EVENT ONE: JUNE 21ST-28TH

[luminals]

TAKE BACK KNOWHERE
When: June 21-28
Who: Everyone.
Where: All over Knowhere, ending in the Continuum Cortex and Observation Deck.

Event details are here, IC announcement is here.

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[sophos]

[She hears him, recognizes the voice, even if she doesn't turn to look. Annabeth will consider the ramifications of Nico being here too after they're not in the middle of fighting off aliens.]

[She swings her sword at the one behind her, damaging it enough to incapacitate but not kill. In almost the same motion, she strikes at the other again, before jumping back a few feet to avoid its revenge blow.]

[When she has a moment, she looks around for the other demigod at last, catching sight of him.] Your right!

[And she strikes at the alien again, downing it. She thinks it's dead this time, but she's too used to monsters turning into dust to be sure. And then she makes a beeline for Nico, having taken care of her own targets.]

[necrokinetic]

[ annabeth's warning comes just in time and nico manages to sidestep away from the incoming attack, throwing his weight to the left to roll a few feet away. when he's up again, he charges at the confused alien, letting his sword run down its side while simultaneously pushing him back with the force of his own body. he ends up ramming it into the wall and it looks like their attacker is unconscious, at the very least.

he turns back around to look at the other demigod, but his body is still tense and ready to spring into action if the fight continues. ]

Was that all of them?

[sophos]

[She's panting a little when she reaches him, her own body still tense with the adrenaline as her eyes dart around to take in every detail and every slight movement.]

I don't see anymore. For now. [She adds that last bit on begrudgingly, because she knows it's likely there'll be more.] But we shouldn't stick around.

[And Annabeth doesn't really wait before setting off again, clutching her sword tight and hugging the wall. She has a destination to reach, okay. She just kind of takes it for granted and expects Nico will follow, not yet out of battle brain.]

[Besides, there are definitely noises up ahead, and if they're aliens, she plans to take them by surprise.]

[necrokinetic]

[ he doesn't question the decision to keep moving, knowing from his own experience that the last thing he wants to do is stick around to see if the aliens they'd just battled get up for round two. he moves behind annabeth, a thousand questions milling about in his head, but none feeling appropriate for their situation. still, the appearance of another demigod here has to mean something, despite the fact that he himself had ended up on the spaceship without his own travelling companions.

he shifts his sword from one hand to the other, keeping an eye out behind them as they walk. there's more sounds of fighting up ahead, so nico uses his sense of impeccable timing to blurt out the one question that's been nagging him the most. ]

Where are the others?

[ priority order: hazel and then the rest, tbh. ]

[sophos]

[She's aware of him following, though it doesn't warrant any sort of commentary. It's better to have backup in this situation, even if she knows she can handle herself.]

[Annabeth doesn't quite stiffen, but something in her goes fairly rigid. Honestly it's a question she's had for herself since she woke up here, alone and confused and annoyed, her first thought being Percy, because they aren't supposed to be separated again. Nico's words just remind her of that.]

You're the only others I've seen. [If she sounds biting, it's not his fault. But one of the aliens seems to hear her as they get closer, turning around to look for the source and noting her presence. Her gaze hones in on it as she tries to decide what to do.] I'm guessing neither of us have been here long.

[Whatever it means to have two half-bloods instead of one now. She'd been preparing herself to be fighting here alone, like following the Mark of Athena all over again.]

[necrokinetic]

[ not an answer he's particularly pleased with, but how much of a fuss can he make when he's also trying to get ready to fight again? at least being preoccupied with their attackers means that their conversation won't lead into any awkward elements — being around annabeth still feels slightly strange, though thankfully, the lack of percy is actually helping to lessen that feeling. he doesn't know what he'd do if he'd encountered the two of them together.

( which is unfair, he knows that completely, but he's long since realized that whatever feelings bubbled up inside of him were far from rational. )

plus, he thinks it'll give him time to figure out what might've happened to the athena parthenos in the mean time. that wasn't a conversation he wanted to have with the other demigod just yet. ]

Just as the message went out. [ he focuses back on their current situation, raising a few pieces of debris with the strength he has left, ready to chuck them at the alien. ]

Maybe they're fighting elsewhere. [ although, he doesn't know if that'd be better or worse. ]

[sophos]

[She grits her teeth at the 'fighting elsewhere' remark, because she doesn't want to get her hopes up too much. And she's not sure she wants anyone else stuck in this place, not when everything's so up in the air and frantic at the moment.]

[Annabeth wants Percy with her and she doesn't - because who knows what's happening, but she's not so fond of this potential separation. Escape one hellhole, end up in another. Someone out there is amused, but it's not her. She prefers Percy at her back, but she likes him safe, too.]

[One of the aliens breaks towards them; Annabeth adjusts her grip on her sword.] Yeah, that's about when I got here. Sounds like we're the first crew.

[And she lunges to meet the alien halfway.]

[necrokinetic]

[ if they really are amongst the first, he doesn't know what to think of the implications. luckily, the attack saves him from contemplating too much and he's back to sticking to his instincts as he fights. there's a second alien which comes to join its companion and nico focuses on getting its attention away from where annabeth's fighting with the first.

he shadow travels until he's up close and personal with the alien, giving it a nice elbow to the stomach before he can start using his sword. sadly, the alien doesn't quite go down so easily as he'd imagined ( and nico is far from a powerhouse ), so his arm is quickly caught and twisted behind his back.

the teen grits his teeth from the pain, but that doesn't stop him from trying to kick his way free. if only he could summon an extra pair of skeletal hands — for now, he might just have to fall back onto a disappearing trick again if all else fails. ]

[sophos]

[She makes quick work of the alien, her strength taking it by surprise and letting her knock it out in a few easy movements.]

[When she turns, her eyes land on Nico and his predicament. She knows he can shadow travel away, but she also knows he's probably exhausted himself with that option. So Annabeth rushes in from the side, slamming her body into the alien; it doesn't knock them over, but it does loosen the alien's grip enough for Annabeth to jerk her weapon in and free up Nico's arm. She swings her leg right after, aiming for it's groin.]

[It occurs to her midswing that maybe the groin isn't as sensitive a target as she's used to.]