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Antigone (thehighestlaw) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2020-08-20 23:41:00

Entry tags:

antigone, ares, asterion, bia

WHO: Antigone, Ares, Asterion, Bia
WHEN: Thursday night, directly following her conversation with Luna
WHERE: Outside Diogenes
WHAT: It's confrontation time
WARNINGS: TBA, we'll just update as we go. Rape mentions. And a FIGHT.

Whenever Antigone thought about confronting Ares in the past long weeks, she always imagined she'd do it with anger.

That she'd burn hot with the fire of injustice, that it would eviscerate all her fear.

It wasn't like that, though, as she followed Ares out into the night. It wasn't like that at all.

She was sad, she was resolute, and each step solidified her heart. With love, she thought. Solidified it with love. For the stranger in the bar, for the muse that'd given her a place to wash Maxwell's blood from her hands and a place to rest after. For every fellow woman that any man had ever used.

Asterion was checking in a small group of immortals when she left, she could slip out easily, through the crowded front room and into the night. The air was warm, and still, and full of voices, full of nightlife. Ares' form was unmistakable, though, so much bigger than most of the young, young things out tonight, as he cut away from them down an alley.

"You know what you're doing is wrong, Ares," Antigone called out to Ares' retreating back, her voice clear as she stepped into the alley behind him. "I know you know, and I know you don't care, but it's wrong. You're wrong."

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rawforce
2020-08-26 02:15 am UTC (link)

Bia frowned. It felt like she and Antigone were now talking about entirely different things, and she could only begin to guess at the shape of what Antigone's thing was. She didn't like it, but... shit, the girl was wrung out and in shock, and her whole arm must be hurting like a bitch. Give her a break.

She tipped back her own drink, then rummaged through the scattered contents of the first aid kit, found some paper in the form of the instruction sheet that had come with the splint, and scribbled down some digits in the corner of the page. She tore it off and slid it across to Antigone. "There's my number, too. In case shit heats up again."

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thehighestlaw
2020-08-26 07:02 am UTC (link)

Antigone reached for Bia's number and found her hand was trembling, just enough to make her pincer grip on the scrap of paper harder than it should have been. She pushed the paper into her pocket, and gave them both a smile, one each. "Thanks," she said, and thought about admitting that calling for help was not her strong point. Was maybe her weakest. Maybe just above 'admitting she was wrong'. "Sorry I've made your night such a drama."

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	asterius 2020-08-26 10:28 am UTC (link)
	"No," Asterion said gently, shaking his head. "No apologies. Glad I was here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rawforce 2020-08-27 02:22 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. You kidding? I haven't got to let loose like that in fuckin' forever." Bia twitched a small smile. "You want to start any more fights with gods, you can give me a call any time." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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