A simpler time
The sound of swords clashing, flesh being carved, and reptilian hissing filled cretes beach. Alvis was in a deep battle with a legion of raptormen dinosaur humans, a battle that shouldn't have happened
The beast warriors of Patagotitan, an old reptilian goddess of families, had a fierce anger at Gia keeping the chronos from his child. Her men hijacked a few spartan ships and equipment
Now laying siege against Crete in spartan arms in a locked battle with the island's single guardian, a loinclothed tan elf areobacticly dodging spear attacks
With a majestic triple backflip, Alvis landed into a seated position on a pile of enemies, watching himself get surrounded by red raptors with spears
Unfazed, Alvis took a lone cigarette from behind his ear, putting it in his mouth and holding his right hand up, signaling for a time out. The legion of monsters look puzzled, hissing out of caution
The elf with his metal hand reached deep into the throat of the dead raptor he sat on, pulling its tongue out and scrapped it against its armoire, igniting the flammable poison in its tongue ablaze
Alvis lit his cigarette with it, inhaling deeply, watching the flame race down the tongue into the beast. Then, after a heavy exhale, he combat rolled backward to standing upright and soccer kicking the body
Timed perfectly, the body exploded into a powerful bomb. Bronze armor shrapnel into the crowd. Taking advantage of the chaos, the elf dashed into a part of the crowd out of the bomb radius
He gave a jab at one of the raptors, breaking its front teeth, then, in a fluid motion, shoved the cigarette into its mouth
igniting its poison, refooted and unleashed a powerful left hook, sending the panicking lizard deep into the crowd and causing another devastating explosion
Alvis dashed again, looking for his next victim but at a noticeably slower speed. His teeth gritted
" no way we got some heroes."
His question was answered when a small squad of monsters emerged from the chaos, whipping the slowed elf with their tongues, paralyzing him. Alvis immediately sent flames into his bloodstream
The poison was divine, and he would need to act. Fast… especially watching one attacker seize this opportunity to throw a spear at him, all he could think was MOVE
MOVE
MOVE!
FATE
The same primal feeling overcame Alvis outside his car. Fighting through the pain of teeth, gritted spit flying out, and red face, he demonstrated remarkable restraint in not crushing his old flip phone
Answering the phone brought such relief that the elf growled out a breath of comfort and a loud fuck only to get a worried "Are you ok, Alvis " from the phone
"I'm fine, Liz. I'm just dealing with the unknown side effects of this curse." Alvis, shivering, opened the car door only to slam the door back closed, realizing both uttered each other's name for the first time in years
The elf honestly didn't know if he should apologize out of the informality. Even if he wasn't the first to speak, he felt he need to say sorry, only for Duckworth to speak, setting the tone slowly
"Well, sergeant, about your curse, i need more information. All i have is you were in a fever state, channeling Greek deities through you for days
" how do you know both were Greek?" Alvis groaned, entering the car and peeling down the road toward the highway
"greeks aren't doing well against the Titans. It is a public sour point that they will only discuss in detail like they were in you with others on their side."
" the dark wizard that invaded was Solomon. No doubt you have been briefed on that, but he cursed me with something called hero journey." Alvis was unfocused, weaving through the light highway of aggressive drivers
" i was aware it was Solomon. I am shocked he would use new god magic.. especially that spell."
" Have you heard of i- OUT OF THE WAY I SWEAR ILL PULL EVERYONE OVER!" the cars moved possessed, cutting Alvis off, blocking lanes, forcing the elf to miss his exit and blocking him into the middle lane
" Alvis, are you ok? Please listen to me before you do anything else. This spell affects the world around you."
" Are you telling me a curse is powerful enough to make a swarm of drivers go crazy?" the elf stared at the car next to him. A human woman with gold glowing eyes turned to look at him, offering a soft smile
The drumming started, loud in his ears drowning out Duckworth. It was not magical, but chemically, he was angry. He knew it was the curse itself looking at him or the deity, so his following words left his mouth so clear you could read the lips
" GO SUCK YOUR BROTHERS, DADDYS, SONS, UNCLES, DICK, LIKE YOU GREEK GODS, DO I AM A BABY? You're A DAMN TODDLER IN THIS WORLD. CHEW MY BARK-"Alvis's rant did not weaver till he needed a breath
In the midst of taking his breath, the woman mouthed her reply, "Do you need a nap?" before turning away. It took all of his control not to ram her car off the road
"Alvis "
" what"
" It is a spell Zeus created to mobilize living heroes to his cause, but it has never been used on a non-Greek, which is why it is called The Heros Journey. Its stages have already been broken down, ok?"
"ok"
" Call to adventure aided by the supernatural, the hero faces temptations and challenges, gains a revelation, goes through a transformation to atonement, and returns home changed. "
" how do i break it?" the anger in Alvis started to boil once more
" if a god did it, you have to see it through, but since a weaker being cast it, it will be distorted, and as you are experiencing now, the distortion is fate coming to you like a tornado. This curse is looking for anything to leave to fate. Even a simple drive will launch you toward your next step in your journey-"
Duckworth started to rant, but it was interrupted by Alvis's stern words, "HOW do I break it?"
" P-pivotal moments.. in your journey, there may be moments of will you or not. In those moments, you must reject the situation no matter what."
"I have to be a good boy till I get a moment of opportunity. No way fate thinks I am a screaming toddler. I'll prove it right!" he stomped down the gas pedal the car audibly started to accelerate
"Alvis, what are you doing?!"