"FA….RE……!" Zeus tries to mutter out something but is unable to instead left there shaking violently. As Osiris just stares in shock and terror. "RE..RENATA! WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE!" Osiris shouts stuttering through. “I Did what was right..what was necessary. You order of the gray disgraces.” Renata says as he drops the body violently. “Now to deal with you two.” Renata speaks. He then takes his sword made out of light energy.
“That blade….it speaks doesn’t it Renata!” Osiris says with a demanding vigor
“SHUT UP!” Renata snaps as he charges at Osiris and prepares to swing his blade at him. But Osiris is prepared and with the soulblade is able to easily overpower Renata, sending him flying into Ra’s Desk. Renata stands and before Osiris can kill him leaves.
Osiris then looks back to a paralyzed Zeus. As if she just regained consciousness she rushes to the body And holds it. And for the first time at least Osiris can remember. She began to cry, And so did Osiris.
~
It’s been 10 days since Ra’s death. Osiris and Zeus stand in the throne room as zeus gets inaugurated. In only a few moments she's permitted into Queenhood. Afterwards it’s silence as Zeus sits upon the old throne of Alial. It’s now just Osiris and Zeus in the room. Both are still traumatized from the event.
Eventually Osiris decides to step outside. He looks up into the starry sky, the moon shines down on him. He sighs heavily into the night sky wondering what he should do next.
When *stab* pain shoots through his hand. As Osiris looks down on the bar his hand rests on he sees a black and gold scorpion.
Osiris then passes out and fins himself in a place he’s only heard in stories. At least he thinks whenever he’s heard of it its been a gray and white void but now he awakes in a beautiful garden with only a sign telling him where he is. “Reverie Of Design. Is this really where I am?”
Osiris walks in the beautiful garden for a bit when he sees a strange looking bird. The bird looks like a black eagle witch is a name that has always confused Osiris as they always look more brown. But besides that the most peculiar thing is that it seems to have fangs.
The bird angles it’s beak downward pointing at a strange sigil that looks like 2 arrows put into half circles pointing at eachother, at a weird angle. With a circle in the middle. “Is that supposed to be a refresh symbol put into an eye?” Osiris ask the bird. The bird then nods its head. “Understood.” Osiris says a little confused as the bird flies away.
And as soon as the bird leaves Osiris wakes up in a hospital bed. “THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE OK!” Zeus yells as she rushes to Osiris’s side clearly in distress. “ How long have I been out.” Osiris asks as he looks around the room. It's your standard Hospital room the only weird thing is the lack of nurses. Instead there is one knight wearing gray and blue armor and queen Zeus.
“Only like 30 minutes but considering all that's happened we got a little panicky.” the knight says “Makes sense.” Osiris says. Zeus then gets up from osiris’s side. “So what happened?” She asks. “Got stabbed by a scorpion and whisked to the...the Reverie Of Design.
“THE REVERIE OF DESIGN!” They both shout. Osiris then gets up from the bed. “Queen Zeus we’ve got work to do!” Osiris says invigorated.
He then walks out of the room. “What did he see?” The Knight asks. “I assume we’re about to find out.” Zeus says. She then follows Osiris as the night just leaves and goes on being a Knight. Eventually Osiris stops in a room filled with paper and chairs surrounding a table with a map of Alial on it.
Osiris grabs a piece of paper and draws the symbol he saw in the Reverie of Design.
“What’s that?” She asks. “A symbol I saw in the Reverie!” Osiris says. “Well then let's start looking!” Zeus responds, the two then leave the castle.
~
The two are in the plains of Alial near the forest's edge. They’re theory is that they can find something of note about the symbol here considering how big it is. The two pass through the remains of a village and the remains of what seems to be a base. They then continue forth through the plains.
“ I don’t think anyone’s been out here.” Zeus says as they walkI. “I wonder what's out here, then.” Osiris says. The two walk the uneventful plains for a little bit when a red and scaly being with a golden looking stripe going down across their back all the way to a fully gold tail swoops down towards them, it has pitch black eyes and sharp teeth. Their arms are a medium length and their feet are arched backwards. It has red and golden wings and is about the size of a dog.
“A dragon!” Osiris says. The dragon then breathes some fire at Osiris and Zeus. They both dodge as the fire strikes the ground. Osiris then takes his blade and jabs it through the Dragon's neck killing it in one blow. He then skins it and packs the meat in a large food pouch on his outfit. He then prays for the beings safety. The two then continue forth.
Until they find Insidious standing there on top of what seems to be a drill with some Cultists guarding it. As the two approach Insidious turns around. “AH! Well isn’t it some worthless trash!” Insidious shouts as he pulls out his double sided red blade. “Hmph, says you!” Osiris says. “Ah fuck you!” Insidious says.
Insidious then takes his blade and slashes the drill he’s standing on in half. The two cultists standing beside it jump in fear. “W..why did you do that?” Zeus asks. “Just wait for it?” Insidious says. Suddenly a wave of dark energy flows out of the rubble. “JOKES ON YOU TWAS BUT A TRAP!” Insidious says strangely..
The dark energy then turns into a giant wolf. “What is this!?” Osiris shouts. “This is what i’ve needed the dark energy for…..MEET FENRIR!” Insidious says in a mighty voice. The giant wolf howls as the dark energy forms into a being. The wolf is massive with gray fur and dark purple eyes. It has reddish orange lines in it’s fur.
Osiris charges at the beast with an ignited Soul Blade. *SLASHFSH* he swings at Fenrir's leg. It leaves a minor cut. Zeus swings Lightning at Fenrir. *CZZT* the wave of lightning isn’t able to stun Fenrir. The wolf jumps back and Slashes at them. Zeus is knocked out by the wolfs giant claw as Osiris is barely able to duck.
Osiris then swings a wave of Soul Fire at it. *FWOOSH* the wave hits Fenrir only causing it to jump back a little. Once back it gathers up air and blows a giant gust if wind at them. *WOOOSH* They are nearly pushed back, when suddenly. *CHSST* a wall of ice is erected in front of them, blocking the gust of wind. “ENPION LARSNIOD, ALEIND RE DNIELA!.” a female voice shouts. Suddenly a flash of light and dark appears. And the wolf screams in pain.
“WHAA!” Insidious shouts as the wolf howls in pain. “NOW!”the female voice says.
Osiris then runs towards the beast. He then jumps up in the air. He then stabs Fenrir in the headthe soul fire of his blade. Burning his insides. Zeus then gets up and with her sword gathers alot of lightning up.
She then tuns at the beast and once under Fenrir’s belly she jumps up in a spinning moment. *CHZZZZTZTZTZTZTTZTZ* It sounds as her sword hits Fenrir over and over.
Afterwards Fenrir disappears into dust. Once Osiris lands Insidious is already gone.
Zeus gains her barings and the two then take a look around one for the person who helped them and two for any info on the symbol.
“Are you looking for this?” Osiris then turns to his right. and sees a girl sitting awkwardly on a branch that's poking out of the ground. She has Purple skin with a pink hue to it. Her hair is messy, and black it’s also long, extending down to her hips. Her eyes are Red with bags under them. She wears a black dress that covers her entire body ending at her hips when she stands. The dress has blue lines shaped like a dying plant in its middle.
In her hands she holds a stone tablet with the symbol Osiris and Zeus are looking for on it. “Ye..yes how did you know that?” Osiris asks. “You dropped this paper when fighting,” she says in a soft and tired voice. She then holds up the drawing Osiris made.
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“Ahh.” Osiris then grabs the paper and the tablet. “Anyways who are you exactly.” Osiris asks. “I am Shu, nice to meet you.” she says bluntly. “Another question, why did you have this?” Zeus asks. “My pet raven found it then left. The only reason i ran into you was because i was looking for him.” Shu says.
Suddenly a raven comes sweeping in, landing on Shu’s shoulder. “Speaking of the devil, this is my bird Hades!” Shu says less tired then before and more happy. “CAAW!” The raven goes snuggling up to Shu's cheek. Shu then reaches into her pocket and throws a pebble of bird food in the raven's mouth.
“Anyways, why are you two looking for the symbol?” Shu asks, getting down from the branch. "I saw it in the Reverie of Design!" Osiris says casually. Shu looks intrigued but says nothing. Osiris then decides to have a look at the Stone Tablet.
It says
"the truth of your story begins when you stand,
up and rewind back to the past,
To a mansion so grand and a owner
With ego, The richest of the rich , the greediest of the people.
To know which one fear not
Just remember this tale.
The hunter Stabbed him, the angel shot him
And the devil held him."
"Where's that?" Zeus asks As Osiris finishes. "The abandoned mansion in the forest!" Shu responds "how do you know that?" Zeus asks confused at how she responded so quickly.
"That ending line is an excerpt from a play called, The Rich Be Damned. That play is despite what people think based off of a true event. In the abandoned mansion in the forest along time ago, it is said a rich and corrupt man lived.
This was until one day a hunter that fought for the people appeared through one door and an angel of judgment through the other. The man tried to run but unfortunately something held him in place. Before he realized what was holding him the hunter Stabbed him and the angel shot. As his soul descended into !" Shu says
"Well then do you know where this mansion is?" Osiris asks. "Yes, I can lead you two there!" Shu says. Osiris and Zeus nod their heads and they begin walking
But before they get far Osiris asks a question.
"By the way when you killed Fenrir what was that spell you shouted?" Osiris asks "and why did it include the mad king Aleind's name?" Zeus adds on. "Enpion llarsniod, Aleind re diela, is a spell cast in ancient tongue that makes mass amount of light energy and dark energy disappear. As long as it's not bound to a user or weapon.
The phrase translates to, Without the light from above and dark from below. The reason the Mad kings name was there is due to his name in ancient tongue meaning light." Shu explains.
"Hi..his parents just named him light!?" Osiris exclaims, "yes." Shu says Osiris and Zeus start chuckling. "His parents must have been so posh!" Osiris says trying not to break out into a maniacal laughter.
"To be fair one of the old heroes is just named storm!" Zeus says. "Hey that's normal and at least they didn't get all fancy and religious with that one!" Osiris responds as the three step into the forest
~
The three come to a giant old wooden mansion covered in vines and mold.
The wood of the mansion is slightly burnt. The three walk in the mansion coming into a.
Old abandoned lobby.
The lobby is big and filled with chairs surrounding one table. And the old tacky carpet is trained with drops of long forgotten blood. The crew invite themselves in and head straight for the long oak table in the middle.
On it is the symbol they know well with the text FARSIED REOND. "What does that mean?" Osiris asks out loud. "Give me a sec!" Shu responds as she pulls out a small book in her pocket and starts flipping through it as the two look at her.
"It roughly translates to, Eternal Cycle!." Shu says. "Based on the word placement, that would be the name of the symbol!" Shu adds
The three then walk away from the table and look around the room finding nothing of note until they head up a big staircase and come face to face with a book shelf. As they approach Shu walks up to the book shelf and starts violently and quickly pulling books off the shelf.
"What are you doing?" Zeus asks. "There's often secret passages in places like this, most times in the form if a lever disguised as a book!" Shu says as her soft hands lightly graze a white titless book.
Pushing it into the shelf.
A *CLICK CHZNK, SHVVVM* is heard from a wall to their right where Osiris is. "Or a button I guess, a very easy to push button." Shu says as they head to Osiris who is staring into the dark room.
The three walk in, Osiris flips a switch turning on a light revealing a mess of papers and a weird Blue gem with the Symbol of Eternal Cycles on it. On it is a note attached "it's a key of some kind" it says.
Osiris takes the gem, "Where do you think it goes? He asks the other two.
"There may be something in The castle but I don't know." Zeus says. "Same." Shu adds The three start walking to the entrance. But once they make it near the Door a ghostly hooded figure appears.
The figures hood is pitch black and blue with a big Symbol of Eternal Cycles on it. There face is Obscured with only bright red eyes visible. It holds its hands out in a forward position Freezing the three I place.
"YOU THREE WHO STARE STAND AGAINST A GOD, YOUR JOURNEY ENDS HERE!" The figure says. "WHO ARE YOU!" Osiris says trying to move his body.
"I AM SETH! AND I AM YOUR DOWNFALL!" Seth says as a blue,black and purple wave of energy is unleashed on the Three, sending them flying back a bit.
Seth then takes his hand and jesters a motion with one finger as if calling something to Rise. He then walks away. A figure appears in front of the three.
The figure I Giant Towering over the three. It's body is big and buff, its skin Fair yet grotesque. As Osiris looks at its head he notices that it's the complexion of, "A SNAKE!" He shouts surprised.
"EVERYONE AT THE READY!" Osiris yells as he readies the soul blade. Zeus and Shu ready themselves into battle position. Zeus's Blade conducting large amounts of electric magic, and Shu's hands glow with frost.
The snake man lunges its long head towards Osiris nearly swallowing him. Osiris However jumps backwards "NO THE FUCK YOU DON'T!" He shouts in a raging fear as he lands and swings his blade at the creature.
*FWOSH* A wave of soul fire is launched at the snake man's head. The snakes head continues to fi after Osiris causing Osiris to run around the lobby as the head Twists around the Room pursuing him. With every now and then Osiris shooting a wave of Soul fire at it.
As this is happening. Zeus and Shu have to deal with dodging the Snake man's body. The Snake man extends and arm at Zeus' direction pounding the ground. And though Zeus is able to dodge the force of the pound sends her flying upwards.
Shu erects a cradle of Ice catching her before she flies off. "THANKS!" Zeus shouts as she lands. Zeus then takes her sword, charged with electricity.
She then rushes at the snake man's leg slashing it with force on her way past.
*CHZZT* It sounds as electricity moves through the Snake man's leg.
The Snake man notices what's going on and momentarily takes its slightly burnt head off of Osiris and heads towards Shu and Zeus. "HAAAAS" It goes spitting venom at the two. As it then goes back to chasing Osiris. Zeus dodges the venom spit at at her but gets tripped as unknown to her the venom explodes on impact.
Luckily for her the explosion isn't poisonous. Shu then swiftly abd cool but not elegantly dodges the venom shot at her. She then waves her hand in a circke creating a giant icicle *SHZZINK*. She then waves them again and shoots the icicle at the snake man's chest, impaling it *SHHHFZZZTNK*
Zeus then gets up and swings her sword at the snake man. *CZZZTBOOM* It goes hitting it violently. Both of these combined paralyzes the snake man. Right before it backs Osiris into a corner. Osiris then Takes his sword and drags it across the ground and launches a wave of Soul Fire at the snake man.
*FWOOOOOOOOSH* It goes violently searing the head and launching it upwards. Osiris then jumps off the wall and towards the head. He then violently slashes the head in the air. *FWSLASH, FWSLASH, FWSLASH, FWSLASH!* His sword goes as it hits the head cutting through it like paper.
And in seconds it's head is disintegrated into a messy pulp. As the body begins to fall backwards. Shu launches a bunch of Ice Spikes at it *SHHZZZZFNK. Impairing it violently. Zeus then shoots a large wave of lightning at its back shocking it violently *CHZZZZZZZZTBOOM*.
As Osiris with his soul blade Falls downwards A large flame coming from his blade. *FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!" Osiris goes as he launches his soul blade into the body of the decapitated snake man. Causing a large impact of soul flame to explode and disintegrate the body.
Osiris then lands with grace." Everyone ok!?" He asks hyperventilating.
"Yes Are you?" Zeus asks. "Of course, despite my fear of snakes." Osiris says.
"Anyways shouldn't we be headed to Alial Shu says. The two then nod and the the three leave.
None mention it but all are wondering just who that mysterious man was.