[meritinabox] 01. Supplication.

Dec 29, 2007 17:27

No one welcomes him at the mouth of the forge. Epimetheus hesitates. Hephaestos is a retiring god at the best of times, and these of late have been fraught at Mount Olympus. He ventures into the cavern, pressing into a clot of heat and stale air. Fires roar, but otherwise, the only sound is that of a hammer, striking at something hard, over and ( Read more... )

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buongiornodaisy December 30 2007, 00:11:12 UTC
Well, that was rather chilling. Poor Epimetheus.

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ashen_key December 30 2007, 00:17:02 UTC
OH, EPIMETHEUS!

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adiva_calandia December 30 2007, 00:51:49 UTC
WAUGH.

Oh that poor overeager kid. But no one will tell me where he is.

And Hephaestos. *wince* I can see the Aeschylus in there.

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batyatoon December 30 2007, 20:00:52 UTC
... *whimpers, clings*

Edited to add: oh god, Hephaestos. I always hated Zeus for that.

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newredshoes December 30 2007, 21:05:25 UTC
I have to wonder how many people actually stopped and thought about what a nasty piece of work he was. Talk about an intimidating fandom, though!

*tea&snugs*

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batyatoon December 30 2007, 21:36:51 UTC
There's a reason my old Classical Mythology notebook had Zeus Is A Big Blue Jerk inscribed in the margins.

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genarti December 31 2007, 23:01:51 UTC
......Well, ow.

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