Hades: King of the Dead (notbitter) wrote in history_dot_com, @ 2012-04-17 16:46:00 |
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The Void Where Prohibited By Law [Post Cadmus RIP] (Tag: Harmonia)
When Hades had been summoned by Makaria to deal with a problem, he had not expected that problem to be a sobbing goddess with a dead snake. The dead snake was supposed to be taken immediately to the Elysian Fields due to its exemplary mortal life before it apparently offended the wrong person. This wasn't surprising. Even if it were only an ordinary snake, you can't judge someone with no legs too harshly. Unfortunately, you also can't take a dead snake to the Elysian Fields with a living goddess attached to it.
Now the snake wasn't in the field where it belonged, and the goddess wasn't on Olympus where she belonged, and they were all on the banks of the River Styx where they did not belong a little ways off from the improperly buried that did. The girl was a goddess in mourning, and most likely a relative. This gave her the right to his audience when she had demanded it. But one thing was already certain, no matter what she said, or how she chose to try and appeal, Hades would not yield. The snake was moving on. The goddess was going back. If he caved on this, he'd never hear the end of it.
Hades had never seen a sobbing goddess with a dead snake. He never wanted to see anything like it again. It was unnatural. Usually in matters where Olympian goddesses and snakes were involved there was more proximity between the two and a significantly higher amount of “Eek” sounds. This goddess wasn't eeking, she was just weeping, and it was woefully clear that she had no intention to shriek and climb a tree any time in the near future. How would the Underworld cope if all of the Olympians decided that monsters were no longer a deal breaker? Hades made a mental note to counsel with Phobetor as soon as he got the chance about amping things up a bit.
It was absurd. If Olympians couldn't even be counted on to be ridiculously prim about reptiles, what good were they anymore? Her heel wasn't even on its head. Its fangs weren't even in her heel. What was it with Olympians and serpent cuddling? If Hercules had been born a god, he wouldn't have fought the Hydra, he would have married it.
“I'm sorry for your loss,” Hades said the second the girl stopped to catch her breath, “but you're going to have to let him go.” He wished he had some idea who she was. The sheer amount of nieces and nephews his siblings churned out made it impossible for Hades to keep track of them all, not to mention the great nieces and great nephews that followed.