On the way to Grani, Selene had a frown on after failing to gleam into the minds of Theoric and Sigyn. It was easy to read Nina's and Hollands, but they had very little going on in the way of thoughts. Nina's were full of sorrow, regret, and worry Theoric would abandon her while Lydia's were full of wonder for everything going on and what's to come next.
It was extremely rare to come across someone who couldn't be read, usually, this meant they were like her, but if that were the case then they would have instantly been suspicious of her. She decided, for now, to follow along and see where this would take her since she wasn't making any headway back in the city anyways.
What she was able to get off the two she could read was that this was a good, reliable man, according to them, so she was cautiously optimistic about making them an ally even if she couldn't do it through force, plus she wasn't against the idea of sleeping with him if half of the things she saw were true.
Theoric feeling the stare in the back of his head looked back meeting Selene's eyes who grinned when he turned around. Giving a smile back, he had to admit she was his type, but he felt a little guilty thinking of a new woman when he just lost a couple, though he comforted himself with the thought that he would get them back.
Stopping just in front of where Grani was hidden he let Sigyn go on ahead and talk to the big guy with Nina and Lydia. He explained to Sigyn earlier that they wouldn't be able to bring him along on the boat, but Sigyn acted coy saying he would be able to for some reason. When pressed what she meant, she simply said it was a surprise.
Theoric then addressed the crew- "Alright, I'm not sure how much you ladies know about us, but I'll assume it's not much."
Then he activated his power creating all sorts of objects with his energy, drawing gasps from everyone except Selene.
Theoric- "This is my power, wanted to show you now so you won't be surprised when I start using it later, same with the others with me, each of them also has a power that they may or may not use on this trip, just keep an open mind and we won't have any problems."
They started to whisper amongst each other about him being another chosen like Thena until Selene hushed them,- "We figured you had to be someone special for them to send us on a mission with you, don't worry, we all have open minds, right ladies."
"Yes," they answered in unison, making Theoric raise an eyebrow.
Theoric- "Good," he said giving them all a once over,- "Then you also shouldn't be afraid of what comes next," he said motioning for them to follow him behind the rocky outcrop.
Rounding the corner, the vibrating ground suddenly began to rumble as Grani's giant head popped out greeting Sigyn.
Upon spotting the creature the entire crew of ladies eyes popped out, not expecting to see Sigyn hugging a giant head.
Sigyn rubbed the side of its head,- "Hey boy, I hope you're doing good, I'm sorry it took longer than expected, we ran into trouble."
Grani- "Mistress should have called if she needed help."
Sigyn shook her head,- "It's not something that can easily be fixed, we'll have to travel far out to sea so we can fix it."
Grani sadly asked- "Is mistress going to leave me?"
Sigyn grinned- "Of course not, you're one of us now."
Grani rocked a little in happiness making the earth shake along with him.
Selene stared intently at the creature, concerned that she couldn't read its thoughts just like Theoric and Sigyn.
Theoric introduced him,- "This is Grani, he's our new, pet?" He asked looking at Sigyn.
Sigyn stuck her tongue out at Theoric,- "Grani is our wonderful new friend, aren't you Grani?"
Grani lifted his head proudly- "Yes Mistress."
Selene could see the similarities in the life force signature of the two, it seemed like they were connected somehow. Looking at Nina, the Medusa, and Holland the siren, she finally sighed giving up any thought of converting them without their consent.
Theoric- "I see they picked us a good crew seeing as how your all handling this so well, but this next part may put some of you off... I'm going to wrap each of us in barriers, like so," he said wrapping him, Sigyn, Nina, and Holland.- "And then we're going to get in the mouth of Grani and travel down to the coast underground."
They all went bug-eyed again with one opening her mouth in shock.
"You can't really..." one of them began to speak before Selene cut her off taking control,- "Sure that'll be fine, right ladies."
"Yes," they answered in unison.
Theoric seeing the way the ladies instantly deferred to Selene whenever she wanted like robots were starting to set alarms off even though they were commissioned by the temple.
Selene realizing she was most likely found out didn't try and hide it,- "When we're on the boat I'll formally introduce myself, I believe we can work something out."
Theoric squinted his eyes,- "Explain now."
Selene sighed- "These ladies were commissioned to go with you, but I snuck in wishing to meet with you and discuss whether or not we could ally."
Theoric- "What about the crew, what did you do to them?"
Selene- "Nothing terrible, in fact, they're better now, stronger, faster, more than human."
Theoric sneered- "And in your control."
Selene scoffed- "As if that's a bad thing, besides it not like I'll be controlling them for the rest of their lives, this is just a temporary situation."
Selene seeing him not budge tried to persuade him- "look, let me explain on the boat and I'll show you I'm not all that bad, you have no idea of what's really been going on around here while you've been traveling, trust me, you'll want to know."
Theoric clicked his tongue,- "Tsk, wasting enough time already," he said lifting his hand to wrap them all in energy with Selene allowing him to wrap her otherwise he wouldn't so easily be able to form energy around her, he then gave it a tight squeeze,- "Feel that, don't try anything funny, but I do appreciate you allowing this even though you didn't have to, please step inside and I promise no harm will come to you as long as you promise to bring no harm," he said gesturing to Grani's open mouth.
Selene grinned- "I think I like you, we'll get along just fine."