The gods Next Door[IC]

[The Cyberiad Council]

The gods Next Door

OOC

Loki staggered as he walked along the long road back to the Jørgensen's home that sat little ways up the mountains next to Steamboat Springs. He had spent the evening making and winning, drinking bets at the bar in town. He must have drunk several gallons, but it really wasn't anything for a god. He would just change his face, and make a new bet. He had even gained a portion of a few souls (it really was quite amazing what people are willing to wager when they're drunk). Loki took a swig of something from a bottle he had in his hand and tried to drown out the music blaring through his head. He could always sober up with a snap of his fingers, but when it came down to it he just didn't want to.

It was getting close to dawn, and Loki still had a ways to go. He stopped for a second and gave a sigh. "It would be so much easier to just blink myself there, but Noooo! Dad says we have to 'keep a low profile'". He raised the bottle to his lips again and failed to notice that the area around him was unusually bright... Hearing something, the Norse god turned to see the car barreling right for him. "Oh, bal..." The impact sent him flying backward, and he tumbled to a stop about a hundred feet down the road from his last position. "Ow," Loki mumbled under his breath. He had a few broken ribs, but for a god, it was like taking a solid punch. He removed the alcohol from his blood(5) so he could think straight. The man got out of his car and started to hurry over to Loki's body. "Let's have some fun, shall we?" Loki twisted his body and added some superficial cuts and bruises to make himself look more damaged than he was(20).

"Oh God, Oh God. I'm so sorry, I didn't see you!" The young man approached and bent down to check on the man he just hit, but hesitated when he saw the mangled "corpse". Loki summoned a ghostly astral projection (20) and had it stand right in front of the guy. "Dude!" The man screamed and fell backward on the asphalt, trying to call away from the "ghost". "I'm sorry, I didn't see you. I...I..."

"Well, I'm dead thanks to you!" The guy just started to sob and pulled out his phone. "I have to call the cops." The apparition rolled its eyes and grabbed the phone and threw it against a tree. "You can't call the cops; you're hallucinating." The wide-eyed boy nodded. "Wha... what should I do?"

"Stand up. Now stretch out your hands. Repeat after me. Jeg gir livet mitt som et offer" The boy complied, but stumbled over some of the pronunciations. "Eh, it'll do."

"Wait, why...?" Before the kid could ask any more questions, Loki teleported to the apparition's position(150) and placed his hand on the boy's chest. A bright light emitted from the boy's eyes and mouth, and he suddenly collapsed, part of his soul drained(+200). "You're lucky, kid. I'm not allowed to drain you completely." Loki returned his appearance to its original state(20) and moved the kid back to the driver's seat of the car. "Sweet dreams, kid."

Loki turned and started walking up the road back up towards his home, He snapped his fingers and a song started blaring out of nowhere(1) just as the sun started to dawn.

3,636-16=3,620

[White Bluff]

Bastet and Nefertum

As the sun rose as did Bastet, she went about her normal early morning routine: start coffee maker, shower, get cup of coffee, feed cat, take food out to the Big Cats, come back in and start breakfast for her and Nefertum. This was her life every morning, but she didn't mind. She walked to the stairs and yelled for her son, "Nefertum! Time to wake up and get ready for school!" with that she went back to the kitchen and finished breakfast. She set the table, and placed the food on the table just as Nefertum came down stairs,
"Morning Honey," she kisses the top of his head.
"Morning Mom.." he smiled groggily as she sat and passed him the coffee pot, "thanks."
They proceeded to make their plates and eat, after they ate he headed back upstairs to finish getting ready for school as she washed the dishes. After she had finished she walked over to a glass cabinet filled with little statuettes of the rest of the family, she opened the cabinet and lit a thing of frankincense and said a little prayer as a tear or two rolled down her face.
Nefertum headed to the door after he finished with his morning routine, she hugged him, "Now remember, don't use your powers unless its a life or death situation because," he cut her off, "we have to look normal, I know Mom, you tell me everyday."
She nodded with a light smile, "have a good day, love you."
"thanks, love you too, have a good day as well." and he walked out to head to school.

Divine power
5,000 and 3,500

[IOTA Corp]

Svarog And Jarilo

"Hurry up, and move those boxes." Boris Milosevic shouted at the workers moving wooden crates out of the back of a truck. "Cezar!"

"Yes, Father?" Jarilo called back as he stepped out of the truck carrying a box.

"Finish up here and go open the shop. That Jorgensen guy said he was going to bring that nice old car of his by today, so I want to make sure he doesn't catch us with our pants down if he decides to come by early."

"I'm on it." Jarilo sat the box down, and where he had touched the wood, small sprouts started to grow. The garage was small (it matched the town), but Boris had earned quite the reputation as a mechanic capable of fixing anything mechanical. Svarog was rarely kind, but he loved his craft. Jarilo was a god of nature and had no interest in the machines, but he respected his father, especially after the slayers killed nearly all the Slavic pantheon. He came in through the employee's door and turned on the lights and the neon open sign.

---

One of the men unloading the truck tripped on the loading ramp, and fell with one of the smaller crates in his hand. The impact caused it to be broken open, spilling straw and a piece of rock. "You idiot!" Svarog rushed over and picked up the stone. It came up in two pieces, and the man swore in Russian. "These were 5,000 year-old Mesopotamian tablets! Do you have any idea how valuable these are?"

The worker gulped and stammered, "I'm sorry, Mr. Milosevic! It was an accident." Svarog was rarely one to take excuses; he grabbed the man by the shirt and threw him against the brick wall of the garage. His hand and arm burst into flames that shot over to the poor worker and started to burn him alive(100). "Father!" Jarilo ran out of the office as he heard the screams. "Father stop!" The younger looking man grabbed Svarog's arm, and he stopped the inferno. "Father, you can't kill him; you know that."

Svarog closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. "You're right." The worker's fatal burns quickly healed(100), and Svarog wiped the minds of the other workers that looked on in horror as their boss shot flames out of his hands(60). "We can fix the tablet, but it is much harder to hide ourselves."

Svarog nodded. "It's over, get back to work, Cezar."

Svarog: 8,000-260= 7,740

[Lustano]

Hades aka Hadrian Antonio Agostini aka Toni

Hades, or rather Toni as he had been known for the last few dacades, woke up earlier than the rest of his dysfuntional family of incestuous olympic gods. This was due to many reasons but it was mainly to get the hell out the manor before he gets migraines when the massive arguments they have in the morning. He packed his sandwich into his bag and filled up his thermo with coffee before heading out of the house.

He went out through the back door and petted his three mastiffs named Cer, Ber, and Rus. All named in honor of his old pet and guardian of Erebus, Cerberus. He ponder sadly remembering his old pet helping him fend off invading slayers in foothills of Olympia in the last days as glorious deities of the Greek world. He knelt down and fed the mastiffs their breakfast, petting each of them, injecting just a lil bit of magic into them (50 × 3) , a idea of his that he'd been toying around with for a while, before heading off to his truck.

Getting into his land rover, Toni starts up the truck and drives off toward his gas station that he had procured several months ago and wondered to himself, why did he agree to zeus and poseidon's ramblings about moving to Steamboat. Toni missed the hustle of Chicago. At least over there he felt near enough death to have some resemblance of Erebus.

Divine Points
10,000-150 = 9850

[Kingdom of Tunisia]

[align=center]Durga aka Durgawati Gaur[/center]

Durga has been a police officer ever since the Hindu gods exile. Well, not really. She was being force out of India because of the slayers thus they were never to been seen again. It is uncertain where the other Hindu gods have went. She went to Washington, USA where she will start a new life there or perhaps find a safe place to get away from. She later turned back into her human form meaning that she will be called Durgawati Gaur for now on. She also applied as a police officer to bring justice throughout the Town. Durga's life has been pretty simple but she misses her Hindu friends especially Shiva. One day, a robbery has occured near Durga's house spreading fear across the town. She appear with her uniform and use her mythical sword and mace draining her power to -50. The robber quickly surrenders on behalf of Durgawati Gaur and they were arrested 2 hours later. Durgawati's popularity have spread across Washington as well as the town but she must hide her mythical powers before the people finds out that she's a god. She later returns to the police station via the jail. Two robbers have said something about Durgawati "T-the sword! The light that i haven't seen before. Just who are you? Durga remained silent as a unnamed police officer have told the two to be quiet. Today was a busy day for Durga but she can't let her dream job as a police officer get in the way of revealing her secret. As soon as she get home from work her worst enemy that everyone fears,

[Nuridia]

Asteria
“Alrighty kiddo, hop to it. You don’t wanna miss your bus, do you? Never mind, don’t answer that because you probably do want to. Most kids want to.” Asteria was standing by the stairs with a lunch-bag in her hand and she was dressed herself to go to work. She didn’t really go in unless somebody called her, but she worked from her computer to get swatches and things.

“Alright Mom, I’m ready!” A young boy of about ten or eleven came downstairs, he had black hair just like his mother’s but his eyes were a silvery blue. And slightly brighter than most people’s. “You already know the rules so I don’t have to explain, no powers.”
“Fine, no powers. Love you Mom.” Asterisk went to go hug his mother, who kissed him on the cheek. “Love you too, my star. Have a good day, and you have your cell phone so you can call. Text me when you’re on the bus!” Asterisk modded and headed out the door after slinging his backpack over his shoulder. Asteria ran a hand through her hair and went to go get work started.

[The Cyberiad Council]

Odin & Loki

The sun was just barely up when Odin, or Alrid, climbed out of bed. Two Ravens cawed softly from a stand near the head of the bed. "Good morning, boys." He gave each of them a cracker which they scarfed down greedily. He opened the window with a little flick of power(1) and waved his hand, "Go on!" Both birds flapped their wings and flew out the window and into the early morning sky. Odin chuckled and walked into the living room, two large huskies ran out and jumped up on the old Scandinavian man. "Down!" The dogs gave a slight whimper and sat on their haunches. Odin opened the front door(1) and the dogs bounded outside. Odin liked his home, it wasn't as nice as Valaskjálf, but he had to make do. He walked over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "It is times like this that I miss Andhrímnir".

A few minutes later, Odin sat down with a mediocre breakfast. Before he could dig in, he heard tapping coming from one of the windows of the kitchen. He got up and pulled back the curtains. A coal-black raven was sitting on the outside sill pecking the window. Odin furrowed his brow and slid the window open. "Hugin? What are you doing here?" The bird gave a series of croaking caws before flying off again. Odin fumed a little at the bird's message and walked out the front door to stand on the porch.

Loki walked the rest of the way up to the house with the two dogs walking at his sides. He was whistling an old Norse tune but stopped when he saw Odin waiting on the front porch. "I take it I'm 'busted' as the kids call it these days."

"How can you joke about this Loki? If you had messed up." Odin hung his head and shook it. "Loki, We are so few now. I can't stand by and let you risk your life, both our lives!"

"Relax, father. I was careful."

"SO WAS THOR!" Odin's voice thundered impossibly loud, and the temperature dropped to below freezing(25). "Careful doesn't cut it anymore son. We have to be paranoid."

Loki's jaw clenched, but he took a breath and relaxed."You're right. I'm sorry."

Odin still looked fierce, but turned and walked inside, "Come on, There's breakfast."

10,000-27=9,973

[Segral]

Raijin was in the surgeon's office, surrounded by a team of medical professionals with their eyes on him. He hated this life! He missed his life in the skies, surrounded by the heavens. It was peaceful up there. Not here, where his godly senses detected everything to the point where it hurt. He just had to keep pretending he had ear issues and whatnot. Ugh, the daily grind! He cut into the boy on the operating table's belly, cauterizing carefully as he went. As he cut deeper and deeper, he noticed the child's stomach...ooh, how tempting! But it would cause grief to his family, but in the end...it had to be done. A Slayer could attack at any moment, and if he died, what would happen to all the poor farmers who depended on his luck and benevolence! "Here goes..." he thought to himself. "Sir,"
Ken, one of the residents said, "Is something wrong?" Raijin responded back, "Oh nothing, just a bit of earache." That's when he summoned the lightning bolt!(-600)

The bolt raced around the room blinding everyone there for a good few minutes. Perfect. Raijin quickly used his knives to cut away and devour the boy's stomach. The heart monitor beeped crazily, then flatlined. He then drained away his dying soul (+200). He then quickly ran around the room draining his three residents of part of their souls (+200,+200,+200). The light faded. He then bent down and shook Ken. "Wake up! The boy's dead, the boy's dead!" Ken and the other two quickly sat up.

5000 + 200=5200

[Dragonarya]

Keto or Ceto; Kate Crataeis

Keto, or Kate as she'd come to be known, tapped her foot impatiently against the asphalt. The road seemed deserted, and she'd been waiting to hitchhike onto some car for at least ten minutes now. She didn't dare teleport; that would be too obvious, even out here. She simply had to wait for another car who was willing to work for free. Free, because she'd learned the hard way ten minutes ago that taxi drivers didn't take drachma. Too bad.

She was about to cave in and use magic when a car came seemingly out of nowhere and stopped next to her. The passenger window rolled down, showing her the mortal behind the wheel. "Need a lift, Miss?" He asked with a smile.

Keto could instantly tell she would be charged for this, especially with her suitcase. However, she just flashed the driver a charming smile. "I can handle myself, thanks," she said before snapping her fingers. The man yelped as he vanished from the wheel and appeared a few yards behind the goddess (75). Keto grabbed her suitcase and ran to the vehicle, opening the passenger side door and launching her luggage in before running to the other side and jumping in the drivers side. Making sure both doors were shut, she initiated the lock mechanism.

"What the- hey, miss!" The mortal complained as her reached the car. He pounded on the door. "Let me back in my car!"

Keto gave him another smile. "What, need a lift?" She asked airily. "That's a shame." She rolled the window up and floored the gas. The man's cries faded behind her as she butchered the speed limit.

"Ah, much better," she said as she reclined the seat. She looked over at the passenger seat, ignoring the road. Besides her suitcase, a small wallet sat there. She picked it up and flipped through it. Some paper and metal American money, as well as a strange blue card and a driver's license. She counted a few bills. Nice wad of cash right there. She turned her attention back to the road and smiled. Her relatives should be happy to see her now, with her new car.

The Mother of Sea Monsters was back from the ocean, and her destination: Steamboat Springs.

Keto: 4,500 - 75 = 4,425

[Kingdom of Tunisia]

Durga aka Durgawati Gaur

Durga has been a police officer ever since the Hindu gods exile. Well, not really. She was being force out of India because of the slayers thus they were never to been seen again. It is uncertain where the other Hindu gods have went. She went to Washington, USA where she will start a new life there or perhaps find a safe place to get away from. She later turned back into her human form meaning that she will be called Durgawati Gaur for now on. She also applied as a police officer to bring justice throughout the Town. Durga's life has been pretty simple but she misses her Hindu friends especially Shiva. One day, a robbery has occured near Durga's house spreading fear across the town. She appear with her uniform and use her mythical sword and mace draining her power to -50. The robber quickly surrenders on behalf of Durgawati Gaur and they were arrested 2 hours later. Durgawati's popularity have spread across Washington as well as the town but she must hide her mythical powers before the people finds out that she's a god. She later returns to the police station via the jail. Two robbers have said something about Durgawati "T-the sword! The light that i haven't seen before. Just who are you? Durga remained silent as a unnamed police officer have told the two to be quiet. Today was a busy day for Durga but she can't let her dream job as a police officer get in the way of revealing her secret. As soon as she get home from work her worst enemy that everyone fears, Mahishasura have appeared before Durga's eyes. Now into his Human form he turns himself back into his demonic form. He respond devilishly "We meet again Durga....... I have been revived by the slayers. Now,
my dreams for true eternity has begun. It is time to for my dream to come true! Durga's life has turned upside down as she have met her worst enemy. She stutters as she was surprised about his revival "I just killed you three times already! Also, what are you talking about the slayers? As Mahishasura was about to tell the truth, he pull out his mythical scimitar and suddenly attacks durga. A large slash have made Durga's arm chopped down. She then risk her magic to heal the wound thus it cost -100 of her energy. She then took out her mythical sword and mace as well and charged towards Mahishasura as he blocked with his shield. But she didn't break Mahishasura's shield hard enough. He then parry Durga's attack and punched her to the stomach wounding her badly. The wall later breaks as it was connected to her bedroom. She believes that fighting for her life for herself is a very bad decision. She later dials someone's phone number that she know of. That's right, Odin & Loki. They may not be in the same religion as Durga but they are very helpful towards other religions. However, she never met them in public before as they are hidden in plain sight. She then awaited for a answer as Mahishasura is getting closer.

5000-150=4700

[Kuela]

Aileen Xanthopoulos, otherwise known as the goddess Hestia, was not engaging in a homocidal rampage. She was not drinking the blood of the innocent, forcefeeding children arsenic, or robbing her employees of their money and memory. Nobody would ever do such a heinous thing! You know, except her brother, or her nephews, or basically everybody else in the Greco-Roman pantheon. But they didn't count. No, she would tell you, a quizzical look on her face. Why would I do such a thing? And Aileen would shake her head, get back to whatever she was doing, and leave you wondering why you would ask such a silly question in the first place.

So what was she doing, anyways?

Sipping her coffee, Hestia turned the sign on the glass door from closed to open. The smell of freshly-baked bread wafted through the building, seeping through the cracks in the walls and ceilings. It wasn't the most intact place, certainly, but for now, it was almost home.

Her focus shifted to the visitor approaching at the door. There usually weren't any customers at this hour.

She narrowed her eyes for a few fleeting moments before her mouth curved into an elusive smile. "Welcome," she said. "How may I help you?"

[Nuridia]

'Who to go visit today?" Asteria, or Stella as she was known here was wondering as she worked at her desk. Since she made her own hours it gave her a lot of flexible time. Zeus was out of the question, he was her boss and their relationship was pretty cool but he tried to flirt with EVERYONE, and she meant everyone. Wow, poor Hera.

Hades, she hadn't seen him in ages. But was he even in this country? Last time she heard he was pomegranate farming off in Italy somewhere. And she had several hours before Asterisk was due home. Persephone, she was a pretty cool goddess but she was way scarier than Hades. Much scarier, Hades could sometimes be reasoned with. But the queen of death, nope.
Hestia she had a non-relationship with. They weren't enemies but they rarely if ever spoke. Well, it wouldn't hurt to talk to some other pantheons. But they had those damned Slayers out there...shit. But she couldn't stay cooped up at home forever.

[White Bluff]

Nefertum

Nefertum, or known to mortals in town as Ismael Sagira, was on his way to school when he decided to stop by the bakery first, since he had time to kill, as he opened the door he smelled the fresh baked goods and smiled, "Morning Ms. Aileen, everything smells good, as usual." He looked though the goods, "I'll take a....um....chocolate chunk muffin please," he pulls out his wallet. He keeps a smile on his face, and asked, "and how is your morning going, ma'am? And I'll get a coffee to go if thats alright."

Bastet

Bastet was going around the house making sure everything was clean, like for instance now she was doing laundry, she grabbed her basket and stopped by Nefertum's room to grab his. After that she took them to the basement and started up the washer, she was humming an Egyptian song as she did, and thought about how her day was going to go, I hope everything goes slow and normal today, she prayed that it was going to be like that today.

[Randomarya]

Sigyn

Sigyn hummed along to the song playing in her headphones, scrolling through her texts as she walked towards Odin's home. She took a quick sip of her iced coffee she'd picked up at Starbucks before her shift started, she'd asked for a late start today. She almost ran into a guy headed the opposite direction, and he yelled at her to pay attention. She stuck her phone in her pocket and kept walking, carefully avoiding other people on the sidewalk.

As she saw her car parked up ahead she walked over and unlocked it, hopping in. She started the engine, smiling as it came to life. She turned on the radio and drove the rest of the way to the Jørgensen estate, parking her jeep on the side of the driveway. She made sure to leave enough space for another car to drive past, last time she blocked the driveway it didn't go too well.

She walked up on the front porch, knocking on the door while sipping her coffee. She could see Odin's two huskies and smiled. She liked the dogs, and they more or less liked her.

[The Cyberiad Council]

The Jorgensen's Home

Loki could feel his father's wrath rolling off of him as they ate in silence, but he knew not to try and make excuses. "I'm taking the old dodge into town to have it serviced. I want you on the logging site by twelve, sleep a little if you have to." Odin rose from the table and deposited his dishes in the sink. He grabbed a hat from a stand by the door and stopped to give a few last instructions. "Feed the dogs before you go anywhere, and say hi to Sigyn for me." With that, he left Loki sipping his coffee alone at the table.

Odin walked to the garage and opened it with a remote. A raven perched on a stump gave its call, and Odin looked down the driveway to see Sigyn walking up and chuckled to himself. "Hey, Sigyn. Loki's inside; I'm heading to town." Odin wasn't the most accepting of their status at first, and some crazy myths were whipped up by the mortals, but they were grossly exaggerated. Now, after everything that happened with the siege of their homeland, he was just glad they had someone. Odin climbed into his car and gave the girl a wave as he passed.

---

Odin drove his 1950 Wayfarer down the mountain and into town enjoying the cool mountain air. Two black specs tailed from high above, letting out the occasional caw. The Wayfarer was an appropriately named vehicle for a being that had traveled to nearly every corner of the universe. Odin thought back fondly on his long sabbaticals; nothing but him, a cloak, and a wide-brimmed hat. He traveled galaxies, seeking out the secrets of magic and knowledge. But those days were over, especially since the stalker's all-pervasive death threat hung over any form of magical entity. He didn't know how much longer the Asgardians could stay in town before they were found out.

The town was just starting to wake up with people opening up mom and pop shops, driving to work, and kids on their way to school. Odin drove a little further to a small garage and turned into the parking lot. He got out of the car and walked inside to find a young man behind the counter.

[Dragonarya]

Hathor or Sehkmet; Heather Sarah Nile

Heather waited patiently in the alleyway for the Slayer to go away.

She didn't think he'd noticed her, but after he'd glanced in her direction on the street she'd bolted into hiding. He'd followed her to the entrance, but apparently this Slayer couldn't see very well in dark passages. Interesting.

He turned to the side and began walking away, and Heather exhaled in relief. However, the sigh died in her mouth when something sharp made contact with her neck.

"Don't move," a human hissed into her ear. She didn't. "Good. Now, you're going to hand me your purse, walk out of here, and act like nothing happened."

Heather rolled her eyes. "Amateur," she said. "Today is my day off, and this is how I enjoy it? Getting mugged? I don't think so." She whipped around and grabbed the man's arm. He yelled in surprise and dropped the knife, the blade clattering to the floor. She pressed her hand to his chest. He gasped as his life force began draining into Hathor. "The world won't even miss you," she hissed before he collapsed, dead (+300).

As she stared at the corpse, Hathor shuddered. She hated killing others, but it was the best way to get power. She flexed her fingers and turned to exit when she found another problem: the Slayer had sensed her magic usage, and was waiting for her.

"Spare me," she muttered as she reached in her purse and pulled out two knives: one silver and one iron. She always had these in her purse in case a problem arose. She flicked her wrists, and the daggers flew from her hands (2) and stabbed the Slayer in the heart. It shrieked before collapsing on the pavement. As she exited the alleyway, she pulled the knives from the creature's chest and returned them to her purse.

Hathor pulled her hair back out of her face and made her way down the street to the bakery. There she found Nefertum already ordered, and the owner was at work as usual. She smiled and sat down at an unoccupied cafe table, setting her purse with the ooze-stained knives into another seat. "Today was exciting," she mumbled to herself as she leaned back into her seat and put in some earbuds, turning on some catchy Bangles song from the eighties. "And it isn't even noon yet."

Hathor/Sehkmet: 4,500 + 300 - 2 = 4,798

[IOTA Corp]

Svarog and Jarilo: Milosevic Motors

Jarilo (Cezar) looked up when he heard the chime above the door go off. "Mr. Jorgensen?" The finely dressed "older" man smiled, "Yes, I'm looking for a Mr. Milosevic."

"Of course. I'm Cesar Milosevic, Mr. Milosevic is my father."

"Nice to meet you, Cezar" Odin stretched out his hand, and Jarilo mirrored the greeting, but when they gripped each other's hands, they noticed the feeling of power, and they both quickly recoiled.

"Must be static." Jarilo joked nervously. "I'll go get my father."

Jarilo went through the employee door, leaving the slightly alarmed Odin standing in the lobby.

"Father!" Jarilo hissed, as he found him locking the room housing the magical artifacts. "What is it?"

"Mr. Jorgensen is here, bu..."

"Ah, excellent, tell him I'll be right with him."

"...NO! Father, somethings off with him. I shook his hand, and I felt something."

"What do you mean, 'felt something'?"

"It felt like he was a..." He hesitated to say it, but went through anyway. "...a god. I felt power."

The color drained from Svarog's face, and he hurried to the lobby. when he opened the door, he found ice had formed on every surface, and a small blizzard raging (Odin: 200). An armored one-eyed man holding a spear stood in the center, his one eye glowing with power. "Odin?" Both men were flung against the wall (Odin: 2*5=10), and Odin took a defensive stance with the spear. "You aren't slayers, so what are you."

Svarog quickly grew in size and his hair burst into flames. A flaming hammer appeared in his hand as he counteracted the telekinesis(5) and stepped to the ground. "I'm Svarog, you Norse idiot!"

"Svarog?" Odin lowered the spear, and the snow and ice quickly vanished (Odin: 50). "I thought you were dead."

"Same goes for you, frosty. Now do you mind explaining why you barge into my shop and attack us ?!" The Slavic god took a step closer and the flames swelled in intensity. Jarilo quickly stepped between the two god-kings and put up his hands. "Woah! We shouldn't fight each other! We don't want to attract slayers if we haven't already!" Svarog grunted, and he slipped back to his human form as Odin did the same. "Apologies, Odin, Son of Bor. You can't be too careful."

"I understand, and... Apologies about the whole ice... thing."

"How many?"

"Most of us. You?" The Norse god asked with a somber voice.

Svarog nodded grimly. "I suppose you are here for the same reason we are?"

"The strange power emanating from here? Yes."

"I guess I should get started on your car."

---

A few minutes later, and both the gods were laughing over a bottle of vodka Jarilo thought wise to bring out. Svarog was tinkering with Odin's car as they traded stories. Eventually, the conversation returned to their current situation. "Are there any other gods here?" Svarog asked in his thick Russian accent.

"Not that I am aware of. If there are, they are hidden from even me."

"Now that is a respectable feat."

"Says the god who controls his family through dreams!" They both broke out in laughter.

A sudden caw caught their attention as two ravens flew through the open garage door, and lighted on the car, frantically calling to Odin. "What is it Odin?"

"Slayers" The Asgardian replied.

Sure enough, three suited men with blue rubber gods quickly walked toward the garage. Odin summoned Gungnir(100), and Svarog, his hammer(100). "Don't we need Silver and Iron?" The fire god asked.

"Gungnir has silver in it. Can you get the Iron?"

"No problem." Svarog swung the hammer against a piece of iron lying around the shop, and it folded around the hammer (5). The slayers shed their measly human disguises, and charged with their tentacles reaching menacingly. Both gods moved their free hands, and the two rear slayers flew off to the side (5 for both). Odin lunged foreword, and Gungnir stabbed the monster before the tendrils could touch him, the monster let out a scream, but was silenced as Svarog leapt over Odin's head, and slammed the hammer down on the beast's head. Lightning arced through the monster from the tip of the spear to where the hammer made contact. The monster fell to the ground, lifeless. Odin retrieved the spear, and the duo moved on to the rest of the monsters.

The two god's stood over the blue corpses or the slayers that started to evaporate into a blue smoke that slowly dissipated. "Nice work, Jorgensen." "Same to you Milosevic."

"Do you think they alerted the others?"

"I doubt it. We killed them pretty fast. We need to find out who else is still alive, and in town."

"How do you propose we do that?"

"Tonight is a full moon, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"I have a plan. Why don't you and Jarilo come by the house tonight, and I'll clue you in. Is the car ready?"

"Yeah." Sevarog closed the hood. "You're good to go."

Odin: 9,973-365=9,608
Svarog: 7,740-115=7625

[Lustano]

Hades aka Hadrian Antonio Agostini aka Toni

Hades was taking a relaxing slow drive to the entrance of Steamboat Springs, listening to some Led Zeppelin. The sun was slowly rising and his coffee steaming nicely. Feeling like he would have a rather good day as he drove behind his Gas Station and parked.

He cut off the engine and locked the car, walking up to the door and getting in. He turned to his long time companion and employee, the Ferryman of the Dead, Charon or rather Ron as he's known as in the last few decades.

" Mornin Charon, did the part-timer's get through last night without getting into trouble?"

Charon nodded a greeting to his eternal boss and overlord

" Mornin Bossman. The kid did good last night, the poor guy's still pissed scared and confused about the whole slurpee machine tartarus incident so he didn't mess around. You go on ahead to your office, I got the counter today."

Hades grunted a acknowledgement and headed down the back to his basement office which was a pretty ordinary office really except for the fact it was filled with a shit ton of bongs and pipes. He filled up the pipe with his special grass and lit it up, inhaling all its goodness, holding it in and finally exhaling. He figured that it was time to hit up social media since it's been awhile and took out his GodPhone 8 ( Just a brandname, its in no way any thing magical or divine ) and opened up FaceScroll. He quickly messed around with his profile and inputed.

" Just moved to Steamboat Springs, CO "

And posted it online. Not satisfied with his time on the social media app, he decided to see his notifications for once and saw

"Kate Crataeis is nearby."

And just a singular line of thought entered Hade's mind,

' Olympia dammit, this is the last time I'm listening to Zeus and Poseidon at the same time. Dammit since those two skipped out on town the moment i got here, I've got to deal with her.'

He sighed and smoked from his pipe, trying to relax and think of something else

Divine Points
9850

[Randomarya]

Sigyn

Sigyn smiled, waving back at Odin. "Thank you! Have a nice day!" She called back, waving at Munin and Hugin as well. She turned back to the door, testing the knob. It was unlocked, so she opened it and stepped inside. "Loki?" She called, looking around for him. She closed the door behind herself and walked further into the house, pocketing her car keys.

She spotted him at the table, and she walked over and sat in a chair next to him. "Hey, what's wrong?" She asked, noticing something was off. After being around him for a few decades Sigyn had reached the point that she could instantly tell when Loki's mood was different, and right now he seemed a bit distracted.

She placed one of her hands on his, her other still holding her coffee cup. She took another quick sip, but her green eyes remained locked on Loki.

[The Cyberiad Council]

Loki

Loki smiled when heard Sigyn come it, but it was only a half smile. "Oh, you know. You make a few drinking bets with mortals, get hit by a car, incur the wrath of the All-Father." He smiled a little more and looked at Sigyn. "But I am feeling a little better now." He was cheesy and he knew it. Sigyn like that about him, or at least Loki imagined she did. He pondered that for a moment and decided to ask her later.

He picked up his own mug of coffee, and downed it, still steaming hot.

[Randomarya]

Sigyn

Sigyn almost jumped out of her chair. "You did what?!" She demanded, though she'd already heard the answer. "I almost get run into by a person, and you manage to get hit by a car? What were you thinking?!" She said, looking him up and down to make sure he didn't have any lingering injuries. Sigyn crossed her arms and shook her head. She couldn't stay mad at him long, and she knew that Loki knew that. She pretended to be exasperated with him, looking away and drinking her coffee. With all the trouble Loki got himself into, Sigyn really did worry about him sometimes.

[The Cyberiad Council]

Loki

"To be absolutely fair, he hit me. I didn't ask for it." He felt bad for making Sigyn worry, but he smirked when he figured she was slipping into part of an act. He stood up and stretched out his arms. "I'm sorry. I'll be more careful I promise." He walked over and stood in front of Sigyn. "Besides. I am pretty tough. I barely felt it." He gave his crooked grin, eyes shining with mischief. "You shoulda seen the other guy," He tried to keep a straight face, but it wasn't working like he hoped.

[Ism]

Prometheus

Ignatius "Iggy" Agostini flipped the sign, letting all know the Pro's Magic Shop was open for business. He looked around the store, it wasn't massive but he'd made good use of the space. Most of it was your usual fare, props for tricks and learning material for budding magicians, but he also had some goods more for pranks and the sort than magic, not to mention he'd found keeping a selection of candy had boosted his profits quite nicely. There were also incense and similar goods, but those were mostly for adding pzazz to an act, though some people bought them for their own sake. Iggy himself was dressed as he usually was, white shirt with a black and blue plaid flannel shirt, unbuttoned, gray khaki pants and black and white sneakers.

The shop's floor was carpeted with pattern, red flames snaking about the floor across a black background, while walls were painted white, though they had a similar pattern as the floor, albeit with blue flames rather than red. The ceiling broke the mold, instead having a recreation of Van Gogh's The Starry Night, a good one at that. Both the walls and ceiling were recently touched up, so there was no peeling paint.

Iggy moved towards his corner of the store, there he had a plush seat on a raised platform, with an L-shaped segment of half wall, along with the back and right walls, right from the street view's perspective, enveloping it. The half wall was hollow, and housed shelves and drawers where Iggy stored a number of things, from the mundane to the strange, and atop it was of course the register. From this position, Iggy could use a series of mirrors around the shop to see just about everything (except the restroom of course, a small room directly across from his own roost. He lit up some incense, lavender today, a personal favorite. He took a sip of his hot chocolate, homemade of course, and quite bitter compared to what most people expect from the drink.

While he still had free time, he started reading his book on the Ulster Cycle, sipping his drink as he did so. Despite this, he couldn't shake this feeling, a tingling in his gut that told him trouble was brewing. He looked up out to the street, saw mortals going about their mundane lives. It all seemed so regular, normal. And yet, the feeling remained.

Power: 4500

[Higher Japan]

Pallas Athe

"Finally, after a few weeks, I've finished it!" Athe shouted out, throwing the brush aside as she pulled the painting of the stand. It was of mount Olympus, or at least what she could remember of it in her final moments of killing slayers, stabbing them and knocking them down with her shield. However, it would also act as a hidden seal with the hidden layer of the painting being of a seal, hidden among the slayers. Hanging it up on the wall, she looked at the nearby clock hanging on her wall. Next to other paintings that have seals hidden within them. At the moment they weren't activated yet, but if needed she could at any moment.

Realizing that she had taken almost all of her energy to draw the painting, she took her wallet, made sure that some of the weaker ones that were generally just there for show were activated before walking out down towards the bakery near her home. Living in the household where everyone came from the same background was hard, considering how you practically lived with death. Once at the bakery, she opened the door as she turned around to see that someone was behind the counter. It was Hestia, one of her other relatives. "Hey, do you have any apple strudels or pasta now."

[Randomarya]

Sigyn

Sigyn crossed her arms, trying to glare at her boyfriend. It worked until his last statement, when she broke down laughing. She teasingly tried to push him away, but only succeeded in tipping her chair backwards. She caught herself on the table, righting the chair and pushing it under the table. She drank the remains of her coffee and set the empty cup on the table, wrapping her arms around Loki. "Try not to get into any trouble today for me. Well, any more trouble." She corrected, smiling up at him. She really did like his personality, sometimes it just went a little far.