jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
So Hans ended up in the MIrror Kingdom I presume? That's the only Germanic DVV kingdom I can find mention of.
Prince Aladdin Quest (Disney Villains *Almost* Victorious)
- Thread starter TempestK
- Start date
- Crossover Fantasy
- Location
- Oregon
Glad you caught that! Yes indeed though, you got it in one.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Though it'll be interesting to see how things pan out in this setting considering that the villains are supposed to be 'almost' victorious.
- Location
- some computer lab
I think it just means that the villains aside from Jafar were victorious?
- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The degree of their victory may not be as complete as in "canon" DVV. Especially since things are very much in flux right now.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Possible. Another option is that while other villians won the day, the victory wasn't complete. (ninjad by QM)
Some potential situations off the top of my head:
-Hades might rule Olympus and the gods are locked away but Hercules is running around Greece being the annoying 'hero'. But he can't fight Hades because without bolt boy potentially interfering, Hades can turn his full might against the mostly mortal Herc if they fight directly. And god versus demi-god (particulary when it's a god of death etc)? Only one way that fight ends.
-Shan Yu has killed the Emperor but Mulan, Captain Li Shang and others manage to escape resulting in the other provinces being warned and now China is going through Romance of the Three Kingdoms on steroids.
-Frollo might have taken Notre Dame (and potentially killed Quasimodo and Esmeralda) but the citizenry of Paris really aren't happy with him or his men right now.
-Elsa has flash-frozen Arendelle (and Hans escaped
) but Anna is still around (sorta) and might, through time and effort, manage to reach her sister through the despair and madness that has engulfed her.-Jones and Beckett are each independently powerful forces but the Black Pearl continues to be a thorn in their sides to varying degrees.
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The Robin Cries (Non-Canon)
- Location
- Somewhere
The Robin Cries
Time: The Future
Type: Communist Robot Dystopia
Lewis breathed deeply, then he did it again, faster and faster. Panic overtook him. His body was shaking now, calm illusive.
"Clang" Lewis dropped the screwdriver he was holding. He couldn't fix the time machine. If he couldn't fix the time machine he'd be stuck in a world of nightmares. Tears clouded Lewis's vision, calm hopeless.
The mind-controlled hat people were still hitting the front-view window of the time machine. Behind them was a industrial landscape filled with smoke, red light, and shadows. Lewis's breath had turned into sobs, which he knew would eat into his time to repair the machine if he didn't fix the machine, right now! Snot now clouded Lewis's nose, messing up his breathing, another thing to ignore.
Shattering glass gave the signal, the time machine's front window was broken. Lewis had run out of time. The hat people easily dragged Lewis out of the time machine. Doris's voice came from one of the hat people.
"You were never going to escape. The future is now," the hatted-person said. Silently, Lewis stared into the neon light of the robot hat. He was trapped, with no way out. The hatted people carried Lewis away from the time machine.
"None of that now, I have a deal for you kid," a voice came into his ear. Lewis moved his eyes, without moving his head. The hatted people marched with Lewis, as if they didn't hear the voice Lewis did. Lewis still had a hope of a chance to fix the time machine!
"Agree to become a citizen of Ababwa and I can take you away from here. Fair warning, I can't help you fix the time machine. I can't help you escape these golems by fighting them, or causing a distraction. I'm restricted in ways that are unfair and crazy. You have until you reach the hat chair to verbally say yes or no. That's about an hour." Then the voice went silent.
Lewis was left to think on his options. Surrounded by Doris's goons made trying to ask the voice questions a bad idea, he might get hatted sooner. Lewis couldn't take a third option right now. If he could get away from here though...
"Yes," Lewis spoke. Some of the hat people turned their faces to Lewis. Red lights on the hats shining bright.
"Yes, I agree to become a citizen of Ababwa. I need the whole thing," the voice said. The hat people once again did not react to the voice in anyway Lewis could see. Still carrying Lewis to an unknown destination.
"Yes, I agree to become a citizen of Ababwa," confirmed Lewis.
With the words spoken, Lewis immediately found himself on a balcony overlooking a stone city. The heat of the sun giving Lewis pain. Lewis had always been an indoors person. At least Doris isn't here.
Lewis smiled, he was free. He didn't know where he is, but he could now face the future with more time available. More importantly, someone teleported him here. That person should have the tech to build a time machine. Then Lewis can leave this future and fix it.
"So, a few things," the voice came from Lewis's right. The same voice that had given Lewis the deal. In a lounge chair lay a blue half-naked man, near the blue man was a wooden barrel of water, a table with cups of water to the blue man's left, and an empty lawn chair Lewis bumped into as Lewis turned to the right.
"I'm a genie with phenomenal cosmic power, but better called magic. I grant three wishes to each master. You being here is a result of a wish granted. And this is far in the past of a version of your world, around a thousand years. Give or subtract a few centuries," the genie's words flowed fast. Lewis heard words he was unfamiliar with, in a language he was familiar with, which took a few minutes to process what he was hearing.
"What? Could you send me home?" If this is the past, that would mean he time traveled again. Why didn't the genie send him home?
"Yeah, I cannot send you out of this time. I was able to pluck you from your time because a wish I stretched really far, with some limitations, was made. You had to agree to be a citizen of Ababwa, and because you are a citizen of Ababwa, I have no power to send you to your own time. The role of my powers with you in the wish, ended by bringing you to Ababwa. If you want to travel to other years you have to do it on your own, or become my master, make a wish, and to your time you go. This city is Ababwa, home of some really good doctors, war animals, many citizens that are willing to be citizens of Ababwa under Prince Ali, or Aladdin, a street child turned prince from a wish." The genie explained.
"What was the wish?" asked Lewis as he sat down on the empty lawn chair near the genie.
"I wish to be a prince. That's the wish. Normally, to fulfill this wish, a person would need to be born into the position, or put there by people. I went with the people's choice. More people can be helped with a prince in the right location."
Lewis is a terrible people person, he knew that. His struggle to notice other people is part of why the bad future he was saved from happened. Repeatedly making the mistake to ignore people was something he needed to fix. Which is why Lewis asked, "Who would make a wish like that?"
"Aladdin, the guy I'm trusting a lot on. Aladdin is human, like you. Unlike you, he is a thief with no other way to survive, until he became my master. If he wasn't human he wouldn't have wished to be a prince." The genie paused, then continued, "Aladdin made the wish to talk with a princess."
"All this, because a guy wanted a girl?!?" Lewis threw his arms to the side gesturing at the city, the trees, the sand, everything. How dumb, to be rescued from a horrible fate because you are not important, merely a part of the color scheme.
"You have freedom. If you don't want to be a citizen, you can leave the city and go elsewhere in the world. You won't be magically transported to the time you came from or magically forced somewhere unpleasant for backing out on the deal. No way to stop natural predators and dangers on the road, that responsibility is your own. If you stay, I can give you a house to live in and help you adjust to being a citizen of Ababwa," the genie's tone stayed at an even pace, no hostility, no irritation, more of a statement of fact retold thousands of times.
"Sounds like no choice," Lewis grumbled.
"There's always a choice. I could have chosen not to make you the deal at all." The genie pointed out.
"Why didn't you take the deal to the hatted people?" Lewis quetioned.
"Because you could take the deal, those hatted people had no will that is not the golem's will. I do not make deals with golems, their purpose is fulfilling to them. They have few desires outside their purpose."
Lewis took a cup of water on the table between himself and the genie. The genie left Lewis to his thoughts. After the cups of water had all been drunk, Lewis made a choice.
"Alright, I'll stay."
The genie cheerily spoke, "Great, I'll show you around. Introduce you to people. Welcome to Ababwa kid, what's your name?"
"Lewis."
"Hi Lewis, I'm Genie."
The future is now. Keep moving forward.
AN: Genie took "From across the ages, he took the desperate, the dying, the sick, and the poor, and gave them all the knowledge of their new lives, gave them a home, gave them so much." Given the setting of the villains being almost victorious, "Meet the Robinsons" does not end well unless that happy ending is achieved. And Genie's three rules, cannot kill people (people is a very vague term), cannot force someone to fall in love, and cannot bring back the dead. I choose to interpret those three rules as cannot kill members of the animal kingdom, cannot mind control, and can't do incredibly obvious necromancy. Lewis failing to fix the time machine due to stress, only to be saved by Genie, a possible time traveler. This scenario is something I could see Genie do, and I want to see someone call Genie out on selling a paradise to the desperate just so one guy could try and impress a girl. I doubt I got the character "voice" right.
Without proper infrastructure, Lewis isn't much help with his intellect, and he could always try to build a time machine to go into the future in the background, or never become a character Aladdin interacts with.
Edit: The language conflict possibility is something I imagine is smoothed over by magic. Being able to speak with the fellow citizens of Ababwa is something so obvious genie wouldn't voice it, and everyone would eventually realize that everyone in Ababwa speaks the same language, so long as they were picked up by Genie.
Time: The Future
Type: Communist Robot Dystopia
Lewis breathed deeply, then he did it again, faster and faster. Panic overtook him. His body was shaking now, calm illusive.
"Clang" Lewis dropped the screwdriver he was holding. He couldn't fix the time machine. If he couldn't fix the time machine he'd be stuck in a world of nightmares. Tears clouded Lewis's vision, calm hopeless.
The mind-controlled hat people were still hitting the front-view window of the time machine. Behind them was a industrial landscape filled with smoke, red light, and shadows. Lewis's breath had turned into sobs, which he knew would eat into his time to repair the machine if he didn't fix the machine, right now! Snot now clouded Lewis's nose, messing up his breathing, another thing to ignore.
Shattering glass gave the signal, the time machine's front window was broken. Lewis had run out of time. The hat people easily dragged Lewis out of the time machine. Doris's voice came from one of the hat people.
"You were never going to escape. The future is now," the hatted-person said. Silently, Lewis stared into the neon light of the robot hat. He was trapped, with no way out. The hatted people carried Lewis away from the time machine.
"None of that now, I have a deal for you kid," a voice came into his ear. Lewis moved his eyes, without moving his head. The hatted people marched with Lewis, as if they didn't hear the voice Lewis did. Lewis still had a hope of a chance to fix the time machine!
"Agree to become a citizen of Ababwa and I can take you away from here. Fair warning, I can't help you fix the time machine. I can't help you escape these golems by fighting them, or causing a distraction. I'm restricted in ways that are unfair and crazy. You have until you reach the hat chair to verbally say yes or no. That's about an hour." Then the voice went silent.
Lewis was left to think on his options. Surrounded by Doris's goons made trying to ask the voice questions a bad idea, he might get hatted sooner. Lewis couldn't take a third option right now. If he could get away from here though...
"Yes," Lewis spoke. Some of the hat people turned their faces to Lewis. Red lights on the hats shining bright.
"Yes, I agree to become a citizen of Ababwa. I need the whole thing," the voice said. The hat people once again did not react to the voice in anyway Lewis could see. Still carrying Lewis to an unknown destination.
"Yes, I agree to become a citizen of Ababwa," confirmed Lewis.
With the words spoken, Lewis immediately found himself on a balcony overlooking a stone city. The heat of the sun giving Lewis pain. Lewis had always been an indoors person. At least Doris isn't here.
Lewis smiled, he was free. He didn't know where he is, but he could now face the future with more time available. More importantly, someone teleported him here. That person should have the tech to build a time machine. Then Lewis can leave this future and fix it.
"So, a few things," the voice came from Lewis's right. The same voice that had given Lewis the deal. In a lounge chair lay a blue half-naked man, near the blue man was a wooden barrel of water, a table with cups of water to the blue man's left, and an empty lawn chair Lewis bumped into as Lewis turned to the right.
"I'm a genie with phenomenal cosmic power, but better called magic. I grant three wishes to each master. You being here is a result of a wish granted. And this is far in the past of a version of your world, around a thousand years. Give or subtract a few centuries," the genie's words flowed fast. Lewis heard words he was unfamiliar with, in a language he was familiar with, which took a few minutes to process what he was hearing.
"What? Could you send me home?" If this is the past, that would mean he time traveled again. Why didn't the genie send him home?
"Yeah, I cannot send you out of this time. I was able to pluck you from your time because a wish I stretched really far, with some limitations, was made. You had to agree to be a citizen of Ababwa, and because you are a citizen of Ababwa, I have no power to send you to your own time. The role of my powers with you in the wish, ended by bringing you to Ababwa. If you want to travel to other years you have to do it on your own, or become my master, make a wish, and to your time you go. This city is Ababwa, home of some really good doctors, war animals, many citizens that are willing to be citizens of Ababwa under Prince Ali, or Aladdin, a street child turned prince from a wish." The genie explained.
"What was the wish?" asked Lewis as he sat down on the empty lawn chair near the genie.
"I wish to be a prince. That's the wish. Normally, to fulfill this wish, a person would need to be born into the position, or put there by people. I went with the people's choice. More people can be helped with a prince in the right location."
Lewis is a terrible people person, he knew that. His struggle to notice other people is part of why the bad future he was saved from happened. Repeatedly making the mistake to ignore people was something he needed to fix. Which is why Lewis asked, "Who would make a wish like that?"
"Aladdin, the guy I'm trusting a lot on. Aladdin is human, like you. Unlike you, he is a thief with no other way to survive, until he became my master. If he wasn't human he wouldn't have wished to be a prince." The genie paused, then continued, "Aladdin made the wish to talk with a princess."
"All this, because a guy wanted a girl?!?" Lewis threw his arms to the side gesturing at the city, the trees, the sand, everything. How dumb, to be rescued from a horrible fate because you are not important, merely a part of the color scheme.
"You have freedom. If you don't want to be a citizen, you can leave the city and go elsewhere in the world. You won't be magically transported to the time you came from or magically forced somewhere unpleasant for backing out on the deal. No way to stop natural predators and dangers on the road, that responsibility is your own. If you stay, I can give you a house to live in and help you adjust to being a citizen of Ababwa," the genie's tone stayed at an even pace, no hostility, no irritation, more of a statement of fact retold thousands of times.
"Sounds like no choice," Lewis grumbled.
"There's always a choice. I could have chosen not to make you the deal at all." The genie pointed out.
"Why didn't you take the deal to the hatted people?" Lewis quetioned.
"Because you could take the deal, those hatted people had no will that is not the golem's will. I do not make deals with golems, their purpose is fulfilling to them. They have few desires outside their purpose."
Lewis took a cup of water on the table between himself and the genie. The genie left Lewis to his thoughts. After the cups of water had all been drunk, Lewis made a choice.
"Alright, I'll stay."
The genie cheerily spoke, "Great, I'll show you around. Introduce you to people. Welcome to Ababwa kid, what's your name?"
"Lewis."
"Hi Lewis, I'm Genie."
The future is now. Keep moving forward.
AN: Genie took "From across the ages, he took the desperate, the dying, the sick, and the poor, and gave them all the knowledge of their new lives, gave them a home, gave them so much." Given the setting of the villains being almost victorious, "Meet the Robinsons" does not end well unless that happy ending is achieved. And Genie's three rules, cannot kill people (people is a very vague term), cannot force someone to fall in love, and cannot bring back the dead. I choose to interpret those three rules as cannot kill members of the animal kingdom, cannot mind control, and can't do incredibly obvious necromancy. Lewis failing to fix the time machine due to stress, only to be saved by Genie, a possible time traveler. This scenario is something I could see Genie do, and I want to see someone call Genie out on selling a paradise to the desperate just so one guy could try and impress a girl. I doubt I got the character "voice" right.
Without proper infrastructure, Lewis isn't much help with his intellect, and he could always try to build a time machine to go into the future in the background, or never become a character Aladdin interacts with.
Edit: The language conflict possibility is something I imagine is smoothed over by magic. Being able to speak with the fellow citizens of Ababwa is something so obvious genie wouldn't voice it, and everyone would eventually realize that everyone in Ababwa speaks the same language, so long as they were picked up by Genie.
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- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Wow. That's... holy shit that's some heavy stuff right there. It's definitely an interpretation that I didn't expect of the wish and how Genie would be received after the save, but it's certainly a valid one. I'm kind of on the fence about giving it canon status only because of Meet the Robinsons stretching between so many timelines; and it seemed to be a closed time loop as well.
- Location
- Somewhere
Eh, the way I see it timelines have collapsed onto each other in an anchronism stew already. For example, you got the Horned king and the pirates of the Caribbean in the same setting. On top of Atlantica, Atlantis, and the Ocean Spirit, lover of Davy Jones. The ONE big problem with this is Britain is the naval power during the Pirates of the Caribean films. Replace Britain with the Horned King and things get weird. As the command structure is without it's figure head, and the people in command with colonies and contacts around the world are in flux.
In my opinion, Lewis getting trapped in the bad future is the fated destiny of his in a Villains Victorious world where the villains were almost victorious. It's hard to come up with a solution where Lewis would get a happy ending in a Villains Victorius scenario. Lewis is either stuck in his bad future, because the stress really is too much for a kid. Or he does make it back, but something has to go wrong. Either Goob is ignored, keeping the loop perpetuating into infinity, and Lewis doesn't do anything about Goob. Or Doris is not removed from the present because Lewis will not make her, but Lewis is removed from the present by Doris.
Lewis has no time machine, and it is just him. He has no industrial foundation, he has no idea what materials he needs, the time machine took multiple tries of his future self. Lewis would need magic for the quick fix. Long term, Lewis is likely stuck in the past for decades before he can get a time machine using science.
The main reason I even chose to write this, is that Genie could save Lewis in that tough situation if Genie can go back and forth through time. And Genie would pragmatically be looking for great people who would accept his offer. A techno genius like Lewis is something a nation would want, and it's a kid in trouble. Genie does not seem like someone who would leave Lewis in that possible future, but if he could only get there because of the wish.... Genie being able to send Lewis home without fulfilling the wish Genie has to fulfill is not something I'd expect.
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Kaboomatic
Where the Wild Things Are
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Isn't meet the Robinsons in Gridlocked instead of dvv classic? Doris is one of the larger kings there
- Location
- Somewhere
It is, but this quest uses a homebrew version loosely based upon DVV classic. For example this quest isn't using dreamworks properties, but sticking with Disney properties. I think it's purely the animated canon with some of the animated shows added in, but we'll see.
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- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I completely agree with your reasoning here as well as the way you showed it. And, if they can get Genie back (or find some other way to move through time) then there is hope for getting Lewis back to his future and setting things right. You've made a very good argument, and I think I'll be giving this omake canon status after all.
Less "not working Dreamworks properties" and more "avoiding the couple of blatantly religious ones as much as possible". Road to El Dorado is also a Dreamworks property and it's still in the mix.
Glad to have you! And there will be ways to consolidate further power for both Agrabah and Ababwa to have their territories meet up.
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- Location
- Where I an right now
Aladdin will be Sultan, he will probably have to make some political decisions and the word Harem does come from that area, more marriages
- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Actually no, Jasmine will be Sultana of Agrabah (which there is precedent for in real life) and Aladdin will rule Ababwa. If they get married they'll collaborate on political decisions, it's not all just getting handed to Aladdin. Also, no harem; Aladdin's got more than enough on his plate.
- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
The Tangled series didn't get a chance to take off here; but the elements of it are still there. Tangled itself... it's in there; but you'll have to see where through the quest.
- Location
- Somewhere
Europe is going to be a mess, even more so than it probably already is.
There's the Prince from Beauty and the Beast, the Prince from the Little Mermaid, the Prince from Snow White, the Prince from Cinderella, the Prince from Sleeping Beauty, The Evil Queen, Aurora. That's a total of 7 kingdoms, with magic involved! Then the seven kingdoms from Tangled the series. The other kingdoms not named here. Like "The Sword in the Stone", "Gargoyles", "Brave", "Princess and the Frog". Right next to the mess Europe should be in already. Assuming Byzantium has collapsed in totality.
Hades's worshipers may be a problem as well. I don't really know when the quest is, but Hades probably has worshipers. Depending on who, a smart person could possibly get Hades backing to take over the lands of "The Holy Roman Empire".
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Warmach1ne32
Machine of War and Quests
- Location
- Indonesia
[X] Plan Garden, Disclosure and none of my business
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Vote closed a while ago.
Warmach1ne32
Machine of War and Quests
- Location
- Indonesia
Don't mind me just someone who found this an hour ago
- Location
- Where I an right now
In the movie, right after Aladdin helped expose Jaffa and broke the staff the first time, the Sultan said he would marry Jasmine and Aladdin would be Sultan, that is why I thought they would have to combine the countries. Still how will they have a long distance relationship in this era? Or will they move back and forth?
- Location
- Wherever I feel like being
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I'm tweaking things a bit from the movie in other ways. As for the long distance relationship, you'll see.
Family Bonding (Canon)
- Location
- Oregon
Family Bonding
The downtrodden prince of the Underworld sulked in isolation, the overbearing sense of responsibility beating down upon the young God. With an inability to remain idle, the boy strummed his fingers along his cool, almost obsidian colored wooden desk. Upon it, the last of his uncle's and aunt's letters.
"Dear Zagreus! I hope you'll be able to make it to the festivities this time around! I know your father is a bit of a party pooper but that's no reason to beat yourself to death over it… ha! Your Aunt Hera misses you terribly, and Demeter was asking for you last I heard. Hope to hear back from you soon.
Zeus."
The boy skimmed the letters again, all asking for him to make their acquaintance on Olympus when he had the chance. It left him feeling loved and welcomed in a way the Underworld never had. A slow knock echoed in his room, and Zagreus turned for a moment, considering the idea of leaving the person waiting. However, with a sigh he stood to answer it.
"Yes?" He asked, opening the door just a crack - blue, hellish flames were immediately apparent, as Zagreus recognized his awkwardly scrawny, bony father. He looked somewhat sheepish. With a sigh, the boy couldn't help but glare. "Yes father? Here to leave me in my room for another couple decades?"
His old man coughed, a puff of smoke exiting his lips as he did, but waved his arms in the negative. "Actually, ugh, kiddo! I wanted to say that your grounding is officially lifted!" Father was being remarkably cheerful, the teen noted with a raised brow. "I finished what I had to do, and you're welcome to peruse the Underworld at your leisure once again."
"I see…" the boy remarked, a spark of excitement entering his form. "And Olympus? Am I welcome to visit now?" He asked against hope, but somehow, against all odds, Hades just smiled, an air of cheerfulness to his father that was simply odd.
"Zag, I'll be showing you around Olympus personally when I get the chance! You've missed a lot, and boy have there been some changes!" Zagreus felt a cold chill go down his spine at the suggestion of changes. Father was always ambitious, and spiteful but… he'd have never struck out against family, would he? Despite himself, Zagreus knew the answer to that already.
"Anyways," his father cut off those terrifying thoughts, "why not go hangout with Achilles, talk with Medusa, or heck go play with Cerberus! Old boy has missed you, I can barely get him to stop whining nowadays." His father grumbled, Zagreus scowling in return.
"And whose fault might that be?" He questioned coldly, Hades flinching in return.
"Look, Zag… we haven't exactly, talked much," his father tried to broach it carefully, Zagreus only scowling further.
"Ever," he corrected his father. "We've never really talked."
Hesitation, and then a nod. "Right. Yeah, we don't talk at all. That's probably my fault, but hey, I've been pretty busy! Well, my schedule just cleared up, and I was thinking, you and me kiddo, we could go fishing on the River Styx if you want! Would be like old times, what'dya think?"
The teenager stared at his father for quite some time, stunned by the suggestion. "Is this mother's doing?" He eventually asked, crossing his arms, "did she ask you to do this?"
Hades looked offended for a moment, before shaking his head. "Your mom thinks we should talk more, but this is all Hades right here! C'mon Zag, have more faith in your old man than that!"
"... Two days then," Zagreus said, feeling his heart pickup, but unwilling to let himself hesitate. "River Styx… I want the good rod." He shut the door in his fathers face, the gust of air threatening to put out his flame.
Hades stood at the door, before a rather bright smile lit his face, "Ha! You can have it!" He said loudly, content to know he'd have some time to bond with his son.
Now. He had a visit to pay to some prisoners.
The downtrodden prince of the Underworld sulked in isolation, the overbearing sense of responsibility beating down upon the young God. With an inability to remain idle, the boy strummed his fingers along his cool, almost obsidian colored wooden desk. Upon it, the last of his uncle's and aunt's letters.
"Dear Zagreus! I hope you'll be able to make it to the festivities this time around! I know your father is a bit of a party pooper but that's no reason to beat yourself to death over it… ha! Your Aunt Hera misses you terribly, and Demeter was asking for you last I heard. Hope to hear back from you soon.
Zeus."
The boy skimmed the letters again, all asking for him to make their acquaintance on Olympus when he had the chance. It left him feeling loved and welcomed in a way the Underworld never had. A slow knock echoed in his room, and Zagreus turned for a moment, considering the idea of leaving the person waiting. However, with a sigh he stood to answer it.
"Yes?" He asked, opening the door just a crack - blue, hellish flames were immediately apparent, as Zagreus recognized his awkwardly scrawny, bony father. He looked somewhat sheepish. With a sigh, the boy couldn't help but glare. "Yes father? Here to leave me in my room for another couple decades?"
His old man coughed, a puff of smoke exiting his lips as he did, but waved his arms in the negative. "Actually, ugh, kiddo! I wanted to say that your grounding is officially lifted!" Father was being remarkably cheerful, the teen noted with a raised brow. "I finished what I had to do, and you're welcome to peruse the Underworld at your leisure once again."
"I see…" the boy remarked, a spark of excitement entering his form. "And Olympus? Am I welcome to visit now?" He asked against hope, but somehow, against all odds, Hades just smiled, an air of cheerfulness to his father that was simply odd.
"Zag, I'll be showing you around Olympus personally when I get the chance! You've missed a lot, and boy have there been some changes!" Zagreus felt a cold chill go down his spine at the suggestion of changes. Father was always ambitious, and spiteful but… he'd have never struck out against family, would he? Despite himself, Zagreus knew the answer to that already.
"Anyways," his father cut off those terrifying thoughts, "why not go hangout with Achilles, talk with Medusa, or heck go play with Cerberus! Old boy has missed you, I can barely get him to stop whining nowadays." His father grumbled, Zagreus scowling in return.
"And whose fault might that be?" He questioned coldly, Hades flinching in return.
"Look, Zag… we haven't exactly, talked much," his father tried to broach it carefully, Zagreus only scowling further.
"Ever," he corrected his father. "We've never really talked."
Hesitation, and then a nod. "Right. Yeah, we don't talk at all. That's probably my fault, but hey, I've been pretty busy! Well, my schedule just cleared up, and I was thinking, you and me kiddo, we could go fishing on the River Styx if you want! Would be like old times, what'dya think?"
The teenager stared at his father for quite some time, stunned by the suggestion. "Is this mother's doing?" He eventually asked, crossing his arms, "did she ask you to do this?"
Hades looked offended for a moment, before shaking his head. "Your mom thinks we should talk more, but this is all Hades right here! C'mon Zag, have more faith in your old man than that!"
"... Two days then," Zagreus said, feeling his heart pickup, but unwilling to let himself hesitate. "River Styx… I want the good rod." He shut the door in his fathers face, the gust of air threatening to put out his flame.
Hades stood at the door, before a rather bright smile lit his face, "Ha! You can have it!" He said loudly, content to know he'd have some time to bond with his son.
Now. He had a visit to pay to some prisoners.
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