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[to_the_fairest1]

Oh look, an Eris.

Spiffy.

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[go_between]

Richard's cleaning up from breakfast and bumps into her.

"Oh! excuse me."

[go_between]

"Um.......two kings wanted to marry her cos she's pretty?"

Richard's not very good with details.

[to_the_fairest1]

"Not... quite, Richard."

She leans back against a nearby table, watching him pick up.

"Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there was a boy named Paris. He was chosen to settle a... disagreement... between the goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, as to who was the fairest one. They all tried to cheat, and Aphrodite promised him Helen, failing to mention the little detail of her current marriage."

[go_between]

"That sounds messy and tragic. Who did Helen want to be with?"

[to_the_fairest1]

"From what I understand, she was quite fond of Menelaus, her husband. And he, of course, did his best to move... well, not 'heaven and earth,' quite, because that phrase wasn't in use, really... but he moved an army, and in the end was quite effective."

Another small bite of apple.

"Well... for a given value of effective, I suppose. My brother was pleased, at least."

[go_between]

"Well, that's good then. She got to go home."

[to_the_fairest1]

"Oh, eventually. After a ten-year-long war. My cousin didn't care about that, though."

How is it that it's gone, after only four bites?

"She got to keep the apple."

[go_between]

"Seems a paltry reward for being kept from your husband for ten years. What does this have to do with you?"

[to_the_fairest1]

Eris chuckles.

"My father, for all his talents, can be foolish and quite short-sighted on occasion. He made the mistake of not inviting me to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis."

She reaches up, tugging lightly at an earring. A golden apple. This one seems to be mostly certain it is not edible.

"So I threw in the golden apple inscribled kallisti, 'to the fairest one.' Caused a bit of a fuss, I suppose. But as I said... my twin brother Ares was amused."