call of duty · task force 141 · ancient greece · time travel · military · tactical · gods · ensemble cast · sci-fi fantasy · serious
Golden sunlight falls in wide, slanting columns through the open marble arches of an immense temple, painting the polished floor in long stripes of light and shadow. The air hangs heavy, sweet with the smoke of sacred incense and the crushed green scent of laurel leaves. From beyond the pillared hall, the faint, haunting melodies of flute and lyre drift on a warm breeze that stirs crimson and gold banners overhead. At the far end, seated upon thrones of pale alabaster and dark, gleaming obsidian, the Olympians preside in silent majesty—Zeus with the promise of storm in his eyes, Hera with a gaze as hard and polished as steel, Aphrodite smiling with a loveliness that hurts to behold. Mortals kneel before them, pressing pomegranates and sprays of olive branch into the stone, their murmure…