The trio appears in front of the Empire State Building.
"Why are we in front of the Empire State Building?" Atalanta asks as she looks at one of the most famous icons of the United States.
"Oh, this is the entrance to Mt. Olympus," Artemis responds as she looks at Atalanta's current attire with a frown. "Normally, I wouldn't be so worried about what one should wear, but you need to present a good impression because some of the gods probably aren't going to take it well… that I rejected the oath."
"What oath?" Atalanta asks before realizing Artemis's legend, "Oh, right. The Eternal Virgin."
"Yes, that one." Aphrodite giggles, "But it seems that this Virgin got her cherry popped."
"Shut up, Love Goddess," Artemis retorts with clenched teeth, "Don't speak like that to my daughter. She's too young for that."
"Err.." Atalanta raises her finger up, "But what about my time as Sh-"
"No." Artemis fixes her glare on her daughter, who shrinks back, before going to hug her, "You'll always be my cute little girl."
"Moom," Atalanta whines. It felt good to have a mother after living so long as Shirou Emiya.
"Oh, I have the perfect dress for you! " Aphrodite snaps her finger and Atalanta's previous clothes disappear, replaced with a white blouse and blue skirt with a blue tie. Is this? Atalanta fiddles with the tie as she looks down at the dress. This looks exactly like the one that Rin gave Saber.
"This is…." Atalanta chokes a bit as Artemis kneels down to grip her shoulder and glare at Aphrodite.
"Oh, was that too much? I just randomly chose it from your memories." Aphrodite says with a confused expression as she moves to wave the clothes away, "I can remove it."
"No. It's okay." Atalanta trails off before wiping the tears from her eyes, "Let's just go." She storms off into the building. Saber…. How could she forget her promise? To find that hill of swords, where Altria will definitely be standing. Even in a world so far removed, there has to be a divine construct that can allow her to go back to Shirou's dimension, or maybe she can bring Altria here with her.
"Okay, we have to go up the elevators," Artemis says calmly as she holds her hand to the Empire State security guard.
"H-here you go, Lady Artemis." The poor man quivers as he realized who is talking to him. He hands her the key as he looks at Atalanta. "Wait, she isn't all-"
He stiffens as Artemis just glares at him in annoyance.
"Ah, okay." he nervously fiddles with the collar of his uniform before walking away.
"Now, we go up."Artemis grunts as she stalks over to the elevator and hits the open button.
"Why didn't we just teleport up there?" Atalanta asks. Shouldn't gods just be able to go up there without having to use such a mundane system?
The trio enters the elevator and Artemis jams the card into the slot and then hits Floor 600. The button lights up and she stands there fuming.
"Because you are with us." Aphrodite simply responds as she pulls up a mirror from her dress and starts to gaze into it with a wistful expression. "I should probably check up on my dearies."
"Who?" Atalanta asks as Aphrodite lovingly starts to swipe through her mirror.
"My children," she says with a matter-of-fact tone, "Who else?"
"Oh, ok." Atalanta pauses as she stands there, listening to the muzak in the elevator.
"Atalanta," Artemis says with a slight gulp, "When we're at the council, try your hardest to not… insult the assembly. They're...errr…. The thin line between life and death for you."
"Oh." Atalanta gulps as she tries to remember if her mother has any godly enemies in Olympus. "Do you have any enemies?"
"Hera." The lunar goddess blandly answers. Oh yeah. Daughter of Leto.
"Okay, I'll be nice to them." Atalanta pauses as the elevator dings pleasantly. The two goddesses and demigoddess walks out of the steel elevator into the cloudy pathway that is Mt. Olympus. Gazing in awe, Atalanta's mouth is wide open as Artemis delicately takes her hand and guides her through the terrace.
"That is one of Hephaestus's forge, Hermes' temple, Morpheus' temple, and more..." Artemis mentions quite a bit of deity and their temples as she points out each of them as the golden gates quickly approach them.
"I'm guessing that that is the council," Atalanta says in question as she points at it.
"Yes." Artemis simply answers as she summons a silver dog, "We'll be informing the council." The dog nods before vanishing in silver light.
"Now?" Atalanta asks incredulously, "We're almost at the gate?!"
"And?" Aphrodite asks with a raised eyebrow, "It's not like demigods are that important for the whole council to deal with, it's really only their divine parent's duty to deal with their children. But you, you are a special case."
"Oh." Atalanta looks back at the golden gate as it starts to open.
"So, daughter, why have you come to visit the halls when you are usually out hunting with your maidens?" Zeus booms with some humor in his voice, "Finally got bored of them?"
"Never." Artemis deadpans as Atalanta awkwardly stands beside her. Most of the gods have already noticed, except for Zeus and Apollo- coincidentally. The reason as to why Atalanta hasn't immediately evaporated because the gods were informed that there is going to be a "mortal" in attendance.
"And that's the truth." Apollo's face pauses in sadness before he notices a little girl. "Wait, is that your child?" He runs at godspeed in front of Atalanta's face and picks her up.
"Hey." Atalanta pouts. Even if she has Shirou's memories of Kiritsugu taking care of him and doing the same, Atalanta has always hated being held up. She kicks at the Sun god's chest as he chuckles before looking at his sister.
"This is just one adorable kid." He laughs before he puts her down, "It's so grand!"
"What?!" Zeus shouts in thunderous confusion and some glee. "My little girl has her own girl!"
The king god actually leaves his throne to pick up Atalanta.
"Why is everyone doing this?" Atalanta wonders out loud with an annoyed face.
"And she has the same exact expression as you when you're annoyed, Sis." Apollo pokes Artemis as she whacks his arm with her bow with an irritated face.
"So, the Virgin goddess had a child?" Hera asked with an inquisitive expression. "Aren't you supposed to preserve your virginity for your Authority?"
"Not really." Artemis rubs her shoulders at that admittance. "Technically, I never… swore on the River Styx."
"Bwuh?" Zeus asks as he then looks at Athena. "Did you do the same, daughter?"
At the question, Athena looks at Apollo, who gives her a mischievous expression, showing that she can't lie, "Fine, yes."
"But then?" He starts to dramatically put his finger through a hole formed by his other hand.
"Yes." Athena simply answers, "But I wouldn't just because my sister decided to forsake her oath, regardless of whether it is not binding or not."
"Athena, can we talk for a minute?" Artemis asks as Athena acquiesces and teleports out. "Atalanta, don't annoy any of the other gods." She follows Athena.
"So, little girl-nay warrior," Ares says with fiery eyes and a bloody smile, "What is your name?"
Japanese etiquette made itself known as Atalanta bows towards the War-god and responds, "Atalanta Yajirushi."
"Hrr, a respectful brat too." Hephaestus bends downward as Aphrodite giggles while returning to Ares' side, who blushes arrogantly as he grabs her waist. The forge god keeps his eyes at Atalanta as the clicks of his throne starts to become more prominent. "You have a steel soul."
"Yes!" Ares grins at Atalanta, "Like a blooded warrior!"
"No." Atalanta frowns slightly as she looks at the madly grinning war god, "I am not a warrior, but a hero."
"What's the difference?" Ares roars out in glee as he points his massive broadsword at Atalanta. Atalanta forcibly clamped down on her instinct to immediately trace Kanshou & Bakuya. "See, you are a warrior."
"Posh tosh!" Dionysus waves his hand as he frowns at his chalice of Pepsi(?) He sighs before continuing to drink it, "Just let the girl be whoever she wants to be. I really don't know why I have to meet my niece."
"It's a girl!" Demeter cries out, "Who wouldn't want to meet the girl of a virgin? Also, I bet that she eats grains, right?"
"My father was Japanese," Atalanta responds.
"Good girl, keep eating that rice." Demeter beams happily at the little girl.
"So, Atalanta." Poseidon leans in with an amused light to his eyes. His trident, τρίαινα, already recorded in Atalanta's mind. In fact, most of the deities, excluding that of Aphrodite has been recorded. "Is there any purpose as to why your mother would've brought you her in front of the full assembly?"
"Oh, yes." Artemis strides back into the hall with a pale Athena in tow. Athena goes back to sit at her throne and looks at Atalanta with a sort of shocked awe on her face. "Atalanta has god-slaying capabilities."
"..." Zeus pulls out his Master Bolt.
"Just wait, please." Artemis holds her palms up as Zeus looks down at Atalanta with…. A concerned expression on his face.
"I can copy any bladed weapon that I see. Armor and shields to a lesser extent." Atalanta bluntly says to the incredulous face of the assembly, "And lately, I've been capable of tracing Divine Constructs lately."
And with that, the Council blew up with a fervor never known to mankind.
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So, err. I actually have a bunch of projects left to do so… that's fun. Anyway, Zeus is still sort of a paranoid thespian, but he has a more grandfatherly aesthetic because… well, his virgin daughter got her cherry popped. After all, being 12 years late to the party doesn't mean all that much in the god's POV. Have a nice day.
Tata!