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Who: Hera, Zeus. And the Rest of the Greeks who got invited
What: Greek Party
When: Saturday evening, June 25, 2011
Where: Zeus' Penthouse
Warning: TBD (But it's a lot of Greeks in one area)
Note: FOR EVERYONE. It was our big event, wanted to bring it along.
What: Greek Party
When: Saturday evening, June 25, 2011
Where: Zeus' Penthouse
Warning: TBD (But it's a lot of Greeks in one area)
Note: FOR EVERYONE. It was our big event, wanted to bring it along.
Hera could only hope Zeus had dealt with Poseidon. He was the only flaw in her party, and if the sea god decided to show, she'd toss him off the railing of the building herself. Everything else was perfect. Those that would serve them knew who they were, and she'd hired a suspicious lack of female employees. Hera wasn't an idiot, and would act accordingly.
She'd already send out word to her daughter to make her appearance, and now made a last round, smoothing out the lines of her gown. She was looking forward to this evening. Punishing Hephaestus would be amusing, if nothing else, and she still held on to the fact he'd once dared to imprison her.
Morpheus (Open to Anyone!)
[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 09:15 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus stuck to the shadows of the party, although there weren't nearly enough of them. Even if he wasn't the one being put in the spotlight, he still felt tense. And so he leaned against a wall, dressed in his least-rumpled shirt and dress pants, keeping an eye out for his brother and Iris and sipping a class of wine.
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[info]bringerofsleep
Dressed in his new suit and hat, Hypnos slid through the crowd, hat pulled down low over his face, trying not to catch the eye of anyone powerful enough to turn him into a greasy, smoking smear on the ground. He got himself a martini (he'd always wanted to try one), and looked around for a friendly face. Thankfully, he spotted Morpheus rather quickly and made his way over. "And thus begins the weirdest, most on edge party I have ever been to," he said by way of greeting.
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 09:33 pm UTC (link) Track This
Death was rarely invited to many parties, so for this one he'd dressed up. He could find Hypnos fairly easily, and as Death tended to follow Sleep he made his way to his brothers, coming up behind them. "What are we hiding from brothers?"
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 09:38 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus grinned brightly at seeing his siblings. He hadn't gotten the chance to spend much time with Thanatos, having been busy avoiding Nyx, so the party would at least be good for catching up.
"Everyone," Morpheus answered, taking another long sip of wine. "I think you might be busy tonight, Thantos, depending on how angry Hera is."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 09:52 pm UTC (link) Track This
He gave a smile to the joke, "no. I've never known Hera to be gentle. Our sisters, perhaps they will be busy." He didn't fear either King or Queen of the Gods. He saw the threads of Fate, and obeyed those. Not even Zeus or Hera could stop him if it was either of their times.
"I have not seen you in some time Morpheus. You are well?" He glanced to Hypnos then, "Lyra says hello."
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My bad!
[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-25 09:53 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Everyone," Hypnos agreed, knocking back half his drink in one go. He looked at both of them and grinned a bit. "This looks like the setup to a joke, Sleep, Dream and Death all walk into a party."
"But let's hope you're really not," he added. "And tell her I said hi when you see her next! I'd like to meet her."
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 10:03 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus laughed at Hypnos' joke, keeping his snicker quiet. No need to draw undue attention to themselves. After a moment of consideration, he told Thanatos, "Iris and I have been in Las Vegas, having a vacation. We apparently got married, it's been very interesting."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 10:08 pm UTC (link) Track This
He nodded to Hypnos comment, knowing he needed to make some time for his friend to meet his twin. At Morpheus' admittance he blinked before smiling. "Congratulations to you both. I'll give my best to Iris when I see her." Thanatos didn't really get marriage, but it wasn't something for him.
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-25 10:16 pm UTC (link) Track This
"I know, right?" Hypnos agreed with a grin. "As soon as she turns up, we need to flag her down. Also, apparently there are pictures of Morpheus with his hair in a Miss USA style, which I really need to see. This is imperative." He swallowed down what would have been a really loud laugh, turning it into a long, quiet chuckle instead.
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-26 02:03 am UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus snorted. "I'll have you know my hair looked just as magnificent as Miss USA's. Iris is an excellent hairdresser."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-26 06:01 am UTC (link) Track This
To that image, Thanatos had to laugh. "This I must see as well now. I am sure that will be something to remember for quite some time." he grew serious after a moment, setting his hand on Hypnos' arm, "can you come to the hospital tomorrow? The patient I've been speaking of, the one that believes? It is his time. You were asked for."
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 08:04 am UTC (link) Track This
Hypnos snickered. "I have no doubt. On both counts. But pictures are required. Like the mortals say, 'Pics or it didn't happen'."
He sobered immediately, however, at his twin's request. "Of course I will," he replied, resting his hand on Thanatos'. "Just tell me when you need me there."
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[info]skyandsea
2011-06-26 12:57 pm UTC (link) Track This
Iris wouldn't be a proper messenger if she didn't provide Hypnos with the pictures he so desperately wanted to see, and oh how she just happened to make her appearance right when he said that. She strolled over, grinning ear to ear and already had pictures in hand. She gave Morpheus a sweet, innocent smile. "Remember this is to prove you're not a liar."
After she'd handed the pictures over she smiled all around to them, "Hello, boys. Good evening so far?" Iris wasn't much for a large gathering of Greeks. It only screamed something bad was inevitable, but she still remained her upbeat self. She had gone with the first dress in her little "poll" mainly because Morpheus had voted for it. It was a tie between this and the last one, but she weighed his opinion a little more heavily than her own with this.
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-26 07:14 pm UTC (link) Track This
He'd looked over the pictures with half a smile, chuckling at his brother's up do. He worried for Morpheus though. He knew Iris had been wed before. He hoped it would turn out well, they seemed to enjoy one another and bring happiness.
He gave Iris a nod "so far, yes. I do not see my sisters about just yet so I assume all is quiet. It seems I owe you congratulations Iris, for joining the family. I wish you the best."
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 09:23 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hypnos had to laugh at the sight, a bright sound that sounded out of place, but he couldn't help it. "It looks good," he said, not even bothering to hide his grin.
"Elpis is here, I think," he added. "I don't know about any of the others. And yes, congratulations to both of you. And maybe a good luck? Speaking from lots of personal experience, our family is kind of crazy."
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Atropos hadn't been lying when she said that she and her sisters were not looking forward to this party in the slightest. But Hades had been right, assembling so many of them in one place was guaranteed to cause problems. And so, they dressed up, and arrived at Zeus' penthouse just before the party was due to start. Clotho was still looking a little pale, and she'd had a few missteps in her bright red shoes before they had left, but when Atropos had offered to call and make their excuses, she'd fixed her with a firm look and taken a few deep breaths.
"I am not an invalid, Atropos," she'd said, a lot of the old Clotho back in her voice. "And besides, if we don't show, who will talk to Hades?" She'd done a few far steadier lengths of the shop, and nodded in a satisfied way once she'd reached the door. "Alright," she'd said, and swept out of the shop after her sisters.
Presently, Atropos was sipping on a gin and tonic, after having commandeered a chair from one of the servers. "I'm old and my feet hurt," she'd said, glaring at the girl, who had quailed and ran to fetch one. Lachesis had quietly snorted, moving to Atropos' right, while Clotho was on the left. As one, the three of them sighed. It was going to be a long night.
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[info]praxidikai
2011-06-26 08:09 pm UTC (link) Track This
The Praxidikai, while not exactly liking being commanded to come to a party they knew nothing about, each had a different view on the matter. Praxidike was naturally cautious about the whole thing. Arete enjoyed a good time so this was likely to make her happy somewhat. And Homonoia was just quiet as they each filed into the penthouse. They had no idea what to wear (the invite had been rather vague) so they just winged it.
Their only relief was when they spotted the Moirai and Praxidike made a beeline for them, closely followed by Homonoia as Arete lagged a little to say hi so some others.
Praxidike greeted the Fates with a half-smile. "Clotho, I'm so relieved to know you're alright." Homonoia just smiled awkwardly and kept glancing around while Arete finally showed up and gave them the biggest greeting yet. "Good to see you're all here. It wouldn't have been worth it without you all." Of course, she said it quietly so only the six of them could hear.
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[info]relentless_fate
2011-06-26 09:14 pm UTC (link) Track This
As soon as the Fates spotted the Praxidikai, their moods lifted. Here were three goddesses they could honestly say understood how they functioned, as a unit, and didn't give them grief for voicing their opinions.
Clotho smiled back. "Thank you, Praxidike, it's so good to be back up and around. Perhaps this wasn't the first place I'd have chosen to show my face again, but here we are." She shrugged.
Atropos smiled at Arete. "Well, we are so glad the three of you are here. If I have to be on the receiving end of one more halfway terrified look, I think I might smack someone."
Lachesis added, "Thank you, Arete, that's very sweet of you to say. How have the three of you been since we saw you last?"
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[info]praxidikai
2011-06-26 09:24 pm UTC (link) Track This
Praxidike studied Clotho, though she couldn't really judge for herself if the other goddess was fully ready for this event. Who was? "It certainly wouldn't be my first choice." She stopped short of saying This is the last place I'd show up without a command and only because they functioned because of Fate did they even bother to show.
Arete bit her lip but couldn't hold back her laughter. "I think mom misses those looks, sometimes." To which Praxidike did give her daughter a side-long look that suggested never to say that ever again lest she wanted to be at the end of a blunt sword. Not that Praxidike would ever raise a hand to her children. They would be the exception to the rule and Praxidike didn't break rules.
She then shrugged in response to Lachesis, "Really, without you three here we'd end up doing things we probably shouldn't be doing without your consent." IN which she obviously meant punishing or even taking lives without Fate giving the go-ahead.
"We've been busy, of course," she Praxidike. "Homonoia's boyfriend stayed with us for a while during that business with Ariadne and Dionysus. He was unfortunately a target of the gods powers without Dionysus knowing it, but he's all better now," Arete grinned and winked at her sister who in turn gave a stony face and just sort-of-smiled at the Moirai, "He's back to his old self," Homonoia reassured them all. "Other than that things have been strangely quiet, though we did notice the absence of one particular Olympian who has been being a spectacle of himself," said Praxidike with a suggestive look at the crowd.
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Moros would really like to know who had thought it was a good idea to invite the spirit of doom to a party. He'd really like to know, mostly so he could shake their hand. There was an uneasy feeling throughout the entire place, and he just basked in it, curling it around him like a blanket.
Adjusting the cuffs on his suit, he slid inside, unnoticed from what he could tell (because let's face it, who wants to notice Doom?), and got himself a glass of scotch. He glanced around, trying to see if any of his siblings were there, but if not, that was fine too. Even if he didn't speak to anyone, at least he'd showed.
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 05:57 am UTC (link) Track This
While Elpis had come with Atropos, the minute she'd noticed her counterpart she'd moved to him. He'd helped her pick out her dress, and now wanted to show it off.
That and she knew few would otherwise speak to her brother. Grinning she stepped beside him, "boo. Nice crowd huh?" She wondered if anyone would notice the fact that she was around, which she didn't really care for so long as she didn't have to be in another box, but was curious to see who else was there. "You look very sharp there big brother. I'm amazed you have a suit."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 08:15 am UTC (link) Track This
Eyeing Elpis over his scotch, he shrugged with one shoulder. "I suppose," he said. He lowered his voice before continuing. "But the sooner I can leave, the better."
He smirked a little in reply. "On occasion, I can clean up nice. I only bust this thing out for...well, things like this. And you're rocking a pretty awesome look yourself."
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:04 am UTC (link) Track This
She chuckled and nudged him, "you helped me pick it out, but thank you. I figured a bit of Hope couldn't be bad in places like this. Besides there's Gods here I have never met. Like the Olympians. I just heard about it." She looked over the crowd, "so you'll have to tell me who is who."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 09:17 am UTC (link) Track This
"True," he agreed. "Doesn't mean I can't give my sister a compliment, now does it?"
"A lot of them, I'm not too fond of, but that's just me," he said, side-eyeing the entire room. "But there's two of Zeus' enforcers over there, Zelos and Bia." He gestured to them. "And in that corner, the woman with the dark hair in silver and white? That's Aphrodite." He did a double-take at the rather skinny brunette in black, but recognized her, belatedly, as Demeter, and pointed her out to Elpis. (Without actually pointing. Drawing an angry Olympian's attention was the last thing he wanted to do.)
"As far as siblings go, Hypnos, Thanatos, Morpheus and the Fates are all here, Atropos seems to be holding court," he remarked with a smirk, raising a glass in her direction and grinning when she rolled her eyes and Lachesis waved.
"Hades is here too, I think," he added, drawing her gaze to the silent Lord of the Underworld. "Though I don't see Persephone. And that's Clio, sitting down in the white. And Hecate looks like she's going in circles, the woman with the corset and black hair, see?"
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:24 am UTC (link) Track This
Smiling she nodded, taking a drink from a passing servant. "Well then thank you. Gods knows those are rare enough." She looked at those he mentioned, taking note of everyone. She knew who to avoid by name alone. Not even Hope needed that kind of attention.
"Oh I know. I felt Death when I came in. I said hello. And Atropos always holds court. She's the real power you know." She smirked, saying it low enough not to draw attention. "Okay so I know who not to talk to. So far, so good right?"
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 09:43 am UTC (link) Track This
He stuck his tongue out at her. "You make it sound like I'm never nice. I'm wounded, Elpis." He smirked then. "Oh, wait..." He chuckled softly. "I give them when they're warranted."
"Yeah, he's kind of hard to miss. I should go say hi too, get all the 'Dr. Doom' jokes out of the way now." He rolled his eyes. "Well you know I agree with you there, but gods forbid anyone say it out loud, right?" he said, lowering his voice to match hers. "Let Zeus think what he likes," he added, almost too quiet to hear.
"Definitely hopes to have that information right off the bat," he replied. "So yeah, that's good. Also, what do you wanna bet you'll be one of maybe...three people that talk to me all night?"
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:50 am UTC (link) Track This
She gave him a playful shove, knowing he'd hardly feel it. She wasn't very strong, but it wasn't needed either. "I'm the nice one out of the two of us and you know it." She nodded, "And I know. Just teasing."
She had to laugh to that, she would get her own in, eventually, "You should. Come on, how many jokes does Thanatos make these days? I think eh earns some jokes." She glanced around, not wanting Zeus to appear all of a sudden. "I think he does already."
"You could be more social. I could drag you to people."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-27 03:05 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Sugar and spice and everything nice," he drawled, barely even swaying. "I know. But I think it's in the big brother/opposite contract that I have to give you shit at least once every time I see you."
He smirked. "Not many, but I never really pegged him for the joking type in the first place. He can have his fun, but I just know I'm going to get the Dr. Doom comics from him for Christmas. Or possibly you." He shrugged. "Hasn't he always?"
He snorted. "Yeah, that'd go over well. 'Hi, I'm Hope, have you met my brother Doom?'" He considered it for a moment. "Actually, that could be kind of entertaining. Lead the way."
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-27 06:59 pm UTC (link) Track This
She nodded, as if that was pure truth, "and don't you forget it." There were times she could be more like her siblings, more like the dark stuff of Night but those were rare. It was a hard thing to spark her temper. "And that's why I never let you meet any person I date."
She chuckled, "everyone's changed a little now. Thanatos is more open, joking now. I hardly mind. He may be the thing waiting for us all, but that doesn't mean he can't smile. And of course. I'll collaborate with him and find you all the good ones." She nodded, "he has."
"Oh come on you'll love the look on their faces. They won't know what to think. Whether it's a bad thing I'm partially out of Pandora's box, or that you're here." She smirked. "So let's find someone."
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 02:20 am UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He hadn't long been back when hearing of the invite to Zeus'. With is old man there, Hercules hardly felt Hera would try to intervene again with her jealous tactics. Hercules wasn't a favorite of hers, but he was Zeus'.
Hebe had expressed her desire to not go, but he'd play her valiant hero for the night if she wanted. It was harder to find fancy clothes for the big guy to squeeze into without looking like he was stuffed into it. He'd finally found a nice gray jacket to wear over a low buttoned collared shirt, vest and dark wash jeans, but beyond that he wasn't going to doll it up too much. There was a realm of awkwardness as there hadn't been this many Greeks huddled around in one area like this in some time.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 03:55 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe wasn't looking forward to think. She didn't understand why she had to attend this party, actually make an appearance, when she could just stay in her room and say she had gone. It wasn't fair. She should be allowed to choose whether to go out there or to stay in here and not be bothered. Right now the only people she wanted to see were the only ones she'd seen lately. That was her choice, and yet inside there was that conflicting voice reminding her she had no freedom.
She sighed, staring at herself in the mirror. At least she had been allowed to choose her dress. For the part ten minutes she had been "applying her makeup" in preparation to leave the room and get this thing over with. But she hadn't set foot out the door. When the servant had left she had to push back the urge to lock the door and climb out the window. Maybe she was just waiting for her only strength to get there for her to hold onto. She was just waiting for her husband to convince her to get out there before her mother or father did.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 06:21 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hebe still hadn't showed which caused Hercules to worry. Looking down to his watch he noticed the time. If Hebe didn't make an appearance soon Hera would make sure she did. He slipped out from the crowd, as much as the big guy could and headed upstairs to see where his little wife was.
Knocking on the door before entering he found her still staring at her form in the mirror as if she were in a panic.
"Hebe," he said simply.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 06:27 pm UTC (link) Track This
"I don't want to go out there," was her response. And she didn't. She had absolutely no reason to be there because this had absolutely nothing to do with her. The days of being cup bearer were over and the closest she came to Olympus was being the daughter of their rulers.
She wasn't important anymore.
She finally set her unopened lipstick down and turned. "Do I look alright?" Apart from the obviousness of her very much not wanting to be doing this she looked very pretty. She felt pretty and she knew she looked it, but she still didn't like the dress. She wouldn't dare tell her mother that.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 09:25 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He stood over her, his shadow hoovering as his hands rested on her shoulders, fingers stroking against her cheek. "You look pretty," he said giving her the softest of smiles.
Something else ailed her that Hercules had yet to get from her since he'd returned. Instead he'd stayed quiet, being the strength she needed. He pulled her into a warm embrace, his large hands cloaking her in their hold.
"Okay?" he asked wishing she'd say more like she used to. Wishing she was bouncy and energetic like she used to be. He missed that.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 09:40 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe smiled a little, more genuine that it had been lately. While she knew she was protected now, that the only thing standing between her and anyone who wanted to hurt her were the three people she loved more than anything else, she was still terrified.
"No," she said in a whisper, unable to explain exactly what she felt. Something had stuck to her while she was held captive. It wasn't her sister, she knew that much. There was something inside that was sad and broken when Hebe had absolutely no reason to be so.
With an effort she stood up straight and walked out the door to get this night over with.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 09:53 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules let his hands slide off her shoulders taking hold of her hand before she could exit.
"Hebe," he insisted with a more stern voice than he'd given her in a while. He knew not what Enyo had done, but he'd made sure Enyo paid for breaking his little wife, and Hercules himself still in time may finish the deed. He'd given her the benefit of the doubt, a decision he still wondered had been the right one. If Enyo showed her face not even Zeus would stop him.
"Talk to me," he gave her slightly upturned brows, innocent even like that of a child that needed to be sure those he cared for were alright. His world wasn't alright if her's wasn't.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 10:47 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe stopped stopped just short of the door. Jaw clenched she could barely remember everything that had happened while she was gone. She hadn't been treated horribly, but the constant silence was what had really gotten to her. She had been kept in the dark, tied on the floor and though she knew now that it had been Enyo, at the time she had no idea. Her sister never breathed a word to her.
"Something latched onto me. I don't know what it was but it won't let go," she said in a small voice. Whatever it was, she felt worthless a lot of the time. Dreams were strange and vivid and often times she would cry huddled in the corner. She had no reason to, not with the protection that surrounded her.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-27 04:57 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He was a man of good strength and vigor, but he had failed this wife just as he had the one's before. Hebe tugged at his heart strings with her quiet demeanor. It wasn't like her and he just wanted to fold his arms around her and never let her out of his sight again. He hadn't protected her before, and as much as he hated for Hera's words to sting, they did.
He folded her into him with a gentleness that seemed impossible for one as strong as him. His hand brushed through her hair. He wasn't the big talker, he never was, but he just wanted to hear what she had to say, for Hebe was usually bouncing around talking about her day even if he never replied back.
She was too pure to have such dark thoughts sit in her mind. He had lots of them. He petted her softly as if the action would console her.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-27 08:32 pm UTC (link) Track This
"That's why I don't want to go," she went on. "I don't know what happened. I just don't feel like myself anymore." She didn't go into anymore detail than that. It was enough to know she wasn't feeling herself. She didn't need to start spouting off about how she felt worthless sometimes, and for no reason at all.
She practically melted against him and stayed that way for several minutes. Hebe had been sheltered from certain things. Had she known more about the oldest of the gods she might have been able to pinpoint where this was all coming from. That she had been stuck in darkness and silence with no idea where she was was why it was sticking with her for so long. Khaos held on tight, even if she didn't know it.
"Let's go. I want to get this over with," she said firmly, though any desire to actually go to the party was completely absent from her mind.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-28 03:16 am UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules didn't need the work of an old god to understand that kind of despair. For a long time he bore guilt and shame for what he'd done to those he cared for, he didn't want to leave Hebe alone like that. He let her go reluctantly leading her out the door with a gentle push against the small of her back. His hand then found hers, snaking that large hand with her fingers and leading her down the steps.
They looked so different standing side by side, her small and youthful, he the large brute who could easily crush her head between his hands. Yet, he was very patient and soft with her.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-28 03:26 pm UTC (link) Track This
There were few times in Hebe's own life that she felt any pain that could even compare to his. She had been taken care of, given everything she ever wanted or needed, protected from the evils of the world. She had nothing to be sad about.
The moment Hebe stepped into the room where most of the guests had decided to flock to she stopped abruptly. She was looking from every face, making sure her sister wasn't there. If Enyo dared show up tonight she'd likely be on display with punishment. "I don't see her, do you?" She asked quietly, still taking in the room to make sure. She couldn't feel or see her sister, but that didn't mean she wouldn't show. She stayed close to him, pressed right up against him, simply because she needed that physical comfort. The crowd was too large for her liking. Long past were the days in which she greeted such company.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-28 04:45 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules still had told her little of what he'd done to Enyo, but he knew her sister would not be so stupid as to attack Hebe here or he would finish what he'd promised. "No. She won't bother you."
His arm nestled snuggly around her waist. "Want to go later, just say," he instructed her.
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-26 05:44 am UTC (link) Track This
Hades far from liked having to attend this party, but his presence would be missed if he failed to show, and as one of the Sons of Cronus (Crappy as his deal may have been) he had to make an appearance. He hadn't bothered to get too dressed up for this however. He saw he fact he even bothered to show as effort enough.
He'd noticed the Fates and made a note to speak to them later, a the very least he'd have someone to talk to besides Persephone, but no one else truly registered. Well save the other two sons of Nyx that brought souls into his domain.
He stood aside from most of everyone else, already a drink in hand and watching. He'd spend most of his time, when he got invited to such things of course, like this even back on Olympus. Just watching. Few ever wanted to speak to him and he was rather alright with that.
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-26 02:18 pm UTC (link) Track This
If there was anything that Euterpe was good at (besides the obvious musical talents) it was being friendly with everyone in the pantheon, even those that others liked to avoid. Euterpe was even polite and giving to Poseidon to his face. (Behind his back it was another matter.)
So with a smile as bright as her dress, Euterpe approached Hades. "Hello, Lord Necrodegmon," she said to him with a polite nod of her head. "How are you enjoying yourself?" He didn't actually look like he was at all, but it was good to at least ask.
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-26 07:11 pm UTC (link) Track This
When Euterpe approached him he was half surprised. He knew the Muses, if only by reputation, and did his best to keep track of his little brother's bastards. Seeing how either they, or their families, tended to end up in his realm due to his sister's influence he felt it more his job to do so then anyone else's.
"Not a name I've heard too often anymore." He bowed his head to her, before offering a shrug, "I am forced to attend a party I'd rather avoid, knowing there are a handful of beings willing to speak to me. I hoe you're enjoying yourself more?"
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-28 08:51 am UTC (link) Track This
"A pity this doesn't all suit," Euterpe told him with a smaller smile, still warmth behind it. (There was no risk of her, a Muse, ever being kidnapped away to the underworld and Hades' faithfulness to that stolen wife meant Euterpe meant he was no threat to her unless she said something to offend either he or his Lady.)
"But," she added, "you and your fellow Olympians all look wonderful. And," she suggested playfully, "there's an open bar."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-28 09:07 am UTC (link) Track This
Hades had once been foolish enough to kidnap a daughter of a Harvest goddess. He'd have never lost his mind enough to steal a Muse. But he liked his nieces. A few spoke to him often enough to remind him not all feared him.
He smirked, then chuckled. "Now you're flattering for the sake of it girl. Leave it. I do not need such words." Then he nodded, "and thank goodness for that. I'll need it. I do not keep track much, I'm a terrible Uncle for it, so please tell me what you're doing with yourself?"
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-28 09:14 am UTC (link) Track This
"As a Muse," Euterpe reminded him shyly, "it's sometimes too easy to fall back onto flattery of my betters. Apologies, Uncle." She bowed her head - just a little and just once - and then said, "I've been busy with mortal children, teaching them the ways of music when I'm not with Clio. I've been playing house with her while she carries her child."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-28 09:27 am UTC (link) Track This
He smiled, doing more of that now he was forgetting his duty as the Lord of the Dead and going back to his roots, and shrugged, "I'm hardly your better girl. I'm the Thirteenth because they had to include me, as a son of my father's." He nodded, "good that you are. I've worried for her. Still, not having a Greek child," he was a purist in some ways, "and keeping company with Christians, of all things."
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-29 05:31 am UTC (link) Track This
"I didn't know what to think of it at first," Euterpe admitted, looking over for a moment to where she could see Clio sitting with Thalia, before looking back at Hades. "I didn't like it at all, but the father seems nice. Very creative, a famous writer, so he's mostly Muse-approved now. I'm still not sure how I feel about the Christian part. They're very nice the ones I've met through her, but still... Christians are strange creatures."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-29 05:46 am UTC (link) Track This
He raised an eyebrow, "the more I hear, the curiouser I am. I have no right to demand anything." Had it been Makaria he'd have forced whoever it was to give him a grandchild into marriage. He didn't even care if it would be hypocritical. There wouldn't be any place to hide from Hades' anger anyway.
"But I have expressed a desire to meet this writer of hers. A little bit of 'don't fuck up. We watch.'" He smirked, "I think Makaria will hate me for that, if she ever meets someone." Then he nodded, "And I will not forget how one of theirs hurt one of ours. They may forget, but we're Greeks. We practically invented how to hold a grudge."
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Ate (Open to anyone)
[info]recklessate
2011-06-26 07:55 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate already had a drink in hand and was waiting for the drama to unfurl. (The suggestion that there wouldn't be drama was completely out of the question. It was a room full of well-dressed massive egos. It would just take a little time for it to happen.)
The goddess of ruin felt bubbly and joyful, dressed deceptively cutely as she flitted between the daimons who had deigned to come, and whispered sweet little lies in the ears of others. (Not enough to get herself kicked out or killed, just until they told her to go away.)
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-26 09:34 am UTC (link) Track This
Ares didn't like being around his parents. He didn't agree with either of them, but he'd come because he was forced to. He'd even worn the outfit Aphrdoite had said to wear (after a great deal of convincing and getting favors), and once he'd arrived he'd made a line to the bar.
He'd only left it when he'd spotted Ate. He'd watched her for a while until he could corner her with a drink and kiss. "Hows one of my favorite sisters then?"
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-26 09:44 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate wrapped her arms around Ares' neck with a beaming smile. "Waiting for shit to go down," she purred and then kissed his lips again. He tasted like something different to what she was drinking, and she decided that she'd have that next instead of the champagne.
"Where's your slut-wife?" Ate asked him sweetly, still hanging off her brother.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-26 09:53 am UTC (link) Track This
Laughing he let his hands rest on the small of her back, "Well I saw some apples floating about so you might get it." He'd hardly stop Eris. She'd gotten him a ten year long war. He'd done good off that.
He rolled his eyes and motioned to Aphrodite, "over there, not doing more then you do."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-28 08:55 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate laughed brightly, looking past him for Eris wherever she was. She liked Eris. Eris broke things. "Maybe we'll all get lucky then."
The vision of Aphrodite on the other side of the room - chatting to Dionysus, hands on the wine god - meant very little to her. Aphrodite - like almost all the Olympians and any love god - was meaningless in all ways that Ate could see. "Everyone knows you like me better," Ate crooned at her younger brother, head tilted and with a smirk.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-28 09:12 am UTC (link) Track This
"Just maybe." He reached out and took a drink from a passing servant and handed it to Ate, "in the meantime we get to drink. Just don't break any of the old man's shit."
Laughing he leaned down and bit at her shoulder before setting a finger on her lips, "shhhh. Don't spoil the surprise. Come on, let's find the music, put something on and see if we can get Hera to grow grey hairs."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-28 09:19 am UTC (link) Track This
"Don't break any of his shit? Awww," Ate pouted. "Would you have to spank me?" She pit a finger against her lips, the image of innocent school girl. "Besides, daddy kept me locked up in his little prison room here for a month. I deserve to break a few little things." Not that she'd completely minded Zeus keeping her around. Sure, it sucked when he'd ignored her, but it had been great when he remembered his prisoner.
"You're so trying to get me killed," Ate said at his comment about Hera, but the cheeky expression on her face said she didn't mind.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-28 09:30 am UTC (link) Track This
He winked to her, sliding his hand down her backside, "only if you're good. But no, Hera'd have me pay for it. I don't have the money." He was curious to why Ate was kept up here though, "so why did daddy dearest keep you here? And break some godlings. Not one of mine though, Dite'd have my head."
He winked at her and dragged her along, "say it was my idea. And just don't tell her Zeus kept you here. Then she'd just make you learn to fly."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-29 05:18 am UTC (link) Track This
Why had Zeus locked her up? Now that she was being asked, Ate couldn't quite remember. "I don't remember," Ate said thoughtfully. "I think I killed someone. Oh!" she said brightly as she remembered. "I broke in and killed his barman." The daimon of ruin chuckled at the memory of it all. "And I wouldn't break your kids. I like you kids." Then she made a face. "Ew, except I just remembered you have ones that aren't the Terror Twins. I don't like them."
"Oh sugar," Ate said with a shake of her head as Ares pulled her after him. "I ain't getting myself on Hera's bad side. Not that she has a good side."
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-29 05:27 am UTC (link) Track This
He pulled her along, listening to the things that made sense and didn't. He didn't quite know his way around his father's place but he found the sound system easily enough. He smirked at her then, "I figured you'd remember the spoiled brat," he nodded to Eros. "Haven't seen my boys have you?" Ares didn't make it a secret that Fear and Panic were his favorites, along with Enyo.
"It's because the Ice Bitch ain't getting laid," few would dare to speak about Hera that way. Ares was one of the few. Being her son should have some advantages. "Alright, let's see if the old man has got something decent to play."
She'd already send out word to her daughter to make her appearance, and now made a last round, smoothing out the lines of her gown. She was looking forward to this evening. Punishing Hephaestus would be amusing, if nothing else, and she still held on to the fact he'd once dared to imprison her.
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 09:15 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus stuck to the shadows of the party, although there weren't nearly enough of them. Even if he wasn't the one being put in the spotlight, he still felt tense. And so he leaned against a wall, dressed in his least-rumpled shirt and dress pants, keeping an eye out for his brother and Iris and sipping a class of wine.
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[info]bringerofsleep
Dressed in his new suit and hat, Hypnos slid through the crowd, hat pulled down low over his face, trying not to catch the eye of anyone powerful enough to turn him into a greasy, smoking smear on the ground. He got himself a martini (he'd always wanted to try one), and looked around for a friendly face. Thankfully, he spotted Morpheus rather quickly and made his way over. "And thus begins the weirdest, most on edge party I have ever been to," he said by way of greeting.
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 09:33 pm UTC (link) Track This
Death was rarely invited to many parties, so for this one he'd dressed up. He could find Hypnos fairly easily, and as Death tended to follow Sleep he made his way to his brothers, coming up behind them. "What are we hiding from brothers?"
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 09:38 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus grinned brightly at seeing his siblings. He hadn't gotten the chance to spend much time with Thanatos, having been busy avoiding Nyx, so the party would at least be good for catching up.
"Everyone," Morpheus answered, taking another long sip of wine. "I think you might be busy tonight, Thantos, depending on how angry Hera is."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 09:52 pm UTC (link) Track This
He gave a smile to the joke, "no. I've never known Hera to be gentle. Our sisters, perhaps they will be busy." He didn't fear either King or Queen of the Gods. He saw the threads of Fate, and obeyed those. Not even Zeus or Hera could stop him if it was either of their times.
"I have not seen you in some time Morpheus. You are well?" He glanced to Hypnos then, "Lyra says hello."
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-25 09:53 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Everyone," Hypnos agreed, knocking back half his drink in one go. He looked at both of them and grinned a bit. "This looks like the setup to a joke, Sleep, Dream and Death all walk into a party."
"But let's hope you're really not," he added. "And tell her I said hi when you see her next! I'd like to meet her."
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-25 10:03 pm UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus laughed at Hypnos' joke, keeping his snicker quiet. No need to draw undue attention to themselves. After a moment of consideration, he told Thanatos, "Iris and I have been in Las Vegas, having a vacation. We apparently got married, it's been very interesting."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-25 10:08 pm UTC (link) Track This
He nodded to Hypnos comment, knowing he needed to make some time for his friend to meet his twin. At Morpheus' admittance he blinked before smiling. "Congratulations to you both. I'll give my best to Iris when I see her." Thanatos didn't really get marriage, but it wasn't something for him.
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-25 10:16 pm UTC (link) Track This
"I know, right?" Hypnos agreed with a grin. "As soon as she turns up, we need to flag her down. Also, apparently there are pictures of Morpheus with his hair in a Miss USA style, which I really need to see. This is imperative." He swallowed down what would have been a really loud laugh, turning it into a long, quiet chuckle instead.
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[info]dreamshaper
2011-06-26 02:03 am UTC (link) Track This
Morpheus snorted. "I'll have you know my hair looked just as magnificent as Miss USA's. Iris is an excellent hairdresser."
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-26 06:01 am UTC (link) Track This
To that image, Thanatos had to laugh. "This I must see as well now. I am sure that will be something to remember for quite some time." he grew serious after a moment, setting his hand on Hypnos' arm, "can you come to the hospital tomorrow? The patient I've been speaking of, the one that believes? It is his time. You were asked for."
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 08:04 am UTC (link) Track This
Hypnos snickered. "I have no doubt. On both counts. But pictures are required. Like the mortals say, 'Pics or it didn't happen'."
He sobered immediately, however, at his twin's request. "Of course I will," he replied, resting his hand on Thanatos'. "Just tell me when you need me there."
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[info]skyandsea
2011-06-26 12:57 pm UTC (link) Track This
Iris wouldn't be a proper messenger if she didn't provide Hypnos with the pictures he so desperately wanted to see, and oh how she just happened to make her appearance right when he said that. She strolled over, grinning ear to ear and already had pictures in hand. She gave Morpheus a sweet, innocent smile. "Remember this is to prove you're not a liar."
After she'd handed the pictures over she smiled all around to them, "Hello, boys. Good evening so far?" Iris wasn't much for a large gathering of Greeks. It only screamed something bad was inevitable, but she still remained her upbeat self. She had gone with the first dress in her little "poll" mainly because Morpheus had voted for it. It was a tie between this and the last one, but she weighed his opinion a little more heavily than her own with this.
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[info]a_gentle_death
2011-06-26 07:14 pm UTC (link) Track This
He'd looked over the pictures with half a smile, chuckling at his brother's up do. He worried for Morpheus though. He knew Iris had been wed before. He hoped it would turn out well, they seemed to enjoy one another and bring happiness.
He gave Iris a nod "so far, yes. I do not see my sisters about just yet so I assume all is quiet. It seems I owe you congratulations Iris, for joining the family. I wish you the best."
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 09:23 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hypnos had to laugh at the sight, a bright sound that sounded out of place, but he couldn't help it. "It looks good," he said, not even bothering to hide his grin.
"Elpis is here, I think," he added. "I don't know about any of the others. And yes, congratulations to both of you. And maybe a good luck? Speaking from lots of personal experience, our family is kind of crazy."
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Atropos hadn't been lying when she said that she and her sisters were not looking forward to this party in the slightest. But Hades had been right, assembling so many of them in one place was guaranteed to cause problems. And so, they dressed up, and arrived at Zeus' penthouse just before the party was due to start. Clotho was still looking a little pale, and she'd had a few missteps in her bright red shoes before they had left, but when Atropos had offered to call and make their excuses, she'd fixed her with a firm look and taken a few deep breaths.
"I am not an invalid, Atropos," she'd said, a lot of the old Clotho back in her voice. "And besides, if we don't show, who will talk to Hades?" She'd done a few far steadier lengths of the shop, and nodded in a satisfied way once she'd reached the door. "Alright," she'd said, and swept out of the shop after her sisters.
Presently, Atropos was sipping on a gin and tonic, after having commandeered a chair from one of the servers. "I'm old and my feet hurt," she'd said, glaring at the girl, who had quailed and ran to fetch one. Lachesis had quietly snorted, moving to Atropos' right, while Clotho was on the left. As one, the three of them sighed. It was going to be a long night.
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[info]praxidikai
2011-06-26 08:09 pm UTC (link) Track This
The Praxidikai, while not exactly liking being commanded to come to a party they knew nothing about, each had a different view on the matter. Praxidike was naturally cautious about the whole thing. Arete enjoyed a good time so this was likely to make her happy somewhat. And Homonoia was just quiet as they each filed into the penthouse. They had no idea what to wear (the invite had been rather vague) so they just winged it.
Their only relief was when they spotted the Moirai and Praxidike made a beeline for them, closely followed by Homonoia as Arete lagged a little to say hi so some others.
Praxidike greeted the Fates with a half-smile. "Clotho, I'm so relieved to know you're alright." Homonoia just smiled awkwardly and kept glancing around while Arete finally showed up and gave them the biggest greeting yet. "Good to see you're all here. It wouldn't have been worth it without you all." Of course, she said it quietly so only the six of them could hear.
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[info]relentless_fate
2011-06-26 09:14 pm UTC (link) Track This
As soon as the Fates spotted the Praxidikai, their moods lifted. Here were three goddesses they could honestly say understood how they functioned, as a unit, and didn't give them grief for voicing their opinions.
Clotho smiled back. "Thank you, Praxidike, it's so good to be back up and around. Perhaps this wasn't the first place I'd have chosen to show my face again, but here we are." She shrugged.
Atropos smiled at Arete. "Well, we are so glad the three of you are here. If I have to be on the receiving end of one more halfway terrified look, I think I might smack someone."
Lachesis added, "Thank you, Arete, that's very sweet of you to say. How have the three of you been since we saw you last?"
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[info]praxidikai
2011-06-26 09:24 pm UTC (link) Track This
Praxidike studied Clotho, though she couldn't really judge for herself if the other goddess was fully ready for this event. Who was? "It certainly wouldn't be my first choice." She stopped short of saying This is the last place I'd show up without a command and only because they functioned because of Fate did they even bother to show.
Arete bit her lip but couldn't hold back her laughter. "I think mom misses those looks, sometimes." To which Praxidike did give her daughter a side-long look that suggested never to say that ever again lest she wanted to be at the end of a blunt sword. Not that Praxidike would ever raise a hand to her children. They would be the exception to the rule and Praxidike didn't break rules.
She then shrugged in response to Lachesis, "Really, without you three here we'd end up doing things we probably shouldn't be doing without your consent." IN which she obviously meant punishing or even taking lives without Fate giving the go-ahead.
"We've been busy, of course," she Praxidike. "Homonoia's boyfriend stayed with us for a while during that business with Ariadne and Dionysus. He was unfortunately a target of the gods powers without Dionysus knowing it, but he's all better now," Arete grinned and winked at her sister who in turn gave a stony face and just sort-of-smiled at the Moirai, "He's back to his old self," Homonoia reassured them all. "Other than that things have been strangely quiet, though we did notice the absence of one particular Olympian who has been being a spectacle of himself," said Praxidike with a suggestive look at the crowd.
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Moros would really like to know who had thought it was a good idea to invite the spirit of doom to a party. He'd really like to know, mostly so he could shake their hand. There was an uneasy feeling throughout the entire place, and he just basked in it, curling it around him like a blanket.
Adjusting the cuffs on his suit, he slid inside, unnoticed from what he could tell (because let's face it, who wants to notice Doom?), and got himself a glass of scotch. He glanced around, trying to see if any of his siblings were there, but if not, that was fine too. Even if he didn't speak to anyone, at least he'd showed.
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 05:57 am UTC (link) Track This
While Elpis had come with Atropos, the minute she'd noticed her counterpart she'd moved to him. He'd helped her pick out her dress, and now wanted to show it off.
That and she knew few would otherwise speak to her brother. Grinning she stepped beside him, "boo. Nice crowd huh?" She wondered if anyone would notice the fact that she was around, which she didn't really care for so long as she didn't have to be in another box, but was curious to see who else was there. "You look very sharp there big brother. I'm amazed you have a suit."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 08:15 am UTC (link) Track This
Eyeing Elpis over his scotch, he shrugged with one shoulder. "I suppose," he said. He lowered his voice before continuing. "But the sooner I can leave, the better."
He smirked a little in reply. "On occasion, I can clean up nice. I only bust this thing out for...well, things like this. And you're rocking a pretty awesome look yourself."
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:04 am UTC (link) Track This
She chuckled and nudged him, "you helped me pick it out, but thank you. I figured a bit of Hope couldn't be bad in places like this. Besides there's Gods here I have never met. Like the Olympians. I just heard about it." She looked over the crowd, "so you'll have to tell me who is who."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 09:17 am UTC (link) Track This
"True," he agreed. "Doesn't mean I can't give my sister a compliment, now does it?"
"A lot of them, I'm not too fond of, but that's just me," he said, side-eyeing the entire room. "But there's two of Zeus' enforcers over there, Zelos and Bia." He gestured to them. "And in that corner, the woman with the dark hair in silver and white? That's Aphrodite." He did a double-take at the rather skinny brunette in black, but recognized her, belatedly, as Demeter, and pointed her out to Elpis. (Without actually pointing. Drawing an angry Olympian's attention was the last thing he wanted to do.)
"As far as siblings go, Hypnos, Thanatos, Morpheus and the Fates are all here, Atropos seems to be holding court," he remarked with a smirk, raising a glass in her direction and grinning when she rolled her eyes and Lachesis waved.
"Hades is here too, I think," he added, drawing her gaze to the silent Lord of the Underworld. "Though I don't see Persephone. And that's Clio, sitting down in the white. And Hecate looks like she's going in circles, the woman with the corset and black hair, see?"
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:24 am UTC (link) Track This
Smiling she nodded, taking a drink from a passing servant. "Well then thank you. Gods knows those are rare enough." She looked at those he mentioned, taking note of everyone. She knew who to avoid by name alone. Not even Hope needed that kind of attention.
"Oh I know. I felt Death when I came in. I said hello. And Atropos always holds court. She's the real power you know." She smirked, saying it low enough not to draw attention. "Okay so I know who not to talk to. So far, so good right?"
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-26 09:43 am UTC (link) Track This
He stuck his tongue out at her. "You make it sound like I'm never nice. I'm wounded, Elpis." He smirked then. "Oh, wait..." He chuckled softly. "I give them when they're warranted."
"Yeah, he's kind of hard to miss. I should go say hi too, get all the 'Dr. Doom' jokes out of the way now." He rolled his eyes. "Well you know I agree with you there, but gods forbid anyone say it out loud, right?" he said, lowering his voice to match hers. "Let Zeus think what he likes," he added, almost too quiet to hear.
"Definitely hopes to have that information right off the bat," he replied. "So yeah, that's good. Also, what do you wanna bet you'll be one of maybe...three people that talk to me all night?"
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-26 09:50 am UTC (link) Track This
She gave him a playful shove, knowing he'd hardly feel it. She wasn't very strong, but it wasn't needed either. "I'm the nice one out of the two of us and you know it." She nodded, "And I know. Just teasing."
She had to laugh to that, she would get her own in, eventually, "You should. Come on, how many jokes does Thanatos make these days? I think eh earns some jokes." She glanced around, not wanting Zeus to appear all of a sudden. "I think he does already."
"You could be more social. I could drag you to people."
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[info]doom_andgloom
2011-06-27 03:05 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Sugar and spice and everything nice," he drawled, barely even swaying. "I know. But I think it's in the big brother/opposite contract that I have to give you shit at least once every time I see you."
He smirked. "Not many, but I never really pegged him for the joking type in the first place. He can have his fun, but I just know I'm going to get the Dr. Doom comics from him for Christmas. Or possibly you." He shrugged. "Hasn't he always?"
He snorted. "Yeah, that'd go over well. 'Hi, I'm Hope, have you met my brother Doom?'" He considered it for a moment. "Actually, that could be kind of entertaining. Lead the way."
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[info]done_by_hope
2011-06-27 06:59 pm UTC (link) Track This
She nodded, as if that was pure truth, "and don't you forget it." There were times she could be more like her siblings, more like the dark stuff of Night but those were rare. It was a hard thing to spark her temper. "And that's why I never let you meet any person I date."
She chuckled, "everyone's changed a little now. Thanatos is more open, joking now. I hardly mind. He may be the thing waiting for us all, but that doesn't mean he can't smile. And of course. I'll collaborate with him and find you all the good ones." She nodded, "he has."
"Oh come on you'll love the look on their faces. They won't know what to think. Whether it's a bad thing I'm partially out of Pandora's box, or that you're here." She smirked. "So let's find someone."
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 02:20 am UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He hadn't long been back when hearing of the invite to Zeus'. With is old man there, Hercules hardly felt Hera would try to intervene again with her jealous tactics. Hercules wasn't a favorite of hers, but he was Zeus'.
Hebe had expressed her desire to not go, but he'd play her valiant hero for the night if she wanted. It was harder to find fancy clothes for the big guy to squeeze into without looking like he was stuffed into it. He'd finally found a nice gray jacket to wear over a low buttoned collared shirt, vest and dark wash jeans, but beyond that he wasn't going to doll it up too much. There was a realm of awkwardness as there hadn't been this many Greeks huddled around in one area like this in some time.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 03:55 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe wasn't looking forward to think. She didn't understand why she had to attend this party, actually make an appearance, when she could just stay in her room and say she had gone. It wasn't fair. She should be allowed to choose whether to go out there or to stay in here and not be bothered. Right now the only people she wanted to see were the only ones she'd seen lately. That was her choice, and yet inside there was that conflicting voice reminding her she had no freedom.
She sighed, staring at herself in the mirror. At least she had been allowed to choose her dress. For the part ten minutes she had been "applying her makeup" in preparation to leave the room and get this thing over with. But she hadn't set foot out the door. When the servant had left she had to push back the urge to lock the door and climb out the window. Maybe she was just waiting for her only strength to get there for her to hold onto. She was just waiting for her husband to convince her to get out there before her mother or father did.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 06:21 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hebe still hadn't showed which caused Hercules to worry. Looking down to his watch he noticed the time. If Hebe didn't make an appearance soon Hera would make sure she did. He slipped out from the crowd, as much as the big guy could and headed upstairs to see where his little wife was.
Knocking on the door before entering he found her still staring at her form in the mirror as if she were in a panic.
"Hebe," he said simply.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 06:27 pm UTC (link) Track This
"I don't want to go out there," was her response. And she didn't. She had absolutely no reason to be there because this had absolutely nothing to do with her. The days of being cup bearer were over and the closest she came to Olympus was being the daughter of their rulers.
She wasn't important anymore.
She finally set her unopened lipstick down and turned. "Do I look alright?" Apart from the obviousness of her very much not wanting to be doing this she looked very pretty. She felt pretty and she knew she looked it, but she still didn't like the dress. She wouldn't dare tell her mother that.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 09:25 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He stood over her, his shadow hoovering as his hands rested on her shoulders, fingers stroking against her cheek. "You look pretty," he said giving her the softest of smiles.
Something else ailed her that Hercules had yet to get from her since he'd returned. Instead he'd stayed quiet, being the strength she needed. He pulled her into a warm embrace, his large hands cloaking her in their hold.
"Okay?" he asked wishing she'd say more like she used to. Wishing she was bouncy and energetic like she used to be. He missed that.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 09:40 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe smiled a little, more genuine that it had been lately. While she knew she was protected now, that the only thing standing between her and anyone who wanted to hurt her were the three people she loved more than anything else, she was still terrified.
"No," she said in a whisper, unable to explain exactly what she felt. Something had stuck to her while she was held captive. It wasn't her sister, she knew that much. There was something inside that was sad and broken when Hebe had absolutely no reason to be so.
With an effort she stood up straight and walked out the door to get this night over with.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-26 09:53 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules let his hands slide off her shoulders taking hold of her hand before she could exit.
"Hebe," he insisted with a more stern voice than he'd given her in a while. He knew not what Enyo had done, but he'd made sure Enyo paid for breaking his little wife, and Hercules himself still in time may finish the deed. He'd given her the benefit of the doubt, a decision he still wondered had been the right one. If Enyo showed her face not even Zeus would stop him.
"Talk to me," he gave her slightly upturned brows, innocent even like that of a child that needed to be sure those he cared for were alright. His world wasn't alright if her's wasn't.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-26 10:47 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hebe stopped stopped just short of the door. Jaw clenched she could barely remember everything that had happened while she was gone. She hadn't been treated horribly, but the constant silence was what had really gotten to her. She had been kept in the dark, tied on the floor and though she knew now that it had been Enyo, at the time she had no idea. Her sister never breathed a word to her.
"Something latched onto me. I don't know what it was but it won't let go," she said in a small voice. Whatever it was, she felt worthless a lot of the time. Dreams were strange and vivid and often times she would cry huddled in the corner. She had no reason to, not with the protection that surrounded her.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-27 04:57 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
He was a man of good strength and vigor, but he had failed this wife just as he had the one's before. Hebe tugged at his heart strings with her quiet demeanor. It wasn't like her and he just wanted to fold his arms around her and never let her out of his sight again. He hadn't protected her before, and as much as he hated for Hera's words to sting, they did.
He folded her into him with a gentleness that seemed impossible for one as strong as him. His hand brushed through her hair. He wasn't the big talker, he never was, but he just wanted to hear what she had to say, for Hebe was usually bouncing around talking about her day even if he never replied back.
She was too pure to have such dark thoughts sit in her mind. He had lots of them. He petted her softly as if the action would console her.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-27 08:32 pm UTC (link) Track This
"That's why I don't want to go," she went on. "I don't know what happened. I just don't feel like myself anymore." She didn't go into anymore detail than that. It was enough to know she wasn't feeling herself. She didn't need to start spouting off about how she felt worthless sometimes, and for no reason at all.
She practically melted against him and stayed that way for several minutes. Hebe had been sheltered from certain things. Had she known more about the oldest of the gods she might have been able to pinpoint where this was all coming from. That she had been stuck in darkness and silence with no idea where she was was why it was sticking with her for so long. Khaos held on tight, even if she didn't know it.
"Let's go. I want to get this over with," she said firmly, though any desire to actually go to the party was completely absent from her mind.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-28 03:16 am UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules didn't need the work of an old god to understand that kind of despair. For a long time he bore guilt and shame for what he'd done to those he cared for, he didn't want to leave Hebe alone like that. He let her go reluctantly leading her out the door with a gentle push against the small of her back. His hand then found hers, snaking that large hand with her fingers and leading her down the steps.
They looked so different standing side by side, her small and youthful, he the large brute who could easily crush her head between his hands. Yet, he was very patient and soft with her.
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[info]divineyouth
2011-06-28 03:26 pm UTC (link) Track This
There were few times in Hebe's own life that she felt any pain that could even compare to his. She had been taken care of, given everything she ever wanted or needed, protected from the evils of the world. She had nothing to be sad about.
The moment Hebe stepped into the room where most of the guests had decided to flock to she stopped abruptly. She was looking from every face, making sure her sister wasn't there. If Enyo dared show up tonight she'd likely be on display with punishment. "I don't see her, do you?" She asked quietly, still taking in the room to make sure. She couldn't feel or see her sister, but that didn't mean she wouldn't show. She stayed close to him, pressed right up against him, simply because she needed that physical comfort. The crowd was too large for her liking. Long past were the days in which she greeted such company.
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[info]worlds_vigor
2011-06-28 04:45 pm UTC (link) DeleteTrack This
Hercules still had told her little of what he'd done to Enyo, but he knew her sister would not be so stupid as to attack Hebe here or he would finish what he'd promised. "No. She won't bother you."
His arm nestled snuggly around her waist. "Want to go later, just say," he instructed her.
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-26 05:44 am UTC (link) Track This
Hades far from liked having to attend this party, but his presence would be missed if he failed to show, and as one of the Sons of Cronus (Crappy as his deal may have been) he had to make an appearance. He hadn't bothered to get too dressed up for this however. He saw he fact he even bothered to show as effort enough.
He'd noticed the Fates and made a note to speak to them later, a the very least he'd have someone to talk to besides Persephone, but no one else truly registered. Well save the other two sons of Nyx that brought souls into his domain.
He stood aside from most of everyone else, already a drink in hand and watching. He'd spend most of his time, when he got invited to such things of course, like this even back on Olympus. Just watching. Few ever wanted to speak to him and he was rather alright with that.
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-26 02:18 pm UTC (link) Track This
If there was anything that Euterpe was good at (besides the obvious musical talents) it was being friendly with everyone in the pantheon, even those that others liked to avoid. Euterpe was even polite and giving to Poseidon to his face. (Behind his back it was another matter.)
So with a smile as bright as her dress, Euterpe approached Hades. "Hello, Lord Necrodegmon," she said to him with a polite nod of her head. "How are you enjoying yourself?" He didn't actually look like he was at all, but it was good to at least ask.
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-26 07:11 pm UTC (link) Track This
When Euterpe approached him he was half surprised. He knew the Muses, if only by reputation, and did his best to keep track of his little brother's bastards. Seeing how either they, or their families, tended to end up in his realm due to his sister's influence he felt it more his job to do so then anyone else's.
"Not a name I've heard too often anymore." He bowed his head to her, before offering a shrug, "I am forced to attend a party I'd rather avoid, knowing there are a handful of beings willing to speak to me. I hoe you're enjoying yourself more?"
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-28 08:51 am UTC (link) Track This
"A pity this doesn't all suit," Euterpe told him with a smaller smile, still warmth behind it. (There was no risk of her, a Muse, ever being kidnapped away to the underworld and Hades' faithfulness to that stolen wife meant Euterpe meant he was no threat to her unless she said something to offend either he or his Lady.)
"But," she added, "you and your fellow Olympians all look wonderful. And," she suggested playfully, "there's an open bar."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-28 09:07 am UTC (link) Track This
Hades had once been foolish enough to kidnap a daughter of a Harvest goddess. He'd have never lost his mind enough to steal a Muse. But he liked his nieces. A few spoke to him often enough to remind him not all feared him.
He smirked, then chuckled. "Now you're flattering for the sake of it girl. Leave it. I do not need such words." Then he nodded, "and thank goodness for that. I'll need it. I do not keep track much, I'm a terrible Uncle for it, so please tell me what you're doing with yourself?"
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-28 09:14 am UTC (link) Track This
"As a Muse," Euterpe reminded him shyly, "it's sometimes too easy to fall back onto flattery of my betters. Apologies, Uncle." She bowed her head - just a little and just once - and then said, "I've been busy with mortal children, teaching them the ways of music when I'm not with Clio. I've been playing house with her while she carries her child."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-28 09:27 am UTC (link) Track This
He smiled, doing more of that now he was forgetting his duty as the Lord of the Dead and going back to his roots, and shrugged, "I'm hardly your better girl. I'm the Thirteenth because they had to include me, as a son of my father's." He nodded, "good that you are. I've worried for her. Still, not having a Greek child," he was a purist in some ways, "and keeping company with Christians, of all things."
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[info]spiritofsong
2011-06-29 05:31 am UTC (link) Track This
"I didn't know what to think of it at first," Euterpe admitted, looking over for a moment to where she could see Clio sitting with Thalia, before looking back at Hades. "I didn't like it at all, but the father seems nice. Very creative, a famous writer, so he's mostly Muse-approved now. I'm still not sure how I feel about the Christian part. They're very nice the ones I've met through her, but still... Christians are strange creatures."
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[info]unseenone
2011-06-29 05:46 am UTC (link) Track This
He raised an eyebrow, "the more I hear, the curiouser I am. I have no right to demand anything." Had it been Makaria he'd have forced whoever it was to give him a grandchild into marriage. He didn't even care if it would be hypocritical. There wouldn't be any place to hide from Hades' anger anyway.
"But I have expressed a desire to meet this writer of hers. A little bit of 'don't fuck up. We watch.'" He smirked, "I think Makaria will hate me for that, if she ever meets someone." Then he nodded, "And I will not forget how one of theirs hurt one of ours. They may forget, but we're Greeks. We practically invented how to hold a grudge."
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Ate (Open to anyone)
[info]recklessate
2011-06-26 07:55 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate already had a drink in hand and was waiting for the drama to unfurl. (The suggestion that there wouldn't be drama was completely out of the question. It was a room full of well-dressed massive egos. It would just take a little time for it to happen.)
The goddess of ruin felt bubbly and joyful, dressed deceptively cutely as she flitted between the daimons who had deigned to come, and whispered sweet little lies in the ears of others. (Not enough to get herself kicked out or killed, just until they told her to go away.)
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-26 09:34 am UTC (link) Track This
Ares didn't like being around his parents. He didn't agree with either of them, but he'd come because he was forced to. He'd even worn the outfit Aphrdoite had said to wear (after a great deal of convincing and getting favors), and once he'd arrived he'd made a line to the bar.
He'd only left it when he'd spotted Ate. He'd watched her for a while until he could corner her with a drink and kiss. "Hows one of my favorite sisters then?"
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-26 09:44 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate wrapped her arms around Ares' neck with a beaming smile. "Waiting for shit to go down," she purred and then kissed his lips again. He tasted like something different to what she was drinking, and she decided that she'd have that next instead of the champagne.
"Where's your slut-wife?" Ate asked him sweetly, still hanging off her brother.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-26 09:53 am UTC (link) Track This
Laughing he let his hands rest on the small of her back, "Well I saw some apples floating about so you might get it." He'd hardly stop Eris. She'd gotten him a ten year long war. He'd done good off that.
He rolled his eyes and motioned to Aphrodite, "over there, not doing more then you do."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-28 08:55 am UTC (link) Track This
Ate laughed brightly, looking past him for Eris wherever she was. She liked Eris. Eris broke things. "Maybe we'll all get lucky then."
The vision of Aphrodite on the other side of the room - chatting to Dionysus, hands on the wine god - meant very little to her. Aphrodite - like almost all the Olympians and any love god - was meaningless in all ways that Ate could see. "Everyone knows you like me better," Ate crooned at her younger brother, head tilted and with a smirk.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-28 09:12 am UTC (link) Track This
"Just maybe." He reached out and took a drink from a passing servant and handed it to Ate, "in the meantime we get to drink. Just don't break any of the old man's shit."
Laughing he leaned down and bit at her shoulder before setting a finger on her lips, "shhhh. Don't spoil the surprise. Come on, let's find the music, put something on and see if we can get Hera to grow grey hairs."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-28 09:19 am UTC (link) Track This
"Don't break any of his shit? Awww," Ate pouted. "Would you have to spank me?" She pit a finger against her lips, the image of innocent school girl. "Besides, daddy kept me locked up in his little prison room here for a month. I deserve to break a few little things." Not that she'd completely minded Zeus keeping her around. Sure, it sucked when he'd ignored her, but it had been great when he remembered his prisoner.
"You're so trying to get me killed," Ate said at his comment about Hera, but the cheeky expression on her face said she didn't mind.
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-28 09:30 am UTC (link) Track This
He winked to her, sliding his hand down her backside, "only if you're good. But no, Hera'd have me pay for it. I don't have the money." He was curious to why Ate was kept up here though, "so why did daddy dearest keep you here? And break some godlings. Not one of mine though, Dite'd have my head."
He winked at her and dragged her along, "say it was my idea. And just don't tell her Zeus kept you here. Then she'd just make you learn to fly."
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[info]recklessate
2011-06-29 05:18 am UTC (link) Track This
Why had Zeus locked her up? Now that she was being asked, Ate couldn't quite remember. "I don't remember," Ate said thoughtfully. "I think I killed someone. Oh!" she said brightly as she remembered. "I broke in and killed his barman." The daimon of ruin chuckled at the memory of it all. "And I wouldn't break your kids. I like you kids." Then she made a face. "Ew, except I just remembered you have ones that aren't the Terror Twins. I don't like them."
"Oh sugar," Ate said with a shake of her head as Ares pulled her after him. "I ain't getting myself on Hera's bad side. Not that she has a good side."
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[info]destroyerofmen
2011-06-29 05:27 am UTC (link) Track This
He pulled her along, listening to the things that made sense and didn't. He didn't quite know his way around his father's place but he found the sound system easily enough. He smirked at her then, "I figured you'd remember the spoiled brat," he nodded to Eros. "Haven't seen my boys have you?" Ares didn't make it a secret that Fear and Panic were his favorites, along with Enyo.
"It's because the Ice Bitch ain't getting laid," few would dare to speak about Hera that way. Ares was one of the few. Being her son should have some advantages. "Alright, let's see if the old man has got something decent to play."
Ariel/Kymopleia
Ariel desperately wanted to be miles the other way. Preferably near a warm and sandy beach, where she could sing and ride the waves. But now with the Water God dead, the water felt strange.
It had been a pinch, but she'd found a decent gown. Blue, because it showed who she belonged to (And she knew Greeks, best to get that message across), and she'd decided if she was going to do this, she'd do it big. She kept her eyes open for the Water-Queen, keeping to a corner and avoiding most eyes, but she knew this was like blood to sharks. Sooner or later one of them would smell it and come hunt her down.
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[info]waveranging
2011-06-26 02:25 pm UTC (link) Track This
Kymopoleia liked excuses to drink and it was rare she saw all the gods together like this. She could hardly say no to such an invite, and as one so low in power it wasn't probably smart to go along just to not piss off Hera. No one would protect Kymopoleia should she get on the wrong side of that hag.
Especially not now that Poseidon was dead. Her father wouldn't have protected her, but still she felt a little more exposed without him around. For his memory she dressed in blue - only a shade lighter than her hair - in a dress that reminded her of her own beloved ocean waves.
She didn't write much on the blogs, but that didn't mean she didn't read them and follow. Which was why she recognised the blonde woman, the non-Greek stranger in their midst.
So Kymopoleia made her way over there to the mermaid and said, eying her with curiosity. "I know who you are. You work for Poseidon."
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[info]under_the_sea
2011-06-26 07:19 pm UTC (link) Track This
The feeling of water made her straighten and glance around. From talk, she knew what the water queen looked like, and this didn't feel like Poseidon's son. Therefor when the blue haired woman stood in front of her, she was half curious to who this could be.
But she was polite enough to smile, and nod. "Yes. I do." Dead or not he still paid her and she had to keep his company above water, all puns intended. "I don't think I know you, though."
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[info]waveranging
2011-06-28 09:05 am UTC (link) Track This
"We haven't met," Kymopoleia told the blonde, still looking interested in her. What was so interesting to her father about this non-Greek then? Was there something special that had brought her here, into the abode of the Olympians. "You can call me Ky," she finally said and then looked around. "Enjoying the show?"
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[info]under_the_sea
2011-06-28 09:23 am UTC (link) Track This
She hadn't met anyone here, save the now dead water god. She'd kick his bones for this, if she knew where they were. At least only one had noticed her, in stead of several. "I will." She sensed the trap and smiled, "As much as I can, being the odd duck out. But, boss made orders. I do what I must."
She wondered when the question of 'are you sleeping with Poseidon' would manage to get asked.
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[info]waveranging
2011-06-28 09:33 am UTC (link) Track This
Kymopoleia didn't need to ask that. Ky had already made the assumption, since she was attractive and breathing. Those were Poseidon's only requirements in a sexual partner. The breathing part might have even been optional.
"So have you met the wife yet?" Ky asked with a small smirk, looking over to where her mother was moping. "I guess she doesn't want your head since she's too busy mourning." Ky laughed, low and throaty, at the very idea of mourning Poseidon.
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Bia/The Enforcers
[info]powerandmight
2011-06-26 08:20 am UTC (link) Track This
Given the choice between this, and tromping through the backwoods of Ohio again, Bia would have been on a flight back so fast heads would have spun. But she was one of Zeus' enforcers, and as such, her attendance was pretty much mandatory. But that didn't mean she had to like it.
Dressed in the dress she'd shown Hecate, she slowly scanned the room, tequila in hand. Yes, she was looking out for trouble, but she was also looking for someone that she enjoyed talking to, small list though that might have been.
Though most didn't know it, on rare occasions, Bia could do patient. So for now, she just waited, watched, and drank.
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[info]overzelos
2011-06-26 09:02 am UTC (link) Track This
Dressing up, for Zelos, meant putting on a tie. He was required to attend and watch out for his boss. He wasn't required to make much of an effort.
After chatting with his cousin he slid up next to his sister, holding up a new glass of the drink she had in her hand. On occasion, Zelos could do nice things. "You look stunning, as always." He grinned, half tempted to start a fight but not enough to get a lightning bolt in an uncomfortable place. He knew what happened to those who annoyed Zeus. "So, bets on who will throw the first punch?"
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[info]powerandmight
2011-06-26 09:08 am UTC (link) Track This
Bia accepted the new glass with a grateful look, taking a long drink. "Well thank you," she said, with a little grin. "I like your tie."
She could tell he was itching to do his thing, and lowered her voice. "On any other occasion, I'd be cheering you on to start something," she said conversationally. "As for the first punch? Possibly Kratos. Or me. I swear, you'd think people had never seen me in a skirt before."
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[info]overzelos
2011-06-26 09:19 am UTC (link) Track This
He smirked, "they never specified how much I had to dress up." then he paused, "Ten bucks Kratos won't even bother with a tie." Smiling he set his hand on his sister's shoulder.
"Tsk. I'm rash and reckless. Not stupid. I like not being electrified. I'm on duty just as much as you are." He chuckled, "but you do it so well sis."
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[info]powerandmight
2011-06-26 09:36 am UTC (link) Track This
"I thought about coming in jeans for a while. Decided against it, but oh it was tempting." She bumped his hip with hers. "You're on."
"True, true, and, though I'm sometimes loathe to admit it, true," she said, grinning. "And yes, let's not get electrified tonight, I would really like that."
She smirked, an amused light dancing in her eyes. "Maybe so, but the first person who talks to my chest, or stares at my legs too long, that isn't someone I'm OK with doing that, is getting a heel on their toes. Unless it's Zeus, in which case I smile and don't say a word."
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[info]overzelos
2011-06-26 09:41 am UTC (link) Track This
"You should have. We'd be the talk of the party. You coulda always said 'well I'm on the job, so I got to be casual'." He chuckled, "Hera might've still made you wear a dress though."
He sipped from his own drink, "alright, getting drunk, not having to toss anyone over the railings, and not getting fried. Goals for the evening. And duck when Hera and Zeus fight."
He smirked, "he is the boss. He thinks jump and we do it." He shrugged to it, used to the ways simply were. And despite his talk he was loyal. Zeus was always the one thing he'd ever known to be a constant in his life.
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Aphrodite/Dionysus
[info]aphrogenea
2011-06-26 08:21 am UTC (link) Track This
Casting her eye across the gathered immortals, Aphrodite had been keeping an eye out for Poseidon. Sea-born Aphrodite had always had a strong connection to the ocean, it was the place of her birth and still considered one of her sacred places. So when she had been swimming and felt the strange and uncomfortable drop in her stomach, she'd known it had been Poseidon. Their connection to the sea connected them as much as neither of them may have liked it. There was a reason she'd born him not one but two children, after all.
To say that she was concerned about what had happened to Poseidon would be going to far. It was more that Aphrodite was curious as to what that feeling had been. As yet she'd voiced it to only her husband, but she hoped that tonight she'd find out more.
Clad in white and silver, the goddess of beauty merely waited for the true reasons for this party to become apparent.
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[info]dipsomaniac
2011-06-28 03:05 am UTC (link) Track This
Dionysus hadn't seen Aphrodite since he and Ariadne had moved back into their place. Her dress was stunning, and the lucid god had to compliment her on it.
"Darling," he said letting his hand slide against her hip as he swept up behind her before meeting her eyes, "don't you just look stunning."
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[info]aphrogenea
2011-06-28 08:58 am UTC (link) Track This
Aphrodite gave Dionysus a coy look from under her long, dark lashes. "Don't I always?" she asked him, voice all honey-rich. "Wonderful to see you, mon amour." She laid a kiss on each of his cheeks in turn, her smile warm.
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[info]dipsomaniac
2011-06-29 12:27 am UTC (link) Track This
He kissed her in return on those gorgeous, flawless cheeks of hers, hands nestled on her small waist.
He looked better since last she saw him, his cheeks had returned their color, and he held a more masculine appearance this outing since Ariadne would rather that than he raid her closet.
"I had to fight Ariadne for who had the best look," his hand ran over the tie he wore, pursing his lips which still held their gloss and eyes that smokey look.
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[info]aphrogenea
2011-06-30 03:48 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Don't tell your beloved wife," Aphrodite purred, her lips turned up into a slow smile, "but you look far superior tonight. Hardly her fault," Aphrodite laugh - easily and without malice - "One can hardly match the beauty of Olympians."
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[info]dipsomaniac
2011-06-30 03:56 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Why thank you, doll," he struck a pose with his hand on his hip.
"And you," he held out his arms, taking her hands in them, "why is there not a crowd around you, darling?" he gave a mischievous smile and a wink.
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[info]aphrogenea
2011-06-30 04:01 pm UTC (link) Track This
"You know," Aphrodite said dramatically, "I had just been wondering the very same thing. I'm being dreadfully ignored, even by that husband of mine."
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[info]dipsomaniac
2011-06-30 04:10 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Oh, sweetheart," he cooed "I must remedy that," he gave her a sparkling smile. "Let's be the envy of the party." It wasn't that he meant to leave Ariadne as he'd promised not to just days before, but when two Olympians like he and Aphrodite came together, the erratic god's attention was easy to whisk away.
Clio/Thalia
She'd dressed in a style reminiscent of the old Greek style, one that flattered her current shape and somewhat hid her pregnancy, and had found a place to sit and observe. She figured she was the only Greek here who wasn't drinking, and while she usually needed a glass or two to deal with her family she figured someone should remain sober.
If only to remind everyone later of what they all did.
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[info]makethemlaugh
2011-06-26 09:26 am UTC (link) Track This
Thalia was wearing a bright dress and had her hair pinned up, the different colored streaks still visible throughout. Her ever present smile was a bit more pasted-on than usual, but no one seemed to be looking close enough to notice, and it wasn't really as terrible as she'd been expecting. At least for right now.
Beer in hand, she slid into a chair beside Clio, finally relaxing now that her sister was close by. "Shouldn't have worn heels this high," she bitched cheerfully. "But they went with the dress, so I guess that's my fault." She shrugged. "How're you holding up?"
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[info]famedhistory
2011-06-26 09:37 am UTC (link) Track This
Smiling she set her arm around her sister's shoulder and hugged her, "wearing sandals," she answered to the question posed. "I like the bright colors though." She set her hands along her stomach, something that felt so natural now, releasing her sister but giving her smile instead. "But I'm alright. Sitting down, watching. Getting ready to get real good at ducking. And yourself?"
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[info]makethemlaugh
2011-06-26 09:53 am UTC (link) Track This
Thalia slung her free arm around Clio's shoulders, returning the hug. "Now, see, that's logical, and when have I ever been that?" She grinned. "Well thank you! I like your dress too, you look good."
"Par for the Clio course," she said with a nod. "I might go talk to some more people later, but sitting and watching is going to sound pretty appealing later, I can already tell."
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[info]famedhistory
2011-06-26 09:58 am UTC (link) Track This
"Your job is to make people smile, which they need. History is here to record. I just have the handy excuse of baby." She smirked, "thanks, I can fit in this one." Not that she complained a lot. She rather loved being pregnant. She just hoped this child would do better then her previous ones.
"So far, so good though."
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Hecate/Peitho
She'd waved to her cousins before moving around. Most seemed to stay in corners, not wanting to approach anyone, or be approached. She was different. She liked walking until she found someone to talk to, do so for a few moments before continuing her 'rounds'.
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[info]formortalhearts
2011-06-26 10:34 am UTC (link) Track This
"There you are, darling!" Peitho said as she neared, her voice carrying across the room. Peitho had never been one to blend into the background and, like Hecate, she was here at this part because she wanted to be. (She had told Hecate that colours would be appropriate so to offset that, Peitho had kept her own gown more monochromatic.)
She embraced the magic goddess and kissed both of her cheeks. "My beautiful Nyctipolus," she said to Hecate, admiring her husband's wife.
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[info]torchywitch
2011-06-26 07:27 pm UTC (link) Track This
Peitho's voice was a comfort and she turned to grin at her, leaning into the kisses and setting her hands on Peitho's hips. "Here I am." She gave Peitho a long, appreciating, look before smirking. "You told me colors. Black is my gig remember?"
Smiling she then set one arm around Peitho's waist "you taught me some style you know. And you look divine, as always. I was making rounds."
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[info]formortalhearts
2011-06-28 09:00 am UTC (link) Track This
"I thought I might as well see if I could pull of your Gothic seductress look for the night," Peitho smiled. "You always do look beautiful in purples, I must say."
Peitho kept her own arm around Hecate's waist as they looked around. "Any trouble yet?" she asked the Titan. "I'm sure there will be squabbles soon enough knowing our kind."
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[info]torchywitch
2011-06-28 09:20 am UTC (link) Track This
"Well I am royalty you know," she winked at Peitho, "I can pull it off. And you should have asked. I have some things you'd enjoy."
She shook her head, then scoffed. "These Gods are as much our kind as we are theirs. We aren't blood us and them. Just marriage bonds that ties us to them." Maybe it was her parents return that sparked the Titan pride back into her, but she wasn't like the Olympians and their broods. "But no, not yet. I see Hector and Achilles close, so I hope we don't get Trojan 2.0. I feel Discord, somewhere, and Doom is about. But so is Hope so that cancels that." She set her head on Peitho's shoulder. "I see Apollo, I see the Laurel. And Eros. That will end well I'm sure. The Fates are here. And Death. I'm pretty sure it's a social faux pass to invite Death to a party, but I'm just a Titan." She smiled, "I see three of my cousins, but not Strenght. I see War and Recklessness. I see many things Peitho." She kissed Peitho's cheek then, leaving her somber state behind and going back to being cheery.
"Oh, I got five minutes out of Kratos. A head start, before you get ideas. Just in case." She tried planning ahead on most occasions. "It'll be him and Bia Zeus'd send after me, if it ever came down to it. I have the blood of Perses, he can't take chances with all of them. But I got a head start now, and I know how to hide."
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Paseithea/Hypnos
[info]lily_white
2011-06-26 01:06 pm UTC (link) Track This
Pasithea had been in the city longer than anyone had realized. It was her own desire to remain well hidden from many of her fellow Greeks if only because history was a bitch and she really didn't need people bugging her just because she "felt familiar" and that had happened on more than one occasion. But this party had been looming for a while and she could no longer deny her presence was expected; she had received an invitation, even though she had never made herself known to her King or Queen.
It wasn't that she had anything against them. She just liked her peace and resting was what she did best. So she had dressed somewhat casually and let her presence be known. She doubted many remembered her, but she was usually in a fairly good mood. Stretching, she sat back comfortably on a balcony chair and just stared up into the sky wondering why it had to be so bright at night. The stars were all hidden. She was there and if she was expected to participate in games or something of the sort she might be so inclined.
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 06:05 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hypnos was starting to feel like a breath of fresh air would definitely do him some good, so he made his way out onto the balcony. He'd removed his jacket and tie some time ago, and that, combined with the breeze across his skin, was starting to make him feel better.
Several deep breaths and half a drink later, he was almost his regular cheerful self. He was turning to go back inside, when he noticed a girl sitting on a chair. "Oh, I'm sorry," he said. "I didn't disturb you, did I?"
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[info]lily_white
2011-06-26 06:30 pm UTC (link) Track This
Pasithea had sunk into the seat and looked half-asleep. In fact, she could have fallen asleep any moment had she not heard someone come out. Unlike most people would have reacted, however, she was completely fine with this change of events. Such was expected at a party.
"A little, but I'm always open to new things." She looked slightly bleary-eyed but cheerful nonetheless. She gave off an overwhelming sense of calmness and anyone who embraced it would start to feel incredibly relaxed. (She probably even had something stashed in that purse of hers if that didn't do the trick.)
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 09:19 pm UTC (link) Track This
The feeling of calm this woman seemed to give off was both welcome and familiar to Hypnos, but at the back of his head, like a half-forgotten memory. He tried to think of where he might have known her.
"Openmindedness is both welcome and a rarity, at least that I've found," he remarked with a small smile. "I just needed a break, you know? Lots of gods with short tempers milling about in there. And I don't think I'm one of Zeus' favorite people."
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[info]lily_white
2011-06-26 09:30 pm UTC (link) Track This
"I think being somewhere between favorite and hated is a good place to be. He's never bothered me and I'm perfectly happy." By now she was staring at him in such a way that would probably unnerve anyone. It was like she was trying to work through every fiber and molecule, just to figure him out. Which was almost what she was doing.
It was probably the years she'd been alone that she couldn't quite remember everything but a little flash here and there made her hopeful. "You're Sleep?"
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[info]bringerofsleep
2011-06-26 09:35 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Good point," he said. "The only reason he bothered me was because of Hera, but...long story, long time ago." He felt her stare boring into him and gave it right back. He really wanted to know where he'd seen her before.
He nodded slowly. "That would be me. We've met before, right? I mean...everything about you seems familiar, I just...can't place it. And I feel like I should be able to."
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Amphitrite/Achilles/Thetis/Triton
[info]sea_born
2011-06-26 01:32 pm UTC (link) Track This
Of all the things Amphitrite wanted to do, going to this party wasn't one of them. She still wore the purple dress as she had planned, but apart from that she very obviously did not want to be there. She was still on edge and wanted very much not to be anywhere near Zeus right now. She wasn't sure she could hold it together very long and only intended to stay as long as her emotions would bear with her.
She had chosen what seemed to be the most secluded corner she could find and simply sat. It seemed the best option. She approached no one and simply sat there, legs crossed and hands folded in her lap completely silent. Lovely though she looked, she was a mess.
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[info]chink_in_armor
2011-06-26 06:07 pm UTC (link) Track This
Achilles had appeared with his mother on his arm, proud and stoic as ever. Achilles was used to such formal events and wore a suit that both made him look sharp and presentable. It looked good against his strong jawline and blonde hair.
As they entered, though Amphitrite had huddled herself away in the corner he took notice of that forlorn look as if she had been dragged here. There were a few gods and other immortals Achilles himself would rather distance himself from lest his temper went off. He had also heard enough from his mother that something wasn't right with the Earthshaker, and it looked as if he'd failed to show. Letting go of his mother's arm he made the walk toward the sea queen.
He took a seat beside her offering some company. "Good evening," he announced properly, his mother had raised him right.
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[info]sea_born
2011-06-26 06:35 pm UTC (link) Track This
Amphitrite had failed to take a good look at whoever it was that had decided to sit next to her. In fact, she wasn't at all interested in much of anyone's company the last few days. She hadn't even talked with her own sister yet. She was still in the grieving process, even if she knew it would all be better eventually.
A hand raised to squeeze the bridge of her nose momentarily, "Please don't take this the wrong way, but I am not in the best of states to entertain in any way." That was when she finally looked at the person who had come over.
Her expression didn't change but something in her eyes suggested she was fine with this. "Ah, hello nephew. Forgive me, but right now I'm simply not good company. You can stay or go join the soon-to-be-drunkenness." Because that was more than likely in this setting.
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[info]argyropeza
2011-06-26 06:47 pm UTC (link) Track This
Clad in silver, her hair pinned back, Thetis moved through the party with an easy grace. She was not frightened of the gods in attendance, having faced down most of them at least once in the past. But that was not her concern right now. Amphitrite looked positively gloomy, and she followed her son over to where her sister was seated, settling in on the other side.
"Well, what's family for, if not to be supportive even when we are bad company?" she asked with a small smile. She peered at her sister. "How are you this evening?"
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[info]chink_in_armor
2011-06-26 09:19 pm UTC (link) Track This
Achilles sat by her quietly observing her once she recognized him. "Forgive me, Aunt, but I am not one for alcoholic substance at events such as this." He had his occasional wine glass, but anything more was a useless vice and Achilles would not condone himself in such behavior.
"If you should like to talk, I will be an ear." Be it that he understood the nature of grief, and while he'd not met his aunt but few times, his mother thought highly of her, therefore Achilles would be civil.
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[info]blackwaters
2011-06-26 02:11 pm UTC (link) Track This
Styx didn't do parties and Styx didn't dress up. Thus is was that she remained on the edges, silent and watchful, wearing the same sort of thing - black trousers, button up shirt, leather jacket - that she wore any other day.
She was here only to observe to proceedings and come to her own conclusions about what was wrong in the pantheon. Because it was clear to her that the might of Olympus was failing, and not simply because of the lacking worship.
No, things needed to change and Styx would change them.
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Melpomene (Open to anyone)
[info]tragicmask
2011-06-26 09:13 pm UTC (link) Track This
If there was something Melpomene didn't like it was being commanded to a party because someone thought they had some sort of power over her. Had it not been for her sisters she wouldn't have gone at all. And she wouldn't look stunning as she did right now. She wasn't sure yet if she was over or underdressed.
Though her sisters had shown up farther ahead of her she didn't immediately approach them. She wanted to see what others were doing, and so far she had been a little disappointed. The best thing about it so far as that she could wander off and stare silently into the bright night sky of New York, which was exactly what she did. Every now and then she would peer and look at the crowd inside, but without really seeing. She wasn't entirely sure why she felt so timid that night.
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Dionysus - Open to ALL
[info]dipsomaniac
2011-06-26 09:45 pm UTC (link) Track This
Ariadne had convinced her husband to dress less effeminate than usual. He even made sure to add the tie that she'd been so insistent over. A new haircut and that same bright smile Dionysus was sure to bring the life to the party.
He showed late, as one could not be a proper crash to a big party if on time. With Ariadne on his arm he beamed giddiness, and drew eyes the moment he stepped in.
He was sure to lighten the mood. There were many faces he needed to see.
Hector/Achilles/Andromache
[info]holdingfast
2011-06-26 10:08 pm UTC (link) Track This
Hector knew that if it came to it, he cleaned up nice enough. He hardly wanted to be here, but didn't want to risk getting on any Gods bad side just by not showing up.
But he hadn't left Andromache's side. He wasn't too important. He wasn't a son of anyone. Just a Prince from a Doomed city, now long turned to dust. He figured he could show for a few moments before leaving.
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[info]chink_in_armor
2011-06-27 01:35 am UTC (link) Track This
He stayed observant of his surroundings hoping that perhaps he'd catch Briseis or Patroclus among the group. True to his word to Amphitrite he did not drink. This event was not unlike old times only Achilles had not seen old foes standing so proudly out in the open.
Hector had looked in another direction when Achilles saw him, the face of a man he would never forget. Achilles' chin jutted up high, his arrogance now raining down in folds. With so many in one place, it was only fuel for the fire. He walked up toward his old foe, that tall and graceful walk whipping around like a cat before he met his eyes.
"Well, well," his head still held in that classic stance, "If its not the Trojan Prince."
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[info]holdingfast
2011-06-27 01:58 am UTC (link) Track This
He'd been too occupied making sure Andromache was well enough to really notice Achilles. When he heard that voice and felt that familiar feeling he had no doubts who it was.
Straightening he had his hand shift from his wife's waist to her shoulder, stepping forward just so he was in front of her. He wouldn't allow Achilles to get to Andromache, no matter what. "If it isn't the Spartan dog." Achilles could rile his anger too well. But he wouldn't be goaded into a fight. That was all behind him now.
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[info]chink_in_armor
2011-06-27 04:51 pm UTC (link) Track This
Achilles snorted shaking his head at the Trojan dog. "There's no need to protect her, I don't want your woman." Hector knew little if he thought Achilles was there to swipe his wife from him, like his son had done.
He looked Hector over, his annoyance growing at the man's petty retorts. After all these years and it was a face he never wanted to see again, they were alike in more ways. Achilles did respect the man, he had been the only good fight he'd had on Trojan soil, but at times that thought was lost to his burning anger.
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[info]mydespair
2011-06-27 05:46 pm UTC (link) Track This
Andromache had been fussing over Hector and herself for days, not knowing what was overdressed or underdressed. Plus she was starting to barely show and she couldn't wear anything too tight or too loose because the gods always read into things. So finding something suitable had been challenge enough until she found something simple. People would really have to be looking for it to notice any "weight change".
Andromache had really hoped this wouldn't happen. She didn't want to be there, let alone run into the one man on the planet she wanted nothing more than to rip to shreds. Combine that with being pregnant and hormonal and there was no telling what she'd do if Achilles started throwing insults.
She tensed up the moment she saw Achilles. It was good that Hector made that small movement because it kept her at bay, because the moment her eyes fell on that Spartan pig she had the very strong urge to strangle him. "At least it doesn't run in the family," she said tensely. "If you'll excuse me," she said to them both, but to Hector alone she said, "I'm going to be with Cassandra, when you're done."
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Apollo/Leto
[info]borninlight
2011-06-26 11:05 pm UTC (link) Track This
Apollo didn't want to be here. He assumed that, on some level, most of the others in attendance agreed with him. His family didn't have the best history with the hostess, and the grudge Apollo held against Hera still smoldered somewhere deep in his belly. But he also wasn't stupid, and he'd pissed off his father enough times to know what not showing up might bring him.
He'd dressed simply - in a dark shirt and jacket, no tie - and arrived with his mother and sister. He didn't plan to stray far from either of them for the evening; he still didn't trust his father's wife in the same room with his mother.
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*FACEPALM
[info]moveunseen
2011-06-27 02:35 am UTC (link) Track This
Leto was torn on this event. While she was excited to spend time with both of her children she was cautious about Hera. She had been for so long that it was second nature. And yet there was still that hidden longing to impress Zeus. He had once cared for her and he had been her one and only husband at one time.
Her children were far more important to her, though. Tonight she was focused on them and would listen to whatever the host and hostess needed to say. She dressed semi-formally and she felt pretty, something she didn't always feel outright. She hung onto her sons arm, smiling to those she felt comfortable with. "You both look wonderful," she said to each of them, having already said it a number of times.
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GASP. I thought you looked different. >_>
[info]borninlight
2011-06-27 02:48 am UTC (link) Track This
Apollo saw Daphne almost straightaway - it was like someone followed her around with a blinking, neon sign. He hadn't actually seen her in so long, and he'd almost forgotten what it felt like to be near her.
Almost.
He'd barely had a chance to react in any way when he saw Eros approach her. His body tensed and he took in a sharp breath. He very much wanted to swoop in, punch Eros in the face, and whisk Daphne away. He had no control over that feeling, but over time it had gotten easier to resist the urges to chase her, to protect her. To keep her as his own. Punching Eros was mostly his own feelings.
Instead, he placed a hand on his mother's and smiled, albeit a bit wanly. "If you need anything, mother, just say the word."
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Daphne/Eros
[info]laureltree
2011-06-27 01:51 am UTC (link) Track This
There were times, few and far between, that Daphne wanted to be a tree again. Right now was one of them. She'd felt Apollo before he'd walked in, and even now the sheer panic had driven her into a corner that was the farthest away from the sun-god. She even worried how her dress may get attention, which was beyond silly.
The only reason she didn't outright run was because he was blocking her exit, and unless she grew wings she wasn't about to leap over the railings. She hated it, hated how her life was so ruled by a curse. She tried being stronger then it, and she succeeded sometimes, but now she didn't feel so strong.
She felt like the only nymph at this party, and would run the minute she had a chance.
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Eros - Open
[info]tricky_arrow
2011-06-27 02:08 am UTC (link) Track This
Eros flitted around like a lightening bug, bright, beaming and ecstatic. So many faces and so many opportunities. It was like having the entire pantheon on his show. Clapping his hands Eros meandered about, a kid on a sugar rush. He'd seen his mother, father and even Dionysus wandering about.
He nearly skipped over when he saw Daphne with a bright grin on his face, which grew wider in seeing Apollo also within distance.
Eros had cleaned up, looking snazzy in his suit ehh he'd picked out proudly himself, only Hedone had chosen the tie.
"Daaaaaaappphhhnneee," he said in a sing-song voice as he approached.
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[info]laureltree
2011-06-27 02:15 am UTC (link) Track This
It was easy, too easy, to shift from panicked to anger. Eros had ruined her life, all because he'd wanted to get back at Apollo. And maybe the sun-god had deserved it, but she hadn't.
So she straightened, glaring at the Love god. She didn't care if she earned his anger. She just wanted him away, and to leave her alone. "Go. Away." She felt naked without her weapons, bow or spear, and she couldn't hope to win in a fight with him. But she'd still try. "I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to have anything to do with you. Go bother someone else."
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[info]tricky_arrow
2011-06-29 07:15 pm UTC (link) Track This
"Hey now," he said in a pout, "I'm trying to help." He grinned madly now checking to see if Apollo had seen. "I told you before I didn't mean to get you wrapped up in all that, if I could fix it I would," only with him there it wasn't as dull a pain as it had been before.
"But I wanted to chat with you," he beamed.
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[info]laureltree
2011-06-29 07:28 pm UTC (link) Track This
She glared up to him, not caring if she'd earn his wrath. There wasn't anything more he could do to her. Her fingers curled up in a fist, not even caring if Apollo saw or not anymore. "then fix it. Find a way. You ruined my life with your petty game." She shook her head, "I have nothing to say to you. Not now. Not ever."
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[info]tricky_arrow
2011-06-30 03:33 am UTC (link) Track This
Eros got a mischievous look in his eyes as he settled them over on Apollo who looked like he was losing his little pow-wow party. His grin got bigger as if to push the god over this way. Eros didn't much like Mr. Sun, and the friendly part that actually liked Daphne honestly wanted to help.
It was like pouring lemon juice on a paper cut.
"Wait. Wait here," he said bouncily at Daphne as he skipped slightly out of the crowd to pull that uptight Sun God over.
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Cassandra/Andromache
[info]speakingtruth
2011-06-27 05:04 pm UTC (link) Track This
Cassandra had shown no interest at all in going to a party full of gods and had made it clear she wanted only to avoid all of them. Yet when the night had come, Cassandra had appeared in her brother's room in a simple gray dress. She wanted to come to the party and refused to listen to reason.
So now here she was, watching everyone with interest and curiosity, feeling shy and nervous and a little too exposed. But she was here now and there was no prophesies to be told.
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[info]mydespair
2011-06-27 05:51 pm UTC (link) Track This
After Andromache's escape from her own rage at Achilles she headed straight for her sister-in-law. There was a forced smile as she approached but she made no mention of the Spartan. Apart from Hector, Cassandra really was the only person in the entire penthouse she wanted anything to do with. With their luck Helen would decide to show up and bring everyone to their deaths.
"You know, you look lovely tonight. I really love that dress on you," she said as she came up to Cassandra.
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[info]speakingtruth
2011-06-28 09:08 am UTC (link) Track This
"Pretty young things," Cassandra whispered without looking at the woman who was (and had been) sister. "Lambs into the den of lions."
She looked at Andromache then, her expression all confusion and concern. "Why have we come here?"
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Psyche/Ariadne
[info]mind_freak
2011-06-28 04:18 pm UTC (link) Track This
It wasn't every day that Psyche got dressed up. Actually, being the wife of Eros that wasn't entirely true. It wasn't every day she got dressed up for other people to see. Even Hedone had been dolled up and Psyche couldn't get over how beautiful her daughter looked.
Bringing Hedone had been a decision she was torn on. She wanted to leave her at home with a sitter, but she knew Aphrodite would want to see her. Then Psyche started to go through scenes in her head of what Aphrodite would say or do if she didn't approve of her granddaughter coming to this party. Looking around, Psyche didn't feel uncomfortable about the decision since everyone seemed to be minding themselves. So far.
Though she did spot Eros after he'd wandered off. Naturally he was bothering someone and Psyche didn't know whether to go bother him bothering Daphne. She decided against it because the girl could take care of herself and Eros would eventually come back to his wife and daughter. So Psyche and Hedone took to mingling, Psyche keeping her eyes open for Ariadne or anyone else she'd enjoy talking with. "Are you hungry?" She asked Hedone as a waiter came by with a tray of hors d'oeuvres.
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[info]mostholy
2011-06-28 06:53 pm UTC (link) Track This
Ariadne had come, half willingly, but the minute Dionysus had wandered off to go talk to Aphrodite, she'd been left to her own devices and looked for those willing to speak to her.
She'd made sure she had dressed in her finest and Dionysus had certainly approved of it (as she recalled they'd barely made it here in the first place with how much he'd liked her dress). But she still worried.She was only a minor goddess, and many of the Olympians frightened her.
So when she saw Psyche and Hedone she grinned and made her way to the two. "Psyche!" She paused before the two, feeling at ease around the other former mortal. "I was looking for you. You look gorgeous." She smiled to Hedone then, "As do you little princess. The fairest of them all." Then she went to hug Psyche, "Dionysus is talking to Aphrodite, you have a bit." she whispered to her friend. She understood some of Psyche's hesitation to deal with the Love goddess.
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Athena
[info]wise_counsel
2011-07-02 06:40 pm UTC (link) Track This
Unlike almost everyone else there, Athena hadn't gone to such lengths as to buy a new gown or party dress. She had stuck with her usual attire that she wore to work. It didn't matter to her whether what she wore impressed anyone else there. She had no one to impress or prove something to. She was here because her King and Queen commanded it and she wasn't going to try and sway their opinions of her. She knew she had her father's respect and that was enough.
For the time being she stayed close to where her father stood, not really talking to anyone but she did offer smiles and half-waves to those to came in with whom she hadn't had awkward pasts. One of them was Trion, to whom she waved a little more friendlily and reserved a more genuine smile. She hadn't seen him in a long time and though she wanted to meander over there she took note of the little crowd around Amphitrite. The goddess looked a mess and the scene screamed keep out, so keep out she did.
Hera/Hades/Demeter
[info]queenofgods
2011-07-03 08:43 pm UTC (link) Track This
The party had gone on for long enough. It was time to set wrong things back to right. She'd whispered this to her husband, who had reacted exactly like she'd wanted. She'd smiled as Hades had been grabbed by Kratos and brought before her.
She'd made him kneel, not even caring when Zeus had walked away. She'd deal with this on her own. "My brother, still so defiant. Even when you know you have nothing to gain from it." With a wave of her hand she brought attention to herself.
"Subjects to Olympus. Tonight we gather so justice may be done. Our laws may be old, the mortals may have forgotten them but we cannot. We obey them, for we must. You all know that the Lord of Sea is no more. The price for defying your Lord. Now the Lord of the Dead defies him once more. Even the three Sons of Cronus must obey laws written by themselves."
Long nails dragged along Hades' cheek, "you are upsetting the balance. The laws are clear. You have Persephone for a certain amount of months, then she goes to her mother. Release her."
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[info]thesmophoros
2011-07-03 08:51 pm UTC (link) Track This
Demeter had come closer as soon as Hera had began to speak, she knew what her role was here. Persephone too had drawn close and she looked across at the young woman she felt like she didn't even know her. This woman was a stranger, shaped like a mewling brat that Demeter had never been able to escape until now.
Persephone watched her mother with equal disinterest.
"Hades doesn't hold me against my will," Persephone said, her voice loud and clear across the silenced room. "I'm not going anywhere."
Demeter made no reaction other than to add, "and I don't want her. Hades can keep the child, she is of no interest to me."
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[info]queenofgods
2011-07-03 09:03 pm UTC (link) Track This
From the conversation Hera knew things had already changed too much. Demeter was supposed to fight for Persephone. Hera couldn't care less what any of Zeus' bastards wanted. The only reason Persephone had been saved from Hera's wrath was because Demeter had kept her so caged.
She looked to Hades, then glanced to Kratos. "Punishment is still expected." She took Hades' chin, uncaring about the hatred behind the blue eyes. "We can't kill you big brother, but perhaps you'll remember your place now." She stepped back, unwilling to get blood on her dress, "your opinions matter little. The arrangement was clear. Rules cannot be broken. The girl will go home with her mother. It's high summer. Your place besides him is during the winter."
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[info]thesmophoros
2011-07-03 09:10 pm UTC (link) Track This
Kratos nodded at Hera's glance, ready to inflict as much pain as possible upon her command. This was Zeus' will. Their King had told Kratos to follow these orders and he would.
"My place," Persephone said coldly, "is here."
Demeter laughed, low and cold. "Stupid girl," Demeter just smiled. "Hera will destroy you both."
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