Cazenove - Larbier
MYTHS AND HEROES
Zeus: Lightning rod
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AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT OLYMPUS, IN MYTHICAL GREECE: A LAND ECHOING WITH THE EPIC SOUNDS OF LEGENDARY HEROES ACCOMPLISHING EXTRAORDINARY FEATS! BUT TODAYā¦
DONāT PUSH IT, TIMMY, THAT APPLE HASNāT BUDGED A HAIR ON A CENTAURāS HOOF!ā¦
ā¦ AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOUāRE ABOUT TO SPLIT YOUR SPLEEN!
TIMMY, ATLAS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT FRUIT?
WEāRE TRYING TO UNLOCK OUR SUPERPOWERSā¦ BUT WE DONāT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE!
YEOW!
SPINNINGā¦
SO FAR WEāVE FIGURED OUT THAT WE CANāT MOVE THE APPLE WITH OUR MINDS, OR MELT IT, OR MAKE IT EXPLODE OR DISAPPEARā¦
BUTā¦ WHY BOTHER?
WHY?? HAVENāT YOU HEARD, APHRODITE? ZEUS IS LOOKING FOR TWO HEROES TO JOIN THE TEAM AT MOUNT OLYMPUS!
THE PERFECT JOB FOR US!
THATāS LITERALLY THE WORST SUPERPOWER EVER!!!
A H A H A H A H... H o u u HiHihi
ā¦OR TO SET OFF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AT THE SNAP OF OUR FINGERS LIKE ARES!
HOHOHO HOHOHOHOHOUHOU HOUHOUHOU HOUā¦ Ī·Ī±Ī±Ī±Ī±Ī±Ī±
ā¦ OR EVEN TO FAITHFULLY IMITATE THE SOUND OF A ROWBOAT LIKE ODYSSEUS!
IāM DYINā!
WHAT WE NEED IS HERCULEAN STRENGTH LIKEā¦ DANGā¦ WHATāS HIS NAME AGAIN?ā¦
HERCULES!
...FLOWERS!
ā¦ OR TO RUN SUPER FAST LIKE HERMESā¦
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING USEFUL? NOT JUST THE POWER TO MAKEā¦
HEY, GUYS! ZEUS WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT HEāS GRANTING YOU AN AUDIENCE IN FIVE MINUTES AT THE OLD TREE TRUNK!
TIMMYā¦ WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO IMPRESS HIM?ā¦
NO IDEA! LEMME THINK!
LEMME THINK!
I KNOW!
WEāLL BET THE FARM ON INFLATION...
YOU SURE?
...LIKE THIS! WHOA!
DONāT BURST!!!
ACTUALLY, BOYS, BEFORE MEETING YOUR DESTINY, IāLL HAVE YOU KNOW MY SUPERPOWER WORKS ON MORE THAN JUST DEAD TWIGSā¦
IāM NOT BIG ON ECONOMICS! MAYBE SOCIOLOGYā¦
WOW! YOU EVEN SCARED ME! THISāLL WORK FOR SURE! COME ON, LETāS GO!!!
TAKE THAT! IāM SURE WEāLL BOWL HIM OVER WITH OUR PUFFEDUP MACHO BODS! ā¦ QUIET! I HEAR HIM COMING!
WHATāS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
PFFFT... FOCUS ON INFLATING YOUR EGO!
HI, ATLAS! WAITING FOR SOMEONE?
YEAH, BUT HAD I KNOWN, I WOULDāVE TAKEN MY TIME! HAD YOU KNOWN WHAT?
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET ME THREE HOURS AGO! BUT NOOOO, THAT WOULD BE TOO EASYā¦ WHY NOT MAKE ME WAIT? LIKE I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO!
WHATEVER, ATLAS! I TOLD YOU I WAS COMING!
QUIT YOUR GRUMBLING!
IF YOU THINK ITāS SO EASYā¦
WELL, IT WASNāT MY IDEA TO LIVE IN A LABYRINTH!
THAT MASTER TIMMY IS ALWAYS FASHIONABLY LATE!!!
āCAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FEATS OF STRENGTHā¦
MIGHTā¦ MUSCLEā¦
POWERā¦
YOU KNOW, STRENGTH!
SAY, HERCULES. IS THIS THE FAMOUS LIST OF LABORS YOU HAVE TO PERFORM? ?
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY?
I CAN DO THIS STUFF WITH MY EYES CLOSED AND MY HANDS TIED BEHIND MY BACKā¦
ā¦ WHILE RECITING EPIC POETRY! BE MY GUEST!
YOUāLL SEE! FIRST ON THE LIST. WELL, YOU CAN ALREADY START CROSSING IT OUT!
HEY, YOU! COME HERE A SEC!
...AND STOP STRUGGLING!
A A A A A RG H! aaarrrGlOUMPfff
MYā¦ MY DEAR LEONā¦
A SWAN! ITāS LIKE A CHICKEN, BUT WAY MORE POSH! COOL!
I SWEAR ITāS NOT A JOKE, APHRODITE! IT REALLY HAPPENED IN THIS FORESTā¦
ā¦ THE WAY I HEARD IT, THE MIGHTY ZEUS TRANSFORMED INTO A SWAN TO SEDUCE LEDA!
WOW!ā¦ HOW ROMANTIC! DO YOU THINK WEāLL SEE HIM?ā¦
I LOVE WATCHING MY FRIENDS USE THEIR SUPERPOWERSā¦
SEE THIS DEAD TWIG?
ARES CAN MAKE ANYTHING EXPLODEā¦
BOOM!
ā¦ AS FOR ARTEMIS, SHE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH HER BOWā¦
APHRODITE CAN MAKE ANYTHING BEAUTIFULā¦
AND BAM! A SPRING BOUQUET!
APOLLO CAN LITERALLYā¦ NOW ITāS NIGHTā¦
ā¦ SUMMON THE SUN! NOW ITāS DAYā¦
ā¦ MUST BE NICEā¦ I WISH I HAD A SUPERPOWER, TOO!
WOW! HOWāD HE DO THAT?!?
ANDā¦ANDā¦ WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING!
NOW THATāS A REAL SUPER SUPERPOWER! MASTER, MASTER! TEACH ME HOW TO WORK THAT MIRACLE!
WELL, HERE WE ARE! IN FRONT OF YOUR THINGAMAJIGā¦ GOOD GODS!
ITāS THE GATEs OF DELPHI!!! THE DOORWAY TO ALL KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM!
GREAT! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? IF I OPEN IT, IāLL BECOME ALLKNOWING, THE SMARTEST AND WISEST OF ALL THE GODS!
REALLY?
MAYBEā¦ IF I PULLā¦ A HARDER!LITTLE ARGH!
OUCH!
MUST BE A LITTLE RUSTYā¦ JUST GOTTAā¦ PUUUUUUSHā¦
ITāS THE KEY TO THE GATE!
GIMME! GIMME!
?
MY LUCKY DAY!
WOULD THIS HELP? IT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE RUG!
THERE BETTER BE SOME SMARTS IN THERE, BECAUSE THEREāS NONE OUT HERE!
PUSHā¦ ITāS STARTING TO GIVE!
YOU CAN OPEN YOUR EYES, TIMMY! HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAY!
WHEREāS MY PRESENT?
THIS IS CIRCE, MY WIZARD FRIEND. SHE HAS THE POWER TO REARRANGE MATTER! SHE CAN TURN HUMANS INTO ANIMALS AND VICE VERSAā¦
CLOZUP THE ANCIENT TAUGHT ME EVERYTHINGā¦
BUT WHEREāS MY PRESENT?
DO YOU WANT ME TO TRANSFORM THIS HALFBULL INTO A FULL HUMAN?
WHAT?!! YOU CAN DO THAT? SHE CAN DO THAT?
TECHNICALLY, YES! NOW STOP MOVINGā¦ ā¦ STOP BREATHINGā¦ STOP THINKINGā¦
NO PROBLEM THERE!
IT WORKED, TIMMY!
APHRODITE MAY NOT BE A MAGICIAN, BUT SHEāS PRETTY GOOD AT REARRANGING MATTER, TOO!
YOUāRE HUMAN JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE! YOUR DREAM HAS COME TRUE! YOUāRE THE PERFECT MAN! MOO...
MOO... MOO...
I TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM AND HE JUST SAID I HAVE A BIG NOOOOOOOOSE!!!
LOOK, ATLAS, I THINK ITāS AEOLA WHO BROUGHT UPON THIS STORM!
YOUāLL DESTROY ALL OF OLYMPUS IF YOU DONāT STOP THISā¦
I DONāT CARE! SNIFFā¦ ITāS ALL APOLLOāS FAULTā¦
APOLLO DOESNāT KNOW WHAT HEāS TALKING ABOUT! YOUR NOSE ISNāT BIG AT ALL!
I MEAN, ME, IāVE GOT A HUUUUGE ONE, BUT NOT YOU!
REALLY? MY NOSE ISNāT BIG?
OH, TIMMY, YOUāRE SO NICE! ALL I SAID WAS THE TRUTH!
SNIFFā¦ DO YOUā¦ SNIFFā¦ HAPPEN TO HAVE A HANKIE?ā¦ SNIFF!
IāLL GO GET ONE!
SORRY I COULDNāT FIND A BIGGER ONE!
LETāS GO, COME ON! SHOOT!
COME ON! COME ON! SHOOT!
GO AHEAD! GO AHEAD!
APOLLO, YOU REALLY MUST FIND SOMETHING OTHER THAN LIGHTNING BOLTS TO PLAY THIS NEW GAMEā¦
WHAT CAN I SAY?ā¦ I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BLAST!
ATLAS, WHY IS THAT GUY SITTING ALL ALONE?
THATāS MIDAS! IS HE CONTAGIOUS?
HE TURNS EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES TO GOLD! NOBODY WANTS TO GO NEAR HIM!
WHATEVS, HE CAN HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH US, RIGHT?
HEY, DUDE, WANNA PARTY?
CATCH, TIMMY! WOW! THIS IS AWESOME! NOBODY EVER WANTS TO PLAY WITH ME!
I CANāT BELIEVE IT! I CANāT BELIEVE IT!
USUALLY PEOPLE AVOID ME! THEY EXCLUDE ME! THEY TELL ME TO SCRAM!
COME TO THINK OF IT, FEELS KINDA WEIRD TO BE ACCEPTED!
OH! OH! OH! BUT I LIKE IT!
IS THAT WHAT THEY MEAN BY SOLID GOLD?
YOUR TURN! bling!
THIS MOST EXCELLENT IDEA (MY OWN, OF COURSE) IS TO HIDE INSIDE, PARK IN FRONT OF THE FORTRESS, AND WAIT TO INVADEā¦
MAN! THATāS A TOTALLY KILLER TOY, ODYSSEUS!
TOY?!! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SECRET WEAPON, YOU LITTLE ATHENIAN IGNORAMUS!
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY OPEN THE DOOR, THEYāRE DONE FOR!
ā¦ THEY CELEBRATE, THEY BOOZE IT UP AND ALLā¦
ā¦ THINKING IT A GIFT FROM THE GODSā¦
ā¦ OUR ENEMIES BRING THE HORSE INSIDEā¦ THATāS WHY IT HAS WHEELS!
THATāS TOO COOL!
ā¦ AND WHEN NIGHT FALLS, WE EMERGE AND LAUNCH A SURPRISE ATTACK!
AND YOU, TIMMY, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY ULTIMATE SECRET WEAPON?
HEāS OUR ULTIMATE SECRET WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!
WHA?ā¦
STILL ASLEEPā¦ WENT TO BED LATEā¦ SNIFF
THATāS ā¦ THATāS JUST WRONG! HOW DO YOU EVEN?ā¦
ITāSā¦ ā¦
ā¦ BRILLIANT!!!
IF THEY OPEN THE DOOR, THEYāRE DONE FOR!
HEH, HEHā¦
WELLā¦ IāM DOING WHAT IT SAYS HERE ON THIS LIST OF 12 LABORS THAT I HAVE TO PERFORM, COACH!
1) CLEAN THE MINOTAURāS LABYRINTHā¦
SHOW ME!
HERCULES!
WANNA TELL ME JUST WHAT YOU THINK YOUāRE DOING? COACH?!
ā¦ 2) COOK BREAKFAST FOR THE MINOTAURā¦ 3) FIND HIM A GIRLFRIENDā¦
ā¦ THEN SHINE HIS SHOESā¦
WHO DO YOU THINK WROTE THAT?!
SNAKES! SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES
SNAKES SNA... SNAKES STOP, TIMMY! STOP!
I TOLD YOU AT LEAST 20 TIMES THAT MY FRIEND MEDUSA HAS SNAKES INSTEAD OF HAIR!!!
MUSTāVE SLIPPED MY MINDā¦
HAW HAW
CHECK IT OUT, BOYS! EVER SEEN A PUPPY WITH THREE HEADS?!! THIS THINGāS A REAL FREAK OF NATURE!
BORROW MY LIGHTNING BOLT?!
YESSIRā¦ ACTUALLY, ITāS JUST āCAUSEā¦
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, TIMMY? THATāS THE GREAT AND MIGHTY ZEUS! WEāRE NOT WORTHY ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO HIM!
THATāS THE HEAD HONCHO!
RELAX, MY BOUNCY ATLAS! YOUR INSOLENT FRIENDāS GOT A LOTTA CHUTZPAH! I
BOING
LISTEN UP, LITTLE MINOTAURā¦ MY LIGHTNING BOLT HAS THE AWESOME POWER TO PUNISH, TO JUDGE, TO DESTROY AND CREATEā¦ THATāS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HANDS OF A SINGLE PERSONā¦
BUT WHAT THE HECK! I TRUST YOU! HERE! USE IT WISELY AND YOUR GLORY WILL SHINE ON YOUR PEOPLE!
WOW! RIGHT ON!
BUT BE WARNED, IF ITāS NOT RETURNED TO ME WITHIN THE CENTURY, IāLLā¦
NO PROBLEMO! IāM ACTUALLY GONNA USE IT RIGHT NOW!
AHHHHHH... HOT DOG! THAT HITS THE SPOT!
