Archived:Lilith's Letter: Sydney Intersection

''As the Camp members enter the room, Catarina and Rolland are talking with Tamarisk. Members of both quests should be sure to read a little of the others' quest so that they understand, generally, what is going on but they should also be sure not to factor this knowledge into their roleplay. To ensure the cohesiveness of what is happening and to prevent any confusion, I'll ask that Althea posts first.''

Broken Covenant

 * 1) Catarina LaRue, Unclaimed daughter of Mnemosyne, User:BachLynn23
 * 2) Rolland Wallace, Son of Helikon. User:Nhlott

Camp

 * 1) Althea Bellecourt, daughter of Boreas. User:GirlofDelusion
 * 2) Caelo Hendrix, son of Deimos. User:ItsjustJake

Intersection
Althea: ''She eyes the demigods, the man and the nymph warily. ''What is going on here? ''She holds her war hammer up defensively. ''For your own good, you better start talking.

Rolland: He creates a box of stone around her. I'd advise that you neither give orders or intrude on our conversation.

Althea: Soon she finds herself having a hard time breathing, so she creates gusts of wind within the stone to let herself breath.

Catarina: without thinking about it she moves defensively in front of tamarisk, in case the new comers have less than the best intentions here As we were here first, I think it's you that should be answering questions, not us

Althea: I could consider that once I'm let out of this dark little box that's slowly killing me.

Catarina: Nods to Rolland to release her

Rolland: He releases her.

Althea: ''She brushes the dust off herself, and keeps the sword at her side, but puts it away. ''I'm Althea... Althea Bellecourt. Might or might have not heard my name before. Shrugs.

Catarina: shrugs not really no

Rolland: No, and don't give a f*ck. Now, off the high horse if you don't want in the box again.

Althea: Better watch your mouth, I'm not as powerless as you think. I only said you might have heard my name before... So, I suppose you aren't exactly local, judging by your accents.

Rolland: Let's see you make me you little c*nt. He makes the ground warp around her legs up to the knee. You live on the earth, girly, you can't exactly escape it. So I'd watch the threats. Yea, I hail from London,what of it?

Althea: ''She sends an icy flurry of wind at Rolland, stabbing him with sharp daggers of ice, holding him in place. ''It would be much appreciated if you stopped attacking me. Concerning the accent, it's nothing, I just suspected you two of something earlier, but now that it has been cleared...

Rolland: He raises a full-body shield of earth, blocking the attack. Given your valiant yet failed efforts to harm me, I have to assume you're from that camp. All flair, no substance? Spotted from a mile away.

Althea: I stand corrected, then... Treacherous bastards! She raises a shield of air to protect herself, takes her war hammer and takes the ground around her legs apart, and then continues sending ice daggers at them from all directions.

Rolland: The broken ground around her flies into her face as he expands the shield to protect Catarina and Tamarisk. Stupid little girl.....A fist made of stone erupts from the ground in front of Althea, punching her in the gut.

Althea: ''She uses her war hammer to defend herself from all the stones coming her way. ''You're one to speak about stupidity... thinking you can take down the gods, or even contest them! ''She creates a massive snow flurry within the chamber, strong, withstanding ice daggers flying from above them and under them in massive speeds. ''

Catarina: writes/reads a barrier between Rolland and Althea Rolland calm down, and you, to Althea if you enjoy being the gods slave, that's your issues, me personally I'd just like to actually maybe someday be able to live a normal life where my life isn't constantly threatened by monsters. I'm sorry if that's too much to ask, that the gods actually stop thinking with their lust bits and maybe actually have some parental instincts. All of that aside, we are just here investigating the letter from that Lilith girl, to see if it's true or if it was just a ruse. I realise in general the BC seems to stand for everything you are against, but believe it or not, some of us within there are just fighting to have normal lives.

Althea: She makes the snow flurry vanish and puts her weapon away. So you two are looking for information about Pagos as well? To be honest, I was trying to avoid any encounter with you guys, and I voted against working with you guys in camp, but I'm willing to make a temporary truce for the sake of safety. I suppose your speech was fairly... touching. It reminds me of a historical account I read on Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia's diary... She phases out of her blabbering. Pardon me... years upon years of historical research and findings with a famous historian for a mother gets to you sometimes.

Catarina: Hoping for now Rolland keeps his cool, she looks at him Dearest I'm lowering the barrier, please don't try and kill Althea here unless she tries to kill you first she lowers the barrier and looks at Althea So I'm sure you know Lilith better than we do. To be honest not many in the BC were even willing to take it seriously, most of us are investigating it against our faction leader's wishes, some just believed it to be a ruse by you guys to weaken the BC. To me this seems a bit extreme for that so here we are.

Althea: We thought just the same, but reversed, for a bit of time... Actually, no, Lilith is on the verge here, she's not entirely loyal to us either, and I don't think anyone really knows her all that well from camp either. Perhaps Alexander, our director, does, though...

Caelo: Caelo steps out of the shadows to Althea's side, revealing himself for the first time. I would've stepped out sooner, but you seemed fine Althea. Besides, we don't need to hide our weapons... Caelo focuses on the two in front of them, staring each down individually. So tell me, you two, what exactly have you been told? What clues did you follow to get here?

Rolland: We don't confer with camp dogs. We got our information and that's all you need to know.

Tamarisk: ''Coughs loudly and steps forward. ''Are you sure you got ALL of your information, Rolland? Are you all sure that this fighting is the best way to resolve your... dispute? I don't know what you're fighting over, and to be frank, I don't care either. You're all demigods, from the same parents, and it's probably about time you got along. I think there are far more important matters at hand; matters that involve your lives and apparently mine as well.

Althea: I must agree with the dryad... I was willing to cast our differences aside, you should be, too. ''She turns to Caelo. ''I'll call Liam and Sheila and tell them we're off for other discoveries, they haven't been too productive.

Rolland: Really? Willing to cast differences aside? You walk in with a brandished weapon and immediately threaten. You waltz in with arrogance as icey as your powers, you immediately come at me when you know my stance with the Covenant. Within ten minutes you have proven your inability to control yourself or your emotions, so to be fair, you need to be the last one to speak on agreeing with Tamarisk.

Althea: Let's not talk about you. You blackmailed me, left me unable to move and not to mention almost ridding me of my life. Twice. I took Catarina's point and dropped the topic, and now you're going on about it all over again, so can we move on so we can protect the entire planet?

Caelo: Althea, shut the hell up for a moment so I can b*tchslap this douchenugget. Caelo laughs darkly before sighing at the heaviness of the situation. If we're going to act like children, there's no point in continuing. So here's what gonan happen, from what I can see: either we help each other, or we rip each other's throats out. We're not going to work together unless we absolutely have to... and that doesn't seem so impossible anymore. So we either knock it off and have a ncie little chat, or go for each other's necks. Me personally? I'm not looking for a fight, but if one of you touches me... or the snobby icicle over here, you're not going to live to talk about it. So could we please just move the hell on? We don't even know how much time we have until this Pagos guy strikes. Caelo slumps against a wall, shaking his hair around.

Rolland: Who the hell is this emo sonofabitch? The thing there is, Ice-bitch, I'm not putting myself on a moral high horse, unlike yourself. But you're not worth the effort, as if I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead right now.

Althea: ''She chuckles to herself, breaking down all of which he just said and shaking her head. ''Alright, can we move on now?

Tamarisk: I think that would be best, yes. Now, these two have already made their intentions clear, what of you? She points to Althea and Caelo.

Althea: If I understood correctly, their intentions are to find out more about Pagos in order to proceed on correctly. If so, I, and I assume Caelo, must agree. Admittedly, I do not know Lilith too well and as such do not fully rely on her word, but, for some reason I am convinced that Pagos has no good intentions. By the way, I would love it if you all would introduce yourself... and who is that man over there? She points at Tamarisk's experimental human.

Tamarisk: She explains herself and her "human".

Althea: Woah, um... I'm pretty speechless, but, okay... ''she thinks to herself "I don't know whether to laugh or cry...". ''And... you two? I'm guessing you're Mnemosyne's daughter, right?

Caelo: ''Without aknowledging anyone, he walks over and pokes the inanimate man. He lifts up an arm only to see it flop back down again. ''Not to interrupt, but can you give us any more details, Tamarisk? I mean about the other man you met. What did he look like; how did he act? How did he make you feel when he was around you? No pressure, but any information helps...

Tamarisk: Thinks for a moment He seemed relatively normal, aside from the color of his hair and eyes; those being white and red respectively... though I wouldn't say he was an albino since his skin didn't appear to show the same effects. He acted fairly normally too, though I'm not quite sure how he found me... I assumed he had directions from Lilith since she's the only person who really knows my location. I felt pretty happy around him, I mean, he was giving me my freedom so what cause would I have to feel anything but that?

Rolland: Never seen Pagos, but that sounds like a damn good description.

Althea: I think you guys have missed something. Lilith contacts this guy and provides information for him. This can go either way: either she's preteneding to work with him in order to provide leverage for us, or she's pretending to work with us to provide leverage for him.

Rolland: Either way, we still have to try to stop him, even if the way we're going now is all we've got. It would be the heroic thing to do, no?

Althea: I'm afraid so... but, again, what leads did you follow to this bunker? We found graffiti directing us to the park, and the forbidden area would clearly be the best place to hide anything. We should probably decide where we go on from here.

Tamarisk: Don't worry, the graffiti was my own doing. It served as a means to subconsciously direct anyone infected with the spore towards the right location. It was written in ancient Greek and obscured by the mist but contained the necessary information. I'm impressed that you managed to work it out.

Catarina: We were out on a boat after having removed this device from under the bridge, it was beeping, but once we threw it in the water, it never exploded, so I have no idea what it was, we "found" a boat, and started boating around the coast, so this guy just standing there, pulled in closer to investigate, and followed him here

Althea: That's rather... peculiar, to say the least.

Rolland: Shrugs. You asked.

Tamarisk: I can't speak for the... beeping "thing". Whatever that was, it had nothing to do with me. As for the presence of my... companion, I assure you that he was only there for information gathering purposes.

Rolland: Well that raises a shitton of unsettling suspicions.......

Tamarisk: It could also be coincidence, perhaps beeping things beneath bridges are commonplace these days? I haven't quite explored the nature of modern suspension bridges yet, though they promise to be interesting.

Althea: I don't think so... I've never heard of beeping things under bridges, and clearly the others haven't.

Catarina: I would have guessed some kind of incendiary device, but after it went into the water it didn't explode so, perhaps some sort of tracking device, I don't know.

Rolland: What else could it be?

Catarina: I think it's important to note, that Rolland I could hear it from a good distance away, so it may have been a noise hidden by the mist, as no mortals seemed drawn to it

Rolland: Perhaps some kind of homing beacon?

Althea: That could very possibly be, but I think we shouldn't be obsessing over this, and just head out already. Again, where should we go next? Tamarisk, have you got any clue on where Pagos was going? Maybe a slip of mention of his?

Caelo: Caelo stops playing with the man-doll. To be honest, I've been thinking about this whole situation. If Lilith really was an awful person, and wanted to support Pagos, why has she been known to ally camp, and to help people? It wouldn't add up if she was on Pagos' side, so I don't think we have to worry about her being a double agent against us.

Tamarisk: If you are going anywhere, wouldn't it be best if I didn't overhear considering... ''Her eyes fill with fear, and she shivers momentarily before looking at them all and saying with growing urgency. ''Run! Get out! He's coming! I can feel... ''She falls to the floor and curls up into a ball as darkness descends over the room. The rays of light that once streamed in from the hole above are gone, and whisps of shadow begin to curl over the edge and into the room.''

Catarina: I think that's our cue to get the f*** out of here

Althea: ''She makes sure to use her powers to help everyone fly over to her limousine at the park entrance. ''Quick, everybody get in. Althea speeds into the car.

Catarina: sees the limo and understands now why Althea acts like she does, spoiled brat born with a silver spoon up her ***, she rolls her eyes Where are we going to head? I'm not getting in that thing with you guys until we have a destination

Rolland: Ditto

Althea: That depends on whether you think we can retrieve that odd device you mentioned earlier or not.

Rolland: And what of the nymph? At the very least we should TRY to help her....

Althea: I would, if given an idea of how to exactly. If he's even nearly as powerful as suggested, he'll slaughter us off within no time.

Catarina: So we're stuck, without knowing how powerful he is we can't do anything, but how do we find out how powerful he is

Rolland: Either way, I'm not letting anything happen to her, as she's been beyond helpful. And excuse me if I wish to have no part in your overly-flashy means of compensation for your......lacking personality

Althea: Little instigating asshole. She sighs heavily and calms down. ''She toys with the idea of joining Rolland. ''Perhaps we should all go with him? If he's too intimidating, we can always speed back here and go to the Four Seasons to spend the night.

Rolland: Grins. Sticks and stones, Wind spawn, sticks and stones. He begins to jog back before saying over his shoulder. So you just enjoy throwing your money around, or do you not realize none of us are impressed or give a shit?

Althea: ''She takes her sword and shield from the limousine and follows in his tracks. At the remark, she simply rolls her eyes and moves onward. ''

Catarina: starts to follow but clears her throat in the process And if this is all part of his plan, make her look helpful and helpless so we try and save her? If she's been alive this long, I doubt she's exactly helpless

Rolland: But she wouldn't have warned us and just let him get us on the front end.

Althea: I must agree with Rolland. He has a point.

Catarina: But in that case, if she really believed the 4 of us could take him, why tell us to run? And if anyone should know how powerful he is, wouldn't it be someone who's seen him and had some of his blood given to them?

Caelo: I'm going back, and defending her with my life. I have... no fears. I cannot feel the fear of death. Even if no one else will, I will stand by her. I guess... Caelo sighs... It's time to 'play hero'.'' Caelo pulls out two of his sword from his back; one is his signature Black Blade, the other a blood-red blade. He smiles sadistically and runs back''.

Althea: She raises an eyebrow in surprise.

Rolland: So basically, you said what I said, but in a "Look at me, I'm such a badass" manner.....congrat-u-f*cking-lations, you have tarnished my view of this camp of yours forever.....

Caelo: Caelo overhears Rolland and as he running to Tamarisk, he "flips him the bird".

Catarina: Has it not occurred to anyone, that if Pagos wanted her dead, he'd have killed her by now, why waste his blood on someone that expendable?

Althea: Point taken. Maybe we show try and listen to them somehow, hidden?

Catarina: Listening is our best bet, if anything running in their half cocked, with no plan, could put her in more danger than you boys think you're saving her from, as if Pagos finds out we want her, he could just as easily use her over us by threatening to kill her if we attack

Rolland: Very well......I'll get ol' Gung Ho. He creates a wall in front of Caelo. Calm down, there,killer.

Caelo: ''Caelo looks back at the group. As he does, he smacks into the wall. Far away from the group, he shouts to them.'' Are you f***ing serious? An explanation might have worked better! ''Caelo kicks the dirt surrounding him. Still sitting, he rests his back on the wall''. What if Tamarisk gets hurt though?

Althea: Then we act. No need to be rash, though.

Catarina: Either way, he's already closer to her then we are, if we go rushing in and he suspects it's cuz of her, he could easily kill her before we could do much to save her, it's not as if any of us can shadow travel

Caelo:'' Caelo tucks his sword away, opting for a stealthier knife. He walks around the wall very cautsiously, beckoning the others forward more''.

Rolland: No,no. We need to go a different route in. Like so. He creates a tunnel a few yards away. This goes under the room and up into the chamber. It should give us a slight tactical advantage should shit get ugly....sound good?

Althea: Sounds very good. Maybe we can eavesdrop from there.

Catarina: I'll bring up the rear, try not to talk too much

Caelo: Caelo swears under his breath, changing his route once again. Can we just go already? Jeez, I'm getting all anxious.

Catarina: rolls her eyes and waits for the others to enter the tunnel so that she can bring up the rear

Althea: Runs into the tunnel.

Rolland: He strokes Catatina's cheek as he enters. C'mon, love. Should things get hairy, we can always kill them. He winks and enters the tunnel.

Althea: She hears what he says but doesn't reply, deciding to be more cautious around them.

Catarina: She smiles, but deep down, she knows that she won't kill anyone, that isn't trying to kill her first, and shoots a sympathetic look at Althea

Caelo: Caelo puts his hand on Althea's shoulder reassuringly, and grips his knife with the other hand.

''The group continue down the tunnel until they reach the spot under Pagos and Tamarisk. They can overhear very little, since they're attempting to listen through solid concrete. However, Pagos seems to be talking.''

Rolland: I'm gettin nothin......Here, let's try this.....''He uses his powers and pulls small bits of the concrete away, making a few peepholes. He then falls to one knee. Whoa......He shakes his head.'' You seein anything?

Althea: ''Tosses him a vial of nectar. ''Drink it slowly and it should be safe. I weakened it with some water, but it should still be enough to reinvigorate you fully at this amount of nectar.

''Pagos is tall and hooded, his broad shoulders covered by a cape, and the rest of his body wreathed in shadow. He is standing turned away from the demigods, and so his face remains entirely hidden, though Tamarisk, who is still as they left her, apparently has a full view and looks terrified. Pagos is speaking in a low and gravelly, but authoritative voice, and offers Tamarisk his hand.''

Pagos: There's no need to lie there like that, Tamarisk. You're smart enough to know that I'm not here to hurt you, I would have done that already if I truly desired it.

Tamarisk: Am I? Does anyone ever know what a madman thinks, feels, or wants?

Pagos: Most certainly not... but I am not mad, I assure you.

Catarina: Listens, but can barely make out the words from the back of the group

Althea: Listens in, not sure where this is going.

Rolland: Downs the nectar and listens as well.

Caelo: He keeps his blades at bay, tuning in to the conversation.

Tamarisk gets to her feet without accepting Pagos' hand and the conversation continues.

Tamarisk: If do not intend to kill me, then why are you here?

Pagos: He chuckles. I think you know the answer to that. Even mad men have goals.

Tamarisk: I suspected as much... normally I'd be inclined to say 'You won't take me quietly' but, given the present circumstances, I'm not sure if that's even an option.

Pagos: It isn't.

Tamarisk: Frowns. Give me a moment to collect my things, then. She begins picking up an odd assortment of items from around the room.

Caelo: Caelo turns to the others, and very quietly whispers: We can't let him take her. What are we going to do?!

Catarina: rolls her eyes and whispers Yes, I'm sure if 4 demigods could take down Pagos, this Lilith person wouldn't have felt the need to involve all of camp and the BC

Althea: ''She sighs and whispers. ''There's very little we can do... but maybe we can try to follow Pagos and Tamarisk down. It couldn't hurt, we just need to be able to hide well enough. Hm, I wonder where they're going.

Rolland: Whatever we do, we need to decide fast, and we need to be clear He looks at Caelo. We can't just bum-rush the place, lest we die.

''Tamarisk walks over to the trees roots, and while Pagos is turned and looking up at its branches, she lightly drops her wand over a root and out of sight. She then picks up a bundle of things from behind another root and turns to face Pagos again.''

Catarina: I vote we follow as best we can, again, if he wanted her dead, she'd be dead she whispers

Rolland: This is why I love ya, Cat He kisses her forehead Let's see where they go.

Tamarisk pauses and looks up at her tree for a moment, almost as if reminiscing, and then begins to walk out of the entrance; apparently expecting Pagos to follow her.

Pagos: I'm afraid we won't be needing that.

Tamarisk turns, confused, as Pagos walks up to her and puts his hand on her shoulder, they both disappear in a cloud of darkness.

Rolland:He punches the side of the tunnel, and the whole thing quakes. F*ck! Now what do we do?

Caelo: Son. Of. A Bitch. That's one creepy dude. How the hell are we gonna follow them?

Catarina: Goes up and retrieves the wand that Tamarisk dropped in the roots of the tree and looks around for any other clues, and to see if that mortal guy was still around or if Tamarisk had sent him away I wonder if that guy is still around here, the one we followed in, her servant or whatever he was.

The "man" is still there, motionless as ever.

''Catarina Waves her hand in front of the guys eyes. Hmmm not sure if he'd be of any help, if we had a child of Hecate we could have them use Tamarisk's wand to scry for her she examines the wand in her hand.''

''The wand appears to be made of ancient wood with complex swirling patters carved into its surface. Although the wood appears to be dead, it still feels alive to the touch; as if it had been cut from its tree only moments ago.''

Catarina: Hmmm still warm to the touch