Aphrodite arrives atop the steep grassy hill, where the Temple of the Amorous gleams beneath the sun. Among its golden columns, residents cluster on pillows and silk sheets, watching the purple-suited intruder.
A Pimp Named Slick Back stands before the entrance, his purple hat casting his face in shade. His lavender tie rests neatly against his shirt as he surveys the sanctuary.
A Pimp Named Slick Back
Hear me well. This sanctuary, these treasures, and every soul dwelling within it now belong to me.
The gathered residents fall quiet. Silk rustles, grapes sway on their vines, and the golden escalators carry no one as every face turns toward Aphrodite.
A Pimp Named Slick Back
I have come not to request permission, but to announce possession. Let the goddess answer before her household does.
The challenge settles over the marble floor like a drawn curtain. No resident moves to flee, though several glance toward Aphrodite, waiting to see whether divine authority will answer mortal arrogance.
Even the temple baths seem hushed beyond the columns. The crowd holds its breath, leaving the first response entirely to Aphrodite.
✓ Quest Accepted
Protect the Temple of the Amorous and its residents
“I summon my husband, Ares, the God of War.”
SUCCESS (Fair Willpower, rolled +2)
Aphrodite lifts her hand toward the temple vault. Her will passes through the gold and sunlight as a silent summons, calling across the divine realms to her husband.
The air above the marble floor shudders. A deep warlike presence arrives with the scent of ash and iron, and the temple’s golden lamps flare without flame.
Ares
You called, my love. I am here.
Ares stands beside Aphrodite, fully summoned into the sanctuary. The gathered residents release their held breath, while the purple-suited claimant turns toward the god.
A Pimp Named Slick Back
A husband summoned to witness a dispute? Fine. Let him hear my claim.
The Temple Residents draw closer together among the pillows and silks. The confrontation now has a divine witness, and every eye fixes upon Ares.
“I tell Ares what Slick Back intends to do to my temple”
SUCCESS (Superb Oratory, rolled +0)
Aphrodite
Ares, he intends to take this temple, its treasures, and every soul within it as his property.
Aphrodite’s words carry cleanly beneath the golden vault. The temple residents hear the accusation, and Ares receives its full weight without needing it repeated.
Ares
Then his claim is not confusion, nor trespass by accident. He announces theft before the god who guards its walls.
Ares turns fully toward the purple-suited claimant. Ash-scented air presses through the colonnade, stirring robes and silks as the residents retreat behind the god’s broad shadow.
A Pimp Named Slick Back
I said what I came to say. Possession belongs to whoever has the will to claim it.
Ares
Will may announce a trespass. It does not make the trespasser master of a goddess’s house.
The residents find their voices again in a low murmur. Gold gleams between Ares and the claimant, and the temple’s silence becomes judgment rather than fear.
✓ Quest Accepted
Defeat A Pimp Named Slick Back
− Scene Quest Removed
Protect the Temple of the Amorous and its residents
“I ask Ares to get rid of a pimp named slick back”
SUCCESS (Legendary Charm, rolled -1)
Aphrodite
Ares, get rid of A Pimp Named Slick Back.
Ares
As you command, my love. This house is not his to claim.
Ares plants his spear against the marble. A bronze thunderclap rolls through the temple, and a red-gold wind gathers around the purple-suited claimant.
A Pimp Named Slick Back
You would cast me out for refusing to bow?
Ares
I cast you out because you mistake arrogance for sovereignty. Leave this temple now.
The wind lifts Slick Back from the golden floor and carries him beyond the columns, down the steep grassy hill and out of sight. His purple hat vanishes last.
The Temple Residents erupt in relieved cries. Ares lowers his spear, and the lamps burn steadily again beneath the restored peace of Aphrodite’s sanctuary.
Quest Complete
Defeat A Pimp Named Slick Back