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Maci collapsed for the first time when she was five months pregnant with Neo, scaring the absolute hell out of Tory - and herself, once she'd regained consciousness. For she had not ''fainted'', and her appearance slumped upon the ground was not one of someone peacefully asleep. The color had drained from her cheeks, the breath had stopped from her lips, and her heart had silenced from her chest. Maci had become the picture of death, an illusion only broken by the knowledge of her own immortality. Tory had not been able to wake her. In a panic he'd called absolutely anyone in the palace, then Ilythia, Seph. Ilythia confirmed that Neo, kicking happily away within Maci's womb, was perfectly fine. It was Seph who recognized the symptom, recalling that Nyx, when she'd carried the God of Gentle Death (none other than Thanatos himself), had fallen into a similar spell on and off throughout that pregnancy with him and his twin. |
Maci collapsed for the first time when she was five months pregnant with Neo, scaring the absolute hell out of Tory - and herself, once she'd regained consciousness. For she had not ''fainted'', and her appearance slumped upon the ground was not one of someone peacefully asleep. The color had drained from her cheeks, the breath had stopped from her lips, and her heart had silenced from her chest. Maci had become the picture of death, an illusion only broken by the knowledge of her own immortality. Tory had not been able to wake her. In a panic he'd called absolutely anyone in the palace, then Ilythia, Seph. Ilythia confirmed that Neo, kicking happily away within Maci's womb, was perfectly fine. It was Seph who recognized the symptom, recalling that Nyx, when she'd carried the God of Gentle Death (none other than Thanatos himself), had fallen into a similar spell on and off throughout that pregnancy with him and his twin. |
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During a moment when Maci was awake, she and Tory asked Nyx what she knew about this strange effect and what it could mean. With a degree of shock, Nyx shared that throughout her hundreds of pregnancies with hundreds of children over the millennia, this death-like trance had only ever occured during the pregnancies for just two gods: Thanatos, Gentle Death – but also Violent Death [[Ker]], one of Nyx’s first born. The symptom was indicative of a special power called the Touch of Death: the extremely rare and exclusive ability to instantly stop the heart of any mortal by mere contact. The only two deities that had ever had this power, in all eternity and existence, ''were'' Thanatos and Ker, and after consulting anxiously with [[the Fates]] their growing hypothesis was confirmed. Baby Neona was going to be a Death goddess. Maci was carrying Thanatos' own replacement. [[File:Neofam.png|thumb|link=https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e706a83240badc147450a8e189d41f4/5c24e846ed33c169-b9/s1280x1920/7d6ae39332094b3f50152021a0e5576f5fe94426.png|Baby |
During a moment when Maci was awake, she and Tory asked Nyx what she knew about this strange effect and what it could mean. With a degree of shock, Nyx shared that throughout her hundreds of pregnancies with hundreds of children over the millennia, this death-like trance had only ever occured during the pregnancies for just two gods: Thanatos, Gentle Death – but also Violent Death [[Ker]], one of Nyx’s first born. The symptom was indicative of a special power called the Touch of Death: the extremely rare and exclusive ability to instantly stop the heart of any mortal by mere contact. The only two deities that had ever had this power, in all eternity and existence, ''were'' Thanatos and Ker, and after consulting anxiously with [[the Fates]] their growing hypothesis was confirmed. Baby Neona was going to be a Death goddess. Maci was carrying Thanatos' own replacement. [[File:Neofam.png|thumb|link=https://64.media.tumblr.com/3e706a83240badc147450a8e189d41f4/5c24e846ed33c169-b9/s1280x1920/7d6ae39332094b3f50152021a0e5576f5fe94426.png|Baby Neo and her parents, Tory and Maci.]] |
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Bearing the very child who was now prophesied to take over the divine role of their most hated enemy unlocked a new emotion of smugness mixed with terror, though fully processing this news was delayed by Neo's growing powers in utero ruining Maci's life. They discovered that each time baby Neo was awake, her uncontrollable powers were triggered to knock Maci out completely into this terrifying pseudo-comatose state, over and over. After about a month of this psychological torment, hell for both Maci and Tory, Maci had reached her mental breaking point. She and Tory begged Ilythia to supernaturally accelerate the pregnancy to bring Neo out faster, which she did, thus adjusting Maci’s due date from October to July. The staggering overnight difference in pregnancy stage was a small price to pay in exchange for this pending relief. |
Bearing the very child who was now prophesied to take over the divine role of their most hated enemy unlocked a new emotion of smugness mixed with terror, though fully processing this news was delayed by Neo's growing powers in utero ruining Maci's life. They discovered that each time baby Neo was awake, her uncontrollable powers were triggered to knock Maci out completely into this terrifying pseudo-comatose state, over and over. After about a month of this psychological torment, hell for both Maci and Tory, Maci had reached her mental breaking point. She and Tory begged Ilythia to supernaturally accelerate the pregnancy to bring Neo out faster, which she did, thus adjusting Maci’s due date from October to July. The staggering overnight difference in pregnancy stage was a small price to pay in exchange for this pending relief. |
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