"Hes got a club... HES GOT A CLUB-!!!!" Epic rppp

Dio: hmpf.. what a predicament this is..

I think you responded to the wrong place. You replied to me, not the creator

oops im sorry

im blind :sob:

No problem!

Dio: hmpf... what a predicament this is

Nico: Odisseo! Togliti di mezzo, dannazione! F**king MOVE! *the demigod ran up and grabbed the frozen king, yanking him back so he was facing the entrance and started pushing him. he passed him over to Eurylochus, eyes filled with murderous fire* Take him and keep him running. Go on! Get out of here! *Nico looked around at the dead, tapping his sword among their bodies as he passed their corpses. did Nico feel bad about trapping their souls to fuel his sword? . . . maybe a little bit- but he was sure that if they knew they were going to aid him in killing this asshole, they wouldn't mind too much*
*after all, someone needed to blind this asshole*

*all the other guys over there like :0 as this is going on*
Odysseus: Let go of me, Nico.

*Nico tightened his grip, eyes pleading*
Nico: please, Odisseo, please just trust me on this one. You can get mad at me later- no, Athena can get mad at me later, just *Nico looked back, swallowing* please-
*Suddenly, he froze, eyes wide and staring up; the same kind of stare Odysseus had when he was talking with Athena*
*Nico looked around the void, his eyes landing on the three old ladies sitting at the table before him. The demigod looked at the empty chair and went over, sitting down uncomfortably and sighing*
Nico: I’m messing too much with fate again, huh? *the raven haired boy looked up at the Fates, seemingly uncomfortable under the one eyed stare, but not really scared*

(Why did I think that was funny. My humor is broken.)

*I can imagine Odysseus just went on with his tirade*
Ody: HEY CYCLOPS!
*Eurylochus is standing by the door like: istg*

*Nico cringed as the sound echoed in his ears and shook his head*
Nico: Why does he never listen? *Nico then turned back to the Grey Sisters and he dipped his head respectfully* how long am I gonna be frozen in here?

Wasp(pretty sure that's one of them): Until he finishes announcing his presence and runs outside. Which he will... Now.
*he did this as the Cyclops picked up a boulder*

(Added more to this)
*Nico gasped, sitting up sharply on the deck of the ship and panting heavily. He felt feverish, but alive. That was something the fates had told him when he’d first arrived; in this realm, Niccoló di Angelo was unable to die. Instead, he’d just get revived again, and again, and again until he’d finished the story and found his way back home*
*of course, the Fates didn’t tell him how to get back home; that’d be waaaaay to easy!*
Nico: *weakly* I feel like I’m gonna be sick

Eurylochus: What-? Where did you- *shakes his head* Are you alright?
*Odysseus stands on the head of the ship, watching the Cyclops suffer*

Nico: *weakly* 'm okay, just a little bit of shad- I mean, motion sickness *Nico stifled a sigh; great going there, Neeks, you’d almost said “Shadow travel sickness”. The doe eyed boy looked down at his legs and groaned in exasperation* and a busted hip, apparently, amazing *he looked up at Eurylochus and cringed sheepishly* you don’t happen to have any spare wood, do you?

Eurylochus: Uh... Yes. There's some below deck. Can I help...?

Nico: *holding his hand out to the stronger man* Yes, please. Do you think you could help me get below deck? I’d walk myself, but unfortunately I don’t think my body’s gonna allow for that right now *Nico sighed and looked away* sorry

(hey, you still alive?)

*after they repeated the question, Polyphemus finally answered in a miserable voice*
Polyphemus: It was nobody-
*Odysseus for some reason thought that was funny shit*

*Nico, who'd already known the punchline of the joke, gave Odysseus a sharp look that basically screamed "shutupshutupshutupshutup!". the demigod had to suppress a groan and fidgeted as he waited for the cyclops to fvck off and leave already. he turned to Odysseus and said in a very, very soft tone*
Nico: whatever you do, do not reveal your name. I will personally stick you through with my sword- if you even consider it. understand?

*the king stared at him in shock for a moment*
Odysseus: ...Alright. If you insist.

*Nico nodded, mouthing thank you as the cyclops yelled for Polyphemus to be silent. he flinched at the noise, but eventually recovered and started urging Ody (and, by proxy, everyone else) towards the exit. cmon, cmon! can't these people move any faster?!*

*the few men that were left were crowded against the wall by the door, all trembling like children*
Odysseus: *silently counting his men and making sure Nico is close behind him*

*Nico took out his sword and used it to steady himself as he joined the remaining men by the door, occasionally tapping dead bodies as he went along to suck up their soul energy. it'd been a while since he'd even remembered he could store soul energy, but now that he had the dead readily available to him- I mean, he might as well. the raven haired boy looked back quickly at the cyclops before gesturing for the remaining men to move*

*Odysseus suddenly stopped, looking back at the Cyclops as if debating something in his mind*

Nico: *hissing* Oi! Don’t *Nico gestured for Eurylochus to keep moving, glancing back at the blinded Cyclops before scowling again at Odysseus* keep moving, Odysseus

*Eurylochus nodded reluctantly and kept going, but Ody, being the prideful but hot idiot he is, drew his sword"

Nico: *hissing* No! *the demigod went over to Odysseus and grabbed him by the collar* if you say, ANYTHING, I swear to the gods I will kick your ass. Your men, will die, if you reveal your name. I can’t tell you how I know, but you have to trust me

**

(Hey Mate, you still alive?)

(YUP IM HERE)

(YAYAYAYAYAYYYY)

*Eurylochus took Nicos hand, then after helping him stand up, he looped an arm around Nicos waist to help him stand*
Eurylochus: Its alright. Anything for a friend of the captain.

(Eurylochus is kinda hot lwky)

*Nico cringed at that last part, silently hoping that it looked like he was cringing from pain and not at the fact that he had just confided in Odysseus at the battle of Troy that he knew the outcome of the future*
Nico: y-yeah, friend . . . *Nico kinda hobbled downstairs, biting his cheek to silence any noise so hard he could taste blood. Then again, other than him, the youngest member of the crew was Ajax and that guy was nearing 17 by now, so Nico couldn’t risk being seen as a little 14 year old dead weight* Grazie, Eurylochus

*Eurylochus simply nodded in acknowledgement. As soon as they got below deck, a crash was heard from above. Eurylochus looked up in worry, his whole body tensing*

*Nico's head shot up too and he stifled a groan. he took a plank of wood, cut a section of it long enough to rest under his armpit, and pushed himself up with a semi-muffled grunt of pain*
Nico: *grumbling* Santo cielo, che stronzata sta succedendo adesso?
(Translation: good lord, what bs is happening now?)

Eurylochus: *drawing his sword* Are you going to be alright-?

Nico: eh? oh, yeah, yeah, I'll be fine *A little taste of ambrosia and nectar from the ziploc baggie in his jacket and he'd be right as rain- not that he could say that* go on, I'll meet you up there

*he nodded and went above deck, leaving you alone*

*Looking around, Nico took the tiniest little nibble of some ambrosia from his pocket- not enough to fully heal him (much to his chagrin), but enough to heal him a good amount*
Nico: *muttering* ok Ody, let's see what you've gotten yourself into now

*When Nico went above deck, he saw chaos. Men stood in little groups, comforting each other and band aging wounds. A decent size chunk of the ship was missing at the front, but fortunately they weren't taking on water*

Nico: *going over to Odysseus* hey, you ok? What happened after I blacked out?

Odysseus: *his face looks haunted* The Cyclops hurled a boulder at the ship. He knew where it was from my shouting....

*Nico nodded, trying not to say “I told you so” and be helpful*
Nico: *shrugging* I mean, generally when you’re blind, you have a better sense of hearing
*yeah, real smooth, dumb@ss*

*he looked at him with as much patience as he could muster. Then Nico saw it, in Odysseus was fidgeting with a pair of broken glasses in his hand*

(I know they didn't have glasses back then, but Polities usually has glasses in animations sooo...)

(Sounds good)

*Nico looked at the glasses and felt the realization hit him like a truck. DUH, THE REASON ODYSSEUS WOULD BE LOOKING LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE HE LOST SOMEONE CLOSE! Honestly, sometimes Nico surprised himself with his own stupidity*
Nico: *softly* oh . . . I’m, sorry . . . *Nico shifted his weight uneasily, tightening his grip on his crutch and chewing his bottom lip nervously in thought* . . . Someone close to you?

Hermes: uh... Other than that your king was just snatched up by the Cyclops and is about to be eaten.... *he sucks in a breath* yeah...

*Nico swore, using some no no words that I am not allowed to translate on this family-friendly website*
Nico: Excuse me, Lord Hermes. Um, thank you for your hospitality and not smiting me to death *Nico closed his eyes and prepared himself to shadow travel, and faltered. He blinked, trying again, and froze in terror once he realized he was too exhausted to teleport back to the cave*

*he stared for a moment, then realized... But didnt seem all too concerned*
Hermes: Oooohh... I get it. Okay. Do you want to go back? I think Ody is fine-

Nico: *urgently* I need to go back. I need to make sure certain things don’t happen, but other things do *Nico fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a handful of drachmas, eyes serious and frantic as he tried to press them into Hermes’s hand* please, if you can, get me back there quick as possible

*he spun one across his fingers, then tossed it up, catching it. In the time Nico was focused on the coin, they were teleported/transported to a far corner of the Cyclops cave*

*Nico jumped as he dodged the drugged cyclops, gasping in shock and surprise. he looked up, looking at Odysseus and starting to run to him. he stopped, looking back at Hermes, and hastily bowed*
Nico: Thank you, Lord Hermes, um, thank you *he ran over to Odysseus and began pulling him away* Odysseus, we have to go now. don't do anything else, no matter what anyone says, just listen to me and go

Odysseus: *he looked at him in shock* How did you-

Nico: *quickly* Let’s just say I know owe Lord Hermes a big ol’ favor in the future. Don’t ask *Nico pushed Odysseus back out of the cave and to the beach, sighing in relief as he successfully managed to get the king away from the Cyclops before he was able to reveal his name. There we go; there was at least ONE crisis avoided*
* . . . Of course, it wasn’t like a cere teleporting, demigod, child-of-hades would be hard to identify either, but I digress*

*several other heavy footsteps approach, and voices of other Cyclops fill the air*
"Who hurts you???"
Odysseus: Wait.

Nico: *in time w the literal music* f**k
*Nico steered Odysseus and himself closer into the shadows, shaking as he once again attempted to shadow travel and failed. The demigod peeked out at the Cyclopses- Cyclopsi? Cyclopse? What was the plural of Cyclops? No, not the time to be wondering that. Nico tried to count how many of them their were, feeling the color drain from his cheeks the more and more the number ticked up. he grabbed onto the rock they were hiding against, deciding that 16 was probably a good place to STOP counting as he almost felt like he was about to throw up*
*16 cyclops- no, 17 CYCLOPS because of Polyphemus . . . *
*Sometimes, Nico thought that his involvement just made things 10x worse*

(I have no idea where to go with that- where did my man go? I'm so sorry)

(That's ok XD! I was aiming to give you some creative freedom to shove him anywhere, but I'll just plop him on Olympus. who knows? maybe this will be where Neeks meets Hermes this time~?)

*Nico tried to sit up and collapsed back down, whimpering in pain as he hit his head on the marble dais behind him*
Nico: Ahi! Gesù Cristo-! *he looked behind him, blinking at the winged caduceus carved in gold on the marble behind him. a caduceus?* . . . Ermete?

(Ermete is Hermes's Italian name)

(Also, you'll never guess what Epic character I'm being for Halloween.)

(OOH~ LEMME THINK! Ummmmm, Hermes?)

(Nope. Another person in my friend group is being him :))

(Ooh, ok, hmmmm, Odysseus?)

(Still nope, taken. But I give you a hint ^^ I am the prophet. With the answers you seek-)

(THE PROPHET!!!!)

(Lmao yes- with the answers you seek. )

(Sorry, I just really wanna make sure I don't upset people and I give everyone their desired rp)

Hermes: *his little giggle echoed through the space* Well whos this?

(Np! You’re really nice for doing that ^w^)

*Nico’s eyes widened (though the corners still had a few tears in them from hitting his head and getting literally FLUNG ACROSS THE CAVE BY A CYCLOPS) and he blinked, unable to form a coherent sentence as he took in the god’s appearance. By the gods . . . He was attractive. Internal Nico facepalmed at his own thoughts. Of course he would be attractive; do you KNOW how many children of Hermes there are??? Still, he wasn’t conventionally attractive though, more ethereal. In spite of himself, Nico felt his cheeks heat up with blush as he tried to formulate an intelligent response*

(Aw thx)

*he sat nearby on a marble ledge, grinning at nico. He didn't seem upset, he even seemed amused*
Hermes: Well isn't it sweet for a child of Hades to think of me~?

*Nico blinked blankly before shaking his head quickly and closing his eyes. Get it together, go***mnit. He took a breath before sitting up a bit straighter (kinda) and gave Hermes as much of a bow as he could*
Nico: **stumbling* h-hello, Lord Hermes. I- um, I’m- um . . . I’m sorry for the, um, i-intrusion . . . Of your temple . . .

*he sighed, waving a hand*
Hermes: oh ho no... I'm not much on formalities. It's no problem... Really. *he gave nico a sly smile*

*Nico swallowed and looked away, before his head snapped up like a shot and his eyes widened*
Nico: merda . . . Odysseus! *the boy tried to stand, but almost fell and grabbed onto the Dias instead* woah!

*he spawned next to Nico, helping him stand*
Hermes: Woah- hold on. I'm sure the king is fine- *he paused, then his face paled- for a gods anyway* Oh no.

*Nico winced at his reaction and groaned. He looked at Hermes with one eye, looking pained*
Nico: *sadly* do I even wanna know?

Eurylochus: *taking Odysseus's arm* He'll kill us all if he corners us-
Odysseus: *in a soft, almost haunted tone* Polities......
*In the background the Cyclops crushed another man, spraying blood across the dusty ground*

Nico: EHI! Circle-eye! *The demigod ran towards the Cyclops, pausing in its giant shadow* Look down, testa di cazzo!

("Ehi" = "Hey")
(Testa di cazzo = D!ckhead)

(I'm basically basing this of my favorite Survive animatic. In the timing of events anyway, just a btw ^^)

*the Cyclops paused before crushing another man, who scurried to his feet and ran*
Polyphemus (probably wrong with the spelling): *his voice shook the stone walls* Who....?

(You got it right!)

Nico: *goading* C'mon, Circle-Eye! I wanna look you in the eye while we fight! *Nico motioned for the other men to keep running as he ran between Polyphemus's legs and behind him* Ehi Idiota! Coglione! Can't you move any faster? I'm already behind you!

(So, fun fact, 'Coglione' is almost always used as an insult like 'jerk', but it actually means 'testicle')

*The Cyclops slowly turned to face Nico, a pair of... All too familiar glasses near his feet*
Polyphemus: You....

(LMFAO)

(Nico’s essentially saying “hey, balls for brains! Over here!”)

*Nico looked down and swallowed, picking up the glasses and pocketing them in his Aviator jacket’s inner breast pocket. He looked back up at Polyphemus before making a show of looking at the ceiling above the Cyclops’s head and twisting his expression to fear/surprise*
Nico: *pointing up* ABOVE YOU!

*the stupid ass Cyclops looked up, but only a glance before swinging his club at Nico*

*Nico cursed under his breath; that didn't work as planned. Nico quickly shadow-traveled out of there, reappearing as he fell from the ceiling, sword pointed beneath him, right towards the Cyclops's eye. he jabbed it in, smiling a bit before his soul-sucking magic weapon began to slide down the huge eye- cutting it, but also leaving Nico steadily closer and closer to slipping. Nico's eyes widened, beginning to flail as he slipped, twisting his sword to stop slipping. he gasped for breath as he stuck, trembling as he made the mistake of looking down*

*he had to be over a 100 feet in the air. Odysseus and Eurylochus looked like ants. The Cyclops bellowed in pain, trying to swat at Nico*

*Nico wrapped his legs around Polyphemus's finger, allowing the Cyclops to pull him out and unstick him, allowing himself to be pulled along even if it meant getting thrown*
*Speaking of getting thrown-*
Nico: no, nonononono-! *Nico screamed as he was flung across the cave, fear grabbing hold of him like a vice before he shut his eyes, covered his head and ears, and shadow-traveled himself quickly out of there. he hit the ground, coughing in pain as he rolled over to his hands and knees and coughed. well, he was certainly out of the cave. Nico looked around, not knowing where he was. in his desperation and panic, he had shadow-traveled without picking a destination. f**kkkkk, f**kf**kf**kf**kf**k, this was not good; where the hell was he?! he was inside a temple of some kind of mountain, but who's temple and why, Nico didn't know. it wasn't something belonging to Hades; his stuff was primarily in the underworld. it wasn't Poseidon, he knew that for sure. Not Zeus, or Hera, or Aphrodite or Aries or (gods forbid) Dionysus*
*So where the HELL was he?!*