The Oracle

[Rebel]

"April is his twin and she says he's in trouble so who am I to question it?" Autumn said with a shrug. "And we've already looked all over camp and asked all his friends."

((another Luke-son of Athena))

[smallshineyhearts]

April looked at them talking and nodded to everything she was saying “I feel Luke is probably in Grave danger if we don’t try and figure out where he is, and get him as soon as possible.” April says.

[Rebel]

((Quest:
Luke, April’s twin, has gone missing so April (daughter of Athena) and her friends Autumn (daughter of Kronos) and Joseph (son of Poseidon) go to look for him. Luke got lost in the Labyrinth but found his way out into Aries’s Zoo; the place he keeps and trains animals for battle. The heroes have to face various challenges in the Labyrinth like a Sphinx asking personal questions and other monsters. They find their way using Ariadne’s String. Which they steal from a monster. April begins to learn to be more independent, Autumn begins to learn that other’s mistakes don’t define her, and Joseph deals with some of his abandonment issues. They get to Aries’s Zoo and have to fight hordes of battle-hungry, blood-thirsty animals to escape with Luke alive.

Too much?))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((Sorry to be slow! Let me write up this poem and I'll be right with you.))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Rachel's eyes went green just as she tried to explain that there was no way to summon the oracle on cue. The oracle looooved proving her wrong. Her eyes rolled at the irony before they flashed a brilliant lime green.

"Twisted wire in twisted maze,
Guided to an ancient age,
Wisdom's child must face a Sphinx,
With life's blood wager for the string,

Face the beasts and gods of stone,
Meet your fate in water's home,
Time again must be your friend,
Or questers all shall meet their end."

She collapsed at the end of it onto the cushioned floor. She applauded her messy creative space. Jeez, she'd better have a seat or lay down, otherwise the Oracle might just not care if she got a concussion. "Did you like it?" she asked, looking up, "I dunno, but people... they don't often like what they get."

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Rachel turned to the new entry. "Can I help you?"

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((I can work one of mine in, sure. What are the quest details?))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((I don't think that's something the oracle would give as a quest more than a situation they get trapped in. A quest would be advice on how to remove the curse. The oracle wouldn't send them to get cursed.))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((If you want a thread to roleplay out getting cursed and have an escape-room-esque event with characters, that's cool!))

[Savannah]

Hello? Is any body here?

[Savannah]

This place gives me the creeps can we leave now?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((Sorry about that!))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((Who stole the memory? Who is the soul? Why do they care? What are their fears? What do they sacrifice?))

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Why? Hades isn’t a bad guy.
What powers?
Are their families dead? Wouldn’t the locket just return the memories of their families?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Okay. So they tresspassed in Hades world, and instead of killing them, he let them leave an heir before they died. Why would he want them dead?
Where did the locket come from?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Why does Hades want their families dead? He already complains that hell is overcrowded and a pain to rule.

How did the locket become that powerful, with the ability to raise the dead?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

It’s a really powerful magic item. I’ll probably allow it if you give it a good origin story and promise that it gets destroyed/crumbles into ash after being used.

[Savannah]

(Lol I’m just sitting here silently watching this story come together and literally doing nothing) (all of this is cool with me tho)

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

How do you store power in a locket? And that wouldn’t give the locket the ability to bring them back. Maybe help locate or identify their lost souls. But not the ability to change them from dead to alive.

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

How about it just glows as it gets closer. And how many uses before it dissolves? And again, it shouldn’t have the power to bring back the dead. That’s OP. They’d have to bargain with Hades.

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

So to clarify:
Locket embodied with family power.
Used to locate family. By releasing a memory that the family member put in, the ability to find that family member vanishes. You want to view the memory only after finding the person, perhaps even after negotiating with Hades? We’ll see.

Quest details: long ago, family members delved into Hades and damaged something dear to him. Maybe they destroyed an artefact. Stole a locket. Something of that sort. Hades was angry, but Persephone negotiated a compromise. They could use the artefact or have it, but after they left their legacy, they would have to return and serve Hades as payment. The legacy, their heirs, plan to free and negotiate for their parents. Maybe through the return of the artefact, which may or may not be a locket?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Thiughts? Confirmation?

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

First off, a prophecy. Give me time. Then you make a quest thread and have at it.

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

A roleplay thread under “quests”

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

Stolen goods, stolen heart,
A compromise from both parts,
In return for use of his soul,
The thief must pay a heavy toll.

Hades keeps their foolish souls,
Servants from the mortal coil,
Fools who thought from him to hide
The taste of Kore's stolen pride,

As one soul waxes and one soul wanes,
More blood will spill from common veins,
For as a choice can save a few,
Not all will be spared from Hades' view.

[Disney_World]

I like it, even though it’s not mine. You are very clever.

[Elise]

((who is ilsa and can I make my own prophecy bc I'm damn good at it also i already made it sort of >.>

[Ilsa, I name me, destroyer of worlds!]

((Please do make your own prophecies if you have them! If people don't want to make their own prophecies, they have me write them up based on the quest details. I'm pretty dead on GR for the most part except for this specific task, so people can keep on questing.))

[Disney_World]

((Yeah, most mods are dead on Goodreads.))

[Brayden]

(( Hey Can I sometimes help Make prophecies I like doing that stuff and can be good at it))

[Disney_World]

((It depends, I can’t say that you can because I am not a moderator..... but you can make them because the moderators are almost never on!))

[[deleted user]]

Jordan walked into the cave, his hand out in front of him trying not to trip. Ms. Oracle? Hello? My dad needs my help to find Amphitrite's bracelet. He sent me a vision and he looked kinda panicked. He says.

[beth, Daughter of Aphrodite]

((do you have a quest group? it would be helpful to know which campers are going on the quest and what the quest will entail in order to write the prophecy!))

[zoekate]

Elizabeth walked into Rachel's cave with Chase at her side. "Rachel?" she called. "I need a prophecy for my quest."

[wallflower, Daughter of Metis]

((Hey. Sorry Beth or one of the other mods handles prophecies usually, but they haven't been that active lately. I will try to see about reaching out to one of them; I am not very good at creating them.))

[zoekate]

((Ok! Thanks Jax!))

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

"You'll be fine." Eve laughed at Bri and hopped off of Domino, which he used as an opportunity to start grazing.

She peered into the cave. "Hey Elizabeth, you still in there?!"

[Becca {Book Enthusiast}]

Bri quickly followed Eve. Waiting for their teammate.

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

(("MANTA!" My voice boomed. "JOIN US!!"))

[zoekate]

"Yeah." Elizabeth called. She was glad Bri and Eve were here.

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

"Hey! Did you get a prophecy?!"

[Becca {Book Enthusiast}]

Bri sat there silently making flowers row out of the dirt near the entrance.

[zoekate]

Elizabeth shook her head. "Not yet." She shrugged.

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

"Why not? Is she not there?"

[zoekate]

Elizabeth sighed. "No, at least I don't think so. I was waiting for her to come back."

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

"Darn it." She muttered.

((Are we allowed to fill in for now since she isn't here and since we have our prophecy?))

[zoekate]

((No idea *shrug*))

[Abby {On A Hiatus Ig}]

((Ig Jax could once she gets on since Becca came up with it, but we'd have to wait awhile))

[Becca {Book Enthusiast}]

((Can't we just pretend that they did talk to her? I mean it would help Jax out since she is still recovering))

[Becca {Book Enthusiast}]

Bri felt a tug on her gut, one she was familiar with.

The oracle clearly wasn't there and she wouldn't be missed for a few minutes. She slipped away silently and went into the forest.