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21. } in the end there is one dance you'll do alone {

Mar 27, 2010 23:08

Apollo, are you there? Please be there. I made it back to my apartment, come see me now. I need to know you've come back too.

You also, Cassandra.

[Filter: Orion]

I'm so sorry

Don't worry. I'm all right. I think.

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pennywaits March 28 2010, 06:23:00 UTC

Oh Lady Artemis, it is good to see you've returned!

maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 06:34:39 UTC

Penelope, I am so pleased to hear from you. Are you and Odysseus well? I hope you were spared too much pain from this horrible circumstance!

pennywaits March 28 2010, 06:36:39 UTC

Odysseus and I made it through this event physically unscathed, thankfully. Emotionally things are a little different. But neither of us endured death. Oh, lady, are you well? Truly?

maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 06:43:59 UTC

I am relieved, although I suspect the emotional wounds from this trauma will remain for a long time to come for all of us.

[Filter: Penelope]

I trust you to keep our conversations in confidence, so I will be honest - I suppose I am well enough in body, but mind and spirit is another matter. I am sure you can understand.

pennywaits March 28 2010, 06:48:18 UTC

Loss is never an easy thing to experience.

[Filter:Artemis]
I would never betray your confidence, my lady. I understand somewhat, but this must have affected you much differently than it did me. I've always lived with the notion of death, but it must be something else entirely when you live as an immortal being. Is there anything I can do for you?

[Filter: Penelope] maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 06:56:00 UTC

That was Cronus' goal, I am sure, to plant that seed of fear within all of us. And he clearly succeeded. For now, I will do fine to work through this on my own, though. However, if you see or hear from Apollo before I, will you let me know? I will be much more at ease to know he is safe.

[Filter: Artemis] pennywaits March 28 2010, 07:02:24 UTC

Yes, I think he completely succeeded. Oh, Lady Artemis, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see you again. News of your death was terribly upsetting. I wish I knew how to do this properly, but one is never taught how to convey emotion to a lost frie...um, person once dead but now returned to the living. It's not something that happens often.

If I see Lord Apollo I will tell you immediately, Lady.

[Filter: Penelope] maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 07:17:35 UTC

Dear Penelope, I think you have done more than enough to count yourself among those who I would be glad to call me friend. If nothing else, Cronus has... leveled the playing field, so to speak, between mortal and God. If I can no longer expect altars and sacrifices, I will be happy to accept friendship in their place.

Please don't worry yourself with words. I know of the pain it is to loose someone dear, only to have them returned so suddenly. It is not an experience that can be conveyed through simple words.

[Filter: Artemis] pennywaits March 28 2010, 07:24:41 UTC

Oh lady, that hardly seems appropriate or respectful to consider myself worth being considered for your friendship, truly it was typed without clear thought. I do not wish to overstep my boundaries by any means.

[Filter: Penelope] maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 07:30:33 UTC

Yet you dare to challenge the words of a goddess? I can, of course, call again upon the vengeful Artemis of our homeland if that is what you wish...

Perhaps I am clouded, overcome with emotion for what has occurred. But do not think that lessens my appreciation for your companionship in these times.

[Filter: Artemis] pennywaits March 28 2010, 07:40:58 UTC

I meant no disrespect, truly I did not. It is not like I have not befriended any of the other goddesses, it's just that they aren't...well, you. I mean, I suppose I should not so easily consider myself a friend to Lady Hera, if I were to be fully appropriate. But she is not the goddess I turned to in my darkest hour. She is not the goddess I asked to give me strength when I felt my resolve fail. You are a goddess I admire and respect, and I would hate to be presumptuous in assuming a position of friendship with you.

But, if it truly isn't presumptuous, I would be honored to be called your friend.

[Filter: Penelope] maidenhuntress March 28 2010, 07:50:28 UTC

I can hardly topple over the pedestal on which you have seated me, Penelope - as a goddess, it is not in my nature to disagree with such a high placement of honour awarded to me by the mortals who serve. But in the last few months have I not, such as now, turned to you as well in times of despair? Your own struggles have, on occasion, given me strength when I've needed it.

I have no intention of removing myself from a realm where I preside as your goddess. But I think I can also be your friend.

[Filter: Artemis] pennywaits March 28 2010, 21:41:45 UTC

I would be honored to consider you as such, Lady Artemis. I only hope I can give as much to you as you have given me.

[Filter: Penelope] maidenhuntress March 29 2010, 03:49:03 UTC

I am sure of it, dear.

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