Kid Icarus: Pantheon-IC Open(We'll never close)

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Palutena sighed. "This isn't really the time, and I have been watching my diet... but it is a cheat day. I'll take the Popcorn." She said. Anubis meanwhile face-palmed. "Really?! we're in the middle of something here!" he said. he rolled out of the way of the arrows, but was struck right in the face by Ironus. Now Pit (who was hurt by Batus' comment) Jumped at Anubis, and slashed his back. he was swiftly back-handed by Anubis, which sent him flying.

Lyron slowly pulled up his bow, his hands slightly trembling. Seeing the god up close was far more intimidating, Anubis looked and acted way more competent than Thanatos.

"How about an arrow in the eye!" He shouted, trying to sound intimidating himself, before letting a doomed to miss arrow fly vaguely in Anubis' direction.

Anubis cocked his head at End, widened his eyes, then laughed. "You're cute. you're really cute! BEGONE!" he exclaimed, delivering a back-hand to Ends face. then the arrow from Lyron would woosh past his head, clipping his ear as it went. he turned around slowly, glaring as Ichor dripped down from his ear. "Oh. hello there. my name is Anubis, and yours is dead." he said, rushing forward, and grabbing Lyron by the neck, choking him. he was about to snap his neck, when a blow from Mjolnir sent him flying away, letting go of the angel.

Anubis stood up weakly. "Ah. come to kill me Odinson?" he asked. Thor nodded. "Ya better bloody believe it laddie." he said, blasting a bolt of lightning at Anubis. he would sidestep out of the way, then stretch his hand out, creating a portal. "Catch me if you can Odinson!" he said, leaping through it only to exit in...

Underworld
The Underworld.

[Osnil]

Hall of Judgement
Batus knew that making Pit upset would only make him fight harder. "I use Pit as a punching bag in training mode in Smash," he cruelly said to Pit, "while using Link." In reality, that unfortunate position went to Rosalina. He aimed a well-directed punch in Anubis face, while Coragus fired another arrow at the knee.

Nike was still trying as hard as possible to blast Anubis with her light aura.
Skyworld
Eirene, in the meantime, had awoken to see Kantana, Palutena, and simply hid behind her cousin, peeking out occasionally to see how the battle was progressing.
"What's the point of having Eirene in an army if you're not going to fight?" demanded Ironus.

[Reploid Productions]

Skyworld
"That's the spirit! Really, if you've got godly metabolism, might as well make the most of it, right?" Katana handed off a bag of popcorn to Palutena while snacking on her own. "See, for a god, you're pretty alright. Not all stupidly uptight about the whole 'Oh, lookit me and worship, mortals!' like some of 'em are. Seriously, if all you godly types learned to chill out and get past the whole holy war idiocy, things'd be so much better!"

Apparently still paying more attention to the action on-screen, the Lady of Random Shenanigans started to cackle in an entirely too sinister manner, waving one hand lazily with a brief flare of magic. "Oh! Watch this! Watch this! Trust me, it'll be funny!"

Underworld
Stepping in regular poo is bad enough. Phoenix poop is arguably far worse because of its self-igniting nature. And when jumping in a hurry through a portal to escape a battle... what's immediately underfoot tends to be fairly low on the list of priorities.

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Skyworld
"That's the spirit! Really, if you've got godly metabolism, might as well make the most of it, right?" Katana handed off a bag of popcorn to Palutena while snacking on her own. "See, for a god, you're pretty alright. Not all stupidly uptight about the whole 'Oh, lookit me and worship, mortals!' like some of 'em are. Seriously, if all you godly types learned to chill out and get past the whole holy war idiocy, things'd be so much better!"

Apparently still paying more attention to the action on-screen, the Lady of Random Shenanigans started to cackle in an entirely too sinister manner, waving one hand lazily with a brief flare of magic. "Oh! Watch this! Watch this! Trust me, it'll be funny!"

Underworld
Stepping in regular poo is bad enough. Phoenix poop is arguably far worse because of its self-igniting nature. And when jumping in a hurry through a portal to escape a battle... what's immediately underfoot tends to be fairly low on the list of priorities.

"I have to agree with you. almost all troubles the humans have had are because of us gods. if only we could stop our fighting for a moment, maybe mankind would trust us more." Palutena said, a grim look on her face.

Meanwhile in the Underworld, Anubis was fuming. the flames didn't really hurt him, but the thought of what it was angered him. "Whoever is responsible for this better stay hidden. otherwise I'm going to kill you in the most painful way imaginable!" he yelled, only to be struck by a flying Mjolnir that came through after him. Thor would be right behind it. "You wont escape again Anubis!" Thor said, retrieving his hammer. Anubis chuckled. "Well you see Odinson, I have no intent of escaping. I came to the Underworld for a reason, and well... once Hades shows up. you'll find out what that is." He said.

then the ground shook, and Hades himself appeared behind Anubis, towering over him. "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you over the sound of how dead you are!" he said, stomping his foot down on Anubis. however it would be lifted up by Anubis, and then he pulled Hades' foot so that the massive god fell flat on his back with an earth-shattering crash. "Try harder!" Anubis taunted, smacking Thor away with a back-hand, sending him careening into Pit, who had just now arrived in the Underworld.

[Osnil]

The Underworld
Another arrow twanged into Anubis' knee, followed by an ariel kick to the face and several blasts of energy. Coragus, Batus, and Ironus had arrived again
However, there was a new arrival in the Underworld. Loki, the Norse God of Mischief had arrived in a brilliant flash of light, demanding an immediate stare towards him. "Don't mind me, I'm just here to watch the show," he smiled, sipping his milkshake. "By the way, brother, those souls you sent to Asgarde were delicious." He licked his lips and sipped again from his milkshake, "Especially in milkshakes. The flesh was a bit chewy, but the blood makes great syrup and eyes are excellent replacement for the cherries, which we ran out of." Another look at the milkshake revealed sliced up fingers.

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

The Underworld
Another arrow twanged into Anubis' knee, followed by an ariel kick to the face and several blasts of energy. Coragus, Batus, and Ironus had arrived again
However, there was a new arrival in the Underworld. Loki, the Norse God of Mischief had arrived in a brilliant flash of light, demanding an immediate stare towards him. "Don't mind me, I'm just here to watch the show," he smiled, sipping his milkshake. "By the way, brother, those souls you sent to Asgarde were delicious." He licked his lips and sipped again from his milkshake, "Especially in milkshakes. The flesh was a bit chewy, but the blood makes great syrup and eyes are excellent replacement for the cherries, which we ran out of." Another look at the milkshake revealed sliced up fingers.

Thor was shaking. "Loki... YOU MONSTER! How could you?! you'll pay for this you bloody monster!" He exclaimed, his rage boiling over like a pot of water. he swung Mjolnir at Loki's chest. Anubis however was knocked back by the attacks, and scowled. "Well then. If that's how we're playing. that's how we're playing." he muttered. but instead of going after the heroes, he formed a massive wall of shadow, blocking them off from Hades. Hades was sitting up, and with a growl, sent a punch at Anubis. however his fist was caught by a plethora of linen wrappings, which were slithering out of the ground like tentacles. then they wrapped around his waist and arms, and had him trapped.

"Oh, what a compromising position I'm in." Hades remarked as he was lifted off the ground. suddenly, a scale appeared behind Anubis. it was gold, and was floating in mid-air, surrounded by blue flame. on the left plate was a pure white feather, nothing was on the other end. Anubis smiled. "Do you know what I did before I went really evil?" he asked. Hades shook his head. "I judged the hearts of men, to see if they would go to paradise, or be cast into darkness. I'm about to judge you Hades." Hades looked concerned. "What does that- AGGGHHH!" he was cut off by a beam that struck him in the chest, shrinking and ripping his heart out, placing it on the right side of the scale.

"This is how it works; if your heart is outweighed by the feather, that means your heart is full of light, and you pass. but, should your heart outweigh the feather, it means its full of darkness and well... you'll see what happens." Anubis said, smiling viciously. the scale shook, and the heart fell, lifting the feather. "Ohh! that's too bad! Heh heh heh heh!" Anubis laughed. Hades for the first time in his life looked scared. "What does that mean?! what happens now?!" He asked frantically. Anubis smiled. "It means you're about to lose all of your godlyhood. but dont worry, your power wont go to waste. JUDGEMENT!" Anubis proclaimed, causing the scale to fire a beam back at Hades. He screamed in pain as the scale drew every last ounce of his power away, shrinking him down to the size of a man. Anubis cackled. "Here, you can have your heart back. you'll need it now that you're mortal!" the heart flew back into Hades chest. Anubis turned to the scale. "Alright scale, do your stuff!" he said. a beam shot into Anubis, giving him all of the power stolen from Hades.

He began to grow, until he was as tall as Hades, then he kept growing, until he was almost twice as tall. "YES! THE POWER OF HADES NOW BELONGS TO ME! AND WITH MY ALREADY MASSIVE POWER, I AM UNSTOPPABLE!" He exclaimed, breaking out into maniacal laughter.

[Mundeo]

Skyworld
"That's the spirit! Really, if you've got godly metabolism, might as well make the most of it, right?" Katana handed off a bag of popcorn to Palutena while snacking on her own. "See, for a god, you're pretty alright. Not all stupidly uptight about the whole 'Oh, lookit me and worship, mortals!' like some of 'em are. Seriously, if all you godly types learned to chill out and get past the whole holy war idiocy, things'd be so much better!"

Apparently still paying more attention to the action on-screen, the Lady of Random Shenanigans started to cackle in an entirely too sinister manner, waving one hand lazily with a brief flare of magic. "Oh! Watch this! Watch this! Trust me, it'll be funny!"

Underworld
Stepping in regular poo is bad enough. Phoenix poop is arguably far worse because of its self-igniting nature. And when jumping in a hurry through a portal to escape a battle... what's immediately underfoot tends to be fairly low on the list of priorities.

"I have to agree with you. almost all troubles the humans have had are because of us gods. if only we could stop our fighting for a moment, maybe mankind would trust us more." Palutena said, a grim look on her face.

Meanwhile in the Underworld, Anubis was fuming. the flames didn't really hurt him, but the thought of what it was angered him. "Whoever is responsible for this better stay hidden. otherwise I'm going to kill you in the most painful way imaginable!" he yelled, only to be struck by a flying Mjolnir that came through after him. Thor would be right behind it. "You wont escape again Anubis!" Thor said, retrieving his hammer. Anubis chuckled. "Well you see Odinson, I have no intent of escaping. I came to the Underworld for a reason, and well... once Hades shows up. you'll find out what that is." He said.

then the ground shook, and Hades himself appeared behind Anubis, towering over him. "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you over the sound of how dead you are!" he said, stomping his foot down on Anubis. however it would be lifted up by Anubis, and then he pulled Hades' foot so that the massive god fell flat on his back with an earth-shattering crash. "Try harder!" Anubis taunted, smacking Thor away with a back-hand, sending him careening into Pit, who had just now arrived in the Underworld.

Lyron fell to the floor, holding his throat and panting. It seemed he found himself in a situation he had no chance to react to, he didn't even have the chance to dodge. Good thing Thor just happened to save him for the sake of someone writing something heroic for him. When Palutena mentioned that gods cause the problems of the mortal world, he caught his breath and got back to his feet.

"Artemis told me something back at the town. She said that you guys- the gods, I mean, should have as little involvement as possible, and you should leave it to your soldiers. Maybe she's right, not just in this case but in others"

[Osnil]

Underworld
Loki smiled as he disappeared as Mjolnir swung past his chest. He reappeared behind his brother, tossed the milkshake aside, and smiled, "I believe Nubi just Mega-evolved. . . so there are bigger monsters than me down here."

"Judgement is MY line!" shouted Batus, "I dish out justice!"
Skyworld
Eirene peeked out from behind Palutena again to sight the glorious de-godhood of Hades. Shaking with terror, she ducked back behind Palutena.

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Palutena was in shock at what had just happened. Hades, the god of the Underworld, left powerless by Anubis. worse than that, Anubis now had all of Hades' power, making him the strongest god in the pantheon. She noticed her cousin Eirene hiding behind her. She grabbed her hand reassuringly, but She knew that everyone had a good reason too fear.

Hades in the meantime was distraught. he looked down at himself, in his now mortal body, shaking with rage, grief, and pretty much every negative emotion he could conjure up. Anubis meanwhile was looking down at Hades, and the other gods. Pit stood open-mouthed, and Thor sighed, shaking his head. Anubis laughed. "Whats wrong Odinson? have you finally realized that you've met your match?" he asked, the biggest grin on his face.

Thor said nothing, glaring up at the massive god that stood before him. Hades however did speak. "You give my power back NOW!" he yelled, a scowl on his face. Anubis shook his head. "Uhh... no. but I will do you a favor. I couldn't let you remain a purple skinned human, after all, you were divine. so lets make you a divine creature once more." Anubis said.

he pointed at Hades, and shot a beam of magic at him. It struck Hades, and with a cry of pain, large, blackish purple wings sprouted on Hades back. "There. now you're an angel. oh but don't worry. I gave you flight feathers, you wont need Palutena to give you the power of flight." Anubis said, now breaking out into laughter again.

the look on the former god of the Underworlds face was priceless. embarrassment, rage, and yes, even sadness was written all over it. the ex-god looked utterly defeated, sinking to his knees. "Lovely." he muttered. Pit was surprised by himself, because he actually felt bad for Hades, the same person that tried to kill him multiple times.

[Mundeo]

Lyron looked through the portal to the Underworld. He looked bewildered at first, but then scoffed. "How cliché" He muttered, knowing the new bad guy had just been promoted to the big bad.

[Reploid Productions]

Skyworld
"WHOOO! Hijacked by Ganon to the MAX!" Katana had very nearly fallen off her invisible lounge chair in hysterics at the scene playing out on her magical viewer. "Oh man, this is rich! Maybe now Hades gets to go on an adventure, learn the magic of friendship and somesuch nonsense on a redemption quest to take back his throne! Oh man, this is awesome. I'm so glad I stuck around to see all this go down, I haven't had this much fun in ages!"

Well, at least someone was enjoying themselves. If Katana was worried about that whole 'dude just de-godmoded a god' thing, she wasn't showing it. Why should she? She'd been mortal once, a long, long time ago. Mortal, and later decapitated and judged before she met Dranotisainak and the two accidentally blundered into becoming the physical(ish?) manifestation of the true chaos. Unlike those who had been born divine, she was less a representative of an element or ideal, be it light, life, justice, death, or any of the other myriad things that had a god or goddess of it, and simply was that element, the roll of the dice, the toss of a coin, the random gravitational ripple at the Big Bang that allowed the formation of stars and galaxies. There was a reason she only mockingly would refer to herself as the Goddess of Chaos; she wasn't of chaos, she was Chaos. Another one of those weird fine points better discussed with drunk philosophers than with gods, who in her experience had a rather hard time grappling with, much less accepting of the notion that gods were replaceable and that change was inevitable and even desirable. So, needless to say, she was taking the situation as far less dire than most anyone else present.

Well, that and she was largely a plot device personified. Chaos means being able to do all sorts of ridiculous things, but by its very nature it also tends to be less of a primary protagonist or antagonist, and more of a force of nature unto itself in the background. She wasn't going to be the Big Damn Hero saving the day, nor the Big Bad's helper; she might help one side or the other at her whimsy, but she was just as likely to screw over everyone equally.

[Eodor]

Draksis opened up a portal and stepped through. His giant form looked towards Anubis and he said "Anubis my friend. How are you?"

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Palutena looked surprised by Katana's attitude. "I don't see why you're so excited. this is very bad." She said, not finding it funny in the slightest. Anubis meanwhile reacted to Lyron's comment first. "Cliche? oh you did not just call me a cliche villain! Do you want to die little angel? Because now I can grant that wish very easily!" he said, a wicked smile plastered onto his face.

he then turned to Draksis. "Hmm... where have I seen that face? Draksis ol buddy ol pal? is that you?" Anubis asked, noting that even Draksis was still a headlength shorter than him.

[Eodor]

"Yes Anubis old friend. It's me. And I've come with a proposal. I've come to join you. If that's OK with you."

[Acruan]

Skyworld

Before he even has a chance to say he was forgotten, the plot thickened. And Anubis was even more powerful now. Nothing too unexpected... even if it was too much for the short trip he had planned around. He still managed to off "Could always be worst though. He could be on his way here with some legions and allies."

[Reploid Productions]

Skyworld
Katana brushed off Palutena's scorn, finally bringing her laughter back under control and her mood flipping to stern with startling abruptness. "Good and bad are highly subjective garbage. It's merely different, a change compared to how things were before. Whichever god or gods is in charge on one small planet for an arbitrary slice of the phenomenon called time is simply that; the status of things until that status changes. Life is change, life is chaos, whether that life belongs to a mortal or a god. And this-" She stood to her full height, normally red eyes taking on a hint of a golden glow as she swept an arm to indicate her magic viewscreen. "-is some fine chaos."

Nearly as quick as her mood had flipped, it flipped back to cheerful, the swordmage flashing a wide grin, once again mightily amused. She dismissed her viewscreen with a flick of a finger and chugged what remained of the beer she had been drinking. "Speaking of change, I think I could go for a change of scenery and company right now. Feel free to curse my inevitable betrayal at your leisure."

And then she was gone, vanished in a suitably absurd spray of colorful glitter and confetti.

Underworld
While a spray of sparkling confetti might have almost made sense up in Skyworld, the matching spray in the Underworld... stood out, given the location's decor. Katana appeared, still at "kicking it with the mortals" size and leaning casually on thin air.

"Room for one more?"

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Skyworld
Katana brushed off Palutena's scorn, finally bringing her laughter back under control and her mood flipping to stern with startling abruptness. "Good and bad are highly subjective garbage. It's merely different, a change compared to how things were before. Whichever god or gods is in charge on one small planet for an arbitrary slice of the phenomenon called time is simply that; the status of things until that status changes. Life is change, life is chaos, whether that life belongs to a mortal or a god. And this-" She stood to her full height, normally red eyes taking on a hint of a golden glow as she swept an arm to indicate her magic viewscreen. "-is some fine chaos."

Nearly as quick as her mood had flipped, it flipped back to cheerful, the swordmage flashing a wide grin, once again mightily amused. She dismissed her viewscreen with a flick of a finger and chugged what remained of the beer she had been drinking. "Speaking of change, I think I could go for a change of scenery and company right now. Feel free to curse my inevitable betrayal at your leisure."

And then she was gone, vanished in a suitably absurd spray of colorful glitter and confetti.

Underworld
While a spray of sparkling confetti might have almost made sense up in Skyworld, the matching spray in the Underworld... stood out, given the location's decor. Katana appeared, still at "kicking it with the mortals" size and leaning casually on thin air.

"Room for one more?"

Skyworld
"I think you jinxed it. he might have a new ally. I should have known. you cant trust chaos." Palutena muttered to the other being with her. (forgot his name, woops)

Underworld
Anubis laughed. "Sure thing friend! lets kill people!" he said, a slightly crazed look on his face. he looked down to the new arrival. "Oh goody! more guests!" he exclaimed. Pit turned around. "You again? what do you want? have you come to help?" he asked. Palutena spoke. "I don't think so Pit. we've been betrayed."

[Mundeo]

Lyron let out a prolonged, vexed groan. "Oooooooooooooooooooooooof course!" Things really couldn't have become more worse. We might as well have Apollo show up to 'brighten' things up while we're at it"

"DID SOMEONE SAY BRIGHTEN?"

"Dammit"

Music started to blare within the hall, not really from anywhere. Mist began pouring out of the floor as Apollo slowly rose out of it. After almost a minute the music stopped and the mist disappeared.

"Before you ask, the show was amazing" Apollo said. "Sooooo! Only took eight pages for everything to go fubar, huh? New bad guy revealed, betrayals shake the hall. Oh the drama!"

[Acruan]

Skyworld
"I think you jinxed it. he might have a new ally. I should have known. you cant trust chaos." Palutena muttered to the other being with her. (forgot his name, woops)

Underworld
Anubis laughed. "Sure thing friend! lets kill people!" he said, a slightly crazed look on his face. he looked down to the new arrival. "Oh goody! more guests!" he exclaimed. Pit turned around. "You again? what do you want? have you come to help?" he asked. Palutena spoke. "I don't think so Pit. we've been betrayed."

"You can't blame for that one." That other being chuckles; he also happens to be Archene at that very specific moment, "But not being able to trust Chaos is a good thing. She might just as well hit Anubis at just the right point... Or maybe just save him. Either one can happen, maybe both. Things should be fine probably, he is just incredibly more powerful than before." He even smiled amicably.

[The Assorted Saharan Outposts]

During the commotion happening in the underworld, an angel was on the outskirts of the whole mess. She had long black hair, dark brown eyes and a dark skin tone. In her hand she held a Somewhat Staff, with the shooting end of the staff in the ground while she used the but of the staff to lean on. Jomine, the angel, looked at all that was going on and chuckled. "Hmm, a big baddy god of death, very nice." She commented. "And an angel Hades? Haha, very nice touch."

The angel then heard a voice that made her look up to the sky a small bit. "Hmm? You any to see?" She asked before grinning. "Of course you can come along, Phoetine." She tightened the grip on her staff, ready for what would happen next. The goddess normally wouldn't bother herself with physical movement, that took far too long, and the goddess could not just teleport, of she did then she might have no need for an army if she can just appear somewhere and kill everyone. Oh no, she needed someone to help with her little...trips, to different places. Jomine then relaxed and closed her eyes, the only thing she did not relax was her hand, which held a tight grip upon the staff.

When Jomine next opened her eyes, instead of dark brown, they were completely black, no iris whatsoever, and a dark purple aura had formed around her entire body. Jomine then looked at the scene once more and laughed, her laugh sounding like the laugh that a killer might let out after claiming a victim. "Oh, this looks so...entertaining. I must see this with my own eyes."

The purple aura started to slowly move from her body to her forehead, until it was practically a ball of purple on her forehead. With one last psycho laugh from the angel, the ball broke contact with her forehead, and the angel fell to her knees, breathing heavily and sweating. Doing things like that always had the possibility to kill her, but the nightmare goddess always said she'd be "great her life force like a precious vase," and she believed in the goddess.

Slowly, the ball of purple aura slowly formed into a humanoid figure, and then it started to gain color, and then it looked like a pale mannequin wearing a purple dress. The mannequin figure suddenly opened two eyes that were milky white, and then claws grew from the hands of it. A mouth opened up and revealed horrible and sharp teeth, and a laugh exited through the mouth. After only a few more seconds, it looked like a human.

Taking on her human form, the goddess looked at what her angel had saw and grinned wickedly. "Well, this is certainly an interesting setting. I'll have to visit whoever came up with this won't be a nice visit, mind you." She was talking to no one in particular, but her angel responded anyways with a "yes, my lady." As she stood up.