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Tweak says, "IT'S ALMOST OVER!"

Melpomene, Greek Muse of Tragedy. And Singing. (greek_tragedy) wrote in mount_olympus,
@ 2008-06-23 16:55:00

"We were just *standing* near each other, and Selene was there! Why does everyone assume that means something?"

She frowned, taking another scoop of ice cream, then grinned.

"But yeah. I mean Helios. And apparently, Artemis didn't get the memo on how if you ignore a man for a long time, he figures you gave up... Dite sort of killed it all anyway. Art went about that the completely wrong way. But she hates me now... apparently, he's off limits or something, so she decided to play with your brothers-in-law."

That thought earned another scrunch of her nose, and she mimicked Psyche's conjuration of a drink, though hers was plain white milk.

"You really married into the wrong family. Though. All the other families kind of suck, too."

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sleepswithlove
2008-06-24 08:52 am UTC (link)

She laughed.

"Well, you two have been headed towards each other for a pretty long time. Sisters are...complicated."

Psyche didn't feel up to advising Mel at the moment, otherwise her advice probably would have been a little unfavorable towards Mel and Helios. Something about how sister's last long then men or some such, but considering who she'd just slept with? She wasn't one to talk.

Instead, she let the last sentence distract her. "Brothers-in-law? Which ones?" She had a few.

She sighed then finished and refilled her martini. "I really would have just preferred to have married into one that actually liked me."

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greek_tragedy
2008-06-24 11:48 am UTC (link)

"Oh please... we have not. And had I realized Art still was holding a torch for him, I'd never have let anything happen. Of course, nothing had happened when she started getting all weird about it, so I was rather damned if I do and damned if I don't. And sisters? Are a pain in the ass. I've got tons of them. I should have been an only child... oh, but then I guess you wouldn't be here right now plying me with chocolate if I was, so that'd be sad..."

She grinned lightly. "Psyche... you realize most families on the mountain don't even like each other, right?"

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sleepswithlove
2008-06-24 09:49 pm UTC (link)

"That they are..." Psyche thought back to her own sisters. The ones that killed themselves on her word alone. She may not have loved them at that moment, but she'd found herself missing them more and more as the years passed by. "...but don't wish them away, you'd miss them. As much as I would miss making you down chocolate ice cream."

"Yeah, I do. But still...doesn't make me hope any less that someday I might just fit in." Of course now that she'd slept with Anteros, that was never going to happen.

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greek_tragedy
2008-06-24 10:01 pm UTC (link)

"You know what your problem is..."

She took a drink of her milk, pointing her spoon at Psyche.

"You're really sweet, and nice, and mostly good. And no one's really sure what to do with that. I mean, it's hard enough, I guess, trying to fit in when you weren't born to the insanity that is our home... but you've got to be able to roll with the punches. Everyone on there is all related to everyone else, has a sordid past with half the other people, have these long time feuds that most can't even remember why they started... And that's what they're used to. That's the environment you're coming into, and so the basic idea that you're happy in love and faithful and good and kind is almost too much for the average Olympian mind to wrap around is all. No one knows how to deal with it."

She shrugged, going back to her ice cream.

"Of course, short of starting some sort of fight somewhere or an illicit affair, I'm not sure what you can do to fix it."

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	sleepswithlove 2008-06-24 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Psyche just listened while Mel talked, spooning some ice cream into her mouth just as she said the line about affairs. And choking on it. She coughed quickly and began blushing like no other. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-24 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	.... She watched, eyes wide, a grin splitting her face. "Oh dear Gaia. You didn't. You did." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2008-06-24 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	She simply burst into tears and slammed her face into her hands. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-24 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh... Oh Psyche..." She blinked as her friend burst into tears, and she moved around the table to take the seat next to her, reaching over to wrap her arms around her and pull her close. "Don't cry... nothing is ever that bad. It's going to be ok." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2008-06-24 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	Wrapping both her arms around Mel, she sobbed into her neck, her words muffled. "I slept with Anteros, how can that not be bad? Very, very bad?" She looked up at Mel, sudden horror at having told on her face. "You can't tell...anyone! Eros can't know!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

greek_tragedy
2008-06-24 10:38 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know... my sisters all say he's very good..."

yeah, wait... wrong thing to say. "I mean... Sure, it's not super good, but it can't be incredibly terrible... and Eros only needs to know if you want him to know... though secrets can be a bad thing, too... But no, I'm not going to tell anyone. Seriously, it's going to be ok, Psyche...."

She sighed, and patted her friend's back ineffectually, a bit at a loss...

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	sleepswithlove 2008-06-24 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	The memory of just how good it was just made her cry harder. "He can't know. He'll never forgive me." She returned to crying on Mel's shoulder. Her tears slowly dried up and she sniffled as she let her friend go. "I'm sorry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-24 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I bet he would... but he's not going to hear it from me." She rubbed Psyche's back as she let her cry it out, murmuring meaningless words of soothing, peppered with a healthy dose of "There, there"s... "Sorry for what, hon?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2008-06-25 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"Crying all over you. I can't cry to Anteros, he's too busy thinking I'm going to go tell Eros the first chance I get." She wiped the tears off her cheeks. She couldn't believe she told Mel so fast, maybe Anteros was right to fear her telling Eros. No. No. She would not tell him. She did not want to break her husband's heart. "I won't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-25 12:20 am UTC (link)
	"Hey... what's the point in having friends if you can't sob all over them?" She reached for a napkin and looked at it for a moment, surprised Anteros had linen napkins, and reached over, dabbing Psyche's cheeks lightly, before handing the cloth to her. "And crying all over Anteros might not be the brightest idea. Sure you want to stay here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2008-06-25 01:22 am UTC (link)
	She accepted the napkin and smiled at Mel. "Thank you. Yeah, I have to talk to him when he sobers up. I don't plan on crying near him. He's such an ass...I really dislike him. I don't even know what came over me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-25 01:35 am UTC (link)
	"So... if you really dislike him... why would you continue to stay here?" She offered a rather confused look, not sure in the sense of that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2008-06-25 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"We were actually kind of getting along before this happened...and now? I can't run away from this. I'm fairly certain some of his jerkiness is from the switch. Just some of it though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greek_tragedy 2008-06-25 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	'Well, peobably. He's usually quite charming. I just thought you might want a bit of distance... you can always stay with me, if you need to.' She shrugged lightly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sleepswithlove
2008-06-25 02:55 pm UTC (link)

"Thank you. After I talk to him, depending how it goes, I'll see. I don't know if I'll be able to stay here for however long this switch lasts. It just might get too awkward...or angry. Gods. What a mess."

She down the rest of her martini and filled it right back up.

"Ok. Enough about me and my drama. What is going on with you? Besides Art and Helios." She didn't want to talk about Anteros anymore. She'd have to deal with him sooner or later anyway.

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greek_tragedy
2008-06-25 04:19 pm UTC (link)

"Besides Helios? Nothing much. Other than, you know, my brother screwing up everyone completely and turning into a big jerk. My Mother has no idea who I am... that was fun. And I am making people tell really bad jokes... I mentioned that, right? So I went to visit Momos and inflict it on his night club. Other than that, it's been strange... I'm staying at Rhodes, so there's no one around, ever. Completely bizarre."

She looked at her milk rather sternly, watching as it changed into a mudslide.. that was more like it.

"Oh, and I might have inadvertantly broken someone's heart. Comepletely by accident, though... I swear."

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	sleepswithlove 2008-06-26 12:19 am UTC (link)
	"Oh man." They were both just a mess, weren't they? "Are you staying with Selene then? And Helios? They should be there when they aren't flying right? Momos has a club? Who's heart did you break...inadvertently?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

greek_tragedy
2008-06-26 12:28 am UTC (link)

"yeah... but they generally sleep when they're not flying. And I'm not there at night much... I'm used to being around people. Momos has a bunch of comedy clubs... it was my own form of revenge, and he seemed pretty open to it, until Deimos showed up." Her eyes flashes as she thought about the daemon, and she shook her head, not wanting to get into that with anyone, much less Psyche.

"You know Horkos? He's a doll. I love him. And.. we hung out a few times, and I think he was starting to like me... before the whole Helios thing. Which I totally didn't expect to happen, right? So... I don't know. I just feel ba. Because I like him, and now I think he is avoiding me."

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	sleepswithlove 2008-06-27 12:11 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, yes. I love Hori. He's so sweet." She sighed. The heart was something meant to be bolstered and meant to be broken. "Don't feel bad. You can't help who you fall in love with. He'll figure that out once he finds someone who loves him back." (Reply to this) (Parent)