Archived:Lilith's Letter: Team Five

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 * 1) Rosalie Balenciaga, Daughter of Aphrodite (Queen)
 * 2) Damianos Corinna, Son of Thanatos (Wolf)
 * 3) Rue Moore, Daughter of Eros (Kitty)
 * 4) Elenah Blacksmith, Daughter of Demeter (Cats)
 * 5) Zale Psillidies, Son of Hermes (Zak )

Purpose
Go to Guangzhou in search of more clues about Lilith and Pagos.

Quest
Rose: ''Arrives with Damian via Shadow Travel, wearing cream dress, navy blue blazer, and cream suede pumps. She carries her Balenciaga tote in one hand, with Gucci inside. Her other hand is holding Damian's.'' Ah, remind me next time that I hate shadow travel.

Damian: He chuckles, Will do, M'Lady. He looks at her I must say, those shoes suit you.

Elenah: She walks up to Rose and Damian. Hello. I'm Elenah Blacksmith...I don't know if you know me...anyways, I'm the Lieutenant Counsellor of Demeter's Cabin. So, what's the plan?

Rue: Jumps down from the tree she was resting in. Plan is that we wait for the last member before leavin, duh. ''Pushes some hair out of her eyes. ''Names Rue Moore, daughter of Eros.

Zale: walks back from the path to town Well i guess i'm here, so are we shadow travelling to China the way you two entered or something?

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes like Zale is an idiot. ''Okay two things. Firstly, who the hell are you? Secondly, unless the shadow travelling person is super strong, we will need a stop on the way to China so shadow travelling person can get energyy.

Zale: I am the final member on this quest, Zale, son of Hermes and second, yeah, forgot about that, so do you think we could hire a pack of hellhounds to shadow travel us there? I heard that a few campers had some. But before we go, shouldn't we discuss what we need to do once were there?

Rue: ''Gapes at him, now sure he is an idiot. ''You can't just "hire a pack of hellhounds". You realize there is only a select few hellhounds trained, and none in our reach? Idiots! ''Brushes some hair out of her eyes angrily. ''And "Zale, son of Hermes" discussing will not help if some people like you seem to have no idea why we're going to China anyway!

Damian: Reluctantly he lets go of Rose's hand and walks over to Rue and Zale, Calm down, both of you. We're going by plane.

Zale: oh, sorry, didn't know, so when do we go?

Rue:'' Ignores Zale and nods to Damian. ''And you are, plane boy?

Damian: He chuckles, Damianos, son of Thanatos.

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes. ''And your girlfriend over there?

Damian: Rose, Aphrodite

Rue: ''Smirks. ''Cool, I guess. And Elenah is obviously Demeter. Okay, so know everyone, tick. Figure out who are the bitches here, tick with Zale. Figure out the plan. No tick. So discuss time, sweet.

Zale: Heeeyyyy...

Damian: He calls out, Rose? Could you please come over here?

Rue: ''Mutters and rolls her eyes. ''Death boy and lover girl, best match in history, great sappy love in this quest. Looks away from Damian and Rose, looking back at the cabins from their location by the tree.

Elenah: She sighs Please, guys, there's no need to argue! So, we're taking a plane from here then...?

Rose: Clicks off her phone and taps impatiently with her shoes when a car went in from a corner. The car's gonna take us to the airport. Get in, guys.

''The questors get in the car and soon they reach the airport. Without no real trouble they board the plane, and hours later, they arrive in Guangzhou Airport.''

Damian: He looks around, out of pure habit trying to find all possible exits So, M'Lady, you have any plans for what we should do now?

Rose: Damian, it's Rose. Maybe we should check out the Canton Tower, it's the tallest building in China. What do you say, guys?

Elenah: Well, never been to China before...but, I trust you. I say yes.

Damian: Sure thing ''Rose. *He says 'Rose' in the exact same tone as he said M'Lady*''

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes. ''China equals Chinese people and that equals Chinese language, right? Any of you speak Chinese?

Zale: Knew that being in Asia and learning Chinese in school for almost all my life would help, but thankfully, most locals can speak English, but its nicer to speak Chinese to them.

Rose: I can charmspeak in Chinese and I look Chinese enough I can easily pass for one. Come on, we're taking a cab.

''They quickly get into two cabs. Rose and Damian in the first, while Rue, Elenah, and Zale in the second. After an hour, they reach the Canton Tower.''

Rose: Here we are, should we go to the observation deck?

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes once again, knowing she should seriously stop. ''No, observation desk will probably wonder why one girl dressed as a model, a freaky death-like kid, a flower power girl, an idiot and a major ADHD person are together looking for anything suspcious. The only thing suspicious would be us. In my opinion, we should use silence and skills to sneak up.

Rose: Frowns at Rue. I'm gonna take that as a compliment. But who are we going to sneak up on?

Rue: ''Grins and pulls out a flyer from her pocket. ''Nicked it from some old guy, eh we have better use for it. Shows them the picture.



Y'see, I think ahead, if we "borrow in intentions of not returning" some keys, or ropes. We can either climb up there to the top, climb the Staff Only Stairs showing all extra areas, or even steal some crane and get up from there. Looks around at the yellow cranes.

Damian: He smirks I like your way of thinking. Should I, collect, a crane? He smiles mischievously, though it somehow looks wrong with his eyes flashing dangerously.

Rue:  ''Pouts. ''How bout we mix ideas together. We get a crane, then as high as the crane goes we go, then we hop out and scale the rest of the way up with a few ropes for safety.

Rose: Climb?! Collect a crane?! Asks in disbelief. And how is going by lift is not easier?

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes. ''All of us, plus other tourists which is ALOT in China, will not fit in a lift. It could take ages and monsters could find us! ''Looks curious. ''By the way, I have to ask, what's in your bag..Its moving....

Damian: He chuckles It's just Gucci, her chihuaha

Rue: ''Widens her eyes. ''Oh gods, awesome! Always wanted a chihuahua as a kid, couldn't seem to find any in Alaska....

Damian: Well, anyway, how about we knock out a person who works here, steal his key and use the service lift?

Rue: ''Nods. ''That would work, no people in there and we can knock someone out, awesome! So, um, looks around a bit lost in the foreign place, wheres the service lift?

Rose: Hey, there'll be surveillance camera as well. I still don't understand why we can't be a well-mannered tourists and take the passenger elevators, observe the decks, and get into their security room if necessary.

Rue: ''Sighs, finally giving in. Okay but if I punch some random person annoying me, it's not mah fault....So um looks around ''you gonna lead the way, Rose?

Rose: Smiles sarcastically. Of course it's not your fault to be unable to control your emotion, Rue. Come on, this way.

After a while, they reached the observation deck.

Rose: Ain't this chilly?

Rue: ''Glares at Rose, still slightly angry at her earlier comment so she ignores her and picks up a free map, and starts looking over it. ''So, we wanna go straight to the top or take stops or what?

Zale: I think we should go to the top, were not tourists here, were on a mission.

Elenah: After being silent for so long, Elenah deciedes to speak up. But we need to act like tourists, other wise we could get into trouble...

Rue: ''Nods. ''But also, we need to purchase binoculars or whatever they call 'em here in China. Cause no offence, but none of your eyes can be THAT good.

Damian: He pulls out a pair of somewhat old binoculars, Would these do? They're a bit old, I know, but they work just fine.

Rue: ''Looks around in her bag, and grabs out a pair of sunglasses and a phone. ''Eh, time to blend in. And yeah, they'll do. So, we just do stuff, that tourists do. Key the binoculars and phone, plus the sunglasses are just so cute I couldn't resist. Grins.

Rose: Smiles approvingly. Gucci, isn't it? Turns to Damian. See something?

''Suddenly some of the clouds part and a massive dark shape descends upon the tower, circles around it for a moment as if searching for something, and then shoots off towards what looks like a run-down district of the city. Despite what just happened, the mortals around them appear unphased and apparently didn't notice a thing.''

Rue: Holy Hades in underpants! If thats a normal cloud which just appeared, I'm a bird. ''Looks at the run-down district part of the city. ''My vote is we follow it.

Rose: We follow it. Rue, check on the map, which district the cloud's heading.

They quickly descends via elevators and soon they're back in front of the Canton Tower, though appear unsure where to head next.

Rue: ''Looks over the map. ''Left, I think. I guess we'll have to take the chance. And yeah Rose, Gucci all the way.

Elenah: Looks at the map Yeah, let's head left!

The group head towards the run down district, following the dark clouds/shapes.

Zale: Well, we cant just follow it all day, we need to somehow capture it or something.

Rue: ''Rolls her eyes, muttering 'idiot'. ''You can't capture a cloud, if it is a cloud. ''Presses the 'G' in Gucci on the side of her glasses, and then takes them off. ''These glasses should be working like pie, like binoculars. 'Cept it's moving to fast, can't keep my eyes on 'em.

Zale: So are we waiting to see where it lands or what.

Rose: Looks at Zale irritably. I'm not sure if you understand the situation completely, but it's not unlikely to land! The best we can do is find something odd, out of place, something weird near the cloud. Something like...

''A deep growl comes from behind them, revealing 4 hellhounds staring at them, hungry. However, people don't seem to notice the hellhounds, and keep carry on with their own business.''

Rose: Damn it. Glances at Damian and readies her sword. Damian and I will each take one. Rue, Elenah, Hesitates for a moment. Keep Zale alive.

Zale: Crud, draws sword Distract them, I think that i might have a plan. Slowly backs away and walks into nearby building, once out of the hellhounds sight, begins to run up the stairs, three at a time.

Damian: Pulls out his whip and laughs like a madman, shouting at the hellhounds, Come here puppies, come here to father death.

First hellhound charges

Elenah: Screams Why the hell do we need...hellhounds? Mutters And why keep Zale alive?

Damian: He slashes at the hellhound with his whip

Rose: ''Lift her sword when the second hellhound charges at her. She brings the sword down to its neck, slashing it, and rolls sideways to avoid its claws.''

Damian: He ducks under the hellhound as it jumps towards him, barely avoiding the claws, and slashes at it's side with his dagger

Rue: ''Keep a wary watch on Damian and Rose. Seeing they are handling it fine, she signals Elenah to help her with the other two hellhounds. ''Elenah, we can take Fido and Fluffy for a bit of a play, Rose and Damian have theirs under control...I think. Pulls out a throwing dagger from her boot and throws it at the hellhound, aiming the Celestial Bronze dagger for its heart.

''Three of the Hellhounds drop dead, and dissolve into dust, however Rue's knife only grazes the final Hellhound which turns; preparing to charge her again. Before anyone can react, a crack like thunder is heard and the final hellhound also disolves into dust as its head explodes. At the same moment, canisters of some sort drop from the rooftops above amd begin emitting a vile smelling gas in billowing clouds. The demigods begin to feel faint, and fall unconscious soon after.''

''When they wake, they find themselves bound in steel chains and in a dark room, lit only by the dull blue light of a disconnected TV directly in front of them. There appears to be a door to the right side of the room, though it lacks a window entirely and looks to be made of the same metal as the floor beneath them, the walls around them, and the roof above.''

Rue: ........Oh shit, we are so dead...''Her eyes widen as she sees her Gucci glasses broken. Whoever it was...Those bitches, they broke my glasses!!! Looks around and winces as the steel chains rub against her wrist. ''I repeat, we are sooo dead.

Damian: He growls as he sees the chains he is in When I get free of these, HEADS WILL ROLL. He tries to shadow travel out of the chains and to the other end of the room.

''His powers seem to be nullified, and nothing happens. ''

Rue: Sucks ta be ya, now let's do some real work. ''A pin for her hair is in one of her hands, and she quickly unlocks her chains and stretches. ''Ah, being a girl rules. Unlocks all the other chains then, using her faithful pin.

''As Rue stretches, the screen on the other side turns on and floods the room with light; showing a pretty 20 or so Asian woman wearing a flak jacket and sitting at a table. She yawns, looks at them, and turns to ask a question to someone to her right. She nods, and looks at them again, this time with renewed interest.''

Asian Woman: So, you are the group from overseas! Very interesting... he said you'd be coming. Well now, how does it feel like to be mortal? I see some of you are resourceful enough to see beyond simply using your powers. I'm not sure whether to take that to be encouraging, or endlessly depressing... regardless you are here, and here to stay. At least until he asks for you anyway... I can't have a group like you running around and causing chaos, we've already got enough of you to deal with. She types something in to a computer on the desk next to her. I expect you've got a lot of questions... I don't see why I shouldn't indulge you... She puts her head on her hands and looks at them intently.

Damian: He glares at her, Who are you? Who are you working for? Why are you holding us here, other than the reasons already mentioned? Who are the 'we' you are mentioning? And how did you nullify our powers.

Asian Woman: I am Sayuri Soto, daughter of Takahiro Soto. I work in the light of my parents' memory, and for none other than myself. Your kind killed them, and so now I kill your kind in return. "We", refers to the rest of my team of course. ''At this, a man leans over into the camera's view, waves nonchalantly, and returns to his work. ''There are fifty six of us now, men and women alike, all strugglig to make a safer world! A picture fills the screen showing lines of men and women dressed in miliary fatigues and wielding various automatic weapons. Each of us has seen the damage your kind wreaks; the destruction, the havoc, the chaos, and we seek to stop it. Why should we sit here and tolerate you? Why should we let you ramapge through our streets destroying our way of life? Not everyone can see your kind, but enough of us can to make a difference!

Damian: ''He quirks an eyebrow, a small smirk forming on his lips, as he is obviously amused by her reasoning. ''So, because of the actions of a few, you are going to kill all of us? That is ridiculous. It would be the same as saying, that because of your actions, we would start killing off all of humanity. There's a word for that, Soto, and it's called genocide. It puts you on level with the likes of Adolf Hitler, the Crusaders and other people like that. He spits on the ground before the screen You're pathetic.

Sayuri Soto: And the way your kind indiscriminately murders innocents is not similar? When the water runs out, sometimes you must fight fire with fire, monster!

Damian: Monster? I think you're confusing me with the person who looks back at you when you look in the mirror. Listen here, we don't just indiscriminately murder innocents, not most of us anyway. Would you murder the population of an entire country or race, based on the actions of a few? That's what you're about to do. And believe me, if you go against all of us, you will lose Soto, oh you will lose. His eyes gains an insane glint as he continue We have powers beyond your imagination, and we are more than just your pitiful fiftysix members. Can you work against tidal waves? Earth quakes? A rain of fire? People able to teleport? Soto, you have no idea what you're up against. I have seen people go against demigods before, and it has never ended in a pretty way.

Sayuri Soto: And there is the monster I speak of, right before me! Listen to your own words, creature, do they not embody what your kind seek to do? You say you do not murder innocents? Then why are there fifty six people fighting alongside me? I will do what is necessary to save the lives of innocent people!

Rose: Wakes up slowly. What happened? We're not monsters, we're as innocent as any people. Shakes her head in confusion.

Sayuri: I have no way of verifying whether you are innocent or not, all I know is that you pose a potential danger to the people of this city, and the people of the world. Besides, you're not exactly doing a great job of proving your innocence anyway. On top of that, you were specifically asked for and so it isn't even my choice whether to keep you here or not. He wants you, so he'll get you, and after that our contract is complete.

Rose: Attempts to charmspeaks: '''Look, we just killed those big doggie thing, hellhounds, those are the monsters, not us. You have to release us.''' And who is 'he'?

Sayuri: You are not monsters? Then explain to me why you have access to the powers you do? Explain to me why you can see and fight you own kind? You may not call yourself as such, but labels do not change the nature of the product!

Zale: Begins to awaken. Die hellhound wauh. Wait, where's the hellhound?

Damian: He growls, Listen Soto, we are NOT monsters. I tried to WARN you. I tried to tell you, that you would not survive a confrontation with all of us. I do not WISH to fight you, or your men. However, just as you have suffered losses at the hands of demigods or monsters, so have many of us suffered losses at the hands of humans, but you don't see most of us going around killing you off.

Rue:  Has been thinking hard and glares at the woman on screen. ''Wait a sec, so Massugi Rotto, want revenge on "my kind." What is our kind? Who do you think we are, you rotten bitch?''

Rose: Humans, of course, perhaps more superior than her and her little pathetic cult. I'm going to ask you again, who is 'he'? Who's the man who asked for us? ''Suddenly remembers something. She gasps.'' Where's Gucci? Where's my little chihuahua? Turns to Sayuri with the deadliest expression. If anything bad, anything, happens to him, you'll be sorry for ever kidnap us.

Damian: Calm down Rose, getting angry won't help us in this situation. Neither will making threats.

Zale: sighs, if you want her to trust us, we need to show respect in order to get some.

Rose: Glares at the guys as if to silence them, then turns to face Sayuri, still wearing the same deadly expression

Elenah: Her hand hovers over her ring and thinks about turning into a spear. Please! We've done nothing wrong! Let us go!

Sayuri: "Demigods"?''She pauses for a moment, thinking. ''Yes, I've heard that one before... it seems to be some sort of origin myth shared between a number of you? That would imply that gods exist, and a whole number of other ludicrous things... you could at least come up with some kind of convincing argument. As for "your kind", I mean monsters of course, what else? She raises an eyebrow Haven't you been listening to me at all? It doesn't matter whether you can transform or not, or whether you have done anything yet, you pose a threat to the wellbeing of people everywhere. I'm dealing with the problem before it emerges, I'm not even sure why I'm justifying my actions to you anyway...

Rose: Of course we're not monsters! How come you think we are, anyway? Have we been expressing any abilities only monsters could have???

Damian: Justifying you actions to us? That's not what it sounds like to me. To me, it sounds like you're justifying your actions to yourself. Killing of an entire race? That's madness. And you say that it would be a ludicrous thing for gods to exist, yet you sit there, preaching that we are monsters. Isn't that just as ludicrous?

Sayuri: You are calling the slaughter of my parents ludicrous? You are calling the fact that fifty six men and women stand behind me with similar stories, ludicrous? I have seen what your kind do, Monster! I have watched your kind turn entire crowds to stone, rip innocents to shreds, and exploit your abilities to achieve the worst of ends. You now ask me to believe that you are the spawn of some god? What kind of disturbed and debased god would choose monsters as his children? Certainly not one I would want to live under.

Damian: He growls You don't exactly have a choice. Just as no man can choose his parents, no human can choose his gods. What kind of proof do you need that we are not monsters? Tell me what would be required for us to prove that we are not monsters. That people like me have spent thousands of years keeping the real monsters from killing us demigods.

Sayuri: I still have no reason to believe your alleged "demigod" story, so your argument of choice is irrelevant. As for what would be required? I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps if you were to do some good for once... no, it doesn't matter. I'm getting paid damn well to keep you here and so releasing you isn't really an option at this point.

Rose: Tries her charmspeak again. '''I'm gonna ask you again, who is he? Who do you work for?'''

Sayuri: Laughs Ah, yes, you're trying that trick again? You do realize that we're hundreds of miles away from eachother and communicating through a screen? I'm not stupid, I take the necessary precautions.

Rue: ''Looks at Sayuri through the eyes. ''You say "my kind" killed your parents, so this is just some revenge thing? I have a family too y'know, I have a sweet girlfriend, some great siblings, and a home. Are you gonna just kill us like someone did to you? And here I thought that the hellhounds had no feelings, looks like you are the heartless monster here. Smirks

Damian: He smirks, And you hopefully realize, that the moment I get out of here, I can appear right behind you, a dagger poised to strike? And you don't think we do good things? Remember the affair in New York some years back? That was demigods fighting, to PROTECT HUMANITY. But I suppose you won't believe that either, so I'm just going to let you rot until one of the gods have the decency to smite you.

Sayuri Soto: You don't know where I am, so I really have no reason to take your threats seriously. As for affairs in New York, I've never been to the place and I have heard nothing of monsters fighting to protect humanity. Most people can't see you or the powers you use so I hardly find that surprising. Your insistence that these "gods" exist continues to amuse me to no end, though. You claim to have a family? I find that hard to believe as well, considering that I've never seen groups of monsters larger than six in number. I had another monster make a similar claim a while back, and I almost believed her, until one of my men put a bullet through her head and she transformed into a serpent-like creature with snake hair... before turning to dust. Do you have names? A few in the past have... though they were few and far between.

Rue: ''Brushes her hair out of her eyes. ''You say we are humans, but we are the ones locked in rooms, with no food or water, no escape, pets taken from us and worrying to death, injuries from fights, a mission incomplete and a madwoman saying WE are the monsters? Look who's talking, bitch, cause at the moment it seems to be us the victim.

Sayuri: Are policemen monsters for imprisoning criminals? Is the President of the United States a monster for detaining individuals he deems dangerous to his country? Are those in charge of asylums monsters for ensuring the safety of those outside? I also never said you were human, were you human perhaps I would be able to see things from your point of view.

Rose: Where's Gucci?

Sayuri: Genuinely puzzled Gucci?

Rose: Looks as if she almost cry. My doggie! Not Gucci the clothing line!

Sayuri: Oh, that... I suppose I don't see any harm in you having it... it's just a dog... I'll have someone drop it off later... I'm surprised you keep pets.

Zale: Thats because we have a heart, but anyways, there have been lots of people back in the 60s who were locked up because of no reason, because they were black, no insults, but they didn't go on trial, there were many that were locked up for no reason. I guess that your ways haven't changed.

Sayuri: African Americans are the same species as I am, and all other humans are. Your kind obviously are not.

Zale: And whats your proof behind that? I understand that your just scared of us, you dont know what we are, we sliced up the real monsters, and we were carrying weapons, but i can assure you, we are not monsters, but we aren't human, we are Demi gods, children of the gods, and we swear that we don't want to harm you or any humans, our swords would just pass through your bodys.

Sayuri: Yes... we did confiscate your weapons and they do seem to be of both an unusual make and an unusual metal; the same metal we use to coat our bullets in fact. I can only assume that you stole these from a museum, or found them somewhere else. I still have no reason to belive this "demigod" nonsense though.

Zale: We found them in our camp armoury, or they were given to us by our godly parents, so they are rightfully ours. And how on earth would a museum be able to get hold of Celestial Bronze?

Sayuri: Where else would you find Archaic weapons? Presumably not lying around, presumably they weren't randomly given to you, and so therefore I can only assume that you got them from a museum, or stole them. Again you refer to these "gods" but have no proof of their existence.

Rose: Wait, where do you get Celestial Bronze to coat your bullet?

Sayuri: During the Cultural Revolution in this country the government took action against local religion. A number of monsters resisted in organized and unorganized groups and so the government, despite the fact that many could not see them, was forced to take action against this threat. They produced a surplus of these special bullets and so we have access to them now through special means.

Zale: But where would the government get their metal? but anyways, how about we prove that we are children of the gods by doing you a great favour, any favour that you want, we do it, we get free, and you get what you wanted, let it be money, or... Just ask, then let us plan on how to do it, then we will tell you if its possible, if it is, we do it, if we run away, you will hunt us down again, if its impossible, we ask you to ask for something else.

Sayuri: That... may be reasonable... though I am being paid quite a lot of money... and I have no way of knowing whether you will do as I say either... not entirely sure how I can trust you even if I want to. Ah, hm, perhaps I can take something of value from each of you and you will not get it back until the task is complete? Yes, that would work. I will take, for example, that dog named... Gucci was it? Yes, now, what do the rest of you value? Tell me, and perhaps we can make some progress here.

Zale: *Takes out 2 golden drachmas* How about these, my coins, my... ancestor gave them to me, they are solid gold, like, 24 carat, test it if you want, keep it safe though.