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WHO: Pandora & Prometheus
WHEN: Monday afternoon
WHERE: Prometheus' studio
WHAT: Picking up her bust

Pandora had told Prometheus that she'd come around to pay for and collect the bust he'd made for her, for Epimethius. He'd told her five hundred and Pandora had brought it, in cash, to hand over happily as long as the bust was what she wanted.

She arrived late in the afternoon, after running errands and feeling a little annoyed at the world. Probably not the best time to visit a man who seemed to be able to get under her skin without even trying, but she was sure it would be fine.

"Can I see it?" she asked excitedly as soon as he opened the door to her.

Prometheus wasn't looking forward to Pandora's visit, but she was a paying client. He knew why he kept irritating her, and it aggravated him.

So when she appeared on his doorstep he raised an eyebrow before letting her in. "Nice to see you too Pandora. I'm doing well, thank you for asking. Yourself?" He closed the door after giving a look to the opposite studio. Maybe later he'd go find Jade. He didn't expect anything but friendship from her, but at least she listened. He still had to tell her the truth hough, before Aletheia got too angry with him.

He closed his door then, leading her to the bust. "As you expected?"

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 01:10 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Yes, yes," Pandora sighed. "It's delightful to see you and I'm sure we'll do lunch and share our daily woes." Pandora was tired of trying to get Prometheus to like her. Fuck him if he wanted to keep this sharpness between them. She didn't need to be liked by him. (It would be nice though, considering they were basically family.)

But then she saw the bust and her smile was both completely genuine and brightly awed. She slipped down to her knees to see it at a straight on angle and whispered, "oh, it's... so beautiful."

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 01:18 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He tried, for his brother's sake. He did, but i never sat easy with him. And he couldn't tell Epimetheus. No reason to break his brother like that. When she studied the bust he lit up a smoke. If she could be more like this, it'd be easier.

"You asked for beauty, I gave you beauty. I'm sure Epimetheus will appreciate it, but instinct tells me he'd rather have the real deal." He shrugged and sat down on his stool, "I'll pack it up for you when you're done."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 01:23 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Pandora reached out and stroked the cheek of the statue, almost an exact mirror of her in stone. "He's already got the real deal," Pandora said distractedly, more attention on the image of herself than her husband, wherever he was at the moment. "It looks just like me!" Pandora said with a delighted laugh. "Prometheus, it's so perfect."

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 01:27 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"You expected different?" He watched her, wondering how long she'd spend staring at herself. "And perhaps, in a way he does. Not as much as he'd prefer though." He rose then to go fish out a decent sized crate.

"And it's not perfect. It never is. There's some details I missed and things I'm not happy with, but no art is ever finished. It just gets sold." He walked to the bust with the crate and set it down. "With how I'll pack it it should be fine for the drive. Try and be careful. There are no refunds."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 01:31 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Prometheus was talking about the statue but Pandora had been distracted by his previous words. She stood, eyes narrowed on him as she said, "'not as much as he'd prefer'. What is that supposed to mean?" Already Pandora was back on the defensive.

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 01:38 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"You're getting him a statue Pandora. To show him how beautiful you are, and to keep yourself in his thoughts. He doesn't need that. For God's sake, he loves you to bits. You're the most important thing in his life, do you know that?" He sighed and started packing the statue, treating it like the fragile thing it was.

"If I know my brother at all, he'd rather have you. Not the statue. No distance, just like things were before." He looked up to her from his kneeling position. "Stone beauty won't do that for him." He lowered his eyes then, "or perhaps the cold beauty is exactly what you want to give him. Look but not touch?"

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 01:43 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Pandora could barely believe what she was hearing. People didn't talk to her this way. Pandora's wiles and beauty got her far and very few dared to even say things like Prometheus did. They were just happy to have her attention on them, even for the shortest of times.

So that Prometheus said these things... Pandora found herself furious and hurt. "How dare you?" Pandora demanded, glaring down at him. "You don't know anything about me. I don't know what your problem with me is exactly, but you have no right to tell me what I feel or what I give!"

It was true she didn't love Epimethius like he loved her, but Prometheus didn't know that, nor did he know that she was willing to sacrifice her freedom to make his brother happy. So... screw him!

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 01:54 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He grew quiet at her indignation, and finished packing the statue up. Then he drew himself up to his actual height and looked down at her. He may be a sculptor, a friend to man but his father had once conspired to take down Sky Himself.

"Don't talk to me that way girl. I dare because he's my brother, my counterpart. We're two sides to the same damn coin. I care more for my brother then you ever will. His happiness is the most important thing in the world for me. I dare, girl, because he loves you. I have the right, because I want to see him happy. Even if it's with a trap like you. I told him once to be cautious, but now I keep my tongue for him. I see how he is when you're brought up. And if you are playing with him girl, it'd be best to let him go. Let him find some happiness." He stepped back then, shaking his head.

"Besides you were made by Olympians. That says enough about you."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 02:09 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"A trap," Pandora sneered at him. "That's your problem right there, Titan. Is that you'll never chose to see me as anything more than this harpy sent to ensnare him." She stepped towards him, moving into her personally space as she glared up at him, blue eyes burning. "You claim you don't blame me, but blame me every day, for all of it. Epimethius and I are nothing to do with you, no matter what you say, and if you try and make trouble for me then, yes, I am made by the Olympians, and don't think Hermes wouldn't break your arms if I told him you'd hurt me."

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 02:19 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Do you really think that frightens me girl? You think too highly of yourself." He watched her as she stepped closer, keeping his temper to himself. "I blame you for what you did. You're curiosity killed the mortals, the creatures I helped make. You were given to my brother for exactly one reason, and you did it perfectly. And my poor brother couldn't stop it. You did ensnare him girl. It was your job to do so."

"So go ahead girl. Call Hermes. See how much the Olympians care for those they make, when it suits them. Hermes isn't a Titan. It took Force and Strength to bring me in chains." He leaned closer, "I tell you now. Let him bring it. See how an Olympian does against a Titan. And remember Zeus only won because he had more people to fight for him."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 02:25 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"You are scum," Pandora hissed, having no way to argue against his claims. She could say that it wasn't her fault what had happened, but it was all that she was and all she'd fought to try and be more than. In the end though, she was only Pandora and Prometheus was finally willing to admit why he would always hate her. "You are a forgotten relic, even more than the rest of us. You mean nothing to me and your words mean nothing. And if I want to mess with your brother," Pandora told him, "you could never stop me. Because, yes, he loves me, and if I feel like it, I could destroy him completely. So don't," she snapped, shoving her finger into his chest, "fuck with me."

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 02:31 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He would never hurt a woman but he took her arms none the less and lowered his eyes to her. "Try it and see if I don't make you wish you were never made clay girl. I made a thousand before Hephaestus copied my designs for a flawed product. My creations didn't need to be instilled with your gifts. I knew what I was doing." He let his fingers tighten just a bit, a hint of the power he still held, "I may be old, but not forgotten. I may mean nothing to you but if you so much as breathe in a way that my brother doesn't like, then do remember who made that pretty little box of yours and try and imagine that I can find one for you too. I promised myself once, that I'd never hurt a woman."

He pushed her away then, "I can break my promise Pandora. I suggest, highly, that you do not try and get me on your bad side. Destroy my brother, I destroy you. Until you're nothing more then clay."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 02:39 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Pandora didn't flinch when he squeezed her arms, didn't even let it show in her face that she felt that strength. She just kept her furious eyes on his without backing down. He called her flawed, but Pandora knew that what she was was his creation perfected. She was more than his little men, better than them.

She kept her footing when he shoved her away but flicked the blonde locks out of her face, her expression disdainful. "I'm not scared of you," Pandora told him, and there was no lie there. "I'll do whatever I like with your brother and you won't do a damn thing to stop me."

Pandora didn't want to hurt Epimethius. She never wanted that and was only with him now to stop that pain, but Prometheus' lack of faith in Pandora just made her want to say anything. If he wanted to see her only as this femme fatale then let him. Pandora would even make it easy for him.

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[info]firestealer
2011-06-21 02:54 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Try me," there was honest truth to that. He would do a lot for his brother and if she went low enough to hurt Epimetheus to get back at him he would make her afraid of him. His brother was everything for him. He wouldn't allow this girl to be petty and Olympian.

"I'll do everything I can to stop you." He turned away to light up another smoke. She made him smoke more then was probably good for even someone like him. "Just get out Pandora. Take your bloody statue and don't come back. I have better things to do then cater to your ego."

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[info]pandoros
2011-06-21 03:03 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Pandora hated that he so swiftly ended their argument like that but she had little desire to continue it. "Keep your rubbish," Pandora snapped, kicking the box at her feet. "I don't want it."

She turned away and stalked out of the building, muttering obscenities about the Titan under her breath.