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Erato (passionburning) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2021-05-25 23:21:00

Current mood:	good
Entry tags:	erato, melpomene

WHO Erato and Melpomene
WHEN the day of Clio’s rescue
WHERE Melpomene’s apartment
WHAT sisters catching up
WARNINGS talk of past badness

Erato was up atrociously early this morning, which was none of her doing. Calliope had called her (and called her and called her) and somehow she’d been talked into getting up, dressed, and leaving her apartment to buy bearclaws and coffee and ride her bike over to Melpomene’s.

It was quite nice out, actually. The news of Clio had lightened her heart tremendously, and she was able to focus on the city in the morning, and enjoy the way the warm air flowed past her and played with her hair. Poor Melpomene, she was still so troubled, and Erato felt a little bad that she hadn’t pulled her weight, letting Urania and Thalia carry the load. Well, today she was doing the duty that Calliope had bullied her into, and she was going to pass on the message about Clio, and check that Melpomene was still in one piece.

“Hello?” she called, knocking on the door. There was a growl from the other side, and she took half a step back in concern. “Melpomene? It’s Erato, can I come in?”

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	somethingtragic 2021-06-02 08:28 am UTC (link)
	Melpomene didn't reply right away, though Erato wasn't wrong, she would feel better after a shower. Or, cleaner, at least. Maybe less feral. But that didn't make the decision any easier. "Did you lock the front door when you came in?" she asked cautiously. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	passionburning 2021-06-02 11:10 am UTC (link)
	"Uh, I think so. I didn't turn any keys, I just shut it." Erato was sure she saw a deadlock on the door, didn't she? Now she was doubting herself. "Hang on, I'll check." A quick dash to the door and back, and she was nodding to her sister. "Yes. It is locked. I promise I won't even leave the room." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

somethingtragic
2021-06-02 12:12 pm UTC (link)

That circumvented Melpomene's next request - to ask that Erato stay in the room. She didn't want to come out of the shower and find Erato walking Telos all over her apartment. There was nothing out in her living room to distinguish the place where Tragos had died, but it was a place Melpomene rarely approached. She avoided the living room and the kitchen at all, if she could, and her own bedroom; she'd only gone in there a few times, because she wasn't going to fuck Kratos in Telos' room.

She didn't want to see Erato walking over the spot where he'd died, was all. And she didn't want to explain any of it. So Erato volunteering to stay in Telos' room, that helped immensely. "Okay," she said, and nodded for Erato to come closer and take her son. "I'll be quick, I promise."

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	passionburning 2021-06-02 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Take as long as you want. I want a proper cuddle." Erato gently took the baby in her arms, and carefully settled herself on the bed with her coffee and her pastry and her phone. "There. Perfectly comfortable. No rush." She gave Melpomene a sweet smile and kissed the top of Telos' head, content to sit here for a while with the sleeping baby. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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