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Like, Right now i only really have Vibes for Aetius and Serapis instead of anything approaching a story.
Aetius is a hyper, bouncy, constantly moving Cat™ guy who causes problems on purpose without any thought for the consequences and then is very upset when those consequences (big or small) come for him.
Serapis is a slow and deliberate maze beast. A classic minotaur guarding his maze and taking great pleasure in the constant battles he finds himself in. He's very cool and level headed. A bit brusque but kind to the other monsters within his maze.
Their energies work well together but neither of them really work on their own, Aetius is annoying without Serapis, and Serapis is boring without Aetius, so splitting them up at any point within the story is a no.
Which is a problem because Serapis doesn't have any desire to leave the maze and Aetius is too scared of what might be beyond the wall to have much interest in leaving either. So neither would intentionally quest to see the outside world and there's no quests to be had within the walls other than their long established routines of guarding their dens and killing any who come too near.
Which makes me think that instead of having them quest to leave, they should be trying to return home to the maze. Maybe they're captured for one reason or another. A minotaur to guard and a sphinx to keep around as yard decor or something. They escape before Aetius can be slaughtered for his pure gold pelt and are now in the typical "long way from home" plot. Only with the added risk that comes with being a big bull monster and a guy who is very visibly actual gold.
And idk. That's just Boring to me for some reason. Maybe it's because I see them as being already established as a couple by then, but if they weren't I doubt either would have stopped to help the other as a stranger or passing acquaintance when their own skin was on the line.
They could be forced to leave by some curse or disease. Off to go find a cure for themselves or the maze. but that feels bleh.
I'm going to sleep on it, but i think the issue I'm having is neither of them want more than they have because neither of them Know there is more to be had.
#maube id lean into the minotaur myth#minos dies with his only heir being the big bull monster thats out in the maze and the country is plagued until the bull is crowned king.#And then the rest of the story is Serapis and Aetius trying to adjust to Royal life because neither of them can escape#and serapis is clearly just a figurehead#maybe they meet when Aetius is caught by someone Serapis had tried to give an impossible task.#and like#Serapis fully expected the knight or whatever to die fighting any sphinx they tried to catch. but they didn't#and now he has a badly injured sphinx at his feet and it just reminds him of how much he resents humanity and misses the maze and#all the monsters in it#He says he demanded the sphinx unharmed and kills the knight. not caring if that was true or not.#he takes the sphinx and nurses him back to health on his own because he has no interest in risking tempting human greed with his new friend#and then the story is Aetius fully devoted to Serapis as a his hero#and struggling to adjust to life outside the maze too.#and then idk#they find a way to get the shadow government to name a different king and for the gods to accept the king so that Artius and Serapis#can go back to being maze monsters#glad i wrote that in the tags#very useful#i rhink thats it adjacent tho#still needs more tuning
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