Role Play Forum Mt.Olympus

I see her fancy trick and my smile broadens "Bring it!" I get another arrow and grab a mirror from my back pocket. I turn around and reposition my hands until I'm holding the bow backwards, the arrow pointed over my shoulder. I do some slight adjustments, then do an ear-splitting whistle, drawing most if not all the crowds attention. I take a deep breath, aim with the aid of the mirror, then fire over my shoulder, dropping the mirror in the process. I turn around and watch as it sails through the air, then splits the other arrow down the center. I smile as the crowd cheers again.

Stashia- Finally! someone who can offer some competition for once I think to myself. It'll have to be good to top that last trick.I take one last look at the target before taking my scarf off and tying it around my eyes until i can't see you learn a few tricks when you have to hunt in the pitch black nothingness of the artic night I aim high at the sky and hear the twang of my bowstring and the whistle of air as it sails through the sky.from the gasps of the crowd i can tell that it has reached about bird level in elevation.I hear the squak of an angered bird as it sails right by it(I didn't want to kill the bird for this trick).The arrow shoud be headed straight twards me now,(normally this is when I would catch the bird)I count silently one...two...THREE! I shoot my hand out and listen to the dull thud as my hand re-directs it and then I smile as I hear the THUD of my arrow hitting the center of the target.I remove my blindfod and am greeted by the deafening roar of the crowd.

Apollo- "What a show! I haven't seen two good archers go at it in a while in this competition. Even more impressive is that their both girls."----Artemis- "Yes." I say watching intently. I knew Stasia for I had met her before. I had even asked her if she had wanted to be a huntress but she had declined. Which was fine since I would not force her into it. For a mortal she was kind. I was watching the one I presumed was Antheia. If she kept this performance up, then I might ask her to join my huntresses.

Raina: I hated being outdone but archery wasn't my forte. All I could say though was that none of them would out do me in hand to hand combat. I notched another arrow and aimed past the targets, I aim for one of the trees and let out a volley of arrows that hit the fruit out of the trees and splatter them against one specific tree in one perfect circle

I spin back around and let loose a volley of arrows that land in the narrow spaces in between Raina's, then one in the exact center. I flip in the air and shoot at the target while upside down, I split my other arrow in half. When I land, I throw a small, spherical rock about the size of a fingernail into the air, makeing go as far away from me as I could. I whip up my bow and shoot, my arrow hits it. I run over and pick it up. I run back and hold it up to the crowd, A color spot showed where I had hit it dead center. The crowd roars and I let it drop. With a swift motion I flip over, hit the ground, roll, stop on my back, and shoot at the target upside down, it splits yet another of my arrows. I transfigure the bow to a shorter range with a greater impact when the arrow was let to fly. I aim at the target, release, and watch as it punches a hole through the center, burying itself in the wooden frame. I walk over and pull, it didn't come loose, nor did the other split arrows it had taken with it. I twist it back into a longbow, grinning as I look to the other girls "Your move!" I yell "I haven't had this much fun since, well, I'll tell you about it later! Point being, you two are great!"

Raina: my mind clears and I let my body take over just like lady Artemis taught me to do, my body relaxing into hunting mode. I shoot an arrow right past her, it whisking right through her hair and hitting a far off crow that had just flown onto the tree branch right through the eye I sumersault and let loose another arrow that hits the bird right in the heart as it was falling to the ground. I leap up and kick three rocks flipping and grabbing three arrows notching them all at once and shooting all the rocks mid flip sending them flying into the fruit that I had earlier shot into the tree. I land my mind only on my next move not even thinking I close my eyes sensing the movement around me, my eyes fly open "stop shooting" I call they all look at me stunned "Lord Hades has decided to finally drop in" I say as him and Cerberus come bounding into the field, I shoot an arrow right past hades and he looks at me in both shock and surprise "be careful lord hades next time you might not be so lucky" I say emotionless Demitraous: Im shocked by Raina's suddenness. Everything flashed through my head and I couldn't help but stand there blankly and stare

My grin widens, the arrow hadn't intimidated me, only upped my adrenaline rush "Now that's what I'm talk'n about! You have got to teach me how to do that!" I exclaim, excited. I turn and wave at Hades "Glad you decided to drop in!" I call "You missed a lot of the cool stuff these two did, but better late than never!" I wave again, but not at him "Hey, Cerberus! Glad you could come!" I feel everyones eyes on me, but ignore it. *Why can't they all just see that he's a pretty nice guy?* I walk twards him and meet him half-way "Like I said, you missed some of the cool stuff they did, but I'm pretty sure we've each got at least one more trick in our quivers, right?" I ask, looking at Stashia and Raina. I adust the bow with a few twists, makeing it small enough to fit in my quiver. I place it with my arrows and look around. No one was talking, just stareing "Well, since everyone else seems to have lost the ability to speak, I guess I'll do the honors." with a sweeping gesture I motion to the whole stadium "Welcome to the games!" I smile up at him "You only missed most of the first challenge, so it's not that bad. The worst part about it is that you missed Stashia's cool blindfold trick and Raina's amazeing aim." I look at everyone, who still were silent, and let out a little huff, putting a hand on my hip. "What are ya'll waiting for?" I turn, roll, come up running, leap up, grab a branch, pull myself up, then hang from my knees upside down, my hair comeing loose from it's bun and tumbling about my face. Ignoreing it, I whip out my bow, twist it into a longbow, I nock an arrow, pull back, and release. The arrow wistles through the air, passes a hairsbreath from Raina's cheek, through a hole in a tree, then buries itself smack-dab in the center of one of the targets. "Let's get this show on the road!"

Aphrodite-      they could go on this like this for all eternity i think they are all skilled archers ,but they only have limited lives except for Raina. "archers hold your arrows,"i say into the loud speaker "it appears that since you are all exccellent archers and have no intention of giving up any time soon,we will call it a tie and move on to the next event..."The crowd sighs and i continue"i'm sure our contestants will have a number of surprises for us in the next event " Stashia-  "aaawww"i whine "i was just getting warmed up"

Real Life: to all role players Is it okay if we just skip to battle royale? I really don't want to have to go through all those events because really we all know that none of you are going to be beaten by each other any time soon. i think it would just be easier to skip to the final event. I of course wouldn't do anything unless i had everyone's approval. so just tell me what you think below,okay? thank you:)

( aw I was looking forwar to hand to hand but ya sure I don't mind) Raina: I had lost the swords and short distance events and I failed miserably at long range without a bow, but I kicked butt at stealth survival and my forte of hand to hand and I had somehow managed to make it to battle royale

CC: I was looking forward to hand-to-hand as well, but we can skip to the Battle Royale Antheia: *I made it!* I looked around at the others who had made it this far. *I did well enough in all the catagories. I excelled at survivalism, did okay with the swordsmanship, and would have won hand-to-hand if it wasn't for Raina. Boy, is she good! I'm going to have to get her to teach me some of those moves!* I straiten as Aphrodite comes back onto the loudspeaker.

Stashia-after hours of long events I finally made it to battle royale.this is where the top three compeditors battle it out for ultimate honor,and afterwards their godparents will be announced. Aphrodite-"i am proud to announce the top three compeditors for battle royale this year"i announce"they are stashia,raina,and antheia"

I slow my breathing, forceing myself to stay calm. *If I win, I'll refuse to know who they are. I can't do that to them, if they claim me, they'll embarass themselves. They'll have claimed a thief and a liar as their own, I'm mighty sure only Hermes would proudly claim that.* I look at Stashia and Raina *Either that or, if it looks like I'm going to win, which I doubt, I'll mess up on purpose.* I head over to where my armor was waiting. The only set they had in my size was extremely light, really, it was just some over-glorified chainmail. I let out a growl as I notice that if I was to wear it I'd have to remove my daggers. "Really? Can't they make something a bit more convenient?" I ask myself as I pull a dagger out of each of my boots, another from the inside of my thigh, take off the one visible at my waist, then the one from the small of my back. Crossing my arms I grab the two up my sleeves and set them with the others. I slip into the shirt but leave everything else except for a tough pair of leather gloves and a belt that held my sword and sheath. I replace all the daggers I can and leave the ones I can't behind. "Ready when you are!" I call to the others, sticking my hair back up into a bun for the uptenth time, then give up on it when the band breaks, I had bigger things to worry about.

Hades: I smile at the youths as I slow down to a halt," At least I didn't miss the whole thing. Would be such a bad day if I did." Cerberus comes to a stop or rather crashes into me to stop herself,"Aw why'd ya stop?" she asked with a pout. I rub behind Present's ears, "We can continue our run later. Let's watch the youth's and immortals have some fun." 

I grab a piece of cloth and fold it until I get it into a long strip of cloth. I put it around my forhead and tie it at the back of my head. "That ought to keep it out of my way for now." I grab the sword they had given me temporarily and try it out again, doing a few forms. *Not balanced for me, but it'll do.* I face the field and shout "Let's get this thing started!" as I sheath the sword and tie a bag of darts to the belt.

Apollo- "Wonder why Hades is here."----Artemis- "You know he comes to the overworld while Persephone visits Demeter." I say looking at him. Then I turn back to the games. "So who do you think will win?"----Apollo- "Well their all good. Raina mostly since I know her mostly. But the other two are just as impressive. I know you must feel the same sister." I say and she shakes her head yes.

I hear the starting signal and immediately run out into the middle of the field, bareing my srord and grabbing a dart from my bag. I throw a dart at Raina, catching her on the arm, I throw another at Stashia, hitting her on the leg. I whip a dagger out of my boot and get into a ready position. *Bring it.* I avoid thinking about any harm I might cause them, settling into a mindset that I was all to farmiliar with. I went into it when I was doing a job, emotionless and unfeeling, the keys to surviveing.

Raina: Antheias dart barely missed me, scratching the side of my arm. I take no time spinning sideways I pull three throwing knives out and fire them off one right after the other each hitting their targets or coming pretty dang close, one grazed Antheias cheek, one hit her right in the stomach missing all major origins and blood vessels she wouldnt die from it but it would make it hurt to keep fighting and the other hit Stashia in her other leg. I ten flipped back drawing my bow I shot a volley that pinned Stashia to a tree making it impossible to move. I then turned my attention towards Antheia my face emotionless my mind only on the hunt Searia: "interesting" I comment softly as I watch the battle lay out before our eyes Demitraous: Antheias attack was brilliant but unwise standing there is just asking to be attacked, And Raina's follie was her lack of faith and trust in herself and in her abilities

I clutch the dagger in my gut, then take my hand away. *If I take it out, I'll bleed out.* I take the dagger in my hand, flip it into the air, catch it by the tip of it's blade, and with a flick of my wrist I send it hurtling twards Raina. It catches her in the leg, nowhere near anything important, just through mucle, enough to stop most opponants, but I didn't think it would stop her. I pull out an old trick of mine and throw. Two spheres connected by rope. They would go twards the victem, then wrap around whatever body part they hit. I had aimed for Raina's legs. *One, two, three.*  They wrap around her legs, immobalizeing her for a moment. I sheath my sword and pull out a dagger and a thowing star, they would serve me better than a sword. I run to a tree and pull myself up onto a branch, gritting my teeth to keep from crying out.

Raina: as my legs catch I flip forward grabbing my dagger and slitting the rope and landing gracefully, I pull out the other knife imbedded into my leg and take a deep breathe analyzing the situation, this would have been so much easier if I had just used my powers earlier but I didn't want to rely on the gifts my mother had given me, I wanted to prove to her and to myself that I could do this on my own without her. I shoot an arrow and it hit the tree a foot above her, racing or the tree I ignore the pain spreading trough my leg and leap grabbing the arrow and swinging kicking her and knocking her out of the tree landing on the branch I shoot another volley of arrows pinning her to the ground. I breathe deeply and jump out of the tree landing right next to her I take the dagger ou of her stomach and pull some herbs out of my bag I place some on her wound and then give her some to chew on while I clean and treat her injuries Searia: i watch as a group of people help unpin Stashia from the tree and take her to the medical tent Demitraous: "that was intense" I sigh in relief as I glance at Artemis, I rush up to Antheia "that was incredible out there" I exclaim "you were amazing"