Deer-ly Departured/Dialogues

**You are experiencing the story in third-person view.**

***At the beach of Nova Roma, over a cliff…***

* Simona (afraid): …
* Simona and Sussus (behind her; sneaky): Hehehe…
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; waist held by Sussus; startled): AH! Who’s-
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; having her neck kissed by Sussus; amused): Sussus- Hey! Stop it, you’re tickling me!
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; smiling): Sorry, how could I resist when you look that beautiful?
* Simona (covering her face): Next time don’t sneak up on me like this. For a moment I thought someone was trying to push me!
* Sussus (awkward grin): I knew I would find you here. I come with good news.
* Simona (hopeful): What is it-?!
* Sussus (excited): Mom gave us her blessing! She says she’s fine with us getting married!
* Simona (smiling): Oh… That’s great news!
* Sussus (stretching his neck): And… She offered to also pay the wedding costs…
* Simona (worried): Uh huh…
* Sussus (worried): You don’t seem very excited…
* Simona (hopeless): I am, it’s just…
* Sussus (sad): If you’re having second thoughts, I… I’ll understand. I know I can be immature and-
* Simona (serious): Sussus, I want to marry you! There’s just something else troubling my mind!
* Simona (covering her face): It has nothing to do with you…
* Sussus (concerned): Then… What is it?
* Simona (frowning): It’s nothing…
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; holding her by the waist): You can tell me… You know, I’m here to support you…
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; sad): I’m just worried about… The future of Rome, now that Augustus is on the throne…
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; blushing): Oh…
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; shrugging; awkward grin): Well… I guess it sucks now we’re under invasion, but… Hey! We’ll live!
* Sussus (shocked): Hey, what’s the problem?
* Simona (disappointed): Sussus, how can you just say that?
* Sussus (shrugging his shoulders): What did you want me to say? I was just trying to comfort you-
* Simona (serious): Our lives may go unaffected as we are nobles, but what about the others?!
* Simona (worried): Think about the slaves and working class? Livius promised them better lives!
* Simona (frustrated): But now what?! He gets dethroned and replaced by some old age capitalist?!
* Sussus (covering his face): Ugh… Simona.
* Simona (panicking): They’ll never have these promise fulfilled-!
* Sussus (serious): LIVIUS WOULDN’T HAVE DONE SHIT!
* Simona (offended): Sussus?!
* Sussus (holding his head): Livius is no different from any other emperor we had, I really thought by now you would have realized this…
* Simona (pissed): No different?! I know you two had issues in the past, but you can’t compare him to other emperors! He actually cares about his people, he was going to finally put an end to the slave trad-
* Sussus (crossing his arms): He probably only sprinkled this in to impress that freedwoman he was going to marry…
* Simona (stumped): You think he’d risk the anger of nobles just to impress a girl? Be fucking for real-
* Sussus (serious): Simona, wake up! If he had actually care for all these poor slaves, he would’ve abolished the trade as soon as he sat on the throne! It’s been nine months!
* Simona (hopeful): Well… He’s probably still mourning his betrothed. He has a lot on his shoulders already and… Maybe he didn’t feel like burdening himself with politics during his grief-
* Sussus (sympathetic): My dearest, I knew Livius since we were mere lads, as much as I’d like to believe he’d make a difference, unfortunately he’s a coward.
* Sussus (covering his face): He doesn’t have the courage to do things outside the norm, he wouldn’t have risked losing the support of nobles.
* Simona (crossing her arms): …
* Simona (sad): Maybe I have been giving him too much credit. It’s just… It was nice thinking there was an emperor who cares.
* Sussus (sympathetic): I get it. I too hoped he’d give me a reason to respect him…
* Simona (worried): But still, Livius would have still been better than…
* Sussus (nervous grin): He’s probably will be like Messalinus, who, I get isn’t the ruler we’d desire but Roma lived through him and we can do it again!
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; helping Simona wear her cape): Now enough staring at the fleet. Lets get back to your estate before you catch a cold, you’ve been out for too long.

***On the road…***

* Sussus (riding a horse; grinning): Hey, how about we race to your estate? See which one of us is faster on horse!
* Simona (riding a horse; eye rolling): Sussus, I’m really not on the mood.
* Sussus (smiling): Come ooooooon, it’s going to be fun!
* Simona (checking her nails): I’m not a fool. I know you’ll expect a ‘reward’ if you win.
* Sussus (innocent smirk): I have no idea what you mean but now that you mention it, I wouldn’t mind us sharing a chamber together for the night-
* Simona (eye rolling): There we go…
* Sussus (begging): Hey, I promise to go down on you-
* Simona (shocked): Sussus, STOP!
* Simona (displeased): What trouble did you get into this time?
* Sussus (shocked): I didn’t do anything! Why are you pointing fingers-?!
* Simona (serious): See who’s approaching us…
* Sussus (displeased): Carolus…
* Simona (worried): He brought men with him. Is he…
* Simona (shocked): Did they come to arrest me for my protests?!
* Sussus (serious): Simona, take my hand. I’ll deal with him.
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; smirking): Good evening, Lord Amogus and to you too, Lady Severa. I hope I am not ruining your ride?
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; irritated): What the fuck do you want with us, Carolus?
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; grinning): No need to be impolite, Sussus. I only came here to congratulate you for your engagement.
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; smirking): And to inform you that the marriage cannot take place.
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; shocked): Cannot take place?!
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; pissed): What is the meaning of this?!
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; reading a scroll): Let me see… Oh, there’s been a new law!
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; serious): The Great Emperor Augustus have made a decision that from then on, a Roman noble is not permitted to marry the following: Prostitutes, entertainers, slaves…
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; smirking): … and freedmen as well as women…
* Simona and Sussus (Sussus; furious): Wu- what?! He can’t do that?!
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; serious): I’m afraid he can, if you have a problem with it, you may seek audience with him.
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; grinning): Anyway… “Lady” Severa?
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; holding her anger): Yes?
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; thinking): I’m aware that you’ve already been linked to another nobleman and inherited quite a fortune through his passing.
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; grinning): As Lord Severus is long gone, nothing will be done with your previous marriage and you will get to keep whatever possessions you got from your late husband.
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; smirking): But the emperor had passed another law, that as a woman, you are no longer allowed to continue running his gunpowder business!
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; shocked): What-?! But… How am I supposed to make money then?! That’s where I get my income-!
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; grinning): My advice for you is to contact a family friend or a male relative of yours or your late husband to manage the business and your financial affairs. Who knows? Maybe they’d be nice enough to leave you an allowance?
* Simona and Sussus (Simona; holding her anger): …
* Carolus and his centurions (Carolus; smirking): This is all I had to say, I hope you two enjoy the rest of your day. For now, farewell!

***Meanwhile at Mount Pelion. On the back of a wagon...'***

* Anne (laughing; holding the cards): Aye, that’s a win for me!
* Alex (frustrated): Damnit!
* Jason (bored): I still don’t understand a single thing about that game…
* Jennifer (eye rolling): You and me both…
* Anne (smirking; showing her hand): Now pay up, landlubber!
* Alex (clueless): Pay up?! You never mentioned a single word about that?!
* Jennifer (clueless): Yeah, what the hell?!
* Jorge, Agwé and Sinbad (Sinbad; grinning): That’s the pirate code- Loser has to pay!
* Jennifer (pissed): And how were we supposed to know that?! You tricked us! We’re not paying shit!
* Anne (raising her hands): That’s fine, you don’t have to. But things might get a bit unpleasant for your little mission.
* Jennifer (serious): What’s that supposed to mean?
* Alex (crossing his arms): I believe she’s threatening to pull out from the quest…
* Jennifer (shrugging): Good! Then don’t come! No one asked you to join us anyway-!
* Jason (whispering): I don’t mean to play Typhon’s advocate here, but you kind of need a ship for where Achilles will be taking you…
* Anne (smirking): So what’s it going to be then?
* Alex (crossing his arms): We don’t have any money…
* Anne (grinning): Oh, you don’t have to pay me with coins! Jewelry or anything of value would be fine too!
* Jennifer (taking off her earrings): Ugh… There!
* Jennifer (offering her earrings): Will those be fine?!
* Anne (laughs): That’s more like it! A pleasure doing business with you, hearties!
* Alex (awkward grin): Sorry about that, Jenny…
* Jennifer (eye rolling): You’re just lucky I was not wearing my favorite pair.
* Marionette (holding her head): All this fighting is really driving me crazy…
* Marionette (twirling her hair): I wonder how that Achilles guy is doing. He must feel bored sitting there all my himself…

*On the front.*

* Achilles (holding the reins): …
* Marionette (smirking): Hey there…
* Achilles: …
* Marionette (curious): Hellooooooooooooo.
* Achilles: …
* Marionette (clueless): Is he purposely ignoring me or what-?
* Achilles (irritated): What do you want…?
* Marionette (checking her nails): Nothing really. I just noticed you were all by yourself and wondered if you’d like to chat-?
* Achilles (serious): I’m not interested.
* Marionette (pouting): If we’re going on a suicide mission together, don’t you think it’s maybe a good idea to at least get to know each other?
* Achilles (eye rolling): I’ve befriend several soldiers and I didn’t feel the need to know every detail of their lives. I don’t see the point of bonding with someone, knowing there’s a chance I might watch them die. Saves me the grief.
* Marionette (resting her head on her hands): *Sighs…* So, that Hydra creature… What was fighting it like?
* Achilles (serious): And how am I supposed to answer that?
* Marionette (curious): Weren’t you the one who killed it before?
* Jason (chuckling): My fair lady, I think you are mixing up Achilles’ accomplishments with Heracles’!
* Marionette (clueless): Heracles?
* Alex (indicating): He may be more recognizable to you by his Romanized name- ‘Hercules’.
* Marionette (smiling): Oh! You mean like the detective from Agnes Kristy’s novels-?
* Alex (shocked): You’ve got to be pulling my legs this time! You don’t know who Hercules is?! Like not even from *Mr. Sparkles*?!
* Marionette (clueless): Uh… No?!
* Anne and her pirates (laughing): Ahahahahahaha!
* Marionette (displeased): Hey, what’s so funny about that-?!
* Hippe and Ocyrhoe (frightened): *NEIGH!!!*
* Marionette (startled): AH!
* Alex, Jennifer and Jason (Jennifer; startled): OMG! I almost fell out of the wagon!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; holding her head): Aye! What’s going on over there?!
* Alex, Jennifer and Jason (Jason; curious): Achilles?
* Achilles (appeasing): Hush… It’s alright… We’re not in danger, yet.
* Hippe and Ocyrhoe (nervous): …
* Achilles (serious): It’s the mares, they’re just nervous over running into Hydra. We’re getting close to swamps after all.
* Marionette (thinking): You know, these horses seem strangely intelligent and aware compared to other animals…
* Achilles (sympathetic): That’s because they were not always that way…
* Marionette (intrigued): Really?
* Achilles (serious): I can tell you’re confused but these two were once Chiron and Chariclo’s daughters…
* Marionette (shocked): They’re DAUGHTERS?!
* Achilles: They were transformed into horses in two separate occasions. Hippe was turned into one by Artemis to help her hide from her parents out of fear of how they’d react to her pregnancy out of wedlock, and Ocyrhoe was turned into one as punishment from the Fates after warning her father from going on a quest that would cause him to lose his immortality and lead him to his death.
* Marionette (wincing): Yikes! Must be awkward having all your children get turned into animals!
* Achilles (slight smile): Oh, but Hippe and Ocyrhoe are not their only offspring. They have a son, and another daughter too- My grandmother.
* Marionette (shocked): So Chiron is not just your mentor? He’s, like, your great grandpa?
* Marionette (stumped): Wait a second! Didn’t you two literally hook up?!
* Achilles (shrugging): Yeah, so?
* Marionette (disgusted): But- You’re… You’re… You’re blood-related-?!
* Alex (holding his head): Marionette, you literally fell in love with a man you knew was a necrophile, I don’t think you’re in a position to judge anyone.
* Marionette (offended): Hey, that’s… I-
* Anne and her pirates (Yating; clueless): What’s a necrophile?
* Marionette (blushing): Alex, are you seriously defending their affair?!
* Jennifer (crossing her arms): Oh, Marionette. If that disgusts you, I can’t wait to see how you’d react when you learn about Zeus and Hera…
* Marionette (nervous): The king and queen of the gods? What’s… Wrong with them?
* Jason (deadpan): They’re siblings.
* Marionette (shocked): What… What the… How-
* Marionette (panicked): My mother! Isn’t Zeus her father?! Does that basically make me a product of incest-?
* Alex (laughing): Relax! Hera is not Athena’s biological mother!
* Marionette (relaxed): Thank goodness-!
* Alex (thinking): But Zeus’ parents do happen to be-
* Jennifer (grossed out): Alex, I don’t think she needs to know that!

***At the swamps…***

* Achilles and the mares (Achilles; serious): We should stop here and continue the journey on foot.
* Marionette (disgusted): You mean you expect us to walk on that stinky water?! Why can’t we just carry on in horseback?!
* Achilles and the mares (Achilles; crossing his arms): Because then the wagon will get stuck on the mud and inconvenient us!
* Marionette (shocked): But I am wearing heels!
* Alex (holding his head): And what exactly were you thinking, Marionette? Not even Jennifer would do something like this!
* Jennifer (crossing her arms): I am literally standing right next to you…
* Alex (blushing): I wasn’t trying to-

*SWISH! SWISH!*

* Marionette (startled): Are you listening to that?
* Achilles (serious): Arrows. There must be a battle nearby! Everyone, take a step back-
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; drawing her sword): Arrr! Did someone say ‘battle’?
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; grinning): Pirates, you know what we must do! ATTACK!
* Anne and her pirates (Pirates; excited): YO HO HO!
* Jason (shocked): What are they thinking they’re doing?! They’ll get themselves killed!
* Jennifer (smirking): If that happens, we could just steal their ship.
* Jason (horrified): That’s not something we should manifest!
* Alex (headache): AH!
* Jennifer (worried): Alex!
* Alex (holding his head): I’m fine, I’m fine! I just need to rest a little…
* Jennifer (covering her face): You should not have come with us, you should be resting in a room at the tavern…
* Alex (crossing his arms): And miss out on all the fun? No thanks, I’ll take my risks…
* Marionette (serious): They’re coming back!
* Jennifer (eye rolling): Yay…
* Marionette (clueless): Who’s that with them?
* Achilles (overlooking): Who do you speak of?
* Marionette (curious): The one wearing the lionskin cloak. I don’t remember him travelling with us?
* Anne, Heracles and the pirates (frightened): AHHH!!!
* Jason (shocked): Heracles?!
* Achilles (covering his face): Oh no…
* Heracles (smiling): Ah! Jason! Achilles! It’s so good to see you!
* Heracles (panicking): Quick, hide me!
* Jason (clueless): Could you at least tell us who you’re hiding from?
* Anne and her pirates: THEM!
* Huntresses (pissed): GET HIM!
* Achilles (eye rolling): What did you get yourself into this time?!
* Huntresses (drawing their weapons): Lets shoot him down!
* Achilles (holding out his shield): Everyone, take cover!
* Huntresses (Fatima; serious): In the count of three! 1… 2-
* Jennifer (shouting): STOP!
* Alex (shocked): Jennifer! What are you-
* Jennifer (desperate): Please, there is no need to resort to violence! Can we talk things out? Like reasonable people?
* Huntresses (blushing): …
* Huntresses (Ahyoka; awkward grin): She brings a good point… Maybe we should talk first?
* Jennifer (relieved): Phew…
* Alex (cross): Jennifer, that… Was reckless!
* Jennifer (smirking): That makes the two of us.
* Alex (covering his face): …
* Huntresses (Ekho; clueless): Does any remember what we were doing again?
* Huntresses (Malvina; grinning): I remember! We were just about to hunt a man down!
* Huntresses (drawing their weapons; Fatima): Everyone, step aside! This is between us and Heracles and we’d rather you don’t interfere!
* Achilles (serious): Not until you tell us what even you’rechasing him for?!
* Huntresses (Fatima; furious): He killed the Ceryneian Hind, our lady’s sacred deer!
* Alex (shocked): The Ceryneian Hind? That’s… You must be the Huntresses of Artemis!
* Marionette (shocked): Isn’t that the cult Madelina was briefly in?
* Achilles (gritting his teeth): Hercules...?!
* Heracles (shocked): That’s… That’s not true! I didn’t touch her!
* Huntresses (Fatima; angry): LIAR! We saw you next to her body!
* Heracles (pissed): I swear I found her like that! I did not kill her-!
* Alex (furious): Everyone, CALM DOWN!
* Alex (covering his face): Ladies, I understand the anger you must be feeling, but you should not jump to conclusions so quickly!
* Alex (serious): We’re going to investigate the Ceryneian’s murder. If Heracles is guilty, you are free to chase him down but if someone else killed him, we promise to bring them over to you, do we have a deal?
* Huntresses (Fatima; crossing her arms): Hmmm… We still think he did it, but fine. We have a deal.
* Alex (holding his head): Ugh…. My head…
* Jennifer and Alex (Jennifer; concerned): Alex, you are not okay. You need to rest.
* Jennifer and Alex (Jennifer; serious): I’m going to take care of Alex. Marionette, do you mind taking care of the investigation for us?
* Marionette (sweating): Sure, but… I’ve never investigate a murder alone-
* Achilles (serious): I’m going to assist you, gives me something to be busy with.
* Marionette (twirling her hair): If that’s an excuse to spend time with me, you can just say it-
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Ladies, can you lead us to where the body is?
* Huntresses (Fatima; serious): Of course. Ekho, take these two to the body!
* Ekho (serious): As you say, lieutenant. Follow me.

**You are now playing as Marionette Patrick.**

## Chapter 1

***Investigate the swamps (Victim identified: The Ceryneian Hind).***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): So, this is the sacred hind? She is very much dead but I see nothing that indicates she’s wounded except that funny little arrow and I don’t see how it could’ve caused this much damage.
* Achilles (thinking): That thing is called a dart? And you think there must be poisoning involved? That actually makes much more sense-
* Anne (laughing): Blimey! So you really are starting an investigation over a deer dying?!
* Achilles (serious): You! What are you doing away from the wagon?!
* Anne (smirking): Oy, I’m free to go wherever I bloody want. But to answer you, I was curious. I thought my ears were fooling me when I heard them fussing about a deer’s death!
* Ekho (serious): This is not just any deer! That’s Artemis’ sacred hind you’re talking about!
* Anne (waving off): I don’t give a fanny whose pet that is. But if you need someone to look at the corpse, Agwé- one of my men, has experience with that stuff so he might be able to help you out!
* Achilles (thinking): Thank you. We’ll be sure to take up your offer. Anyway, what’s your name again, oread?
* Ekho (awkward grin): Ekho. You may recognize it from a story involving a curse from Hera-
* Achilles (curious): Pleased to meet you. Does your pack happen to have a camp around here?
* Ekho (blushing): We do. It’s actually pretty close here. But what do you want from it?
* Achilles (serious): Everyone who was in contact with the hind is a suspect in our eyes, and we think it would be good idea if we took a look around.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): And I think it is time we have a proper conversation with Heracles.

***Interrogate Hercules (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the huntress’ camp).***

* Heracles (smiling): Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, it’s great to see you back from the dead! What brought you to Pelion? Feeling nostalgic, eh?
* Achilles (crossing his arms): I’m here for business. We’re in the swamps to look for Hydra.
* Heracles (winking): What a coincidence! I’m here for the same thing! Do you want to have a contest to see who gets to her first?
* Achilles (serious): This is a serious matter, Heracles! It’s no time for competitions, we aren’t Chiron’s pupils anymore!
* Heracles (pouting): Pfft… You’re just as dull as I remember you.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Now be honest with us, did you kill the hind?!
* Heracles (shocked): I’m telling you, I DID NOT!
* Achilles (serious): It’s a bit hard to believe, knowing that you’re guilty of kidnapping her before!
* Heracles (shrugging): That was millennia ago! And besides I freed her and I’m in good terms with Artemis now!
* Heracles (blushing): Well, sort of. But my point is, I did not hurt that deer!
* Achilles (covering his face): I hope this is true, because I have no idea how he’d get you out of this if you actually did it!
* Heracles (crossing his arms): Geez, have a little faith in me, dude!

***Investigate the huntresses’ camp (Prerequisite: Investigate the swamps).***

* Achilles (overlooking): Everything in the camp appear normal. I see nothing extraordinary.
* Achilles (curious): You. Is your mistress present here?
* Ekho (covering her face): No, she’s on holiday until the winter comes. I don’t think she’s aware of the hind’s death, but we’ll have to tell her eventually.
* Ekho (curious): Fatima is in charge in her place, do you wish me to take you to her.
* Achilles (thinking): Yes, please. We’d be most grateful-
* Achilles (shocked): What’s that you say? You think you found something helpful?
* Achilles (clueless): Why, those are just hoofprints! It’s probably left by the hind-
* Achilles (thinking): Except those are not from a deer… These look like they came from a goat…
* Achilles (serious): And a two-legged one at that! Those are a satyr’s hoofprints! Someone had trespassed the camp!
* Achilles (determined): The hoofprints continue into the woods, lets track them down and find out who the trespasser is!

***Track down the satyr who trespassed the huntress’ camp (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the huntress’ camp).***

* Achilles (drawing his sword): Don’t move another step!
* Rolland (startled): Ah! I swear I didn’t do anything! W-who are you?!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): We’re the ones asking the questions here. Tell us your name, satyr!
* Rolland (sweating): R-Rolland Overton! W-what do you want from me?! If it’s treasure, I swear I don’t have anything-
* Achilles (serious): We’d like to know what you were doing at the huntress’ camp. In fact, what even brings you to the swamp?!
* Rolland (shocked): I’m hunting for food that’s all! As for the camp, I saw it abandoned and decided to scavenged it to feed myself! I swear I didn’t steal anything of value!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): You say you are hunting? Interesting… And did you attempt to kill a deer today?
* Rolland (crossing his arms): What’s it to you?
* Achilles (serious): Artemis’ sacred deer was killed and we’re looking for the culprit. And lets say that hunters are on the top of our suspect list…
* Rolland (shocked): What?! Hey look- I know what I said earlier may seem suspicious, but I’m not your guy, okay?! In fact, I had no luck at hunting anything down today! You gotta believe me!

***Talk to Fatima (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the huntress’ camp).***

* Fatima (serious): Ekho told me you’ve requested to speak with me. My name is Fatima Bent Asaduddin, but you can just call me Fatima. How can I be at your service?
* Achilles (curious): You can start by explaining what are you doing here in Pelion? Did Artemis send you to deal with Hydra?
* Fatima (crossing her arms): I’m afraid she did not send us instructions yet. We came to Greece for another mission which we’d just dealt with. We’re just laying low until our lady returns to us or gives us another quest. She left me in charge while she is gone.
* Achilles (thinking): We have some questions about your pack. Did you happen to notice if any girls went ‘missing’ while you were on camp, or slipped out while on a hunt?
* Fatima (shocked): Are you implying that one of us did it?!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): People are not always as they seem like, just because your companions are supposed to keep the hind protected, doesn’t mean you should blindly trust them.
* Fatima (serious): I can assure you that none of us did it! We huntresses lurk the woods together as a pack and I would notice if one of them went away to kill the sacred deer!
* Fatima (covering her face): I hope you find out the culprit as swiftly as possible. My lady is kind but once she learns what happens to the deer, it will be hell on earth!

***Autopsy victims body (Attribute: The killer has been to North Africa; Attribute: The killer knows botany).***

* Achilles (serious): Hey, pirate. How’s the autopsy going?
* Agwé (confident): It’s going well and I think I found clues that could lead you to the killer!
* Agwé (scratching his head): As you suspected, the cause of death is poisoning. The tip of the dart was covered with venom and it traveled from the deer’s rear, all the way to its heart!
* Agwé (thinking): The poison was made from mixing several plants, which means that the killer has great knowledge on botany.
* Agwé (serious): But there’s more! You see those feathers? Those were dyed using a flower called the Atlas poppies or more popularly known as Moroccan poppies! Those flowers are native to North Africa and can only be found there. So it looks like you are looking for someone who went there!
* Achilles (serious): Thank you. We shall keep this information in mind!

***At the swamps…***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): I really can’t believe we’re wasting time trying to find out who killed a bloody deer. I know she was a sacred animal, but this all just seems ridiculous!
* Achilles (curious): I’m curious about what motive the killer would have, do you think they knew who the hind was or did they just think it’s a wild deer they could feast on?
* Achilles (thinking): According to that pirate, the killer knows botany and traveled to a North African region in the past.
* Achilles (covering his face): Fuck! I just remembered something! Heracles had to go to North Africa once for one of his labors! This is really not looking good for him-

*GRUNT!*

* Achilles (drawing his sword): Did you hear that sound?! It sounds like a-
* Crocodile (fierce): *GRUNT!*
* Achilles (fierce): CROCODILE! Stay back!

## Chapter 2

* Achilles (crossing his arms): I really can’t believe we’re wasting time trying to find out who killed a bloody deer. I know she was a sacred animal, but this all just seems ridiculous!
* Achilles (curious): I’m curious about what motive the killer would have, do you think they knew who the hind was or did they just think it’s a wild deer they could feast on?
* Achilles (thinking): According to that pirate, the killer knows botany and traveled to a North African region in the past.
* Achilles (covering his face): Fuck! I just remembered something! Heracles had to go to North Africa once for one of his labors! This is really not looking good for him-

*GRUNT!*

* Achilles (drawing his sword): Did you hear that sound?! It sounds like a-
* Crocodile (fierce): *GRUNT!*
* Achilles (fierce): CROCODILE! Stay back!
* Crocodile (ready to bite): *GRUNT-*

*BANG!*

* Crocodile (startled): *GRUNT?!*
* Noelle (pissed): Scram off, you beast!
* Crocodile (panicking): *GRUNT!*
* Achilles (shocked): It’s gone! Phew… That was a close call!
* Achilles (relieved): Woman, I don’t know what your name is, but we thank you for saving our-
* Noelle (pointing her shotgun): DON’T MOVE!
* Achilles (shocked): What-?
* Noelle (serious): You’re coming to my cabin!

***Get interrogated by the armed woman (1 star).***

* Achilles (clueless): What’s all that bullshit about?! Why are you taking us here?!
* Noelle (checking her shotgun): We’ll talk about everyone, but first would you take a seat?
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Won’t you at least introduce yourself?!
* Noelle (smirking): My name is Noelle Lloyd, but that would be Ranger Lloyd for you.
* Achilles (clueless): You’re a ranger? But you’re a woman?!
* Noelle (grinning): And you’re a man, which I can tell even without a foot in your mouth.
* Noelle (serious): My job is to patrol the forest, tend injured forests and stop trespassers like you from exploring restricted areas.
* Noelle (smirking): So, tell me handsome. What were you and your pretty friend doing outside the path? Perhaps looking for crocodiles to hunt and sell their scales?
* Achilles (sweating): I think there’s been a misunderstanding. We are NOT hunters!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): At least not the one you’re dealing with at the moment…
* Noelle (wary): What are you talking about?
* Achilles (thinking): While we were at the swamps, we found a dead deer on the shallow waters. And there was… What’s those little arrows called again?
* Noelle (serious): Darts?
* Achilles (indicating): Ah yes! There was a poisoned dart on its rear!
* Noelle (pissed): Damnit! It must be one of those fucking tourists!
* Achilles (curious): Hold on a moment. We were not the only ones you’ve caught today?
* Noelle (hopeless): Nope. Earlier, I had to save a bunch of men from being mauled by a boar. They ran off as soon as they’ve seen me.
* Noelle (thinking): And then there’s that man! You said the corpse was on the swamps, right?
* Achilles (serious): We did! What did the man look like?!
* Noelle (grinning): He was a silver fox! He had dark chocolate skin, a nice beard and salt and pepper hair!
* Noelle (thinking): But that’s about all I have to identify him. I did do a search on him before dismissing him though and he didn’t hold any weapons.
* Achilles (thinking): It’s possible he may have just disposed of it.
* Noelle (looking at her watch): Maybe? I don’t usually let people off the hook, but you are free to leave now. I need to take care of my plants…
* Achilles (curious): You heard the lady- Wait. You think we should not leave yet?
* Achilles (thinking): Oh, you want us to search the cabin? Hmmm… That’s actually not a bad idea. Maybe we could find something that’ll lead us to the man she spoke of!

*Investigate the Ranger’s cabin (Prerequisite: Get interrogated by the armed woman).*

* Achilles (overlooking): Nothing… This really was a waste of time-
* Achilles (alert): What’s that you just picked from the floor?!
* Achilles (thinking): A packet of seeds? The flowers on packet look familiar, what does the text say they’re called?
* Achilles (shocked): Moroccan poppies? Isn’t that the name of the flowers Agwé told us about?!
* Achilles (curious): This must have been left behind by whoever killed the hind. But what is that weird white smudge on the pack?
* Achilles (thinking): I’m with you. We should collect it and have Agwé look at it.
* Achilles (serious): There’s something on the table. It’s a little indigo book and… What does the text say? “Canada”?
* Achilles (crossing his arms): So that book is called a passport and you’re telling me you need it just so you could travel?! Why are they complicating things? I didn’t need any of that shit to wander the world!
* Achilles (curious): There’s a picture of the owner inside and… Don’t you think he looks exactly like the man the ranger described to us?
* Achilles (serious): What’s his name? Wayne Adetuyi? It has to be the same person, lets go look for him and ask what he was doing on the swamp!

***Ask Wayne Adetuyi what he was doing in Mount Pelion (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the Ranger’s cabin.***

* Wayne (searching his bag): Where is that goddamn-
* Achilles (handing passport over): Sir, are you looking for this?
* Wayne (smiling): My passport! I was scared I’d lost it for good!
* Wayne (relieved): I don’t know who you are, but you two are life savers! I cannot thank you enough!
* Wayne (crossing his arms): I must have left it behind in the Ranger’s cabin while she was searching me!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): That’s actually exactly where we came from. The ranger told us she found you lurking the swamp, what were you doing there?
* Wayne (stumped): What is this? An interrogation? I trespassed a restricted area, what about it?
* Achilles (serious): We happened to find a dead deer in that same area you trespassed, and we were made aware this is a no-hunting region?
* Wayne (shocked): What?! Look man, if you’re suggesting that I was poaching, then you are dead wrong!
* Wayne (indicating): My buddies and I enjoy travelling. We went to many places from Brazil, Morrocco, London to Ibiza! It was getting chilly so we decided to take a short trip to Greece!
* Wayne (crossing his arms): Obviously we were unaware about the snowstorm that was coming and to make matters worse, I mistakenly took my vitamin B’s instead of D’s to make up for lack of sunlight! Once we reached the airport, we had to immediately go to the stores to buy warm clothes !
* Wayne (sweating): When the storm stopped and weather calmed down, we thought “Hey! Since we have warm clothing, why don’t we go hiking!”. And we may got a little too invested and ended up leaving the path, that’s it! I don’t know who killed the deer, but it ain’t me!

***Examine packet of seeds (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the Ranger’s cabin).***

* Achilles (serious): Excellent work, my lady! Now lets have Agwé take a look at it!

***Analyze cream substance (Attribute: The killer has a rash).***

* Achilles (serious): Sir Agwé, did you manage to find out what that white smudge is?
* Agwé (thinking): I did! The substance you gave me is a mixture of various material, but ones that stood out to me are coconut oil and aloe vera gel!
* Achilles (clueless): Allow what now?!
* Agwé (indicating): Aloe vera! They are plants that usually grow in the Arab desert! The gel in the plant is edible, but it is usually used to treat burns and skin problems like rashes!
* Agwé (smiling): Coconut oil is also used to treat rashes as well, so seeing them mixed together I strongly believe your killer must have them!
* Achilles (glad): So, I guess we’ll be looking out for a rash then. That shouldn’t be hard!

***At the huntress’ camp…***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): Something occurred to me… While we have found a good handful of suspects, I realized that we know nothing about it.
* Achilles (curious): I assume that “Morocco” is a country in North Africa? And I remember that Wayne man mentioning he and his companions went there. So there’s that…
* Achilles (serious): But we need to learn more! I think we should search the huntress’ camp again since there’s where people who actually knew the deer are!

***Investigate the campfire.***

* Achilles (blushing): Those papyrus pieces seem to originally been a letter. I wonder what was written on it that caused the recipient to rip it apart…
* Achilles (innocent smirk): Not to be nosey, but maybe we should restore it and have a peek?
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Then there’s that satchel. Seems there’s food in there but however ate from it is a fucking animal, look at the condition of it!
* Achilles (serious): I know someone who carries a satchel like that when travelling! Heracles!
* Achilles (clueless): But what was he doing in the huntress’ camp? I think we’re ought to ask him!

***Ask Heracles why his satchel is in the huntress’ camp (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the campfire).***

* Heracles (pouting): Hey dude, are you close to wrapping up this investigation? I’m not exactly a fan of being guarded like a prisoner…
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Not yet, and we’d like an explanation on why your satchel was found on the huntress’ camp?!
* Heracles (pissed): That cunning deer must’ve brought it there!
* Achilles (stumped): A deer? You mean the mind? You failed to mentioned you two have crossed paths?
* Heracles (sweating): Well… I don’t see how this relevant?! It doesn’t mean that I killed her!
* Heracles (crossing his arms): But yes, I’m talking about her. I was collecting wood for fire and left the satchel with my homegrown food unattended with my weapons…
* Heracles (angry): And when I came back, I saw a doe wearing a green scarf eating from the satchel. I recognized her of course and she me, and when she noticed me she grabbed the satchel and ran!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): And then what? You hunted her down as some form of revenge?
* Heracles (awkward grin): Hey, Achilles! You know I’m not like that. I mean, I killed entire family in the past from rage, but I swear that’s not what happened this time!

***Fix torn letter (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the campfire).***

* Achilles (shocked): That’s the seal of Olympus! This is a letter from one of the gods!
* Achilles (reading): It’s in Greek, so finally something I can read…
* Achilles (clueless): It’s from Artemis to the huntresses and she’s practically telling them their on probation and were removed from a quest. What quest?!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): There’s some things we clearly were not told, it’s time we speak to the lieutenant again!

***Ask Fatima why Artemis put them in probation (1 star; Prerequisite: Fix torn letter).***

* Achilles (serious): Lieutenant Fatima, we have some questions about that letter. Why kind of probation did Artemis put you on and what was it for?
* Fatima (covering her face): I swear I had ripped this letter apart… But to feed your curiosity, she was punishing us for the way SOME of the girls had been treating the hind!
* Fatima (crossing her arms): And it was nothing really! They were just teasing her and fooling around, but she didn’t appreciate it and snitched to our lady.
* Fatima (frustrated): And she penalized us by banning us from hunting for A WEEK. We had to rely on berry picking and I had to utilize the gardening skills I learned from my past life in North Africa to keep us fed! I also began taking Vitamin D’s to make up for the lack of meat!
* Fatima (covering her face): The most disappointing part is that she also dissolved our quest! We lost our chance to go on an adventure to slay the Hydra! Could you imagine?!
* Achilles (shocked): You’re here to kill the Hydra too?! How come you said nothing of that last time we talked?!
* Fatima (crossing her arms): We WERE here for this, but not anymore! There’s a difference!
* Achilles (serious): Whatever way you see it. We understand you are frustrated, but if we found out you took it out on the hind, I doubt your lady will be merciful.

***At the wagon…***

* Achilles (thinking): The hind made more enemies that I would’ve expected from the deer.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Heracles is mad at her because she stole a satchel that he’d stored his food in and ate her. He and I were friends in the past and I’d be disappointed if he did it, but I don’t completely trust him.
* Achilles (curious): Then there’s Fatima, who told us Artemis punished their pack over a few of the girls messing with the hind. But she, or any of them killed her out of anger-
* Alex (furious): Why didn’t you tell me you met Rolland?!

## Chapter 3

* Achilles (thinking): The hind made more enemies that I would’ve expected from the deer.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Heracles is mad at her because she stole a satchel that he’d stored his food in and ate her. He and I were friends in the past and I’d be disappointed if he did it, but I don’t completely trust him.
* Achilles (curious): Then there’s Fatima, who told us Artemis punished their pack over a few of the girls messing with the hind. Could she, or any of them killed her out of anger-
* Alex (furious): Why didn’t you tell me you met Rolland?!
* Achilles (appeasing): Woah! Can you repeat what you said more calmly?
* Alex (pulling the sides of his hair): Rolland Overton! How come you didn’t tell me or Jen that you saw him?!
* Achilles (shrugging): That satyr with the broken horn? Am I missing something? What’s the deal with him?
* Alex (pissed): That’s the deal! He’s the satyr with the broken horn! He’s the one Olive warned us about! The one helping Pirithous, I had a feeling it was him!
* Achilles (clueless): I do not follow-
* Alex (dizzy): Marionette, Rolland Overton is…. a dangerous guy.
* Alex (covering his face): Me, Jennifer and our friends know him from Cambright. We… Have history.
* Alex (pissed): The point is, he’s done lots of terrible things and shouldn’t be walking around freely! If we had a chance back then, we would’ve taken him prisoner!
* Achilles (serious): If the satyr is as bad as you claim he is, then we should go catch him!
* Alex (determined): I’m coming with you. I’ve got a word or two I’d like to share with him!

***Capture Rolland (1 star).***

* Achilles (overlooking): I think I see him! He’s over there!
* Alex (impatient): Finally!
* Achilles (appeasing): Maybe you should try calming down before-
* Alex (furious): ROLLAND!
* Rolland (holding a bow): What?! Can’t a man hunt in peace-
* Rolland (panicking): Oh shit! Not again-!
* Alex (angry): Hey! Where do you think you’re going?! Get back here!
* Alex and Rolland (Rolland; startled): AH!
* Alex and Rolland (Alex; pissed): I got you now, you fucker!
* Rolland (nervous grin): Alex Stamos, so good to see you again! You look like you haven’t aged a day!
* Alex (holding back his anger): If you thing this will win me over, you’re in for a disappointment.
* Rolland (sweating): Hey, I know I may have done a few bad things…
* Alex (pissed): Let me think… You betrayed your own kind by participating in the trafficking of nymphs and satyrs, you had my friends locked up and raped and killed one of them. Yeah, ‘bad’ is one way to put it.
* Alex (clueless): Also, what’s up with the sunburns?
* Rolland (offended): Hey! Try to spend a week in North Africa and see how you’ll up looking!
* Rolland (nervous grin): As I was saying, yeah, I did things there and there that I’m not proud of. But how about we put that behind us and-
* Alex (angry): Put that behind us?! Fat chance!
* Rolland (sweating): Hey, I’m sorry for the shit I put you and your friends through, but believe me that I’m a changed man now! I swear-!
* Alex (stumped): Ha! I doubt that. But since you want us to be ‘mates’ now, would you mind telling us about those ‘sacred’ items you’re looking for?
* Rolland (sweating): Uh… Well, that…
* Rolland (grinning): Hey! You’re here to slay the Hydra, aren’t you?
* Alex (angry): Do not change the subject-
* Rolland (nervous grin): Since we’re here for the same thing. Why don’t we work together? You and your friends can take all the glory for defeating the Hydra, I don’t care for that. And me, I’ll just take the scales and-
* Alex (pissed): Run away? Please, I’d rather just feed you to the beast-
* Achilles (serious): I think this is enough, Stamos. Just take him to the wagon and we’ll decide what to do with him later.
* Alex (shocked): You’re not actually considering having him fight with us-
* Achilles (impatient): I said we’ll decide LATER. Right now, your friend and I are still busy with the investigation.
* Alex (dizzy): *Sighs.* Fine. Anyway, if you any forensic help, then just come to me. I think… I can manage.
* Achilles (curious): Thank you, we’ll think about it. Now back to the murder, what do you think should be done next, my lady?
* Achilles (thinking): You want us to snoop around the Ranger’s office again? I’m not sure if she’ll be pleased about that, but sure let’s do it!

***Investigate the desk (Prerequisite: Capture Rolland).***

* Achilles (shocked): This looks like a certificate but what does it say it’s for? Wait! Hunting?!
* Achilles (thinking): This is indeed fishy. The name on the certificate holder seems to have faded of though, so we’ll need to recover it. Did you find anything else?
* Achilles (amazed): Woah! I have never seen such a realistic looking painting! Look at all these fine details, how did the artist do it-
* Achilles (clueless): Huh? That’s not a painting?! Then pray tell me, what is it?!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): A photograph, huh? It seems like it is of a group of men and one of them looks an awful lot like that Wayne fella we talked to, don’t you think?
* Achilles (shocked): Is that a dead animal they’re posing with?! Judging by the wound they must have hunted it down!
* Achilles (pissed): So he lied when he said he isn’t a “poacher”! I think it’s time to pay him another visit!

***Confront Wayne for hunting (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the desk).***

* Achilles (showing picture): Wayne Adetuyi, you told us that you came to Mount Pelion only to hike. So do you have an explanation for this?
* Wayne (appeasing): Hold on right there! First off all, that photo was taken in Vancouver during hunting season!
* Achilles (serious): Wherever you took it in doesn’t matter! This photograph tells us that you’re a hunter?
* Wayne (covering his face): Yes, my friends and I enjoy hunting. It’s one of my favorite pastimes. After gardening, that is.
* Wayne (crossing his arms): But I didn’t lie when I said that we were only there for hiking! I’m a black man, I’m not stupid to risk my safety by hunting in a protected region!
* Achilles (serious): You better be truthful because if we find out you killed that deer, you’ll be suffering more consequences that you’d think!

***Examine certificate (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the desk).***

* Achilles (shocked): The name on the certificate is Noelle Lloyd?! The ranger?!
* Achilles (clueless): But isn’t her job is to protect animals? Not kill them?!
* Achilles (serious): Something does not feel right, we have to speak to her!

***Grill the ranger about her hunting certificate (1 star; Prerequisite: Examine certificate).***

* Noelle (holding a watering pot): Ya’ll are still around, huh? I guess if you’d like to hang around, I’ll let you, but you better not make a mess.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Ranger, we have some questions to you. About this…
* Noelle (grinning): You found my certificate? Isn’t it a pretty thing?
* Achilles (serious): It says it’s for a hunting competition.
* Noelle (innocent smirk): Oh! That’s just a silly old hobby of mine!
* Noelle (hand on hip): I used to be an acclaimed huntress back in the day. I killed for fun and won many contests. I’ve hunted creatures all over the world, from Scandinavia to North Africa, all the way to Antarctica!
* Noelle (checking her nails): But it’s been a decade since my last hunting trip! I had a change of heart and dedicated my life to protecting animals instead! I even started taking vitamin B’s to cut meat from my diet!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Going from an infamous huntress to a devoted animal protector seems like too big of a change. If you’re using that job of yours to cover up for your hobby, you have more things to worry about that the authorities.

***At the swamps…***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): In this investigation we have two people mad at the victim. Two hunters, one of which claims to have quitted, who potentially saw her as pray. And someone who your satyr friend claims is a madman.
* Achilles (clueless): So which one could have killed the hind?!
* Achilles (serious): You are right, we need more clues! We should take another look at where the body was found!

***Investigate shallow water.***

* Achilles (thinking): This looks like a flute, but it doesn’t have those little holes used to change the notes…
* Achilles (shocked): You think this is what the killer used to shoot the darts?! That means we found our murder weapon!
* Achilles (scratching his head): We’ll need your friend Stamos to look at it. Seems like someone lost their scarf here…
* Achilles (alert): It’s green! Didn’t Heracles mention the hind wore a green scarf when she robbed him? That must be hers!
* Achilles (scratching his head): There’s a sticky substance on the scarf, we should collect it and have Stamos look at it…

***Analyze dart blower (Attribute: The killer takes vitamin B).***

* Jennifer (stern): Alex, I told you that you need to rest! You haven’t recovered from that blow to your head yet, you’re not in the condition to work!
* Alex (dizzy): Oh my gods, can you stop raising your voice?! You’re giving me a headache!
* Jennifer (eye rolling): Ugh… Why do you men have to be so reckless!
* Alex (awkward grin): Oh! Didn’t see you two over there! Sorry you had to see that…
* Alex (thinking): I’ve compared the opening of the dart blower to the dart found on the hind’s deer and it is a match, so this is the murder weapon indeed.
* Alex (crossing his arms): I’ve collected some saliva from the mouthpiece and unfortunately the sample is too dry to determine the identity of the killer…
* Alex (indicating): And I found traces of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and… You know, just the standard components of vitamin B pills!
* Achilles (clueless): I… Don’t quite understand what you’re talking about?
* Alex (covering his face): Look, there’s those things called nutrients. You gain them from certain foods and they give benefits to your body.
* Alex (serious): So, there’s those people, who, don’t consume enough of a certain food group and they get nutrient deficiency. And most result to taking pills to bring those levels up.
* Achilles (curious): I’m still confused, but I assume that means the killer is taking those pills?
* Alex (dizzy): YES!
* Achilles (thinking): My memory is a bit fuzzy, but Marionette, didn’t some of our suspects mention taking those ‘vitamin B pills’?
* Achilles (serious): We have to update their profile then! This could help shorten our list!

***Examine scarf (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate shallow water).***

* Achilles (slight smirk): Now with the substance on our hand, lets have your friend look at it.

***Analyze sticky substance (Attribute: The killer is black).***

* Alex (covering his face): Thank gods you showed up! The last thing I need is another earful from Jennifer about why I have to ‘rest’!
* Achilles (suggestive): She sounds like she really cares about you?
* Alex (blushing): You think? I mean, we knew each other for almost a decade so it makes sense she would be protective but…
* Alex (serious): Lets just change the topic! The substance you gave me was a face cleanser!
* Alex (thinking): I compared it to other products in the world and I found out it is face cleanser specifically targeted toward black people.
* Achilles (clueless): Black people? But I don’t recall seeing anyone with black skin around, unless you count Hippe?
* Alex (holding his head): No! I don’t mean black in a literal sense, as in they have pitch black skin. When I say someone is ‘white’, I’m talking about someone like you, me and Marionette. But when I say ‘black’, I’m talking about someone darker-skinned, like their skin color is more ‘brown’. You get what I mean?
* Achilles (thinking): Yes, I believe I do…
* Alex (sweating): I hope this doesn’t racist but since I doubt a deer would bother with skin care, that would mean your killer has to be a black person…

***After completing all the tasks…***

* Achilles (confident): My lady, I think we’re done with our job now. Lets have a confrontation with the Ceryneian hind’s killer!

***Arrest the killer (Guilty: Wayne Adetuyi).***

* Achilles (serious): Well, well. Wayne Adetuyi, it seems like you lied about what you were doing in the swamps. We know you killed the Ceryneian hind!
* Wayne (stumped): The what…? If this about that dead you found, then you must have gotten the wrong guy! The ranger searched me and she can confirm that I’ve got no weapons on me!
* Achilles (pissed): You got no weapon on you because you disposed of it as soon as you were done with the murder! We know the killer takes ‘vitamin B’ , or whatever their called, which you admitted to taking first time we spoke to you!
* Wayne (crossing his arms): M-murder? You talk about that deer like it’s human. And so what I take vitamin B’s? I can’t be the only one in the world who takes these supplements!
* Achilles (serious): You might not be but we also found a scarf smudged with ‘face cleanser’ for dark-skinned people near the crime scene-
* Wayne (offended): Is that what it’s about then? You thing I did it because I’m black? That this makes me a criminal-
* Achilles (pissed): We don’t care what killer you are! You bragged about going to North Africa, which is where the dye used on the darts had come from! And we found rash cream on pack of seeds you’ve got from here! All evidence leads to you-!
* Wayne (furious): Alright fine, I did it! And I’d doing it again if I could! That animal had it coming!
* Wayne (crying): It… It destroyed my life! My wife… And all three of my children. They’re gone because of it!
* Achilles (shocked): Are you saying the hind killed your family?! How is that possible?!
* Wayne (wiping his tears): We were on the road… I was driving my family to the woods for a camping trip then…
* Wayne (tearful): My children were making noise and I got irritated so, I turned to shout at them. I wasn’t focusing on the road until my wife yelled for me to watch out.
* Wayne (hopeless): When I turned my attention back to the road, I saw a deer in front of and out of impulse, I took a fast turn that caused a fatal crash.
* Wayne (crying): I survived but my family… None of them made it! My dear wife was gone and my children died with their last memory of me was I being mad at them!
* Wayne (pissed): I mourned them for years! And as time went on, my resentment for that deer who blocked the road only grew! I… I should not have turned the wheel! I should’ve ran over it, maybe then my family would’ve been alive!
* Wayne (shocked): While hiking Mount Pelion, I saw the deer you found and I recognized it by its green scarf. It was the one I saw moments before the crash!
* Wayne (angry tears): I knew it had to be the same deer! I was sure of it and not only did it bring back painful memories but also my thirst for vengeance!
* Wayne (furious): I separated myself from my hiking group and followed the deer! It took me to the swamps and when I found the opportunity, I pulled out my dart blower and shot it! Then I watched as the poison did the work! My family was finally vindicated!
* Achilles (covering his face): You did not vindicate anyone, your family is still gone! We feel for you but what you did was foolish. I fear that we need to take you with us.

***At the huntress’ camp…***

* Artemis (hand on hip): Achilles, I was informed that someone had slain my sacred deer. I’m on the verge of cracking right now, so I hope that you’ve come to present me with her killer.
* Achilles (serious): We have. The man’s name is Wayne Adetuyi and he claims he killed the hind for indirectly getting his family killed off.
* Wayne (sweating): Who is that girl and where exactly have you taken me?!
* Artemis (holding her anger): I am Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and you are in my pack. You are here under trial for the murder of the Ceryneian hind, my sacred animal!
* Wayne (clueless): Is this a joke?!
* Artemis (crossing her arms): This is hardly a joking matter! You killed a member of my pack and for this I should punish you. I had person guilty of such a crime thrown into Rome to serve as a slave, but since you are black, that would be racist of me to do…
* Artemis (pissed): So, I’ll let you go. But don’t get too excited as you shall serve a capital punishment instead!
* Artemis (hand on hip): Achilles, you and the daughter of Athena may take him away.

***At the wagon…***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): I took Wayne to the ranger. She says that she’ll take him to the Greek authorities and they’ll decide what to be done with him.
* Achilles (covering his face): I feel bad for Wayne, but Chiron was right about what he told me. Revenge is never the right answer.
* Achilles (thinking): The hind should be fine anyway. Artemis is close to the queen of the Underworld; she could take to her and they might resurrect the deer. So, now we have the Hydra to think about…
* Achilles (determined): Lets get our group together and start formulating a plan!

## The Search For Kassandra (3/6)

* Achilles (serious): My fellow companions. Marionette Patrick and I have gathered you so that finally focus on the reason we came here: Fighting the Hydra!
* Anne and the pirates (Anne; excited): Ha! ‘bout time! Come on hearties! Lets go-
* Alex (shocked): Wait! We can’t go yet!
* Anne and the pirates (Jorge; crossing his arms): Why not?! That’s always been our technique! Catch the opponent by surprise and ambush them!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; dizzy): Maybe that’s how you took over ships, but this is different! We won’t defeat the Hydra if we acted so impulsively!
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; checking her nails): Isn’t Heracles here to slay it? He killed it the first time, so why not let him do it again?
* Jason (shocked): Are you suggesting that we abandon the mission?! Just like that?!
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; shrugging): I don’t see what’s the harm?
* Achilles (determined): Absolutely not! Not only is it a cowardly act but leaving all the weight on Heracles’ shoulders is the unnoble thing to do!
* Anne and the pirates (Anne; serious): Aye! I don’t give a fuck about any morality but me crew and I won’t let that meathead have all the fun!
* Anne and the pirates (Pirates; cheering): AYE!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; curious): Majority rules. So what’s the plan then?
* Jason (thinking): Obviously we can’t just charge at the Hydra not nothing a thing about it! We must know its abilities and what its weaknesses are! And only one person can help us!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Jason, what are you on about-
* Jason (serious): We need to get Heracles on our team!
* Achilles (covering his face): Not this-!
* Jason (crossing his arms): I know Heracles can be difficult and uncooperative, but we don’t get him onboard with us, he’ll probably get on our way if we tried to help him against the Hydra!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Fine, you raise a good point. Marionette Patrick and I will talk to him and see if we could convince him to work with us.
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; crossing his arms): So, it’s settled now. If you don’t mind, I’d like to have a chat with Rolland…

***Talk to Rolland (1 star).***

* Rolland (relieved): Did you two come to release me? Finally! If I had to stay one minutes with the pirates, I believe I would-
* Alex (crossing his arms): We are not here to do such a thing! We came to know what you and Pirithous are up to!
* Rolland (blushing): Pirithous? I don’t know who you’re talking about-
* Alex (pissed; showing list): Don’t act dumb! A nymph saw you two talking together, what exactly do you need those ‘sacred’ items for?!
* Rolland (nervous grin): Oh! Yeah, Pirithous! I forgot that’s what he’s going by…
* Alex (dizzy): Excuse me-?!
* Ahyoka (panicking): HELP! We need help!
* Alex (concerned): Isn’t that one of Artemis’ huntresses?! She seems like she’s in distress.
* Alex (serious): Something bad must’ve happened! We need to see what’s going on!

***Ask the huntress what happened (1 star; Prerequisite: Talk to Rolland).***

* Ahyoka (relieved): Oh my gods! I’m so glad you two came to help us!
* Alex (concerned): Is everything alright? What’s all that panic about?
* Ahyoka (panicking): It’s my friend Malvina! She’s been poisoned!
* Alex (shocked): Someone was poisoned?! Again?!
* Alex (serious): Okay, we’ll try to help! Could you lead us to your friend?
* Ahyoka (worried): S-she’s at the camp. F-follow me!

***At the huntress’ camp…***

* Artemis (serious): Ahyoka, did you bring them?!
* Ahyoka (nervous): Y-yes, Milady. They’re here.
* Alex (shocked): Lady Artemis! We weren’t informed you’d be here-
* Artemis (serious): No time for this! Malvina’s in the tent, she has something to tell you!
* Alex (clueless): Something to tell us? I thought you wanted us to- Never mind, let’s go in!

***Check on Malvina (1 star; Prerequisite: Ash the huntress what happened).***

* Ahyoka (concerned): Malvina, how are you doing?
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; dizzy): Are they here…?
* Ahyoka (worried): Yes, we brought them like you asked us-
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; shocked): Where are they?!
* Alex (blushing): We’re right there-
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; panicking): LEAVE THE SWAMP! NOW!
* Alex (shocked): What-?!
* Ekho and Malvina (Ekho; appeasing): Malvina, take a deep breath and explain everything from the start…
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; holding her head): I… I disobeyed Artemis. I was disappointed by her punishment so I snuck out of the camp to go fight the Hydra…
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; panicking): There’s a fog in the swamp! I tried to look past it but then I started feeling dizzy and… I realized it was poisonous!
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; dizzy): I think it came from the Hydra! I heard…I heard it hissss…
* Ekho and Malvina (Malvina; passing out): …
* Ahyoka (shocked): MALVINA!
* Alex (worried): Lady Artemis! What can we do to help?!
* Artemis (hopeful): Nothing. My brother will be here soon and he’ll find a way to save Malvina from the poison.
* Alex (shocked): So what do we do now?!
* Artemis (serious): Malvina gave you a warning. Share it to the rest of your group before they go after the Hydra!
* Alex (serious): You heard what she said, Marionette. We have to let the others know!

***Warn Achilles about the poisonous gas (1 star; Prerequisite: Check on Malvina).***

* Achilles (shocked): Am I hearing you correctly?! The Hydra can exhale poisonous gas?!
* Alex (covering his face): This is what the huntress told us. As soon as she got close to the Hydra, she was met with a poisonous fog and had to run back to her pack!
* Achilles (hopeless): This is a problem… I mean, it probably won’t harm me, but the rest of you…
* Jason (clueless): What do we do now?! If we breathed in the gas, we’re fucked!
* Alex (thinking): There has to be a solution for this. What could we do to protect us from the gas-
* Alex (smiling): Marionette, you’re a genius! How could I not have thought about this!
* Alex (confident): We can wear masks while we’re out to get the Hydra!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; chuckling): Oy! Are you fancying yourselves in a masquerade ball?
* Jason (clueless): How is hiding our identities going to help us against the poisoned gas?!
* Alex (covering his face): No! You don’t get what we’re talking about! We meant carbon-filtered masks!
* Achilles (clueless): You do realize we don’t know what these words mean?
* Alex (dizzy): It’s a type of mask that only covers your nose and mouth, and it’s made of a material that stops you from inhaling toxic gases. I think that ranger you and Marionette met, might have a stash hidden in her cabin if we’re lucky…
* Achilles (crossing his arms): If those masks you speak of could save us from the gas, then we should go see if the ranger has them. Marionette Patrick, lets go ask her!

***Ask the ranger if she has masks (1 star; Prerequisite: Warn Achilles about the poisonous gas).***

* Noelle (smirking): At this point, I think you keep coming to the cabin just to see my pretty face. So what excuse do you have this time? Another animal corpse?
* Achilles (serious): Ranger Lloyd, do you have masks in your cabin by any chance?
* Noelle (curious): I believe I do… I bought a whole box of them from 2020 because of the pandemic and never bothered to throw them out. What do you need them for?
* Achilles (curious): It’s hard to explain. You don’t mind if we borrow them?
* Noelle (shrugging): I don’t have any use for them, so if you manage to find them, then sure, you can have the whole box!
* Achilles (glad): Thank you, Ranger! My lady, lets start looking for those masks!

***Investigate the ranger’s cabin (Prerequisite: Ask the ranger if she has masks).***

* Achilles (hopeless): I can’t find those masks. In fact, I don’t even know how they’re supposed to look like. I hope you’re having better lock!
* Achilles (curious): You think they might be in the metal drawers?
* Achilles (annoyed): Damnit! It is locked! How are we supposed to get anything out of it?
* Achilles (thinking): You think you can pick the lock? I’ll just stand back and watch…

***Examine lock (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the ranger’s cabin).***

* Achilles (glad): You really are a woman of many talents! Now let’s rummage through it!

***Examine the metal drawer (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the ranger’s cabin).***

* Achilles (grinning): Ha! These must be the masks! Now lets go back to our friends and have them prepare for the fight!

***Convince Heracles to do join our side (1 star).***

* Achilles (serious): Heracles, we need to talk.
* Heracles (scratching his head): I’m guessing you want me to thank you for saving my ass? I guess at least I owe you that much, so thanks.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): We don’t want your gratitude. We came to propose that we join forces and fight the Hydra together.
* Heracles (grinning): Why? Are you afraid I’ll get to it first? Or that you’re not strong enough to hold on against it on your own? You can always pull out to save yourself the embarrassment!
* Achilles (pissed): We told you this is not a competition! Unlike you, we’re after the Hydra for the sake of those inhabiting Pelion not for bragging rights. If you want all the glory then fine, but we’ll be fighting the monster with you, whether you like it or not!
* Heracles (crossing his arms): You really are one stubborn motherfucker, you know that?
* Achilles (serious): So, what will it be? Will we be fighting together as allies or as “competitors”?
* Heracles (glancing): I guess I could use a few people by my side. So…
* Heracles (tipping his mane): Welcome to my team, companions!
* Achilles (relieved): Phew… Glad that we put some sense in your inflated head. Look, we have some questions about the Hydra.
* Achilles (serious): Before we go fight it, our team decided that we need to know more about the Hydra’s abilities and what’s its weaknesses. Since you fought it before, we hoped you still have the answers for these questions!
* Heracles (thinking): It’s been a while since I fought it, so I don’t remember much about its abilities, except…
* Heracles (smiling): Oh yes! In order to defeat the Hydra, you must chop off ALL its head. But there’s a catch- The Hydra can regenerate! If you chop off one head, it will grow two more!
* Achilles (shocked): Then… How are we supposed to kill it then?!
* Heracles (indicating): Aha! I was waiting for this question! There is actually a way to stop the Hydra from regenerating its heads!
* Heracles (smirking): Whenever you chop one head off, you should immediately burn the wound with fire. This way it’ll close and stop any heads from growing out of it!
* Heracles (smiling): You can share this information with the rest of your friends. When you’re ready to see the Hydra, you know where to find me. I’ll be waiting for you.

***At the wagon…***

* Jennifer (horrified): As if nine heads isn’t scary enough, you’re telling us if we mess up then the number could actually double?!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; grinning): A challenge? Hmmm… I like that!
* Jason (clueless): How are we supposed to cut all the heads at the same time? And if by miracle we did that, can we guarantee that the heads would not still grow back?
* Achilles (serious): There’s no need to do that! Heracles said we could stop the heads from growing back, all what is required is to burn the wounds to close them before they could regenerate!
* Jason (curious): So, we need fire then?
* Jennifer (searching the bag): This gives me an idea! Where are they…
* Jennifer (holding a lighter and deodorant spray): Aha!
* Achilles (clueless): Jennifer Tanaka, what are you doing?
* Jennifer (switching the lighten on): I saw this method in TrendVid. If you turn on a lighter and sprayed deodorant on it, this way you’d create-
* Jennifer (pissed): Ugh! Why is the lighter not turning on?!
* Achilles (curious): What was supposed to happen?!
* Jennifer (pulling her hair): It was supposed to light a flame! I was trying to make a DIY flame thrower but the lighter is broken, ugh!
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Then we’ll have to rely on more traditional means…
* Jason (shrugging): I don’t mind to be a downer, but we’re in a swamp! All the wood is damp and can’t be used to create fire!
* Achilles (indicating): And this is why I always have a piece of flint on me-
* Achilles (checking his pockets): Huh? Where did it go?!
* Jason (stumped): You were saying?
* Achilles (serious): Ugh, I must have dropped it while we were investigating the hind’s murder. Come on, Marionette, lets go to the swamps and look for it!

***Investigate the swamps (Prerequisite: Convince Heracles to join our side).***

* Achilles (crossing his arms): Just how convenient it is for me to lose my flintstone when I am in need of it the most. Did you find it?
* Achilles (curious): You think it’s hiding among these pebbles? I hope that you’re right, lets dig through it!

***Examine pebbles (1 star; Prerequisite: Investigate the swamps).***

* Achilles (happy): You find my flintstone! Now we have something to light a fire with!
* Achilles (smirking): Lets go back to our companions. It’s been a long day and I think we should eat before we start looking for the Hydra.

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view.**

***At nighttime…***

* Achilles (in front of a campfire; relieved): Phew… Finally, fire! Everyone, bring over a piece of wood! We’re leaving as soon as everyone is holding a torch!
* Marionette (worried): It’s getting really dark out there…
* Alex (chuckling; holding a torch): Is someone scared?
* Jennifer (eye rolling; holding a torch): You’d be scared too if you had any sense!
* Alex (dizzy): I’m just trying to lighten the mood…
* Achilles (whooping): Marionette Patrick!
* Marionette (startled; holding a piece of wood): Ah! Coming!
* Achilles (handing a torch): There…
* Marionette (nervous; holding a torch): Thank you…
* Achilles (curious): Is there something clouding your mind?
* Marionette (blushing): N-no? What makes you think that?
* Achilles (chuckling): It’s fine to be scared. You’re not used to facing danger, I presume?
* Marionette (hopeless): That’s not the case. I’ve been in many near-death experiences. It’s just… This is my first time facing a monster.
* Achilles (nervous laugh): That makes the two of us…
* Marionette (shocked): Wait… You’ve NEVER fought a monster?! But… I was told that you’re like the greatest hero of all time?! How-
* Achilles (serious): “Greatest” is a bit of a stretch, if you ask me. But there’s more to heroism that fighting monster. I was a war hero, I fought among men I considered my equals and some greater than I am, my only advantage over them being my invulnerability.
* Achilles (encouraging): But this is irrelevant. What I’m trying to tell you, that I understand how you’re feeling but you’re not in this alone, we’re going to take down the Hydra together!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; stumped): Those are great words of encouragement, but can we get into it already? Me men and I are getting’ impatient!
* Achilles (glancing): Soon. We just have to find Heracles first-
* Heracles (impatient): Goddamnit! What’s taking you all so long?! Do you know how long I was waiting?!
* Jason (smiling): Seems like he came for us!
* Heracles (determined): Are you all ready now?!
* Anne and her pirates (excited): AYE-!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; shouting): Wait!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; serious): We’d like to have a minute with you!

***See what Artemis is interrupting you for (1 star).***

* Achilles (shocked): Lady Artemis?!
* Heracles (drawing her weapon): AH! Stay away from me!
* Achilles (clueless): What do you and your pack want from us?!
* Heracles (pissed): Answer the question! They already proved my innocence! What more do you want?!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; serious): We’re not here to attack you, Heracles! We’re here to help you fight the Hydra!
* Achilles (smirking): Did the huntresses beg you to lift their punishment?
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; frowning): This is more than just their amusement! It’s personal…
* Alex (shocked): What happened to that huntress that was poisoned, did she-
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; covering her face): Malvina’s alive, for now… But…
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; serious): Apollo was unable to cure her from the poison. He says in order to create an antidote, he needs an ingredient from the Hydra herself. Her scales.
* Achilles (sympathetic): We’re really sorry to hear that. You can join us if that’s what you want and you can collect as many scales as you need.
* Rolland (shocked): Did someone say scales?! I need some as well! Can I join too?!
* Alex (pissed): In your dreams, you-
* Achilles (serious): Stamos, let me handle this…
* Achilles (holding a flintstone): Overton, show me your arms.
* Rolland (nervous; hands tied): Uh… What for-

*SLASH!*

* Rolland (shocked): My arms! They’re free!
* Alex (shocked): Achilles-
* Achilles (stopping): Nuh uh. I don’t want to hear what you have to say. Whatever issue you have with Overton, you can take it out on him AFTER we’re done with the Hydra!
* Rolland (relieved): Thank you! I promise that you won’t regret it!
* Alex (displeased): Ugh…
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; impatient): Come on, lets go! Don’t we have a monster to slay?!
* Achilles and the horses (Achilles; serious): Just wait for me to tie up the horses and then we’ll be ready to move!
* Anne and her pirates (excited): YO HO HO!

***In the swamps…***

* Jennifer (disgusted): Gross! I don’t want to know what’s in these waters!
* Alex (counting): Algae, bacteria, viruses, turtles and maybe even crocodiles!
* Rolland (sweating): D-did you say c-crocodiles?!
* Marionette (uncomfortable): Achilles and I actually came face to face with one, earlier this day.
* Rolland (startled): AH!
* Achilles (glancing): Now, now, there’s now need to scare our companions. Hopefully we get to the Hydra with no interruptions.
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; serious): And if one shows up, you better be praying for him. I’ve fought those creatures before and best believe I won’t show mercy!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Ekho; shocked): Everybody, stop for a minute!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; glancing): Ekho, what’s the problem?!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Ekho; pointing): Look at that!
* Jason (shocked): Woah! That is one huge footprint!
* Heracles (confident): Not just any footprint. I’ve seen it before, that’s the Hydra’s!
* Marionette (determined): If we follow it, it may take us to it!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; impatient): Then what’s got us waiting? Lets follow those footprints!
* Heracles (excited): Everybody, stay on your guard and get ready for bloodshed!

***Fight the Hydra (1 star; Prerequisite: See what Artemis is interrupting you for).***

* Hydra (sleeping): …
* Achilles (relieved): Good. The beast is asleep…
* Anne and her pirates (Sinbad; disappointed): Argh! This battle won’t be as exciting as I anticipated!
* Achilles (putting his mask on): Alright, everyone put on your masks. Here’s what we’re going to do-!
* Heracles (serious): Hey! He voted you as the leader around here-!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; serious): Heracles! Achilles was a general back in his day, if anyone is qualified to lead around here, it’s him!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; crossing her arms): So, what’s the plan, Achilles?
* Achilles (thinking): First of all, range attacks won’t work on the beast as we literally need to chop its heads. So, I advise you and your girls to keep a distance, close enough to be able to shoot and distract it when it awakes to attack us, but not enough for it to reach you.
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; serious): Got it. One of my huntresses is close to death and the last thing I want is to put others in unnecessary risks.
* Achilles (serious): As for the rest of us, we have to be stealthy and I propose that we separate ourselves into small groups.
* Achilles (thinking): Pirates, you can decide how you want to be divided. Heracles, you stick by Jason.
* Heracles and Jason (Heracles; ruffles Jason’s head): We’re going to fight together, like old times!
* Achilles (serious): Stamos, you-
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; serious): I will be staying by Alex’s side!
* Achilles (scratching his head): Marionette… I guess that leaves you with me?
* Marionette (intrigued): …
* Achilles (clueless): Marionette?
* Marionette (startled): Sorry! I was just distracted by the water!
* Marionette (intrigued): I wonder what’s making it so shiny-
* Rolland (happy): SCALES!
* Achilles (startled): I forgot you were there! Where-
* Achilles (shocked): Where do you think you’re going?!
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; shocked): That idiot! He’s running right into the danger zone!

***On the rock…***

* Rolland (holding a sack of scales): Sidney and the mistress will be so thrilled! Now we have another item checked out of the list!
* Rolland (relieved): And I didn’t need to fight the Hydra! Man, I love that job.
* Hydra (sleeping): …
* Rolland (glancing): Now I just have to find a way to get away-
* Rolland (losing balance): Ah! I’m going to slip-!

*SPLASH!*

* Rolland (wincing): Ow!
* Hydra (startled): *HISS?!*
* Rolland (sweating): Oh shit…
* Hydra (furious): *GROWLS!*
* Rolland (panicking): AH!!!

***Among the trees…***

* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; pissed): That idiot! He woke the monster up!
* Marionette (worried): We should’ve attacked when we had the chance! What will we do now?!
* Achilles (appeasing): Lets calm down! It was eventually to wake up anyway at one point, lets remain tactical-
* Anne and her pirates (fierce): ATTACK!
* Achilles (shocked): Hey! What did we say about acting in impulse-

*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*

* Hydra (headless): …
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; shocked): Too late for that…
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; prideful): We did it, hearties! He slayed the beast!
* Anne and her pirates (Pirates; cheering): HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; whooping): Hey! You’re supposed to burn the wounds! Or else it’s going to-

*The Hydra regenerates, coming back with 18 heads.*

* Hydra (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; shocked): Shiver me timbers…
* Alex and Jennifer (shocked): Oh no…
* Anne and her pirates (George; worried): Anney, what are we going to do?
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; sweating): Uh…
* Hydra (furious): *GROWLS!*
* Anne and her pirates (afraid): RUN!

*The pirates run away…*

* Marionette (nervous): Shit! They abandoned us!
* Heracles and Jason (Heracles; crossing his arms): Pfft… Cowards, we don’t need them anyway.
* Hydra (angry): *GROWLS!*
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; worried): I think it spotted us!
* Achilles (serious): Lets break up! This way each of us will deal with just a few heads!
* Hydra (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; panicking): AH!!! Come on, Alex! Lets go!

***With Alex and Jennifer…***

* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; worried): Faster, Alex! Go on like that and one of the heads might catch us!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; dizzy): I can’t keep running… My head feels like its spinning…
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; covering her face): Not now! Why did you have to insist you come!

*Hisssss…*

* Jennifer (worried): You heard that?
* Alex (tired): Look, one of the pirates dropped their sword!
* Jennifer (hushing): HUSH! I think I sense one of the heads nearby-!
* Hydra head 1 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Jennifer (startled; firing a flame thrower): AHHH!!!
* Hydra head 1 (on fire; started): *Hisssss!!!*
* Hydra head 1 (furious): *GROWLS!*
* Alex (shocked): I think you pissed it off even more!
* Jennifer (eye rolling): Thank you, Captain Obvious!
* Hydra head 1 (furious): *GROWLS!*
* Jennifer (panicking): AH!

*SWISH! SWISH!*

* Hydra head 1 (impaled by arrows): *GROWLS!*
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; whooping): We got your back! Attack it while it’s distracted!
* Jennifer (serious): Alex, give me that sword!
* Hydra head 1 (distracted): *Hisssss…*
* Jennifer (drawing a sword): HI-YAH!

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 1 (decapitated): …
* Jennifer (firing a flame thrower): Go away, you hideous beast!
* Jennifer (relieved): Phew…
* Alex (impressed): Woah, Jen! That’s the most badass I’ve seen you act!
* Jennifer (holding her head): Hopefully that’s the only one we’ll deal with…
* Hydra heads 2 and 3 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Alex (blushing): Too soon?
* Jennifer (drawing a sword): Ugh… Stay behind me. I’ll deal with them.

***With Heracles and Jason…***

* Hydra head 4 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Hydra head 5 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Hydra head 6 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Hydra head 7 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Hydra head 8 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Hydra head 9 (serious): *Hisssss…*
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; nervous): Two against six… What will the odds be like?
* Heracles and Jason (Heracles; shrugging): Eh… Shouldn’t be that hard.
* Heracles and Jason (Heracles; smiling): So, you ready?
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; determined): I’m born ready!
* Hydra heads 4-9 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Heracles and Jasons (charging): ALALA!

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 4 (decapitated): …

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 5 (decapitated): …

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 6 (decapitated): …

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 7 (decapitated): …

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 8 (decapitated): …

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 9 (decapitated): …
* Heracles (alert): Quick, Jason! Burn the wounds!
* Jason (alert): Right on it!

*Jason burns the head’s wounds.*

* Heracles (relieved): Good job, old chap. Any other heads on sight?
* Jason (overlooking): Not that I could see…
* Heracles (excited): So lets go look for more!

***With Marionette…***

* Hydra head 10 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (firing a gun): AH!!!

*BANG!*

* Hydra head 10 (stunned): *GROWLS!*
* Hydra head 11 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (firing a gun): AH!!!

*BANG!*

* Hydra head 11 (stunned): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (nervous): I have to get away from the heads! If only I had another weapon, that gun does no damage to them!
* Achilles’ voice: Argh!
* Marionette (serious): Achilles! I have to get to him! I’ll be safer around him!

*Marionette runs and finds Achilles.*

* Hydra head 12 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Achilles (charging): ALALA!

*SLASH!*

* Hydra head 12 (decapitated): …
* Achilles (relieved): Phew… That’s the last one, all what I have to do is burn the wound-
* Detached head (sly): *Hisssss…*
* Marionette (shocked): That head is detached from the body! How is it still alive?!
* Marionette (worried): It’s heading to Achilles’ left foot! It’s going to kill him!
* Marionette (drawing her gun): I have to stop it!

*BANG! BANG!*

* Detached head (startled): *Hisssss!!!*
* Achilles (clueless): Huh?!
* Detached head (furious): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (shocked): It’s going to attack me!
* Achilles (shocked): Marionette?!
* Detached head (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (panicking): AHHH!
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; restraining the head): Get away from her!
* Achilles and the detached head (Detached head; furious): *GROWLS! GROWLS!*
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; pissed): Stop. Resisting.
* Hydra heads 12 (regenerating): …
* Hydra heads 12 and 13 (charging): *GROWLS!*
* Marionette (shocked): Watch out, Achilles-!
* Heracles and Jason (charging): ALALA!

*SLASH! SLASH!*

* Hydra heads 12 and 13 (decapitated): …
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; serious): Are you both okay?! Any of them bit you?!
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; serious): We’re fine… I’m just wrestling with that… Ugh…
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; curious): How many heads did you two slay?
* Heracles and Jason (Heracles; bragging): Before we came to save your ass, we had killed eight. So that would make it ten heads! And you?
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; thinking): Seven if you include the one that just regenerated…
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; thinking): So there was around nineteen heads, and we killed sixteen. So we only have three left to slay. Unless the others got to them already…
* Marionette (worried): Alex and Jennifer! We have to go find them-!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; shocked): Guys, we’re so glad to see you! Did anyone get hurt?
* Marionette (relieved): Thanks gods! We were worried about you! Did you run into any heads?
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; proud): Yeah, three. But this one over there slayed them all! You should’ve seen her!
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; blushing; smirking): Oh gods, Alex! If you want to flatter me, just stick to my looks.
* Heracles and Jason (Jason; shocked): If you slayed the heads then that means-
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; smiling): It’s over. The Hydra is no more!
* Ekho (holding a sack of scales): Milady, I got the scales!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; relieved): Good job, Ekho. Lets go back to the camp and have Apollo make an antidote for Malvina!
* Artemis and her huntresses (Artemis; warm smile): Heroes, I wish we could stay to celebrate your win, but I think you understand we’re in kind of an emergency. But thank you for getting rid of the monster, for once and all!
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; saluting): You’re welcome, Lady Artemis. It’s been an honor serving you-!
* Achilles and the detached head (Detached head; pissed): *GROWLS!*
* Achilles and the detached head (Achilles; pissed): Ugh! That cursed head!
* Heracles (chuckling): Haha! There, let me take over…
* Marionette (clueless): How. Is that head. Still alive?!
* Heracles and the detached head (Heracles; glancing): It’s a little confusing but basically, the Hydra is actually an immortal creature…
* Heracles and the detached head (Heracles; eye rolling): While yes it has several head and yada yada. Only one head is actually alive and controls the other heads and this one is immortal, even if you chopped it off it will still stay alive.
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; disgusted): That sounds gross!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; intrigued): I on the other hand think it’s fascinating!
* Heracles and the detached head (Heracles; grinning): It was nice knowing you all, but I have to go find a new place for this little gal, away from causing chaos. See ya!
* Achilles (eye rolling): Buh bye!
* Jason (smiling): So we finally did it! Pelion is safe now!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; serious): Now we have another problem to deal with- Rolland! That bastard got away!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; pissed): I swear if I find him, I’ll beat his cowardly ass to-
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; appeasing): Alex, I think we had enough violence for tonight!
* Alex and Jennifer (Alex; serious): But Jennifer-!
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; serious): Rolland isn’t our main problem at the moment, Alex. We have other things to focus on…
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; twirling her hair): Instead of wasting time looking for him, we should go back to the tavern and rest before our voyage to Troy.
* Achilles (smirking): “Rest”. Knowing Chiron, I don’t think we’ll have a chance for that…

***At the tavern…***

* Chiron and Chariclo (Chiron; toasting): We are here tonight to celebrate the Hydra’s defeat! Let’s take a moment and give it up for our heroes!
* Crowd (cheering): WOOHOO!!!
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; prideful): Thank you. Thank you. We feel blessed to be recognized for the bravery we displayed tonight-
* Jason (grinning): Bravery? Like how you ran off as soon as the Hydra had regenerated its heads?
* Anne and her pirates (Anne; pissed): You hold your tongue or I’ll cut it off for you-
* Achilles (appeasing): Easy, everyone! There’s no need to start a brawl this early in the party. Jason, just let our pirate friends have their moment…
* Marionette (twirling her hair): That centaur over there is kinda cute. What do you think, Jennifer?
* Jennifer (crossing her arms): He looks okay, I guess…
* Marionette (giggling): How do you think their c-

*The scene switches to Eva El Reina.*

* Eva (twirling her hair): You gt me spinnin’ like a ballerina…
* Eva (affectionate): You’re the bad boy that I always dreamed of!
* Eva (seductive smirk): You’re the king and, baby, I’m the queen of…
* Eva (singing): Disaster! Disaster! Oh Oh Oh! Oh Oh Oh-

*Back to Marionette.*

* Marionette (giggling): -ks look like? Would they be like a human’s or are they hung like horses-?
* Jennifer (disgusted): Marionette! Maybe save these intrusive thoughts to yourself? I don’t want to hear any of them!
* Jennifer (hands on hips): And where’s Alex by the way?
* Marionette (thinking): I saw him leave the tavern just a minute ago…
* Jennifer (uncomfortable): I’ll be back in a minute, I just need to get a breather…
* Marionette (twirling her hair): Suit yourself. You can find me in a table flirting with some guys.

***Outside the tavern…***

* Alex (covering his face): *Sighs.*
* Jennifer (blushing): Hi Alex…
* Alex (chuckling): Hey there, what brought you outside?
* Jennifer (eye rolling): It was getting loud and I had to get away from the drunks before they try to pass moves on me…
* Jennifer (smirking): … And also, I may have wanted to spend some time alone with you…
* Alex (smiling): Ah, well as long as you won’t be bugging me about my state, then I don’t mind…
* Jennifer (serious): How are you feeling?
* Alex (eye rolling): There it is. I’m feeling, I just needed to get away from the crowd as the noise was giving me a headache.
* Jennifer (curious): No, I meant how you’re actually feeling. You were in a bad mood since we came back from fighting that monster.
* Alex (crossing his arms): *Sighs.* I’m glad we defeating the Hydra, don’t get me wrong. But I’m also mad that we had that bastard in our hands but we let him get away!
* Jennifer (confident): Don’t think too much about it. We have all the time in the world to bring him to justice!
* Jennifer (sad): But the prophecy… *Sighs.* We don’t know when’s the deadline but it could happen at any moment which is why it’s our top priority…
* Alex (concerned): Jennifer...?
* Jennifer (crossing her arms): What?
* Alex (biting his lip): I just had this thought about your prophecy…
* Jennifer (sad): Alex, I do not want to talk about it-
* Alex (blushing): Have you thought that maybe your love life isn’t truly doomed? That when Sveta told you ‘no mortal can heal your heart’, it meant your soulmate is someone her?
* Jennifer (eye rolling): We talked about this, Alex. I’m not dating a god-
* Alex (smiling): I know and I understand, but there’s more options to explore!
* Alex (thinking): For example, uh… You could date a dryad, a centaur, a satyr or-?
* Jennifer (raising a brow): A satyr?
* Alex (awkward grin; scratching head): Well uh… Not desirable options, I know. But what I was trying to tell you is that your love life isn’t entirely over!
* Jennifer (laughing): Ahahaha!
* Jennifer (wiping tear): Thank you, Alex. I’ll think about exploring these options.
* Alex (blushing): I’m glad I was of help. I’m… Going to get back in, will you join me or do you want…
* Jennifer (hand on hip): Yeah, yeah. I’m coming too. I told Marionette I was going to be back soon, anyway…

***In the tavern…***

* Centaur and satyr (Satyr; grinning): Lady, would you like me to buy you another drink?
* Marionette (twirling her hair): I’d love that! Thank you for offering, you’re so kind!
* Centaur and satyr (Centaur; smirking): Here, let me ask Chiron to refill it to you…
* Centaur and satyr (Satyr; pissed): Hey! I was the one who offered!
* Marionette (giggling): Hehe…
* Achilles (observant): …
* Jason (whispering): You should go ask her out…
* Achilles (startled): Ask her out?! What makes you think I see her that way?
* Chiron (cleaning cups): Come on, Achilles! You’ve been staring at her all night!
* Jason (grinning): It’s pretty obvious that you’re into it!
* Achilles (chuckling): I didn’t do a good job at hiding it, did I?
* Chiron (smirking): She has all the men in the tavern wrapped around her finger. You should make a move before someone else wins her over. What’s the worst she could say?
* Achilles (serious): *Sighs.* Since you guys will probably keep nagging me about it. Fine, I’ll go talk to her!
* Jason (thumbs up): You’ve got it man!

*At Marionette’s table.*

* Achilles (curious): Hey, Marionette. Can I sit with you-?
* Centaur and satyr (Centaur; serious): Yo, fucker! We came to her first! Go find yourself another girl!
* Achilles (cross): What is she to you? Your slave? You have your name branded on her skin?
* Centaur and satyr (Centaur; thinking): Uh… No-
* Achilles (crossing his arms): Then I can speak to her whenever the fuck I wish.
* Centaur and satyr (Centaur; eye rolling): Ugh, lets go. There are dryads in Pelion ten times more beautiful than her anyway.
* Centaur and satyr (Satyr; grinning): Yeah! I heard Olive is single right now, maybe I could try my luck with her!
* Marionette (awkward grin): Achilles… I’m really surprised by your approach…
* Marionette (smirking): It’s a fun party, don’t you think? I have been to many back at my hometown but none had that-
* Achilles (serious): Lets not dwell into small talk and get straight to what I’m here about.
* Achilles (crossing his arms): What were you thinking back there? Provoking the Hydra into attacking you! Do you understand you could’ve gotten yourself killed?
* Marionette (eye rolling): This is how you show your gratitude? Forgive me for trying to save you!
* Achilles (cross): Save me?! I’m indestructible! Everybody knows about it! What you have done there was not only unnecessary but also dangerous-!
* Marionette (pissed): It was going to bite your heel!
* Achilles (blushing): Oh…
* Marionette (crossing he arms): …
* Achilles (speechless): …
* Marionette (twirling her hair): You know, I’m really curious about this whole immortality thing… How is it that you’re completely pain-resistant, except for that one part of your body? What’s so special about it.
* Achilles (scratching his head): First of all, I have to correct you with one thing. I am not immortal, I’m just, how do I say it, ‘unkillable’. I can age like everyone else, and die from natural causes. It’s just that my skin acts like a shield that prevents me from getting wounded.
* Achilles (serious): I became that way after my mother traveled to the underworld and dipped me in the River Styx. If she had thrown me in, I would have died, but she held me by my left foot while she dipped me, which is how I became invulnerable but my left foot was the only part of my anatomy left unaffected.
* Marionette (intrigued): Interesting… But if your feet are your weak spot and you know it, then why did you wear sandals to battle? Wouldn’t you prefer more protective footwear, like boots for example?
* Achilles (chuckling): But that would be unfair to my opponents. Where’s the thrill in that?
* Marionette (eye rolling): You’re an idiot…
* Achilles (smiling): *Sighs.* I’ll tell you a secret, something that they don’t teach you in history.
* Achilles (serious): The gods envy us.
* Marionette (clueless): Huh?
* Achilles (smirking): They envy us because we’re mortal. Because every moment might be our last.
* Achilles (smiling): Everything’s more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
* Marionette (blushing): …
* Chiron (smiling): Time to get the party going! You wants to go on stage and sing?
* Cyclopes (Cyclop 1; grinning): Why don’t we have the pretty lady over there sing for us?
* Marionette (nervous grin): Who? Me?! No! I’m not really feeling it-
* Anne and her pirates (Sinbad; whooping): Come on! I don’t know what your voice is like but surely it’s not that bad!
* Marionette (sweating): What do I even sing? I don’t know what time of songs people here like-
* Chiron (encouraging): Just sing anything! Tell us your tale! Something that’ll get others to know more about you!
* Marionette (blushing): Well, there’s this song… It’s by an artist I really admired called Eva El Reina. But I really identify with it and basically sums up my past…
* Marionette (nervous): Here I go…
* Marionette (singing): My old man is a dead man is a bad man, but I can’t deny the way that he holds my hand and he grabs me and he has me by my heart…
* Marionette (smirking; singing): He doesn’t mind I have a Las Vegas past; he doesn’t mind that I have a L.A. crass way about me. He loves me, with every beat of his cocaine heart…
* Alex and Jennifer (Jennifer; clueless): Hey, we’re back- Wait, where’s Marionette?!
* Jason (smirking): She’s on the stage!
* Marionette (dancing; singing): Swimmin’ pool glimmerin’, darling. White bikini off with my nail polish. Watch me in the swimmin’ pool, bright blue ripples. You sittin’, sippin’ on your Black Cristal, oh, yeah!
* Marionette (twirling hair; singing): Light of my life, fire of my loins. Be a good baby, do what I want!
* Achilles (intrigued): …
* Marionette (seductive; singing): Light of my life, fire of my loins. Gimme them gold coins, gimme them coins!
* Marionette (dancing; singing): And I’m off to the races, cases of Bacardi chasers, Chasin’ me all over town! ‘Cause he knows I’m wasted, facin’ time again at Riker’s Island, and I won’t get out!
* Marionette (innocent smirk; singing): Cause I’m crazy, baby! I need you to come here and save me! I’m your little scarlet, starlet, singin’ in the garden, kiss me on my open mouth, ready for you!
* Crowd (cheering): WOOHOO!!!

*After a while…*

* Marionette (pouting; singing): My old man is a thief, and I’m going to stay and pray with him til’ the eeend. But I trust in the decision of the lord, to watch over us, take him when He may, if He may. I’m not afraid to say I’d die without him…
* Marionette and Achilles (Achilles; blushing): …
* Marionette and Achilles (Marionette; singing): Who else will put up with me this way? I need you, I breathe you, I’ll never leave you! They will rue the day I was alone, with you…
* Marionette and Achilles (Marionette; seductive; singing): You’re lyin’ with your gold chain on, cigar hangin’ from your lips, I said “Hon, you never looked so beautiful! As you so now, my man!”
* Marionette and Achilles (Marionette; singing): And we’re off to the races, places, ready, set, the gate is down and now we’re goin’ in! To Las Vegas, pay us, Casino Oasis, honey it is time to spin!
* Marionette and Achilles (Marionette; twirling her hair; singing): Boy, you’re so crazy, baby. I love you forever, not maybe!
* Marionette and Achilles (Marionette; blushing; singing): You are my one true love…You are my one true love-!
* Marionette and Achilles (kissing): …
* Crowd (cheering): WOOHOO!!!