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[claudiometer]

I'm thinking we could use a general status update. What all's up other than 'holy shit mother of all earthquakes'? Is there anything a quorum of us can manage to agree to focus on?

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[acapriciousthing]

All Underworld has broken loose in Athens.

Or rather, mostly the stuff Herakles killed.

[highsteaks]

Me, Kanji, and Naoki are beating up the two-headed dog!

[claudiometer]

...That sounds about right for you guys.

[acapriciousthing]

Orthrus. Let's just hope we don't have his brother entering into things.

[claudiometer]

Oh, what fun. I would assume people have been working on taking those guys down again, since this does tend to be a monster-fighty group.

[acapriciousthing]

They have. I'm trying to just put them back but since there's nothing actually holding them in the Underworld they aren't too keen on staying put. The monster fighting seems to keep them down.

[claudiometer]

Well, that's something, anyway. I've had my hands full helping get people out of broken buildings. Strangely, the Bronze Age doesn't have very good building codes.

[professorwolf]

If anyone is having trouble with these monsters but there's no one about to fight them, let me know where you are. They avoid me.

The joys of being a pillar, back in Questing Country, apparently.

[acapriciousthing]

That one was before my time. But it sounds useful right now.

[professorwolf]

It wasn't pleasant to earn it-- apparently it comes from not caring but not able to escape coming to the dreaming realm, anyway. But now that I have it, I do find it comes in handy whenever we're dealing with magical monsters or odd spells.

[theflyingone]

As far as I am aware, anyone mentioning the Achaians on the Network is agreed that they should not suffer this war. I would like to find and gather the immortals who put the people first over victory, and convene a meeting. King Kosmas had wanted to meet with all the gods before this disaster. I believe we should be more discerning. Only those gods who put the people first, or they will simply fight. The rest should not know of this meeting...

This is easier said than done. All the players in this war still believe they are on the right side. Like the war back home, there is none. There are only those who care for the Achaians' right to safety and peace, and those who do not.

[claudiometer]

[She's not really sure how he gets 'no right side' out of 'protecting the people's safety or not giving a fuck about them,' but... that's probably a discussion for another time, considering it probably wanders into Super-Secretville territory.]

The other difficulty in your meeting plans, if they'd both be on board, may be getting the sun and the moon in one place at the same time, from the looks of things.

[theflyingone]

[ It does indeed tread into Super-Secretville, and also quite a bit more philosophy than he thinks anyone wants to get into at the moment. He's exhausted, himself. The words Nothing is true provoke thought but do not comfort. ]

Yes. And from my observations, both of them may care for the Achaians enough to behave at a meeting as well.

[ There is a pause as he thinks. ]

Overlays cannot use the Network, but if one of us can ride with one of them—they have chariots—we can relay what is being said. I know it can be done in the moment and not just after it's happened.

[claudiometer]

That'd probably work, if it's safe for someone of the non-immortal persuasion to do. And we already have folks with an in with their group, which is a big help.

[ninjayeehaw]

Me, Yakumo an Matthew's overlay broke into Apollo's temple in Delphi an' got Matthew's wings back, people probably seen the blue blur rushin' 'round by now.

Also Hajime an' I took care a' that hydra. Looked like it mighta gone through a few rounds 'fore it found us, though. How many heads was it s'posed t'have, anyhow...?

[Someone sounds distinctly exhausted.]

[claudiometer]

That probably depends on how many you cut off.

[ninjayeehaw]

I only cut one off - learned that was a dumb idea right fast - but then we blew up, uhh... four a' them, maybe? Got some good firepower in there, literally.

[helborn]

I've been trying to fight off monsters in Athens. I got help from one of the Heraclides - not one of us, though maybe he actually is but doesn't know it now.

I've also been making zombies to help carry water around. Feliciano and I did some good work putting out the fires. I'm mostly dealing with damage control at the moment.

[claudiometer]

[...Making... okay then.]

Probably is one of us. More often than not, the locals have someone infiltrating, if we run into 'em.

Damage control does seem to be the big Thing right now, really.

[helborn]

[Look, they're handy and there's lots of dead bodies around.]

Yeah. It looks like a lot of the fires in Athens have died down though. For now.

[truerevelation]

Like Chie said, been tryin' to get the monsters off the doorstep over in Athens... been runnin' around with a few of the Titans, too. Helped out with gettin' the moon back up and running, too, and man, ya don't say that every day...

Huh. When I was headin' off for that stuff, Helios said something about Nike tryin' to mess with them - does anyone know what's going on with her?

[claudiometer]

No, you really don't. Guess 'we now return you to your regularly scheduled sunrise' was a separate thing, then?

...oh boy. I sure don't, other than 'it's logical that the old order wouldn't want to give up without some kind of fight.' Someone else with an in on the Titanspiracy might know better, though.

[truerevelation]

That was a bit later but still part'f the same thing.

Dude said there were other folks he could ask, but ... ngh, still feels kinda bad not helping out.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I tried to stop Nike.

...it ended poorly.

The necromancer Euphrasia has accepted immortality; what mantle she will take I cannot say. I would also suggest the Athenian called Agoraea for this honor.

I can say with some certainty that Selene, at least, and Helios never intended to pitch the Gods from the mountain. They are not good at controlling their expressions. That shock cannot be faked.

[claudiometer]

Well, that's something. If they're not down with the Tartarus thing I doubt they'd have signed on to anything that featured it as more than a last-minute stopgap.