Aqueos

Gaea left after the fun was over and the gratitude from the two new additions to Theoric's harem thanks to her gift as they looked at their new tattooed rings on their fingers with bright smiles.

With the new boat now completed, sporting a living tree in the middle that served as the mast, a proud Sigyn showed off her work as they prepared to leave. Saying goodbye one last time to the locals and the few friends they made after ignoring the fact that they kept trying to feed them lotus.

Theoric lifted the boat up and flew them out through the straight unsurprised to see the revived guardians as he passed. He did stop briefly to chop off one of Scylla's hydra heads to see if it would grow another, disappointed when it didn't.

Not sure how much time has actually passed, he flew a bit longer before placing the boat down and hopping aboard as they sailed towards Medusa's island so he could practice using the golden fleece to try and learn how to heal better, not forgetting to have Nina turn some fish on the way to help out.

Upon reaching the island he did a sweep of the outside with Nina making sure there were no Gorgons out and about so he could freely look around, deciding not to fully rely on the amulet from Athena. He wasn't about to go out of his way to test it if he didn't have to, and also it wouldn't be nice to bring them back only for them to drop dead.

The thought of helping people he didn't care about brought images of Io and Anna to his mind as his eyes watered slightly, brushing off Nina's concern as dust getting into his eyes before continuing with what he came to do. Not wishing to spend more time than necessary having left Sigyn and Lydia back on the boat for extra precaution with barriers that would prevent any from climbing up out of the sea.

It went well at first before Theoric sighed shaking his head when a few of the ones he revived started cursing Medusa right in front of Nina who angrily turned them right back to stone causing Theoric to chuckle, promising he wouldn't revive them again.

Finding the two cyclops by the entrance, he revived them and was pleased to see they were of the smarter variety and didn't immediately attack. Calmly talking to them, asking them why they were here and if they needed any help getting home while explaining a bit about what's been going on and how he met their people and elders, and how they came to a wait and see sort of agreement.

They didn't tell him much not trusting him the same as the others, but they at least acknowledge him as a friend for helping them out, before going on their way, saying they didn't need any help getting back much to Theoric's confusion on how these big fella's even got here, past the guardians no less.

Watching them go, he thought about following to see what they were up to but didn't wish to rock the friendship boat as he went back to learning with the fleece on others. He noticed the more he learned and used the fleece, the smaller it got, by the time he was confident enough in what he was doing the fleece was completely gone.

He trained a bit more without the fleece before he was comfortable enough to move on, not forgetting to include Sigyn though her powers were a bit different, being more regenerative influenced over direct, not that she couldn't do it.

He gathered the ones that were revived that Nina didn't angrily turn back and headed to the shore. Using his power to lift the remnants of sunk ships, and putting them back together with Sigyns help, repairing a few boats that they could use to leave. Warning them of the war with Athens and Sparta as he sent them on their way, ignoring the many praises and new worshipers they created with their show of power.

Happy with the results, Theoric left full speed ahead, eager to bring Anna back, while thinking of how to break the news about Io, who on the other hand, had to sadly wait until he was strong enough to make a trip to the underworld and pry it away from Hades cold dead hands.

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On the way back to Athens during the night one day, Theoric heard intruders on the deck as he was just starting his fun time with his girls.

Putting a finger to his lips, he shushed them, whispering,- "Get dressed, we have intruders, stay here while I go take a look."

Sigyn,- "Intruders? In the middle of the ocean, who could they be?"

Theoric grumbled,- "I don't know, but they better have a good reason for interrupting us otherwise I'm going to make them pay."

Lydia giggled- "I second that!"

Sigyn laughed,- "Here, here!"

Nina smiled,- "Back to what Sigyn said, in the middle of the ocean, my best guess is they're Atlanteans like last time when we were with Selene."

Donning his gear, Theoric thought about the pale skin, dark-haired vampire beauty he left behind,- "Selene huh, that would be nice, I think, well, I'll see shortly, you girls stay safe while I go take a look, remember in an emergency you can communicate with me telepathically like Sigyn now, I'll be sure to pick up." He said reminding them of their ring abilities. Like a phone, he could answer or ignore as he saw fit so he wouldn't be swarmed with nonstop noise in his head. The ring would glow letting him know someone was trying to get in touch.

Walking out onto the deck he spotted a group composed of many different hairless sea-dwelling grey-skinned humanoids, averaging around 7' with gills, pointed ears, and no eyes, but those with eye sockets had a red glow to them.

Neither made a move as they checked each other out, until the sweet sound of a familiar voice sounded out from behind him,- "What do you think? I call them Aqueos." said Selene as she materialized out from the darker shadows cast by the moonlight.