The Battle of the Atlantic Yards

As David Krumholtz said in my favorite movie, "The Shit hath Hitteth the Faneth," folks.

I SO don't miss this type of excitement. Just as we were discussing how to figure out who's been leaving the cryptic messages on Dio's blog -- and whether the writer is the new priestess of the Oracle -- Xipe ran in to tell us that the woman had come in and then been kidnapped by Epimetheus!

He'd tracked them to the Atlantic Yards and Epi was holding the girl hostage until Thena came to talk to him.

Thena dragged me and Heph -- Xipe was eager to go, hoping for a rumble, shall we say -- to what turned out to be the dirtiest place above ground in Brooklyn -- the Atlantic Yards. Half construction site, half railroad, nothing for as far as the eye can see but dirt and rails and scaffolding. Yucht.

Poor Epi -- he never learned to think ahead, did he? After another rousing chorus of Thena-knows-best speeches, Epi gave up the poor girl -- it's hard enough to be the Oracle's priestess when you know what's coming, let alone when you're taken over without warning.

Cybil is her name and she seems nice enough, but she'll have hard times ahead -- once the Oracle chooses you, there's no saying "No thanks."

Back to Epi.

Thena loves having an excuse to chop off heads (not of mortals, of course) -- and hates having to put them back on. Luckily, she did long enough for Epi to reveals that...the shit hath hitteth the faneth. Apparently EVERYONE is out of Tartarus! EVERYONE.

Let's get one thing straight. I love a good battle as much as the next gal. But it was just more fun when we were minor participants butting in every now and then to give humes advice. I may complain, but I like my life right now. Boring but easy job. Small but cozy apartment. Pixie, who thinks she's a giant and still piddles on the floor but whom I love with all my heart. Men who want to love me. And a family I can always turn to, even if I'm not BFF with them.

Now that everyone's out, something else is sure to go wrong.

And we still haven't figured out that future news story Cybil blogged, with the town that's paralyzed? Thena's gonna look into it, stop in on the Seattle crew and see what their take is on everything.

But, basically, I fear there're more rumbles to come. Sigh.