Aurae took that time to appear out of the shadows, but kept the wrapped around her should Hera deem her unfit to stay. She didn't particularly care for the gods of Olympus. She preferred the ones of the Underworld.
She had bright, copper red hair and an explosion of freckles along her nose and cheekbones, as well as her shoulders and tops of her arms. Her dark violet eyes scanned the crowd curiously. Her two snake-like familiars remained hidden from sight, wrapped around her waist and neck.
Hera turned, sensing the presence. She gave a curt nod. "Hello."
"Come on, beautiful," Samton whined. "I know you love me."
Good thing the triplets aren't here, Bay signed. Otherwise they-especially Lance-would have a fit.
"Hi," Aurae said, a little snippy. She pulled the shadows away from her, and they revealed some less prominent features–slightly pointed ears like that of an elf, faint scars peppering her pale skin, and a bloodred tattoo of a dracaena hidden in a tangle of vines on her upper arm.
Hera rolled her eyes at the tone, but otherwise ignored it. "Go and mark down all of the supporters of Earth, child, and report them to me." She turned to Doris. "And find Athena."
Doris bowed her head. "Of course, my Queen." Then disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
Aurae bristled at being told to run an errand. "Excuse me?"
Leon and Levi took that time to enter the house, wiping the remains of blood off their lips. Leon spotted Aurae and groaned dramatically. "Not her! I don't particularly want to run around stark naked again." Levi smothered his laugh–badly.
Hera looked at her, anger sparking in her gaze, though her face remained in the same arrogant look. "You're excused."
Tempest smothered her laugh.
Aurae shot a smirk at Leon before frowning at Hera. "I don't do errands, lady." Ebony and Ivory, her familiars, tightened their bodies around Aurae in comfort. They remained hidden, however. She hooked a thumb at the two Chimera brothers. "They can tell you all about that."
Leon nodded vigorously. "Not a good idea."
Hera gave her a scathing look. "Then I don't see why you're here."
She didn't back down, surprisingly. Most people would cower at the look Hera was giving her. "I'm here to fight. That's it. You want an errand boy, send him." She jerked her chin at Leon. He shot her a glare. "And I'm surprised you even trust a born liar to do your dirty work. Who's to say I won't just get some food, piss around, then come back and spew random names?"
Hera rolled her eyes. "If you are here to fight, then why are you using your shadows just in case you need to get away? Are you a coward as well as a liar?"
"No. I'm not. I happen to find the shadows better company than you. Whatever they have to say actually has some worth." Ooooh, her father was going to kill her when he found out about this. But he had dragged her out of bed and she was not happy. And she was sporting a killer hangover, so that didn't help things.
(Sorry, I died.)
Hera shrugged. "Well, if that's your opinion, then you can leave." Her eyes flashed dangerously, but other than that, she seemed the image of perfect calm.
Tempest turned to her brothers. "We should leave," she whispered, and they all nodded. They crept out of the house, and together burst into a run, towards the ocean, trying to get away from angry Hera as fast as possible.
She smirked and did a two finger salute before disappearing in the shadows. She didn't go far. In fact, she went to where she had spotted some of the Keres hovering over the city. She recognized them as the ones that had helped her fight Echidna. "Hellanike, Athliotis, Nysa, Clymere, Mizéria. Lovely to see you five." The shadows kept her suspended in the air. Her familiars made their appearance, watching the five Keres sisters intently.
Tempest lept into the water, followed by her brothers. And not a moment too soon. She could feel the angry burst of energy that Hera sent out, and was flung hard into the ocean. They exchanged looks.
"Well, we should probably hide for a bit, until she calms down," Aquarius said.
Bay winced. Poor Hera. She must not be happy about the way things have ended up, and she probably misses her husband.
Ford snorted. "No, she doesn't. She hates her husband, he cheats on her so often."
"Guys…" Tempest sounded worried. The brothers turned to look… and groaned. A bunch of sea nymphs were charging at them, evil looks in their eyes.
"Well, shit, Poseidon," Aquarius said, summoning a sword.
(Sorry, had to do something outside)
Levi shifted into his dragon and plunged into the ocean, using his wings as propellers and bearing his teeth at the nymphs. However, Leon did not follow.
(You're good.)
Tempest turned into her full siren form and started to sing, to draw the nymphs toward her. In this form, her voice was much more potent. Her brothers surrounded her and slashed at any nymphs that got too close.
Levi chased after some that darted away, grabbing them in his jaws. Despite himself, his primal instincts relished in the taste of their blood.
Tempest's voice rose in volume, soon a scream. Aquarius winced. Some of the sea nymphs got knocked unconscious.
Even Levi cringed and swam away. He headed up towards the surface to get some air.
Aquarius slashed at a nymph and cut her head off. He winced. He never liked killing things. That was more Ford's thing.
Tempest let out all her emotions: fear, anger, frustration, into her scream and it grew to such a pitch that all the nymphs dropped dead then and there. She stopped screaming, panting, and turned back into her more human form.
Lance had made it back by then, and the three brothers conversed at the edge of the ocean about recent events. Lance cringed when he heard about Aurae.
Tempest slid off the rock she had been sitting on and wiped sweat from her face, surveying the bodies.
Aquarius hugged her. "At times like this I'm glad that I'm not full siren."
Tempest laughed slightly. "Well, you're like one. You have the charm."
He ran his hand through his hair, preening. "I know," he said jokingly, bringing a laugh from her.
Lance crouched down and stirred up the water, hoping to get at least someone's attention.
Ford sensed a ripple in the water and glanced at the shore to see Goat Boy. Glancing quickly at his other siblings, who were too busy shoving each other into the water, he swam over.
"We can't follow," Lance said by greeting, gesturing to the ocean. Leon was as far away from the shore as possible while still being able to hear the conversation.
