Things Are Getting Fishy
9/1/1932, The Sub–City, Attilan
Auran had woken up and found herself on a cross, her hands had stakes in them and there was some scarring that was still healing over right now, it had made her sigh at that before she tried shifting, but as she shrank, the spikes started to hurt her more, so she had stopped that and decided to instead try to pull them out, groaning and screaming as she done as much before getting the left one out.
Relieved, she had went and attempted the other now and as she did, Auran had realized that there was a spike that was keeping her up as she had fallen down, “Well that could have been worse.” she had muttered to herself, crawling forward now, breaking her feet as she had done as much before they had broken off, she had howled at that, in pain and hating it when someone approached.
“Auran?” The Alpha Primitive had asked, making the Inhuman look and see that it was none other than Nanny, “Hey, could you help me to my residence?” she had asked and hearing that, Nanny had went to lift her up, “Thanks…” she had said, still in pain as Nanny had nodded, “You’re friend of Maximus, you’re friend of me.” Nanny had told her, making Auran smile, liking the sound of that.
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9/30/1933, Amaquelin Apartments
Medusa and Crystal were both getting up and were enjoying their day, at least until they had seen that there was a girl there who was waiting there, making them curious, “Uh… hello?” Crystal had said, making the girl bow, “Hello, my name is Marista, I had been assigned as a Royal Attendant for Princess Medusalith by the King.” she had said and hearing that, the sisters were confused.
“Can he do that?” Crystal had asked, making Medusa sigh, “He is the king, he can do whatever he wishes.” she had said before approaching the girl, her hair moving like serpents and coiling around her limbs, she could have passed as one of the unturned it it weren’t for the blue slash like markings that had marked her forehead and cheeks, “I take it that you were sent here to spy on me?” Medusa had asked,
That had made the Attendant stiffen, “I am here to serve you, that is all.” she had said and hearing that, both of them were cautious, “Lockjaw!” Crystal had shouted, making the canine appear with a woof, seeing that, the younger girl had looked to him, “Please get Minxi.” she had said and hearing that, the loyal companion of the Royal Family barked before he had teleported away.
“I am sorry but–” Marista had started before Minxi had appeared, having covered herself with a blanket, “Lockjaw! Why did you–?!” she had started to say before the girl had seen that there was another there, “Hello there.” Marista had said, bowing her head, “My name is Marista, are you my fellow attendant?” she had asked of her, making Minxi start to circle her now with interest.
“Uh–?” she had started to say before Minxi had sniffed her deeply, “You smell like an empath.” she had said to her, making them all look at they realized that she had absorbed Lockjaw, “How can you tell?” Crystal had asked, making Minxi tap her nose, “When people are changed by Terrigenesis, there’s a difference depending upon how they manifest.” she had explained towards them.
“Physical changes smell like rich earth, those with energy abilities smell like ozone, mental ones more like different flowers, empaths like her smell like roses.” she had explained and that had made Marista surprised, “That’s… incredible.” Medusa which had made her smile at that as Marista had gotten more and more nervous while Medusa had spoken, “Minxi, you should show Marista the ropes.” she had said to her.
Hearing that, Minxi had smiled at the order, “I would be more than happy to do as much!” she had said before hugging a surprised Marista, “I am going to keep my eyes glued on you until you are serving Medusa as well as me!” she had told her and hearing that, Marista had given a nervous smile before they had went and walked away, making sure that she didn’t see the old info that Maximus had brought here.
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9/30/1933, Triton’s Alcove, Western Attilan Beach
Maximus and Triton were both there, the two of them were looking over everything that was there, “And are you sure that you haven’t seen Utopia?” Maximus had asked, making Triton nod, “I’m sure, I usually stay in the North, nowhere near the South.” He had told the prince who had nodded, “Okay, so where’s the furthest that you’ve gone?” he had asked of him.
Hearing that, Triton had went and taken a quill before drawing a line across the ocean, and as they had seen that, Maximus had grinned, “If you can go to the south area, I can cover for you and we can start searching for allies.” Maximus had said and hearing that, Triton had nodded, “Then I better get myself ready for such a long trip.” he had said towards his cousin who was happy to hear all of that.
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10/31/1933, The Needle, The Southern Sea
Triton had this little home away from home created for when he had finally decided to leave Attilan and strike out on his own, a place for him to shoot through the seas while having a place to rest, he was building it since he had met Codri, wanting to go and explore the world, maybe even see a mountain or three with each other when he had gotten a ping from the sensor.
Seeing this, Triton had went and checked what it was, going and looking to see that there was a some shipwrecks, seeing that, the Inhuman had went and left his vessel, looking around as he had lowered himself to look at everything that was there and seeing that the vessels were old, ancient sailing and warships, the armor looking hundreds, even thousands of years old and it had made him curious.
Triton had wanted to see what was there as Triton had went and taken photographs, seeing all of this, he had noticed that there was something wrong, lightning burns, the sights of the vessels and bodies crashing into something, it had made him curious, so The Inhuman had decided to swim upwards, curious on the kind of damage that could cause all of this.
Surfacing, Triton had seen that there was a storm above, winds were starting to hit him already as lightning had went and shot down, making him confused but also wondering how it was there as a wave had crashed down onto him, making Triton submerge and tumble, confused and disorientated as he had tried to rise again, only for another wave to hit him and make him rise up now.
He had started to panic, trying to escape it, at least until he had seen that he was going to hit a rock, panicking, Triton had tried to submerge, to go back into the water, but it was too late, his head had hit the stone and his brain had hit his skull, The Unhuman had started to go down now, drifting downwards and into the deep ink, his fate now in the hands of the sea now.
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10/31/1933, Tower of Wisdom, Attilan
Karnak had went and stood up from his meditative stance before going and standing up, the young man had went and walked towards the telescope that was there, he had went and aimed it towards the palace, he was about to look, when he had heard a noise of his door opening up, reacting, the student had turned towards Mesili and Gorgon with Myrra, “Karnak!” Gorgon had shouted.
He had just raised an eyebrow towards him, “Gorgon… and Gorgon.” he had said towards the two of them as Myrra had approached, looking towards the telescope, “What brings you here?” he had asked of the Gorgons as they had smiled, “We’ve got a new competition and nobody comes here, not even Monarch’s men.” he had explained when Myrra had spoken.
“Why is this aimed towards The Royal Attendants quarters?” she had asked, making them all look towards Karnak who had just walked over and moved the device, “I’m sure that you’ve already heard about Marista.” he had said, making the others nod at that, “I don’t trust her like Medusa and Crystal, I figured another pair of eyes watching her instead of Minxi.” he had told them.
Hearing that, Mesili had nodded towards that before she had went and pulled out a note, “I got some notice from Auran after she was crucified.” she had said, making them all look to her, “Wait what?” Gorgon had asked, “She’s fine now, but there’s a problem, the Alphans are getting bold and organizing, they’re attacking her now.” she had told them, making Karnak think.
“Do they have a leader?” he had said and hearing that, Mesili nodded, “She had heard a name as they had attacked her last, Dkamas.” Mesili had said, making Myrra think, “I thought I heard Minxi mention that name before, maybe she know?” She had said and hearing that, Gorgon had grinned, walking forward to kiss her, “Fantastic!” he had said to her, tearing Mesili’s mask to kiss her too before–
“If you try to kiss me, I will paralyze you.” he had warned and hearing that, the group there had started to laugh before they had went and started to walk out of the tower, the four of them all the more curious on everything that which was going on and as they had walked downwards, some of them were wondering how they would stop this, and some of them wondered how this would eventually end.
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10/31/1933, The Throne Room, The Royal Palace
Monarch had sat on his throne, Kadlec as well as the princes Maximus and Blackagar were by him as Minxi had knelt down before him, shaking with fear, “You know this… Dkamas?” Monarch had asked, making her nod at that, “Yes, he was a leader of one of the Alpha Primitive Sects that are in The Sub–City.” she had said, confusing them at that, “Sect?” Monarch had asked.
“Groups of Alpha Primitives, they are what you would call gangs, each Sect controls a portion of The Sub–City and Dkamas controls one of the largest in The Sub–City.” she had said, making Monarch think, “Would our Jurat down there be able to handle Dkamas and the others down there?” he had asked, making Minxi think, “If he starts to absorb the other Sects, there’s a chance she could get murdered–”
“She has a healing factor, she can’t die.” Maximus had said and hearing that, the others had looked, “Then she will have no problem in maintaining her position.” Monarch had said as he had looked towards them all,each of the Inhumans there had differing thoughts on that before Blackagar had tapped his shoulder, making the King look towards him, “<Perhaps we can allow a deputies?>” he had said.
“I’m sorry, but what did he say?” Kadlec had said with a smirk, making the Prince glare as Maximus had spoken, “He had said that utilizing deputies would help control Dkamas and his sect.” Maximus had said and hearing that, Monarch had smiled, “Very well, she can utilize the resources there.” he had said to them, “Now, onto another matter,” he said, making them all curious, “WHERE is Triton?”
Hearing that, Gorgon had spoken, “He had discovered that there were undersea smuggling routes that they had been utilizing, so we had sent him to search them and their possible Sect users.” he had said and hearing that, the King was fine with that, but the others were worried now, hoping that he would be returning soon from the mission that he had been given.
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11/3/1933, Holding Cell, Sharka Territory
Triton had felt that he was in pain, it was annoying and made him want to find out that there was Atlanteans before him, but these ones weren’t like Codri or Young Sharky, these one,s they had looked like Barbarians that were ready to beat on the door, cautious right now, he had spoken, “Where am I?” he had asked, making the young boy with a mohawk of blue hair look towards him.
“It can talk?” he had asked, making Triton glare, “IT is a he, and my name is Triton.” he had said and hearing that, The boy grinned, “My name is Attuma Attukarsen, son of Chief Attukar, why are you here? A spy from Atlantis?” he had said, making Triton confused, “I’ve never BEEN to Atlantis, the closest I’ve ever been is Submera.” he had told them and hearing that, his friend hooted.
“Look at that! We’ve got a Submeran freak here!” he had said, but neither one was laughing, “Don’t insult them, they’re more Sharka than Atlantean.” he had said as Triton had glared, “I’m from Attilan, and they don’t think me a freak.” he had told them and hearing that, the two were confused at that when a larger man who had worn a beasts skull like a helmet on, “What is Attilan?” he had asked.
Hearing that, Triton had looked towards them, “It is an island on the surface, where we are changed to become more than we already are.” he had explained and hearing that, Attukar had glared, “So then, you are a spy on us?” he had asked and hearing that, Triton shook his head, “I am no one's spy.” he had said towards them, but they were not convinced in the slightest.
“Then why are you down here?” he had questioned with Attuma looking at him and his wounds, the spear he had ready to kill him, “I was scouting for another island, I found some wrecked ships and went up to a storm, the waves were too strong and had knocked me into stone, I was knocked unconscious and now I’m here.” he had said and hearing that, they still didn’t believe him.
“Do you have anything to prove this?” Attukar had asked, making Triton glare, “My ship.” he had said, “It should still be up there with all of the wrecks.” he had said and hearing that, The leader looked to the rude one and Attuma, “Retrieve it, find out what you can, and then we will head to this… Attilan.” he said, surprising Triton, “Yes, Chief Attukar.” they had said in unison and swam towards the location.
“Wait, why?” he had asked, making the chief look at him as if he was an idiot, “You are a foreign power we have no knowledge of, it is only right that we study everything that we can before seeing if we must war with your homeland.” The Sharka had said that that had made him all the more worried for his homeland as he had seen that they would bring much more danger than he could imagine.
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11/4/1933, Triton’s Alcove, Western Attilan Beach
Karnak and Minxi were both there, looking out towards the sea and as they had done as much, Karnak had gotten a bit more nervous as Minxi spoke, “I can go under, see what’s going on?” she had asked and hearing that, Karnak had nodded as she had taken some chum, “Hopefully I get a dolphin and not a shark.” she had muttered towards him, stripping off most of her clothes and making him secretly blush.
As Minxi had went and leapt into the water, she was surprised as much as Karnak as they saw a blue fist had went and grabbed at her throat, making her struggle and gasp as a group of blue skinned men with water filled cups over their mouths, all of them looking around before one of them saw Karnak, “Seize him!” he had shouted and one of them ran to do as much.
But Karnak had already entered a fighting stance, ready to face them as he had seen their weak points, what would take them out as with a swooping and fluid motion, he had jabbed a finger into both sides into their gills, making him gasp, falling onto his knees as he had tried to breath again while the one that had held Minxi had grinned towards him, “I like you, you’re a fighter.” he had told Karnak.
But Karnak had glared towards him, ready to fight as the others had readied their weapons, “Karnak, what is the matter?” Sterilon had questioned in his mind, having felt his distress, “We have enemies on our shores, call–” “You’re calling someone, aren’t you?” mohawk had asked, “Tell them to stay away, or I will kill her and the one called Triton.” he had said, and hearing that, Triton stopped, glaring.
“Keep everybody back, I will deal with this on my own.” He had told Sterilon before glaring at him, “They aren’t coming. Now what have you done with my brother?” he had said and hearing that, the young man had grinned towards him, “So… the changes really DO make you all so different.” he had said, sniffing Minxi which had made her snarl, wanting to claw his eyes out.
“Tell us, WHAT have you done with Triton?” he had asked, making him sigh, not amused with that terse statement, “We found him in our territory, skimming purgatory unconscious, your spy seems to have been hurt by a wave.” he had said and hearing that, Karnak had worried for him as he had spoken, “We will release him, on the condition that your kind stay out of our migration.” he had said.
Hearing that, Karnak had glared, “We didn’t know that we were IN your migration!” he had said, making him raise an eyebrow towards him, “The Trench is our migration route, stay out of here, go around, use the other ways, or else yo will have to face off against The Sharka.” he had wanted before going and letting Minxi go, “We will release your creature, but this is the only time we will take a prisoner.
Hearing that, Karnak had nodded as Minxi had ran towards him, hugging him as Karnak had tried to keep himself calm, “If my brother isn’t returned safely, then we will send our own to war against you.” he had warned and hearing that, he had smiled towards him, “You might just be fun enough to cut a deal with.” he had said before they had headed back into the water, making them all the more worried.
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11/5/1933, Triton’s Alcove, Western Attilan Beach
Triton had walked up from the water, rubbing at the bandage that was there as he had seen Monarch as well as Kadlec with the princes, “Triton, it is good to see you free from those… Sharka creatures.” he had said and hearing that, Triton had spoken, “I am sorry to tell you this, but there are more than the Sharka creatures.” he had said and hearing that, Monarch had gotten curious.
“Oh?” he had asked of the prince who had sighed, “There is a species within the Ocean, one larger than anything that we can imagine here in Attilan.” he had said and hearing that, Monarch had grown curious, “And would you be willing to keep an eye on these creatures? To find us allies within their people?” he had asked and hearing that, Triton had nodded, “Yes, I would be willing to do so.” he had said.
That had made the king grin, “Great! Of course we will need to attach a tracker to you, just so that these… Sharka, cannot capture you again.” he had said and hearing that, they had looked at each other before he had knelt, “I will be happy to, Your highness.” he had said towards him and hearing that, they knew that there were going to be complications as they wondered how this could be dealt with.
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12/12/1933, Salt Spring, The Sub–City
Auran and Nanny with a few of the deputies that she had found were loyal had waited as they had seen the crates coming up and that was when they had seen that there was a crate coming up and with it, Triton and some of The Atlantean smugglers had went and collected from Submera and a few other tribes that were around before Triton had approached them.
“Have you got the food and medicine?” she had asked of him, “Have you got the money?” he had replied, raising his eyebrow towards her, making them all look as Nanny had went and brought the suitcase, “Here you are,” Auran had said, having it opened up, “Seven bars of Tungsten, freshly made in the refinery.” Auran had told them and hearing that, The smugglers had taken it.
“This should be perfect for the smiths of Atlantis, they always want a challenge.” one of them had said and hearing that, Auran had rolled her eyes, not in the mood for whatever this was as long as they could have the needed supplies from them, Auran had opened it up and then went to start taking out the materials that were there and as she had looked at them, “Take these to the center.” she ordered.
Hearing that, the Alpha Primitive had nodded towards her before they had headed back, this would be able to supply them and would be able to make sure that the Alpha Primitives were all safe as the group of them had went and started to get things ready, all of them glad that they had went and started to get ready on making sure that The Sub–City was healthy, unlike whatever Monarch had wanted.