[meme] Welcome to the Underworld

[lordofthedead]

Welcome to the Underworld

Congratulations! You're (probably) dead! Whether or not it's canon for your string to have been cut or... you ran into some... unforeseen circumstances... You're in the Underworld. But your very generous host has offered you a second chance for life. He'll restore you to your world, all nice and proper, if you do a little something for him.

"See, I'm trying to take over the cosmos. I know, I know, it's so cliche, but that's the scheme of things. I need a little bit of help. I'm not just looking at my corner of the cosmos, I want it all. The other side of the grass, the multi-verse, call it what you want. And if you do a good job I'll also leave your little sunspot of a home untouched. Good, right? You get to live again, and you won't have to deal with me! Unless you want me to take your world... but that's a whole other story... While you work for me, you'll even get sort of a... temporary version of your body. I gotta work to put your complete package back together, but that'll keep you moving while you keep busy."

Of course, if you're really good at your job, he might just... keep you around a bit longer. He'll find a reason ;)

Or maybe you actually, willingly, decided to stick around. Sure, the Underworld's drafty, but it could be better than going home, eh?

Come on, your host isn't that bad of a guy.

I don't know, Hades woke up while I was working. Make a contract with Hades, already have one established; be new or end up stuck there for awhile because your "soul isn't ready yet." He'd ask for things like kill 100+ people or poison a city or burn down an ecosystem or get a lot of really powerful relics for him... pretty much either something awful or gaining powerful shit for him.

It's also completely possible that:

1) Your "unforeseen circumstance" was getting killed by another character that was conscripted by Hades

2) You're not dead, but Hades possesses your soul courtesy of a different deal (similar to Megara, basically)

3) You're a damn goody-two-shoes who's too stubborn to actually work for him :| Ugh what a waste of space!

4) You asked Hades to give you some special power of sorts (whatev you want) to help you achieve your task. He'll grant you that! You'll just have to do an extra task in return :|



Have fun?! \o_O/ Mingle with other conscripts, work with folks to do Awful Things(TM), and I'll try and tag around with Hades (or Pain and Panic lol). As a note for just myself: I'll match style if folk are biased to action posts or whatev. Also for my chars (Hades included) I can use RP-canon, just ask!

killing people is great, it gets him more souls and potentially more willing pawns bahahaha \o/

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[theherotail]

"Screw you, Kuja!" Zidane yells, before he even truly understands the words that just came out of his mouth, and then his struggling stops for a moment and he simply hangs there, ogling Kuja as much as Cerberus is. Probably why Zidane's not dead yet. The three sets of eyes are going cross-eyed trying to look at the caster.

"K-Kuja!?" But he--why is he--you know maybe it doesn't really matter if Zidane can just get Kuja... "Shut up and help me!"

[finalrequiem]

The initial response was enough to garner a scowl from Kuja. How ill-mannered, how uncouth! Downright barbarous! But as he attempted to shake off his disgust, his eyebrows shifted downward with a sneer. "Help you? You must be joking... the show is just beginning!" Throwing his arms up into the air in grandiose fashion, the mage floated higher. "Cerberus, you shall have your meal... Once I've finished with him first!

Flare Star!" the spell wove in his fingertips in a matter of moments, shooting out towards Zidane.

[theherotail]

He wasn't joking, thanks.

This isn't happen. This did not just happen. What the hell did he do to deserve this treatment?! Are his memories screwed up again? Are Kuja's??

The Flare Star, thankfully, startles Cerberus enough to release Zidane and the genome full-throttle lets his body plummet back towards the ground to avoid the spell. He lands, barely, on his feet and is on the move immediately after, knowing Kuja isn't just going to stop and let him catch a breather!

"Why are you fighting me?!" he demands, swinging a dagger 'round in one palm, keeping only a sliver of focus on Kuja as he weaves an irregular pattern in his running, cutting circles around stalagmites. "We don't have to fight! Not here of all places!!"

Cerberus sits back, paws folding over one another, ears drawn back, and watches intently. Whether or not he's letting Kuja have his wish, or biding his time, is anyone's guess.

[finalrequiem]

Spinning rapidly in the air and gaining some height with the effort, Kuja spread his arms wide again, not giving the thief any quarter. A sphere of holy magic formed next around him, as he aimed it downwards sending Seraphic Star Zidane's way next.

Was the blond stupid? Well, that being besides the point, "What better place than here?" his voice sang as he steadied in the air, readying another spell, "What better time than now?" Zidane had always been a thorn in his side, and now that they were on different sides of this war he would finally have his chance to eliminate his stand-in.... once and for all!

"An elegy of fangs and magic, the sweet sound of your complete and utter demise!" leaning slightly forward, the non-elemental energy began to gather in his hands...

[theherotail]

To be honest, after dealing with the mutt, fighting Kuja is a bit more relaxing. It's familiar territory, and if Kuja is actually dick enough to kill him, Zidane knows he'll come back from that, whereas getting eaten by Cerberus... he's still not too sure.

So if they can't die, then like hell he's not going to fight in earnest!

"Tch--fine! You wanna fight? Well, I'm not going to lose!"

Two can play at the airborne-game, Zidane thinks, flipping a dagger high into the air and grabbing the top of a stalagmite to rocket himself upwards just as Kuja's spell shatters the rock, burning through his glove and searing skin. He retrieves his dagger mid-air, gathering power of his own to send ribbons of red energy Kuja's way.

He balances along the cavern wall, barely stable, but he doesn't intend to stay for very long.

"Why're you here? How'd Hades get to you?" He may be willing to fight, but he still wants answers. He can multitask.

That newest spell of Kuja's is going to be a problem, he just knows it.