Post Examination: Clawed Artemis
In the role-play with the Egyptian goddess Bast, Hermes tells the most straightforward story ever. It is also his most straightforward words of caution spoken in recent history, because unlike Ares who would mace the threat in the face, Athena who would snarl in a dignified manner, or Apollo who would not only bring up but lightly lessen the severity of the danger you might get yourself into with absolute concern for yourself and others, Hermes still hardly tells anyone anything except if they are Lykas.
With Bast (cat_goddess):
It is the dying who are different.
When Bast says she is angry that people have forgotten the gods, and is distraught that she can’t find her pantheon, Hermes tells her this:
"My Artemis, recall the death of the painter, who was so untiringly sought that peerless concern became selfish suffering. The painter stood paled below the regions of sunrise, bereaved and well. Absent of this knowing, the seeker wrought themselves severe in their dread. All on the land then knew her melancholy madness, and soon the gods were wasting in the parching despair that rose from the earth as a desert wind."
The painter = Persephone. The seeker = Demeter. If you know the story, the rest should be easy to see. Hermes is essentially telling Bast to not get too emotionally invested in finding Isis and all the others because, really, being angry and afraid when you’re a deity can build up into some serious drastic issues for the world, especially if you are or were at any point known for severe aggression, as Bast apparently was. However, Hermes is not concerned for her wellbeing. Demeter basically killed the earth (or just Greece). The gods were harshly affected in turn. Hermes doesn’t want his patronage to almost-die all over again.
Wait. Most of them are dead anyway. You may reply out of character only.
With Bast (cat_goddess):
It is the dying who are different.
When Bast says she is angry that people have forgotten the gods, and is distraught that she can’t find her pantheon, Hermes tells her this:
"My Artemis, recall the death of the painter, who was so untiringly sought that peerless concern became selfish suffering. The painter stood paled below the regions of sunrise, bereaved and well. Absent of this knowing, the seeker wrought themselves severe in their dread. All on the land then knew her melancholy madness, and soon the gods were wasting in the parching despair that rose from the earth as a desert wind."
The painter = Persephone. The seeker = Demeter. If you know the story, the rest should be easy to see. Hermes is essentially telling Bast to not get too emotionally invested in finding Isis and all the others because, really, being angry and afraid when you’re a deity can build up into some serious drastic issues for the world, especially if you are or were at any point known for severe aggression, as Bast apparently was. However, Hermes is not concerned for her wellbeing. Demeter basically killed the earth (or just Greece). The gods were harshly affected in turn. Hermes doesn’t want his patronage to almost-die all over again.
Wait. Most of them are dead anyway. You may reply out of character only.