Just in case there was any doubt...

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Tybalt, fellow Travellers -

I would like to confirm what many have corroborated, and to give you an idea of the scales.

Every last Titan or spirit that was confined to Hades' realm has escaped that prison. It lies unguarded and with no wardens.

Hades and Persephone are as afflicted as their Olympian siblings.

That is all.

Comments

[dontbetoncurry]

So that's just like for this realm, not all of them. Right?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

It means that all the Olympian gods, the entire dodecatheon, inclusive of those in the land of the dead, are afflicted. And all the Titans they held prisoner have escaped.

...Wait. No. Can anyone who has been to Olympus count off the gods they saw there? I can only confirm that Hades and Persephone are befuddled.

[dontbetoncurry]

Sorry, can't help you there. I stuck with the people trying to keep things sane at the foot of the mountain.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

...Admirable. Let us make that a general request then.

What news from under the shadow of Olympus? Particularly of titanic shenanigans.

[Private - and protected]

[not_the_question]

If it helps, one of them thinks I am a Titan. I presume he might go and tell the others.

[dontbetoncurry]

The weather went nuts, there was an earthquake, rioting, general chaos. I'm not as good at calming a crowd with knives as opposed to a gun though.

No one that I saw came around going how they were a titan or anything. Nor were any giant people going around that I saw.

[summerorange]

I may not know the most about this Pantheon...but this is starting to sound like they had outside help. We're all the Titans sealed in there, originally? Or did some escape beforehand​?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Prior to their release, the bulk of the Titans and spirits were interred in Hades. If the myths are to be believed - and here, I am inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt if not to recite them in the Red - Prometheus was chained to the mountain and tortured.

I should note that prior to his ordeals, Prometheus was ever a friend of man. He stole fire from the Gods, so we might be warm at night.

[summerorange]

So if we need to get any of them to side with humans, he is the most likely candidate? Is he still chained up, or did be break free with the others?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I will leave my suspicions aside and ask, instead, if anyone on this Network has witnessed Prometheus.

[ninjayeehaw]

[If the tipping of a cowboy hat could be portrayed over the network you bet Kinji would be doing it.]

He's the one in charge a' the Titans' whole plan.

[not_the_question]

So the question is: did they empty it to free those beings to commit all the various attacks we have seen or has it been emptied because it being empty will serve a particular purpose? Do they plan to use it for something else?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Define "They."

Define "the attacks."

I believe the prison was emptied simply because those in it wished to go free.

[not_the_question]

They, classically defined as anyone who isn't us.

[Knowing too much can be a problem for him, sorry.]

More specifically, the Olympians and the Titans.

Attacks: everything that as caused suffering to the humans here.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

How unhelpfully broad. I expected more of you than Them against Us, Doctor.

(And yet she doesn't sound particularly disappointed.)

I think calling those "attacks" needlessly implies they were purposeful. They seem to be more... what's the euphemism of the hour? "Collateral damage." When those with dominion over the elements lose that dominion, and it isn't immediately corrected, you can expect hiccups. Deadly ones.

This is not to say they should not be corrected. Merely that calling them "attacks" implies a malice. This requires only carelessness. Perhaps that makes things worse in your eyes. Perhaps not.

[not_the_question]

The problem with most people here are expectations.

[Either expecting too much of him or vastly underestimating him simply because they don't know him.]

Carelessness can easily be malicious. Unless you're prepared to talk about the god and titans as not having any formidable control over the elements here.

[Which the Doctor would say they don't. But since everyone has told him he's wrong, well, fine, he'll pretend like he's bought into it.]

private and unprotected (psychic stuff is forever her weak point)

[happyhalloween]

Of course you like that stupid Doctor.

[It's amazing how much disgust one little girl can convey over the psychic network.]

likewise private and unprotected

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Doesn't he remind you of the red-headed stepchild? If he used his brain a little more often?

Re: likewise private and unprotected

[happyhalloween]

Battler isn't a bully. He's like if Battler and Erika had a baby.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

(That comparison tickles her particular funnybone. Have a cackle, kiddo.)

Such an apt comparison. If you're bullying a villain, is it still bullying?

But then, that depends on your definition of villain, doesn't it? We should hope the Doctor's is accurate.

[happyhalloween]

Hiroshi isn't a villain! He's a nice older brother type person!

[all_onis_are_true]

Hum... Something is curious about this, is it not? It sounds as though the minds of the Gods are clouded, but Hebe is apparently still enough of sound mind to make bargains and arrange for worshipers to her cause. If she is truly a Goddess, then why is she not also affected?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

...What is Hebe's role in the pantheon? She's not one of the Twelve that I am aware.

[all_onis_are_true]

Is she not? I admit I am not that well versed with Greek mythology beyond the well known parts, so I had assumed she was a more minor diety. But then if she is actually something else altogether...

[He mulls this.]

Although unfortunately I cannot be seen openly questioning her will, I would encourage others to do so while I try to find out more about her in my, ah, "training."

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Zeus, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, Hestia, Demeter, Hephaestus make twelve. Hades and Persephone are underworlders and not counted; Dionysus is too wild.

Hebe is not one of these.