LJ Idol Week 11, in which the joker is most definitely wild

[porn_this_way]

One day the gods were sitting in a dusty saloon on the wild western outskirts of Mt. Olympus (C'mon, you'd get tired of all those prissy hipster bars serving nectar and ambrosia too). Naturally, Dionysis was tending bar. Apollo had somehow rigged a keyboard into his lyre and was playing a bouncy tune while the nine muses took turns dancing on the

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[misfitmanor]

I'm surprised Ares didn't want to play War! I'm also surprised that someone is riding the centaurs! (Although, now that you mention it... ;)

But, yes, I can see, that certainly IS how the TRUMP card works!

~karmasoup

[lrig_rorrim]

One of the things I love about this is that the end is so damn surprising - it's perfect, and made me literally laugh out loud. <3

[rayaso]

What a fun,humorous story! I laughed out loud at several places. You have great detail which you use to real comic effect. The perfect story for the invention of playing cards.

[halfshellvenus]

Hahahaha! I did not see that coming. In fact, I found myself thinking that if these had been Norse gods, Loki would have been the instigator of the "Joker" card.

The crack about pomegranate mimosas made me chuckle, too. Not that any of her fate is Persephone's fault!

[favoritebean]

I admit that I chuckled at the line about pomegranate mimosas.

Fun story.