Archived:The Quest to Avoid War

Questers

 * 1) Sasha Taylor, Child of Eris, Head Counsellor (User:BachLynn23)
 * 2) Elysine Aenar, Child of Nyx, Head Counsellor (User:Flamefang)
 * 3) Aubin Treman, Child of Nemesis, (User:FloatingInDarkness)
 * 4) Koji Izama, Child of Athena, (User:Nhlott)
 * 5) Carla Denton, Child of Lyssa, (User:Arteminx)

Details
http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Zelos.html

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-smoldering-ruins-of-centralia/

So as I suck at rhyming, let's just pretend we have a prophecy that points us towards that plays Centralia and hints that there's more to Eris's actions than meets the eye

>.<

Quest

 * Sasha: Packs a messenger bag with a few important items, and then slings it over her shoulder and heads over to wait on the steps of the big house for the others


 * Koji: He walks up to the big house with his bag slung over. His hair is messing and he's visibly tired 私たちは、この初期にアップしてありますか？


 * Carla: Inches towards the big house, her hair tousled, then turns to Koji Whhhaattt?


 * Koji: Hmm? Oh! He rubs his face Do we have to be up this early?


 * Sasha: rolls her eyes it's like 9am, you can sleep in the van, though no clue where we need to go, something about fires ever burning below the surface or something, some desserted town, hidden in plain sight stops talking perhaps I should have paid more attention to the prophecy than I did


 * Koji: Uhhhhhh.....?


 * Sasha: sighs I don't know, the chick giving it to me kinda had a nice raa.....never mind.....not important


 * Koji: Promising...
 * Sasha: I don't know though, the prophecy didn't make any sense, it didn't sound like it was referring to the underworld, but how could a fire be burning under a town, without ever going out but can't be seen


 * Koji: Boilers, possibly?
 * Carla: What about the heat they get from the earth for energy?
 * Sasha: I don't know it seemed to imply an abandoned town or city of sorts, and like some kinda fire fire, like the bad king, not the energy giving kind.
 * Elysine: Arrives from the direction of the Nyx cabin, and joins the group. Invisible fire beneath a city? What about an underground coal or gas fire? Those can burn for decades, and sometimes all you can see is the smoke.
 * Sasha: hmmmm that would fit, hidden in plain sight, and an abandoned city would seem like a perfect place to hide out as a goddess, I mean no mortals around to get in the way.
 * Elysine: Shrugs Perfect if you're into the whole post-apocalyptic thing I suppose. Personally I've never been a huge fan of abandoned cities, they're slightly creepy, but better than the jungle I think.
 * Sasha: Well, while we're still protected by camp borders, I'll google any thing that fits that description opens her iPhone and starts to google


 * Koji: Great. you do that. He sits on the step of the big house and pulls out a thermos of coffee
 * Sasha:  hmmm there's on in Pennsylvania
 * Koji: Not bad. Not too far.
 * Elysine: Leans with her back against the Big House and folds her arms.That's only a few hours ride... but there are hundreds of these things around the world, is there any way we can narrow our search?
 * Carla: What about asking the magic-y demigods?
 * Sasha: I don't know, when I googled "coal fires burning under a city" only this place in Pennsylvania came up on google results
 * Koji: He sips his coffee Well, Google IS our friend.....
 * Sasha: I mean I know Hawaii has a lot of volcanos active, lava, fire, underground, but wouldn't it make more sense to try the closest place first?
 * Koji: Yupp, And besides, Hawaii's not like right down the way.
 * Sasha: So Pennsylvania it is, I figure we'll just drive, and if it's not there, we'll catch a plane from there to try another place, let me just download the map we'll need so I don't have to connect to the internet while we are outside camp she downloads a map to her phone of Pennsylvania, and then heads over to the van and gets in the driver's seat
 * Koji: Shotgun! Jumps in the front seat
 * Sasha: puts in her "metal" cd and once everyone is in the van heads for the turnpike/interstate thingy &gt;.&lt;
 * Aubin: he leans back in his seat and shuts his eyes
 * Sasha: they drive for a few hours, as they near Allentown PA, she spot a convenient store and pulls in I'm hungry and need more coffee, so, we're doing a quick pitt stop
 * Koji: More coffee sounds greeeeat, actually.
 * Sasha: parks the van, gets out, tops off the gas tank, and heads into get coffee, on her way in she notices 3 odd looking women out of the corner of her eyes and hears a hiss as she goes to pay for her coffee and junk food (they are these things)
 * Aubin: gets out of the car to stretch his legs and waits outside leaning on the car
 * Koji: He browses the snacks,notices the women hissing, and whispers to Sasha Hey, do those old ladies seem sketchy to you?
 * Sasha: looks over out of the corner of her eye and nods trying not to let on they've noticed.
 * Elysine: Opens the window of the van and looks out, somewhat sleepily, and turns to Aubin. Sorry, I should have gotten more sleep last night... are we there yet?
 * Sasha: after paying 'makes her way back to the van, hoping to at least draw the things out in the open and away from the mortals before a fight broke out, she opens the driver's side door and places the bag of goodies and coffee into the van but watches for the "things" to follow them out and whispers to the others that there's trouble headed their way
 * 'Koji: He slips his boxcutter into his sleeve This should get interesting....
 * Sasha: reaches for her sword as the 3 "thingies" leave the store and walk/slither towards the van, it becomes more and more clear instead of legs they have snakey things.
 * Elysine: Slowly gets out of the car, and whispers to Sasha. So, they're the "trouble"?
 * Sasha: nods and whispers as they draw closer that she thinks they are Scythian Dracanae
 * as the dracanae get to within 20 yards from the car, they separate and one goes to the right of the van, one to th eleft, and one stays straight ahead and they begin their attack
 * Aubin: he tenses a little as he notices the snake ladies surround them and his hand goes into his pocket ready to take out his weapon if needed
 * Koji: So....attack on 3?