his voice and body, though it was covered in the calmness and kindness that he showed.

"Aww, I guess I'll just have to settle for second attack. Well that's a good plan, but I have to ask what you want to do if she found help of some sort from humans or a monster. I mean though we could probably take out either possibility, I want to know what you think we should do if this is the case?" Though it was a simple question, Miri had to think about it for a second. It's not like they can just go and kill them because that would distract them from getting Frost and that's what they were here for. "We can just kill the monster if there is one who's helping Frost escape." Miri said then narrowed her eyes a bit. A look she only puts on when she's thinking really hard. "I'd say to be cautious trying to kill a human. We hate to get into any human affairs. That would just slow us down and let Frost escape even farther." The titan concluded. She could feel the elevator plummeting towards the Earth at a fast pace. Weirdly, this was taking a while and it would have been awkward if it wasn't for the fact that Raidon and Miri were friends.

The elevator slowed to a stop and an ding echoed around the small shaft. They were finally at their destination. "Let's just hope that there isn't any monster. Or worst humans." She spat the word out like it was a bad taste in her mouth. It would be an understatement to say that she hated humans. The two titans walked out of the elevator and straight into wildlife. Frost had to have landed here. Miri drew her sword out and walked deep into the forest at a face past, though her feet made no sound. She didn't want to alert anyone of her presence. Then Miri stopped. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She planned on tracking Frost down using a ability that can locate people using emotions. This was a range from people around Miri to as far as another continent though really far places took a lot of energy. Miri concentrated of the aura of colors in the area. She could see Raidon's which was a blue and hers which was also a blue. But she needed to branch out a little more. In her mind she scanned the area farther ahead and then she spotted a group of colors.

They were ranging from black to green and Miri took the black one to be Frost. Opening her eyes, Miri looked at Raidon with a smirk. She pointed in the exact direction where she found the group of aura's. "Found her. She's in that direction. But..she has people with her. When push comes to shove, I want you to get the others away from there, I'll keep Frost at bay." And with that Miri took off in a sprint towards the area knowing that Raidon was right next to her. it was about time they got Frost and too be honest, Miri was feeling a little excited. She was going to have a battle with Frost. Even though she isn't her opposing God, she was in a very weakened state. They would be evenly matched much to her disinterest. 'What if my opposing god is here. What if the God of Darkness was helping Frost.' Miri gritted her teeth. She couldn't let stray thoughts get to her. Frost probably had a bunch of humans around her. She did fall from the sky. However, Miri couldn't shake that thought away.

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Orsus kept us his hurried pace, heading straight to his room. It appeared Galahad had decided not to follow him, which Orsus really did not care too much about. Then again, sometimes conversing with his siblings (except for Sora) did at times help to calm him down. He shook his head some as he finally made it to his room, he was far to set on getting to where he needed to be to desire any conversation. He made his way over to the stand that held his armor on it, it resting in one of the few spots of the room that had not been touched right next to the large rack that held his sword.

He stared at the armor some, just looking over the smooth, matte black plates that hadn't seen a fight in awhile. He had never engaged anything strong enough that he felt was worthy of facing him at his strongest. Frost though, now she was free and now they could fight like they were meant too. She was worthy of this, and Orsus set his sword on its rack so that he could begin putting on his armor. It only took a few minutes for him to fully gear himself up, and he paused once he had finished, looking at his hands covered by the gauntlets.

He could feel the weight of the armor on him, as it certainty was not the lightest of equipment. Not only being made of heavy metal plates but also designed to fit an individual as large as Orsus meant there were a lot of those heavy plates, and that certainly added up. Fortunately for the Titan, that weight was not an issue considering his strength. Hell Orsus was certain that his siblings would've been able to use the armor without much issues, ignoring the fact that is was far too large for any of them to wear. Lastly, standing there with his head exposed he concentrated for a moment. That was all it took before he felt the helmet sliding up over his head and slamming into place. He could clearly see through the hound-like face of the helmet, and he even drew his sword and gave a few practice swings to once again get a feel for using both pieces of equipment together. Nodding his head in satisfaction, he placed her sword on his back once again and with only a thought, the helmet then snapped back with a loud clank.

He then turned and immediately left the room, deciding first to head to Frost's old cell to possibly get an idea of where she may have landed. Unlike some of his siblings, Orsus really had no way tracking his target beyond intuition and following trails. Least this way he would have a general idea of where to look. He walked quickly through the hallways towards the outside of her cell, where he could see the bars had been ripped free. Outside as well, he could see marks in the dirt from where she landed. Standing at the spot, he then turned to look straight from the cell to the edge of the tower, which he slowly walked towards and looked over.

It was a wonderful sight, even Orsus had to admit it. Granted it was hard for him to truly appreciate it, as he could never really feel anything beyond the anger that was waiting to get free. He sighed angrily, watching the clouds roll by, partly to collect his own thoughts and to better get an idea of where she may have landed. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath to try and calm himself down. He was anxious to get down there and to find Frost, and he knew it wouldn't take long for Raidon and Miri to find her. He quickly turned and started walking faster towards the elevator, very intent on getting their as quickly as he could. No one was going to rob him of this opportunity, no one.

Raidon


Raidon smiled and stepped out after Miri. Instead of drawing his swords, he adjusted their hilt so they would be hidden under his long jacket. He then spoke jokingly, "Hey, no need to waste spit about humans, they should more of be pitied than hated." Helet out a little stretch and started to follow Miri. He was quite impressed with her tracking abilities. "No problem, just so you know that when you initially walk up to the group I will stay to the side and walk up from a different direction, that way they might trust me more, and maybe I can get them to believe I'm human." He said with a smile. So far through his thinking, his plan was to get rid of Frost's companions peacefully and try to convince them to leave, though if that didn't work he'd have to use force. He himself was quite excited that maybe his god was in the area. It would give him a chance to see what she's like now and see how much control the human had over the god hidden inside. As they walked, gray clouds gathered above as Raidon prepared in case of an actual battle.

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Orsus looked around the area, trying to get his bearings straight. He had tried to judge as best as he could about where to land, and he was lucky that Frost had chosen to simply fall from the Tower rather than escape through the elevator. Had she chosen the elevator then Orsus' search would have been hopeless considering she could have chosen anywhere to go. However, since she had fallen from the Tower instead it meant that he had an area in which he could search; she couldn't have gone very far either considering how much the fall would have hurt her alongside how weak of a condition she had been in due to her imprisonment. He started walking in the direction he figured she would have fallen, stepping over the roots of the various trees he was walking past. Occasionally he'd hear the snap of a stick beneath his foot, or even hear a small branch snap from its tree as Orsus simply walked through them rather than try to maneuver around them.

It had been awhile since he'd actually come down to Earth, or at the least come down here in a civil manner. He couldn't even remember where it had been that he went to the last time he came down from the Tower, as usually he came down for more destructive purposes in a much angrier mood. Right now though, he was actually noticing the sounds of animals moving throughout the forest; some moving to try and avoid him, others just going about their business ignoring the titan. It was strange to hear these sounds for Orsus, the Tower certainly lacked the same amount and diversity of life and this was the first time in a very long time he'd actually come down to Earth cognitive. From birds, to insects, to some animals disrupting the dead leave and sticks that littered the ground as they ran in different directions. It was all strange and rather new to him.

He continued walking in the direction he hoped Frost was, trying to look for any signs that he could use to track her. He had really hoped that when he came down he would have been able to find some kinda trail that Miri and/or Raidon might have left behind, but if they had it was too little of a trail for an untrained eye to find. He sighed in annoyance, though he was actually somewhat surprised at how...not-upset he was at that fact. With a chance to fight Frost, he figured that he was far too excited at the thought that it helped to keep his anger in check. But once he found Frost, that emotional brake would be gone as Orsus would finally get a chance to really show her just why he was called the Titan of Rage. His knuckles cracked loudly as he clenched his fist in anticipation.

"No problem, just so you know that when you initially walk up to the group I will stay to the side and walk up from a different direction, that way they might trust me more, and maybe I can get them to believe I'm human." Getting them to believe he was human was... pretty smart. Raidon had the features of a human and most humans didn't have orange hair and eyes with a large sword at hand. Miri continued to run closing in a little more on their targets. Her eyes casted over to Raidon who was swiftly running beside her, her speed nothing on him. They would have to get rid of his sword for the time being. Humans didn't wield heavy armor such as the ones he was wearing. When they got there they were going to have to strip him of his possessions and leave him in just his clothes. Miri didn't like that fact that she was leaving him defenseless. The Titan of Emotions wanted both of them to make it out of there without many bruises. They continued to run hurriedly and soon Miri could sense that were in the vicinity of the group. Far enough that the group couldn't see the two but the titans could see the group.

Miri reached to her waist and pulled out her daggers. She handed them both over to Raidon. A bit reluctantly seeing as she loved those daggers like they were her own. "I want you to use these instead of your swords and take off some of you armor. You look more human without them." Miri said. It took a second but Raidon's two swords and armor were eventually laying on the healthy forest grass unused. Miri didn't want him to go without armor. Somehow she didn't trust humans even if they were weaker than her. Miri peeked behind a tree and her eye caught six people. One of them being a child with white hair and bright blue eyes. She looked weak and Miri instantly knew that this was Frost. Rumor has it that Frost's human form was a child but no one got to see it or lived to tell the tale. Miri looked over one and saw a woman with whitish blonde hair and shockingly red eyes and Miri took a step back in shock. What was a monster doing there? The Titan gritted her teeth and looked at the rest hoping they were just humans. They were.

"Raidon...there is one monster and three humans. Frost is in her human form but it's a mere child. Rumors are as true as they seem. I take back what I said about no sword. We have to face this head on. The monster can probably already sense us so might as well come out of hiding. Pay the humans no mind." Miri was surprisingly having a hard time figuring out what monster the woman was. Something that Miri has seen only once before in her life. And that is a long time. Not only did this frustrate her, it was also the fact that her mind was convinced that more people were coming had her gritting her teeth even harder. She was starting to turn out like Orsus. That brought a small smile from her. Once Raidon put back on his gear Miri walked straight ahead and into their area. They could now see the two Titans as they stood in full armor and weaponry. Even after the circumstances, Miri still wanted to make it out with little bruises. Miri smirked a bit at the odd group. "A god, a monster, and some humans. What are the odds?" Miri said her eyes raking over each one as she spoke of their race.

"Let's not be cliche about this shall we, I really don't have the time." Miri said a hand moving to her hip in a 'I'm tired' gesture, though she was wide awake and alert. "We need the child. I would say the decision is up to you but it isn't." Miri said her hand keeping a firm grasp on her sword. It was now or never.

"I don't trust these two..."

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Attlas looked at the two armoured people, they definitely looked powerful. On a quick glance, they were like gods almost, though he was taught the Gods and Goddesses were more kind than them. One was a young woman with red hair, her frame looked light, and as if she'd be a fencer. Though the second one, in all black with short black hair, in Attlas' mind he looked like a bloody wanderer. He knew the fight would be a loosing one, that was a given, though something within him kept him from letting them get what they want, the redhead spoke in a seemingly sharp and aggressive tone,

"We need the child. I would say the decision is up to you but it isn't."

This put a will to fight into Attlas, he took out his hammer, though hidden behind his leg, and spoke with a sincere voice that, to him at least, was unfamiliar, "I do believe it is my choice. She's a patient under my protection. Thus my choice, is a firm no." Attlas spoke, his face was determined, though he was internally confused as to what the hell was going through his head. Since he had said that, he wasn't going to back down from his words now, and soon enough he revealed his weapon, a hammer that soon grew in size, and was basically a warhammer, "You'll have to fight through me first. To get her." he sounded like the normal Attlas, cocky smile and all, he was ready to fight against these two to the death if he had to.

Esme just stared wide eyed at the strange pair. Were they crazy? Maybe they escaped from an asylum. A million different idea's steam trained threw Esme's head and a few of them made her giggle. She didn't know how long she was in lala land for but she knew she had to get out and help. She tuned back into the real world just as Attlas held out his hammer. Really?

"Your a dork you know that right Alltas? I've played enough videogames to know your hammer ain't gonna do nothing against swords, you need a long range weapon" Esme started rambling while she unconsciously took the small white haired girl into her arms ~jeez first thing Esme's doing when they get to camp is feeding the damn kid~ and started walking down the hill to camp, which was in sight. Once she shut up Esme dashed down the hill and straight into camp.

Plan of distraction: Rambling while stealing the child.

Plan went perfect.

Shit she left Attlas and Necholas ~and the strange chick~ back with the crazies. Attlas she going to beat her with his hammer. It wasn't her fault she kinda just....forgot about them.

Oh well.

Child were scurrying around the camp site, some giving her strange looks but ~like always~ Esme ignored them. She went in search for Rudy and found her walking around.

"Why hello sweet little star gazer, I need your help so I'm calling on the book of eternal best friendshipness and invoking rule 247, a favor you can't deny....you must feed this child for me while I go all videogame mode and some forest crazies ass" Esme exclaimed loudly, she made her voice deeper when she said 'book of eternal best friendshipness' ~an imaginary book Esme invented when her and Rudy were kids~ and gave Rudy a huge smile as she handed her the small girl.

"Thanks, bye Rudy Tudy" Esme shouted then rushed off. She had a thing for inventing nicknames for people no matter how ridiculous they sound. Esme ran into her room and took her suit case from beneath the bed, zipped it open and dug to the very bottom where she took out fire works and fire crackers. She's never been in a fight before how they hell was she suppose to know what to bring. Thats right she doesn't!

Once she stuffed them into her backpack she went to the kitchen and looked for some of the more flammable things then she took a lighter ~she already had a box of matches~ and ran to the archery area. She grabbed a bow and a quiver of arrows ~quickly dipped the tips into some sort of flammable cleaner~ then ran as fast as she could back to the area she left Attlas, Nec, strange lady and the crazies.

"Time! hell ya only five minutes!" Esme shouted proudly while trying to catch her breath. She prepped an arrow.

"Alright you can continue" she wheezed while still trying to catch her breath.

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It was nice, peaceful, quiet. The wind rustled the leaves in the trees and lightly blew Rudy's hair around her shoulders as she listened to the birdsong. She'd reached her destination and was now sitting on the edge with her bare feet soaking in the cool water. She'd hoped to see one of her friends on the path, but there were plenty of trails that they could've gone on and it turned out that this was not one of them. This didn't bother her too much. Sure she would've loved to meet up with her friends and find something to do. Maybe have a climbing contest or see who could gather the most acorns.

At that though, Rudy giggled to herself. She sat quietly for a few more moment, taking in the fresh air and enjoying the cold water of the stream on her legs, until she decided it was about time to head back. She didn't want to be gone for too long since she didn't notify a teacher before leaving. She lifted her feet out of the water and shook them a few times to get the water off. 'Ahh...maybe I should've come in sandals instead', she thought to herself as she slipped her socks and boots on over her still wet feet.

Rudy made her way back down the trail towards the campgrounds, however as she entered the grounds she was approached by her best friend, Esme. Normally Rudy would've ran to her and attacked her with a hug and a smile, but after seeing what, or rather, who Esme was carrying. She instead stopped in her tracks and just stared blankly as a small girl was placed into her arms.

"Why hello sweet little star gazer, I need your help so I'm calling on the book of eternal best friendshipness and invoking rule 247, a favor you can't deny....you must feed this child for me while I go all videogame mode and some forest crazies ass"

"Eh...Ehhh!?"

She blinked in confusion as her friend took off without an explanation in the direction of her cabin. For a moment she thought of following her, but her mind changed once she realized the condition of the girl in her arms. There was blood stains around her mouth and she looked rather beat. Rudy had no idea what was going on and she would surely chew out Esme later, but right now she needed to get the little girl to a bed and away from prying eyes. Really what was Esme thinking just bringing a child into camp like that with other students around? Suspicion would surely rise.

Rudy shook her head and gave the child a determined look, not sure if she was still conscious or not. "D-don't worry! You're gunna be okay!"

She hurried to her room and closed the door behind her. Looked like her roommate was still out. Lucky, too. She probably would've reported it to a teacher right away. Come to think of it, Rudy wondered herself why she hadn't yet done so. Maybe it was the strangeness of the situation at hand? Either way she needed to help this little girl. She could tell the teacher once she was sure the child was alright.

Rudy carefully set the girl on the bottom bunk and made her way to the small sink that was provided. She dampened a rag with warm water and, sitting on her knees beside the bed, gently began to clean off the dirt and blood from the girls face.

Frost had passed out again in Attlas's arms but when she came to, she found that she was suddenly playing catch with the position of the ball. As the girl with black hair ran, Frost could see Miri and Raidon and bit down on her lip hard to keep from moaning. How had they managed to find her so quickly? Surely if they were here already Orsus was hot on her trail. Frost did not want to put all of these humans in danger, especially considering how kind they had been so far. Everything the other Gods had told her about humans was wrong, they were not selfish uncaring people; in fact the humans had been even kinder than some of the Gods themselves!

Frost was suddenly passed to another human and a trickle of blood squirt from her mouth. She surreptitiously glanced upwards at this new character, a stout strawberry blonde with glittering amber eyes. Or at least they looked to be amber in this light, they could have very well been brown. Frost tried to stay awake this time, she would be of no use unconscious, but then again she was also of no use to anyone dead.

Rudy, was that what the one with the silky black hair had called this human? Rudy was placing Frost on a bottom bunk in a small room, the only light source coming from a rather large window on the back wall. A warm cloth was pressed against her face, close to her lips and Frost was almost tempted by the lull of sleep. "I-I...." Frost struggled to prop herself up, "help... them," she gasped, trying to roll out of the bed. Why was her body taking so long to mend? It was then that Frost remembered Sora and her promise that she would make Frost suffer for that little stunt the Goddess had pulled before escaping.

After what felt like forever (but was most likely only a few seconds), Frost managed to sit up and winced at a loud noise that came from outside. "They're g-gonna k-kill," she began to stutter and took a deep breath; she needed to calm down. The Titans did not shy away from killing humans and she knew that even though Raidon had shown a bit of mercy when she was captive; Frost also knew that he had his own agenda. "Them..."

Ignore this please!

"Bloody fuckin' brilliant. Couldn't have sent a hydra or a minotaur, could you?", Faust muttered under her breath, sighing in mild exasperation at the two hostile figures. She'd seen it coming, of course-- shit always hit the fan one way or another, and usually faster than she liked; nevermind how her monster-senses had been tingling for the past hour. Faust wished, for once, that things wouldn't be quite so predictable (and therefore would make everything infinitely simpler) but then again, karma had never been kind to her in any respect, least of all this. 'And, fine, I might have underestimated Frost's worth a little. But really, two of them's a bit much.' At least it seemed as though the humans had a death wish-- some of them had the resilience of a damn cockroach. If they were this committed already, then perhaps the kid-God had a chance in their company. Who knew.

And Frost was safely... somewhere, anyway. Which, Faust admitted, was a pretty nifty move on the human's part; shame that they were facing terrible odds, kid might've made it to accomplish things. It made Faust feel a wee bit sympathetic, with the looming threat of imminent death, more if it weren't for the fact that it was looking mighty questionable whether or not she was going to make it out alive. Figured that a few centuries of peace meant a violent and entirely unjustified demise. 'Bloody fantastic, isn't it?'

She idly wondered if Cerberus was having a jolly enough time down in the Underworld. Maybe there was some kind of incredibly convenient teleportation spell (with a wand or something? She'd found Harry Potter extremely ridiculous a quarter through the first book) to switch her with him-- he'd always had more of a thing with fighting. Faust, though; 'too old for this shit'. What the fuck was it, anyway, with the psychopathic fascination? What was it that made Gods, Titans, monsters, and even humans so fixated on strength? Where did all the logic go, the philosophical intelligence to make rational decisions?

Obviously Life was a little mental, to make two of the greatest powers chase each other infinitely through time. Hate was so much a simple thing, the Gods and the Titans achieved as much as a dog did running after it's own tail. 'Which would be a great load of nothing.' Faust had never wanted anything to do with them, they were so fucking pointless--

"Time! hell ya only five minutes!"

--but Death was kind of a bitch. Both literally and figuratively. She still didn't want anything to do with them.

'Fuck.'

She sighed, taking a drag out of the smoke that had mysteriously appeared sometime between the Titans' arrival to now. Faust had been relatively silent and unmoving the entire while, weighing the options and her general level of commitment. She didn't really think Frost so personally important to so easily risk her life protecting her, but there was something a little like pity there (kid's stuck, half-dead, on earth with nothing but teenagers. Who wouldn't feel sorry for her?). If Faust wasn't keen on fighting, then perhaps being diplomatic could be worth a try. Barter for time, anyway. Most powerful beings were pretentious, easily baited into defending their pride-- something volatile, self-destructive.

Why were both of them still around, anyway? There certainly wasn't much stopping them from pursuing Frost: three humans and a monster. Laughable. 'Whatever.'

"Unlike them, I'm not suicidal", Faust shrugged, "Do as you will. But did you really deteriorate that much in the Underworld? For there to be two of you-- were Titans so weak to be unable to capture a mostly defenseless Goddess on their own?" If it hadn't felt like the height of summer before, it certainly did now; an unfortunate side-effect of Faust's betraying her alert nature. In all honesty, she didn't intend on bloodshed still, kid's just an asshole. "Or would you blame the throne, that living in the Gods' tower has made you weak? You've accomplished just as much as they have up there. Which would be, unless you'd like to enlighten me, nothing."

Her tone wasn't so much caustic as sarcastic, slightly mocking. She wasn't particularly threatening really, just being diplomatic. (Ha.)

Raidon


While they ran, Raidon thought of using his powers to dash ahead and meet the group first for his plan, but decided against it. once they reached a certain point, he unequipped his weapons and removed his armor. He just pushed the daggers away with a shake of the head when she tried to give him her daggers, he was sure he'd be fine. When Miri identified one as a monster, he was quite surprised. He didn't hear of monsters traveling with humans and a god often. Sighing he put back on his armor and re-equipped his swords. "That's a bit sad, I would have rather gone through this without interference." he said to Miri. He stood calmly if not a bit relaxed and observed instead of really talking. He noted stuff down in his head about each person as they talked. When the black haired girl rambled then ran away with Frost he smiled and stuck his hand in front of Miri, in case she tried to give chase. "I want to see where she's going with this, we can get Frost after we deal with this, if worst comes to worst I can just dash past them anyway." He let out a small laugh as the girl who was actually a monster spoke. "Big mouthed and brave not bad, would you rather me have sent the rook? You must know which one I am? Why not just go with your instinct and run before the storm breaks out?" He calmed down again after that. It was a bit sad, if they had met in a different situation Raidon might have tried to befriend her.

When the girl returned from wherever she took Frost with a bow, he couldn't help but let a small smile break, even with the odds against them they were going to try and protect a girl they probably had only recently met. He began to point at each in turn "The girl was right, your hammer will need to be held with a lot of skill to make a difference against swordsmen, though I applaud your determination to protect the weak. You girl are quite have some impressive thinking, a bow is a good idea and would be an advantage. Though in this case you are still quite out matched." Before he cold start on what he had gathered of Faust, she spoke. He stared her straight in the eye, the sky now matching the grey of his eyes as he continued charging it once Frost was out of the way. Though his right eye twitched once he showed no other sign of anger, though Miri could probably see the tiniest bit of red flash in his aura. "Well you see, we just arrived and hadn't had much time to search. I can definitely now say how you know what the underworld is like, would you like me to tell them any of my guesses as to what you are?" He suddenly thought of something. He leaned toward Miri and whispered so only she could hear. "Hey Miri? I have a plan to get you through them to chase after Frost. I can't tell you right now I just need to know if you agree or not."

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"I-I...."

Rudy's eyes widened slightly and she pulled the cloth away. "I'm sorry! Is it too hot?"

"help... them."

She watched the child make and attempt to move, but struggled against her own weight. She was weak, tired. Esme had said something about feeding her. Maybe she was just weak because she was really hungry?

"Um, hold on a minute...let's see." Rudy pulled her backpack over to her and unzipped it as the child continued to try to sit up. The only thing she could find was a couple of granola bars. If she wanted to get her any real food she'd have to go to the kitchen, risking running into a teacher who might have seen her carrying the toddler earlier. She pulled one of the granola bars out of the back and turned towards the girl again, however she quickly dropped the bar on the floor as the girl sat up.

"Be careful!", she said as she gently put her hands on her girls shoulders to help support her. "They're g-gonna k-kill...them..."

Rudy's eyes widened and she felt her breath catch in her throat. Kill them? Did she mean Esme? "K..kill?" No other words left her mouth for a few moments. Was something seriously bad happening? Had Esme or the others gotten themselves into something dangerous? Who...who was going to ki--

Rudy took in a deep breath and swallowed, trying to calm herself down. "I don't really understand, but Esme can take care of herself. I'd trust her with my life." Rudy once again placed the warm cloth against the girls forehead. "But if there is something bad happening then please explain to me what it is." She gave the child a reassuring smile. "My name's Rudy. I know we just met but I promise you can trust me."

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The school trip that Arthur had had no choice but to go on had turned out exactly as he'd expected it to; dull. It was just his luck that his cabin mate was one of the loudest kids in his class and on top of that their room was located furthest away from the kitchen, bathrooms, and center area of the camp. Of course Arthur didn't mind walking, but he still wished that he was closer to everything. Not to mention the few friends he had were all on the opposite side of the camp. If it was up to him, he would've stayed home and spent the weekend at home, but unfortunately he had a mother who wouldn't let him stay home from school unless he was on his deathbed.

With a sigh Arthur turned his face to the early noon sky. He'd spent a few hours just sitting outside before finally making his way to the kitchen and having himself breakfast. Now he was making his way towards the opposite side of the camp where his friends cabins were located. During his walk he spotted a rather unusual sight. Esme had come running into camp with what looked like a small child in her arms, handed her off to Rudy, and then went running off into the forest.

Arthur watched from afar the entire time, not nearly closed enough to hear any of the words exchanged between the two girls. After Rudy disappeared into her own cabin, Arthur was left with two choices; follow Esme or join Rudy and the smaller girl and see what the commotion was all about. He was more curious about the child, but he also wanted to know where Esme had found the girl and why she decided to make her way back into the forest rather than go to the cabin with Rudy.

That was it then, he would follow Esme. This turned out to be more tiring than he hoped it would be, saying as the girl ran the entire time and Arthur nearly lost her. Not that he couldn't run, he just preferred not to. After following her for a while he stopped and hid himself behind a tree a little further off. He figured it wasn't the best idea to walk in on whatever was currently happening. He wanted to know what was going on before deciding whether he should step in or leave. One thing was for sure though, this was far more interesting than sitting around all day at the campsite.

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The frustration was now growing quite a bit as Orsus continued to wander with no clear direction. There was nothing to indicate where he needed to head to and it was beginning to infuriate him, as every minute he couldn't find her was a chance for Miri and Raidon to get Frost. He'd already left a few broken trees behind him from where he had punched them to try and vent, but it only helped for a little while and now it was doing him no good. Growling low, he stopped in his spot, fists clenched as he looked around for some kind of idea. Yet nothing! No sounds other than the damned animals in the forest! There was just nothing!!

"Time! Hell ya only five minutes!"

He froze, turning his head in the direction of the sound. It was faint, but just loud enough for the titan's ears to pick up on. People were nearby, people who may have the information he wanted. He immediately turned and bolted in that direction, bulldozing his way through whatever happened to be in his way and leaving a wake of broken branches behind him. It didn't take him very long to find what he was looking for, and it was a camp full of people out in the woods. He slowly scanned them over, noticing that all of them were just young adults or even some teens. He stayed near the edge of the woods, to remain somewhat out of sight.

Slowly he watched them, then growled again before deciding then and there to walk out into the mix. His helmet snapped back over his head, hiding it behind the face of the hound that it mimicked. He ignored the looks of confusion he received from those who noticed the tall, armored individual just marching through the camp. Finally he just sneered, turning his head to one of the older individuals who was looking at him. Orsus quickly marched directly at the individual, who's eyes widened in terror before they cried out as Orsus immediately grabbed them by their throat, effortlessly lifting them off of their feet so that they were face-to-helmet, Orsus growling before speaking. "I'm looking for a woman, wearing a blue dress and badly injured. She fell not to far from here and I want her. Make this easy and just spit it out."

The man he had ahold of just coughed and gagged, barely able to spit out the words. "I-I...I don't know what you are talking...a-about!" Orsus growled even more before he just threw the person aside, scanning over the entire camp and at all the people who had noticed him by now. He watched and listen to the people, scanning them carefully, ignoring the ones who had rushed over to the individual Orsus had so casually tossed aside. Finally he just snapped. "Where is the woman?!" he shouted, the sound of his armor scraping against itself almost as loud as he was as his hands curled into tight fists.

Frost's nerves were wound up and despite what the human called Rudy had said, she was seriously doubting that the girl would believe her. If Frost claimed she was a Goddess fallen from the Tower of the Gods that had recently been taken over by the Titans, no doubt this girl would freak out and call her insane, or deduce it to a child telling tales.

It was the sound of a roar that drew Frost from her mind and back to the present. Chills ran up her spine and she struggled once more to get out of the bed. This time though, Frost made it and stumbled to the doorway. She poked her head out the door and saw her worst enemy throttling some poor teenager. "I believe I'm the one you're looking for!" Frost said as loud and confidently as she could. If Frost tried to turn into her true form she would blind all of these poor children so she wasn't about to do that; she could hold her own even in a child's body. Blood started to trickle from her mouth again and she cursed, leaning against the door frame as her legs started to shake, her knees weakening.

"Leave the humans alone!" She could try to manipulate the water in his body, but it would take a lot out of her. Frost began to slowly made her way over to him, careful to keep her gaze locked with Orsus and to not trip or show weakness. One missed step, one nervous glance to the side and she was done for. Her breathing came out even and smooth although on the inside she was nervous and shaky. In no way was Frost battle ready but she would do her best to defend these beings; because what else was a Goddess for?

A sword of ice began to form in her hands and she took a battle stance. Orsus towered over her like a giant and his glare was infuriating, maybe his rage was rubbing off on her? Frost was ready to end this, even though she was weak and wanted to collapse, she would stop at nothing to make sure Orsus didn't touch a single hair on any of these humans heads!

Esme heard a commotion from the camp, which was only down the hill from them. Usually you never take your eyes off the enemy ~common horror videogame logic~ but something nagged at her to look over. At first she noticed Arthur just standing to the side lines, but surprisingly she didn't blush and stutter over herself like usual whenever he was around but instead quickly looked past him down to the camp. The beat of her heart picked up a tempo when she saw a giant of a man walking around. What the hell is happening here?! Why couldn't this be like a normal camp trip, like come on!

Esme watched as the young girl, Jackie if she remembers correctly, walk out and stand up to the man. Esme's eyes widened when she watched a sword of ice materialize within the child's hands. Yet the emotion she felt was not surprise. Actually Esme was starting to get mad, her hot temper starting to poke its head out and a burning instinct to protect coursed threw her. At that moment she couldn't give two shit's about all the older classmates and teachers, all she cared about was the younger ones. The burning feeling within started to grow, as if a long kindled fire was starting to spark again. Before she could even think about doing anything different Esme's body reacted ~almost naturally~ as she reached for the lighter she put in her pocket and lit the arrow, which was already secure in her bow. A voice in the back of her mind urged her saying "burn, burn, BURN!" the voice shouted at Esme making itself clearly known to her. What was wrong with her? Is she crazy? Maybe this was all a dream. Either way Esme didn't think of the consequences when she shot the arrow at the giant man's leg, mentally telling the arrow to find a weak, tender, exposed part and make it burn.

And Esme never missed her target.

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Orsus was still raging at this point, and he had managed to get a hold of another person in his grip whom was once again lifted off of the ground by their throat. Everything stopped when he heard her voice. "I believe I'm the one you're looking for!" He slowly turned to look at the source, and immediately was confused. He dropped the teen he had as he watched this little child support herself on the door, blood trickling from her mouth. Slowly she moved herself from the door and started towards the titan, who just continued to watch her. "Leave the humans alone!" she shouted as she slowly made her way towards him.

No, no way this was her. Orsus watched her as his helmet suddenly snapped back so his face was revealed, starting to shake his head somewhat in disbelief. He had heard she would take the form of a child when disguising as a human, but Orsus never really believed the idea. But this child was wearing the same dress that Frost had been, and his eye widened as she formed an ice sword in her hand and took a stance in front of him.

"No..." was all Orsus muttered for a moment as he turned himself to fully face her. "This is it? This, is what I get?" He just stared at Frost, who looked like she was barely standing on her feet. She was still battered and bruised, and it looked like the only thing keeping her standing there was sheer determination. From what he could see of her, it wasn't even going to be a fight. One swing of his sword and he was sure she'd be cleaved in two, if not at least have half the bones of her torso be shattered. Frustration began to show more on his face. So many years of staring at this goddess and this is what it all amounted too?! This little girl in front of him who could barely hold the weapon she was threatening him with?! His teeth were grinding together at this point as he slowly looked past Frost, his eye slowly trailing off so that he was looking off to the side. He was sure he was about to snap, but then something crossed his mind and it was enough to stop him as he slowly looked back at Frost.

Not once had he made any motion to grab the sword from his back, and he sneered some at her as he spoke again. "You know what Frost," he started, shaking his head some. "this is not what I want. No Frost, when we fight, when I turn you into a bloody mess of pulp and bone, I want it to actually be a fight." He then looked off in another direction, the one he knew the Tower was in before back to her. "When you are truly ready for this, when you can actually stand on your feet, then we'll settle this." He let out a heavy sigh of frustration, knowing how much longer now that he'll have to wait.

Though, he could still find himself a good fight, something to carry him over until Frost was truly ready. "If you want to avoid the large amount of destruction that is going to occur soon, you best get out of here. Someone has to keep my siblings distracted." With that, he went to turn and walk off, but then he felt a searing pain enter the backside of his knee, where the plates did not cover to allow his legs to bend. He stopped, slowly turning to look towards the pain and saw an arrow, flame flickering off of it as it rested within his leg. Slowly he reached down, scowling as he grabbed the arrow and simply ripped it free, feeling the pain ignite once more as blood dripped from the wound and the arrow slowly began to burn itself away in his hand. He looked up towards the source, noticing one of the humans with a bow in hand, aimed right at Orsus. His expression faded from a scowl to a look of immense rage; at least now when he fought with Miri and Raidon, he would have an excuse to tell them why he lost control of himself. Hopefully they'd believe the claim and not think he was trying to keep Frost free. His helmet finally snapped back into place, the face of the hound hiding his features as he reached to his back and pulled his sword from its place. It was followed soon by him bending his head back and letting out a loud roar of anger and hatred before he immediately broke into a run towards the girl, feet churning up the dirt as he pressed into it despite the pain he felt in his knee and sword in his hands as he brought it back, ready to cleave her in half the moment he reached her..

Something sparked in Esme when she inflicted the pain to the giant man, whom was now friant training his way towards her. Did she feel fear? Surprisingly no. She felt the shift in her, she was becoming excited even though she had never been in a real fight before something told her this man could do no true harm to her. Ignoring the people behind her Esme took a firework from her backpack. For some strange ass reason she was smiling, she wanted to giggle. She had heard the man's angered roar and its almost like she adsorbed his rage, fueling her own inner fire. Esme could feel her blood sizzle and skin heat. She felt like she was made of fire ~no matter how impossible it sounds~ and the feeling made her more excited.

'I think I've gone crazy' she thought to herself but it was drowned by that voice again. "BURN!" it shouted loudly in her mind. Esme lit the firework while she held it in her hand, aiming it at the big boulder that had almost reached her. She didn't aim anywhere she just willed the small rocket to hit somewhere vulnerable. The rocket went flying, she didn't even feel the burn as the flame crisped the skin of her hand and arm ~which healed almost immediately somehow~ and hit the inside of the man's elbow joint hitting the skin. He didn't stop and she hadn't excepted him to, it was only a firework, met to anger him more. A smirk adored her face as he swung at her. Esme tried to dodge to the right but his weapon hit her arm, slicing threw her flesh. Esme felt no pain. There was no blood and when she looked over her arm was still firmly attached as if his blade had passed right threw. She knew he hit her, the cut sleeve of her hoodie indicated that. A random thought popped into her head.

'I wonder if that little girl is okay?'

"The Earth may be your toy, but it's my weapon!!"

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Eseme ran with the girl, which was a bad idea in Attlas' mind. He wanted to chase after her, but soon glanced at the other man, "She might be right. Though, if you think of harming my friend, or the girl, I'll use my hammer in defense of the two." he responded, before looking at the woman named Faust, "I'm going to find my friend. I trust you can handle yourself correct?" he asked smiling, that is, before darting out of the cabin he was in, and rather easily into and through the forest. He took about five minutes to find something, it looked and smelled like a fire, which made him immediately go for that. He found Eseme, Rudy, Jackie (Frost), and finally a new man, then something strange happened, the man threw his sword after pulling an arrow out of his knee, at Eseme. His mind blanked and Attlas charged, his boots dug into the ground and images appeared in his head, the sword had hit a tree, seemingly nowhere near anyone, and soon he was up close and personal with the man, whom was a war god in his eyes. Attlas spoke, with a unfamiliar voice again as his hammer moved as if he had no weight,

"Gaia's Hammer, help me vanquish this attacker!"

As Attlas' words were stated, his hammer was in movement, earth surrounding it's head into a small spike. Attlas knew, this attack was going to hurt like hell if it hit, even if he couldn't control his own body, he watched almost helplessly as the attack moved with a speed unlike his own.

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Valerie has grown bored. Her favorite siblings were busy trying to retrieve the lost Goddess, Sora was else were in the tower, and Orsus was gone as well. The scraping noise from her ax running across the ground was the only thing that she could hear. Her mind wandered to the sibling she never hears from: Galahad. She honestly avoids any kind of contact with him. Despite her not having a fear for much of anything, she fears him and she thinks that he is out to get her. It could be simple paranoia or the truth. Valerie will never know because she doesn't get close enough to find out.

The Titan has been wandering the halls with her ax tailing behind her since Raidon and Miriami left. Her room wasn't very fun to be in and she didn't like walking around outside. A sigh escaped her lips as she stopped in front of The God of Earth's room -now her room- and she walked inside. It had been completely destroyed. Anything in the room that slightly reminded her of that horrid God was pulled apart and tossed out. The only thing that she left was a collection of rocks. They varied in size and sat on a nightstand near the bed. Valerie liked messing with them and she would imagine fights between her and her opposed. A slight smile appeared on her face and the bedroom door slammed shut, engulfing her in darkness.

Her ax made a loud thud as she released the handle, allowing it to fall to the ground. Making her way through the darkness she stumbled onto the bed and made herself comfortable. Valerie pulled the blanket over top of her and rested her head on the pillow. When Raidon gets back I will bother him and make up for my boredom she thought to herself. She lifted a handed and messed with the rocks on the nightstand. The titan's hand balled into a fist and she could hear the rock crumbling, when she opened back up she could hear it reforming. I can't wait to meet my opposed she said with a sadistic smile on her face.

"I do believe it is my choice. She's a patient under my protection. Thus my choice, is a firm no." Miri laughed. Yes, she laughed. It was loud and boomed through out the peaceful forest. Her laugh lasted a second or two before it died down to a giggle until it completely stop. "If I cared about your opinion I would have never been here, did you even think of that?" She said an amused smile placed on her face. Humans. He then puled out a hammer that seemed to grow into a size that Miri has seen in many battles and wars. She cocked her head to the side and raised a curious eyebrow. "Careful now. A weapon like that needs to be used properly." The titan said raising a stern finger mockingly. "You'll have to fight through me first. To get her." Miri wanted to laugh again but actually held it together this time. "Some brave words from a human. I hate to say that your threat means nothing to me. If I wanted you dead, you would have been. I don't have to 'go through' anybody. Besides I like your spirit." She said. Miri put her swords back in her hilt.

When a girl came running back in, It was then that Miri realized she had taken Frost away. Miri started forward but Raidon but a arm across her chest to prevent her from moving onward. "I want to see where she's going with this, we can get Frost after we deal with this, if worst comes to worst I can just dash past them anyway." Raidon had made another valid point. Miri willed her body not to chase after the runaway goddess. "Unlike them, I'm not suicidal Miri frowned a little. She was hoping for a fight from the monster."Do as you will. But did you really deteriorate that much in the Underworld? For there to be two of you-- were Titans so weak to be unable to capture a mostly defenseless Goddess on their own?" Miri scoffed. Weak. Hardly. If only the monster just knew how strong they could be. "Big mouthed and brave not bad, would you rather me have sent the rook? You must know which one I am? Why not just go with your instinct and run before the storm breaks out?" Miri sighed and crossed her arms. They were doing an awful amount of talking but there was no action.

Miri tuned out for the rest of the conversation believe it or not. It was only when Raidon whispered in her ear that she tuned back in. "Hey Miri? I have a plan to get you through them to chase after Frost. I can't tell you right now I just need to know if you agree or not." Miri smirked slightly. A plan. "I'm in for whatever you have planned." She whispered right back not keeping the excitement from her voice. When Miri turned to look back at the group. The brave boy (Attlas) was running away leaving the monster, Miri and Raidon. Miri rolled her eyes. "Change of plans. I'm going after the boy. You come with." And with that Miri ran and attempted to get to the boy on time but he still made it before her. When Miri reached the place, it was more in a camp site look. She saw the girl who took Frost (Esme), Frost, and...Miri's eyes widened in horror. Orsus. Standing back she watched as the girl got the upper hand on Orsus. Miri studied the battle and watched as his blade made contact with her skin but left no cut. In an instant Miri understood.

She was literally feeding off of Orsus rage which was making her stronger. A behavior Miri has seen before from a specific God. Obviously Orsus hadn't caught on because he was in a rage fit. No stopping him. Miri focused on the girl and mentally pulled the aura from her body a slightly painful process. This was suppose to make her a emotionless soul. Dimming the fire that was raging within her. This would make her more vulnerable. Miri pulled out her sword and ran up to the girl jumping on her back and reaching over to slash across the girl's stomach. Thankfully it made the cut but of course it wasn't deep. Staying on the girl's back she whispered in the girl's ear. "Ever heard of putting out the fire?" Miri jumped off her back and landed on the ground, both feet planted to the floor. Miri being one of the fast thinking Titans had already put everything together. "This isn't a normal battle anymore. This is Gods versus Titans." Miri said getting into a fighting position.

"This is war."