Walk Like an Egyptian...
After having commiserated in front of the Temple of War, two of Discord's daughters set about finding their brotherHope's determination was evident in her stride and the set of her jaw - a determination that masked a few misgivings about traipsing into unknown territory and looking for answers about Strife. It wasn't so much that she was worried
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Looks good. If it's too scary, just claim to be selling Encyclopedias. On Papyrus, or something...
Keeping a loose but firm hold on Hope's shoulder, she walked up to the door of the house and knocked confidently.
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Great Lillies! GREEK! And not just ONE Greek, but TWO! Oh dear goodness!
"Ah... Hello! Welcome to the temple of Re, Egyptian God of the Sun, Creator of All, and The Father of Our Gods. I am Nephthys. What ... ah. What can we do for you?"
Shouldn't have mentioned who you were, Nephy, she chided herself. What if they recognize your name from your dealings with Ares? Or Thanatos? Or... oh Great Lillies... Hephaestus?!
She quivered.
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"Girl, why you got that door cracked? That ain't polite."
With that, the door to the opulent temple opened wide, revealing the tall, broad form of the Egyptian sun god, and showing the forms of the little Greek girls to him.
He smiled broadly.
Re wasn't a lech like other gods were known to be - and he wasn't the type to be predatory toward women. Nonetheless, he could appreciate a good-lookin' woman, much less a sassy-lookin' one like the brunette there.
"Well hello, ladies," he said, a twinkle in his dark eyes. "What brings you out to my temple today?"
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"Hi," she said briefly.
Then the Big Guy showed up.
He was big, and black, and he dressed like guys she saw around New York. These facts would have made her feel better, except he was apparently Important, and a God. The last Important God who was some kind of 'All-Father' she'd dealt with had put her in a jar for way, way too long. He'd seemed ok too, at first. She spoke in really quietly, and avoided eye contact, for the most part.
"Um, Hi, Mr... Re. I'm Hop- er, Elpis, and this is my sister, Ate. We're Greek. Um. Hope and Ruin."
This was weird. Hope motioned to 'Te, and then looked up at him again. She was not used to having to introduce herself or anybody else as a goddess or whatever. She knew she sounded like an idiot.
"We're um... we're looking for our brother."
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Ruina wasn't datin' nobody. She had a crush.
Now a crush was a different thing. Dating for a little girl her age was damn near obscene, no matter what she looked like. But a crush? Now that was just plain normal. (Well, not so normal that it was on a Greek, but he'd deal with that later.) Crushin' on unavailable older boys was what little girls did, and it was only right that a cute little half-breed Egyptian goddess like herself would start moonin' sometime.
But then, Ruina started talking again, and steam heat started filling Re again. His fists clenched, his back tensed, and he said with the politest mothafuckin' smile on his face,
"Oh... so he kissed you, baby girl, just ta use you so you could hook him up with his ex-girl? Oh, that's cute," he ground out. "That's real cute. Lemme guess, this nigga prolly got a baby momma callin' for chile support that he ( ... )
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But then, Dei was home.
Dei was home, Dei was home, Dei was home...! She tried to keep her focus, but bilocating was harder for her than it seemed like it was for a lot of people, and so she turned apologetically to the rest of the group.
"I'm very sorry, but something... important just came up."
She looked at Ate really apologetically.
Sis, I've got to go. Dei's home. And I swear I'm not just being gooey and stupid... he might know something, right? I'm sorry, 'Te... don't kill me. I'll get in touch as soon as I'm done talking to him.
With that, she looked at her host and said,
"I'm really sorry. I swear, Strife is a great guy. I think Ruina might just be a little confused."
Then she waved to everyone and disappeared.
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Ok... You obviously need to chill a bit. Ruina.... Take it from me, kissing really doesn't mean squat, honey. Did he come on to you, or did you try to make him forget his pain and suffering thanks to Ares? Her eyes flashed lightly as she talked, working off a feeling she got from the girl's silly crush as well as years of insight on human behavior, courtesy of being stuck on the mortal plane and an unhealthy obsession with soap operas Now unless he specifically told you that he was interested more in just hanging out, There's going to be a lot of problems. And if your the cause of them this time, don't think Eris and Enyo are going to let you show up and play nursemaid again. Even ( ... )
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Who did this bitch think she was, talking to her like that? What the FOOK did she know about anything?! She didn't! She didn't! She couldn't...
Rinna bounced back and forth between heartache and anger, and couldn't make up her mind about which one she more strongly felt. It made talking difficult. Finally she decided being angry was the best route, and would have opened her big mouth and told this stupid sister-of-Strife's just what to go and do, but...
But Re looked ready to throttle all of them already. And despite the fact that she absoutely hated this overpompous ass, he still made her nervous.
She'd had enough.
"You're just... you're not.. you're wrong!" Rinna sputtered ( ... )
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