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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 20:26:42 GMT
"...What's been going on in this place before we got here?" Hercule wondered as he looked at the stain.
When he put his foot on a tread, it went down and triggered something in the process.
All the treads went down and the staircase turned organic with a brown-ish colour, it now looked like the back of a serpent Hercule and Theseus were walking on as the duo slipped and fell on it's back, beginning to slide their way down to the next level.
"WOAAAH!" Hercule yelled, grabbing onto it's sides so he wouldn't fall off.
They reached the end of the ride as there appeared to be a large area surrounded by walls like a maze below them but Hercule and Theseus were about to collide right with the snake they were riding on as it turned it's head and hissed them, it had glowy yellow eyes.
"Ah, shit!" Hercule said, his eyes shrinking as he tried to grab his sword but had a bit of difficulty due to how fast they were going and the possibility of the sword flying out of his hands if he managed to grab it.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 20:37:39 GMT
Theseus let himself slide down to the snake, and activated the rockets in his legs at point black. Burning it right in the eyes as the rockets propelled him back up.
He grabbed onto Hercule as he went upwards, just to be safe.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 20:46:29 GMT
The snake din't even react as it vanished with a 'poof' sound, taking the stairs with it.
Hercule let out a sigh of relief.
"This place has some weird obsession with snakes, I thought Iknaa was the Omnipotent who liked snakes." Hercule said.
He then looked down to see a rather large room with four walls, the room itself had the shape of a cube while the left wall had a tapestry of the Omnipotent of Mischief, Haji, who had a Orb of Fulfillment spinning on his finger repeatedly on a loop like a gif while holding his staff in his other hand, grinning widely.
And in the middle of the spacious area, there was a big maze with red walls with a entrance that leads inside the maze with dividing paths that lead to dead ends, a few large snakes were slithering about in a few corners of the maze acting like sentinels.
"Of course there had to be a maze of all things in a place like this, it's like a frustrating video game level before you fight the big boss." Hercule groaned.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 21:29:23 GMT
"Would it be corny for me to say 'unlike in a video game', there's no redo button?" Theseus asked, tilting his head slightly as he walked towards the maze.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 21:34:23 GMT
Hercule, after landing on his feet, walked after Theseus as they walked into the maze, stopping in front of the wall before the path goes to the left, leading to a four way path that could lead anywhere.
"Ah, geez, we don't have time to figure this out, those guards won't be able to keep Cleopatra and her dragon at bay for too long and Cupid got a head start on us. Let's try to find the exit from a higher view." Hercule suggested, folding his arms as he turned to his teammate.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 21:57:07 GMT
"I really am getting a lot of use out of these legs of mine." Theseus commented to himself, as he went up into the air again, looking over the maze from above.
As he did, he saw two figures in the distance, standing over the husk of a snake, with all of the colour drained from it. Cupid looked up at him, and his entire stance shifted.
His mouth moved, but Theseus was too far away to hear it, as he grabbed onto the wrist of his associate, who Theseus recognized as Zener, who wasn't wearing the cloak this time, and dragged her further along the maze. They weren't that far from the exit.
Thinking quickly, he brought his arms up and-
a beam of energy shot out from Cupid, striking Theseus in the face despite the considerable distance between him and knocking him to the ground before he could interfere. The two ran on ahead, out of Theseus's sight.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 22:03:00 GMT
Hercule looked up, ran to the spot where Theseus would fall and grabbed him.
"Are you okay?" Hercule asked.
As Cupid and Zener were about to approach the exit...said exit then fell on the floor, revealing a brick wall with red words painted on it:
'Oh dear, this doesn't appear to be the exit you tried to find so hard after doing your best to locate it in a few hours or so. Try to find another way out!'
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 22:28:51 GMT
Theseus pushed himself out of Hercule's grip, landing on his feet.
"I saw cupid, he's close to the exit, we need to go!" He exclaimed, grabbing onto Hercule and jumping back into the air, flying above the maze.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 22:33:43 GMT
Hercule looked at where Cupid and Zener were as they were standing in front of the fake exit and looked at the entire maze only to see there weren't any other exits.
"That exit they found is fake. I don't see any other way out of this place." Hercule noted.
He then gave the entire room a brief look before he looked at the tapestry with Haji and the orb, having a theory in mind before looking up at Theseus.
"Throw me at that tapestry, the real exit might be behind that." Hercule told Theseus as he reached out for his sword with his other hand.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 22:36:49 GMT
Theseus did not look amused. "..Seriously?"He asked.
despite saying that, he swung with all his strength and sent Hercule flying right into the tapestry, crashing straight into Haji's face.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 22:43:39 GMT
Hercule cut right through the tapestry in half as he landed in a square shaped gap, in a corridor with stalactites attached to the ceiling.
"Of course, the entire maze was a red herring, anyone who tries to solve it would waste their own time like we almost did. Fitting for a trickster." Hercule mentioned as he placed his sword back to where it was.
Hercule nodded at Theseus before looking at the pirates who were at the end of the maze.
"See ya at the finish line, old man! Enjoy being on last place, cause that's what you are usually best at!" Hercule taunted as he ran further in the corridor, expecting Theseus to follow.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 22:55:37 GMT
Despite running, Hercule started floating instead. Glowing with a green aura.
Telekinetically, he was hurled straight into Theseus, knocking him over like a bowling pin.
Both Zener and Cupid vanished behind the walls and turns of the maze, silently.
One of them could easily be heard inside his mind. 'This isn't a race.' Zener's thoughts invaded Hercule's head, as the two pirates jumped up onto the top of the maze walls with the grace of acrobats.
Holding onto her head as though pained by it, Zener lifted Hercule and Theseus up telekinetically again, while Cupid stared straight at them. Held up by Zener's power, the two floated in place.
"Zener, dear." Cupid asked, Zener nodded without a word, and then Cupid smiled at the direction of the two royal guards. "..It's so nice to finally meet you." Cupid smiled, pleasantly. "I must say, very smart of you to figure that out. Not so smart of me to bother with this maze at all. But at least I got some practise in."
Theseus' glare was like death itself.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 23:00:34 GMT
Hercule glared back at Cupid with his fists clenched.
"Keep your compliments to yourself, asswipe. It's time you finally get it through that head of your's that the Neonytes are way past the outdated ways that you are so fond of. Do everyone a favor and throw yourself in a volcano pit and join Cedric as his bunkmate in hell, you two would hit it off pretty quickly, the Neonytes don't need you and the pirates sure as hell don't either, they wouldn't shed a tear if your ass got wasted on this planet." Hercule said.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 28, 2020 23:13:02 GMT
"..Holy shit." Cupid blinked, visibly surprised. Almost falling off the wall he was standing on before a fight could even start. "You really don't like me, do you?"
He looked to Zener, who didn't say anything, and instead telekinetically hurled both Theseus and Hercule straight towards one of the snakes still roaming the maze.
Theseus shot a laser in Cupid's direction as he flew towards the snake, only for his enemy to gracefully dodge to the side and let gravity pull him to the floor, hidden from his opponents by the maze between them. Zener jumped from one wall to the next, releasing her grip on her head as the two royal guard members smacked into the snake.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 28, 2020 23:20:45 GMT
Hercule got up on his feet and without even looking up, stabbed the snake behind him with his sword, it went right through it's chin and came out of the top of it's head before pulling it out with no trace of blood on his blade. The snake then vanished into red smoke with the same poof effect like it wasn't real.
Looking around and managed to locate Zener, he leaped into the air, leaving a crater behind as he jumped and slammed his forehead against Zener's, knocking her down and smashed right through three walls from the force of his headbutt before her back hit against another wall as he landed on the wall she was standing on.
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