[b][u]Amgarrack, Amgetoll Forces
Sha-Brytol Mobile Space Center, Earth
Month Two[/u][/b]

Amgarrack floated in a sphere near the bottom of the ship, looking down on the stunning green planet in awe. It could [i]see[/i] the divine power radiating from the planet. There were gods here! Amgarrack wasn't alone anymore, and neither were the Urtoks. For the many centuries they had been exploring space, they had only found three other planets with life already on them, and Earth was the fourth, but the first one with a sentient species on it. The first one with gods.

Realms beyond the mortal world seemed to hover around the planet like invisible bubbles, containing a whole other world inside. It was ingenious, breathtaking. Amgarrack wondered why it had never thought of that before! And looking down on the world divinity seemed to touch everything! The gods were active, creators and participators in this world's life! What wonders awaited him down there? ...he could only imagine, and wait. The Urtoks would set up a meeting with their gods in time.

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[b][u]Jakob Frisk
Jortunheimen, Norway
Month Two[/u][/b]

Well... He had found the place, a tower in the middle of a national forest of all things, exactly where the fortune teller had said it would be. It was well lit, and it was warm, but it was empty. Of people that is, spell books and small artifacts lined shelves and desks in a disorganized fashion. Hesitantly he picked up the first book he could find in English, which he was fortunately rather good at. Destruction, the study of offensive and elemental magics. He sat down for a long read.

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[b][u]Occus, Boreas
Olympus
Month Two[/u][/b]

Occus approached the portal with a conflicted expression marring his face. He'd just received news from Kani, the visions were true. Hecate was going to return, and Occus was going to be attacked, possibly killed if he wasn't prepared. On top of this troubling news he had just been informed of [i]another[/i] meeting of the Merged, this time to discuss the aliens. He had received countless reports from Fae around the world; the Humans were dazzled and anxious, and the aliens were certainly real.

He had mixed feelings on the extraterrestrial mortals. He wondered about their gods, or if they had magic. He wondered how they would change the world, but he didn't think they needed to have a meeting about it... Especially given that the last meeting had been so useless, only ending in more arguing and restating of the same opinions over and over.

He sighed and looked to see if he could discern anything from Boreas' face. This would be the former Greek's first time back in Olympus since switching sides and Ox wondered how he would manage seeing the empty seats of his former peers. Boreas seemed only excited though, about the aliens no doubt. They walked in silence now, but when he'd first found out he had continued on an inquisition of the Fae, bombarding them with random questions, and of course none of them had answers.

Boreas shot an easy smile at Ox's curious frown. The action put him at ease, they would find a way to deal with the upcoming turmoil, and this meeting would be an ideal place to take a position and rally allies. For a while they could sate Boreas' curiosity about these aliens, but they needed to focus on what was coming instead of the mortal's affairs with outsiders. Seeing something in Ox's face, Boreas went a step further and threw an arm over the younger immortal's shoulders. Boreas' could still see the disturbed, frightened emotions hidden deep within him, obviously the visions of his own death was still affecting Occus.

They stepped through the portal into a garden on Olympus in sync, pausing near a fountain and observing the surrounding area. [color=ec008c]"They're late."[/color] Occus observed unnecessarily, [color=ec008c]"and it looks like Khione has gone ahead."[/color]

Boreas shrugged, [color=004b80]"Did you want to wait for them?"[/color] He asked curiously. These days Occus seemed more interested in his children than their own father. Zethes and Calais had handled themselves well enough for thousands of years before Occus had even been born, wherever Occus' worry came from it was misplaced.

Ox surprised him though, [color=ec008c]"No, we should go. I don't want to miss anything important, and I know you want to hear all about these aliens."[/color] Zethes and Calais would probably not come anyway, they almost never attended anything official.

They started walking again, towards where the council took place in the hall where the former seats of the Olympians still acted as decoration. Boreas snickered, [color=004b80]"Yeah, I do."[/color] He agreed readily. [color=004b80]"Do you think the aliens use magic?"[/color]

[color=ec008c]"I've wondered the same,"[/color] Occus shrugged, [color=ec008c]"I don't see why they wouldn't."[/color]

[color=004b80]"Thinking about recruiting them into the Fae, aren't you?"[/color] Boreas asked with an amused grin. Ox only gave him a look that said, 'what do you think? of course I am!' Boreas was still laughed when they entered the meeting.

[color=fff79a]"...we already have enough mortals on this planet! We don't need them learning to travel the stars and making friends with who knows what kind of gods!"[/color] A woman yelled intensely, "What if they drag us into a war with whatever they encounter out there?! I say we get rid of these... [i]things[/i], before they cause us any trouble."

[color=ec008c]Well, she's certainly passionate...[/color] Ox observed to himself with interest.

[color=004b80]"Wipe them out?"[/color] Boreas asked, surprised, [color=004b80]"Do we even know anything about them? We could learn so much, why would we destroy them before we have learned all we can?"[/color]