Athens
As the ship sailed across the ocean, Kratos sleep was disturbed by the carousing of the survivors of the hydra attack they had rescued. Having escaped certain doom when no help was thought coming, and then being better fed than they were on their own ships - complete with an unearthly delight in the form of cupcakes provided by Pinkie Pie - they were deep in celebration. As Kratos had no desire for wine at this time - he had already learned it had no effect on dulling his nightmares - he had let them drink of the casks Athena had provided for him. As he heard the raucous celebration through the walls of the Captain's Chambers - where he had just recently risen from bed with all the rescued women of age, who had desired to properly thank the God's Champion who had rescued them - he decided he would have better rest on the deck, where the torrential rains would deaden the sounds of the partying below decks.
As he climbed to the deck, he was rather surprised to hear the pinging of heavy rain on hollow metal. Glancing over, he barely recognized the figure leaning against the mast. "Calliope?"
She looked up at him, her blue orbs of eyes twinkling happily. "Hello Father!" she said happily. "What brings you up on deck?"
Kratos shrugged his shoulders. "I felt sleeping in torrential rain would be more relaxing than with the noise below decks."
Calliope giggled. "We felt the same way."
"We?"
There was a clanging from the inside of Calliope's chest plate. "I'm in here, Daddy!" Pinkie said. "It's a bit too wet out there for me right now. I left my snorkel in the cabin, so swimming's a no go."
"Then why don't you-" Kratos began, before shaking his head. "Never mind. But I thought you enjoyed parties?"
"Not the kind they're getting up to down there!" Pinkie replied. "Human males do not look good naked! I like a guy with a nice coat of fur, myself."
"Some of them were kinda cute..." Calliope pointed out.
Kratos decided to veer his mind away from that discussion. Noticing a slight glow around the statue of Athena at the prow, he realizes there is someone else privy to this discussion. "It's been ten years, Athena," he addressed the statue respectfully as the glow fully infused it, temporarily becoming the goddess's physical manifestation. "I've done everything the gods have asked of me, and then some."
"Yeah!" Pinkie added happily. "We even have some refugees coming to Athens with us!"
"You can probably hear them through the deck," Calliope pointed out.
"I'm afraid Athens is no longer safe, Kratos," Athena replied. "My brother, Ares, has attacked my city."
"Ares..." Kratos growled under his breath.
"Wait!" Calliope asked. "Ares himself? Isn't that sort of thing against the rules? Aren't the gods only allowed to physically manifest like that for battle when summoned by their worshipers? I'm pretty sure I read something like that in one of Persephone's books in Elysium."
"Indeed," Athena replied. "The gods may only enter battle in the mortal realms when summoned and backed by their worshipers. That is the rule laid down by Zeus to maintain balance in the world. Ares refutes that rule in defiance of the will of Olympus, attacking my city with only his armies of monsters as backing. In doing so he has earned the ire of Olympus. However, I cannot counter him directly, for it is also against the laws of Olympus for the gods to make war on each other. Thus I must turn to you, Kratos, to bring an end to Ares' ambitions. Find the Oracle of Athens; she will guide your steps."
"So Daddy's finally going to make that meanie Ares pay for tricking him all those years ago?" Pinkie asked. "About time! Daddy needs the closure!"
"But we need to find a place for the people we saved from the Hydra," Calliope pointed out.
"Let us first sail to Sparta," Kratos suggested. "It's a longer journey, but Sparta is smaller than Athens, and safer from Ares' forces. He will not attack a city dedicated to him."
"And I could take the time to rearm," Pinkie pointed out. "I'm starting to run low on knives."
"That would be wise," Athena replied. "I shall ask Poseidon to-"
At that exact moment, the ocean currents and the storm shifted, pushing the ship at a rapid gait in the direction of Sparta.
"Thanks Posie!" Pinkie called out. The waves seemed to chuckle indulgently against the sides of the ship, and the wind seemed to laugh amongst the masts.
"Athena..." Kratos began. "If I do this, if I defeat Ares, will my nightmares finally end?"
Calliope spun to stare at her Father. No sound came from either sister.
Athena was silent for a time. "Do this, Ghost of Sparta, and I promise you your life will be greatly improved." Before Kratos could ask for clarification, the sense of Athena's presence faded.
The trio turned to face Sparta in silence, all lost in their own thoughts.
After dropping the refugees off in Sparta and rearming - Calliope also decided to grab some extra armaments - and stocking up on supplies for any civilians they managed to save from Ares assault as they passed through the city, they set sail for Athens.
As they entered the city, they found few true obstacles to their progress working as a team, and were able to progress easily. After riding an elevator, two soldiers ran towards them.
"Run! Run!" one shouted. "The beasts have taken Athens!"
At that moment, two Minotaurs charged up behind them along the scaffolding. One threw his battle ax like a discus. The soldier who turned back to look was able to duck it...and Calliope's gauntlet seized the haft of the ax, yanking it from its flight path before it could decapitate the other soldier. The minotaurs froze in shock.
"This could come in handy," Calliope said happily.
"Bad pun, Sis!" Pinkie chided. To the soldiers she said, "Hurry to the docks! We've cleared a path, and our ship is safe!"
"Thank the gods!" one soldier said as he ran by.
The one who was nearly decapitated stopped next to Calliope. "My thanks, warrior," he said before rushing on.
After slaying the minotaurs, the trio continued into the city. After a time, though, Pinkie realized Calliope's silence wasn't just concentrating on the battle. "What's bugging you, Sis?"
Calliope sighed as she beheaded another slew of monsters with her new ax. "I kind of wish I had my flesh and blood body again."
Pinkie tilted her head, hopping onto the ax with the next swing to leap from it, plunging one of her knives into another minotaur's skull before snapping its neck. "Really? But you're indestructible like this! Invincible!"
"But all I can do is fight," Calliope pointed out, splitting another monster down the middle with her sword. "I can't really have...fun."
"I get the feeling you don't mean our board games," Pinkie offered, yanking two more guards through a broken gate and away from monsters trying to kill them, before shoeing them to the ship.
"That's fun, but not the kind of fun I mean," Calliope agreed. "I mean, after we saved all those women from the hydra, they all thanked Father and he had real fun. But I can't get that sort of thanks from the cute young guys we save."
"I see what you mean," Pinkie replied, diving under a massive ogre, castrating it as she passed between its legs. "I never even got that special kind of thank you from Zephyros or his brothers."
"That's because you scared them off by coming on too strong, sister," Calliope pointed out. "But without a flesh and blood body, I'll never get to have an orgy! Or even have sex!"
"Damn, that is rough," Pinkie replied. "I'll see what I can do about that."
"Thanks Sis!" Calliope said happily, beheading her own ogre.
Kratos did his best to not comment - or even hear - his daughters' conversation as he fought the third ogre. He steeled himself to just keep fighting monsters, and not think about his little girls trying to seduce the soldiers they were rescuing.
For some reason, he suddenly felt much less motivation to rescue the soldiers.
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Father Kratos is watching you men.
I'm not sure if I should laugh or just stare in bewilderment at that conversation. I'm impressed dear author you have rendered me speechless.
Del Conagher: "Well, I'm not sure what y'all did back in Sparta, but we have our own traditions for evaluating suitors back where I'm from. One I'm most particularly fond of is sitting down with the feller in question while he's waiting for his date to get her last touches done."
Kratos: "More of this... talking... then? What should I talk about?"
Del: "Well, that's up to you. It don't rightly matter what you talk about so much as what you do while your talkin', if you catch my drift."
Kratos: "And that is?"
Del: "Weapon maintenance is the traditional activity. I like to clean shotguns myself, or maybe do some work on one of my turrets, when some young stallion is trying to court Fluttershy."
Fluttershy: "I think it would work better if the nine of you didn't do it all at once. I might even have a guest that stayed conscious longer than five minutes after meeting you all..."
Heavy: "Bah. Last puny stallion who tried to date our daughter cried like baby as soon as I opened door."
Fluttershy: "That was the mail pony. He was delivering your pay vouchers from Canterlot."
Spy: "This is true. I checked him thoroughly."
Fluttershy: "Speaking of which, when are you planning on letting him out of the interrogation room?"
Spy: "As soon as Soldier is finished talking with him."
Fluttershy *sighs* "At this rate, I'm starting to worry what will happen if I ever do bring a coltfriend home to meet my daddies..."
Poor Kratos
I get the feeling that if this goes the way the game did, Zephyros is probably going to want to abandon his home to avoid a certain mare, which will cause a lot of sniggering among the other immortal steeds/chariot horses, until she looks their way. I also get the feeling Zeus is probably not going to want that family around well before other things happen, though I do wonder what's responsible for the nightmares. It's not the blades, so is it memories or is it one of the gods being a goit?
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This alt-script.
I like it.
Another!
Gravedigger: "Good, my boy and girls, good. Athena has chosen wisely, I knew it was so."
Kratos: "Who are you?"
Gravedigger: "So, you have the blades, the skin as pale as the moon. Your daughter by blood inhabits armor to assist you, and your other daughter is as skilled as she is unpredictable. You are the ones indeed, perhaps Athens will survive at that." *laughs*
Pinkie: *slaps Gravedigger with a hoof* "That's not funny! How can you laugh at a city's annihilation?!"
Calliope: *cracks knuckles threateningly... despite not having knuckles*
Gravedigger: "I... apologize, that was inappropriate." *looks them over* "Still, you had all best be careful. Wouldn't want any of you dying before I finish this grave."
Calliope: "Dedicated to your job, aren't you? Who's the grave for?"
Gravedigger: "Why, the three of you, of course."
K, P, C: *startled looks*
Gravedigger: "Hmmhmm, I've got a lot more digging to do, indeed. All will be revealed in good time, my dears, and when all appears to be lost, I will be there to help."
K, P, C: *start walking away*
Calliope: "I think that guy's been stalking us."
Pinkie: "Yeah, he knew all that stuff about us, but we didn't know him!"
Kratos: "Let's... just pretend that never happened. It's not like it matters in the long run."
5730213
Nice alt-script, though I have my own plans for that.
5730130 Best guess? The blades may have been cleaned of corruption, but Kratos is still literally coated in his sins. There's no way that wouldn't affect the guy. I doubt he'll get past it until he resolves things with his wife.
5730213 *applause*
5730127 Oooh, I'm looking forward to the mega crossover.
5730130 I dunno who's worse: Zeus or Pinkie.
5730235 Actually I recall that he was NOT covered in the ashes anymore. So he does't have ghost white skin. HOWEVER, did nobody actually ask why his wife was NOT in the Elysium Fields?
Yep, she's at that hormonal stage. First world problems here folks.
I like this!^_^
This is good!^_^
A great fanfic!^_^
It's very pinkilicious!^_^
I want more!^_^
5731926 Yeah, me too.
What father wouldn't feel less motivation to save the people that his daughters want to have sex with?
Calliope's libido causes Kratos to just walk away from Athens?
Now I keep thinking of the TF2 "seduce me!" Video only with the spy replaced by a hulking armor with a preteen girls voice.
I am legitimately scared of my own brain.
5736687
That is a hilarious mental image.
Especially if you include Scout slowly backing away.
5736687
Me too!
5736687 someone give this guy/girl some bonus ducks
BONUS DUCKS!!
5730127 Tangent, you make the best alt-scripts ever, of all time.
...gooood reason kratos to not do it
DAMN Greeks and their corruption of the masses!
I hope they don't meet Aphrodite and suddenly fall in love or something, considering that goddess attracts both genders.
Yet again, Pinkie.
And I am having every innocent perception of cute daughters shattered into pieces!
Yet again... they ARE actually getting older really, I mean it's been a number of years since she died so... yeah.
This is amusing to read
Gawd that conversation XD hehehehehe.
Nice job Tat!
Gawd that conversation XD hehehehehe.
Nice job Tat!
Ah the joys of Fatherhood.
There was a pile of bodies all over the place! And then Kratos entered the room and the massacre began!
Wonder what favours Pinkie is going to pull.
6305400 A couple of young barbarian girls having "girl talk" in the middle of a massacre.
You know; boys, sex, and forgetting their father is within earshot of the conversation, thinking he is too occupied with bleeding out a random beast.
5732476
But . . . she has no body of flesh, no endocrine system, how can hormones be the issue?
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Really it was the worst orgy I'd ever had. Everyone forgot to take their clothes off. The chaffing...the chaffing ...
Gee, I wonder why? *Refills popcorn*
5730130
And everyone will avoid horse guises for a while.
I wonder if Poseidon has a special soft spot for Pinkie, since he's the god who created horses in the first place?
Now I just imagine Kratos watching a bunch of men being burnt alive, and standing there saying “today is a fine day”.
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Nope he's in it for the cupcakes
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Apona would argue with you there