The Unbalanced Scales

Quest= The quest is a trip to the major cities of Chicago where children of the goddess Nemesis are rampaging and going against the very thing their mother stands for; these kids were independent of the Broken Covenant and Camp simply put Rouges. Burning the city to the ground seemed to be their intention by fueling riots among mortals, gathering in areas to attract monsters then loosing the on mortals, and punching and kicking through anything they considered in their way. Chicago hadn't been through anything this severe since the riots of 1968 and like those if not stopped the city was gonna Burn Baby Burn. Harmond is sent there by Nemesis as a favor to the goddess, though unbeknownst to him, he is going to finally find a balance between himself having to choose to be either Harmond or Dismond, Vi will unearth secrets about Jiminey (his surrogate father) and the demigods he failed to save, Blake will be adding more badass than anybody should legally be allowed to have, Nyxil is going to prey n those who have preyed on the mortals of Chicago and Luke.....well he is just along for the ride.

Harmond goes on this quest because when he was on the streets in New York he went by the name Dismond. Chicago is a ways away from New York but goes because he believes it is more than coincidence someone would use his "name". After asking permission Harmond sent on a quest to stop the Broken Covenant demi-gods in Chicago after asking Alex to defend his honor and name.
 * -|General Idea=

Force Harmond to choose who he is and live life without regretting his parents death or blaming himself for every single thing that goes wrong in his life
 * -|End Game=

Quest Giver: Harmond
 * -|Questers=

Questers:
 * 1) Harmond "Dismond" Landon (Harmonia
 * 2) Vifera Savage (Cybele
 * 3) Nyxil Vane (Nyx)
 * 4) Luke Riviera (Hypnos
 * 5) Blake Ashthorn (Hades

The questers will receive gifts as the quest progresses form various places
 * -|Gifts=

Harmond-A set of light armor that surpasses any man made armor to date in weight but has the mobility and weightlessness of air itself; it's durability is like that of dragon scales making it hard but not impossible to penetrate. Has an ability called peacekeeper that activates under certain conditions such as a demigod or magical beast using his/her 369 power or an onslaught of magical energy. It pushes the armor to it's limit then suddenly he can activate the peacekeeper ability which shuts down all magical abilities (except Harmond's) for five minutes or deactivated at his command. It Can only be used every 24 hours and the belt strips him of his ability to make peace with people while active.

Luke-A set of full arm Asian gauntlets from the shoulder to his fingertips which add protection for his arms increasing his durability and power. The gauntlets have been passed down through a family of warriors dating back a few centuries and have been imbued by their spirits. The gauntlets would grant the wearer full knowledge of three fighting style martial arts from that time.

Vifera-A Belt that allows him to borrow one specific ability from an animal that he has a forged a very strong bond with like one of the wolf cubs he grew up with or the mountain lion who raised him for a brief period. He an only borrow one ability at a time and must return it before borrowing another ability and the ability is returned immediately if the belt is taken off; it is extremely difficult to cut or pierce it wile the ability is active but it will be a normal belt when the ability isn't and won't be as difficult to cut or pierce. Though the belt does not drain energy the ability will slowly lose strength the longer it is in use giving a two minute time limit to each ability used. He can only borrow three abilities in succession before his body needs time to rest and readjust to being human again. Any abilities he borrows that cause a change in his physical make-up that are drastic (such as wings or claws) need several minute to grow out from his body but last longer than abilities that only slightly alter him (like greater sense of smell). (He is not becoming the animal he borrows the ability from. Example: Borrowing night vision from a hawk or claws from a wolf)

Blake-A hell-fire imbued shape shifting weapon which is linked to ancient Japan. The weapon changes into a different ancient japanese melee weapon every 24 hours and can freely attack with a limited supply of hell fire from the user. The weapon acts as a vessel for the child of Hades hell-fire ability specifically; which would lessen the cost of using the weapon but would still consume energy. (No giant weapons. It's not specific to any weapon family just melee weapons on a whole. For example, it can one day be a whole set of shuriken and the next it can be an odachi)

Nxyil-Information on the Medea's Witch Mall in Chicago. No one knows what he plans to do with the information but knowing Nxyil something is about to go down.


 * -|Locations=
 * Camp Half Blood: start of the quest:
 * The grey sisters Taxi
 * Rockford, Illinois
 * Chicago, Illinois

Quest RolePlay
''It is normal morning in every way, shape, and form and Harmond was starting off his normal routine with a bit of breakfast and then going to go for a jog. As he walks past the dining hall some demigods on the steps say a few keywords that catch his ear and make the day anything but normal. ''

At Camp
Harmond As Harmond walks past the dining pavilion he catches the end of another demigods conversation ''-CKENING! That any child of our mother could ever do something like this! I should find Dismond myself and beat him into a bloody mess if only to restore BALANCE!'' Harmond stops on his way up the step and glances over the yelling boys shoulder wondering what the fuss is about when the head line shouts CHICAGO RIOTS ARE SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. "May I read that paper? The headline looks pretty interesting friend" Harmond says and reaches for the paper the other demigod giving it up with distaste for the article. Harmond reads through it his dyslexia reversing a lot of the words but he gets the main message someone is running around with his name and taking Chicago apart and he has a flare of anger that makes him crumple the newspaper by mistake. ''I need to go see about this! And fast'' he thinks taking off for the big house in a hurry.

Luke: ''He overhears Harmond shouting about the mess in Chicago. He raises an eyebrow curioudly as Harmond runs toward the big house. "That idiot does know he might die alone, right? Well, this could be fun, a fight to the death with nem's kids." He thinks with a grin spreading across his face. He shadow travels to the big house and sits at the front porch, waiting for harmond.''

Vifera He is walking out of the woods near the big house feelin conflicted after hearing some news from a few satyrs while he was passing. ''Everyone accepted Jiminey back. Why is this such a problem! What happened in Chicago that everyone is trying to cover up!'' He looks up and sees a boy running fast for the main house and another popping up on the steps of he house and he raises an eyebrow wondering what's going on. He decides to find out and jogs over to the front steps getting there just before the boy makes it onto the porch himself.

Harmond Harmond leaps and glides up to the top of the steps his powerful leg muscles carrying him to the front door with ease. He notes the campers there but breezes pass them while he goes looking for Alexander ''I am going to get to the bottom of this! No one calls themselves Dismond and then blazes through a city sullying my name''. He is almost to lost in his thoughts to notice Alexander and nearly bumps into him "Alexander, Sir! We need to talk about Chicago." Then he sits down and converses with him making his outrage known and persuading Alex to let him journey onto to a quest of this magnitude. He leaves the house under one condition: That he bring along at least three other skilled campers whose skills can work on groups en masse. Immediately his thoughts go to the two outside the house and he decides to ask a camper who is a child of one of the major gods; an with this in mind he steps outside and looks left and right before speaking "Hello. Names Harmond. You gentleman looking to get out of camp for a looking for a while?"

Luke: "Of course. I already know where you're heading. Can you fight or are you just looking for people to hide behind?" He asks, raising his eye brow at harmond, trying to figure him out a bit.

Vifera "I will lend my aide. Inside I overheard you guys speak of traveling to Chicago. I have business down there to attend to." His amber eyes go from one boy to the next wondering if he agreed to this to hastily out of a desire to know more about Jiminey but figures it is too late to back out now.

Harmond Harmond pauses to consider how they overheard him from inside but pushes that to the back of his mind after hearing the question the standoffish one asked. "If I needed someone to hide behind I probably wouldn't have asked you. I can fight well on my own but where I am heading I will need more than just these two hands. My name is Harmond. Will you help me?" He says this from a place of sincerity but with authority showing the Luke kid this is a request but that he is also unknown as of right now.

Luke: "So long as Fido here doesn't bite me then i'm onboard." He grins smugly at Vifera, not forgetting their little altercation before all this.

Vifera Vifera looks at Luke without blinking for a while then turns back to Harmond and nods his eyes still an unearthly beast like hazel since the fight a few weeks ago but his mind a totally different thing altogether.

Harmond He senses some kind of tension between the two besides him but thinks nothing of it walking briskly down the steps towards the cabins of the big three kids. ''I have to get my stuff before we leave. Gonna need some cash and clothes'' he thinks to himself before realizing he never got the names of the boys behind him. "Yo! I am Harmond. I said it before but neither of you gave me you names."

Luke: "I will tell you when you tell me your reason for going toward the strongest cabins."

Vifera Vifera walks behind the two boys but catches what Harmond says and realizes his rudeness "I am Vifera Savage child of Cybele" he says with confidence. ''I can sense strength emanating from this direction and the other boy just spoke of strength. I wonder what his plan is?''

Harmond "Two things. First, you ask a hella of a lot of questions and that may get annoying in the future. So stop that. Second thing, I am heading this way to find a child of one of Zeus, Hades or Posiden. Why? Because we may or may not need one of them and I would rather have what I don't need then need what I don't have." He finishes his statement just as he enters the inner ring of camp half blood and into the space of the Elite among demigod.

Luke: ''He rushes toward the Hades cabin and knocks down the door, screams and shouts can be heard from him then....silence. He flies from inside the cabin and lands with a shallow slash across his chest. Getting up, he eats a piece of.ambrosia he has stored in his jacket.'' "Ok. Ok. I get it. No entering unnannounced but you are helping anyway." He says as a dark figure appears in the doorway of the cabin, using the shadows to conceal itself, it stares in Vi and Harmond's direction. "Oh this is my friend, Blake."

Vifera Vifera stares momentarily taken aback but not at all surprised but the sudden appearance of someone else "Harmond I must fetch a few items from my room before venturing with you all. I will wait by your cabin for you to make your there." then he sinks into the ground slowly his eyes still on Luke disappearing into the earth.

Harmond Harmond nods to Vifera as he sinks into the ground and looks back towards the strange people he maybe questing with in the future. "Hmm alright seems as though we have everyone we need to start this quest. Now I need both of your names before we leave and then I need to go and pack some stuff." He stands there waiting for a response.

Luke: "I am Luke. Son of Hypnos, yada yada yada."

Blake: He disappeared from the doorway and appears behind harmond, slinking from behind him. "I am Blake."

Harmond Harmond isn't one to scare easy and guesses where Blake will appear as soon as he sees the shadows shift his diamond blade appearing in his left hand the tip pressed to Blake as he slinks closer. "Both of my weapons have the ability to hyper extend stretching to more twenty five feet and with more force than a bullet. We maybe on the same team but you aren't trusted just yet. Catch my drift." He finishes not having turned around once and his sword disappears his ring solidifying into diamond again "Well now that introductions are out of the way I think all of us have some packing to do. Chop chop." Then he turns and walks pass Blake and in the direction of his cabin not looking back to check if they are following or not. "MEET ME AT THE DINING HALL! ME AND VIFERA WILL WAIT THERE FOR YOU!" he shouts back after remembering it.

Blake: His face is 50 shades of apathy as he walks to the dining hall, dragging luke along before he can fall asleep.

Harmond ''Harmond changes clothes packing for cold weather with a leather jacket, some blue jeans and a white tee a book bag slung over his shoulder with a couple of things he may need. He notices Vifera on the side of the house and waves to him urging him to meet at the dining hall. He meets up with Blake and Luke a couple of minutes later.'' "Let's get some food and head out. I say we take one of the crazy taxi's for greek mythos. The ones driven by those sisters."

Blake: He nods at Harmond's words and backhands luke who fell asleep.

Luke: He falls onto the ground and holds the left side of his face. "ALRIGHT. I'm up damn it. I agree, call the damn eyeless triplets."

Vifera Vifera wonders in his head ''Who are thee eyeless triplets? Why is there a taxi services for demigods anyways?''.

Harmond Harmond nods and picks his bag off the floor walking towards the entrance of the camp his goal becoming clearer in his mind. ''I have to get to the bottom of this! I wonder who this guy is and why is he doing this?!'' He tunes out the rest of the group while lost in thought and mumbles to himself out loud because of it.

Blake: He reaches into his coat for a moment and takes out a drachma, throwing the drachma at the ground past the entrance, he recites the words that bring the gray sisters. "Stêthi, Ô hárma diabolês!"

Luke: He watches as smoke starts to erupt around the drachma, he stares at the mumbling Harmond and prepares his gauntlets in case he needs to literally smack some sense into him.

Harmond Harmond looks up when he notices movement and raises his eyebrow as Blake starts speaking in a language that sounds incredibly familiar. Then he notices Luke string at him and putting on gauntlets and he wonders if he will have to fight one of them before everything is said and done. Shaking his head he glances at Vifera and notices him completely enraptured by the process even mouthing the words as Blake says them.

Vifera Vifera is completely captivated by the ritual taking place and his eyes widen when a taxi arrives a few seconds later three very old ladies talking fast and loudly in the front seat. ''I don't think I am getting in. Time to head back.'' Vifera makes a move to head back into camp when he catches Harmonds eye and decides to walk to the car. ''I feel the same vibe from him as I did from the father wolf of the pack as I was young. Though faint I feel as if he maybe an Alpha.''

Blake: ''He stares back at them all as he gets into the car and glares at Vifera for that little attempt to leave them at this point, already giving up before danger has begun to spell itself out for him. He looks forward in the car and listens to the chattering of the monster cab drivers as they say something about chicago. A plan hatches in his mind but he cant initiate it just yet, everyone needs to get in, so he glares at themm all with authority, his eyes saying to hurry up.''

Luke: ''He watches as blake files into the car silently, wondering why he hasnt said anything officially yet other than the summoning. He shrugs, putting his still gauntlet covered hands into his pockets, going in after Blake the moment he gives them that look. A look that seems funny coming from a guy who looks and acts like an emo but from what Luke knows Blake could kill them if he wanted to.''

Harmond Harmond hops into the car blatantly ignoring both of the people he is in the car with and waits for Vifera to get in. ''These twos have serious issues now it is a definite. Gonna have to fight them. I'll ask them what the hell is the problem when we hop out the car.''

Vifera Vifera is walking to the car when he catches the glare from Blake and smiles showing his canines and his lack of care for the murderous intent he feels coming from the boy. ''He smells like death. I don't like either of them very much and I still have to keep my guard up around this Harmond character.''

Blake: ''As soon as everyone is in the car, he tosses an extra drachma to the gray sisters and watches as the one with the tooth bites down to check authenticity. He tells them to head to rockford first since he remembers that rockford is close to chicago and it may have been targeted. As soon as the crazy cab starts speeding towards the direction of rockford, blake takes a peek at the sisters and spots the one with the eye. He makes luke blast the three sisters with sleep waves which makes the car start to spin out of control. He takes the eye and demands that luke wake them up and watches as luke smacks them awake. As soon as they realize blake has their eye they start to freak out. Constantly chattering about how they need the eye begging for him to give it back.'' "QUIET! I want to know. Like perseus before me. And that poseidon kid before.me too. I need information. For our quest. Are we enough to fight this. And no protesting to my request or this eyeball will becomung nothing but a memory to you three." ''He manages a sickingly sweet but dangerous smile as the sisters calm down and start to ramble on about the city that shares the winds. They mention a dangerous man of shadows, matted in blood and dust. A raggedy child, fighting for protection of those who cant protect themselves from the demigod world. As soon as he pieces together who they mean, he tosses the eye back and lets them continue driving toward rockford.''

Vifera Vifera is having trouble breathing, thinking, or moving while in the car realizing it is his first time and it is going to fast for him to process anything. He hears Harmond ask hi if he is alright but he cant muster the strength to reply though his claws come out and he stabs them into the seat as the car spins out of control. He breathes in quick and short breaths feeling panicked confined and close to the death in the crazy car ride. When will this end!

Harmond Harmond checks on Vifera as the car jerks but hears everything exchanged between Blake and the sisters before thinking in his mind. ''He meant that! He meant every word! Whether monster or beast you never speak to anyone like that.'' Harmond clenches his fist in frustration and sits the rest of the ride in silence.

'''Tensions are high as the demigod teens enter the great state of Illinois Blake hiding a master plan, Luke in it for the ride, Harmond dealing with the monsters on either side of his mental door, and poor Vifera who just wants to touch land again. As they pull in the three conscience sees traffic on the other side of the highway leaving Chicago and entering Rockford and all of thm feel the trouble because of it. For the first time the whole trip all of them agree that something Must! Be! Done! As they think that, another boy, playing a crucial role in the journey. Fights his own demons across Chicago searching for answers to questions unknown and to slaughter the traitorous demigods he have unleashed bloody hell on earth. '''

Rockford, Illinois
Blake: ''As soon as he steps out of the taxi, he looks around the city and he notices a few fires, the sounds of people crying and screaming and a handful of monsters rampaging throughout. He tilts his head and unhitches one of his swords in anticipation, looking back at the cab, he waits for Vi and Harmond to get out since Luke fell out onto the ground, completely knocked out.''

Harmond Harmond hops out of the taxi from the door that he is on and immediately begins stretching getting all the kinks in his body with his eyes closed stopping hen he smells the smoke. How long was asleep! he thinks looking around the carnage we are only in Rockford how bad will it be in Chicago. Then he summons his obsidian blade and launches it piercing a hell hounds leg while it is sprinting in the opposite direction of a fire.

Vifera Vifera hops out of the taxi on all four of his limbs holding back the dry heaves he is feeling in his chest. Never again shall I ride in another vehicle he only just barely moves out of the way of the taxi a it speeds off somewhere else. Then he opens his eyes and realizes all of the violence and wreckage of the city his brain having a hard time registering the screams. Both of his hands go to his long sword the celestial bronze covered in vines that writhe showing his anger "Let's go hunt. The bastards that caused this must pay!" He looks towards the Hell hound Harmond pierced and he dashes towards it jumping into the air and turning his blade upside down burying it to the hilt into the back of the demon animal "Suffer" he says lowly.

Luke: ''He groans as he gets up, partially woken cause of sounds of a small explosion. He gets up, standing next to Harmond, he stretches and loud pops can be heard as he cracks almost every part of his body. As soon as his eyes rest on the mound of hellhound dust with a savage on it he turns away from the sight and notices another hellhound running through the fire toward him which makes his eyes light up immediately.'' "YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!" ''He screams now that one of his dreams has the chance of coming true. He pounds his rings together which cause his hands to become covered by clawed gauntlets.'' "Fido. You can sit this one out. You too peacemaker. Blake you better stay out of this. That thing is mine." ''He tells them all, a smile on his face, the last sentence emphasized by him dragging his thumb across his neck. He tenses up and speeds toward the hellhound ready to take it head on. He slams directly into it which sends them careening into a building. The hellhound tries to take a bite of his torso but he wasnt having it. He put his claws through the roof of its mouth and his other claws into its left eye. He pulls his left hand out of the monsters mouth and stabs its right eye, rendering it completely blind. The hellhound trashes and tries to bite him without reservation, it was pissed. He gets cut by one of its teeth but smiles even during the pain. He finishes it off by stabbing both his claws into its side and runs forward as his claws trail down it body making flesh ribbons as it explodes into dust. He dusts himself off and flashes a small smile toward them all as he falls asleep on his feet and starts to snore.''

Vifera Vifera hops off of the mound of dust and mutters "but I am the savage one." before swinging his sword clear of dust and looking at his own body. Hmm I wonder then Vi thinks briefly and the monster dust starts to move floating off of him and onto the pile of dust. Dust and sand are lethal but he is bought back to the present when the screams reach his ears again and he looks around at all the demigods with him. "What is the next step?" directing his question at Harmond.

Harmond Harmond unsummons his blade and thinks for a moment "We have to get to Chicago. The area is bad and it will get worse, unless we kill it at it's root." Harmond reaches into the pocket inside of his jacket and pulls out a map scanning it for a moment "We need to follow this street until we hit the subway station. Prepare yourselves gentleman. The sounds of chaos and screams gets louder from here." Then he draws both of his weapons and takes off at a jog for the subway station noticing Vifera fall into pace behind him and some sort of dirt or dust flowing into the sword holsters on his waist. I wonder what that is for but he thinks nothing of it and continues running eyes peeled for another monster.

Blake: "No. We have someone to find. We need him." His first official words to any of them ring with the sound of authority. "We need him to do this. If you arent adverse to it.....harmond, is it? We need to find the place where the most kortals are in danger here."

Harmond: Harmond stops just as he settles into his groove and walks back "...Fine we will try it your way. I am going based off assumption anyway." He looks towards Blake "How will we find that though?"

Blake: ''He gestures around the corner to an unknown street the sign having been ripped off. The screams are the loudest there and nowhere else.'' "Like you said, boss. The screams get louder from here."

Vifera Vifera follows Harmond as he moves towards Blake walking side by side the child of Hades presumably discussing the person they are trying to find after hearing Harmond ask "Who is this guy we are looking for". He thinks to himself ''The line about the screams was only significant when Harmond said it the first time. It was almost mockingly the way Blake said it back. There is still much I need to learn. Speaking of learning.'' Vifera looks back and notices Luke still sleeping which causes him to sigh heavily before making a vine unwind from his sword holster which slithers across the street, wraps around the other boys leg and pulls, turning around once he finishes trying to move the sleeping demigod.

Blake: He walks toward the screams with a nonchalant stride, he is visibly disinterested not even disturbed by the bloody howls and the sound of monsters and people alike being cut down. "I've meant to ask, Harmond. You seemed upset in the taxi. Why?"

Harmond Harmond responds while facing forward being watchful of their surroundings "If I am being completely honest. It is because I don't like your attitude and I feel an asshole type vibe from Luke. He called Vifera Fido Vi let it slide but I wanted to punch him." He pauses and stares down an alley catching movement from the corner of his eyes "I won't tell you to change yourself but at least be fucking cordial! It will be a long trip if you don't." Then he catches movement again and sees particles of sand floating in the air spaced out thinly so you have to stare hard to see it.

Vifera Vifera lifts the sand out of his sword holster and throws a couple handfuls into the air holding them in the air with his mind. ''Tedious but bearable. I could keep this up for a decent amount of time before becoming winded.'' With the sand in the air and surrounding the group it is as if Vifera gains another sense able to detect disruptions in the sand. ''I wonder who is it that we are looking for. Where is this person we must find.''

Blake: "Cordial? I am friendly, but we are a long way from me being warm and Luke calls Vifera that, cause they fought." He informs Harmond in a matter of fact tone not yielding to an attitude change, especially when it is not advised, he needs to be cold and disinterested in these situations and not overly nice. "My attitude is right for the types of things we do, we will kill people today, even if they are our enemies, if i was all warm and bubbly i doubt i would have the stomach to do such a thing, but i do due to my attitude. As for Luke, he is nice once you get to know him." He turns his head to look at Vifera. "I hope you manage to be able to use that in a fight and not just for barely visible show."

Vifera Vifera's eyes widen and then narrow Hmm maybe I should extend the field....though it will cost more energy. As he thinks this and is expanding the field something passes just overhead disturbing Vifera's sand field and alerting him to presence. Vifera looks up, startled to see a flock of sty bird flying towards a rooftop some feet away seeming to be raining sand and dust particles. Looking closer he makes out the shape of giant ants scaling the wall of the building in a hurry seeking to get to the top and end whatever is causing the disturbance and harpies surrounding that building as well. Looking around him he sees hell hounds on the rooftops of several buildings near this building one in the process of running towards the edge to initiate a shadow travel. Vifera doesn't waste anytime and breaks into a run leaping past the leaders of the group and landing on all fours taking off fast enough to keep up with the birds. His sand flows behind him like a tail until it reaches him and pours back into his holster filling it to the brim again with sand.

Harmond: Harmond nearly can't comprehend what he is witnessing because he had never seen so many monsters in one place at one time. This only stops him for a few moments when Vifera brushes past him, leaping over his head actually, and rushes towards the building in the distance. Someone might be in trouble!! and with that in mind he breaks into a run his swords out with a thought and his blood pumping. Glancing up at the birds Harmond is reminded of his fight with the vulture kid and fires his sword at a nearby building swinging into the air, his goal getting to the building as fast as possible.

Blake: "Hm." He jogs to the building, as soon as he gets in its area, he picks up a few pebbles, the throws one up and shadow travels onto the side of the building, falling, he throws up another one doing the same thing repeatedly until he ends up on the rooftop, slashing at some giant ants and a few of the other monsters, he waits for the group to hurry up.

Luke: He follows blake's example and end up in front of a harpy, he yanks at her wings and starts punching rapidly until, in her weakened state, she plummets down to the rooftop and explodes underneath Luke's fist the moment they hit the ground.

Harmond Harmond fires his sword again and ends up piercing a Harpy through it's wing the body holding out long enough for him to latches onto the body of the ant next too Blake. Harmond cuts off one of it's antenna and it responds by scuttling up the roof faster in an attempt to throw him off but Harmond nearly laughs at the attempt and is still on the ants back when it climbs over the lip of the roof. Harmond firing both sword through it's brain and turning it to dust before running forward and jumping into the fray noticing a lone demigod holding his own against the hoard. He is caught off guard when Vifera pops up next to him roaring like a mountain lion and launching into a furious attack using his claws and his sword in a combination of beast and man. Not to be outdone he narrows his eyes at a nearby roof and remembers a hell hound was supposed to be popping by soon.

Nyxil: Nyxil made his first mistake of the night: while dodging another swooping harpy, he slipped on the half-inch of monster dust that layered the rooftop. He had intended to swing wide with his right-hand chakram and cut the harpy as it passed, but the unexpected fall threw off his timing; weighing his options in a heartbeat, he chose to throw the chakram behind his back instead of catching his balance. Suddenly the frenzied swarm of harpies surrounding him saw him fall and cast aside their caution, descending in upon him like a tornado. Nyxil summoned a shadow spear up from under himself while rolling away from the first of the harpies, which impaled itself with a shriek. Another met a similar fate a moment later as it dove head-first into Nyxil's sword, narrowly raised as he laid on his back. A third raced forth, only to be decapitated as Nyxil somersaulted toward it and slashed while springing into a backflip. He struck a fourth that had been coming from behind as it passed under him. A fifth met its demise as he landed on it at the height of his flip and drove it to the ground, sword piercing its neck in the process. All the while, a blur of light in the shape of a wolf ran circles around him. The first of the stymphalian birds to reach the rooftop immediately set its sights on Nyxil, only to be bitten out of the air. Daybreak glanced about in search of other immediate threats once the bird exploded between his teeth, but instead noticed instead with a start that other demigods had appeared. Did you call for backup, Daybreak asked Nyxil across his empathy link while intercepting another bird on his way toward Blake. I though we were doing well. Nyxil spared a glance toward the subject of his pet's attention and smirked, but was forced to turn his attention to a lunging hellhound before he could say anything.

''The hellhound never makes it to Nyxil as Luke tackles it and Blake comes in behind him to stab a few holes in it. Blake throws his sword into one of the harpies and cuts the wings off another as Luke bashes a stymphalian bird and tears off its wings. Blake throws his sword into the air and luke throws one of his rings as they both switch weapons. Blake smashes some giant ants as Luke starts to hop from harpy to harpy, bringing them down with a slash to the wings. Blake takes his focus off the monsters and heads toward daybreak and Nyxil.''

Blake: "The cavalry has arrived. You may thank me later." He says with a smug smirk toward nyxil, he bends down to daybreak and tilts his head. "He hasn't killed himself yet, so i guess i have to thank you. How though?"

Nyxil: More oth thaht shteak from your manshthon, Daybreak says through a mouthful of stymphalian bird. For some reason the chewing got in the way of his purely telepathic speech. The bird explodes into monster dust. A second later, Nyxil notices three giant ants crest the rooftop and throws his sword to Daybreak. The wolf catches its handle in his mouth and darts toward the ants, dodging under the jaws of the first and slashing off one of its legs. Nyxil draws a chakram to each hand in the blink of an eye and shadowtravels into the air to imitate Luke's stunt.

Blake: He doubles back to luke and grabs the ball and chain that is hidden in his jacket, he starts to swing it until its becomes nothing but a blur in the air, he swings it toward some of the giant ants heading towards daybreak "I got you. Nyxil is no help at the moment, so why don't we team up. I'll give you a steak for each grounded monster you kill. I'll give you two for each airborne monster you kill. If you agree, bark once or do whatever you do to convey acceptance." ''He says all this as a stymphalian bird and a harpy speed toward his back. He jumps as they speed under him, he swings the ball and chain to wrap around the harpy, he jumps from the harpy to the stymphalian bird and wraps it in the rest of the chains length. He unhitches his 2nd sword and calmly stabs both monsters.''

Vifera: Vifera is thrown off by the strong scent of another wolf and breaks his rhythm for a moment pausing in the middle of a flip; his sword balanced on his foot and one hand on the roof supporting his weight. His eyes narrow at the wolf and he sends it a message telepathically What pack are you blood too and from where do you hail? While motionless a styphalian bird attempts to pierce him with it's beak from behind but disturbs his sand while passing prompting Vifera to spin on that hand and kick his foot downward. His vines wraps around the body of the bird and it squawks allowing him to drive his blade through it's mouth of the bird blowing it to dust when Vifera follows through going from the handstand to standing.

Harmond: Harmond was right about his earlier prediction and a hell hound shadow travels onto the roof of the building they are on still in a pounce like how it shadow traveled. Harmond runs past Vifera while he stares at the wolf they met on the roof and tackles the leaping hell hound in the air stabbing it through the chest with both of his swords. The blades go though the hound and his force carries both of them off the roof Harmond letting out a yell of excitement as he freefalls with the massive creature. They are between both of the buildings when Harmond launches his swords stabbing through two passing harpies while the hell hound turns to dust. Harmond connects with the skyscraper across the street feet first and runs across the glass whooping like a mad man suspended by two bird women until he jumps off swinging back to the skyscraper with his companions on it. Before reaching it Harmond increases his strength with his power and pulls his arms down hard sending the harpies careening towards their roof like kamikazes and dives through the window of the twenty third floor finding it occupied. He gets up and brushes the glass and debris off of him before nodding to the civilians and getting directions to the emergency stairs; which causes the alarm to go off attracting more monsters to the area.

Blake: ''He smacks his palm to his forehead in annoyance. He understands that the alarm is beneficial but the annoyance stems from how are they going to get the civs out without getting them slaughtered. As he hears more and more monsters coming, he walks toward the edge of the building and beckons for the dead to rise, past and present. He watches as skeletons rise up out of the ground and closes his eyes in concentration to make more and more of the dead rise. He beckons them to slaughter any and all monsters heading toward the building before he jumps down and before he hits the ground he wrapped the ball and chain around a few of them and shadow travelled them onto the rooftop. The small force he has on the roof are told to go to the 23rd floor and protect the civs as they escape. As soon as all this is done, he starts to slaughter the remaining monsters on the rooftop, he bounces from shadow to shadow, taking out all the giant ants, bringing the stymph birds and the harpies to the ground for Vi to get a hand in this fight, finally covering himself in diamond as he comes crashing down on a newly arrived hellhound, flattening it into dust.'' "Back in my younger days this would have killed me." ''He stalely jokes. Waiting for vi to kill the grounded bird monsters.''

Vifera: Vifera's attention shifted from the wolf to the bird women and birds as Blake threw them and felt a kind of kinsmen ship with Blake because he was sharing his kill. With a smile he drops to all fours and jumps at the nearest harpy literally diving through her chest with his claws and rolling on his shoulder. He pops out of his roll on a knee and throws his great sword to the left hard letting the vine extend from the sword until it reaches a decent distance. Upon getting that length Vifera pulls and the sword corkscrews spinning through the necks of three stymphalian birds just getting up groggily from being thrown onto the building. His sword comes back full circle and he catches it with his right keeping the momentum he spins from his knee to standing and cuts through the harpies Harmond sent after feeling them disturb his sand barrier. With all of the monsters on the roof dealt with he sheathes his great sword and retracts his sand back to the sword sheaths on his side his claws reverting back to normal gloves and shoes.

Harmond: Harmond nods respectfully to the dead that pass him before he exits onto the roof crunching through monster dust until he reaches the rest of the gang. "Lots of questions to be asked and lots of answers needed" he glances from the darkly dressed newcomer to the kind of invisible glowing wolf creature then continues "But we need to get a move on. If it is this bad down here it is worse and Chicago...and me personally." he smiles at everyone on the roof "I am hungry!"

Blake: "I can get some food brought here if you wish. may take a while. It's good, Daybreak's slobbering swears by it."

Nyxil: Daybreak skids to a stop in confusion as an unfamiliar voice surfaces in his mind. That... hm, that wasn't normal at all. Normally his telepathy was only one-way for all people but Nyxil. Daybreak shifts in discomfort, almost dropping his sword. A moment later, Nyxil shadowtravelled to his wolf's side and cocked his head. The message had carried through across their empathy link. Eh... Hello? Silence. Nyxil's words reach Daybreak, but don't pass on to the stranger. Daybreak's hesitant thoughts reached their destination though; ''I am blood to the Mistress Daylight, and I was born on the shore of the river Eridanus. But I am from Colorado, mostly? ''Nyxil turns his attention back to the battle, only to notice that it had started to wind down while he and Daybreak were standing around confused. He sits down cross-legged on the half-inch of monster dust as the newcomers gather up, remaining silent. Daybreak lies the sword he had been carrying back at Nyxil's feet, then plods back toward Blake.

Vifera: Vifera hears the wolf's reply and he nods taking the information in ''As we are not kin or of the same pack my thoughts will seem alien, I apologize and will stop if you wish me too. However I must introduce myself, as is custom in my pack, I am Vifera. Blood of Cybele and Son of Savage. My pack is the entire forest in which I was raised and I hail from the Valley of North. Is the man with you your alpha or pack leader?'' As he speaks Vifera moves the monster dust around him back forming a clean spot of roof to join the mysterious demi god in sitting cross legged on the floor; across from him with his eyes closed as if sleep.

Harmond: "Nah man I would rather go and get it if only to get off this roof and away from the dust on the ground. Maybe find a place to crash unless we are going straight to Chicago like this." He walks to the edge of the roof and sits on the lip of it, that part of the building raised a foot or two higher than the rest of the building. "Before that though" he looks at the guy "Who are you and why does Blake and Luke know you. As to not be rude however, my name is Harmond Landon and i'm a son of Harmonia." Harmond manages a friendly smile but is still on edge from the monsters and is cautious of this silent stranger; considering the fact that Luke and Blake are associates with him.

Nyxil: Nyxil lies back to hide a smirk from the Cybele kid across from him and stares at the sky. Nah, Daybreak responds with amusement, ''He's just a Colorado Boy with some titles. ''Suddenly an image surfaces across Vifera's link depicting a tall, fur-cloaked man fleeing down a hospital hallway with a hesitant pack of wolves trailing behind. Dead laurels were tumbling from the figure's head. For a fleeting moment as Daybreak's thoughts dance in his mind Nyxil's eyes betray a melancholy focused at the afternoon sun, but his expression is hidden by the way he's laying. The moment passes when the second new kid introduces himself. Nyxil sits back up he's smirking again, thorny laurels poking out from his messy hair. "Nyxil. Son of Nyx. Blake and I go back," he says, then continues instead to his friend with a raised eyebrow, "So why'd you bring these three?"

Blake: ''He bends down and pats daybreak. He looks up at nyxil with a smile.'' "I didn't bring them. Luke brought me. Harmond is on a quest, and we need you, Oh monster magnet, king of being close to death, ruler of all ways of dying!"

Vifera: Vifera thinks about asking what that was but decides against it feeling it was more too personal a memory to talk about with a stranger. To keep the conversation pleasant he asks a questions he was actually thinking about ''Is the food the death child speaks of really that tasty. I would like to eat but I have seen him eat in the dining hall and I don't think we share the same taste.'' He finishes with a smile in a joking manner.

Harmond: Harmond tries to be friendly but feels the same vibe from the kid Nyxil that he did from the other two and is immediately pissed off but hides it behind a smile. ''Damn it other one with a cynical and dickish attitude plus he seems to be putting on some tough guy front with that smirk. I really would like to punch him right now.'' but he says nothing and instead looks over the lip of the roof. Then he remembers an important detail "You guys let's move. The alarm is still going off and I don't know if police are still running but if they are, they're on their way here and even I would have a hard time talking our way out of this." He waves towards the dust covering the roof, their weapons despite being hidden with mist to mortals, and the large wolf and his shadow controlling master who has a crown of laurels on his head.

Nyxil: Daybreak sends an image of a pile of juicy steaks on a platter to Vifera, slobbering shiny spittle at the memory. Nyxil rolls his eyes and gets to his feet. A few sparks cackle from Nyxil's sword blade as he sheaths it. "Alright, Daybreak, enough of that. We have a long day ahead of us and I don't wanna be hungry the whole time. Anything coming?" The wolf shakes out of fond recollections and sniffs the air, then bows to say no. ''Only mortals; all the monsters are dead or moved on. That was at least a hundred, right? I think more. Is that good for a half hour's work?'' His ears perk up in satisfaction as he walk between Blake's legs. "Not what matters," Nyxil says as he goes over to lean on the edge of the roof. "If this is how many we're seeing just passing through on the way to Chicago, then you're right-" he nods toward Harmond - "We need to get moving. I'd shadowtravel ahead on my own, but I can't kill monsters and hunt rogues at the same time. ...That is what you're here about, right? The gods don't have a bounty on my head or anything?" His tone makes it clear the question was very genuine, but he puts his back to them and takes out a cigarette all the same.

Vifera: Vifera licks his lips and rises to his feet prepared for a meal but his face curls at the smell of tobacco hoping the stick is not lit. "What's next?" he asks the question out loud but he speaks to Harmond his eyes landing on him out of recognition of the leader of the group and out of habit of following his own packs leader. Though the times are serious his thoughts drift to Ksenia and forgetting that he speaking to Daybreak mentally he sends that image to him; Ksenia drawing the sunset on her pad utterly focused in her work and unaware how beautiful she looks in the current sunlight.

Harmond: Moves to the lip of the roof and looks over the city feeling kind of like batman, thinking a bit before answering Vifera. "We make a move to the diner or whatever the eatery is and afterwards head towards the train station and buy a one way to Chicago or if it really comes to it steal a train to Chicago." He thinks this to himself With the way things are going that is what is most likely to happen anyways. Then he turns to Nxyil "I started the little adventure we are on now and our goal is to stop the rogues and find the bastard who is using my name to sow carnage. I have a single idea who he is but even if it is not the person I am looking for he has to be stopped whoever he is...and no...the gods don't have a bounty out for you....I think." When he finish he turns to Blake "Where can we get the grub".

Blake: ''He was on his phone the whole time they talked, which kinda makes him a monster magnet, more than he already is. His eyebrows raise when he is addressed and he closes the phone. He walks over to the lip of the roof and points out to a close building, a restaurant, a family owned restaurant.'' "Just over there, family runs it." He says as he steps off the roof and plummets down to the ground, only to shadow travel onto the roof of another building, beckoning them over.

Harmond: Harmond sees Blake's jump and gets ready to jump himself happy for the chance to feel some exhilaration again but hesitates I need to slow my heart rate I could spark off during the jump. and as he slows his breathing for a moment Vi runs past him on all fours and dives off the roof. Harmond watches him the whole time worrying Vifera could die because he isn't touching any earth but his fears are calmed when rocks and debris swirl below him in a tornado and catch their master easing his decent to the ground. Harmond follows suit and takes a few steps back knowing he will need to have momentum then he sprints off the roof jumping off the lip with his hands extended and eyes closed. He opens them suddenly and summons his blades to his hands firing them into a buildings nearby and taking another swing into the air hitting a flip when he reaches apex on his swing. ''I miss defying gravity with Ini. I wonder how my lil mentee is doing'' but he shakes the random thought out of his head and fire his swords again stabbing into a building across the street from the restaurant and retracting the swords slowing his momentum to a halt; before he extends his swords to the ground touching down around the same time as Vifera. "This place is...quaint. I like the homely feel." he says out loud to no one in particular.

Nyxil: Nyxil was reaching for his lighter when the image flashed into Daybreak's mind - and, by extension, his. He flinches and the cigarette slips from his fingers, falling to the street below. As quickly as Vifera's thoughts end, they are replaced across the three's shared link by a sunny day. A brunette girl in an orange Camp Half-Blood tee, narrowing her eyes, voice like sweet honey: ''"Wait, I don't know you. Why don't I know you?" '' A smile like the sun... Daybreak cuts off the link with a wimper once he realizes what was happening. Suddenly Nyxil slamms a fist down on the rooftop edge and shadowtravels to Blake's side. Daybreak's tail and ears droop as he follows in a blink of light.

Vifera: Is about to walk into the store with everyone else when he feels Nyxil and daybreak touch down where they are but immediately he sees daybreaks position and looks from him to Nyxil accusingly. ''You okay? And where is Luke??'' he ask daybreak in a concerned sort of voice feeling protective of the wolf due to it's tail and ears in a submissive position. Another question pops into Vifera mind when an image is sent to his brain of a girl with brunette hair smiling to someone but not him, the image is a bit blurry but the girl is similar to Ksenia. He holds his thoughts to himself for the mean time but his hair stands on end on his arms and legs and his teeth bare slightly.

Nyxil: Probably acting useless and tired somewhere,'' Daybreak comments. The wolf clearly doesn't think very highly of Luke. ''... Start filtering your mind a bit, scruffy demigod. Doing it for you will tire me out. You would be wise not to ask about that... image... that slipped through. My master isn't fond of prodding. ''With that Daybreak trots back to Blake's feet and lies down on them, planning on being annoying until he was fed. Nyxil sighs and breathes deeply for a second, then continues on like nothing had happened. "Do we really have time for food?"''

Vifera: Vifera is left with his thoughts and decides he must practice strengthen his mind to gain better control of it since he is no longer in the forest as he was. He is snapped out of it quickly when Harmond walks past him, ready to eat, and enters the store but he remembers they are missing a party member on the roof of a building. ''I hope this will work. I have only ever used this power once. This new mindset and power is owed to him so I will give him a taste of it.'' Without moving from the spot he is standing in Vifera kneels down and presses a palm to the earth with the thoughts of travelling through it. It yields becoming soft and he holds the process there expanding his conscience through the ground, almost losing himself in doing so an image of Luke flashes into his mind and he feels for him. He finds the boy on the roof sensing him through the rock he is resting on and Vifera reaches through the street his arm crossing several miles and grabs Luke's leg, the arm made of the same stone the building is due to the partial travel. Once he has the boy in his hand he pulls dragging him through earth as a child of his mother would use it to travel and he comes feet first out of the ground Vifera stumbling backwards and breathing heavily from the experience trying to rein his mind into his body again after literally expanding past it. Reality snaps back into place after a few moments and Vifera rises to his feet lifting the older boy as if he weighed nothing and walking over to the door with the rest of the party where he receives an awed look from Harmond. "It was nothing" Vifera says with a small smile proud of himself.

Blake: He picks up daybreak, smirking slightly. "Alright alright. Let's go." ''He steps into the restaurant, walking past harmond but not before he kicks Luke's head in order to wake him up. As soon as he steps into the doorway, he places daybreak down and two icy lances appear in the wall above his head.'' "That food better not be cold." He speaks as two people embrace him and wave harmond and the rest inside.

Luke: A sharp pain wakes him up and he rubs his eyes, noticing he is off the ground, he realizes that one of them is llifting him, he scrambles free and nods at Vifera in thanks. "Thanks for not leaving me behind." He says quickly as he follows blake inside.