Chapter 15: Hiatus?
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[A.N. Sorry if I got some of you upset with the title lol, but yes this is a chapter and I am not taking a break lol]
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I'm making great progress since I started to try to think of the different ways comfort can affect people. I can now do multiple things such a sleep inducement, eternal sleep, paranoia inducement and paralysis by calming their body to the point where it is difficult to move a muscle but not affecting their minds besides giving them that same level of grogginess that a person would have after waking up from a nice long nap.
With that I was finally able to progress to A level. I just need to work on my space/time divinity until it's to the point that I can escape. While I do still need to wait for 2 more events before I know it's time to escape. First, I need to wait for Poseidon, he could be a good sparring partner and I need to work on practical use of my skills and combat experience. Second, I have to wait for the rock, it's the only way to know whether Zeus has been born or not. After those two events we could escape but will it really take that long.
I've made outstanding progress on all my other divinities and I doubt this one will be any different. I think I deserve and actually need a break. Doing the same thing every day for over a decade, training all the time, it has gotten very repetitive and kind of boring. The problem is that there aren't a lot of other productive ways to spend time. My divinity training is going fine and it's not like a need to train my body with my godly physic and while training my bodies combat capabilities is what I need, my sisters will not spar with me and even if they accepted it wouldn't be effective because of how much I'd be holding back.
What's of my mind though? Nothing to be done there either. Due to my comfort and ease divinities my mind is always calm, thoughts and problems are processed easily, and I'm able to resist some mental intrusion, at least that of my sisters; basically low budget occlumency. While more mental defense would be good I have no real idea how to do something like a mind palace or real occlumency, so for now this will do.
Even Oracle could not help me anymore than she already has. As she said, 'my main purpose is to help with your devourer divinity because of this I have ways to help with some other divinities as well and the ways to progress in some to a certain extent. My knowledge on the mind, body one soul are only limited to what would affect your divinities. All I can show you how to do as of know is to connect your mind body and soul even more deeply to your divinities but I don't recommended it till you reach at least peak godking level.'
After that I was truly stuck in those departments. Also stuck on gaining combat experience till my brother arrives. So I'm going to take a break till then. The only truly enjoyable part of training is discovering and making new skills but even that has become far less interesting. So I'll spend this time making my connection to my family stronger. They depend on me, yes but they still don't really know me too well. I wouldn't be surprised if they considered me a weirdo or maybe even a little dissatisfied with me not at least training the divinity that will allow us to escape.
My sisters as usual are sitting along the little beach and talking about various things. I go and walk over to them and sit between Hestia and Demeter.
"What are you ladies talking about now?"
Hera answers first.
"We are actually talking about you."
Oh shit. Let's see where this goes
"Oh, and what specifically?" I asked but tried not to seem too interested.
Hera continued but from Hestia and Demeters face's I don't think this will be to good dog them. Hestia is looking down, not making any eye contact and Demeter seems a little confused. "Well we were having a bit of an argument, that you could help us greatly in deciding who's right. You see, we were debating on why it's taking so long to escape, not that we were rushing you or complaining, we were just talking about it. Can you tell us who is right.
Well each tell you what we thought and why. Demeter you first, then Hestia, I'll go last."
"Hahahaha, ok well let's see what you guys are thinking and I won't respond at all until all of you go."
I couldn't help but laugh after seeing my two sisters' reactions. This is better than I thought. They aren't blaming or even unset, but are just trying to understand. This is just what I needed to have them see me in a better light.
"Well I believe that brother is just building a good foundation before he can grow more, I'm not really sure but I think this would help you grow or get stronger faster than if you didn't work on other things first."
"I think that brother is not sure if we should leave. I think that you are not sure or waiting to escape because there's a chance we could have more siblings on the way and not even know it until they splash in. If we left just after our father swallowed another sibling, they would be stuck to suffer here alone and you don't want that so you aren't sure when or if we should go."
"And I mostly agree with Hestia except that you know what your doing. I think that you are just waiting for the best time to leave. I'm not sure when that would be though, when we get more siblings, when father starts to weaken naturally or maybe it's something else. I think that you have a plan though because you were able to plan out the things like protection and living arrangement and you are training like you have a purpose in mind, all this points to you still having a viable plan for escape."
Woowww, they are all right in their own way but Hera. Her thought process and observations are so spot on it's a little scary, I can see why she was the one Zeus made his queen from all his 'conquests'. Hestia is also correct but she thinks it's all because of future siblings and even thinks that I'm indecisive because of it. She thinks way too much of me. For all I know there could be another one after the rock drops in, and even knowing that possibility my plans will not change. As for Demeter she seemed completely unsure of why and just seemed to not really focus on the question as if her mind was somewhere else.
"Well you are all kind of right. I'm training all my divinities instead of just space/time so that I won't only have that to rely on. I'm not indecisive, I know when we need to escape just waiting for a few things. So overall the closest one to being right is Hera."
After that, Hera showed a smug smile and my other two sisters pouted a little. Then we started talking about them and their divinities. I was curious if any of them had worked more on them and developed any skills but they still haven't had any luck. As of now, only Hestia has any skills that are from her divinity. Hera and Demeter are limited to only our basic skills.
I was unaware of this, as it completely left my mind that we all have basic 'godly' skills until one day I felt something attempting to invade my mind and later found out it was Hera trying to use telepathy I figured we all have but being inside Kronos is limiting and blocking our connection to most of our inborn talents as from my memories we should be able to do a lot more than what my sisters and I have been able to do. For example our only skills as of now are levitation, telepathy and physical abilities such as durability, strength and stamina but from my memories we should also all be able to manipulate the elements to some extent, shapeshift and have some sort of minor teleportation.
Just after they finished telling me about their lack of progress I just explained to them that it will be difficult to connect to and train your divinities while in here and give them some advice.
"I have a new skill that lets me see divinities and I think you guys are having problems because you're stuck in here, without any real connection to your divinities, especially Demeter. For you it may be close to impossible to train your divinities here. From what I could gather you are the goddess grain, harvest and fertility. It will be hard to develop any skills to do with those while in here but you could use this time to think of skills and to circulate and grow your amount of divine energy. Hera your problems are also similar. You are the goddess of women, marriage and childbirth. For you it's just that..."
I was cut of by a familiar sound.
**SPLASH!!!**
"GGRRRAAAHHHHHHHHH"
After getting up and preparing to leave after calming my sisters, I can't help but think to myself.
'I guess my break is already over.'
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[A.N. Sorry, still busy and short on time but I'll still keep writing when I can and posting. Thanks for the support.]
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