Author Games: Ragnarok

Task Four Entries: Best Not To Ask

Amaterasu

Without her doubles, Amaterasu felt completely useless.

Well, no. She felt completely self-conscious, which in turn made her useless.

"You're beautiful, Ama," she murmured to herself, pacing in quick circles. "You're amazing. Simply wonderful. No one could ever compare to you. Not ever. You're just so gorgeous!"

She had just started hyperventilating when a gigantic bird crashed to the pavement next to her, leaving a crater.

The bird lay completely still and she wondered if it was dead. She also wondered where it had come from. She looked around, just in time to see an unfortunately attractive man being lifted onto the roof of the building next to her by several thick vines.

His attractiveness did not help her situation at all, and she started sniffling. He was beautiful. More beautiful than her? Maybe? Oh no... oh no... was a guy more beautiful than her? No! It couldn't be! No one could be more beautiful than her! Especially some stupid guy!

"Did you... kill that?" A god asked, interrupting her thoughts. Balder, that's who he was. She'd seen him at the party. He was pretty attractive too.

Amaterasu narrowed her yes at him, wishing she had her light katanas so she could cut off his pretty-yet-threatening head.

Luckily, she didn't have to, because the giant bird chose that moment to declare that it was indeed not dead by picking up it's giant head, blinking stupidly, squawking loud enough that Ama had to cover her ears, and then clamping it's beak around Balder. He screamed, but the sound was cut short by his body being snapped in half.

The bird blinked, tilted it's head, and then spit Balder out. It squawked again as it climbed to its feet.

"Th-thank you, giant bird," Ama stammered. She didn't feel too threatened by the creature, because she was clearly more beautiful than it was. Maybe it had saved her because it realized she was fabulous and should be protected at all cost?

Ama gave up on that idea when the bird squawked again, climbed to its feet, and looked over at her. There was bloodlust in it's eyes. "Ooookay, well, thanks for saving me." She laughed, backing away quickly. "Bye!" She squealed.

She turned and ran as quickly as she could. Amaterasu wasn't sure where she was running to, but she could hear the loud stomp of the bird chasing behind her. She dove into the entrance of a shadowy parking garage, only to crash immediately into Ko'lhamana.

"The roc's egg is up there, so I'm trying to get to it," Ko'lhamana said politely. Ama proceeded to shove him out into the street.

The bird-- a roc, apparently-- ate him.

Ama used the distraction to run up the stairs. If Ko'lhamana was after the egg, then clearly it was important. This was also the building Ama had seen the attractive guy be pulled up by the vines. The egg must have been used to restore godly powers.

She burst out onto the roof to see two identical goddesses and the attractive god all sitting in a massive nest. The offensively attractive god was eating raw roc egg, and the goddesses appeared to be fighting.

"Oh my Hades I can hug you now!" The one wearing a flower-crown squealed. She had her arms around the other in a tight embrace.

"Get. Off. Now," the darkly-dressed one sighed. "I can slap you in this form and if you don't let go of me, I will. I won't feel any remorse. I'll laugh."

"Ooohh I'd love to hear you laugh, Queenie!" The flower-one giggled.

Amaterasu would have slapped her as well.