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Characters: Open to all Hindus
Date/Time: Starting Friday, March 29th, 2013
Location: Heading to Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Rating: At LEAST PG-13, I'm sure.
Warnings: Language, definitely. This is Kali, after all. And... maybe some violence.
Summary: The Hindus are road-tripping down to get their eggs!

Kali showed up at the place where the kid said he lived. Damn, but this felt awkward. AWK. WARD. Still, needed to be done. She sighed and knocked.

"Yo, kid! You in there?" she called out.

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Long minutes went by, threatening Kali's temper, before the door opened to reveal a lanky, young man with disheveled hair. He yawned a bit and stretched, reaching back to rub the back of his neck. "Hey," he muttered.

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"Damn, babycakes. You want some coffee or some shit?" she offered.

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"Nah, doesn't help. Won't help." He yawned again and moved to rub both hands over his face. Moving his hands up, he ran his fingers through his shaggy hair next and pushed it back out of his face. "I just... Meh, I'm tired. But I'm not bored. Which is... weird."

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"Don't look at me, babycakes. I guess I lost being scary. People think I'm fucking adorable," she said, rolling her eyes.

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A faint smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "But you kinda are," he said. Then he looked past her towards the car waiting. "So you're really gonna drag me out somewhere?"

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"I don't do cute, shug," she said, "But yeah. I'm taking y'all to Arizona. If what I've got here is right, we're going to the fucking Canyon de Chelly."

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"Okay. Just a minute." Turning on his heel, Javi - no, Hanuman - disappeared back into the house at a slow traipse. Long minutes passed and then he returned, now with a backpack slung over one shoulder. He locked the door carefully behind him before facing his fellow godling once more. "Okay," he repeated. He stifled another yawn. "Roadtrip."

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"Hop in," she said, "Now we gotta go pick up that other kid."

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"'Kay." Obediently, Hanuman followed her and slipped into the passenger seat of the car. His backpack found a home between his feet. He tilted his head back against the headrest and closed his eyes. Only then did he seem to process her words. "We're picking up Sita?" he asked.

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"Yep. Next stop," she said, getting into the driver's seat and heading off to the address she'd been given.

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Sita was waiting outside when they arrived, a backpack slung over one shoulder. She had probably come across as together on the message board thing, but in truth she was more than a little rattled. At least it was Hanuman she'd run into and not someone like Ravana. Kali hadn't seemed so bad either, despite all she'd heard about the goddess in her previous life.

And so she waited, trying to look confident and collected as was befitting of a princess.

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As Kali brought the car down the street, both occupants scanning for the house number given, Hanuman caught himself yawning again. It was such an effort to move and stay awake. Even the radio didn't seem to help particularly. However, the sight of a slim young woman standing on the sidewalk brought him slightly more upright and alert and he pointed out the window. "There" was all he said, though.

When the car came to a halt in front of Sita, Hanuman barely managed to suppress another yawn as he forced himself to open the door and get out. Something inside him prompted manners and he moved to open the closest back door for Sita. "Hey," he said quietly.

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Kali leaned out her window.
"Hey, babycakes. We gotta move. No fucking time to waste!" she called out.

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Sita nodded at Kali, smiled at Hanuman, and got in the car. She dropped her backpack on the seat beside her and buckled up.

"Hi," she said, managing to sound mostly sure of herself.

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Shutting the door behind Sita, Hanuman resumed his own seat and buckled in. Out of consideration for Kali, he tried to move faster... It was still a sadly lethargic mode of transport, though. He glanced sideways at Kali. "How far are we going again?"

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"Canyon de Chelly in Arizona," Kali said, as she headed for the highway. "Long haul, I know, but the sooner we can get shit back to normal, the better."

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"And what exactly are we doing once we get to Arizona?" Sita asked. This whole thing was still more than a little unclear for her.

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"Gonna get back the bits of us that went missing." Hanuman gave a little squirm so he could look over his shoulder at Sita with only minimal difficulty. "Did she take anything from you?" he asked suddenly as if the idea had only just occurred to him.

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Sita shook her head. "Not that I know of." She didn't really understand what he meant by 'bits', but the last time she'd checked, she'd been complete.

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((Not just you--trust me.))

Kali nodded.
"Good to hear. We gt shit to get back, but any help is good help," she said.

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Another yawn split Hanuman's mild smile and he reached up a hand to cover it. His eyes made apologies at both ladies. "Um, d'you mind if I sleep most of the car ride?" he asked sheepishly. "Maybe I'll be a little better when we get there then. Since we probably have to, y'know, jump through hoops to get our stuff."

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"You look like you need it," Sita said, "If you don't mind me saying." She probably would have been nervous about being left alone with Kali, except that the goddess didn't seem so bad. It was sort of sweet how she'd picked them up and was driving them around.

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"No worries, y'all. I'll get us all there in one piece," Kali assured them, "Gonna be a few hours, though. Rest if y'all want. We got a fight or some shit up ahead, I'm pretty sure."

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"A fight?" Sita tried not to let her voice shake. She figured it was better to keep this brave-and-in-control-of-the-situation act going for as long as possible. "A fight with who, exactly?"

She had never been in a fight before.

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"Destiny," came Hanuman's sleepy-soft murmur.

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"More whatever took our shit. Probably ain't gonna be pretty. I might not be scary right now, but I'm a fucking good fighter," Kali said.

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So, really not answers at all, which wasn't exactly comforting. Sita didn't ask about it, though. Probably they didn't know.

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They arrived some hours later, and Kali wandered a bit aimlessly until she found the spot in the side of the cliff face with the oddly-shaped depressions.

Depressions that perfectly fit the necklace of skulls she was wearing.

No sooner had she pressed the necklace into it, than the cliff face split open and a number of demons came rushing out with a screech.

"Fuck!" Kali shouted, ducking at first, and then doing her best to fight them. She didn't even seem to notice the basket just inside the doorway she had just opened.

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Sita also didn't notice. She was a little more preoccupied with dropping to the ground. Demons? Not exactly her strong suit. Despite all the talk of fighting earlier, she wasn't really feeling up to it.

The demons, of course, had other ideas, as become quite clear when a small one latched itself onto her chest.

"Oh god!" she said, swatting at the thing. "Get it off me!"

Not her best moment ever.

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While he still seemed dopey from the car ride and had only barely managed to drag himself out after them, the sight of a gnarled little monster attacking Sita had an immediate effect. Hanuman made his way over in something a little more eager than a stroll and grabbed at the thing. His hands tightened, shifted, and soon it stopped squirming - breath cut off and going limp.

With his entry into the fray, the other demons realized that there was a new target, something maybe almost as dangerous as Kali, and launched themselves. He cursed and swatted at them. For every one that he got in his reduced state, two got through to score a hit. "This... Isn't... Working."

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Well, that was enough to anger Kali. Her skin turned dark, her eyes turned red, and, yes, those were four arms.

"Take that, fuckers!" she shouted, tearing into the demons. She yanked them out of the air, tearing them to shreds. "Y'all look for the shit they stole!"

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Sita was still cowered on the ground, thinking about how much simpler her life had been only a day or two before this.

The demons were still bothering her, but they'd obviously realized that Kali and Hanuman were more dangerous or--at the very least--more worthy opponents, so there were less of them. This, in the end was their mistake.

"Hey," Sita said. "What's this?" She reached out for the basket.

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"Dunno - shit - ouch, stop!" Hanuman pushed away another demon and stepped on one that had the misfortune of getting beneath his awkwardly dancing feet. Tired or not, his godhood was presenting itself and the young man had a very definite simian look to him now. "I hope it's ours. Any notes with it?"

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Kali was just devouring her way through the demon horde, until she tore through the last one.
"Fuckers," she muttered in satisfaction. "OK, kids, what the fuck's in the basket?"

She picked up an egg and frowned at it.
"Got my name on it. What the fuck am I supposed to do with this shit?" She shook her head and dropped the egg, which broke. And, suddenly, the Dark Goddess became a whole lot scarier, especially covered in demon blood.

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Which caused Sita to shuffle backwards in a hurry. She'd thought Kali was sort of...cute. It was a nice compliment to all the other thoughts she had about the goddess. This was much more in keeping with the stories and a whole lot scarier.

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Hanuman, on the other hand, barely blinked at the change in Kali except to laugh as he swatted away another demon. "There we go. What a weird Easter egg hunt."

Without waiting to deal with any more demons, he moved to the basket and dug through the contents until he found two more eggs bearing names. "Yep, here they are. Catch!" He only half-turned as he tossed Sita's egg at her. He was too focused on cracking his own with a look of hope on his face.

The shell had barely cracked before he let out a glorious, joyous war whoop and bounded upright, practically skipping from foot to foot. Energy suffused him. He practically vibrated with it. "Oh, thank god," he shouted. "I'm never gonna sleep again. I swear it!"

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Kali looked around at the carnage of the dead demons and the broken eggs. She glanced inside the crevice, and aside from being a big room, saw nothing of interest.
"Well, shit. Looks like that's everything. Y'all did good."

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"Better than good! We're ourselves again. We rock!" Hanuman gave in and did a random little dance in relief. "I say we go out for a celebratory dinner!"

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While Kali and Hanuman had been talking, Sita had carefully tucked her egg inside her purse. She didn't feel like she was missing anything and didn't really want to find out what would happen if she broke it, at least not right now with Kali suddenly all scary and Hanuman suddenly all hyper. She needed time to think it all through.

Instead, she stood up, dusting her clothes off and tucking her hair behind her ears.

"Dinner?" she echoed, catching the tail end of the conversation.

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"Yeah, I'd say you kids deserve it. I'll buy. What are y'all in the mood for?" Kali offered.

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"Really? That's so cool of you." Hanuman calmed down after the initial burst of energy and grinned at Kali. Part of him almost felt like hugging her but the rest of him registered the rather terrifying arms-blood-fangs combination. "I'm up for anything. I'm not picky. Maybe... Something with some kick, though?"

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"That is really nice of you," Sita agreed.

"And I don't know... I eat most things." She paused. Hanuman had said that he wanted something with a kick. "Is Indian food cliché?"

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Kali shrugged.
"If we can find a curry place, sure. Otherwise, we're in fucking Arizona. They got spicy shit all over hell around here to eat."

She headed for the car.
"I'll drive. Y'all give a holler if you see something that sounds good."