[center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/zGDBwfS.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/cxJGiFq.png[/img] [/center][right][b][code]Outside the Sunrise Resort[/code][/b][/right][hr] [quote=Ezra][color=darkgray]“All the more reason we need you to help us. We’re willing to forgive your friends in full as long as they stop supporting this Goddess. No retaliations, no charges, water under the bridge. You just need to convince them to not do anything stupid if they butt in. They don’t need to help us, they just need to stay out of our way. I’ll admit I was wrong. Trying to do things in a logical, reasonable way just doesn't make sense when we're facing off against the absurd. We should’ve listened to the experts in the first place. It’s clear now that the Triple Goddess isn’t going to give us any breathing room until she gets that skull. There’s no point in hiding it, and if she can just appear anywhere then it’s useless trying to run. Fighting seems to be our only real option now. Fortunately, the Triple Goddess just gave us a prime opportunity. She overextended herself—some of the Wiccans were still at the resort. We protect Georgie and Sabrina and hit the Goddess and Morgana,” he glanced at Thea for any protests, ”hard before the Wiccans even have a chance to intervene.”[/color] [/quote] "I'll try to convince them," Thea said, "Morgana and her sister are..." There was a trembling in her voice, "...just beyond saving. So I don't blame you if you do what you have to, Mr. Vanburen. I'm behind you fully." Justin was only half-listening to Ezra; he's heard his fair share of rousing speeches but apologies and whatnot were simply not on his mind. This was their only chance to take out the Triple Goddess... who knows what will happen if she decides to escape without the skull? She could form an even larger cult that can threaten the world, but Justin knew that she was no Glutton. They were going to stop her, and whatever the hell else lurked here until they ended the Vanburen curse. He reached into his pockets to pull out his steel balls. "... If you're going in for a direct fight; you're in for it," It was the familiar voice of the Skeleton, leaning up against the wall, with a glass of tea in hand. He was stirring it around with a spoon as he talked... not attempting to drink it. "If you want my advice: either lure her into the manor or deeper into Araminta. Otherwise; you're all fighting an uphill battle." [color=red]"Now who the fuck are you?"[/color] Justin asked as the balls floated in the air, surrounded with a firey aura. "No time to explain," The smokey black fog appeared behind the skeleton and he drifted into it. "But, you're going have to seal the Triple Goddess or she'll regenerate in a few days or so. Which [i]would[/i] get her out of your hair for a little while, but she'll be back. Possibly even stronger. But; I'll leave the shot-calling to your experts." He faced Justin and laughed. "I'll be watching..." Before he disappeared completely. [color=red]"Ooookay,"[/color] Justin said to himself as he faced Arabelle's mirror that she had fled through... he realized that he hadn't even noticed that she was gone. Oops. Some expert he is. She ran out, shouting... [quote=Arabelle][color=804061] “They’re in the garage! It looks like it’s just the Goddess outside.” [/color][/quote] [color=red]"Got it!"[/color] Justin shouted as he ran for the mirror, [color=red]"You all know what to do!"[/color] He wasn't even going to ask if anyone was willing to follow him - he didn't have to. He had his full faith in the Vanburens that they were going to do the right thing and be right behind him. Even if all of them aren't; they had to do everything they could to save Georgie and Sabrina. He charged through without fear... [hr] [i]In the dead of the silent night, it was complete darkness and shadows other than the torches illuminating the well-paved path. The woman pushed herself through the pathway, holding a child in her hands that were so wrapped in fabric that you couldn't ascertain any details about it. On both sides, men and women were wearing ornate robes, each of them had the skull of an animal that they had previously sacrificed on their face. This was a familiar sight to the woman, and eventually, she came across stairs made out of well-paved marble and she walked up them without a second thought. When she made it to the top; there she was... ... The Triple Goddess. Standing above a massive ornate torch like the Olympic flame, the Goddess' three faces looked down upon the woman. She unwrapped the child; a beautiful little girl with a smile on her face like no other. Anyone would be proud of such a happy and gorgeous child... then she fell to her knee, holding the child in the air; presenting it to the Triple Goddess. She screamed, "Maiden of the waxing Moon, Mother of the full Moon, and the Crone of the waning Moon! On this day, I show my love for you like no other. How dedicated and committed I am to you! How many I would[/i] give [i]for you? How I would do anything for you. Please accept..." The Triple Goddess smiled as she grabbed the child. "... My sacrifice." "... The Goddess accepts." The child let out hellish screams as she was immolated in flames in the Triple Goddess' flames. It was a flame that burned brightly and extinguished all the other flames instantly... it wasn't long until the child was nothing but ashes. The woman let out a tear for her deceased child, but that was the last time she thought about the child as she was covered in orange light. Intense winds came through and the woman's robe came off; revealing herself as completely nude to the Triple Goddess' cult. She laughed as she was overwhelmed with pleasure and knowledge like no other! Her eyes glow an orange light as she felt the power rush through her... and a [url=https://i.imgur.com/4hhcEoU.jpg]certain ring[/url] floated onto her finger. "Your loyalty will be rewarded in ways you cannot imagine... you will carve this world until it fits our liking and we will put you right on top of it." The woman looked at her glowingly as the Goddess continued. "Long as you remember; you will always be under us."[/i] [center][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/zGDBwfS.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/cxJGiFq.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/iasHidX.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/DP7VoTG.png[/img][/center][right][b][code]The Vanburen Estate - The Garage[/code][/b][/right][hr] Sabrina hit the brick wall with a thud and could the pain radiating through every fiber of her body. She coughed a bit of blood as she could barely force herself to her feet; was this the end? Was she going to watch Georgie get killed or release the Horned God to save herself? "If you release my brother," The Triple Goddess said to Georgie. "I will spare you and leave Araminta in peace. Even releasing my grasp on the cult." There was a brief second of silence as the Goddess let her words sink in. "If you don't; I will make your last moments on this earth as painful as possible. Then I will kill your family and destroy everything you know and love," She paused again, before she added, with every voice speaking at once. "Make your ch-" Then she sensed something; it immediately drew her attention to the yard behind her. Her head turned around, then the rest of her body as she faced the little friendly skeleton man. Just standing in the field; holding that same glass of tea. The Triple Goddess screamed, floating towards him. [h1]"YOU!"[/h1] "Ah, yes, hi love," The Skeleton said as he (finally) took a sip of his tea... and all it did was stain his suit going down. "I'm going to have to ask you to politely give up and seal yourself into something. Just something that's not this teacup, because it's my favorite." The Triple Goddess pointed a finger at Thorton Walters. "You ruined everything! You and your damn Inner Circle destroyed everything me and my brother built!" Taking another sip of his tea, the skeleton said, [i]"... I did?"[/i] Orange lightning sparked off the Triple Goddess as she growled, gritting her teeth as she raised her hand.... that was when she heard something behind her. Before she could turn around; she was struck by a barrage of Justin's steel balls. She shouted in pain as she turned around to see Justin on one knee, his flaming steel-bearing balls flying back in between his fingers. In between her and the garage - or in her eyes, in between her and her brother. Justin grinned. [color=red]"Got the jump on you; some Goddess you are,"[/color] He placed his balls back in his pocket as he turned back to face Sabrina. [color=red]"You good?"[/color] He asked. Sabrina forced herself back up to her feet, before bracing herself against the wall as she muttered to Justin, "Might have some internal bleeding..." [color=red] "We got this, just get out of here!"[/color] Justin said to Sabrina. [hr][center][hider=Delphic - Sanctuary][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzS20TYCpO8[/youtube][/hider][/center][hr] "You Vanburens..." The Triple Goddess seethed as the wind began picking up extremely fast... sending all manners of snow and debris all over the place. The clouds went dark as orange lightning bolts danced between them... the Triple Goddess floated in the air as rushing winds formed a sort of shield around her. She held her hands in the air as she said, "If I can't release my brother..." Massive ice spikes formed in the air around the Goddess, all pointed at the garage. [i][h2]"... Then I'll just have to kill all of you myself!"[/h2][/i] The spikes flew into the garage at extremely high speeds. "Well, I've played my part..." The Skeleton spoke as he floated away into a portal. [hr] The rumbling of her hellhound's footsteps as they charged through the woods barely went noticed by the inhabitants of Araminta as if they were used to supernatural fuckery from the last year. Morgana pulled her robe over her face in an attempt to alleviate the cold hard winds rushing against her face. She lived in Araminta all her life and knew how cold it got at night... she summoned her flaming chains and they dangled off the hellhound, rattling as they hit the ground. They alleviated the cold but she was not worried about the cold; she was worried about making the Goddess happy. The orange bolt of lightning struck and Morgana immediately knew that it was the Triple Goddess... she shouted, "Faster!" And the Hellhound that she was riding broke off into a sprint as they climbed a hill that overlooked the entire Vanburen estate.... she could see the Goddess! Morgana shouted, "Stop!" And the Hellhound she was riding came to a skidding stop, and so did the other two. She couldn't hear what the Goddess was saying, but if she was in the Vanburen estate, maybe she tracked down the skull! However, she could see the Vanburens engaging her. Leaping off the Hellhound, she dug into her pockets (damn robe kept getting in the way) for her phone and pulled it out. Calling Tegan; the second she answered Morgana said; "The Goddess is in trouble!"