The Fates | Μοιραι (relentless_fate) wrote in nevermore_past, @ 2012-07-24 01:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | hades, the fates |
Who: Hades and The Fates
What: Relationship advice. No really, where else would he go?
When: Ancient Greece
Where: Hades (The Realm, not the God)
Warnings: Possible Language, mentions of kidnapping, Greeks, Hades being Hades, TBD
In retrospect, Hades knew he'd acted before truly thinking things through. What had sounded like a perfectly good idea at the start of all of it, had turned out to be a disaster in the end. And now he felt rather horrible. He was no different from his brothers, no different from his father. But he'd seen the girl, and took what he had wanted. He shouldn't have. The poor girl had been miserable. IT had been the only reason he'd let her go, well after ensuring she'd come back, because even now he'd rather have her around and hating him then never seeing her again.
Love was strange.
He didn't know a thing about romance though. He was the Lord of the Dead, it didn't exactly breed such manners. Those women who could stand to be around him and didn't mind the occasional roll in the sack had never cared for romance. This one was different.
And seeing he had no where else to go for advice, he walked to where the Fates lived. Neutral they may be, but he took pride in the fact that they chose to stay in his realm rather then anywhere else. And he could count on them to be honest. When he arrived in their section he glanced to their loom before taking a seat nearby. King he may be, but even he knew one waited for the Fates to acknowledge you rather then demand their attention. While he waited he toyed with a pomegranate, knowing the fruit may have taken something that hadn't been his to take. If anything, he'd know if it had all been fate at the end.
relentless_fate
2011-03-29 10:52 am (local) (link)
In all honesty, the Fates couldn't really see themselves living anywhere else. They definitely weren't going to live on Olympus, and since they lacked gills, Poseidon's realm was also out. So to Hades they went, and they were perfectly happy. The Lord of Diss treated them well, and they were happy to reciprocate.
Most days involved tending their Loom, bickering like the sisters they were, and making sure things went the way they were supposed to. And once they fell into a rhythm, things seemed like they'd be fine.
And it was on one of these regular days, when they could feel Hades come their way. Lachesis was the first to notice him properly and waved, one hand still curled around her measuring rod. She nudged her sisters with her free hand, pointing with her chin to where he sat. The three of them rose, coming over to greet him, finding seats nearby.
"Greetings, Lord Hades," Lachesis said. "To what do we owe the pleasure of this visit today?"
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unseenone
2011-03-29 11:03 am (local) (link)
When the Fates approached he straightened and put the fruit aside. "I need your advice, and to answer a question if it can be answered." Some questions either had no answer, or even he couldn't know it yet. Tempting Fate was a thing not even he was willing to do.
"It involves Persephone." It was strange how he'd even enjoy seeing her around, even if she spend all her time hiding from him. She seemed necessary to him,and being without carried an ache he could not ignore to well.
"She fears me, for good enough reasons, and I would rather she not." He glanced at them, "my question then is, had I not done what I did, would she still have become mine?" He wanted to know, out of morbid curiosity. Love was a dangerous thing, even for him.
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relentless_fate
2011-03-29 12:52 pm (local) (link)
They all fell quiet, waiting as he spoke. "You know that if we can answer, of course we will," Clotho replied.
"Precisely," Atropos added. "So please, ask."
They lapsed into silence again. Hades would reveal his query in his own time, it did no good to press him to speak faster.
They all opened their mouths slightly, then closed them again. Lachesis at glanced at her sisters. 'Tread lightly', she seemed to say, without saying anything at all. Their eyes flicked in response, they understood her.
"It's hard to say," Atropos said at last. "You know that personal choices and the gods' will can change fates, to a certain extent. With your choice to...go about it as you did"-Lachesis exhaled silently, Atropos was showing an extraordinary amount of tact, thank the gods-"perhaps we can understand her feelings."
"But let's say you hadn't," Clotho continued. "Let's say you presented your suit to Demeter, courted her in more conventional ways. It might have gone your way, but even we cannot say for sure, because once you made your choice, you started yourself on a different path. Things changed, and because it was not such an egregious change, events unfolded as they did."
"Forgive us if it sounds confusing," Lachesis said. "Fate is ever-changing, it twists and tangles and branches off, choices determine how events play out. We have control to a point, as set down from time out of mind, but there is also free will. Both must work together."
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unseenone
2011-03-29 01:14 pm (local) (link)
When the Fates spoke he looked at them. He had no power over them, but their council was wise. Once he made sense of it all anyway. His fingers toyed with the fruit, watching the one thing that had changed it all. "Trust me, I'm aware of what I did and how she is justified in fearing me. I took her from her mother's lap and put her here." He hadn't done anything besides that however. He wasn't that big of a monster.
He sighed and shrugged, "no. I understand some of it. I do not think Demeter would have ever accepted my suit. The girl wasn't supposed to be found by anyone." but place her where no one can see one, and the one they called the unseen one tended to notice.
He closed his eyes and rubbed his eyes. He felt old and tired, and every bit his father's son. "She'll be back in six months time," it even sounded long to him. "I want her to...would like her to not see me as a villain. And I know I made my own bed with that, I just, well I have time on my side." He was desperate, but he was patient.
He gave a rueful smile, "Love is one son of a bitch. I'd strangle both him and his mother if I could."
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relentless_fate
2011-03-30 12:01 am (local) (link)
Clotho lifted one shoulder in a graceful half-shrug. "It's not our place to judge," she said, toying with her spindle. "What's done is done, bringing up misdeeds from the past never accomplishes anything. It only serves to breed ill-will and resentment."
Lachesis nodded in agreement. "Don't sell yourself short, Hades," she said gently. "Perhaps she might have, given time, but as we said, we'll never know. The three of us have found that if you dwell too long on what might have been, what should have taken place, and even what will be, you can go around in circles forever. Sometimes even we are confused for a little while."
"The best advice we can give you, I suppose, is to simply be yourself," Atropos spoke up at last. "Trite as it may sound, we have seen it work. We know, and you know, that at heart you are not a villain. Show her the good man you are, the good man you can be. It may take some time, but as you said, it's on your side."
"Would that you could," Clotho laughed. "Eros and his arrows, sometimes I wonder if any thought goes into it."
"I'm leaning toward 'no'," Atropos muttered.
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unseenone
2011-03-30 12:10 am (local) (link)
Atropos' comment made him laugh and he ran his hand through his hair. "I agree with you there. But as you said, whats done is done. I cannot change the past." He glanced at them, "I should remind you ladies I have a reputation. The mortals fear speaking my name, like it would bring me to their door. I do not understand that. I judge them, Thanatos or the Keres take them."
He sighed, "it is difficult, being myself. I hardly know how to be myself anymore." Most days he spend judging the dead. He was kept busy. He wondered if his siblings did it on purpose, just so he could not try and change his lot.
"I appreciate the advice. There are few others I can go to and speak honestly to. And I know none of you will ever judge me for what I may or may not be doing."
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relentless_fate
2011-03-30 01:25 am (local) (link)
"I wonder if we could get someone to liberate the arrows from him," Clotho joked. "Might give everyone a break."
Lachesis laughed. "Tempting, but not our place," she reminded her sister.
"Drat," Clotho muttered.
"The mortals fear your name because they fear the unknown, most likely," Atropos mused. "They fear death, because they do not know what will happen next. They only know that they come to you and are judged. They do not know where they will ultimately reside, and it frightens them."
"You'd think they'd be more frightened of us than you," Clotho added. "After all, Atropos is the one who ultimately dispatches the Keres or Thanatos." She shrugged. "Then again, who can really say with mortals?"
"Then perhaps there is no time like the present to recall who you truly are," Lachesis suggested gently.
"And we appreciate the fact that you are," Atropos replied. "It is not our place to judge, we give our counsel only when asked. And far be it for us to tell you how to conduct your realm."
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unseenone
2011-03-30 02:37 am (local) (link)
"It is a tempting idea. But as you have pointed out it is not my place either. I was perfectly content with my lot until the damned brat interfered." Sighing he glanced to them, "perhaps. I know I only hear my name in funeral whispers. Not even I know where they will go until they stand before me. Only then can I see, only then can I judge."
He shrugged, "and contrary to popular belief, Tartarus isn't packed with souls. Most have the Fields." He chuckled, "I never had time to find out. I spend all my youth in my father's stomach. Then I had to go fight a war. Then I was put down here." He smiled then, "I appreciate it, and your honesty." He paused, "perhaps I should introduce you three to Persephone. Perhaps if she knows that not all those who dell here are vengeance spirits, or Keres, she might be more at ease."