Ok so where was I? Oh yes ugly, flying, spiteful bitches. So we freed Joshua's brother but the harpies spotted us and twelve of them came after us. I wrapped my hand in the chain I held and used to leap out at one of them leaving a slash on her cheek while Wuyi did the same and managed to kill her. Ben shot two out of the air and sent them to their deaths as well before I made my next strike. A harpy scratched my arm but I ignored the burning pain and lept onto one of the harpies jamming my spear into her neck. I made the leap off her falling body and back to the cliff face as she fell. Wuyi and Rhia took out some more and suddenly four of the harpies grabbed Rupper and tried to take off with him. I could not let this happen...I WOULD not let this happen. As the harpies let out an ear shattering scream, I leap to the harpies taking Rupper and sliced one clean through before grabbing a hold of him and pulling the group back to the cliff with another leap.
Kelly meanwhile had been aiming cause she finally let a round lose and getting at least one of them to stop their screeching. At this point Wuyi made some small speech about being a thief and someone's daughter, and launched herself at another harpy. The harpy I hurt earlier finally broke the chain above me and it crashed down on me and the three holding Rupper. Thank the gods, I was able to hold on and got Rupper to a place he could onto the cliff-face. The harpies let loose another ear shattering scream and it felt like my ears were going to burst. As the blood trailed down my nose and from my ears I knew I could not listen to Ben's order to stay put. These things needed to die and needed to die FAST. I felt a rage burning inside me and I made a leap at one of the remaining harpies. I barely landed on her back but I managed to reach down and yank hard on her wings as I called for Cal to give her a clipping. Between my pull and Cal's blinding dive/slash at the joints her wings came off and we both started falling. As I was doing this Wuyi was also falling but managed to shove her spear up a harpy's ass and maneuver her to the cliff face like some sick balloon.
As I was falling Ben apparently dived after me and grabbed me, maneuvering us to the wall-side. We slammed into it with a lot of force and all I remember before blacking out was looking up and seeing the worry in his eyes as I muttered "No me siga." and slipped into blackness.
The next thing I remember is waking up with a massive headache, my head in Ben's lap, as he called my name softly. I smiled weakly at him and said "I did it again didn't I?" Not sure why I said that...I've never done anything like this before...well nothing I remember. Right then Rhia splashed water on my face thinking me still out I guess. The others were discussing a swamp and the map, so I handed it to him while I tried to keep the world from spinning around me. We all made our way back up top as we heard more harpies coming.
"As we moved I once again voiced my concerns about Kathy and now the others to Ben. Every time I brought it up to the group I was ignored and as we traveled I started raking my brain for any Aztec myths I might remember. I couldn't think of any but I was certain she was not who she was claiming to be. We were nearing where the rivers converged so I stopped the group and finally tried voicing my concerns again. After some chatter Joshua's brother told him to stop lying to us. He was Prometheus, the man Zeus imprisoned for giving man fire, making Joshua Epimethius. More chatter, a little more arguing, and we see harpies coming after us. Prometheus tells us the swamp will hide us and we decide to continue the conversation once we reach it.
Once in it we were assaulted by an overwhelming feeling of hatred...but luckily no one succumbed to it. Prometheus let of a groan of pain and finally began to heal. Joshua then tells us the best way to escape is through the river Lethe, past Hypnos and Thanatos...and of by the way? our memories will likely be about Hypnos' feet. We decide to go that way and risk angering Zeus...but hey what he did was dick move anyway.
Mark my words though, something is wrong with Kathy. If I have my way she will not be joining us when we leave.
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