Scion: Seeds of Glory IC

[Armphid]

She was keeping her right hand clear to grab a weapon if need be. Good; she was thinking on her feet and wisdom enough to be cautious. He liked the combination.

Of course, looking around him, he liked all the combinations. Stone cold sexy Nerina, slender and stunning Hikaru, healthy and vibrant Crystal, and caring, sweetly sensual Nina. It was a really good day to be him.

"A pleasure to meet you, Erica." And he could dream about more than just meeting her too. And who knew where things would go? Eric slung the straps of two of the suitcases over opposite shoulders before picking up the remaining one with his left and hefting the large trunk with his right. His hands were occupied fully and the arrangement of the other cases would made movement cumbersome, even for him and his divinely enhanced agility.

"One of us is a hunter too, actually." Were they both scions of Artemis? Crystal had declared her heritage and Erica was hinting pretty strongly. Interesting. For a 'virgin' goddess, she got around. "I'll have to ask you both to put up with my fumbling if we have to go out into the wilds." Okay, so he was actually pretty good but compated to Crystal he had no game at all. And he would bet Erica might have similar talents.

"Welcome to the Snoja Hvitur hostel; which seems to be our lodging and muster point for the time being." He looked over at the others, "I think it might be good if we went up to sit down and put out heads together about what we've seen. It might not be a bad idea to press our hosts a bit more before we go back to talk to those young women tomorrow."

 

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Crystal

IC: 'Oh I wouldn't say 'well known.' She's old, and she doesn't leave Greece very often anymore. Her children are always hunting for new experiences, though.' My mind paused for a minute and then my jaw almost dropped.

Do I have a sister?

Fortunately the ever present gentlemen, Evan, picked up the conversation where I fumbled it. As the party climbed the stairs inside Evan added 'One of us is a hunter too, actually.' He paused for a bit and then added 'I'll have to ask you both to put up with my fumbling if we have to go out into the wilds.'

"Don't worry Evan, even I fumbled against that pig. I've never met such a strong game before and I once hunted a grizzly with a bow. I doubt I can put it down with anything less then an arrow to the head."

Do I look like Erica? No, well sort of. But no more then I look like some other women I met. Then again I can't forget that mother is a virgin and I... and I assume Erica are adopted. But the god blood is suppose to be so strong that even the adoption of us the heirs of other gods and goddesses physically and mentally affects us. I've been drawn to my mothers profession my entire life, it is in my blood. So should not my physically looks be similarly effected?

 

[Tymeless]

Hikaru could tell that Erica was like them but that's all she could pick up. All the white people seemed similiar to her so she couldn't differentiate between pantheons easily. She could tell the differences between them by their cultures though so she would have to pay attention to the new girl.

Hikaru was normally the source of attention anywhere she went but here surrounded by all these people she was nothing more than normal. This made her happy but at the same time she didn't know how to take it. Worse off she was exhausted from several long days in a row and she knew what would happen whenever she did crash. She wondered how people would react to it when they saw it. The few that knew about it some disowned her and other's thought it was pretty cool. She would have to wait and see.

 

[Pywakit]

Nina Taylor

Nina smiled radiantly and held her hand out to the new arrival. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Erica," she said as they shook hands. She could feel the other woman's power through that contact, as brief as it was, then addressed the group.

"We should probably head back into the hostel," she said. "We need to discuss what's next—that... that thing is still out there, but I'm not sure if it's what's causing the problem or if it's just a symptom." She realized that Erica might not know what she was talking about, and blushed as she turned back to her. "There's something going on here, Erica. I'm sure you can feel some of whatever it is, otherwise you wouldn't be here. None of us would be. I just hope that we're not too late to take care of it..."

A sudden grim thought stole into Nina's head.

"...or that... or that whatever's going on here lured us here for some other plot?"

 

[JillyS]

Crysta and Nerina
As soon as you see this new person, you feel an immediate sense of kinship. She feels like family, close family, even more so than the others with you. Except maybe each other.

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Nerina examined the new commer closely. "I am Nerina." She said calmly as she kept her shirt closed. She moved and led the way up stairs. "Come on, I need to get changed. And we can fill our new friend in once we are all upstairs and seated."

OOC: Not getting updates for some bizzare reason... UGH

 

[HookerBoots]

Inside the hostel is warmer than the outside, and dimly lit by oil lanterns stationed around the lobby. The dwarf at the front desk, whom most of you can identify as Heimskur, lifts his head from the book he was reading as you all file in. "Ah, our friends! Vilkominn!" He stands, vanishing from sight until he emerges from around the counter. "I take it your hunt was . . . oh, excuse me, mistress," he says, looking at Erica.

His eyes dart back and forth between the group. "Your hunting party has changed, I see. Please, come upstairs to the room, and tell us all the story." As he turns toward the stairs, he reaches up to grab the chain of a bell shaped like a boar's head and tugs on it. The bell sounds through the entire hostel, and he gestures for everyone to follow him.

 

[JillyS]

Inside the hostel is warmer than the outside, and dimly lit by oil lanterns stationed around the lobby. The dwarf at the front desk, whom most of you can identify as Heimskur, lifts his head from the book he was reading as you all file in. "Ah, our friends! Vilkominn!" He stands, vanishing from sight until he emerges from around the counter. "I take it your hunt was . . . oh, excuse me, mistress," he says, looking at Erica.

His eyes dart back and forth between the group. "Your hunting party has changed, I see. Please, come upstairs to the room, and tell us all the story." As he turns toward the stairs, he reaches up to grab the chain of a bell shaped like a boar's head and tugs on it. The bell sounds through the entire hostel, and he gestures for everyone to follow him.

Nerina followed the dwarf up the stairs in silence, already planning on putting another shirt on and listening to how things have changed. She hated being the Damsel in distress, and resolved to fight harder the next time.

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[Armphid]

The upstairs hostel room looked as though it had been cleaned since they'd last been there. There was a faint scent of pine in the air and beneath it...a very familiar smell to Evan. There had been some serious screwing going on in here.

Hadn't Nina and Crystal stayed behind at the hostel? Lucky dwarves. And lucky girls, probably. He imagined the little men were very eager to please.

Evan set the bags he was carrying down near the lone unclaimed bunk and gave Erica a smile before walking across the large room to look out the window. Dark, and it would be for many hours yet. This was going to take some getting used to. "Feels like the sun should be coming up," he said to no one in particular. "But it wasn't that long of a night."

The redhead turned back to the room, "No point in waiting to tell the story, really. Nerina, Hikaru, and I basically found some smashed up garbage cans and the tracks of a giant boar."

He jerked one thumb over his shoulder out the door, "There was a guy drinking in front of the hostel who said he'd seen the thing. That it would show up and trash stuff or steal people, mostly girls but a few guys had been taken too. He said his name was Torc Olaffson."

He glanced over at Nina and Crystal with a speculative look, "While you guys were, uh, talking to our hosts," man, that must have been a hot scene, "He took us to a bar where there was a guy whose sister had gotten grabbed. Nerina sweet talked him into showing us where it had happened. We went there and then Torc turned into a giant pig, snatched Nerina, and ran off for the forest."

Evan looked over at Nerina, "I don't suppose he said anything or gave you any clue what the hell he was after?"

 

[JillyS]

Nerina hunted through her bags and found another shirt. Turning side on she quickly exchanged shirts before turning to Evan. "The boar said nothing... though his physical body did. He was determined to ...*Insert shudder* mate with me. Sorry I like Sex a lot but not with pigs. Human males are more my type." she added with a smile. "He was strong, and knew when he was being threatened. He understood even in beast form."

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[Armphid]

Evan blinked at Nerina's revelation of the boar's intent. That did explain why she was topless when they finally caught up. "I don't think you need to apologize." Although he was glad to hear she liked sex and men. It might be wrong after what she'd been through but Nerina was a woman that he'd love to spend a little personal time with.

So were the other women here, for that matter. Again, he had to wonder what he'd done to please his mother that she'd sent him here. And how he could get an orgy going...but that wasn't really going to help the current situation, as much as it would help him in other ways.

He shook his head, "So he kept his intelligence, even if his baser instincts were taking over." He frowned and leaned back against the window, arms over his chest, one hand rubbing his chin. "It sounds like he may be a theriomorph. Although his animal form was bigger than any boar I've ever seen before.

Evan leaned his head back and looked up at the ceiling, turning the matter over in his head. "And it doesn't explain the missing men." All they'd found in that pit were women. "Could there be more than one? I mean, I mentioned it in the forest just as a possibility. But do you think this proves it?" The question was meant for all of the others. It seemed likely to him but he may also be jumping to conclusions.

 

[JillyS]

Evan blinked at Nerina's revelation of the boar's intent. That did explain why she was topless when they finally caught up. "I don't think you need to apologize." Although he was glad to hear she liked sex and men. It might be wrong after what she'd been through but Nerina was a woman that he'd love to spend a little personal time with.

So were the other women here, for that matter. Again, he had to wonder what he'd done to please his mother that she'd sent him here. And how he could get an orgy going...but that wasn't really going to help the current situation, as much as it would help him in other ways.

He shook his head, "So he kept his intelligence, even if his baser instincts were taking over." He frowned and leaned back against the window, arms over his chest, one hand rubbing his chin. "It sounds like he may be a theriomorph. Although his animal form was bigger than any boar I've ever seen before.

Evan leaned his head back and looked up at the ceiling, turning the matter over in his head. "And it doesn't explain the missing men." All they'd found in that pit were women. "Could there be more than one? I mean, I mentioned it in the forest just as a possibility. But do you think this proves it?" The question was meant for all of the others. It seemed likely to him but he may also be jumping to conclusions.

Nerina watched the others for a moment and then considered Evan's words. "It is possible. Or he just dumped them somewhere else to keep them out of the way. Or he killed them. Alpha Male animals do not often allow for other males to be around them. And a female pig would be smaller and probably the submissive to him."

 

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Crystal

IC: I was looking out the window and at the moon. I really didn't have much to add but a question. "What is a theriomorph? Is it something like a were wolf, because in a land with such a long night that would be a problem. Although apparently clouds or some other obstruction is sufficient to block it."

It had been night when we got here, and the boy was apparently a boy at the start of the night.

I continued looking up at the moon a separate conundrum in my head. If these people are from other gods, does my mother have as much influence on the moon as I think?

 

[JillyS]

What are you thinking?

Nerina moved to Evan's side and glanced out the window. "So.. a shapeshifter... who might be affected by the moon... so out of my area of expertise. I am more in tune with the tides and such." She looked up at Evan. "What are you thinking Evan?"

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[Armphid]

At Crystal's question, he nodded, "Yeah. It's a general term for a person who can take on an animal form since "lycanthrope" really just refers to wolves." She went on and he had to admit she had a few points. "I don't know how connected to the moon they are, to be honest. But you're right...if he goes all boar when he changes, why not attack the available male?"

He grimaced, "I was right there and I'll admit that I had my guard down. But he went for Nerina instead. That...I may be wrong but I think he has some control over his instincts. Of course, animals also don't like to fight unless they have to; too much risk of injury."

Evan lowered his head again, deep in thought, turning it all over in his head. Nerina was there a few moments later, by his side and looking out the window. Her words revealed that she was feeling much the same way he was. Out of his element. At her question, his lips quirked into another smile, "With you ladies here, many of my thoughts are sadly inappropriate for the current topic. But I'd be glad to share those as well if anyone wants."

It may have seemed a bad time to flirt and make a little off-color reference but it was part of the Norse way as his mother explained it. Laugh at danger and uncertainty and keep a good, irreverent quip or two ready at all times.

He then sighed, "But I know what you mean. I think that...we're playing with only half a deck of cards right now. We're missing a few key things that would put some kind of sense into this mess." The redhead shrugged, "I also don't think we can do much more tonight. My vote for our next step would be to talk to those girls about what happened and check up on local legends and stories to see if they give us any clues." He shook his head, "But the girls should have a little time to rest before we interrogate them, even nicely, and the libraries we need for research won't be open until morning." Not light but the morning hours, he reminded himself.

Evan spread his hands, "I may be overlooking something though. But otherwise, I think maybe we should hole up, relax and rest, maybe get to know each other better so when the time comes, we can get some team work going."

He had his own, rather dirty, thoughts on how they could all get to know each other better. But he should keep that to himself and just imagine. He quirked an eyebrow at Nerina and then winked, "As far as that goes, I would point out that I'm a human male." He laughed, hoping she would take the jest for what it was. Both ways, actually.

 

[JillyS]

Evan lowered his head again, deep in thought, turning it all over in his head. Nerina was there a few moments later, by his side and looking out the window. Her words revealed that she was feeling much the same way he was. Out of his element. At her question, his lips quirked into another smile, "With you ladies here, many of my thoughts are sadly inappropriate for the current topic. But I'd be glad to share those as well if anyone wants."

Nerina couldn't stop the smile that flitted across her lips in spite of everything that had happened that night, it was good to see Evan still had his sense of humor... though the idea he was putting across was one she had thought about before the boar had taken her.

It may have seemed a bad time to flirt and make a little off-color reference but it was part of the Norse way as his mother explained it. Laugh at danger and uncertainty and keep a good, irreverent quip or two ready at all times.

He then sighed, "But I know what you mean. I think that...we're playing with only half a deck of cards right now. We're missing a few key things that would put some kind of sense into this mess." The redhead shrugged, "I also don't think we can do much more tonight. My vote for our next step would be to talk to those girls about what happened and check up on local legends and stories to see if they give us any clues." He shook his head, "But the girls should have a little time to rest before we interrogate them, even nicely, and the libraries we need for research won't be open until morning." Not light but the morning hours, he reminded himself.

Evan spread his hands, "I may be overlooking something though. But otherwise, I think maybe we should hole up, relax and rest, maybe get to know each other better so when the time comes, we can get some team work going."

He had his own, rather dirty, thoughts on how they could all get to know each other better. But he should keep that to himself and just imagine. He quirked an eyebrow at Nerina and then winked, "As far as that goes, I would point out that I'm a human male." He laughed, hoping she would take the jest for what it was. Both ways, actually.

"Yes, yes you are the only human male" She murmured and smiled back. "Rest and relaxation sounds like a plan. We are all probably still recovering from the flight over here, so it might be an idea to just chill. And tomorrow we can talk to those girls if they are up for it." Gently she reached up and touched his cheek with her hand. "By the way, thank you Evan for leading the charge to save me"

 

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Crystal

IC: "That was very heroic Evan." I smiled, true enough I tracked her and he told me to play the hero, but it takes courage to move far from ones element. Evan was a talker not a fighter, or perhaps with his last comment he was a lover.

My mind shifted. This sex and the city thing is going to take some getting used to. All the sleeping around and so many dawrfs... I suppose Nina and I should talk payment. I don't think I really want much of anything.

Hikaru wanted a katana right? I'm not sure they can do that blade but Norse myth had many famous swords right? I walked over to my bed and sat down.

"Life was simpler back before pigs tried raping people." I spotted my bag beside the bed, my book half out. I wasn't tired yet, so I pulled out the dictionary and continued to read it. I was beginning to find a pattern in the Icelandic language.

 

[Armphid]

Getting a few smiles around the room was good; better than that, even. Morale could be pretty low; after all, they had managed to get Nerina back and rescue those women but the bad guy had gotten away and they still were on square one of figuring out what was going on here.

Then Nerina touched his cheek and he blushed. Fuck! He spent his working hours naked and having sex in front of cameras and dozens of people, but he blushed from that? Freya would be disappointed...or laughing her divine ass off. Her hand was very warm and strangely hard and soft at once. He wondered what that touch would be like elsewhere...

Then he shook his head, "You're too kind, both of you. It's...all I could do after not being able to keep it from happening in the first place. And we all went in, so...I didn't do anything the rest of us didn't."

He shrugged and smiled ruefully, "Besides, we're supposed to be heroes, right?" Evan was going to say something else but then Crystal's line about life being easier made him laugh. His shoulders shook and his rueful smile became a broad grin, "I think that might just be the line of the night."

The gorgeous young man winked at Nerina and then spoke in a voice he was sure the others would hear as well. "Speaking of rest and relaxation, I give a killer back massage, if anyone's interested."

 

[JillyS]

The gorgeous young man winked at Nerina and then spoke in a voice he was sure the others would hear as well. "Speaking of rest and relaxation, I give a killer back massage, if anyone's interested."

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Nerina merely smiled and nodded. "Sure always interested in such things... what payment would you require?" she said lightly with a small glint in her eye as she looked up at him.

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[Armphid]

There were many things he wanted to say. And others that those acts would lead to, he could hope. However, he should behave himself better. He was here representing Freya, and as far as he knew, the entire Norse pantheon. He grinned at Nerina, loving that glint in her eye that seemed to hint at the very same things he desired. "A dangerous question to ask a Norseman, to name a reward without placing limit on it."

But then he shook his head, "I'm also pretending to be a gentleman, however, so I will ask for no reward for my services. And hope desperately that you're a generous tipper," he added with another brilliant smile.

There was no private place to do it here, however, other than perhaps the restroom. Which was fine by him; he was used to doing intimate acts in front of an audience. He just hoped that neither Nerina nor any of the other girls felt uncomfortable.

Evan gestured, "Please, lay down. It would also work better without, ah, impediments between my hands and your skin." A less direct way of asking her to take her shirt off. "I'll turn around, naturally, until you've laid down."

 

[JillyS]

OLD:

There were many things he wanted to say. And others that those acts would lead to, he could hope. However, he should behave himself better. He was here representing Freya, and as far as he knew, the entire Norse pantheon. He grinned at Nerina, loving that glint in her eye that seemed to hint at the very same things he desired. "A dangerous question to ask a Norseman, to name a reward without placing limit on it."

But then he shook his head, "I'm also pretending to be a gentleman, however, so I will ask for no reward for my services. And hope desperately that you're a generous tipper," he added with another brilliant smile.

There was no private place to do it here, however, other than perhaps the restroom. Which was fine by him; he was used to doing intimate acts in front of an audience. He just hoped that neither Nerina nor any of the other girls felt uncomfortable.

Evan gestured, "Please, lay down. It would also work better without, ah, impediments between my hands and your skin." A less direct way of asking her to take her shirt off. "I'll turn around, naturally, until you've laid down."

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"Didn't you already see me without my top on?" Nerina quipped. She moved towards her bed taking off her shirt as she did so, knowing the others were still there had very little affect on her. She was a surfer girl from way back and was use to being nude in rooms with other women... it was in public areas she had a problem.. she didn't feel uncomfortable. Once her shirt was gone, she had no bra she stretched out on her bed face down.

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[Pywakit]

Nina Taylor

After the excitement of the night's earlier events—the orgy with the dwarves and Crystal and the fight with the ... theri... theriana... the pig-man, Nina finally felt like she was starting to relax. As Nerina lay down on the bed and Evan moved into position to give her a backrub, Nina sighed softly, a bit envious. A backrub would feel great about now.

Instead, she finally stopped her nervous pacing and sat down next to Crystal. After their time with the dwarves, she felt closer to this scion than the others, Nina realized. She glanced over at the book Crystal was reading, and blinked a few times in surprise at the contents.

"Time for a little light reading before bed?" she asked playfully.

 

[Armphid]

"Didn't you already see me without my top on?" Nerina quipped. She moved towards her bed taking off her shirt as she did so, knowing the others were still there had very little affect on her. Once her shirt was gone, she had no bra she stretched out on her bed face down.

Evan looked a bit shame faced and shrugged, "That doesn't mean I shouldn't try to be gentlemanly about it. Or that I don't want to see it again," he grinned back at her. Who wouldn't?

Since she didn't seem to mind, he did take the opportunity to admire her. God, she was blessed by the Gods, wasn't she? As were they all, really, if he looked about the room. This was a lot of very beautiful and very sexy people.

He moved over to her bed and slid onto it, moving to straddle her legs and hoping that he behaved himself while in this position. Or that if a certain thing misbehaved it was not looked askance at but seen as a compliment. Her back was as lovely as the rest of her; smooth, supple looking skin over well formed and toned muscle, strong and still elegantly feminine.

The redhead began by taking just his fingertips and caressing down her back, from the base of her neck down her spine to the waist of her trousers with a touch that was just a hair more than a phantom flutter. He reversed direction and went back up the gentle curve of her back with a bit more pressure. Down again, a little firmer, and up again, and so on for a few minutes. Then he carefully began to tease and work the muscles in her back. "Your skin feels fantastic," he murmured. Warm, soft, supple, God, what would she feel like pressed against him and...don't think like that just now.

"Let me know," he said, "if any particular areas need more attention."

 

[JillyS]

Since she didn't seem to mind, he did take the opportunity to admire her. God, she was blessed by the Gods, wasn't she? As were they all, really, if he looked about the room. This was a lot of very beautiful and very sexy people.

He moved over to her bed and slid onto it, moving to straddle her legs and hoping that he behaved himself while in this position. Or that if a certain thing misbehaved it was not looked askance at but seen as a compliment. Her back was as lovely as the rest of her; smooth, supple looking skin over well formed and toned muscle, strong and still elegantly feminine.

The redhead began by taking just his fingertips and caressing down her back, from the base of her neck down her spine to the waist of her trousers with a touch that was just a hair more than a phantom flutter. He reversed direction and went back up the gentle curve of her back with a bit more pressure. Down again, a little firmer, and up again, and so on for a few minutes. Then he carefully began to tease and work the muscles in her back. "Your skin feels fantastic," he murmured. Warm, soft, supple, God, what would she feel like pressed against him and...don't think like that just now.

"Let me know," he said, "if any particular areas need more attention."

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By Poseidon this was what Bliss felt like. Nerina lay there her form relaxed beneath Evan's competent hands. "Where did you learn to do this Evan? Because you could make a fortune juts giving back rubs."- And other things- A small voice taunted... supplying vivid imagery to go with the thoughts. -Yeah that would be very nice as well- She admitted to herself.

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[Armphid]

Evan allowed himself a smile. It was a bit self-indulgent perhaps, but he enjoyed the rush of satisfaction he felt at giving pleasure to a woman. Particularly a beautiful woman such as the divine, semi divine anyway, female under his skilled hands.

"When I first started working, a friend of mine told me that being able to give a good massage was the best way to make a real connection with my female co-workers." The athletic young man shook his head, thinking of his friend far away in the States. "It worked for him too; he wasn't a good looking guy but once he gave a girl a back rub..."

His hands continued to move, a blend of searching pressure to relieve tension and earnest caresses to please and experience her soft and supple skin. There was a slight shift, a change, in the way she was lying. What it indicated, he wasn't sure. But he felt warmer somehow and there was a growing sense of...not quite tension in the air.

It felt pretty damn good after the earlier events.

He ran his hands down along her sides and up again, his clever fingers returning to her back just before they would have brushed the sides of her breasts. "But either way, I wouldn't charge for this." He laughed, "The first taste's free, right?"

 

[cats]

"Time for a little light reading before bed?" Nina asked in a lighthearted tone.

"I'll get some sleep tonight, but as you can see I read really fast." I flipped to the next page scanned the contents and was onto the next. "I also have a really good memory so I hoping to learn Icelandic in enough time to help. I am more then halfway done. I'm just not to sure about grammar or pronunciation."