Greek Mythos: The Game
AN: Hello everyone and welcome to the next chapter of Greek Mythos: The Game! I wish to apologize now for the long delay in updating and I have no excuses besides laziness and some health problems. TheBooogyMan, Utherlightcore, and I have been working recently on another couple of stories, one of which much like this one is a gamer crossover so if you wish to read it either google Ruby Rose: A Game of Remnants or go to my bio. Now that this is said lets get on with the story
Chapter 1: And So The Game Begins
The sun shone down on the earth warming it and illuminating everything with its glow, birds chirped and flew around aggravating pedestrians and other animals, and flowers slowly bloomed all over the place and the beginning signs of summer began to appear. All in all it was a normal, quiet, and peaceful day.
"BANZAI!" A loud female voice cried out breaking the peace and silence.
Or maybe not. The vision blurs and soon a dorm room is shown with one girl wrestling with another one of them obviously playing around and the other somewhat annoyed but still playful. It is with this that the scene settles and the story begins.
"Dang it Jessy, you know how much I hate it when you pounce on me to wake me up! The second girl said to the other, Jessy, while trying to get out from underneath her bunkmate.
"If you hated it as much as you say you do then you'd actually set your alarm Alexandria! But if that doesn't do it for you then think of it as sisterly bonding."
The now identified Alexandria pouted towards her now known sister before replying. "I guess you're right, and don't call me Alexandria! You know I can't stand people calling me that, call me Alex or would you rather I start using your full name too Jessica!" Alex hissed towards her sister with a menacing glare to back up her exclamation which was soon returned by her now glaring sister.
"Fine I'll call you Alex but only if you swear to never call me Jessica again." Jessy bargained earning a smirk from her sister.
"Glad we were able to reach a compromise. Now that that's out of the way what's our plan for the day?"
Jessy immediately brightened now that the focus of their conversation had shifted and began relaying what she had thought of for the day.
"Well I have a few things planned for the day starting with meeting up with professor Brunner."
"Ahh come on Jess! It's the weekend why waste our time going to Professor Brunner when there is more exciting stuff to do." Alex told her sister as she began to change into her normal day clothing.
"There is always time for that later Alex," Jess giggled upon seeing her sisters pout before taking a more serious image as her lips curled up into a slight sneer, "besides if we go ahead and meet up with him now while most everyone is still asleep we don't have to deal with all those stupid boys ogling us."
Alex couldn't hold back her own slight sneer as her sister mentioned the word boys. She and her sister couldn't stand boys on the best of days and ever since their bodies had begun to develop, they had become even worse, some staring at them passionately with hearts in their eyes.
"Yes I guess you're right. At least this way we don't have to deal with any more stupid boys for the rest of the day." She said to her sister as the two of them lapsed into silence.
The silence was broken a few seconds later when Jess turns to her sister and asks, "Hey, do you hear that?"
Alex was about to respond that no she didn't hear whatever it was when she realised that was exactly it, she couldn't hear ANYTHING. No birds chirping, no New York traffic or pedestrians screaming at random things. She couldn't hear any of it, not one single peep. The only thing she was hearing was the sound of her and her sister's voice along with their breathing.
"Good job Ms. Jackson, you picked up on your environment far quicker than I thought you would. But then again I guess I shouldn't be entirely surprised, it is you and your sister after all." A new voice echoed around the room, its tone and pitch indicating that it was a male speaking. This gave Alex a cold shiver down her spine.
Immediately the two sisters went back to back as they began searching the small room for any sign of who could be speaking while Jess called out. "Who's there?!"
The voice began to chuckle which soon turned into outright laughter as a dark sphere suddenly materialised in the center of the room. It didn't take long for the sphere to melt away revealing three male figures. The center figure was a relatively tall male who sported black hair with white tips ending in jagged and uneven spikes some of which obscured his eyes from view. He wore a large black coat with gold fastenings and zippers and from what they could see below it looked like he also wore black combat boots, he wa also the one that was laughing. To his left stood a very large man. He had a bulky build and stood at what the sisters would guess was around 7 feet tall, his body was largely obscured by a set of large black robes with intricate navy blue patterns that seemed to shift and change the longer they stared at them. The third and final man stood off to right of the person in the center, he was a good deal shorter than the large bulky man but not much shorter than the one in the center. He has bone white hair and what looked like an ivory decoration piece in his hair which helped give him a bit of aristocratic look which was only amplified by his sharp and angular facial structure. This man wore a silver suit with orange cuffs and trim beneath that he wore a pair of dress pants with a set of sharp pointed dress shoes to finish off the ensemble. In all they didn't look like much but the sisters could feel the aura of power radiating off of each of them. Whoever these men were they were dangerous and powerful, incredibly so.
The center man, as if sensing their thoughts, raised up his hands in the classic signal of surrender in an attempt to placate the twins.
"Peace Ms. Jackson, and peace to you as well Ms. Jackson. My friends and I are not here to harm you in any way, shape, or form." He said as his two friends moved to take their own positions within the room.
Jess and Alex were quiet for some seconds before Alex finally spoke up and addressed the three men. "If you're not here to harm us as you say then why are you here…" She had been about to say male but stopped herself short seeing as she didn't want to upset the three men before them.
The first man's mouth seemed to twitch up in a slight smile as he began to address the sisters once again. "Don't worry Alexandria jackson, I am aware of your distaste towards males and your address would not upset any of us here. As for the reason that we are here...well I guess there is no point in keeping it from you, we are here for the two of you."
Instantly the girls were on guard and narrowed their eyes at the three males in the room both of them looking for a way out of the room and away from their potential kidnappers.
"Not interested, so leave. Now!" Both girls called out in unison as their eyes continued to roam the room but still kept the men in eyesight.
Once again the first man seemed to pick up on what they were thinking as he began to lightly shake his head. "I'm afraid you misunderstood me. We are not here to kidnap you but rather we are here to MEET with you, hence why I said we were here for the two of you although I guess I could have said we are here BECAUSE of the two of you to make matters a bit more clear."
His response and casual tone in regards to their conversation somewhat put the girls at ease but they were still suspicious of the man. Hesitantly they both lowered their guards after a brief look at each other but still retained enough alertness to bolt if need be.
"Say we believe you, what is it about us that brought the three of you here? Why should we not just walk out of the room and pretend this never happened or better yet report you to the local authorities?" Alex questioned the man as they continued to eye the three of them warily.
The cloaked man didn't answer merely moving his hand to a pocket within his robe. This had the result of causing both girls to tense up and prepare to escape assuming he was pulling out some kind of weapon. To their great shock and secret relief and the man's and his companions humor he pulled out a simple book which he held out for the sisters to take.
"All your answers lie within this book, all you have to do is open and read it."
Again both girls stared at them hesitantly before looking at each other and moving froward to take the book from the man's grasp. Once it was in their hands they stared at it for a few moments before looking up at the man again.
"I promise you the book has not been tampered with in anyway. It will only do what it is meant to do which is provide you with information. There are no curses or any other such thing laid upon that book."
His words seemed to reassure both girls as they visibly calmed down. They then began to look the book over, taking in its details as best they could. The book was a nice sea green color with a trident on the front along both side of the trident were what seemed to be words written in an ancient language that neither of them could even begin to understand. Just staring at the words gave both of them a headache. Turning it so its spine was visible revealed a platinum colored thread which seemed to be the binding that kept the book together along with even more of those strange symbols which gave them a headache. Its back cover was just as simply designed as the front a large silver moon was the prominent display on this cover with a bow dominating the center of the moon. Circling the moon's circumference were more of those symbols which the sisters did their best to ignore. Lastly the moon was surrounded by five odd symbols each of which looked like they may have represented either a weapon or a word although which it was the girls weren't sure.
They flipped the book back over looking at the prominent trident on display before Jess took hold of the cover and opened up the book which seemed to open up to the center page of its own accord. Instantly the girls knew something was up as inside the book were even more of those strange symbols which began to glow a bright blue color the moment the book was fully open. Not even a scant few seconds later the symbols seemed to erupt from the book completely surrounding the girls and cutting them off from there visitors. The girls looked on in horror as they tried to close the book but were unable as even more symbols continued to escape the book with the fury of an erupting Volcano.
Turning towards the man who had handed them the book Alex shouted out with furry clear in her voice. "You lied to us you bastard, you said there was nothing wrong with this book! Once we get out of here I'm going to kill you!"
The cloaked man only responded in a calm voice which made the girl even angrier. "I did no such thing. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the book, this is what it was supposed to do which like I said is to impart information."
Alex didn't get a chance to respond as suddenly the symbols began to flow down onto her and her sisters bodies before disappearing into their skin which caused flashes of different scenes and locked away memories to begin flashing through their heads.
Exodus, Syrus, and Cin all stood outside the maelstrom of information as it downloaded itself into the twins brains returning their locked away memories until at long last the flow of information had finally ended with the last of it being downloaded into the girl's brains. The moment the maelstrom receded Exodus rushed forwards catching both girls before they could fall to the ground and moved them to Alex's bed, afterwards he summoned himself a chair across from the bed which he sat down in with his chin resting on its back.
It didn't take long before the girls began to stir and not much longer after that till they had awoken completely if not groggily due to the information overload. Turning their heads to lock eyes with the serious face of Exodus the girls could only think of one thing to say.
"So it's time?"
Syrus nods with arms crossed and then the room disappeared. Darkness was the only thing the girls saw till finally a new room suddenly warped into existence. This room was like an armory, there was bows and arrows, swords and daggers, war axes and hammers that look like they could level mountains. In the middle of the armory stood Syrus with a grin that showed pride and excitement.
"Hello and welcome to my armory, it's taken me forever to make this, like forever! Anyways this is where you get your weapons, I just want you to know that your choice in weapon is not permanent and can be switched out at anytime. Now to start you off I'm going to give you some low level basic weapons. As both of you obviously remember you have no choice in this matter," He snickers as he strokes his goatee before setting off into maniacal laughter. As the girls stare in complete shock and dawning horror he quickly catches himself with a cough, "I do apologize ladies but I am completely and 100% drunk, I may have also forgotten to take my medication...again...for the seventh year in a row."
Both Syrus and the girls took a moment of silence before Syrus broke it by saying, "anywho let's continue on. Now then Alex I and the others would like to bestow upon you something that is very dear to all of our hearts and of major importance." Syrus then pulls out from behind his back a medium sized highly ornate gilded chest. The chest was covered in precious jewels and made of finely crafted gold and mithril. The moment the chest was in front of all of them he began to open the lid, as more and more of the inside could be seen the girls were able to make out that the inside was lined in velvet sheets with plates of reinforced gel along the seams. And suddenly the lid was fully open and the girls could see the prize that lay inside. "We bestow upon you Alex the blunt stick of blunting." All three of the Primordials told the girls in tandem each of them distinctly ignoring the girl's bulging veins and twitching eyes.
The sound of crickets could be heard in the distance, each person in the room stood quietly staring at each other waiting for someone to speak or make a move. "All joking aside here is your actual weapon Alexis." Syrus broke the silence, his face going serious as he banished the gilded chest.
"Good, no mortal is capable of wielding such power," said Cin with an all too serious tone.
Syrus then went over to an old chest near the forge and completely ignoring the sticky note that said 'GOD DAMN IT SYRUS STOP LEAVING YOUR RUSTY SHIT EVERYWHERE!'
Sincerely Cin
P.S. NO MAN SHOULD EVER WIELD THE STICK!
Syrus pulled out a pair of rusty iron hunting knives and handed them to Alex, he then turned to Jess. "And for you Jess, I present to you your weapon" Syrus told her as he went over to a weapon rack and grabbed a shoddy wooden longbow before returning and handing it to her.
Suddenly both weapons glowed before vanishing in a burst of blue light leaving only a small amount of floating particles to indicate that they had ever existed.
"Don't worry when it's Cin's go he'll explain what just happened, but before then I do have a bit more information for you girls. Now girl's these aren't the only weapons you are stuck with, you can practically use anything to make weapons or armor within reason of course and that's not taking into account the weapons and armor you can find scattered around the world or within dungeons. Essentially if you work hard enough and are determined to get better you will find and make better, understand?"
Both girls slowly nod their head in confusion and trepidation, each of them wondering if the man was entirely sane or even all there to begin with.
"Good, now get out." A clap of his hands later and the world began to melt away only to be replaced by their dormroom a moment later.
"Well if you two are done over there I do believe it is my turn," said the tall robed man as he rose to a standing position. "If you two would follow me, I will explain everything of importance." The robed man began moving to the opposite side of the room, towards the door that led to the hallway. The girls looked on in confusion, but followed anyway, as Cin opened the door. On the other side of the door, much to the two young women's surprise, a beautifully decorated sitting room took the place of the hallway. Cin moved into the room and motioned the girls to follow.
The sitting room was small, but comfy looking. Shelves lined with books, covered each of the four walls, except for a large stone hearth with a roaring green flame within that illuminated the room. At the center of the room sat three immaculately carved wooden chairs, upholstered with velvet. Each of the chairs had a small side table made of exquisitely designed mahogany wood.
Cin motioned the two girls to sit down and said to them in a polite tone, "please have a seat and make yourself comfortable while I find what's needed." Alex and Jess moved to the chairs in the middle of the room and sat down. Cin began to scour the walls of the room looking at the books. He spend a good five minutes searching the shelves until he found a large red tome and moved back to the remaining char in the room.
He spoke, "I think it's about time the two of you learned how this whole thing works." Cin opened the large tome and pulled out a quill from within his robes. "This book contains all the information that you will need. You have constant access to this book and its contents, all you have to do is open a door with the intent of entering this room. But, since this is your first time doing this I will explain some of the more important things."
Cin turned to the first page of the book before speaking again," Let's start with HP. It represents your vitality in a simple number, generally the more HP you have to harder you are to kill," Cin continued, "Mana allows you to use abilities and skills. Mana is important and you will find yourself relying on it so be sure to keep track of how much you have. Stamina is similar to Mana, but it is used for every action you take throughout your day, if you run out you will have no choice but to stop and rest.
"Now let us continue on to attributes," the large robed man turned the book to a later page, "there are nine attributes in total and each one of them is important, but you will most likely have to focus on a select few. The first is Strength, it determines your physical prowess, your ability to lift and carry items, and also is use with certain type of weapons. Cin then moved over to another part of the room that was still within view of the girls and began to demonstrate each of the points that he had mentioned previously as he began picking up different items around the area he was standing before ending his demonstration by swinging a massive hammer that he conjured from out of nowhere destroying one of the chairs in a single hit before replacing the destroyed chair and banishing the hammer. Next is Dexterity, dex determines reflexes and the ability to dodge attacks, it also determines how much damage your range weapons have. Once again Cin began to demonstrate each point by dodging attacks that Exodus threw at him before turning and shooting the wall with a crossbow. After banishing the crossbow and its bolt then fixing the wall he turned back towards the girls and continued explaining. Constitution determines how much your HP is increased by per level as well as your starting HP, meaning if you have a lot of the stuff you are one adventurous motherfucker! Now Endurance is tricky bastard to explain, its kinda like Con's little brother in which it determines your SP and how much it increases per level but not your HP. It also allows you to take blows with less chances of you staggering. Intelligence determines the damage of spells and also determines the max MP you have. Wisdom determines how fast your MP comes back. Charisma determines how people interact with you. Luck is the best of all I tell you! It determines how lucky you are in loot, criticals and other pointless stuff like finding a penny on the ground. Speed is as the name implies, it determines how fast you go, low speed makes you slow and high speed makes you fast, this also increases how fast you draw or strike.
Cin stopped and began to think over all that he had told the girls. After a moment of thought he looked back at the girls and began talking again. "That's pretty much all I have for the two of you. The only other thing of note is that I will keep the two of you abreast of updates and changes to the game. Other than that you two are free to head out with Exodus so he can talk to you about what's left."
The girls merely nodded their heads and followed Exodus out of the room, when they turned around they were not in anyway surprised that the door they had walked through to enter the room was no longer there. Turning their heads back towards Exodus the twins gave Exodus their full undivided attention.
"The two of you now Know how the game works roughly and you each have your weapons, However I want to make sure that the two of you are prepared so I will be providing you with a tutorial to make sure that you know about all of the various screens that you have access to. Also as a note for the both of you don't let anyone know that you know what happened in the future, this is your chance to fix and change a lot of things but that will only work if you keep your cards close to your chest. The same applies with those that you want to return their memories, make sure that you can trust them with your entire being and that they will not betray you after returning their memories. Other than that I have nothing left to say to you other than good luck." And with that Exodus and Syrus slowly disappeared as if they were never there. Instantly the girls heard sound return to the world as time once more flowed around them.
An audible ping sounded throughout the room that only they could hear and they both turned to see a message before them
Quest Alert!
Exams Exams Exams!
Meet up with Dr. Brunner to study for your upcoming exams in a few weeks
Rewards
25xp
5$
1D
Failure
Possibly fail exams
Loss of reputation with Dr. Brunner
Y/N
Both girls shared one final look before pressing the Yes option and walking out their dormroom, their destination. Dr. Brunners classroom.
AN: Hey Everyone! I hope that all of you like the new chapter of Mythos and appreciate all of the work that Uther, BooogyMan, and I put into its creation. Please leave reviews letting us know what you'd like to see and we will try to incorporate it if it is possible. Also the poll to vote for who will have their memories returned is now over and the winners have been recorded. Also I am working on two other stories in conjunction with this one both of them being RWBY stories one of which is a Gamer crossover as well it's called Ruby Rose: A Game of Remnants so please check it out if you like this story. Until next time everyone!
