Aether of Zeus

[The Powers That Be]

If you ever thought Heaven was walking on clouds, you'd be wrong; it's Zeus' domain, the aether, the upper air of the Earth, where all can be seen and all can be destroyed.

[Melinda]

::Zeus appears in a powerful stroke of lightning and storms through the aether, looking down on the world below and stirring up the thunder harder, pounding more rain into the earth, and crackling it with bright, deadly lights.::

[Melinda]

::Zeus begins to feel something pulling at him. He frowns and falls to his knees, sweeping aside steams of cloud in order to gaze onto the world below. There, surrounded by Ares' army of the undead, are his children. They stare up at him, imploring him, desiring to see him.::

"They will not come here!"

::He has no will to spend time with any of them. He raises his hands and sends a wilder storm down, crackling lightning into each of his children as a warning to stay away.::

[The Powers That Be]

[So much for that. The gods all appear in a peaceful explosion, reunited with dad. Aww.]

[Azura]

::Dionysus looks as happy as any God can be to see their father. It doesn't phase him that he's angry, not at all. Why bother being scared of that when they can bask in the joy and love of just being around him?::

[Petunius]

::Hephaestus arches his back and straightens his posture as he watches Zeus silently and stoically.::

"Father."

::Okay, maybe not so silently.::

[Melinda]

"What're you doing here?"

::Zeus' voice almost strangles in Melinda's throat.::

"I told you all to stay away."

::The sky darkens and thunder rolls across it.::

"This is a bad, bad world we have returned to. It has forgotten who I am. It must pay!"

::He parts clouds and jets more lightning down.::

[Azura]

::Dionysus is appauled by this. Make them know even worse misery than they already wallow in? No!::

"Father, don't you think that is a little extreme? Why punish them when we can show them how to appreciate us once more! Don't you remember the joy I once spread?"

[Paz]

"We should find a way to light up the world, instead of bringing spiteful vengance."

::Though he knows this is more Zeus' style, and he's probably speaking out of place.::

"Forgive me for speaking out of turn, Father."

::He bows his head in respect.::

"But we can see the awful woes of this world, but yet these is so much promise, and so much affection between the people. Surely you can feel that."

::He says this because not only does he feel the Godly affection for Zeus as his father, but there's also a niggling feeling of the need to protect and nurture, a foreign feeling from his host.::

[Petunius]

::Hephaestus stares down at the bolts of lightning as they careen towards the world below, wreaking havoc in their path. He doesn't necessarily disagree with Zeus. The mortal world knows nothing about respect in this day and age. The humans, the whitelighters, other magical beings thinking they know better than them; the Gods of Olympus. Petunius, however, disagrees vehemently somewhere deep within. How's smiting down everything in sight going to teach anyone respect, if everything is dead?::

This post has been edited by Petunius on May 16 2008, 03:43 PM

[Melinda]

"That is your job."

::Zeus jabs a finger at Apollo.::

"What I feel and what you feel do not need to be the same, child. Now, all of you, leave."

::The vengeful god turns and stalks away from them, starting to feel strange. Melinda keens for her mother, and there's something Athena's not telling him that he knows is a very, very big deal. He turns and faces the goddess, eyes flashing with venom.::

"What have you done?"

[Jasmine]

"I have not stood in the way of that which is inevitable, if that's what you mean."

[Melinda]

"You've furthered it."

::Zeus keeps Melinda's finger pointing at Athena as he walks her legs back towards the group.::

"I know you have, you treacherous little whore. Don't pretend you have no hand in this mess!"

[Jasmine]

::Athena swallows. One thing she won't pretend about is how scary Zeus is. But yet, the goddess is above most emotions.::

"I could not prevent something that was going to happen anyway. So yes, I took action to allow events to unfold more quickly. That, I will admit to."

[Majora]

::Hades frowns, staring between Athena and Zeus.::

"... what the hell are you two talking about?"

[Melinda]

"Our beloved Athena has been taking steps to rid the world of us once more."

[Paz]

::Apollo turns his head to look at Athena. He's unsure how to take this news. She was trying to get rid of them all, which is clearly not a good thing... but then she is the Goddess of wisdom, and there clearly has to be a reason why she has been taking action, and a good one. It's not like she blindly stumbles into things.::

[Petunius]

::Hephaestus also stares at his sister. It's not the fact that she's betrayed them all like this that annoys him--though that's still a huge thing--it's her trademark vagueness that that really gets to him. He doesn't say anything though, doing so will only elicit an even more infuriating response from the Goddess of Wisdom.::

[Jasmine]

"I knew this was going to happen."

::Though true, it's not like Athena to say something like this. In truth, it's Jasmine making a bad joke. It offers her little amusement in a trap she feels very much threatened in. Can gods kill other gods? Or just their bodies? She doesn't want to die, not after Paige just did. She doesn't think she'll be so lucky.::

"Whether it is your wish or not, and this goes for all of you, to remain in this lifetime, in these bodies, in this world of today... you will not. That is the long and the short of it. It will not be long before we are pulled back into that void from which we came, no matter how you act or behave. And, believe it, Apollo, Dionysus. Believe it that I have been acting for good."

::She turns. Half of her mouth is twisted up in a smile.::

"For ours than theirs. But some of you will be unaffected by my words. That matters not. It will be over soon."

::She opens up a channel between herself and Leo, giving him the knowledge of how to get here.::

[Melinda]

::Zeus senses a fluctuation in Athena's power and starts toward her.::

"She is leading them right to us."

::Eyes narrowing, the king clenches his hands into tight fists.::

"I am going to tear you limb from limb. Then I will send you into an eternity of snakes that will crush every bone in your body day after day after year."