The cell cot isn't all that uncomfortable, Athena's decided. She's not big enough for it to fell cramped, and she's slept on harder surfaces before. Ignoring curious stares and suggestive remarks from the cell across from her isn't anything new either. So when the officer unlocks the door, she contemplates staying for a moment, keeping her eyes ( Read more... )

Athena stares sullenly at her reflection in the mirror, silently cursing the horribly uncomfortable flower girl dress she's wearing and the woman fussing over her - a cousin of her mother's she's never seen before and will never see again, who came down from New York City for the wedding and speaks with an almost indecipherable Russian accent. Her ( Read more... )

Most people are convinced I'm an atheist. I'm not. I definitely believe in God. I don't love Him, and I'm pretty sure He's got nothing but contempt for me. But you can't hate something that doesn't exist, so... I'm a bitter agnostic, I guess ( Read more... )

My name is Athena, and I'm powerless ( Read more... )

The sun is just starting to rise when Athena arrives on scene, ducking under the police tape closing off the dark alley. It's a bad part of town, one she's been to more often than any other. Drug dealers and hookers aren't out of the ordinary; gang wars have left more than few a bodies for her to clean up. But the sight that greets her in the ( Read more... )

Nobody talked after my father my died. Not for a long time. My mother simply moved in silence as she collected his belongings, signed the paperwork. I didn't say anything because I was waiting for her. And because earlier, William had dragged me into the hallway and hit me when I started crying. He said I shouldn't make a fuss. What did he expect? ( Read more... )

84: "I don't see how you could ever get old in a world that's always young." - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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83: "You coward! Are you bragging to the stars?" - A Midsummer Night's Dream
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( Exit Sadistic Lying Bastard, downstage. )

"And so everyone, according to his cue."
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( The one I will become will catch me )

Athena Herald
Original Character
"I shall love her until the day I die. That's the tragedy."
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It was a sadly familiar routine. Athena hadn't shown up for work; without saying a word, David had left the precinct to find her. On the way over he had called her phone, getting voicemail the first two times and a groggy, "David, go back to the precinct," the last time. But he'd continued on, pulling up in front of her building and greeting the ( Read more... )