I hate to be that guy, but I can’t keep track of all developments in a thread this size. Have the bugs been fixed yet? I can’t count the number of times the game broke when I chose to have a staring contest with Avery.
Addendum: I’ve tried going into the forest with Santiago and with Calypso, and the game breaks every time. I have to say, having to constantly erase all my progress doesn’t do much for the 'sperience.
That particular bug has been fixed. You can play up to the first Trial (the Artemis one). Also, there’s been some added content once the MC arrives to Olympus.
So I decided to go on the Children of the Gods tumblr and ask a question that came to my mind after reading a particular ask about if Persephone’s love for Aeson was similar to Athena’s affections for the Bearer.
What was Priscilla to Athena.
Didn’t technically get a answer to the question (though the responses from both @gia and @Rohie did give me this mental image of both making an expression that says ‘finally, someone asked about this’), but they both did say to discuss, so I’ll toss it out to you guys as well.
What do you guys think is the nature of Priscilla and Athena’s relationship? The connection was likely a powerful one in some way if Athena’s bond with the Bearer has some fraction of whatever made up her bond with Priscilla and it was stated there’s some baggage involved with Athena because of it. And apparently Athena was one of the few from the Twelve that Priscilla tolerated in the beginning (not necessarily trusted, but the fact she tolerated the Goddess of Wisdom despite clearly not being fond of any of the Twelve does say something).
Is it OK to at least ask if Priscilla’s later journal entries will shed some light on her history with Athena and how their relationship develops as time went by?
I think it was definitely an interesting relationship. Maybe Athena just didn’t try to suck up to her?
I’ll put up the journal entry part from the demo where Priscilla talks about Athena for the first time for reference.
May 31st, 1989
I am nineteen, and in land of the Gods, or better known as the land of the Tyrants. I have met all twelve of the Council, which is what they call themselves in these modern times. It’s ridiculous; the way I see it, a wolf can call itself a sheep, but it’d still be a wolf.
Athena is my favorite, but that doesn’t mean much, considering I’d sell any one of the Gods for a soggy loaf of bread. Still, she never asks how I feel in an attempt to pacify me, like Aphrodite. She doesn’t try to intimidate me into complacency like Ares or Hera, nor does she try to befriend me like Demeter or Hermes.
But I don’t trust her, and I don’t need a vision to warn me not to…there’s something in her eyes. There is a fine line between ambition and greed, and she stands wavering in the middle.
I really hope there wasn’t any sort of romantic relationship. My adoptive mother (technical aunt) and my biological mother? That’s rather unsettling.
I really doubt it. The only person that the mother had a “romantic” relationship with would be Zeus. But then again, she hated everyone on Olympus
Yes, well, Sage wants our head on a stick, and that doesn’t keep us from goin’ SWIGGITY SWOOTY DAT HERMESIAN BOOTY. When it comes to CoG romances, I’ve learned to be prepared for all manner of mindfucks.
(My current WIP features an actual shark as an RO. Seems Legit.)
Yeah believe me, I’m starting to see why no one on Olympus should be trusted now. I mean we’re basically the “Chosen One” if you can say that. Even Cronus wants us too so… Athena and Hades has their own endgame going on while Zeus did say at one point that we shouldn’t trust anybody, even him indirectly. So I’m just gonna try to figure out my own endgame while screwing everybody else over.
“Time to kill everyone.”
-Duke Nukem
I can imagine my MC, Aegon, going like this. Lol
Yes, they will! Maybe not a great deal of light, but you won’t be in the dark, anymore. Which should count for something, I think :~)
Teeechnically, Athena is your half-sister since you’re both Zeus’ kids…but then she’s your aunt-ish…and then she might also be your mom’s old lover??? maybe???
I mean…gd, these Olympians sure do get around…
When I read that, I thought about and I was legitimately mindfucked. Like if that is true, which seems pretty possible, I don’t even know what to say. It’s just absolute mindfuckery.
To be fair on this matter, Sage now has a less hostile first encounter with the Bearer. Heck, I’ll admit, I actually like Sage a good deal more because we get to meet her on more neutral, friendly grounds this time around before we once more are met with her hostility.
Even taking her new introduction out of account, it’s hard not to be intrigued by how her relationship with the Bearer will possibly develop, whether the relationship that gets nurtured is a platonic one or a romantic one (and whether the Bearer technically killed her brother or not). In a weird way, she’s technically the first one the Bearer has a type of connection with due to Saxon.
Also, who can pass up a chance to one of the two worst flirts trying to hit on the Bearer? 
Honestly, that sounds much more tame of a notion compared to Priscilla having something going on with a man she apparently loved but didn’t even remotely trust (for good reasons) and who merely saw her as his personal possession (to the point he even sees the children he had with her in the same light).
Not sure if the relationship is a romantic one with Pricilla and Athena though (though @gia and @Rohie certainly seem to be having a fun time being ambiguous with their answers about the relationship ) I personally feel that we need some more examples of what causes Athena to connect with someone and what eventually gets her attached enough that her mentality becomes ‘since I love you, you are mine’ (kinda looks like all the Gods of something of a possessive streak toward those they take some form of liking to, huh).
Basically MC and Sage’s relationship:
Oh we both know that it wasn’t as if he was going to kill him.
Yeeeeah I just got rid of it. Probably wasn’t right to say.
Well, that pretty much sums up the first bit of our interactions with her. I mean, just look at how she reacts when the Bearer tries to ask her for a dance (yes: your Bearer can search out for Sage to ask her for a dance. I think it’s safe to say that none of you will be too surprised about her response to that). 
Definitely looking forward to see firsthand just how unprepared we all apparently are to see Sage’s sweet side (and horrible flirting skills).
Sage is definitely one of the more interesting ROs.