My cautious to the point of mild paranoia Mage!MC who is playing by the heroic strategy brought Santiago along because she’s curious about his ability, and trusts Calypso to ensure that Sage doesn’t do anything wildly dangerous that would compromise their position.
My slightly more prone to recklessness Warrior!MC who’s a team player brought Calypso because she likes her + her knowledge of the terrain should make getting around much quicker. She didn’t want to bring Sage because she’s uncomfortable around her, as she killed Saxon and because she doesn’t trust Sage not to try anything with her machete LMAO.
It’ll be really interesting to see how Sage treats you!
Also, I didn’t want to risk leaving him alone with Sage and ending up with another dead boyfriend.
:~( Santi’s really cute, I wish we’d had more relationship building opportunities with him prior to the ceremony because I want see whether or not he gets jealous like Adonis.
I wear midnight velvet sparkles. And I choose Bring Sage with me to kill her with his brother dagger half way of the rute. I was thinking in writing over her body a POETIC JUSTICE message… Sage is going to die baby
Won’t they see that? I was under the impression that the Gods may be watching the Trials and seeing how and what you do. Wouldn’t that be an effective way of having the Gods opinion of you potentially change like Rohie said and to discern whether or not you would actually be an evil and/or selfish person and a threat? Or am I mistaken?
If what I believe to be the case is in fact the case, your deceptive and manipulative Mara may want to hold off on the cold-blooded murder. I don’t see any viable course of action in which you could come back from that, I’m afraid, even for an MC as devious as yours.
I see a way provoke her to attack me or lure her towards the beast . if she attacked me dagger to face. And all of you forget is gods we are talking about demigods were killing each others in the story since forever. I will say she attacked me before so I offer her death as a blood sacrifice to the glory of my daddy Viagra. It is totally pro gods like Both Illiad and Odiseus has shown.
“Oh Daddy Viagra illustrious banger of all creatures Accept my humble blood offering to bring glory and force over your enemies. Let me be your shield in the incoming battle to projects your electric glory even in the chronus lair”
…but again…they’d be watching. So they’d see you provoke her. And to be fair, luring her towards the beast in that scenario would probably end badly for you as well, since Emo Mara’s lack of athleticism would impede her escape attempt. To attack her when she’s so clearly a ‘cheerleader’ as you’ve stated would be suicide; Sage is an accomplished warrior.
It doesn’t matter what you say to the Gods; if you provoke her, they will know. Even if you successfully manipulate Sage, you will not be able to manipulate the Gods into believing it was an accident that she attacked you or was lured into the perfect attack spot for the beast. I’m not saying that they will disqualify you or anything, but when it comes to the trial I doubt their knowledge of your actions would help to exonerate you any quicker.
I doubt they care Sage in fact half of gods would prefer a ruthless mara to a goody one . you are imagine goodie gooodie gods truthful and benevolent. They are not they are all of them psychopaths that provoked millions of deaths for lust boredom and whatever. They wont scandalized because I killed a ribal. Half of them have kill their own family and eat their sons and rape their daughters. And the trial is totally fake so it wont matter if i did or not so i will kill her or make her die. Maybe she just end herself in a position she need be saved and i wont. IT IS A DEATH CONTEST GUYS ONLY ONE WOULD REMAIN
I’m not imagining that they’re all goody-goody paragons of morals, but these aren’t the typical Hero Trials of Olympus; the entire point of the trials is to determine whether or not you’re trustworthy enough for them to entrust the fate of the Gods and Olympus unto you. The fact that you backstabbed and deliberately murdered somebody you’re supposed to be in a team with probably isn’t the best sign of trustworthiness.
I know of at least two Gods that would be pissed that you murdered Sage, and I’m pretty sure that they would not be so willing to accept it as “meh, people do die, so I’ll forgive her for murdering Sage.” You said yourself you want to manipulate everyone into believing you’re likeable and fond of everyone; I’m pretty sure that brazenly forcing the Gods into a stalemate wouldn’t help with that very much.
It is a DEATH TRIAL and several mass murderers and rapists were giving the Hero glorify status ejem Ajax and Hercules odiseus was all backstab and assassination with no honor whatsoever. You are imagine Disney’s version or Marvels. The modern concept of Hero has zero in common with greek one. They only care you OBEY AND YOU WIN other stuff like kill your daughter in blood rituals bang your mother or killling al woman you see while drunken is totally cool politics. Or let your wife death by famine with your sons. Always I asked of offering my killing to gods and be obedient I could wipe her. She death threatened me… By the way of course all depend of why Mara see in the trial. If she believes the beast could kill sage she would use that if sage started menace her she could make her attack and then kill her or use a spell to paralyze her. But if Sage is calm and normal mara would try to fake being friends and lie about his bro. But if She ends in a live death situation mara wont save her.This is a trial sage I won’t save you surrender and let any demigod or god save you. Only one can win
She kinda has a point here… Odysseus was one of Athena’s favourites, and murdered (or framed and had executed) one of his own allies early on in the Trojan War (and tried to murder another later). Okay, so none of the other gods liked Odysseus, and one gets the feeling that Athena just kept him alive to annoy them, but…
This, however, is wrong. Random murders were fine, but incest? Sorry, Oedipus, no-one cares that you didn’t know, the punishment for that is self-inflicted blindness, and you still have to crawl across the country to beg the Furies for forgiveness.
All gods are pure incest ALL . Rohie even add its because no dna. For them incest is a weird word like Malasadas. They have no clue about were is the issue. Lol Zeus has banged half of New York Zoo so i doubt the concept of humans have sex dont seem wrong …
By the way Mara is totally against it. But i doubt gods are
Yeah, but @Alexodia also has a point. Some of the gods wants us death and if our behavoir can be used to excuse that they will use that. So if they have to claim Disney morals (as Mara puts it) to prove that we are not a hero they likely will.
Of course my MC still doesn’t want to be their hero, so she doesn’t care how she comes off, as she is going to take the first chance she can to get out of this non-lethallly untill then she will be more than happy to let Sage die.(Nyx herself still have to survive to kill the gods unfortunately). Of course she is not going to be alone with Sage, so she still went with Santiago.
Yes, I know only one can win in the Trials, but that’s exactly the point; the trials and the court do not abide by the same rules. Something you would be able to get away with in the trials does not mean that the Gods will treat it with the same blasé attitude as they do in the Trials.
And remember, the Gods, especially Zeus, are quite high up on their own pedestal; Zeus may have done all of that stuff, but what makes you think he would accept similar things from you? He’s a hypocrite; saying “well, he does awful shit so he shouldn’t care if I do awful shit” does not mean by any stretch of the imagination that he will tolerate it.
I’m not imagining anything but the portrayals that Rohie has given us, Mara, but even if I am imagining an idealised version of the Gods, imagining them all as empathy void psychopaths as just as bad. They do have people they care about, and (admittedly, this doesn’t go for all of them) they do have morals to speak of. They couldn’t rule Olympus and the world without them. Just because they hardly ever show them doesn’t mean they aren’t there. They are more on the amoral side, I will admit, but it’s not exactly logical to assume that all of them are extreme variants.
I am not assume anything but We are in avery screwed situation. We are totally in their will. And we have no idea about them. I know Mara wont die before being Chronus side. Mara is maybe braver most of you because she was raised in all greek morals. She believes in fate and Fate prophecy so she is totally convinced she will win and end in Chronus side. And like She won’t help Zeus in a million of years. She won’t believe they will be a real trial punishment for her. I myself think she is totally screwed anyway because Aeson killer switch. So whatever she would destroy her rivals ruthless way.
I’m not sure that’s bravery; confidence, definitely. Arrogance, maybe. But not bravery. Bravery isn’t not being scared in the face of adversity; bravery is being scared in the face of adversity and facing it anyway. Mara’s ruthlessness and, quite frankly, her psychopathy will serve her well in her own way, though.
In the dance scene with Calypso, there’s the option to simply thank her now. When the Bearer does, she looks at them curiously, but gets interrupted by Saint breaking the chocolate fountain before she can ask them whatever was on her mind. Before she goes off to rejoin Saint again, she gives the Bearer’s hand gentle squeeze.
Hmm…a soft squeeze to the hand…kinda like if the Bearer chooses the option to lean in to kiss her. Did Calypso just give the Bearer a hint that she was possibly interested in them ? Mind, when this happened, I didn’t make my Bearer interested in her at first sight (curious about her as a friend, but that was it) and the relationship menu does keep it on the high “she would proudly tell anyone in hearing distance that you two are friends” friend status, so I could just be reading the actions too deeply.
I’m not sure if this is one of the things that are going to change as the new demo gets more polished, but I honestly loved the choice to simply thank her for the dance. It really felt like it kept the type of interest more ambiguous yet really friendly. I’m really looking forward to more options like that.
Gods are a Do as I say, not as I do kind of people, it doesn’t matter if you’re following their example or a past hero’s example. Most of them are hypocrites. Kronos goes to Tarterus right? That’d be a funny way of ending at his side. Or reincarnations can be at his side. I wouldn’t rely on such a vague wording. I’m pretty sure you need to act like you have Disney morals so they think you’re easily manipulable so you have a chance of manipulating them, I mean their already worried about giving you power but someone who easily betrays? Yeah I’d rather try to work it out for myself instead.
All of these are true and many of my other mc’s would love a guy like that, but this mc of mine is too traumatised himself to spend much of his time and energy on dealing with Santiago’s antics and defrosting the ice prince.
But yeah, I did choose him during the trial as well, but only because of the dubious distinction that of all the people there my mc thinks Santiago is least likely to actually try to kill him (at least this early in the trials).
Ah, Mara, you always know how to cheer me up.
They are the old Greek Gods they don’t care about a couple of dead bodies, if we win, however we do then that is Fate speaking and my mc will use that in his fas trial. It was all fate. Why and how did he survive the seeker attacks? Fate (and a little deception and manipulation). How did he survive the trials? Fate. Why should they acquit him now and give him the “Hero” title, well again Fate.
Maybe we could challenge Sage to a contest of wits and strength to "prove once and for all that Fate is on his side, which should be all it takes to “win” a Fas trial. (my mc doesn’t actually trust his chances in a pure combat contest with Sage and her crazy speed in a straight up pure combat brawl but if the Arena is something like in this first trial where we can at least try to use our wits and the terrain then he may actually have an even chance of beating her, particularly if he survives the other deathtraps first).
Not entirely, since Athena has given Mara’s character a classical Greek education her morality is likely different from our modern Western one in the first place. Even my mc with his high int (and after a few of those AP Greek mythology classes, which is literally the only remotely useful thing they teach there) will know enough to try and make it appear to the Gods as if he is favoured by Fate itself as that is quite often literally the only thing they respect, Disney morals or no.
? Mind, when this happened, I didn’t make my Bearer interested in her at first sight (curious about her as a friend, but that was it) and the relationship menu does keep it on the high “she would proudly tell anyone in hearing distance that you two are friends” friend status, so I could just be reading the actions too deeply.
