"Well, the cold box has my stored drinks in it so take one out if you want one, just don't put it back in if you've drank from it. I pull randomly from that box." Troy explained, pointing to the aforementioned box. "I've got my jerky in one of the horse bags, I'll get you some in just a minute, but as a warning don't mess with the hot box, it's an incinerator with a god inside it." He added before walking away from the open portal to his horse.

Megan said "Oh."

Alexander sighed "I guess it has been over 2000 years."

Jason stated "You think"

(Can I still give Xil her biggest deed? Why this is called the NEW Age of Gods?)

Jason shivered "I still remember the day she killed nearly every single other god in Arenith. I don't even remember why she did it..but I remember that she did do it. The only survivors were the Inferals, our bloodline, and Aion. After Balkan did his thing, that was the time Aion and Kaos finally decided to start making gods again"

(Please let me keep that. You can come up with whatever reason you want for the why. I just want the result)

(That's fine)
"So, be careful," Tina said.

Ana took it with a nod of thanks. "Would I know the story?" she asked.

"Gardet, the god of sadness." Troy began, looking over to the box. "He could unleash a wave of emotional energy that imposed intense sadness in its range. Naturally, we were sent to confront the god and bring it down. We had safeguards in place against mental control, but somehow, they just didn't work. His power just...circumvented it, somehow." Troy's face shifted to a more sad one as he remenisced. "They all started killing themselves or each other, their inexplicable grief causing them to take their emotions out on those around them. Me, I...I went straight for him. I don't know why, maybe my brain recognized the grief as endangerment of my wife, who was among the Rams Crest, but I disected his head from his body and crushed his body to pulp with my shield, for at least half an hour. By time the emotional flow finally stopped, everyone was long dead." Troy huffed out of his nose, his sorrowful expression shifting to one of blame and anger. "I did what we do to those that need to be contained until we're able to properly purge them, I shoved him into an incinerator box so he can't regenerate enough to do anything. Normally we take them out when we're ready to do away with them, but...the vaultkeeper helped me misplace the box and lose it."

"Most of them underestimated her." Kyranos spoke up, now suddenly at the back of the group. "When I fought her, I learned very quickly if you get hit, you have a very high likelihood of dying if she wants you to. I was lucky to survive the one hit she landed."

“I’m sorry for your loss,” Ana said quietly. “He’ll be the first you kill, the first to be slain by whichever sword we find,” she promised.

“There’s always a different way to solve a problem, also. If one way isn’t working, try another. The goddess of chaos thrives on unpredictability; if you can throw her off, surprise her, you might shock her enough to calm her down,” Tina said. “But never count on the same thing working twice.”

Megan paused at that and got quiet. Alexander stated "However, Xil is not the reason why I dragged you here." Megan looekd at her confused as Alexander simply said "It's time." Suddenly, Megan and all the other Nocturnes vanished into thin air.

Orochi paniced and ran around trying to find some sign of her after that.

Megan landed against a black void and paused seeing a ton of wisps that were floating next to the ones she already seeing then paused as they all started to form as she bit her lip. Nocturnes...by blood or married into it, all next to each other. Her family...her....legacy. 

(OTher Nocturnes of Note: 

Ember Nocturne: 



James Nocturne: 




Samantha Nocturne: 



The Wolf Trio: (Karavs, Leo, Vincent Nocturne) 







Cedric Nocturne: 



(And why the hell not: Centrix Nocturne) 

 )

Megan started to shake, the weight of her family and how many were in front of here hitting her at the same time. Her body trembled more and more as she looked at her hand as her doubts started to explode in her head again. 

"You always do this and it always scares them," Tina muttered.

"Uh, yeah," Ana said. "He caused a great big war in Radiance, he's regarded as fairly evil," she said.

"Yeah so, I had some shadow guy appear and claim he was that guy, tried to sell me on the idea of stealing the jewel of the staff of magnus from the nocturne that apparently won that tournament in radiance. He said my shield somehow clashed with Xiluhr's energies and released him from his prison below, but I'm not really buying it because my shield isn't exactly radiating with power." Troy explained. "I didn't want to just shoot him down in case he was the real deal and got angry, but I'm thinking of just dumping the stuff he gave me in the woods."

(Yeah, every Nocturne member is there. These were just the ones who came off my head)

Megan whispered "This...this is so much...so...so much"

"We'll have to keep our wits about us. Should we maybe try to let someone know Bathos is free?" Ana asked.

Megan looked at Alexander her face boiling red with anger as some of the other Nocturnes backed up, Centrix cringing knowing that rage all to well. "Why did you think I need to see this?! Why!? What do you think because I'm the first anything to beat the Trials of the Mighty, that suddenly I should probably settle down!? Or maybe just act like a total slut and fuck every stranger i see until I'm knocked up!?"

Alexander went to say something as Megan barked back "You don't get to say a fucking word!"