WHO: Kymopoleia & Triton WHEN: Thursday night, directly after this. WHERE: Triton's apartment WHAT: Coming to her brother for shelter. WARNINGS: mentions of violence, possible mentions of sexual assault.
Triton didn't live near Poseidon and so as soon as Kymopoleia was out of the apartment building she was flagging down a cab. In the backseat she looked down at her hands and, finding them shaking, decided to sit on them to stop it. She kept her eyes on the back window, expecting at any moment to see the giant form of Briareos rising with fury above the street.
But it didn't happen and half a block from Triton's place she asked the driver to stop and jumped out, bolting away down a side alley without paying.
At Triton's building - she'd not been here since moving out - Kymopoleia pressed her thumb into the buzzer for his apartment: once, twice, and then a third time, holding it down.
A glance over her shoulder confirmed that Briareos wasn't there. Not yet anyway.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-12 11:51 pm UTC (link) Track This In between work, Triton kept his eyes on Raiden. Mel was safe enough and he believed both of his sisters could tackle their father on their own, but he worried over the youngest daughter. Bernie had Veronica, and thus his little brother also had a good deal of protection. Raiden didn't.
It worried him, but he couldn't do anything until Poseidon acted in return.
When the buzzer rang he frowned before letting whoever it was into the building. Anyone who sounded that urgent probably needed to get inside.
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 12:00 am UTC (link) Track This Kymopoleia raced and stumbled up the stairs and when she burst into Triton's apartment she was breathless and near tears. After slamming the door behind her she said, "does this lock better? One fucking lock isn't enough fucking locks!"
She had no idea what she must have looked like then, but it wasn't at the top of her thoughts. There was blood drying on her chin from when she'd bitten Briareos and he'd torn a hole through her shirt in their struggles, but luckily for her he'd broken no bones this time around.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 12:05 am UTC (link) Track This He was a little stunned at Kymopoleia's appearance, not to mention how she looked. But it kicked his instincts into overdrive and he walked to her, "Calm down." He studied her, quickly to make sure she wasn't really hurt, before locking the door. "Trust me, no one can get in if I don't want them to." Insurance really. He liked having a place that was a sanctuary.
Frowning he looked at her, reaching out a hand to her cheek, "Ky, what happened to you?" He was worried, and everything from bad to worse was going through his head. "Did father do this?"
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 12:16 am UTC (link) Track This Kymopoleia looked up at her brother and her face crumbled. It wasn't sobbing and it wasn't crying, but it was something not very far off. Something deep inside her hurt and it had nothing to do with her injuries.
Slowly she let herself slide down the door until she sat on the floor. "Briareos is here," she whispered.
In the first months of her marriage Kymopoleia had dreamed - fantasied - about Triton coming to save her. He and Amphitrite would burst in and take her away. But no one came and it was just Kymopoleia and her monstrous husband alone in the darkness. Years later when she was allowed free of that seabed-castle, Kymopoleia saw her family again. But she found she barely recognised them, just as they now could barely recognise her.
But with that fear had returned that idea that maybe her brother could take her away from everything that was horrible and painful.
She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Poseidon brought him here."
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 12:25 am UTC (link) Track This A time before he could really remember, his sister had been different. He had faint memories of a different Kymopoeleia. Still raging, and very different from his own calm, but not the way she was now. He'd always wondered.
When she near broke, he didn't know what to do. His sister hadn't appreciated his desire to aid before.
But the confession explained everything. "Oh Leia." He closed hsi eyes and slid down beside her. He'd wanted to come help her, but back then he hadn't been allowed. She'd been given in marriage to another and he was just her brother. Yet, there were reasons he'd never forced any of his own daughters into wedlock. Ky had a lot to do with that.
He set his hand on her cheek before pulling her closer to him. The fact that Poseidon was going this low just to get his way was something he needed to deal with. He needed to show his bite. "Easy now. You're here, you're safe. No one can get you here. Insurance." He gave a tiny smile and brushed her hair from her eyes. "I promise you little sister, I will keep you safe."
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 12:34 am UTC (link) Track This For once Ky didn't pull away from the idea of comfort being offered to her. Instead she drew in closer to her brother and let him convince her that she really was safe and that Briareos wouldn't tear down the world just to destroy her.
"I hate him," she breathed, her voice barely audible. She didn't make it clear which 'him' she was talking about but right now it applied to both father and husband, both cruel men so similar, so intent on bringing only pain.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 12:41 am UTC (link) Track This With a sigh that probably explained why he felt so tired he set his arms around his sister. He meant it though. He would protect his sister, even if it meant doing something he didn't really want. But he'd told his father what would happen. If Briareos dared show up here, Triton would show him there wasn't just calm.
"I know," he was too tired for hate, but he certainly couldn't blame her. He'd been lucky. He'd never married, never been forced to. Gently he set his fingers through her hair. "I have a way to keep you safe. Truly safe. How willing are you to take the aid of Hecate?"
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 12:46 am UTC (link) Track This At that question Ky straightened a little and when she spoke her tone had returned to being guarded, emotions hidden away as well as they could be. "I don't trust her."
Kymopoleia didn't trust anyone.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 12:54 am UTC (link) Track This He sighed. So much for this being, at all, easy. "I know." He removed his arms from her and ran his hand along his face. "You can stay here for as long as you like. Neither of them can get in here."
He set his hands on the back of his head, "right then." He set his hands to his lap, "she can help though. Especially with my plans. I told father if he did something he'd regret it. I'll just take over his titles and power then." He wasn't too sure how well it would all work, belief was still strong, but it would be worth a shot.
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 12:58 am UTC (link) Track This She looked at Triton and tried to decide how she wanted to phrase her next question. She decided after a few moments just to ask. "You won't kill him, will you?"
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 01:07 am UTC (link) Track This He shook his head, "no. I can't." Because Poseidon was still their father, and it seemed none of the sons who usurped fathers ever killed them. "Just take over for a bit. Until he learns. If he's capable of that. You want to file a restraining order for Briareos?" It wouldn't help much, but he'd ask Hecate if she could do something.
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 01:15 am UTC (link) Track This Ky snorted out a laugh. "He's a hundred-handed monster with a lack of emotions," Ky reminded her brother. "I don't think he'll 'get' a restraining order."
She was glad though that their father wouldn't die. Not because she held any love for him, but because the last time he'd died it hadn't gone well for her.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 01:26 am UTC (link) Track This He shrugged, "no I don't think he will but I'm just turning up as many ideas as I can. He can't harm you though, and I'll just remind him I can be a bit like father sometimes." He didn't like resorting to violence, but he'd find a way to get this monster to leave his sister alone. "When I take over I'll need you to vow your alliance to me." He held up a hand, "I don't care if you mean it. If father thinks almost everyone is behind me, he'll at least pause. I know I can get Rhode behind it. Mother, maybe, if she learns what he pulled."
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 02:18 am UTC (link) Track This "Briareos won't be scared of you," Ky said. "Briareos isn't scared of anything." That would require things like understanding and emotions, both of which the beast lacked.
At the suggestion of accepting Triton's rule Ky had almost laughed again before he clarified. She was happy enough to play a role to punish their father though and so she nodded.
"Amphitrite should just leave him already," Ky muttered.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 02:22 am UTC (link) Track This He sighed, "I'll find something. Even if I have to go asking for favors from one of the spawns of Ares." There was very little he wouldn't do for his siblings, even going as far as to go near a god he absolutely hated.
"It won't be for long. He'll get the hint. And I agree, but," he sighed, "she can't. We both know that. Same way Hera can't leave Zeus. Same way any of us can leave our immortal spouses. And people wonder why I never married."
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 02:40 am UTC (link) Track This Kymopoleia gave him a withering look. "Yeah, nice for some," she stated. Lucky Triton not having to get married. Lucky Triton needed to be hit. She leaned forward and her expression was as serious as her tone. "But I will slit my own throat before I ever go back to Briareos."
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 02:45 am UTC (link) Track This He sighed, "I know I was fortunate alright. Trust me, if father had ordered it I would have had no choice. Unfortunately for everyone, I was useful and needed." He shrugged before nodding. "I understand that. You can stay here. The guest room is still made up. Please be nice to Mel."
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 02:54 am UTC (link) Track This She highly doubted that Triton would have ever been forced to marry. He would have been allowed to chose his bride.
At her brother's request Ky raised a questioning eyebrow. "Who?" The name was unfamiliar.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 02:57 am UTC (link) Track This This was more the sister he was sued to and he didn't quite know how to take it. He was just happy they were having a decent conversation. "Melanie, my girlfriend? You've met her before. Please try and be nice to her." He wouldn't make her promise, but he didn't want Mel to stop coming by.
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[info]waveranging 2012-01-13 03:06 am UTC (link) Track This Watching Triton there was a snarky comment waiting on the tip of her tongue. A beat passed and Ky said, "alright," with a one shouldered shrug.
She wouldn't promise to be 'nice' but she could attempt not to be vicious, and for Kymopoleia that was almost as good.
"I need a shower," she added, not willing to let anything here turn into some brother-sister moment just because she'd promised not to strangle his lover.
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[info]wreathed_horn 2012-01-13 03:11 am UTC (link) Track This Smiling he shook his head and picked himself off the floor. "You know where it is. I don't know what's here that will fit you but feel free to borrow it." He knew Mel had some clothes at his place, and he'd apologize for letting his sister take it later.
"I'll make us some dinner," he extended his hand to her. They may never get to where they used to be, but he'd still try and have some sort of relationship with her.