1st Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Video

[uccellodifuoco]

[When he wakes up, he still believes he's in Nautilus. The last he remembers is going to sleep with Leanne like usual, did something happen? Another storm? Something worse? He can't remember anything else but there must have been something since not only he wakes up in a place he doesn't recognize but he is also wearing his armour.

It's not until he finds the hologram that he understands what has happened, and those sensible to Cosmo, ki or similar energies will most likely feel a huge burst of energy as Ikki's Cosmo rages. To his credit he doesn't damage anything in the area. But it takes everything he has to not do so. Kidnapped again, this time more blatantly and without made up excuses about there having been a call. It was bad the first time, but this time is even worse. Apparently he's not allowed to continue fighting to save Athena and Seiya, nor he's allowed to have a family and a "normal" life.

He makes his way out, with his Phoenix Cloth on and carrying its Pandora box on his back. He doesn't bother to try to use his Cosmo to reach anyone for he doubts that whoever is responsible of this would be so kind as to let him reunite with anyone he knows and cares about. It's not until he reaches the beach that a thought occurs to him which leads him to strip down his armour and shirt, so he can check his right shoulder and confirm that the tattoo that Ace made for him is still there. A red spade (from the cards) surrounded by two flaming wings, one blue, the other orange, and with what seems like a white crescent moon crossing over it, the only thing he has, aside from his memories, to remember his time in Nautilus. It brings some relief to his heart, but it does nothing to calm his temper, so he goes on to strech his joints and muscles, giving anyone watching the video a nice show without realizing it. It's not the coliseum he's used to, but the beach seems like a good enough place to do some improvised training.

It should help to release his anger.]

Comments

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

Maybe the forces who do this to us doesn't even have faces to show. Or are too powerful to be seen. They might be gods, after all.

[Ikky, burning people is not a polite way to fix your problems.]

It's better than being lawless. [Dray can understand sarcasm, thank you very much.]

No problem at all, I like to be helpful.

[Video]

[uccellodifuoco]

In my experience even gods have faces to show and punch. They just like to hide them a lot.

[Ikki chuckles at that. Definitively, he didn't get involved with the law thing in Nautilus but from what he heard it certainly was a mess with people who were fine with the way things were, others who wanted change for obvious reasons, and others who wondered who had authority to put down laws anyway.]

Much better, indeed, and if something is problematic it's probably easier to change it than if the world was lawless.

Is that how you have always been? Or just due experiences in this world?

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

The gods in your world must be different from the ones in mine. Or perhaps less shy.

[Here he coudl, if he wanted. Ikky could even be elected Guardian of deputy if he signed himself up and people voted for him.]

Exactly. People look after each other, specially when some sort of weird things happen.

Ehm. I've been here only for a year but I would say that's how I always have been. I like to meet new people too.

[Video]

[uccellodifuoco]

Well, usually they like to just take humans as vessels and hide their real bodies away where people can't reach them. But that didn't stop me or my friends from finding them when we had to.

[He hums a little.]

"Only" a year. I know that's not too much compared to some of the people in the world I was in before, but is it the same here? Is it known what's the longest someone has been here?

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

You have fought Gods before and survived? [His ears go up, impressed.] You must be really strong.

Other peopel had lived here all their lives, they're the ones without necklaces. And some of us, visitors, had lived here years too.

[Video]

[uccellodifuoco]

I didn't fight them alone, if I had, I may not have been so lucky. And I'm sure I died at least once, but... Death doesn't really like me much so I always come back.

[Though now that he thinks of it he doesn't recall dying against Poseidon or Hades, but he's sure Hypnos or Thanatos managed to do it. Not that it matters either way.]

So there are actually natives in this world? And the necklace is what signals that someone is an outsider... What is the natives' opinion regarding us? Are they neutral or unwelcoming?

[No, friendly isn't an option in his head.]

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

Death also isn't permanent here. But please, try nto to get killed here. To get back you need to give part of yourself, a memory, a skill...

[Ikki, dying is a terrible habit, please stop it.]

Yes but they're very...bland? They're real but not have exactly noteworthy personalities. They don't think anything specially mean or anything like that, we all live and work together without problems.

[It should be now.]