WHO: Aphrodite & Ares WHEN: Saturday, after reading this WHERE: Ares' apartment WHAT: Aphrodite demands something be done. WARNINGS: Violence, language, possible sexy times?
Aphrodite rarely knocked and Ares rarely locked door, so it was no difficulty at all for the love goddess to come storming into the home of her lover, full of rage. She found Ares in the kitchen with a bottle in his hand and she snatched it away from him, sending it flying to smash against the wall across him them without a word.
That Ares might have no idea of why she was furious didn't even occur to Aphrodite. He should have known that Medusa had betrayed her, that Poseidon still walked around unharmed and unpunished for what he'd done to their son. (It should surely have come as a surprise to no-one that she was displeased about this failure and looking for someone to blame for it. The list of those that had faced the wrath of Aphrodite was long, long enough to rival and surpass almost all of her fellow Olympians. The goddess of passion, Aphrodite loved and hated with equal vehemence.)
"Well?" Aphrodite demanded of Ares, standing in front of him with her hands on her hips.
He'd barely had time to say 'hey', before his bottle was out of his hands and against the wall. He mourned it for a moment before looking to Aphrodite, not having a clue what the hell she was on about.
If he thought well, he knew he hadn't done anything out of the ordinary. He figured she wasn't pissed at whatever mortal he toyed with seeing she did the same and in the end they always came back to each other so that couldn't be it.
"I didn't do it?" He answered to her 'well'. "What's this all on about then? And you owe me for that bottle."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-04 10:51 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Maybe his answer could have been cute some other time, but now was not that time. "Of course you didn't do it," she snapped at him.
"Medusa!" Aphrodite hissed, wanting something else to smash up and cast her eye around the room. "That snake-haired treacherous little whore!"
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 04:59 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select He knew that look. And people said he was the violent one. Not that he didn't encourage it in her, but that was beside the point. "Didn't go as you wanted then." He stepped towards her and set his hands on her shoulders, "here if you're going to ruin my things do it around the things I'm not fond of huh?"
He went to guide her into the living room, where he'd had some sparring things set up. "So, what do you want me to do about it? Do you want me to kill her?"
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 05:12 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite let him lead her although she felt no calmer as they moved. Her eyes flashed as his question and Aphrodite said, "kill her, yes. Break every bone in that body of hers." Aphrodite growled, pacing the room. "I handed Poseidon directly over to her and she replays me by barely laying a hand upon him? What kind of pathetic monster is she!"
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 05:24 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "Alright I'll pay her a visit." Aphrodite hardly needed him to see her vengeance done, but he knew her. She was only angry if she send him after Medusa. If she'd had a grudge she'd fish up the Fear-Twins.
He handed her a bat and pointed to the sparring dummy. "Hit that, not me alright? And Love she's afraid of him. It's a weird creator-monster thing I guess. I'll go say hi to her and remind her. But I can't really do much to Poseidon. He's...taken."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 05:34 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite took the bat in hand and glared at the dummy, pretending quite happily that it was the stupid whelp of a girl and slamming the bat into it. "Worthless bitch," Aphrodite hissed, hitting it again, dark hair falling over her face. "There are no good monsters left any more."
Her hands twisted around the handle, her knuckles going white from it. "Poseidon," she spat, his very name leaving a bitter taste in her mouth. If either of their children had shown up now Aphrodite would have strangled them to death for simply being half sea-god. "Disease of a man."
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 05:57 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select While she vented her frustrations against the dummy, he leaned on his couch and watched her. There was always something attractive about seeing her angry. "Very few Love. Hera's got the Sphinx though. According to her, the thing's still doing her job." He shrugged. "But they're meant to be destroyed. I don't think they can succeed at much."
"Yes Love. We all agree. He's gone mad. Can't touch him though. So what do you want me to do to Medusa? Just a bit of rough and tumble? Send her to Hades?"
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 06:03 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite took another swing at the dummy and then turned, letting the bat clatter to the ground as she looked at him. "Kill her," Aphrodite said without even pausing to consider it.
But then she did pause and do just that, running a hand through her long hair to get it off her face. "Actually, no, don't kill her. Who knows what sort of mood Hades is in these days. Just send her a message. No one fucks with me without paying for it, not even now."
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 06:14 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "Alright. Message it is." Even if he knew better, he wouldn't deny her. He'd always done as she asked. Or tried to anyway. "I'd say he's quiet, but my Uncle always is. I ain't going to ask." Once she was done venting her frustrations he walked to her and kissed her, "now. Hey Dite, lovely to see you."
"I'll go take care of Medusa for you. Be nice and get me more alcohol?"
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 06:18 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "Lovely to see you," Aphrodite actually managed, running fingers down his cheek. "Bring the girl pain and it'll be even lovelier to see me when you get back. And there will be alcohol." She was in no mood to let him take her to bed now, not while all she could think of was Medusa out there on the street unharmed.
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 06:26 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "Thank you. There's some frozen crap in the fridge if you're hungry, or you have a phone. Order something." This was his equivalent to flowers and candy. He took her chin and kissed her again, "I'll be back soon." With a wink he released her, grabbing his jacket and leaving to go find Medusa and deliver Aphrodite's message.
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 08:06 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite refused to clean up his apartment, even though it was nowhere as nice as hers. Instead she went to the closet that she'd stolen here, the one filled almost entirely with lingerie. She dressed herself in garters and stockings and silk robes and heels, admiring her own gorgeousness in the mirror for a long time.
She made her personal assistant go and collect the alcohol for her - because that's what mortals were for - and then she poured herself a gin martini and waited.
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 08:10 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Ares took longer then he usually did, longer then he ought to, because no one had told him Medusa would fight back. And that she didn't mind biting people. So when he got back, he was bloody and half staggering with bite marks littering his arms.
So he couldn't really admire the view, instead he found the floor with a curse and a loud 'ouch' before looking up to Aphrodite. "You didn't tell me the bitch would bite."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 08:13 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Was Ares honestly trying to tell her he hadn't destroyed Medusa. "You failed?" she demanded, glaring down at him from where she stood.
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 08:20 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select He looked up to her, too bloody to give her a good glare. He was never tired enough to enjoy the view though, "I like this number. And I didn't say that. You should see the other guy. I gave her your message. You just forgot to tell me she bites. And this stings. A lot."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 08:27 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite looked down at him angrily for another few seconds and then expression softened with a sigh. "As long as you left her broken," Aphrodite said, crouching down to help pull him back up to his feet. "I'm sure you'll live. She's a forgotten relic."
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 08:31 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "I did as you asked," he whined slightly, mostly because when he got hurt he tended to act like it was the end of the world. Mostly to get her pity and to get her to fuss over him.
He got up with her help, "with a nasty bite. You know isn't it against the rules to fight back against Gods?"
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 08:34 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select "You're pathetic," Aphrodite told him, but her small smile said that his whining was working on her. She found it somewhat sweet what a fuss the war god made when he wasn't feeling so good.
With an arm around her waist she led him to the bedroom and helped him down onto the bed. "You shouldn't have gotten yourself bitten," she told Ares, as though none of this was her fault at all.
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 08:39 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select He let her lead, but kept his hand on her backside. Even near death Ares would probably do the same thing. He had his priorities. "But I'm all bloody and it really does hurt baby."
He let himself fall on the bed and gave her a look, "you know I never thought of that." He wasn't even trying not to be sarcastic there. "I had her in a grip and she bit. Which is cheating. I got her for it though."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 08:54 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite picked up the ends of her silk robe so that she could (gently) straddle Ares on the bed, stroking his forehead. "My Enyalios, my husband," she purred leaning in to kiss him softly. "So good to me."
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 09:02 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select He definitely liked this. With a smile he set his hands on her hips and licked his lips after her kiss. "Damn right I am." He hissed then, making the pain look worse then it really was. He tended to ham it up just a bit when he was wounded. "Stupid monster. Not supposed to fight back."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 10:23 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite knew exactly when Ares was putting on a show but she didn't mind. He'd gone out and done this for her, which was terribly sweet of him.
"I should try and make this all up to you," Aphrodite whispered, leaning in to kiss his throat. "Unless you're too damaged for me to stay?"
At least this way she'd find out exactly how much of this he was putting on and how much was real.
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 10:31 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select He gave her a look, tightening his grip on her hips, "oh no you don't. Stay. Never too damaged for you. And you are right. You owe me." Smirking he ran his fingers up the robe, "But I am all bloody. I really do think you should help me get cleaned up. And then kiss it all better."
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[info]aphrogenea 2011-06-05 10:41 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select Aphrodite drew herself up (letting him keep his hands on her hips) and she slipped out of the robe to reveal more of herself to him. "Come," she said. "Shower. I'll help you with the hard to reach spots."
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[info]destroyerofmen 2011-06-05 09:41 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select As she rose he let his hands slip down her hips and along her legs before picking himself up off the bed. The bites were making him a bit unwell, but never enough to deny Aphrodite. With a smile he stumbled after her, removing clothes as he went.