Riu stared wide eyed at Hermes after he finished his little theatrics. She seemed frozen in place for a minute before her eyes seemed to widen again and she became to laugh. A very soft, weak laugh, but she was still laughing.<br/><br/>"You've got to be shitting me. Demigods? For real? You actually believe him?!" She pointed to Hermes as she turned to look at everyone else. "That's just insane! We're humans. H-u-m-a-n-s. My mother is a crazy old goof that can't keep plants alive but she is still my mother and she is no Greek Goddess!!" Riu yelled at Hermes, absolutely furious with the idea that someone could actually think her mother was some Greek Goddess. Her mother's name was Mia and she was a loving, affectionate person who was god damn good at her job as Mayor... in their little hick town far far away from the big cities. Greek Goddess, HA!<br/><br/>Riu shook her head of those thoughts, brushing them away as it was not the right time to think about her mother and only glared at Hermes.<br/><br/>Suddenly Skye's outburst spooked Riu and she jerked to watch the kid flip out, or at least she was flipping out in Riu's eyes. She sighed at the silly child's tantrum and shook her head. She couldn't wait to go home, she regretted ever coming here. Yesterday was a fluke, a sudden hallucination maybe even just a silly prank by a co-worker. That was it! A prank. Even as she tried to convince herself of this, her logical side of her brain slapped her creative side, crashing her image of 'it's just a prank' to the ground.<br/><br/>She knew, had a gut feeling, that Hermes had a point. She glared daggers at the kid when she pointed and yelled at her. For some reason, it really ticked her off even though she didn't honestly feel that offended or even cared. "Survival of the fittest? Where are you from? The jungle?" Riu sneered at the kid, her usual self flying out the window. She didn't know why for sure but she was honestly just getting angrier by the second.<br/><br/>She felt cold too and shivered at the sudden chillness that filled the room. She ignored it though, still feeling a hot pit of rage warming her chest. She glared at the one who had checked out the fainting kid earlier, watching him ramble on about... bacteria? She huffed. Her knowledge of bacteria was expansive as well, so she understood a bit of what the kid was saying and honestly would have agreed with him but for some reason she was overly annoyed.<br/><br/>Something felt off... but she was too busy being pissed about everything.<br/><br/>Even though she was also being completely skeptical just as Jaxon was about this whole ordeal, she still ignored his comment and just glared daggers at Mack. She wanted to leave. She didn't want to be around these people anymore. She wanted to go home, back to her regular life where her mom was still her mother and there wasn't this thing after them! She wanted to tell Mack off by saying good riddance and that she didn't want to be in a group with him either and gladly wanted to go home.<br/><br/>But none of that came out of her mouth. Instead, her brain seemed to focus on him insulting her, not that she felt insulted in the least bit, but for some reason just knowing that he was insulting her made that deep rage in her chest grow stronger and larger.<br/><br/>"You!" She rushed towards Mack, no longer seeing the hotty next to him. Complete tunnel vision on Mack. "People like you disgust me. No respect for others, always thinking of themselves. Never a thought about those around them besides disdain even though you know nothing about them!"<br/><br/>She stopped in front of him, poking at his chest. Her face was scrunched up in anger. Her whole body almost shook with the amount of rage that was building up. "I despise people like you! But I despise liars more!" She suddenly turned around towards Hermes, her tunnel vision now directed at him and stalked towards him.<br/><br/>Hermes had gone quiet, watching the group with fascination at their reactions but now he stared at Riu with wide eyes. As if he knew that her actions were very unlike her. She marched toward him, the church walls shook and creeked as the vines that had crept in overtime through the broken windows from years of abandonment began to grow at a fast rate towards Riu and Hermes.<br/><br/>"Uh, Riu?"<br/><br/>"You! You lie! You're wearing some wire trick just as that self-centered bastard mentioned. Throw a few colorful words together. Stalk people! Put on a show! You hurt innocent children! If anything, you're the one that probably sent that thing after me! You're the one that orchestrated this whole thing! You're trying to trick us! IT'S YOU!" Riu screamed at Hermes who had actually retreated from her about a foot, before shooting a glance at Skye.